Original papers are sought by Computers in Industry, an international application-oriented research journal, for an issue that will be devoted to machine vision technology and its industrial applications. Authors are encouraged to submit work that demonstrates how machine vision techniques and the data acquired from them are incorporated into industrial equipment, processes and the wider business enterprise. Topics to be considered include new applications in surface inspection, smart camera technology, product quality/process control, virtual and remote vision system operation, and two- and three-dimensional imaging. The deadline for submissions is Dec. 1.For further information, contact guest editor Melvyn Smith at melvyn.smith@uwe.ac.uk. He is on the faculty of computer engineering and mathematical science at the University of the West of England in Bristol. The journal is an Elsevier publication.