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Today's Topics:
Help wanted: focusing images
Digital Cameras
Re: Camera Manufacturing- Info wanted
Image formats
Want OCR Software Packages.
Job Opportunity at Lockeed
Chairholder position (Mining Automation)
CVPR 92 announcement
CFP: Biomedical Image Processing
Summer-School (Les Houches-FRANCE, August 92)
Final CFP - Int'l. Conf. on DSP Applications & Technology
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1992 19:28:54 GMT
From: behnkedj@rosevc.rose-hulman.edu (D. Joshua Behnke)
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Subject: help wanted: focusing images
Somebody suggested I try this newsgroup, so here goes...
I am involved in a project where we want to digitally focus a
digitized out of focus image. Can anybody tell me what work has
been done in this area? Is there any public domain software that
does this sort of thing?
Please email to behnkedj@rosevc.rose-hulman.edu
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Date: Mon, 4 May 92 00:54:36 -0400
From: Payman Khalili <pka@engin.umich.edu>
Subject: Digital Cameras
I would like to know if there is someone out there making digital
cameras which one can plug in directly to the computer.
The most common camera configuration uses a TV camera, converts the
image into NTSC (PAL, SECAM) signal, sends the signal over a wire to
a digitizer on the computer, which then digitizes the image.
This is NOT what I was interested in.
I need a system which bypasses the NTSC signal, etc. I want the digital
images from the CCD on the camera going directly to the computer.
Does anyone out there make such a device?
Please reply by email or mail to: Payman Khalili
email: pka@caen.engin.umich.edu
US mail:
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,
University of Michigan,
1101 Beal Ave.,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110
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Date: Sat, 02 May 92 17:48:36 GMT
From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Subject: Re: Camera Manufacturing- Info wanted
Vision-List@ads.com writes:
>Dear Friends:
> I would to solicit information on which companies manufacture
> custom made cameras. Your help will be highly appreciated.
Edmund Scientific (Barrington NJ) will fabricate custom optical
systems to order.
John Nagle
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Date: Wed, 6 May 92 08:16:39 BST
From: Don-Carlos Abrams <dabrams@rpms.ac.uk>
Subject: Image formats
Could anyone supply any of the following information regarding the file
formats that I have mentioned. References would be very useful.
1) The developer of the PCX file format
2) Whether the Digital Research IMG format is a bitmapped or
vector file format
3) Whether the Sintinel (WordPerfect) WPG format is a bitmapped or
vector file format
4) The developer of the windows metafile (WMF)
5) The developer of the CGM file format
6) Whether the Truevision Inc. TGA format is a bitmapped or
vector file format
Please reply directly to myself.
Don-Carlos Abrams *
Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Department of Medical Physics.
Hammersmith Hospital, DuCane Road, London, W12 ONN, UK
Tel : +44 81 740 3250 Ext. 2248
FAX : +44 81 740 3119
Email : JANET D.Abrams@uk.ac.rpms
BITNET D.Abrams%rpms.ac.uk@earn-relay.ac.uk
INTERNET D.Abrams%rpms.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
UUCP D.Abrams%uk.ac.rpms@net.uu.uunet
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Date: Mon, 4 May 1992 16:26:54 +0200
From: " (Thien Ha-Minh)" <haminh@terminator.NoSubdomain.NoDomain>
Organization: University of Berne, Switzerland.
Subject: Want OCR Software Packages.
Could anyone give me information on available OCR software packages, either
in the public domain or commercial? The main requirements are:
1) Integration capability: the OCR sub-routines in our program.
2) Working on Sun Unix.
My address is:
Thien HA MINH
Universitat Bern
Institut fur Informatik und
angewandte Mathematik
Langgassstrasse 51
CH-3012 BERN, SWITZERLAND.
Phone: (41 31) 65 86 99
Fax: (41 31) 65 39 65
Email: haminh@iam.unibe.ch
Thank You.
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Date: Wed, 06 May 92 13:53:33 -0500
Subject: Job Opportunity at Lockeed
From: Chiun-Hong Chien <chien@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company is seeking applicants for
the development of perception modules for space robotics. The work
involves object recognition, pose estimation, tracking, 3D shape
recovery from multiple images, sensor calibration, parallel and
distributed implementation of vision algorithms, and other robotic
vision tasks. Prospective applicants should have strong background on
computer vision (especially 3D vision), image processing,
computational/differential geometry, optimization techniques.
Practical experience in building perception modules for robotic
projects is a must. Knowledge about various sensors (including 3D
laser scanners), robotics, CAD modelers, and parallel computers is a
plus. Master or Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer
Science, or related disciplines are required.
