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VISION-LIST Digest 1989 11 17
Vision-List Digest Fri Nov 17 15:52:33 PDT 89
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Today's Topics:
Rosenfeld's Computer Vision Bibliography online
Upcoming Conferences
Megaplus cameras and boundary tracing
Pseudocode for boundary tracking algorithms
Conference on pragmatics in AI
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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 89 13:23:26 PST
From: Vision-List-Request <vision@deimos.ads.com>
Subject: Rosenfeld's Computer Vision Bibliography online
Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld has been kind enough to provide on-line versions
of his outstanding bibliographies for Computer Vision and related
topics from 1984 to 1988 to the Vision List. Since the formatted text
for these bibliographies occupy about 1.25MB, I do not want to clog up
the net with them. Instead, I have placed them in the Vision List FTP
directory at ADS. Once anonymous FTP'ed to this account (described
below), these bibliographies may be found in
/pub/VISION-LIST-ARCHIVE/ROSENFELD-BIBLIOGRAPHIES . They may be
copied to your local site using the FTP 'get' command. Due to their
large size (about 225KB per year) and the labor required for me over
the large number of List subscribers, please note that I cannot mail
copies of these bibliographies to indivudal subscribers; FTP is the
only current access now available. Recommendations for alternative
distribution methods are invited, and these should be directed
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I have also included the standard message mailed to new subscribers
which describes this list and how FTP access can be made. It is a
good idea to refloat this now and again.
I hope that Rosenfeld's comprehensive Computer Vision bibliography is a
valuable addition to your efforts in vision and image processing.
phil...
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Date: 17 Nov 89 9:11 -0800
From: John Ens <johne@ee.ubc.ca>
Subject: Upcoming Conferences
Does anybody have information on the following two conferences:
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; and
- International Conference on Computer vision.
I am particularily interested in
- When and where the next conference is to be held; and
- When and to whom to submit papers.
Thanks,
John Ens johne@ee.ubc.ca
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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 89 15:08:35 GMT
From: us214777@mmm.serc.3m.com (John C. Schultz)
Subject: Megaplus cameras and boundary tracing
Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 US
RE MEGAPLUS TO SUN:
Datacube, Inc (508) 535-6644 makes a whole line of VME bus based video rate
processing cards which amoung other things can acquire and display (on the SUN
display) Megaplus sized images and larger. You would need a MAXSCAN and
ROISTORE 2MB to acquire image data. Their connection to the Megaplus is
discussed in Datacube's Application Note MAX SC 011. The display board set is
called MAXVIEW and logically sits between the SUN cpu board video generator
and the SUN monitor. Setup parameters allow you to display real-time video in
this window assuming you have made the SUN cpu think that the window is black.
This system would be pretty expensive ($20,000) but if you would be satisfied
with VME bus transfer rates of video data the cost would be half that.
Another system is available from Perceptics (615) 966-9200 and runs on the
Nubus from a MAC II. If you have a MAC II with an Ethernet conection, this
would be a cheaper approach than purchasing the Datacube hardware but
obviously sending a lot of images over Ethernet from a MAC is going to take
awhile.
You might also try Recognition Concepts Inc (RCI) (702)831-0473 and Imaging
Technology Inc (617)938-8444
RE BOUNDARY TRACING:
Consider making a lookup table which outputs only the binary edge points and
then generate the (x,y) corrdinates of each boundary point. Software can then
do fancy processing such as shape descriptions etc. This approach would run
at video rates (30 times/sec) with appropriate hardware such as from
Datacube, Matrox, Perceptics, etc.
--
John C. Schultz EMAIL: jcschultz@mmm.3m.com
3M Company WRK: +1 (612) 733 4047
3M Center, Building 518-01-1 St. Paul, MN 55144-1000
The opinions expressed above are my own and DO NOT reflect 3M's
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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 89 23:41:43 CST
From: shvaidya@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Shankar Vaidyanathan)
Subject: Re: Pseudocode for boundary tracking algorithms
Hi:
A request from Sridhar Balaji was relayed for pointers/pseudocode/code
for boudary tracking algorithms for binary images.
