The scientific program will include, besides eight invited talks, contributed papers that will be presented in plenary oral or poster sessions. Original and unpublished papers on BVAI 2007 main research areas and related topics are welcome. Main topics are:
The Basic Brain
Neurobiology
Biophysics
Computational Theories

Natural Vision
Visual Neuroscience
Visual Perception
Visual Cognition

Artificial Vision
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Biometrics

Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Systems
Robotics
Human Computer Interaction

Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings volume, published by Springer-Verlag in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Extended versions of selected contributions will be published in two special issues (in a journal of the Brain Research periodical suite and in the International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence for papers dealing with “natural” and “artificial” aspects respectively).