We cordially invited you to the 5th Mediterranean Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (MedPRAI 2021) which will be held on December 17-18, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey. Following the five successful previous editions of MedPRAI (Algeria 2016, Morocco 2018, Turkey 2019, and Tunisia 2020), the 5th edition of MedPRAI will be held in Istanbul (Turkey) from 17 to 18 December 2021. MedPRAI is organized by the Department of Computer Engineering, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul, Turkey and sponsored by AIPLUS Inc. The United Kingdom.  It aims to provide researchers and practitioners from academia and industry with a forum on the latest pattern recognition and artificial intelligence developments. The conference will also provide a unique opportunity for sharing experiences from different backgrounds with a common interest in advanced methods in the fields mentioned above. The scientific program of MedPRAI 2021 will include the presentation of invited plenary talks, regular sessions, poster sessions and some special sessions.

Publication and Indexing

The proceedings will be published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series of (https://link.springer.com/conference/medprai). CCIS is abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus. CCIS volumes are also submitted for inclusion in ISI Proceedings. 

Review Process

All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least 3 members of the international program committee. Moreover, additional reviewers will be consulted if needed. Paper acceptance will be based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of presentation.

Topics of Interest

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

– Statistical, structural and syntactic pattern recognition,
– Neural networks,
– Machine learning,
– Data mining,
– Graph-based techniques for pattern recognition,
– Object recognition,
– Signal analysis,
– Image coding and processing,
– Shape and texture analysis
– Computer vision,
– Robotics,
– Remote sensing,
– Document processing,
– Text and graphics recognition,
– Digital libraries,
– Speech recognition,
– Music analysis,
– Multimedia systems,
– Natural language analysis,
– Information retrieval,
– Biometrics,
– Biomedical pattern analysis,
– Artificial intelligence.

Important Dates

– Paper Submission:                August 15, 2021
– Review Notification:            September 15, 2021
– Registration Opens:              September 15, 2021
– Final Paper Submission:      September 30, 2021
– Early Bird Registration:       September 30, 2021
– Conference Dates:                December 17-18, 2021

Keynote Speakers

– Prof. Sankar Kumar Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India
– Prof. Faisal Shafait, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), Pakistan
– Dr. Abbas Cheddad, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

–  Prof. Fernand Cohen, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University, USA

Hosts and Sponsors

Inquiries
Please forward your inquiries to chawki.djeddi@litislab.fr

Kind regards

Dr. AKHTAR JAMIL

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences,

Department of Computer Engineering,

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University,

Istanbul, Turkey.

Telefon: 0(212)692-8780

Fax: 0(212)692-8229

Skype: akh.jam

www.izu.edu.tr

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