Please send curriculum vitae with details of work experience and
names of three references to
e-mail: chien@aio.jsc.nasa.gov and
krog@aio.jsc.nasa.gov
US-mail: Ralph Krog
Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company
Mail Code C-19
2400, NASA Road 1
Houston, TX 77058
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Date: 5 May 92 20:31:33 GMT
From: dube@vision (Hermel Dube)
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal lab. AI
Subject: Chairholder position (Mining Automation)
Summary: Automation, Robotics & Computer Vision
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTREAL
POSITION: CHAIRHOLDER
Noranda/NSERC Industrial Chair in Mining Automation
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal invites nominations and
applications for candidacy for the Noranda/NSERC industrial chair in
Mining Automation. Candidates with experience in automation, robotics,
computer vision or underground communications would be of particular
interest. Mining experience would be an asset.
The candidate should hold a Ph.D. degree in either mining
engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering,
engineering physics, or the equivalent. He/she must be capable of
providing leadership in collaborative research with industry and of
contributing significantly to the research activities and supervision
of graduate students. The chair will require its holder to lead
researchers and graduate students involved in the automation of mining
equipment. The research work of the candidate will relate to some of
the following fields: automatic guidance, artificial vision, remote
control techniques and monotoring, development of new sensors or
adaptation of existing ones to mining applications, and underground
communications. The objective of his/her research should aim at the
development of concepts leading to new mining technology.
Applicants and nominees must have an outstanding research record, a
strong interest in teaching and a commitment to the creation and
development of a world class research program in mining automation.
The chair holder will work closely with CCARM (Canadian Center for
Automation and Robotics in Mining) researchers. CCARM, which was
jointly created by Ecole Polytechnique and McGill University in 1988,
is strongly involved in applied research in mining automation.
This new chair is sponsored by Noranda Inc. and the Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); both will
participate in the evaluation process of candidates.
The chair holder will hold a tenure track position at Ecole
Polytechnique, normally at the level of full professor. A working
knowledge of French is desirable.
Interested persons should write to:
MINING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE
P.O. Box 6079, Station A
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
H3C-3A7
Tel.: (514)340-4926
Fax: (514)340-4477
Email: cohen@ai.polymtl.ca (Paul Cohen)
Applications will be accepted until May 31, 1992.
In accordance with immigration requirements, priority will be given to
Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. Ecole Polytechnique is
an equal opportunity employer.
Hermel Dube | dube@info.polymtl.ca
Technicien en Informatique | dube@ai.polymtl.ca
Departement de genie Informatique | A bas le telephone,
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal | Vive le courrier electronique.
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Date: Sun, 3 May 1992 21:26:48 -0500
From: Narendra Ahuja <ahuja@uirvld.csl.uiuc.edu>
Subject: CVPR 92 announcement
CVPR'92 will be held June 15-18, 1992 at Chancellor Hotel and Convention
Center at Champaign, Illinois.
General Chair: Azriel Rosenfeld, University of Maryland
Program Chairs: Narendra Ahuja and Thomas Huang, University of Illinois
In case you have not received your a copy of the Advance Program,
contact IEEE Computer Society at (202) 371-1013
or University of Illinois at (217) 244-7659.
The registration information is given below.
************************************************
To register, please:
1. Print out, complete and mail to:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Accounting Business Office
Room 162 Administration Building
506 Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
OR
2. Print out, complet and fax to:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Division of Conferences and Institutes
217-333-9561
(open 24 hours daily and weekends)
OR
3. Telephone 217-244-7659 and our registration team will take your
registration Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. central standard time.
Name:____________________________________________________________
Title:___________________________________________________________
Organization:____________________________________________________
Address:_________________________________________________________
City/State/Postal Code/Country___________________________________
Business telephone:_____________ Home telephone:______________
FAX: _______________________ Email:_____________________________
Do you have any special needs?___________________________________
CVPR'92 FEES
Full conference registration includes all conference sessions, conference
packet, conference proceedings; reception June 16; refreshment breaks;
banquet and entertainment June 17 and transporation to and from the
university and the banquet; transportation to and from university
residence hall and the Chancellor Hotel. Student registration includes
all conference sessions, conference packet, conference proceedings;
reception June 16; refreshment breaks; transportation to and from the
university as well as the residence hall.