Since, I am also in need of them, I would be pleased to receive a copy of them
My E-mail address: shvaidya@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu
Address: 540 B Sooner Drive, Norman, Oklahoma 73072
Best Regards
Shankar
[ As usual, please post answer to questions of general interest to the List.
phil... ]
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Date: 14 Nov 89 20:10:11 GMT
From: paul@nmsu.edu (Paul McKevitt)
Subject: CONFERENCE-ON-PRAGMATICS-IN-AI
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
CALL FOR PAPERS
Pragmatics in Artificial Intelligence
5th Rocky Mountain Conference on Artificial Intelligence (RMCAI-90)
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, June 28-30, 1990
PRAGMATICS PROBLEM:
The problem of pragmatics in AI is one of developing theories, models,
and implementations of systems that make effective use of contextual
information to solve problems in changing environments.
CONFERENCE GOAL:
This conference will provide a forum for researchers from all
subfields of AI to discuss the problem of pragmatics in AI.
The implications that each area has for the others in tackling
this problem are of particular interest.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
In cooperation with:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (pending approval)
Special Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence (SIGART) (pending approval)
U S WEST Advanced Technologies and the Rocky Mountain Society
for Artificial Intelligence (RMSAI)
With grants from:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Special Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence (SIGART)
U S WEST Advanced Technologies and the Rocky Mountain Society
for Artificial Intelligence (RMSAI)
THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT:
Las Cruces, lies in THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT (New Mexico),
USA and is situated in the Rio Grande Corridor with the scenic
Organ Mountains overlooking the city. The city is
close to Mexico, Carlsbad Caverns, and White Sands National Monument.
There are a number of Indian Reservations and Pueblos in the Land Of
Enchantment and the cultural and scenic cities of Taos and Santa Fe
lie to the north. New Mexico has an interesting mixture of Indian, Mexican
and Spanish culture. There is quite a variation of Mexican and New
Mexican food to be found here too.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
The Rocky Mountain Conference on Artificial Intelligence is a
major regional forum in the USA for scientific exchange and presentation
of AI research.
The conference emphasizes discussion and informal interaction
as well as presentations.
The conference encourages the presentation of completed research,
ongoing research, and preliminary investigations.
Researchers from both within and outside the region
are invited to participate.
Some travel awards will be available for qualified applicants.
FORMAT FOR PAPERS:
Submitted papers should be double spaced and no more than 5 pages
long. E-mail versions will not be accepted.
Send 3 copies of your paper to:
Paul Mc Kevitt,
Program Chairperson, RMCAI-90,
Computing Research Laboratory (CRL),
Dept. 3CRL, Box 30001,
New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001, USA.
DEADLINES:
Paper submission: March 1st, 1990
Pre-registration: April 1st, 1990
Notice of acceptance: May 1st, 1990
Final papers due: June 1st, 1990
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:
Jennifer Griffiths, Local Arrangements Chairperson, RMCAI-90.
(same postal address as above).
INQUIRIES:
Inquiries regarding conference brochure and registration form
should be addressed to the Local Arrangements Chairperson.
Inquiries regarding the conference program should be addressed
to the program Chairperson.
Local Arrangements Chairperson: E-mail: INTERNET: rmcai@nmsu.edu
Phone: (+ 1 505)-646-5466
Fax: (+ 1 505)-646-6218.
Program Chairperson: E-mail: INTERNET: paul@nmsu.edu
Phone: (+ 1 505)-646-5109
Fax: (+ 1 505)-646-6218.
TOPICS OF INTEREST:
You are invited to submit a research paper addressing Pragmatics
in AI , with any of the following orientations:
Philosophy, Foundations and Methodology
Knowledge Representation
Neural Networks and Connectionism
Genetic Algorithms, Emergent Computation, Nonlinear Systems
Natural Language and Speech Understanding
Problem Solving, Planning, Reasoning
Machine Learning
Vision and Robotics
Applications
Paul Mc Kevitt,
Computing Research Laboratory,
Dept. 3CRL, Box 30001,
New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001, USA.
505-646-5109/5466
CSNET: paul@nmsu.edu
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