Contributors

     Abhay Sharma     Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
     Hiroaki Kotera     Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
     Ryoichi Saito     Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
     Graham D. Finlayson     University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
     Bogdan Smolka     Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
     Anastasios N. Venetsanopoulos     University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
     Henryk Palus     Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
     Jayanta Mukherjee     Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
     Sanjit K. Mitra     University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
     Vishal Monga     Xerox Innovation Group, El Segundo, California, USA
     Niranjan Damera-Venkata     Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, California, USA
     Brian L. Evans     The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA
     Rastislav Lukac     University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
     Konstantinos N. Plataniotis     University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
     Theo Gevers     University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
     Joost van de Weijer     INRIA, Grenoble, France
     Harro Stokman     University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
     Stefano Berretti     Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
     Alberto Del Bimbo     Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
     Stamatia Dasiopoulou     Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
     Evaggelos Spyrou     National Technical University of Athens, Zografou, Greece
     Yiannis Kompatsiaris     Informatics and Telematics Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece
     Yannis Avrithis     National Technical University of Athens, Zografou, Greece
     Michael G. Strintzis     Informatics and Telematics Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece
     Birgitta Martinkauppi     University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland
     Abdenour Hadid     University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
     Matti Pietikäinen     University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
     Dan Witzner Hansen     IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
     Alireza Osareh    Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
     Phillip A. Laplante     Penn State University, Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA
     Pamela Vercellone-Smith     Penn State University, Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA
     Matthias F. Carlsohn     Engineering and Consultancy Dr. Carlsohn, Bremen, Germany
     Bjoern H. Menze     University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
     B. Michael Kelm     University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
     Fred A. Hamprecht     University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
     Andreas Kercek     Carinthian Tech Research AG, Villach/St. Magdalen, Austria
     Raimund Leitner     Carinthian Tech Research AG, Villach/St. Magdalen, Austria
     Gerrit Polder     Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
     Choon-Woo Kim     Inha University, Incheon, Korea
     Yu-Hoon Kim     Inha University, Incheon, Korea
     Hwa-Seok Seong     Samsung Electronics Co., Gyeonggi-Do, Korea
     Alessia De Rosa     University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
     Alessandro Piva     University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
     Vito Cappellini     University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
     Liron Yatziv     Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
     Guillermo Sapiro     University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
     Hu He State     University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
     Lisimachos P. Kondi     State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
     Savvas Argyropoulos     Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
     Nikolaos V. Boulgouris     King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
     Nikolaos Thomos     Informatics and Telematics Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece
     Costas Cotsaces     University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
     Zuzana Cernekova     University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
     Nikos Nikolaidis     University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
     Ioannis Pitas     University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
     Stefano Piva     University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
     Carlo S. Regazzoni     University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
     Marcella Spirito     University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy