Progress in pattern recognition, image analysis and applications: 14th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2009, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, November 15-18, 2009: proceedings

Content: Keynote 1.- An Imaging Architecture Based on Derivative Estimation Sensors.- Image Coding, Processing and Analysis.- Landmark Real-Time Recognition and Positioning for Pedestrian Navigation.- A Binarization Method for a Scenery Image with the Fractal Dimension.- Selective Change-Driven Image Processing: A Speeding-Up Strategy.- Coding Long Contour Shapes of Binary Objects.- Finding Images with Similar Lighting Conditions in Large Photo Collections.- Color Image Registration under Illumination Changes.- A Novel Approach to Robust Background Subtraction.- Automatic Choice of the Number of Nearest Neighbors in Locally Linear Embedding.- K-Medoids-Based Random Biometric Pattern for Cryptographic Key Generation.- A Hardware Architecture for SIFT Candidate Keypoints Detection.- Analysis of Non Local Image Denoising Methods.- Segmentation, Analysis of Shape and Texture.- Texture Characterization Using a Curvelet Based Descriptor.- Improving Fingerprint Matching Using an Orientation-Based Minutia Descriptor.- Morphological Shape Context: Semi-locality and Robust Matching in Shape Recognition.- On the Computation of the Common Labelling of a Set of Attributed Graphs.- Advances in Rotation-Invariant Texture Analysis.- SAR Image Segmentation Using Level Sets and Region Competition under the Model.- A New Segmentation Approach for Old Fractured Pieces.- Segmentation in 2D and 3D Image Using Tissue-Like P System.- Dynamic Image Segmentation Method Using Hierarchical Clustering.- A Study on Representations for Face Recognition from Thermal Images.- Fast Unsupervised Texture Segmentation Using Active Contours Model Driven by Bhattacharyya Gradient Flow.- A Distributed and Collective Approach for Curved Object-Based Range Image Segmentation.- Learning an Efficient Texture Model by Supervised Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction Methods.- A Fuzzy Segmentation Method for Images of Heat-Emitting Objects.- Keynote 2.- Challenges and Opportunities for Extracting Cardiovascular Risk Biomarkers from Imaging Data.- Geometric Image Processing and Analysis.- A New Unsupervised Learning for Clustering Using Geometric Associative Memories.- Airway Tree Segmentation from CT Scans Using Gradient-Guided 3D Region Growing.- Geometric Approach to Hole Segmentation and Hole Closing in 3D Volumetric Objects.- Optimizations and Performance of a Robotics Grasping Algorithm Described in Geometric Algebra.- Homological Computation Using Spanning Trees.- Getting Topological Information for a 80-Adjacency Doxel-Based 4D Volume through a Polytopal Cell Complex.- Circular Degree Hough Transform.- Analysis of Signal, Speech and Language.- Isolate Speech Recognition Based on Time-Frequency Analysis Methods.- Feature Selection Based on Information Theory for Speaker Verification.- Simple Noise Robust Feature Vector Selection Method for Speaker Recognition.- Implementation of Three Text to Speech Systems for Kurdish Language.- Functional Feature Selection by Weighted Projections in Pathological Voice Detection.- Prediction of Sequential Values for Debt Recovery.- A Computer-Assisted Colorization Approach Based on Efficient Belief Propagation and Graph Matching.- Signal Analysis for Assessment and Prediction of the Artificial Habitat in Shrimp Aquaculture.- Document Processing and Recognition.- Learning Co-relations of Plausible Verb Arguments with a WSM and a Distributional Thesaurus.- Handwritten Word Recognition Using Multi-view Analysis.- A Speed-Up Hierarchical Compact Clustering Algorithm for Dynamic Document Collections.- Incorporating Linguistic Information to Statistical Word-Level Alignment.- Keynote 3.- When Pyramids Learned Walking.- Feature Extraction, Clustering and Classification.- A Simple Method for Eccentric Event Espial Using Mahalanobis Metric.- A Combine-Correct-Combine Scheme for Optimizing Dissimilarity-Based Classifiers.- BR: A New Method for Computing All Typical Testors.- Classifier Selection in a Family of Polyhedron Classifiers.- Characterisation of Feature Points in Eye Fundus Images.- Combining Functional Data Projections for Time Series Classification.- Finding Small Consistent Subset for the Nearest Neighbor Classifier Based on Support Graphs.- Analysis of the GRNs Inference by Using Tsallis Entropy and a Feature Selection Approach.- Clustering Ensemble Method for Heterogeneous Partitions.- Using Maximum Similarity Graphs to Edit Nearest Neighbor Classifiers.- A New Incremental Algorithm for Overlapped Clustering.- The Multi-level Learning and Classification of Multi-class Parts-Based Representations of U.S. Marine Postures.- The Representation of Chemical Spectral Data for Classification.- Visual Pattern Analysis in Histopathology Images Using Bag of Features.