Following the four successful previous editions of MedPRAI (Algeria 2016, Morocco 2018, Turkey 2019 and Tunisia 2020), the 5th edition of MedPRAI will be held in Istanbul (Turkey) from 17 to 18 December 2021. MedPRAI is organized by the Department of Computer Engineering, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University; it aims to provide researchers and practitioners from academia and industry with a forum on the latest developments in pattern recognition and artificial intelligence. The conference will also provide a unique opportunity for sharing experiences from different backgrounds with the common interest in advanced methods in the above-mentioned fields. The scientific program of MedPRAI 2021 will include the presentation of invited plenary talks, regular sessions, poster sessions and some special sessions. 

Topics of interest scope all related subareas including but not limited to the following.

    Statistical, structural and syntactic pattern recognition,
    Neural networks,
    Machine learning,
    Data mining
    Graph-based techniques for pattern recognition,
    Object recognition,
    Signal analysis,
    Image coding and processing,
    Shape and texture analysis
    Computer vision,
    Robotics,
    Remote sensing
    Document processing,
    Text and graphics recognition,
    Digital libraries
    Speech recognition,
    Music analysis,
    Multimedia systems
    Natural language analysis,
    Information retrieval
    Biometrics,
    Biomedical pattern analysis,
    Artificial intelligence.

Since the third edition of 2019, the proceedings are published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series of Springer: https://link.springer.com/conference/medprai

CCIS is abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings.