Dear colleagues,
We cordially invite you to submit a paper to the IPTA2020 special  session Advances in variational image processing  (http://www.ipta-conference.com/ipta20/index.php). More information on the event and deadlines may be found bellow.
Best regards, Noémie Debroux, Marie-Ange Lebre, Odyssée Merveille, Antoine Vacavant
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Special session title: Advances in variational image processing
About IPTA 2020 conference: ---------------------------------------- The tenth International Conference on Image Processing Theory, Tools and  Applications IPTA 2020 aims at gathering international researchers,  innovators, educators, and practitioners in image processing for  attending extensive educational high level materials, sharing their  achievements, exchanging their experiences and discussing future  orientations. The conference aims to provide an excellent forum to meet  and discuss various important issues on image processing and  applications. Topics include but are not limited to: - Image formation, scanning, display and printing - Image and video processing, coding and compression - Pattern recognition and computer vision - Perceptual analysis of images and video - Image forensics and security - Machine Learning methods for image and video analysis - Virtual and augmented reality - Artificial Intelligence for weather and climate modelling - Applications
Important dates: ---------------------------------------- - Regular paper and special session submission: March 15, 2020 - Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2020 - Final paper submission and registration: April 30, 2020
Summary: ---------------------------------------- Variational methods have long been the reference in image processing.  These approaches have been widely used to solve ill-posed inverse  problems as they propose an explicit modeling framework and may easily  embed prior knowledge from experts. With the rise of computing power,  deep learning has drastically transformed the research landscape, in  particular in image processing and computer vision. However, deep  learning approaches still yield mixed results in some applications  including (bio)medical imaging as annotated databases are scarcer than  in other domains due to the image complexity and the high-level of  expertise required. In this context, variational methods are undergoing a renew as they  offer robust and interpretable solutions which are two highly desired  properties that are usually missing with deep learning solutions.  Especially works introducing hybrid models trying to get the best of  both worlds have emerged to give very promising results. The goal of this special session is to highlight researches in image  processing using variational approaches by classic or hybrid strategies.  Topics of the session include, without being exhaustive: - Image processing applications: segmentation, registration, denoising,  tracking, deblurring, restoration, etc. - Classic variational and hybrid (variational/ machine learning) models:  model-based, plug-and-play, deep unfolding, etc. - All application fields are welcome (medical/biomedical, remote  sensing, computer vision, etc.).
The best paper of this special session may be invited to publish an  extended version to one of the following journals: - Signal Processing: Image Communication, Elsevier ; - Innovation and Research in BioMedical Engeneering, Elsevier ; - International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering,  Inderscience.
Special session chairs: ---------------------------------------- - Noémie Debroux, Institut Pascal (UMR6602), Le Puy-en-Velay, France - Marie-Ange Lebre, Institut Pascal (UMR6602), Le Puy-en-Velay, France - Odyssée Merveille, CREATIS (UMR5220), Lyon, France - Antoine Vacavant, Institut Pascal (UMR6602), Le Puy-en-Velay, France
Submission process: ---------------------------------------- Authors should visit  http://www.ipta-conference.com/ipta20/index.php/submission for more  information. Papers must be submitted in English and formatted according to the  instructions given in the website above. Please check and carefully  follow the instructions provided in the templates which contains  detailed instructions on formatting your document. Authors should submit a paper maximum of 6 pages including figures and  references, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, using  the on-line submission procedure indicated below. Authors are required  to include their names and affiliations in their papers. Please visit https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IPTA2020 to create an  account and submit your paper. All accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore and  will be submitted for indexing by EI. A selection of the best papers from the conference will be invited to  submit an extended version to special issues of journals.