SPRA provides an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of on-going research in most state-of-the-art areas of computers and communications.We solicit both academic, research, and industrial contributions. We welcome technical papers presenting research and practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals. Topics of interests include but not limited to:

Track 1: Computer Vision

    Vision sensors
    Early vision
    Low-level vision
    Biologically motivated vision
    Illumination and reflectance modeling
    Image based modeling
    Physics-based vision
    Perceptual organization
    Shape modeling and encoding
    Computational photography
    3D shape recovery
    Motion, tracking and video analysis
    2D/3D object detection and recognition
    Scene understanding
    Occlusion and shadow detection
    Stereo and multiple view geometry
    Reconstruction and camera motion estimation
    Vision for graphics
    Vision for robotics
    Cognitive and embodied vision

Track 2: Biomedical Image Analysis

    Vision sensors
    Medical image and signal analysis
    Biological image and signal analysis
    Modeling, simulation and visualization
    Computer-aided detection and diagnosis
    Image guidance and robot guidance of interventions
    Content based image retrieval and data mining
    Medical and biological imaging
    Segmentation of medical images
    Molecular and cellular image analysis
    Volumetric image analysis
    Deformable object tracking and registration
    Computational anatomy and digital human
    VR/AR in medical education, diagnosis and surgery
    Medical robotics
    Brain-computer interfaces
    Data mining for biological databases
    Algorithms for molecular biology

Track 3: Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning

    Statistical, syntactic and structural pattern recognition
    Machine learning and data mining
    Artificial neural networks
    Dimensionality reduction and manifold learning
    Classification and clustering
    Representation and analysis in pixel/voxel images
    Support vector machines and kernel methods
    Symbolic learning
    Active and ensemble learning
    Deep learning
    Transfer learning
    Semi-supervised learning and spectral methods
    Model selection
    Reinforcement learning and temporal models

Track 4: Image, Speech, Signal and Video Processing

    Signal, image and video processing
    Image and video analysis and understanding
    Audio and acoustic processing and analysis
    Spoken language processing
    Sensor array & multichannel signal processing
    Segmentation, features and descriptors
    Texture and color analysis
    Enhancement, restoration and filtering
    Coding, compression and super-resolution
    Automatic speech and speaker recognition
    Multimedia analysis, indexing and retrieval 

Track 5: Document Analysis, Biometrics and Pattern Recognition Applications	

    Pattern Recognition for Bioinformatics
    Pattern Recognition for Surveillance and Security
    Pattern Recognition for Search, Retrieval and Visualization
    Pattern Recognition for Art, Cultural Heritage and Entertainment
    Industrial image analysis
    Gesture and Behavior Analysis
    Mixed and Augmented Reality
    Inpainting and Superimposing
    Signal Processing for Astronomy
    Human Computer Interaction
    Display Hardware
    Character and Text Recognition
    Handwriting Recognition
    Graphics Recognition
    Document Understanding
    Performance Evaluation
    Human computer interaction
    Speech and natural language based interaction
    Human body motion and gesture based interaction
    Affective computing
    Facial expression recognition
    Group interaction: analysis of verbal and non-verbal communication
    Biometric systems and applications
    Multi-biometrics
    Forensic biometrics and its applications
    Fingerprint recognition
    Face recognition
    Iris recognition
    Gate recognition
    Speaker recognition
    Other biometric modalities
    Soft biometrics
    Security issues
    Other applications