Computer vision as an implementation technology for human-computer
interfaces is rapidly gaining importance for industrial, military,
and consumer markets. From surveillance and computer games to
wearable devices, vision-based interfaces have countless
applications and promise to revolutionize the way we communicate
with computers. However, pervasiveness of computer vision methods
in the field is often hindered by the lack of real-time, robust
algorithms as well as space- and power-efficient ways to implement
them in the often restricted hardware components.
This CVIU Special Issue is aimed at describing the state of the
art of vision-based human-computer interfaces and at presenting
recent advances in computer vision that are poised to change
software, hardware, and/or interaction aspects. The focus is on
works that have a clear, practical, and universal applicability to
improving how computer vision can and does facilitate
human-computer interaction.
Topics relevant to the Special Issue are:
Detection of people, faces, hands
Human motion and gesture recognition
Facial expression recognition
Event detection and recognition
Sign language analysis and recognition
User, context, and task modeling
Learning in human-computer interaction
Multimodal interfaces and integration (with a focus on vision)
Perceptual user interfaces
Affective computing
Implementation of real-time algorithms on special hardware
Computer vision on embedded processors
Vision in non-visible bands
Vision-based game interfaces
Medical applications
Surveillance
3D interfaces for virtual and augmented reality
Studies of vision-based interfaces in application
For other topics, please contact the guest editors.
This special issue is organized in conjunction with the
IEEE Workshop on Vision for Human-Computer Interaction,
which was held at CVPR on June 21, 2005. Papers and more are
available here. Paper
submission to the journal is OPEN to all authors and not tied to
participation in the workshop!
Guest editors
Mathias Kölsch, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey
www
Vladimir Pavlovic, Rutgers University,
www
Branislav Kisacanin, Delphi Corporation,
mail
Thomas S. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
www
Important dates
V4HCI workshop paper submission:
Monday, March 7, 2005 (past)
V4HCI workshop at CVPR:
June 21, 2005 (past)
Journal manuscript submission:
September 5, 2005
Reviews sent to authors:
DELAYED due to pending reviews
Submission of revised manuscripts:
DELAYED
Final notification:
DELAYED
Approximate publication date:
July 2006
Submission guidelines
Only original papers will be considered for publication.
Submissions will be judged by their contributions, their clarity
of presentation, the potential impact to the field, and by their
suitability to publication in an archival journal. Prospective
authors concerned about the contents of their paper are encouraged
to contact the guest editors well ahead of the submission
deadline.
Please follow the detailed guidelines
for CVIU articles on the Elsevier web site. Note that you are
allowed one
color page in each article.
There is no hard page limit. However, the "merit per page"
and the focused-ness of the article are important criteria for
acceptance. CVIU articles are typically between 8 and 25
(journal-) pages long, including all figures, tables, and
references. We prefer to receive articles written with Tex/Latex.
All articles must be submitted electronically through the Elsevier CVIU web
page (click on "Log In" at the top of the page - NOT on Author
Gateway). For help, see the "Tutorial for Authors" linked from
that page. Choose the article type Invited Human/Comp
Interact. SPECIAL ISSUE and include in the cover letter that
the manuscript is intended for the V4HCI Special Issue.
Authors should also submit a cover letter in plain text with the
following information: title of the submitted article, the name of
the file that has been submitted, all authors' full names, and the
corresponding author's day time phone number and e-mail. Please,
send all cover letters to kolschATnps.edu.
