2026 IEEE Southwest Symposium on

Image Analysis and Interpretation

Sun. Mar. 22 - Tue. Mar. 24, 2026

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Conference Information

Technical program (PDF)

Conference Presentation Information

Banquet Information (requires a separate ticket purchase)

Conference registration

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Hotel Registration at La Fonda on the Plaza

Hotel Registration link for reduced conference rate due March 2nd, 2026

Please note that reservations must be made no later than Monday, March 2, 2026, to receive the IEEE SSIAI group rate.

Note from La Fonda Hotel:

Please be advised that while staying with us at La Fonda on the Plaza, enhancement work will continue in La Fiesta Lounge. Sound barriers will be installed around the perimeter of the lounge to minimize any impact.

Plenary Speakers

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Alan Bovik

Alan Bovik

University of Colorado Boulder

"A Perceptual View of GenAI Distortions"

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Edward J. Delp

Edward J. Delp

Purdue University

"Forty Years of Signal Processing! The Reflections of an Old Professor"

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Aggelos Katsaggelos

Aggelos Katsaggelos

Northwestern University

"Physics-Informed Machine Learning"

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Amanda Ziemann

Amanda Ziemann

Los Alamos National Laboratory

"Going Beyond Single Sensors - Open Challenges in Modern Remote Sensing"

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Overview

The Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI) is a biennial conference dedicated to all aspects of computational analysis and interpretation of images and video. SSIAI brings together researchers and practitioners in academia, industry, and government to share and discuss the latest advances in this field. SSIAI 2026 will be held at La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A. The symposium seeks original contributions reporting novel research directions, results, and applications.

Important Dates

November 3, 2025   Full papers due.
January   20, 2026   Acceptance Notification.
February 9, 2026   Final papers due.
March 22-24, 2026   Conference held at La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe, NM, USA.

Organizing Committee

General Chair:   Brian Nutter, Texas Tech U.
Technical Program Chairs:  Sundaresh Ram, Emory U. and Georgia Tech.
and Hector Erives-Contreras, U. of Texas at El Paso
Treasurer:  Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, U. of Arizona
Local Arrangements:   Jo Dale Carothers, Weintraub Tobin
Publicity:   Ana Chavez-Lopez, U. of Texas at El Paso
Webmaster:   Marios Pattichis, U. of New Mexico

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Contact

Email us at pattichi@unm.edu

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