Call for Papers
We are delighted to invite you to the 28th International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA 2026), the premier Australian conference on computer vision, image processing, and pattern recognition. DICTA 2026 will be held in Sydney, Australia from Dec 2–4, 2026, featuring special sessions, keynotes, demos, challenges, and networking opportunities with leading academics and industry professionals. We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney for an enriching conference experience!
Topics: Includes but not limited to
Digital Image Computing: Techniques
- Image/Video Acquisition, Coding, Processing
- Computer Vision and Deep Learning
- 3D Vision, LiDAR, Shape and Texture Analysis
- Image Coding, Processing, and Enhancement
- Content-based Image Retrieval
- Image Analysis and Understanding
- Semantic Segmentation
- Quantum Image Processing
Digital Image Computing: Applications
- Biomedical and e-health Applications
- Surveillance, Defence, and Industrial Applications
- Earth Observation and Remote Sensing
- Medical Image Analysis
- Human-computer Interaction
- Vision for Robotics and Autonomous Systems
- Industrial Machine Vision
- Generative and Diffusion Imaging
- Digital Identity Management
Digital Image Computing: Artificial Intelligence
- Foundation Models and Large Vision Models
- Multimodal Learning, Alignment, and Reasoning
- Generative Models for Vision
- Agentic and Autonomous Vision Systems
- Embodied Vision and Active Perception
- World Models and Predictive Visual Intelligence
- Spatial Intelligence and Physical AI
- Explainable, Trustworthy, Fair, and Robust AI
- Efficient, Edge, and Green AI
- AI for Scientific Discovery and Simulation
Important Dates
Pre-conference Workshops: December 1, 2026
Main Conference Dates: December 2–4, 2026
Workshop/Tutorial Proposal Submission: May 15, 2026
Workshop/Tutorial Proposal Notification: May 30, 2026
Full Paper Submission: July 1, 2026
Full Paper Notification: September 1, 2026
Publications: All regular papers (max 8 pages) accepted after double-blind peer review, registered, and presented at DICTA 2026 will be included in the IEEE Xplore database. Top-quality award-winning papers relevant to pattern recognition will be invited to extend and submit to special section of reputed journal Pattern Recognition Letters.
Awards and Grants: Various awards will be presented, such as Best ECR Award, Best Paper, Best Student Paper, Best Poster, Best Paper in Medical Imaging, Women in STEM, Best Contribution to Science, and CORE Travel Grant.
General Chairs: Subrata Chakraborty (University of New England), Chang Xu (University of Sydney), Changming Sun (CSIRO Data61 / UNSW).
Technical Program Chairs: Daochang Liu (The University of Western Australia), Dong Gong (UNSW), Hamid Laga (Murdoch University), Arcot Sowmya (UNSW).
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.