The ICPR-2008 Tutorial Chairs invite tutorial proposals for the International Conference on Pattern Recognition 2008 (www.icpr2008.org). The tutorials will be held on December 7, immediately before the start of the main conference. Tutorials can be either half a day or full day.

The tutorials may be on topics closely related to the seven tracks of ICPR 2008. Topics from other related fields are also welcome, but the tutorial presenters should state clearly in their proposals how knowledge in these areas can lead to possible collaboration with researchers already working in the core areas of ICPR.

Proposed model is that the speakers will receive 50% of net revenues (after deducting expenses from registration income).

If you are interested in presenting a tutorial at ICPR 2008, please send the following information to the Tutorial Co-Chairs, Mubarak Shah and Sergey Ablameyko by 15 May 2008:

About the Instructor(s):
Name
Contact information (affiliation and email)
Brief biography (100-200 words)
Summary of teaching experience (including tutorial presentation in ICPR or other conferences) Prior experience in proposed topic

About the Tutorial:
Title
Intended audience
Prerequisites for participants
Estimated enrollment
Outline and brief description of tutorial (2 pages maximum)
Previous venues at which this tutorial has been presented (if any)
Special equipment requirements (if any)

Important Dates for Tutorials:
May 15, 2008 Proposal submission deadline
July 5 2008 Acceptance notification
August 8, 2008 Deadline for Early Registration
December 7, 2008 ICPR-2008 tutorials – Full day

ICPR-2008 will be responsible for the following:
1) Providing a meeting place and logistical support for tutorials.
2) Duplicating tutorial notes and distributing them to the participants.

ICPR-2008 reserves the right to cancel any tutorial if deadlines are missed or if too few attendees register for the tutorial by early registration deadline to support the costs of hosting the tutorial. To cover costs, it will be necessary to charge tutorial participants a tutorial fee.

Questions concerning the ICPR-2008 tutorials should be directed to Tutorial Chairs:
Prof. Sergey Ablameyko - abl@newman.bas-net.by
Prof. Mubarak Shah - shah@cs.ucf.edu