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VISION-LIST Digest 1989 11 13
Vision-List Digest Mon Nov 13 11:10:53 PDT 89
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Today's Topics:
Distance Maps
How can I connect a MEGAPLUS camera to a SUN 3-160 ?
Boundary tracking.
Graduate research assistantships in parallel processing
Neural net summer school at wang institute
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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 89 18:19 PST
From: Martin A. Fischler <Fischler@IU.AI.SRI.COM>
Subject: Distance Maps
In two recent vision-list messages, there has been a request for
information and discussion about distance transforms and their
applications. I would like to note that the first published results on
many of the items mentioned was in a paper by M.A. Fischler and P.
Barrett, "An iconic transform for sketch completion and shape
abstraction," Comput. Graphics and Image Processing (CGIP), vol. 13,
pp. 334-360, 1980. These results include:
(1) The Labeled Distance Transform and its application to generation
of Voronoi diagrams, artifact free skeletons, region growing in
constant time, determining the closest surrounding region to each
given image region, etc.
(2) A four-pass true Euclidean distance transform. This is almost
identical to the somewhat later publication by Danielsson and and was
based on results obtained in unpublished work by Lynn Quam.
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Date: Thu, 09 Nov 89 12:48:04 GMT
From: David Pycock <YMUMDP%prime-a.central-services.umist.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK>
Subject: How can I connect a MEGAPLUS camera to a SUN 3-160 ?
HOW CAN I CONNECT A MEGAPLUS CAMERA TO A SUN 3-160 ?
I would like to connect a Kodak-Videk-Megaplus camera to a Sun workstation
(3-160). Therefore, I would be grateful for any information about proprietary
VME interfaces, device drivers etc that may be available.
Thank you, regards,
David Pycock
Dr JNH Brunt, Janet: J.Brunt@uk.ac.Manchester
Wolfson Image Analysis Unit, EARN: J.Brunt%Manchester.ac.uk
Department of Medical Biophysics, UUCP: {mcvax,seismo}!ukc
University of Manchester, !uk.ac.Manchester!J.Brunt
Stopford Building, Tel: (44) 061 275 5148
Oxford Road, Fax: (44) 061 275 5145
Manchester M13 9PT
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Date: Sat, 11 Nov 89 17:09 EDT
From: SRIDHAR BALAJI <GRX0446@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
Subject: Boundary tracking.
I would be glad if I could get some pointers/pseudo-code/code to
boundary tracking algorithms that can work with binary images.
I would be glad even if I could get some refs. that list these.
Speed is an important criteria and they should be able work
with multiple objects in the scene.
my E-mail addr. : grx0446@uoft02.utoledo.edu
thanks in advance.
Sridhar.
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Date: Thu, 09 Nov 89 09:05:38 EST
From: steve@umiacs.UMD.EDU
Subject: Graduate research assistantships in parallel processing
DARPA SPONSORED GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS
IN PARALLEL PROCESSING
The University of Maryland's Institute for Advanced Computer
Studies and Center for Automation Research are soliciting
applications from qualified graduate students for research
assistantships in parallel processing. These assistantships
are made available by funds provided by the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Information Science
Technology Office through a contract from NASA Ames Research
Center. Proposals can address either fundamental issues in
parallel processing (e.g. architectures, algorithms, programming
languages, performance evaluation, etc.) or significant appli-
cations of parallel processing. Research proposals that have
an experimental component will be given highest consideration
for funding.
Awards will be made for one year of support, with possible
extension to a second year based on progress made during the
first year. Funds will be provided as part of the award to
the student's university for salary, tuition, and benefits.
The University of Maryland will provide direct travel support
to an annual workshop held in conjunction with the program
at which students will deliver papers describing their
research and interact with leading scientists and engineers
in parallel processing. If requested, students will be
provided with free access to the University of Maryland's
Connection Machine II.
Applications are solicited for June 1989 funding. Only
one student per department will be funded.
WHO CAN APPLY
Applicants must be:
* U.S. citizens and
* doctoral students who have completed all course
work and preliminary exam requirements.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications (3 copies) should be submitted to
Prof. Larry Davis, Director, UMIACS, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD 20742 by January 26, 1989. An application
consists of:
* a short research proposal (at most 3 single spaced
typewritten pages)
* a budget endorsed by an appropriate official at the
student's university. (The budget should only
include salary, tuition, benefits and overhead, if
charged.)
