1st International Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for Developing Regions in Conjunction with ICCV 2007 Program   09.00-09.50 Invited Talk: Computing in the Flat World Ramesh Jain, University of California at Irvine, USA 09.50-10.10 Efficient Curve Detection Using a Gauss-Newton Method with Applications in Agriculture Roberto Andreani, Giovane Cesar, José Martínez, State University of Campinas Roberto Cesar, Paulo Silva, University of São Paulo, Brazil 10.10-10.30 Processing of 2D Electrophoresis Gels Andrés Almansa, University of the Republic, Uruguay Mijail Gerschuni, Alvaro Pardo, Javier Preciozzi, Catholic University of Uruguay, Uruguay 10.30-11.00 Break 11.00-11:50 Invited Talk: Computer Vision for Socio-Economic Development Kentaro Toyama, Microsoft Research Labs India, India 11.50-12.10 Computer Vision Tools for e-Learning Flávio Coutinho, Thiago Santos, Carlos Morimoto, University of São Paulo, Brazil 12.10-12.30 Cartoon Generation for Text-Free User Interfaces Indrani Medhi, Kentaro Toyama, Microsoft Research Labs India, India Chandima Patabandhige, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka 12.30-14.00 Lunch 14.00-14.50 Invited Talk: The Grand Challenges in Computer Science in Brazil 2006-2016 Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, University of Campinas, Brazil 14.50-15.10 Computer Vision Research at the Computational Vision Laboratory of the Universidad de Chile Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, University of Chile, Chile 15.10-15.30 Computer Vision for Quality Control in Latin American Food Industry, A Case Study J.M. Aguilera, A. Cipriano, I. Lillo, D. Mery, A. Soto, Catholic University of Chile, Chile M. Eraña, VisionQ Ltda., Chile 15.30-16.00 Break 16.00-16.50 Invited Talk: TBA Octavia Camps, Northeastern University, USA 16.50-18.00 Panel Discussion: Challenges in Computer Vision for Developing Regions