This document is a request for financial support from the Vicerrectoría de Investigación de la Universidad de Antioquia for the 17th Simposio de Tratamiento de Señales, Imágenes y Visión Artificial (STSIVA 2012) conference to be held from September 12-14, 2012 in Medellín, Colombia. The conference is organized by the Universidad de Antioquia and the Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, and brings together over 150 participants from various countries to present and discuss the latest research in signal processing, image processing, computer vision, and related fields. Support is requested through the university's fund for organizing national