ICPR2012 | 21st International Conference on Pattern Recognition

ICPR2012 is the twenty-first conference of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), which will be held during November 11-15, 2012 at the Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Japan. Tsukuba Science City is about 50 km northeast of Tokyo and 40 km northwest of the Narita International Airport. The Haneda International Airport is 10 km south of Tokyo. The Tsukuba Express Line connects Tsukuba/Akihabara in 45 min.

What's New

2012/02/08	Information for Registration is updated.
2012/01/13	Paper submission page is now open. Please follow the Guideline for Paper Submission and see also instructions at The PaperCept Conference Management System.
2012/01/13	Guideline for Paper Submission and Awards pages are updated.
2011/10/30	Position of the IAPR ExCo on the next ICPR2012 in Tsukuba (from IAPR Newsletter, Vol. 33, No. 4, October 2011)
2011/10/02	Contests: List of contests is announced at the Contests page.
2011/09/12	Another sponsorship logo is added: from JSPS, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2011/08/24	Call for Papers and Call for Tutorials are announced.
2011/07/30	Two sponsorship logos are added: from the Science Council of Japan and IEEE Computer Society.
2011/07/30	Call for Workshops is announced.
2011/05/11	Overview of contributions and Call for ICPR Contest Proposals are updated.
2011/04/01	ICPR2012 is pleased to launch its brand-new website.

    Paper Submission is now open.
    (IAPR PaperCept Conference Management System)
    http://iapr.papercept.net

A Special Message from the IARP President
Position of the IAPR ExCo on the next ICPR2012 in Tsukuba
(IAPR Newsletter, Vol. 33, No. 4, October 2011)

by Denis Laurendeau, IAPR President (Canada)

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami:
- Message of the President of Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO). http://www.jnto.go.jp/MI/eng/index.html

- Travel Advisory for North-eastern Honshu after the Earthquake

http://www.jnto.go.jp/eq/
- Declaration of Recovery of Tourism in Tsukuba City - Revitalizing from Disaster Areas - (from Mayor of Tsukuba and Tsukuba Tourist and Convention Association)

- ICPR2012 Poster - Download (1.6Mb, A2 size)
- ICPR2012 Call for Paper - Download (365kb, A4 size)

Important Dates

Deadline for contest proposal	July 15, 2011
Deadline for workshop proposal	January 6, 2012
Deadline for tutorial proposal	April 30, 2012

Deadline for paper submission	March 31, 2012

Notification of paper acceptance	June 15, 2012
Camera ready papers and author registration	July 15, 2012

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