----- Title: ----- Computational Methods in Image Analysis ----------- Organizers: ----------- João Manuel R. S. Tavares INEGI - Institute for Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Email Address: tavares@fe.up.pt Phone (incl. Area/Country Code): +35122 508 1487 Renato Natal Jorge IDMEC-Polo FEUP Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Email Address: rnatal@fe.up.pt Phone (incl. Area/Country Code): +351 22 508 1720 Yongjie Zhang ICES - Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, USA jessica@ices.utexas.edu Phone (incl. Area/Country Code): +512 232 7766 Dinggang Shen University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Email Address: Dinggang.Shen@uphs.upenn.edu Phone (incl. Area/Country Code): +215 349 8588 ------------------------- Minisymposium description: ------------------------- In recent years extensive research has been performed in developing efficient computational methods for image analysis. Usually, these methods are based on geometrical, statistic or physical principles and try to achieve a high level analyse from the input images. Examples of applications can be found, for instance, in medicine, industry, engineering, astronomy, etc., and some tasks that can be referred are image segmentation, objects recognition, motion analysis, shape reconstruction, objects simulation, etc. The main goal of the proposed Minisymposium is to bring together researchers involved in the related fields, (Image Analysis, Objects Modelling, Image Segmentation, Objects Tracking, Objects Matching, Shape Reconstruction, Motion and Deformation Analysis, Objects Description, Objects Registration, Software Development for Image Analysis, Grid Computing in Image Analysis, etc.), in order to set the major lines of development for the near future. The proposed Minisymposium will consist of researchers representing various fields related to Image processing and Analysis, Computational Mechanics, Computer Graphics, Informatics, Mathematics, Statistics, etc. The Minisymposium endeavors to make a contribution to achieving better solutions for more efficient computational methods in image analysis, and attempts to establish a bridge between researchers from diverse fields.