CAIP 2019 is the 18th in the CAIP series of biennial international conferences devoted to all aspects of computer vision, image analysis and processing, pattern recognition, and related fields. Previous conferences were held in Ystad, Valletta, York, Seville, Münster, Vienna, Paris, etc. The scientific program of the conference will consist of plenary lectures and contributed papers presented in a single track. Poster presentations will allow expert discussions of specialized research topics.