1. IMAGE/VIDEO CODING AND TRANSMISSION: Still image and video coding, model-based and synthetic-natural hybrid coding, source/channel coding, stereoscopic and 3-D coding, coding standards, image and video over networks, and video streaming.
2. IMAGE/VIDEO PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS: Image filtering and enhancement, restoration, multiframe image restoration, video segmentation and tracking, wavelets and multiresolution processing, morphological processing, color and multispectral processing, stereoscopic and 3-D processing, modeling, analysis, biometrics, interpolation and super-resolution, motion detection and estimation, and computer vision.
3. IMAGE FORMATION: Biomedical imaging, remote sensing imaging, geophysical and seismic imaging, optical imaging, and synthetic-natural hybrid image systems.
4. IMAGE SCANNING, PRINTING, DISPLAY AND COLOR: Scanning and sampling, quantization and halftoning, color reproduction, image representation and rendering, display and printing systems, image quality assessment.
5. IMAGE/VIDEO STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, AND Authentication: Image and video databases, image search and sorting, video indexing and editing, integration of images and video with other media, content-based multimedia, multimedia applications, authentication and watermarking.
6. APPLICATIONS: Application of image processing technology to any field, including biomedical sciences, astronomy, geosciences, environment, humanities, and document processing.