PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM The 10th IASTED International Conference on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Applications (SPPRA 2013) & th The 14 IASTED International Conference on Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM 2013) February 12 – 14, 2013 Innsbruck, Austria LOCATION Congress und Messe Innsbruck GmbH F. Cointault – AgroSup Dijon, France Rennweg 3, 6020 Innsbruck C. Cusano – University of Milan - Bicocca, Italy Austria P. Daras – Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece N. Elmar – University of Erlangen-Nuremberg , Germany SIGNAL PROCESSING, PATTERN P. Georgieva – University of Aveiro, Portugal C. Grecos – University of West of Scotland, Scotland RECOGNITION, AND APPLICATIONS R. C. Guido – University of São Paulo, Brazil (SPPRA 2013) K. V. Hari – Indian Institute of Science, India T. Hassan – Vienna University of Technology, Austria SPONSOR P. R. Hill – The University of Bristol, UK The International Association of Science and Technology L. Igual – Computer Vision Center, Spain for Development (IASTED) P. Jancovic – University of Birmingham, UK M. Jansen – Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium CONFERENCE CHAIR L. Journaux – AgroSup Dijon, France Assoc. Prof. Martin Kampel – Vienna University of M. Kampel – Vienna University of Technology, Austria Technology, Austria H. N. Kim – Pusan National University, Korea C. Kotropoulos – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Greece Dr. Nicu Sebe – University of Trento, Italy W. Kubinger – University of Applied Sciences Technikum Dr. Georg Langs – Medical University of Vienna, Austria Wien, Austria A. Kuijper – Fraunhofer IGD, Germany PUBLICITY CHAIR S. Kwong – City University of Hong Kong, PR China M. Li – Nanjing University, PR China Assc. Prof. M. Emre Celebi – Louisiana State University L. Mihaylova – Lancaster University, UK in Shreveport, USA M. Milanova – University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA SPECIAL SESSION CHAIR S. W. Park – Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA Prof. Robert Sablatnig – Vienna University of A. Pinho – University of Aveiro, Portugal Technology, Austria O. Pujol – University of Barcelona, Spain G. Qian – NeoMotion Research, USA SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZER S. Raviraja – University of Malaya, Malaysia Mr. Rainer Planinc – Vienna University of Technology, S. A. Robila – Montclair State University, USA Austria J. A. Rodriguez Fernández – University of Málaga, Spain R. Sablatnig – Vienna University of Technology, Austria INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE H. Sahbi – CNRS, France E. H. Amadou Gning – University College London, UK R. Saint-Nom – Buenos Aires Institute of Technology, H. Bhaskar – UAE Argentina C. S. Bouganis – Imperial College London, UK N. M. Sirakov – Texas A&M University - Commerce, M. Ceccarelli – University of Sannio, Italy USA M. E. Celebi – Louisiana State University in Shreveport, R. Sitte – Griffith University, Australia USA M. Sliskovic – SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co KG, W. K. Cham – The Chinese University of Hong Kong, PR Germany China T. Stathaki – Imperial College of London, UK R. S. Choras – University of Technology and Life U. Stilla – Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Sciences, Poland V. Sukumar – Aptina Imaging, USA 1 H. Tang – University of Minnesota Duluth, USA COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND A. Uhl – Universität Salzburg, Austria M. Verleysen – Universite catholique de Louvain, Belgium IMAGING (CGIM 2013) H. Wang – Tongji University, PR China W. L. Woo – Newcastle University, UK SPONSOR H. R. Wu – Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, The International Association of Science and Technology Australia for Development (IASTED) W. Y. Wu – I-Shou University, Taiwan H. Yin – University of Manchester, UK PROGRAM CHAIR Prof. Lars Linsen - Jacobs University, Germany ADDITIONAL PAPER REVIEWERS M. hödlmoser – cvl, Austria TUTORIAL SESSIONS I. Ibraheem – Damascus University, Syria Dr. Huiyu Zhou - Queen’s University Belfast, UK I. A. Nasir – Sebha University, Libya Dr. Paul Miller - Queen’s University Belfast, UK R. planinc – CVL, Austria M. Sharma – State Forensic Science Laboratory, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE J. Sidorova – Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain S. Ablameyko – Belarusian State University, Belarus C. M. Travieso – University of Las Palmas de Gran E. Akleman – Texas A&M University, USA Canaria, Spain Y. Alsultanny – Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain E. Wetzinger – cvl, Austria M. Al-Tarawneh – Mutah University, Jordan P. Xiang – Image Analysis, Inc, USA L. Amaral – Departamento de Engenharia Quimica e S. zambanini – CVL, Austria Biologica, Portugal A. Zweng – Computer Vision Lab, Austria J. Ben-Arie – University of Illinois at Chicago, USA H. Bez – Loughborough University, UK F. Bianconi – University