we received over 300 submissions for the main symposium from which we accepted 93 papers for oral presentation and 73 papers for poster p- sentation. A total of 44 papers were accepted for oral presentation and 6 papers for poster presentation in the special tracks.

Poster Session.- Lunar Image Classification for Terrain Detection.- Surface Modeling of the Corpus Callosum from MRI Scans.- Track Detection for Autonomous Trains.- Local Descriptors for Document Layout Analysis.- CT Image Segmentation Using Structural Analysis.- Phase Space for Face Pose Estimation.- Contour Based Shape Retrieval.- Illumination Normalization for Robust Face Recognition Using Discrete Wavelet Transform.- Feature-Based Lung Nodule Classification.- Multiple-object Tracking in Cluttered and Crowded Public Spaces.- Compliant Interframe Coding for Motion-JPEG2000.- EVP-Based Multiple-View Triangulation.- An Improved Shape Matching Algorithm for Deformable Objects Using a Global Image Feature.- Multi-scale Topo-morphometric Opening of Arteries and Veins: An Evaluative Study via Pulmonary CT Imaging.- Video Event Detection as Matching of Spatiotemporal Projection.- PixelLaser: Computing Range from Monocular Texture.- A Spatio-Spectral Algorithm for Robust and Scalable Object Tracking in Videos.- Driving Fatigue Detection Using Active Shape Models.- Outlier Removal in Stereo Reconstruction of Orbital Images.- Random Sampling Nonlinear Optimization for Camera Self-calibration with Modeling of Intrinsic Parameter Space.- Facial Fraud Discrimination Using Detection and Classification.- Segmentation of Abdominal Organs Incorporating Prior Knowledge in Small Animal CT.- Method of Interest Points Characterization Based C-HOG Local Descriptor.- Stereo-Based Object Segmentation Combining Spatio-Temporal Information.- Fast Motion Estimation Based on Search Range Adjustment Using Neighboring MVDs.- Towards Computational Understanding of Skill Levels in Simulation-Based Surgical Training via Automatic Video Analysis.- Biomedical Image Retrieval in a Fuzzy Feature Space with Affine Region Detection and Vector Quantization of a Scale-Invariant Descriptor.- Model Distribution Dependant Complexity Estimation on Textures.- Integrating Multiple Uncalibrated Views for Human 3D Pose Estimation.- A Novel Histogram-Based Feature Representation and Its Application in Sport Players Classification.- Facial Expression Recognition Using Facial Features and Manifold Learning.- Blurring Mean-Shift with a Restricted Data-Set Modification for Applications in Image Processing.- Detecting Straight Line Segments Using a Triangular Neighborhood.- Size Distribution Estimation of Stone Fragments via Digital Image Processing.- Image Enhancement by Median Filters in Algebraic Reconstruction Methods: An Experimental Study.- 3D Curvature-Based Shape Descriptors for Face Segmentation: An Anatomical-Based Analysis.- Computational Hemodynamics in Intracranial Vessels Reconstructed from Biplane Angiograms.- Object Distance Estimation Based on Stereo Vision and Color Segmentation with Region Matching.- Multiscale Information Fusion by Graph Cut through Convex Optimization.- A Fast Level Set-Like Algorithm for Region-Based Active Contours.- A Novel Hardware Architecture for Rapid Object Detection Based on Adaboost Algorithm.- Using Perceptual Color Contrast for Color Image Processing.- GPU Acceleration of Robust Point Matching.- A Wavelet-Based Face Recognition System Using Partial Information.- A Study of Hierarchical Correlation Clustering for Scientific Volume Data.- Subversion Statistics Sifter.- A Lossy/Lossless Coding Algorithm Using Histogram.- Stereo Matching in Mean Shift Attractor Space.- Undecimated Wavelet Transform-Based Image Interpolation.- The Influence of Multimodal 3D Visualizations on Learning Acquisition.- Visualizing Gene Co-expression as Google Maps.- A New Approach for Lighting Effect Rendering.- SemaTime - Timeline Visualization of Time-Dependent Relations and Semantics.- Comics Stylizations of 3D Scenes Using GPU.- Discovering Novelty in Gene Data: From Sequential Patterns to Visualization.- A Differential-Geometrical Framework for Color Image Quality Measures.- Three Dimensional Reconstruction Using Vertical Constraints from a Photograph.- A Framework for Visual and Haptic Collaboration in Shared Virtual Spaces.- Design and Costs Estimation of Electrical Substations Based on Three-Dimensional Building Blocks.- Generating Shaded Image with Lighting Using Image Fusion Space.- Automatic Detection of Morphologically Distinct Objects in Biomedical Images Using Second Generation Wavelets and Multiple Marked Point Process.- Imaging-Based Computation of the Dynamics of Pelvic Floor Deformation and Strain Visualization Analysis.- Exploiting Multiple Cameras for Environmental Pathlets.- On Supervised Human Activity Analysis for Structured Environments.- Human Behavior Analysis at a Point of Sale.