The Ninth IASTED International Conference on
Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications
SPPRA 2012

June 18 – 20, 2012
Crete, Greece

Past Conference Information

The Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications 2012 conference in Crete, Greece has ended.

Conference Proceedings

The Conference Proceedings are available for purchase on the ACTA Press website:

General Chair

Prof. Maria Petrou
Imperial College London, UK
Informatics and Telematics Institute, CERTH, Greece
General Chair Portrait

Keynote Speaker

"Semantic 3DTV Content Analysis and MPEG-7 Compliant Description"

Prof. Ioannis Pitas
University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Keynote Speaker Portrait

Tutorial Session

"Adaptive Sinusoidal Modeling of Speech and Audio with Applications to Voice Function Assessment"

Yannis Stylianou
University of Crete, Greece
Tutorial Session Portrait

Scope

The topics of interest covered by SPPRA 2012 included, but were not limited to:

APPLICATIONS

  • Economics
  • Engineering
  • Manufacturing
  • Medicine
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Others
  • Radar
  • Remote Sensing
  • Robotics
  • Seismic
  • Telecommunications

PATTERN RECOGNITION

Computer Vision

  • 3D and Range Data Analysis
  • Computational Geometry
  • Content-based Retrieval
  • Geometric and Morphologic Analysis
  • Neural Network Applications
  • Stereo Vision
  • Visualization

Image Analysis

  • Image Database Indexing
  • Image Processing
  • Image Sequence Processing
  • Image Synthesis
  • Medical Image Analysis
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Segmentation and Representation

Image Recognition, Coding, and Compression

  • Color and Texture
  • Compression
  • Fingerprinting
  • Handwriting, Shape, and Document Analysis
  • Illumination Models
  • Image Coding
  • Image Enhancement
  • Object Recognition and Motion
  • Rendering
  • Rendering Algorithms and Systems
  • Restoration and Retrieval
  • Text Recognition
  • Volume Rendering

Watermarking Techniques

  • Applications in Copyright Control
  • Data Security
  • Digital Watermarking
  • Identification and Certification

SIGNAL PROCESSING

Algorithms and Techniques

  • Architecture and Implementation
  • Discrete Cosine Transform
  • Fourier Transform
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Hilbert Transform
  • Neural Networks for Signal Processing
  • Wavelets

Audio and Video

  • Audio and Electro Acoustics
  • HDTV
  • Multimedia
  • Speech Processing
  • Video Technology

Detection and Estimation

  • Computation
  • Estimation of Signal Parameters
  • Motion Detection
  • Prediction
  • Segmentation and Representation

Filters

  • Adaptive Filtering
  • Filter Designs and Structures
  • FIR and IIR Filters
  • Signal Reconstruction Using Filters

Signal Analysis and Processing

  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Mobile Signal Processing
  • Multidimensional Signal Processing
  • Nonlinear DSP
  • Statistical Signal Processing
  • Time-Frequency Signal Analysis