of Perugia, Italy C. A. Bohn – Wedel University of Applied Sciences, Germany H. K. Cakmak – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany K. Camilleri – University of Malta, Malta P. Carvalho – University of Coimbra, Portugal M. E. Celebi – Louisiana State University in Shreveport, USA H. T. Chang – National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan J. Chang – Bournemouth University, UK R. S. Choras – University of Technology and Life Sciences, Poland M. Corsini – Visual Computing Laboratory, Italy M. Das – Oakland University, USA K. de Geus – Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil T. M. Deserno – RWTH Aachen University, Germany M. Duplaga – Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland A. Ebert – University of Kaiserslautern, Germany P. K. Egbert – Brigham Young University, USA R. F. Erbacher – Utah State University, USA T. Ertl – University of Stuttgart, Germany V. Fack – Ghent University, Belgium P. Felkel – Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic R. Ferrari – Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil D. Geronimo – Computer Vision Center, Spain R. Grasset – University of Technology Graz, Austria N. Gueorguieva – City University of New York, USA 2 P. Hall – University of Bath, UK X. Yang – Bournemouth University, UK D. Hart – SUNY Plattsburgh, USA J. H. Yong – Tsinghua University, PR China S. Hauswiesner – Graz University of Technology, Austria N. Yoshida – Nihon University, Japan R. Hornero Sánchez – University of Valladolid, Spain J. J. Zhang – Bournemouth University, UK S. Hwang – University of Illinois at Springfield, USA H. Zhou – Queen’s University Belfast, UK I. Ibraheem – Damascus University, Syria L. Inzerillo – University of Palermo, Italy ADDITIONAL PAPER REVIEWERS H. Jiang – University of Florida, USA M. Lizier – Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil Z. Jin – Nanjing University of Science and Technology, PR China PLEASE NOTE M. Jones – University of Wales Swansea, UK Paper presentations are 15 minutes in length with an A. Kuijper – Fraunhofer IGD, Germany additional 5 minutes for questions. B. Li – Samsung Mobile Research, USA Report to your Session Chair 15 minutes before the F. Liarokapis – Coventry University, UK session is scheduled to begin. L. Linsen – Jacobs University, Germany Presentations should be loaded onto the presentation J. Llados – Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain laptop in the appropriate room prior to your session. C. C. Lu – Kent State University, USA End times of sessions vary depending on the number M. P. Malumbres – Miguel Hernandez University, Spain of papers scheduled. P. Matsakis – University of Guelph, Canada P. L. Mazzeo – Istituto di studi sui sistemi intelligenti per l'automazione, Italy G. Meixner – German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany F. Murtagh – University of London, Royal Holloway, UK G. Nikishkov – University of Aizu, Japan K. Palágyi – University of Szeged, Hungary S. W. Park – Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA A. G. Patil – S.B.M. Polytechnic, India H. Pedrini – University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Brazil A. Pina – Public University of Navarra, Spain R. Preiner – Vienna University of Technology, Austria G. Reitmayr – Graz University of Technology, Austria M. Rodrigues – Sheffield Hallam University, UK D. Roller – University of Stuttgart, Germany A. Rusu – Rowan University, USA C. Santagati – Università di Catania, Italy N. S. Sapidis – University of Western Macedonia, Greece A. D. Sappa – Computer Vision Center, Spain P. Stanchev – Kettering University, USA S. Stansfield – Ithaca College, USA S. A. Suandi – Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Y. Takeuchi – Daido University, Japan J. M. Tavares – University of Porto, Portugal D. Y. Tsai – Niigata University, Japan P. L. Weiss – University of Haifa, Israel M. White – University of Sussex, UK 3 PROGRAM OVERVIEW Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Wednesday, February 13, 2013 07:00 – SPPRA/CGIM Registration 08:30 – SPPRA Session 2 – Image Processing (Diesner Foyer) (Hall Igls) 08:00 – SPPRA/CGIM Welcome Address 10:30 – Coffee Break 08:30 (Hall Igls) 11:00 (Diesner Foyer) 08:30 – CGIM Session 1 – Visualization and Human- 11:00 – SPPRA Session 2 Continued Computer Interaction (Hall Igls) (Hall Igls) 12:30 – Lunch Break 10:30 – Coffee Break (Self-Catered) 11:00 (Diesner Foyer) 14:00 – SPPRA Keynote Presentation 2 - Dr. Georg Langs 11:00 – SPPRA Keynote Presentation 1 – “Human- (Hall Igls) centered Computing: Challenges and Perspectives” – 15:00 – Coffee Break Dr. Nicu Sebe 15:30 (Diesner Foyer) (Hall Igls) 15:30 – SPPRA Session 3 – Sound and Speech Processing 12:00 – Lunch Break (Hall Igls) (Self–Catered) 19:00 – Dinner Banquet 14:00 – SPPRA Session 1 – Signal Processing I (Hall Innsbruck) (Hall Aalborg) 14:00 – CGIM Tutorial Presentation – “Computer Vision Techniques for Video Surveillance” - Dr. Huiyu Zhou and Dr. Paul Miller (Hall