Editorial introduction to the special issue on “Image Understanding for Real-World Distributed Video Networks” – Computer Vision and Image Understanding Journal

Editorial introduction to the special issue on "Image Understanding for Real-World Distributed Video Networks" - Computer Vision and Image Understanding Journal

Cities around the world are increasingly relying upon cameras to provide visual coverage of extended spaces. Surveillance cameras are an essential component of the overall crime prevention strategy. Law enforcement agencies now heavily use imagery collected by surveillance cameras in solving crimes. Cameras installed on roadways are used to collect traffic data with the aim to better manage tra...

Introduction to the special issue on evolutionary computer vision and image understanding

Guest editorial introduction to the special issue on image and video processing for digital libraries

Welcome to the Special Issue on Digital Libraries. It is a nice coincidence that the first issue of the TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING for the 21st Century be on a topic that has seen a remarkable growth in the last few years, and one that is very likely to have a significant impact on various aspects of technology and human life in the new millennium! Digital media and, in particular, images...

Computer Vision and Image Understanding

Guest Editorial Introduction to the Special Issue on Image- and Video-Based Biometrics

T HIS is the second installment of the Special Issue on Image and Video-Based Biometrics. In the January 2004 issue of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, we published ten papers on traditional biometrics, such as iris, face, and fingerprint recognition, and an introduction on biometric technologies. In this issue, we will present a set of papers addressing relativel...