* a letter of support from the student's faculty
advisor who will serve as principal investigator
* curricula vitae of the student and advisor
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (contact)
Ms. Johanna Weinstein
UMIACS
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-3251
301/454-1808
johanna@umiacs.umd.edu
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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 89 00:57:00 EST
From: mike@bucasb.BU.EDU (Michael Cohen)
Subject: Neural net summer school at wang institute
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, A WORLD LEADER IN NEURAL NETWORK RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY,
PRESENTS TWO MAJOR SCIENTIFIC EVENTS:
MAY 6--11, 1990
NEURAL NETWORKS: FROM FOUNDATIONS TO APPLICATIONS
A self-contained systematic course by leading neural architects who know the
field as only its creators can.
MAY 11--13, 1990
NEURAL NETWORKS FOR AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION
An international research conference presenting INVITED and CONTRIBUTED
papers, herewith solicited, on one of the most active research topics in
science and technology today.
SPONSORED BY
THE CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS and THE WANG INSTITUTE of BOSTON UNIVERSITY
with partial support from the AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
CALL FOR PAPERS
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NEURAL NETWORKS FOR AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION
MAY 11--13, 1990
This research conference at the cutting edge of neural network science and
technology will bring together leading experts in academe, government, and
industry to present their latest results on automatic target recognition in
invited lectures and contributed posters. Automatic target recognition is a
key process in systems designed for vision and image processing, speech and
time series prediction, adaptive pattern recognition, and adaptive
sensory-motor control and robotics. It is one of the areas emphasized by the
DARPA Neural Networks Program, and has attracted intense research activity
around the world. Invited lecturers include:
JOE BROWN, Martin Marietta, "Multi-Sensor ATR using Neural Nets"
GAIL CARPENTER, Boston University, "Target Recognition by Adaptive Resonance:
ART for ATR"
NABIL FARHAT, University of Pennsylvania, "Bifurcating Networks for Target
Recognition"
STEPHEN GROSSBERG, Boston University, "Recent Results on Self-Organizing
ATR Networks"
ROBERT HECHT-NIELSEN, HNC, "Spatiotemporal Attention Focusing by Expectation
Feedback"
KEN JOHNSON, Hughes Aircraft, "The Application of Neural Networks to the
Acquisition and Tracking of Maneuvering Tactical Targets in High Clutter
IR Imagery"
PAUL KOLODZY, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, "A Multi-Dimensional ATR System"
MICHAEL KUPERSTEIN, Neurogen, "Adaptive Sensory-Motor Coordination using
the INFANT Controller"
YANN LECUN, AT&T Bell Labs, "Structured Back Propagation Networks for
Handwriting Recognition"
CHRISTOPHER SCOFIELD, Nestor, "Neural Network Automatic Target Recognition
by Active and Passive Sonar Signals"
STEVEN SIMMES, Science Applications International Co., "Massively Parallel
Approaches to Automatic Target Recognition"
ALEX WAIBEL, Carnegie Mellon University, "Patterns, Sequences and Variability:
Advances in Connectionist Speech Recognition"
ALLEN WAXMAN, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, "Invariant Learning and Recognition of
3D Objects from Temporal View Sequences"
FRED WEINGARD, Booz-Allen and Hamilton, "Current Status and Results of Two
Major Government Programs in Neural Network-Based ATR"
BARBARA YOON, DARPA, "DARPA Artificial Neural Networks Technology Program:
Automatic Target Recognition"
CALL FOR PAPERS---ATR POSTER SESSION: A featured poster session on ATR
neural network research will be held on May 12, 1990. Attendees who wish to
present a poster should submit 3 copies of an extended abstract
(1 single-spaced page), postmarked by March 1, 1990, for refereeing. Include
with the abstract the name, address, and telephone number of the corresponding
author. Mail to: ATR Poster Session, Neural Networks Conference, Wang
Institute of Boston University, 72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879. Authors
will be informed of abstract acceptance by March 31, 1990.
SITE: The Wang Institute possesses excellent conference facilities on a
beautiful 220-acre rustic setting. It is easily reached from Boston's Logan
Airport and Route 128.
REGISTRATION FEE: Regular attendee--$90; full-time student--$70. Registration
fee includes admission to all lectures and poster session, one reception, two
continental breakfasts, one lunch, one dinner, daily morning and afternoon
coffee service. STUDENTS: Read below about FELLOWSHIP support.
REGISTRATION: To register by telephone with VISA or MasterCard call
(508) 649-9731 between 9:00AM--5:00PM (EST). To register by FAX, fill out
the registration form and FAX back to (508) 649-6926. To register by mail,
complete the registration form and mail with your full form of payment as
directed. Make check payable in U.S. dollars to "Boston University". See below
for Registration Form. To register by electronic mail, use the address
"rosenber@bu-tyng.bu.edu". On-site registration on a space-available basis will
take place from 1:00--5:00PM on Friday, May 11. A RECEPTION will be held from
3:00--5:00PM on Friday, May 11. LECTURES begin at 5:00PM on Friday, May 11
and conclude at 1:00PM on Sunday, May 13.
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