Editor-in-Chief: CHING Y. SUEN Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering

CENPARMI, Concordia University, Building EV, Suite 3-105, 1455 de Maisonneuve Bld. West,

Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1MB, Canada

ZORAN DURICGeorge Mason University, Fairfax, USA

EDWIN HANCOCK University of York, York, UK

SEONG-WHAN LEE Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Area Editors

MOHAMED ABDEL-MOTTALEB, USAMAJID AHMADI, CanadaBIR BHANU, USAPRABIR BHATTACHARYA, USAHORST BISCHOF, AustriaDJAMEL BOUCHAFFRA, USANIZAR BOUGUILA, CanadaLISA BROWN, USACHI H. CHEN, USAHENG-DA CHENG, USAMOHAMED CHERIET, CanadaATAM DHAWAN, USAMAHMOUD EL-SAKKA, CanadaMAURIZIO FILIPPONE, UKBILGE GUNSEL, TurkeyLAURENT HEUTTE, FranceWILLIAM HOFF, USAJIANYING HU, USAATSUSHI IMIYA, JapanROBERT JENSSEN, NorwayXIAOYI JIANG, GermanyMOHAMED KAMEL, CanadaADAM KRZYZAK, CanadaLOUISA LAM, CanadaLONGIN JAN LATECKI, USACHARLES G. LEEDHAM, Australia

ALES LEONARDIS, SloveniaXUELONG LI, UKCHENG-LIN LIU, P.R. ChinaMARCO LOOG, The NetherlandsJIEBO LUO, USABABU MEHTRE, IndiaPIOTR MIROWSKI, USAVITTORIO MURINO, ItalyYI LU MURPHEY, USAFIONN MURTAGH, UKTAKESHI MASUDA, JapanMARCELLO PELILLO, ItalyTUAN PHAM, AustraliaANTONIO ROBLES-KELLY, AustraliaRAIMONDO SCHETTINI, ItalyDINGGANG SHEN, USAFRANK SHIH, USAPONNUTHURAI N SUGANTHAN, SingaporeBOAZ SUPER, USAREMCO VELTKAMP, The NetherlandsNICOLE VINCENT, FranceRICHARD WILSON, UKHERB YANG, CanadaDIT-YAN YEUNG, Hong KongJANE JIA YOU, Hong KongPONG YUEN, Hong KongCHANGSHUI ZHANG, P.R. ChinaJIE ZHOU, USA

Editorial Board Members

Advisory Editors

ROLAND CHIN, Hong KongJOSEF KITTLER, UK

LINDA SHAPIRO, USA

Founding Editor

ROBERT S. LEDLEY, USA