AVSS 2012

AVSS is the IEEE conference series on video and signal based surveillance. AVSS was started in 1998 (Genoa, Italy). Following meetings were held in 2001 (Kingston, UK), in 2003 (Miami, USA), in 2005 (Como, Italy), in 2006 (Sydney, Australia), in 2007 (London, UK), in 2008 (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA), in 2009 (Genoa, Italy), in 2010 (Boston, USA), and in 2011 (Klagenfurt, Austria). AVSS 2012 will be held in Beijing on 18-21 September 2012. AVSS is a forum of reference for the field and offers the opportunity to meet and foster collaboration. AVSS has a tradition of participation from the worlds of research, industry, and relevant government agencies. The conference focuses on underlying theories, methods, systems, and application areas. The list of topics of interest includes, but is not limited to:

Sensors & data fusion: Sensor networks; Microphone arrays; Infrared /visible/3D imaging; Heterogeneous sensor processing; Multi-sensor calibration; Distributed/cognitive/ data fusion

Data management & HCI: Metadata management; Archival & retrieval; Multimodal displays; Interfaces & visualization tools; Object & situation-based coding; Wireless, mobile interfaces

Processing, detection & recognition: Multidimensional signal processing; Change & motion detection; Feature extraction; Target tracking; Sound, object, scene recognition; Pattern recognition

Applications: Reactive & preventive environments; Integrated physical & cyber security; Transports (rail, road, air, maritime); Unmanned vehicles & robotics; Ambient intelligence; Protection of infrastructures

Analytics, behavior & biometrics: Sound, video, multimodal analytics; Activity analysis & monitoring; Event modeling/recognition; Static & mobile environments; Biometrics

Systems, performances & privacy: Industrial, civilian, military systems; Research prototypes; Hardware & software architectures; User requirements; Performance evaluation; Privacy in surveillance

Paper Submission and Proceedings Publication
Full-length papers between 4 and 6 A4 pages are solicited. Detailed submission instructions will be posted on the conference website in due time. Each submission will be double blindly peer-reviewed by at least three experts. The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society. Some excellent papers will be recommended to a high-level IEEE Transaction.

AVSS Challenge
The AVSS challenge will be organized within the AVSS2012 Conference. Details will appear in http://www.avss2012.org

Call for Tutorials
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for tutorials to be held in conjunction with the AVSS 2011 conference. Proposals should be submitted to the tutorial chair at the following email address: qji@ecse.rpi.edu before 25 February, 2012.

Important Dates

Tutorial proposal: 25 February, 2012	Camera ready papers due: 11 June, 2012
Paper submission: ~~11 March, 2012~~ 23 March, 2012	Early registration: 25 June, 2012
Notification to authors: 11 May, 2012	Conference dates: 18 - 21 September, 2012