===== Call-for-Papers =====
Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality full papers presenting original results in all areas of signal-based surveillance.
The final papers are limited to 6 pages in double-column IEEE format, including figures. All manuscripts will be published as IEEE proceedings.
AVSS focuses on methods, systems, and applications of surveillance, and the underlying theory, and invites submissions in areas including the following topics of interest:
· Sensor-Centric Processing
· Processing, Detection, Tracking & Recognition
· Visualization and Interaction Concepts for Surveillance Systems
· Analytics, Situation Awareness & Decision Making
· Security and Privacy
· Surveillance Systems and Applications
Important Dates (tentative):
· Submission of Full Papers: April 5th, 2017
· Notification of Acceptance: May 15th, 2017
· Submission of Camera Ready Papers: June 12th, 2017
· Conference: August 30th – 1st, 2017
Please find further information in our Call-for-papers page http://www.avss2017.org/?page_id=58
===== Call-for-Challenges=====
Challenge proposals have to be submitted according to the instructions available at http://www.avss2017.org/?page_id=260
Challenge Proposal Deadline: 1 December 2016
Notification of Acceptance: 7 January 2017
Challenge Announcements on AVSS 2017 Website: 15 January 2017
===== Call-for-Workshops=====
Prospective workshop/contest organizers are invited to submit proposals via email to workshops@avss2017.org no later than February 28th, 2017.
Detailed instructions about proposal submission are available at http://www.avss2017.org/?page_id=119
===== Organizing Committee =====
General Chairs
Cosimo Distante (ISASI CNR / Italy)
Larry S. Davis (University of Maryland / USA)
Organization Chair
Paolo Spagnolo (ISASI CNR / Italy)
Technical Program Chairs
Jiri Matas (Technical University of Prague, Czech Rep.)
Marco Leo (ISASI CNR / Italy)
Rita Cucchiara (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia / Italy)
Eduardo Monari (Fraunhofer IOSB / Germany)
Workshop Chairs
Giovanni M Farinella (University of Catania / Italy)
Tal Hassner (USC / USA)
Atsuto Maki (KTH / Sweden)
Pier Luigi Mazzeo (ISASI CNR / Italy)
Challenge Chairs
Sewei Lyu (SUNY Albany / USA)
James Ferryman (University of Reading / UK)
Marco Del Coco (ISASI CNR / Italy)
Industrial Chair
Sebastiano Battiato (University of Catania / Italy)
Francesco Calabrò (Leonardo Finmeccanica / Italy)
Luc Vincent (Google Research / USA)
Publicity Chair
Pierluigi Carcagni (ISASI CNR / Italy)
Wei Shi Zheng (Sun Yat-sen University / China)
Area Chairs
Fabio Galasso (Osram / Germany)
Simone Calderara (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia / Italy)
Patrick Grother (NIST / USA)
Miroslaw Z. Bober ((University of Surrey / UK)
Federico Pernici (University of Florence / Italy)
Saibal Mukhopadhyay (Georgia Tech / USA)
Leonid Sigal (Disney Research / USA)
Sergio Escalera (University of Barcelona / Spain)
Tobias Schuchert (Fraunhofer IOSB / Germany)
Amy Loufti (Örebro University / Sweden)
Francois Bremond (INRIA / France)
Anthony Hoogs (Kitware / USA)