CVAUI 2018 is endorsed by the International Association of Pattern Recognition
The International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) is an international association of non-profit, scientific or professional organizations (being national, multi-national, or international in scope) concerned with pattern recognition, computer vision, and image processing in a broad sense.
CVAUI 2018 is sponsored by Ocean Networks Canada
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative ofthe University of Victoria, operates several underwater cabled observatories off the west coast of Canada and in the Arctic. Over the past 10 years, ONC has collected over 83,000 hours of video data from 26 historical and current seafloor camera systems, along with an additional 10,000 hours of video from remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). All data are freely available for download through the website.
Important Dates:
| Extended submission deadline: | 1 June 2018 |
| Author notification: | 5 July 2018 |
| Camera ready: | 18 July 2018 |
| Workshop day: | 20 August 2018 |
Workshop Organizers:
| Alexandra Branzan Albu (PhD) | Maia Hoeberechts (PhD) |
| Associate Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering | Associate Director, User Services |
| University of Victoria BC, Canada | Ocean Networks Canada BC, Canada |
| aalbu@uvic.ca | maiah@uvic.ca |
Scientific Committee:
| Jacopo Aguzzi | Spanish National Research Council, Dept. of Renewable Resources, Barcelona, Spain |
| Konstantinos Avgerinakis | Centre for Research & Technology Hellas, Greece |
| Duane Edgington | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, CA, US |
| Bob Fisher | School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Hervé Glotin | Institut Universitaire de France and University of Toulon, France |
| Anthony Hoogs | Computer Vision group, Kitware, NY, US |
| Tim Nattkemper | Bielefeld University, Germany |
| Timm Shoening | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany |