Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning -- Spatiotemporal Stacked Sequential Learning for Pedestrian Detection -- Social Signaling Descriptor for Group Behaviour Analysis -- A New Smoothing Method for Lexicon-Based Handwritten Text Keyword Spotting -- Empirical Evaluation of Different Feature Representations for Social Circles Detection -- Source-Target-Source Classification Using Stacked Denoising Autoencoders -- On the Impact of Distance Metrics in Instance-Based Learning Algorithms -- Multi-class Boosting for Imbalanced Data -- Computer Vision -- Object Discovery Using CNN Features in Egocentric Videos -- Prototype Generation on Structural Data Using Dissimilarity Space Representation: A Case of Study -- Estimation and Tracking of Partial Planar Templates to Improve VSLAM -- Human Centered Scene Understanding Based on 3D Long-Term Tracking Data -- Fast Head Pose Estimation for Human-Computer Interaction -- Structured Light System Calibration for Perception in Underwater Tanks -- Dense 3D SLAM in Dynamic Scenes Using Kinect -- Scene Recognition Invariant to Symmetrical Reflections and Illumination Conditions in Robotics -- System for Medical Mask Detection in the Operating Room Through Facial Attributes -- Image and Signal Processing -- New Method for Obtaining Optimal Polygonal Approximations -- Noise Decomposition Using Polynomial Approximation -- Color Correction for Image Stitching by Monotone Cubic Spline Interpolation -- Structured Output Prediction with Hierarchical Loss Functions for Seafloor Imagery Taxonomic Categorization -- Escaping Path Approach with Extended Neighborhood for Speckle Noise Reduction -- Adaptive Line Matching for Low-Textured Images -- Unsupervised Approximation of Digital Planar Curves -- On the Modification of Binarization Algorithms to Retain Grayscale Information for Handwritten Text Recognition -- Applications -- Improving the Minimum Description Length Inference of Phrase-Based Translation Models -- A Kinect-Based System to Assess Lymphedema Impairments inBreast Cancer Patients -- Arabic Writer Identification Using Local Binary Patterns (LBP) of Handwritten Fragments -- A Fuzzy C-Means Algorithm for Fingerprint Segmentation -- Word-Graph Based Applications for Handwriting Documents: Impact of Word-Graph Size on Their Performances -- Temporal Segmentation of Digital Colposcopies -- Goal-Driven Phenotyping Through Spectral Imaging for Grape Aromatic Ripeness Assessment -- Medical Image -- Robust 3D Active Shape Model for the Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in MRI -- Kernel-Based Feature Relevance Analysis for ECG Beat Classification -- Spatial-Dependent Similarity Metric Supporting Multi-atlas MRI Segmentation -- Color Detection in Dermoscopy Images Based on Scarce Annotations -- Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning -- Spectral Clustering Using Friendship Path Similarity -- R-Clustering for Egocentric Video Segmentation -- Applying Basic Features from Sentiment Analysis for Automatic Irony Detection -- Exploiting the Bin-Class Histograms for Feature Selection on Discrete Data -- Time-Series Prediction Based on Kernel Adaptive Filtering with Cyclostationary Codebooks -- Latent Topic Encoding for Content-Based Retrieval -- Dissimilarity-Based Learning from Imbalanced Data with Small Disjuncts and Noise -- Binary and Multi-class Parkinsonian Disorders Classification Using Support Vector Machines -- Peripheral Nerve Segmentation Using Speckle Removal and Bayesian Shape Models -- Measuring Scene Detection Performance -- Threshold of Graph-Based Volumetric Segmentation -- Brain Neural Data Analysis with Feature Space Defined by Descriptive Statistics -- Extremely Overlapping Vehicle Counting -- Sentence Clustering Using Continuous Vector Space Representation -- Online Learning of Stochastic Bi-automaton to Model Dialogues -- Single-Channel Separation Between Stationary and Non-stationary Signals Using Relevant Information -- Computer Vision -- A New Trajectory Based Motion Segmentation Benchmark Dataset (UdG-MS15) -- Escritoire: A Multi-touch Desk with e-Pen Input for Capture, Management and Multimodal Interactive Transcription of Handwritten Documents -- Person Enrollment by Face-Gait Fusion -- Homographic Class Template for Logo Localization and Recognition -- Multimodal Object Recognition Using Random Clustering Trees -- Videogrammetry System for Wind Turbine Vibration Monitoring -- Canonical Views for Scene Recognition in Mobile Robotics -- Crater Detection in Multi-ring Basins of Mercury -- Iterative Versus Voting Method to Reach Consensus Given Multiple Correspondences of Two Sets -- Extracting Categories by Hierarchical Clustering Using Global Relational Features -- A Calibration Algorithm for Multi-camera Visual Surveillance Systems Based on Single-View Metrology -- 3D-Guided Multiscale Sliding Window for Pedestrian Detection -- A Feature-Based Gaze Estimation Algorithm for Natural Light Scenarios -- Image and Signal Processing -- Fast Simple Linear Iterative Clustering by Early Candidate Cluster Elimination -- Pectoral Muscle Segmentation in Mammograms Based on Cartoon-Texture Decomposition -- PPG Beat Reconstruction Based on Shape Models and Probabilistic Templates for Signals Acquired with Conventional Smartphones -- Peripheral Nerves Segmentation in Ultrasound Images Using Non-linear Wavelets and Gaussian Processes -- Improving Diffusion Tensor Estimation Using Adaptive and Optimized Filtering Based on Local Similarity -- Dimension Reduction of Hyperspectral Image with Rare Event Preserving -- Applications -- Clustering of Strokes from Pen-Based Music Notation: An Experimental Study -- Image Analysis-Based Automatic Detection of Transmission Towers Using Aerial Imagery -- A Sliding Window Framework for Word Spotting Based on Word Attributes -- Combining Statistical and Semantic Knowledge for Sarcasm Detection in Online Dialogues -- Estimating Fuel Consumption from GPS Data -- A Bag-of-phonemes Model for Homeplace Classification of Mandarin Speakers -- A Gaussian Process Emulator for Estimating the Volume of Tissue Activated During Deep Brain Stimulation -- Genetic Seam Carving: A Genetic Algorithm Approach for Content-Aware Image Retargeting -- Analysis of Expressiveness of Portuguese Sign Language Speakers -- Automatic Eye Localization; Multi-block LBP vs. Pyramidal LBP Three-Levels Image Decomposition for Eye Visual Appearance Description -- Clinical Evaluation of an Automatic Method for Segmentation and Characterization of the Thoracic Aorta with and Without Aneurysm Patients -- Combined MPEG7 Color Descriptors for Image Classification: Bypassing the Training Phase -- A Multi-platform Graphical Software for Determining Reproductive Parameters in Fishes Using Histological Image Analysis.