Advance On Site
Member $275 $330
Non-members $360 $415
Students $120 $130
TUTORIAL REGISTRATION
Advance On Site
Member $140 $170
Non-members $175 $215
WORKSHOP/SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION
Workshop on Purposive Vision $60
Symposium on Physics-Based Vision $160
Tutorials:
Tutorial 1: Theory and Applications of Wavelets
Tutorial 2: Learning, Approximation Theory and Networks
Tutorial 3: Genetic Algorithms
Tutorial 4: An Overview of Document Image Analysis Techniques
OPTIONAL BUFFET LUNCHEON RESERVATIONS (includes tax and gratuity)
Monday, June 15 $12 _____ Wednesday, June 17 $12 _____
Tuesday, June 16 $12 _____ Thursday, June 18 $12 _____
TOTAL FEES:_____________________
METHOD OF PAYMENT
Check or money order payable to University of Illinois
Credit Card: Visa MasterCard AMEX Discover
IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY HOUSING REGISTRATION (Busey-Evans Residence Hall)
Reservations may be made on registration form or by telephoning
217-333-1766. Be sure to indicate that you are attending the IEEE
Computer Society Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference.
Reservations should be made by May 22, 1992.
The conference will provide bus transportation to and from the
residence halls and The Chancellor Hotel June 15-18, morning and
afternoon, and to the conference banquet at Krannert Center
Wednesday evening, June 17.
____ Male Female ____ _____ Smoking _____ Non-smoking
Arrival day and date:_____________________________________
Departure day and date:____________________________________
Residence Hall Lodging (rate includes 6% hotel tax)
Single room, per person $24 per night
Shared room, per person $16 per night
Roommate preference if requesting a shared room:
Name_______________________________________________
Telephone___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
HOTELS:
The Chancellor Hotel and Convention Center
501 S. Neil
Champaign, IL 61820
Telephone: 217-352-7891 (1-800-257-6667 toll free U.S. and Canada)
Fax: 217-352-8108
Reservations should be made by May 14,1992. Be sure to indicate
that you are attending IEEE CVPR to receive the conference rate.
Single $54.00 plus 11% tax
Double $61.00 plus 11% tax
________________________________________________________________________
Radisson Suite Hotel
101 Trade Centre Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Telephone: 217-398-3400 (1-800-333-3333 (toll free U.S. and Canada)
Reservations Code U-496 for IEEE Conference reservations. Reservations
should be made by May 14, 1992.
Single room $60 plus 11% tax
Double room $70 plus 11% tax
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Date: Mon, 4 May 92 08:58:33 EDT
From: Dr Dmitry Goldgof <goldgof@gasparilla.csee.usf.edu>
Subject: CFP: Biomedical Image Processing
CALL FOR PAPERS
BIOMEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING IV AND BIOMEDICAL VISUALIZATI0N
Conference Chairs: Raj S. Acharya (SUNY/Buffalo)
Dmitry B. Goldgof (University of South Florida)
Cochairs: Kevin Bowyer (University of South Florida)
Chin-Tu Chen (University of Chicago)
Eric A. Hoffman (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania)
Thomas S. Huang (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Andres Kriete (Universitat Giessen, Germany)
Richard A. Robb (Mayo Clinic/Foundation)
Demetri Terzopoulos (University of Toronto)
Part of 1993 SPIE/SPSE Symposium on Electronic Imaging
January 31 - February 5, 1993, San Jose, California, USA
The large variety of imaging modalities for exploration of objects of
biomedical interest has led to the necessity for solving many problems
related to the specific characteristics of the radiation and sensing
apparatus used. Acquired biomedical images typically suffer from
degradation related to the physical limitations of the imaging device.
These degradations serve to complicate the generic goals of analysis
and interpretation. This conference is devoted to the presentation of
new techniques directed towards the improved interpretation
(interactive or automated) of biomedical images obtained from
practical systems. Papers are solicited which detail methods for
reconstructing images from partial information, for correcting image
defects, or for effectively extracting/analyzing/interpreting
practical images of biomedical interest.
Papers are invited in the following and related areas:
Biomedical Image Processing
- Image Reconstruction
- Image Restoration and Enhancement
- Feature Enhancement and Extraction in Biomedical Images
- Biomedical Image Analysis and Interpretation
- Multi-Dimensional Biomedical Image Processing
- Motion Analysis in Biomedical Images
- Multi-Modality Imaging
- Microscopy Imaging
- Knowledge-Based Methods
Special sessions on
- Three-Dimensional Microscopy
- Image Processing for Mammography Applications
Submissions:
Please send 3 copies of a 1000 word summary and a brief
biography by July 5, 1992 to:
SPIE/SPSE Technical Program Committee:
Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology 1992
P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010 USA
Shipping Address: 1000 20th St., Bellingham, WA 98225
Telephone: 206/676-3290 (Pacific Time); Telex 46-7053
Telefax: 206/647-1445; OPTO-LINK 206/733-2998
Please include the author(s) name(s), company name, complete address
and telephone/telex/telefax numbers (principal author first), and
clearly designate for which conference within symposium the abstract
is intended. For more information contact SPIE/SPSE or Conference
Chairs below.