- A Brief Index for Proximity Searching.- Pigmented Skin Lesions Classification Using Dermatoscopic Images.- A Multi-class Kernel Alignment Method for Image Collection Summarization.- Statistical Pattern Recognition.- Correlation Pattern Recognition in Nonoverlapping Scene Using a Noisy Reference.- Particle Swarm Model Selection for Authorship Verification.- Image Characterization from Statistical Reduction of Local Patterns.- Semi-supervised Robust Alternating AdaBoost.- Robust Radio Broadcast Monitoring Using a Multi-Band Spectral Entropy Signature.- Real Time Hot Spot Detection Using FPGA.- Fast Pattern Classification of Ventricular Arrhythmias Using Graphics Processing Units.- SPC without Control Limits and Normality Assumption: A New Method.- Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition.- Improved Online Support Vector Machines Spam Filtering Using String Kernels.- Neural Network Ensembles from Training Set Expansions.- Leaks Detection in a Pipeline Using Artificial Neural Networks.- Computing the Weights of Polynomial Cellular Neural Networks Using Quadratic Programming.- Two-Dimensional Fast Orthogonal Neural Network for Image Recognition.- An Enhanced Probabilistic Neural Network Approach Applied to Text Classification.- Writer Identification Using Super Paramagnetic Clustering and Spatio Temporal Neural Network.- Recognition and Quantification of Area Damaged by Oligonychus Perseae in Avocado Leaves.- Neurocontroller for Power Electronics-Based Devices.- Keynote 4.- 3D and Appearance Modeling from Images.- Computer Vision.- Towards an Iterative Algorithm for the Optimal Boundary Coverage of a 3D Environment.- Measuring Cubeness of 3D Shapes.- Self-calibration from Planes Using Differential Evolution.- Graph-Cut versus Belief-Propagation Stereo on Real-World Images.- Combining Appearance and Range Based Information for Multi-class Generic Object Recognition.- Dealing with Inaccurate Face Detection for Automatic Gender Recognition with Partially Occluded Faces.- Rigid Part Decomposition in a Graph Pyramid.- Multimodal Algorithm for Iris Recognition with Local Topological Descriptors.- Scene Retrieval of Natural Images.- Use of Ultrasound and Computer Vision for 3D Reconstruction.- Two-Frame Optical Flow Formulation in an Unwarping Multiresolution Scheme.- Video Segmentation and Tracking.- Generating Video Textures by PPCA and Gaussian Process Dynamical Model.- Fuzzy Feature-Based Upper Body Tracking with IP PTZ Camera Control.- Experimental Assessment of Probabilistic Integrated Object Recognition and Tracking Methods.- Real-Time Stereo Matching Using Memory-Efficient Belief Propagation for High-Definition 3D Tele-Presence Systems.- Improving Recurrent CSVM Performance for Robot Navigation on Discrete Labyrinths.- Discrete Integral Sliding Mode Control in Visual Object Tracking Using Differential Kinematics.- Machine Learning and Geometric Technique for SLAM.- Compression and Key Feature Extraction for Video Transmission.- Robot Vision.- Robot Command Interface Using an Audio-Visual Speech Recognition System.- A Rapidly Trainable and Global Illumination Invariant Object Detection System.- Expanding Irregular Graph Pyramid for an Approaching Object.- Learning Relational Grammars from Sequences of Actions.- On Environmental Model-Based Visual Perception for Humanoids.- Dexterous Cooperative Manipulation with Redundant Robot Arms.- A Simple Sample Consensus Algorithm to Find Multiple Models.- Keynote 5.- Pulse Coupled Neural Networks for Automatic Urban Change Detection at Very High Spatial Resolution.- Intelligent Remote Sensing Imagery Research and Discovery Techniques.- Randomized Probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis for Scene Recognition.- Object Contour Tracking Using Foreground and Background Distribution Matching.- Processing of Microarray Images.- Multi-focus Image Fusion Based on Fuzzy and Wavelet Transform.- Unsupervised Object Discovery from Images by Mining Local Features Using Hashing.- CASI 2009 Workshop I: Intelligent Computing for Remote Sensing Imagery.- Spectral Estimation of Digital Signals by the Orthogonal Kravchenko Wavelets .- Video Denoising by Fuzzy Directional Filter Using the DSP EVM DM642.- Image Authentication Scheme Based on Self-embedding Watermarking.- Unified Experiment Design, Bayesian Minimum Risk and Convex Projection Regularization Method for Enhanced Remote Sensing Imaging.- Intelligent Experiment Design-Based Virtual Remote Sensing Laboratory.- CASI 2009 Workshop II: Intelligent Fussion and Classification Techniques.- Optimizing Classification Accuracy of Remotely Sensed Imagery with DT-CWT Fused Images.- Filter Banks for Hyperspectral Pixel Classification of Satellite Images.- Minimum Variance Gain Nonuniformity Estimation in Infrared Focal Plane Array Sensors.- Movement Detection and Tracking Using Video Frames.- A New Steganography Based on ? 2 Technic.- Near Real Time Enhancement of Remote Sensing Imagery Based on a Network of Systolic Arrays.