*ICPRAI 2020, Virtual Conference, October 19-23, 2020*
**ICPRAI 2020 - Second International Conference on Pattern Recognition
and Artificial Intelligence**
*Special Note:*
1. After monitoring carefully the evolution of Covid-19 for months and
having held several online meetings to consider the best actions,
our organizers have now decided to ZOOM our conference virtually
online on Oct. 19-23, 2020. Opening will be on Oct. 19 and
closing on
Oct. 23 (Zhongshan evening, Paris afternoon, and Montreal morning).
2. The format of presentations and schedule of the technical program
will be announced by September 15th, similar to DAS 2020 and ICFHR
2020:
https://www.vlrlab.net/das2020/ and http://icfhr2020.tu-dortmund.de/
3. Meanwhile we have received a respectable number of submissions for
the Special Issues for IJPRAI, IJWMIP, and the new book "New
Frontiers in Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence". We
are working diligently on them and on the final stage of publishing
ICPRAI 2020 proceedings by Springer Verlag.
4. In addition to our solid technical program, we are also replacing
the banquet with a memorable/unforgettable cross-country cross-ocean
Special Webinar on musical patterns, to be performed by the best
known
artists in the world + game with prize + awards. New low
registration fees
are available now, just click "Registration" at our conference
website.
5. As a reminder, details for the Competition entitled "Application of
PRAI to suppress Covid-19" are available on the conference website.
Just click "Competition". The deadline for receipt of reports has
been extended to September 30, 2020.
Following the success of the First ICPRAI (http://www.icprai2018.com and
https://users.encs.concordia.ca/~icprai18/), in Montreal, Canada,
CENPARMI (Centre for Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence) of
Concordia University continues to organize a second ICPRAI in 2020
in collaboration with GD-ZS CAST (Guangdong Zhongshan China Association
for Science and Technology) and journal editors/scientists:
Ching Y. Suen, Yuan Y. Tang, Edwin Hancock, Patrick Wang, Farida Cheriet,
Cheng-Lin Liu, Yue Lu, Nicole Vincent, Pong C. Yuen; Igor Gurevich,
Xiaoyi Jiang, Adam Krzyzak, Seong-Whan Lee, Jay Liebowitz, Qin Lu,
Umapada Pal, Kam-Fai Wong, Sheila Lowe, Bidyut Chaudhuri, Hironobu
Fujiyoshi,
and David Zhang, plus numerous prominent leaders and researchers from China
and the International Community.
*Registration:*
*Categories**
* *Early**
**now-Sept. 30**
**US$**
* *Regular**
**Oct.1-15**
**US$**
* *Late/On Site**
**Oct.16-23, 2020**
**US$**
*
*Conference,**
** Regular Participants:**
* 195
225
275
*Conference,**
** Students**
** & CENPARMI Alumni:**
* 95
125
175
*Special Webinar & Keynote**
** Speeches only, Regular:**
* 95
125
175
*Special Webinar & Keynote**
** Speeches only, Students**
** & CENPARMI Alumni:**
* 55
75
95
As no banquet is possible, we are replacing it by a
Special Webinar by Ching Y. Suen: Musical Patterns in the East and West
reviewing and appreciating some popular cross-country and cross-ocean
Chinese and Western songs in the Closing Ceremony.
All Conference Participants, Students, and CENPARMI Alumni can attend all
sessions, and will get 1 ticket for the Closing Ceremony. All registered for
the Special Webinar & Keynote Speeches can attend these two functions only.
Those who registered before can attend all sessions, and will get 1 Closing
Ceremony ticket + 1 paper conference proceedings published by Springer
Verlag.
Never Before: The conference will be closed with the World's First Special
Webinar commenting on Cross-country and Cross-ocean Chinese and Western
Songs
on Oct. 23, 2020 (Zhongshan evening, Paris afternoon, Montreal morning)
performed by top artists from different parts of the world, with the
following program (English subtitles will be provided when the songs are
sung in other languages):
1. Same song (A) in Italian, Chinese, and English by
(a) The top Tenor in the world,
(b) A well known singer in China in Mandarin,
(c) An unknown singer in Canada,
(d) Top singer who modified the lyrics, U.S.A.
2. Same song (B) in English by
(a) Top singer in America,
(b) Top singer in Hong Kong,
+ game of guessing the name of the singer with an ICPRAI prize.
3. Chinese opera (C) in Chinese and in English by
(a) Top opera singers in Hong Kong in Cantonese,
(b) Famous comedian (oriental Elvis) in Hong Kong in Cantonese,
(c) Chinese opera performed in English by well known singers
in Hong Kong.
4. Intermission - 10 minutes
5. Song "Unforgettable" (D) by singers of ICPRAI 2018 in Toronto
& Montreal, see praises and "Feedback" by the audience at
http://www.icprai2018.com or
https://users.encs.concordia.ca/~icprai18/
and click "Feedback".
6. One of the world's top hits (song E) by the top singer in Canada.
7. Zhongshan hi/story, culture, beauty spots, women and men after
marriage.
8. "Waiting" (Zhongshan mountain song F), by singers in Zhongshan and
Montreal.
Final Program of this amazing webinar, with names of singers and songs to be
reviewed, will be posted on Oct. 1 and Oct. 16, 2020, respectively.
*Contact:*
*Secretariat:*icprai2...@cenparmi.concordia.ca
<mailto:icprai2...@cenparmi.concordia.ca>
*Web:*http://www.icprai2020.com/or
https://users.encs.concordia.ca/~icprai20/
<https://users.encs.concordia.ca/%7Eicprai20/>
*Facebook:*https://www.facebook.com/ICPRAI2020
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Artificial Intelligence
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https://users.encs.concordia.ca/~icprai20/
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