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AVSS is the premier annual international conference in the field of video and signal-based surveillance
that brings together experts from academia, industry, and government to advance theories, methods,
systems, and applications related to surveillance. AVSS is sponsored by the IEEE and, in particular, by its
two societies, the Signal Processing Society (IVMSP TC) and the IEEE Computer Society (PAMI TC).
AVSS will celebrate its 10th anniversary in Kraków in 2013. It has been steadily growing in both stature
and attendance, from about 70 attendees in 1998 (Genova, Italy) to 125 in 2010 (Boston, USA) and 140 in
2011 (Klagenfurt, Austria). Even more attendees are expected in 2012 in Beijing, China.

General Chair:
J. Konrad, Boston Univ.
General Co-Chair:
M. Domański, Poznań Univ. Tech.
Program Chairs:
A. Krzyżak, Concordia Univ.
K. Mikołajczyk, Univ. of Surrey
B. Rinner, Alpen-Adria Univ.
Workshops Chair:
J.-M. Odobez, IDIAP
Industrial Chair:
M. Bober, Univ. of Surrey
Local Arrangements Chairs:
B. Cyganek, AGH Univ. Sci .& Tech.
B. Kwolek, Tech. Univ. Rzeszów
Publicity Chairs:
A. Dziech, AGH Univ. Sci. & Tech.
Z. Lei, Chinese Academy Science
C. Micheloni, Univ. of Udine
F. Qureshi, U. Ontario Inst. Tech.
Publications Chair:
M. Woźniak, Tech. Univ. Wrocław
Finance/Registration Chair:
R. Stasiński, Poznań Univ. Tech.
Web Chair:
P. Ishwar, Boston Univ.

AVSS focuses on underlying theory, methods, systems, and applications of surveillance and invites
submissions in areas listed below, especially cross-disciplinary and game-changing ones. The list of topics
of interest includes, but is not limited to:
 Sensor-Centric Processing
 Processing, Detection, Tracking & Recognition
o Sensors (visible/infrared/3D/mm-wave/
o Modeling and feature selection
audio/radio, etc.)
o Detection and estimation (change, motion,
o Ground, airborne, satellite based (fixed/
anomaly, saliency, pattern)
mobile/UAV)
o Data association and (multi) target tracking
o Crowdsourcing (cellular, social networks)
o Classification and recognition
o Calibration and positioning (GPS, etc.)
o Multi-modal fusion
o Communications and networked sensing
 Analytics, Situation Awareness & Decision
 Data Management & Human-Computer
Making
Interaction
o Activity/interaction analysis and monitoring
o Compression and summarization
o Intention estimation and situation
o Archival, search and retrieval
awareness
o Human-computer interfaces
o Crowdsourcing-based methods
o Visualization algorithms
o Cognitive dynamic systems and bio-inspired
o Mobile and distributed interaction
methods
 Security and Privacy
 Surveillance Systems and Applications
o Data authenticity
o Hardware and software architectures
o Privacy in surveillance
o Research prototypes
o Forensics
o Simulators
o Biometrics (standoff, multi-modal, voice, etc.)
o Civilian, industrial, and military
o Cybersecurity for surveillance (wireless,
o Transportation (road, rail, air, maritime)
network, computer)
o Performance evaluation
About Kraków: The royal capital of Poland until late 16th century, today Kraków is home to a quarter of
country's museum resources. Visiting Kraków amounts to an encounter with the most splendid time in
Polish history. Its Old City, where AVSS will be held, the Wawel Hill and the district of Kazimierz were all
entered into the 1978 UNESCO World Heritage List. Beyond history, Kraków offers scenic walks, lots of
artistic and cultural events, and rich gastronomy. Located in the heart of Central Europe, Kraków is easily
accessible by air, rail and roadway.

Paper Submission: Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers, up to 6 pages long, by
March 18, 2013. Detailed submission instructions will be posted on the conference website at
www.avss2013.org in due time. Each submission will be double-blind peer-reviewed by at least two
experts. The conference proceedings will be published in IEEE Xplore digital library.
Call for Workshops: AVSS-2013 will host workshops on August 27, 2013 prior to the technical program of
the conference. Prospective organizers are invited to submit workshop proposals by February 18, 2013.
Please visit the conference website at www.avss2013.org for additional information.
Important dates:

Workshop proposals:
Paper submission:
Paper acceptance:
Camera ready:
Early registration:

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