Message from the chairman

On behalf of the Technical and Local Committee of the IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST 2010), I welcome you in the historical and beautiful city of Thessaloniki, Greece. Thessaloniki is one of the largest cities of Greece with great historical and cultural significance, and capital of the Greek region of Macedonia, owing its name to the sister of Alexander the Great named Thessaloniki. It is a major Mediterranean port city built amphitheatrically and located in the northern part of Greece in a unique geographical location surrounded by sea and mountains, in the vicinity (50 km) of the secluded peninsula of Chalkidiki, where the great Greek philosopher Aristotle was born and taught. Thessaloniki is considered a cultural, touristic, industrial, commercial and political centre and a major transportation hub for the rest of southeastern Europe.