The vitality of pattern recognition and image analysis (original) (raw)

Not many decades ago, Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis (PR&IA) addressed with simple tasks applying shallow models. But things are changing, and quickly. Then, this highly dynamic discipline has been expanding greatly, also helped by the emergence of newer application such as in robotics, biometrics or multimedia systems. Just now, PR&IA tasks run the complete gamut: from preprogramed works to the stimulating challenge of getting computers to learn as they go. At their most formidable, PR&IA tasks require computers to look, interpret and report back. We are at a transition point where PR&AI are suddenly at the forefront. Progress has come about thanks in part to steady advance in the technologies needed to help machines understand visual data, including machine learning and data mining techniques. The papers included in this special issue provide a snapshot of image analysis and pattern recognition research today. They are the very best of the 6th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis (IbPRIA 2013), held on 5-7 June, 2013 in Madeira, Portugal. IbPRIA 2013 attracted 181 papers from 34 different countries. After the reviewing process, 105 papers were accepted for presentation in the conference. A selection of the best scored and presented at the conference was invited to submit to this special issue a substantially extended and revised version of the conference paper and the resulting manuscripts were sent out for full review. The process, including required revisions, was in accordance with the standing editorial policy of Neurocomputing, resulting in the final versions of the ten papers accepted and appearing in this special issue.

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