Invited Papers.- Graph Matching – Challenges and Potential Solutions.- How to Make Business with Computer Vision Technology.- Biometric Recognition: How Do I Know Who You Are?.- Unsupervised Symbol Grounding and Cognitive Bootstrapping in Cognitive Vision.- Interactive, Mobile, Distributed Pattern Recognition.- Pattern Recognition for Computer Network Security.- Learning Intrusion Detection: Supervised or Unsupervised?.- Network Intrusion Detection by Combining One-Class Classifiers.- Combining Genetic-Based Misuse and Anomaly Detection for Reliably Detecting Intrusions in Computer Networks.- EnFilter: A Password Enforcement and Filter Tool Based on Pattern Recognition Techniques.- Analyzing TCP Traffic Patterns Using Self Organizing Maps.- Conceptual Analysis of Intrusion Alarms.- Computer Vision for Augmented Reality and Augmented Environments.- Simplification of Fan-Meshes Models for Fast Rendering of Large 3D Point-Sampled Scenes.- Camera Self-localization Using Uncalibrated Images to Observe Prehistoric Paints in a Cave.- A Multimodal Perceptual User Interface for Collaborative Environments.- Robust Correspondenceless 3-D Iris Location for Immersive Environments.- Input and Display of Hand Drawn Pattern Onto Planar Board of Arbitrary Position and Pose Utilizing a Projector and Two Cameras.- Computer Vision for Interactive Skewed Video Projection.- Real-Time Avatar Animation Steered by Live Body Motion.- Vision-Based Registration for Augmented Reality with Integration of Arbitrary Multiple Planes.- Low and Middle Level Processing.- A Kalman Filter Based Background Updating Algorithm Robust to Sharp Illumination Changes.- Greedy Algorithm for Local Contrast Enhancement of Images.- Probabilistic Model-Based Background Subtraction.- Estimation of Moments of Digitized Objects with Fuzzy Borders.- Feature Matching and Pose Estimation Using Newton Iteration.- Uncertainty Analysis of Camera Parameters Computed with a 3D Pattern.- A Comparison of 2-D Moment-Based Description Techniques.- A Compact System for Real-Time Detection of Line Segments.- Discrete 3D Tools Applied to 2D Grey-Level Images.- Slant Correction of Vehicle License Plate Image.- Total Variation-Based Speckle Reduction Using Multi-grid Algorithm for Ultrasound Images.- Contour Co-occurrence Matrix – A Novel Statistical Shape Descriptor.- Kernel Based Symmetry Measure.- Easy-to-Use Object Selection by Color Space Projections and Watershed Segmentation.- Fast Edge Preserving Picture Recovery by Finite Markov Random Fields.- High Speed Computation of the Optical Flow.- Autonomous Operators for Direct Use on Irregular Image Data.- Texture Granularities.- Enhancement of Noisy Images with Sliding Discrete Cosine Transform.- Qualitative Real-Time Range Extraction for Preplanned Scene Partitioning Using Laser Beam Coding.- Image Segmentation.- A Novel Segmentation Strategy Based on Colour Channels Coupling.- Seeded Watersheds for Combined Segmentation and Tracking of Cells.- Image Segmentation Evaluation by Techniques of Comparing Clusterings.- Image Segmentation Based on Genetic Algorithms Combination.- Image Segmentation Through Dual Pyramid of Agents.- A New Wavelet-Domain HMTseg Algorithm for Remotely Sensed Image Segmentation.- Segmentation in Echocardiographic Sequences Using Shape-Based Snake Model.- An Algorithm for Binary Image Segmentation Using Polygonal Markov Fields.- Fingerprint Image Segmentation Method Based on MCMC&GA.- Unsupervised Segmentation of Text Fragments in Real Scenes.- Feature Extraction and Image Analysis.- A New Efficient Method for Producing Global Affine Invariants.- Color Fourier Descriptor for Defect Image Retrieval.- Face Recognition Using a Surface Normal Model.- A Robust Two Stage Approach for Eye Detection.- An Approximation of the Maximal Inscribed Convex Set of a Digital Object.- Computing Homographies from Three Lines or Points in an Image Pair.- Graphs.- Commute Times, Discrete Green’s Functions and Graph Matching.- Theoretical and Algorithmic Framework for Hypergraph Matching.- Geometric Characterisation of Graphs.- Graph-Based Multiple Classifier Systems A Data Level Fusion Approach.- Shape and Motion.- Improved Face Shape Recovery and Re-illumination Using Convexity Constraints.- The Virtual Point Light Source Model the Practical Realisation of Photometric Stereo for Dynamic Surface Inspection.- Kernel Spectral Correspondence Matching Using Label Consistency Constraints.- Shape Image Retrieval Using Elastic Matching Combined with Snake Model.- Image Modelling and Computer Graphics.- Image-Based Relighting of Moving Objects with Specular Reflection.- Modeling of Elastic Articulated Objects and Its Parameters Determination from Image Contours.- Discrete Conformal Shape Representation and Reconstruction of 3D Mesh Objects.- Image Communication, Coding and Security.- Security Enhancement of Visual Hashes Through Key Dependent Wavelet Transformations.- Conversion Scheme for DCT-Domain Transcoding of MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC.- A Novel Watermarking Algorithm for Image Authentication: Robustness Against Common Attacks and JPEG2000 Compression.- A Video Watermarking Procedure Based on XML Documents.- Half-Pixel Correction for MPEG-2/H.264 Transcoding.- Computer Architectures, Technologies and Tools.- An Object Interface for Interoperability of Image Processing Parallel Library in a Distributed Environment.- Markovian Energy-Based Computer Vision Algorithms on Graphics Hardware.- Efficient Hardware Architecture for EBCOT in JPEG 2000 Using a Feedback Loop from the Rate Controller to the Bit-Plane Coder.- Multimedia Data Bases.- Incorporating Geometry Information with Weak Classifiers for Improved Generic Visual Categorization.- Content Based Image Retrieval Using a Metric in a Perceptual Colour Space.- Efficient Shape Matching Using Weighted Edge Potential Functions.- Soccer Videos Highlight Prediction and Annotation in Real Time.- Video Processing and Analysis.- Lightweight Protection of Visual Data Using High-Dimensional Wavelet Parametrization.- Shot Detection and Motion Analysis for Automatic MPEG-7 Annotation of Sports Videos.- Tracking Soccer Ball in TV Broadcast Video.- Automatic Roadway Geometry Measurement Algorithm Using Video Images.- An Improved Algorithm for Anchor Shot Detection.- Probabilistic Detection and Tracking of Faces in Video.- Removing Line Scratches in Digital Image Sequences by Fusion Techniques.- Time and Date OCR in CCTV Video.- Statistical Modeling of Huffman Tables Coding.- Pattern Classification and Learning.- 3D Surface Reconstruction from Scattered Data Using Moving Least Square Method.- A Novel Genetic Programming Based Approach for Classification Problems.- Machine Learning on Historic Air Photographs for Mapping Risk of Unexploded Bombs.- Facial Expression Recognition Based on the Belief Theory: Comparison with Different Classifiers.- A Neural Adaptive Algorithm for Feature Selection and Classification of High Dimensionality Data.- Accuracy of MLP Based Data Visualization Used in Oil Prices Forecasting Task.- Classification of Natural Images Using Supervised and Unsupervised Classifier Combinations.- Estimating the ROC Curve of Linearly Combined Dichotomizers.- Hierarchical Associative Memories: The Neural Network for Prediction in Spatial Maps.- Stereo Vision.- Large Baseline Matching of Scale Invariant Features.- Landmark-Based Stereo Vision.- Rectification-Free Multibaseline Stereo for Non-ideal Configurations.- Optimal Parameter Estimation for MRF Stereo Matching.- Dynamic Photometric Stereo.- 3D Vision.- 3D Database Population from Single Views of Surfaces of Revolution.- 3D Face Modeling Based on Structured-Light Assisted Stereo Sensor.- Real-Time 3D Hand Shape Estimation Based on Inverse Kinematics and Physical Constraints.- Curvature Correlograms for Content Based Retrieval of 3D Objects.- 3D Surface Reconstruction of a Moving Object in the Presence of Specular Reflection.- Fitting 3D Cartesian Models to Faces Using Irradiance and Integrability Constraints.- Medical Applications.- Algorithms for Detecting Clusters of Microcalcifications in Mammograms.- Clustering Improvement for Electrocardiographic Signals.- Mammogram Analysis Using Two-Dimensional Autoregressive Models: Sufficient or Not?.- Texture Analysis of CT Images for Vascular Segmentation: A Revised Run Length Approach.- The Spiral Method Applied to the Study of the Microcalcifications in Mammograms.- Frequency Determined Homomorphic Unsharp Masking Algorithm on Knee MR Images.- Hybrid Surface- and Voxel-Based Registration for MR-PET Brain Fusion.- A System to Support the Integrated Management of Diagnostic Medical Images.- Volume Estimation from Uncalibrated Views Applied to Wound Measurement.- Biometrics.- Scatter Search Particle Filter for 2D Real-Time Hands and Face Tracking.- Skin Detection in Videos in the Spatial-Range Domain.- UBIRIS: A Noisy Iris Image Database.- Face Verification Advances Using Spatial Dimension Reduction Methods: 2DPCA & SVM.- Asymmetric 3D/2D Processing: A Novel Approach for Face Recognition.- 3-D Face Modeling from Two Views and Grid Light.- Face and Facial Feature Localization.- Multi-stage Combination of Geometric and Colorimetric Detectors for Eyes Localization.- Score Selection Techniques for Fingerprint Multi-modal Biometric Authentication.- Robust Face Recognition Based on Part-Based Localized Basis Images.- Combining Multiple Matchers for Fingerprint Verification: A Case Study in FVC2004.- Classifier Combination for Face Localization in Color Images.- 3D Face Matching Using the Surface Interpenetration Measure.- Applications.- Automatic Recognition of Road Sign Passo-Carrabile.- Document Image De-warping Based on Detection of Distorted Text Lines.- Order Independent Image Compositing.- Improving SIFT-Based Object Recognition for Robot Applications.- Environment Topological Structure Recognition for Robot Navigation.- Rectangular Traffic Sign Recognition.- Study of the Navigation Parameters in Appearance-Based Navigation of a Mobile Robot.- SVM Based Regression Schemes for Instruments Fault Accommodation in Automotive Systems.- Using Strings for On-Line Handwriting Shape Matching: A New Weighted Edit Distance.- Automatic Updating of Urban Vector Maps.- An Autonomous Surveillance Vehicle for People Tracking.- Track Matching by Major Color Histograms Matching and Post-matching Integration.- Robust Particle Filtering for Object Tracking.- A Correlation-Based Approach to Recognition and Localization of the Preceding Vehicle in Highway Environments.- Statistical Displacement Analysis for Handwriting Verification.- 3D Functional Models of Monkey Brain Through Elastic Registration of Histological Sections.- An Application of Neural and Probabilistic Unsupervised Methods to Environmental Factor Analysis of Multi-spectral Images.- Vehicle Detection and Tracking for Traffic Monitoring.- Consistent Labeling for Multi-camera Object Tracking.