Important dates:
Applicants will be notified of acceptance by mid-November.
Camera-ready abstact is due December 2, 1992
Manuscript is due January 4, 1993
Location:
The conference will be held in San Jose Convention Center, San Jose,
California USA, as a part of SPIE/IS&T Symposium on Electronic Imaging.
This symposium will provide a rich interaction environment because of
numerous simultaneous conferences (Image Restoration and Enhancement,
Image Compression, Image Processing and Graphics Hardware, Nonlinear
Image Processing, Image Understanding, etc.) and because of its location
in the heart of the Silicon Valley.
Conference Chairs:
Dr. Raj Acharya
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York 14260
Internet: acharya@eng.buffalo.edu
Dr. Dmitry B. Goldgof
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida 33620-5350
Internet: goldgof@figment.csee.usf.edu
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1992 15:28:36 +0200
From: Claude.Labit@irisa.fr (Claude Labit)
Subject: Summer-School (Les Houches-FRANCE, August 92)
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It still remains some "seats" for attenders. If you are interesting in, please
contact urgently the organizers listed above....Sincerely yours...
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Dear Colleague
Henri Maitre and I (as one of the invited lecturers) are in charge of a Summer School in Digital Picture Processing which will
be held from 10 August to 4 September in Les Houches in the heart of the
French Alps.
The topics of this summer school covers the modern trends of digital picture
processing, from low-level to interpretation. The lecturers are taken among
well-known specialists from all over the world : Ms Borgefors and Preteux,
Mr Azencott, Biemond, Kasvand, Labit, Mallat, Schmitt, Zamperoni. The
attenders are selected in order to facilitate exchange of ideas and
experience.
The summer school is located in an isolated cottage, besides Mont Blanc,
near Chamonix. Most of the attenders and the Professors are hosted together
in this cottage.
Some students may still apply for this Summer School, if they come from the
following countries : US, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Holland, Denmark,
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Greece. They could be seniors, Ph'D or advanced
students with a good background in mathematics, computer science. Beside the
exceptionnal quality of the lecturers, and the excellent working conditions,
some strong points of this summer-school have also to be pointed out which may
be determining :
- cost is quite low (for a full month it may be compared to ... 1 day of an
advanced formation !) i. e. approximately 3500 FF or 600 US$
- financial supports may be offered for students or Ph'D,
- travelling facilities may be obtained via NSF for American citizens .
These exceptional facilities are the result of a NATO support which may allow
to sustain the Summer School. This support is tighten to the number of
participants from various Nato countries. Some of these countries are not so
well represented to day, and I would appreciate if you could present candidates.
I may send more complete information either by phone or by mail.
Many thanks for your help
yours
henri MAITRE
Image Department
TELECOM-Paris
46 rue Barrault
F-75 634 - Paris
(33-1) 45 81 76 55
fax: (33-1) 45 81 37 94
maitre@ima.enst.fr
TEMIS Project: Advanced Image Sequence Processing Research Lab
Research Coordinator : Claude LABIT, Directeur de Recherches INRIA
IRISA/INRIA-Rennes
Campus de beaulieu
35042 RENNES Cedex FRANCE
Tel (033)16-99362000
Fax 99383832
Telex : UNIRISA 950473F
e-mail: labit@irisa.fr
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Date: Sun, 3 May 92 10:11:17 -0400
From: DSPWorld@world.std.com
Subject: FINAL CFP - Int'l. Conf. on DSP Applications & Technology
REMINDER! ONE MONTH LEFT FOR SUBMITTING YOUR ABSTRACT
|
Chairman |
|
| CALL FOR PAPERS
Dr. Amnon Aliphas |
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Newton, MA 02159 | ________________________
|
|
| INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SIGNAL PROCESSING
Technical Committee |
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|
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Lexington, MA 02173 | DSP WORLD Expo.
|
Mr. John W. Irza | November 2 - 5, 1992 Hyatt Regency Hotel
Draper Laboratory | Cambridge, MA. U.S.A.
ms 7C |
555 Technology Sq. |
Cambridge, MA 02139 |
| Application Areas: Communications
Dr. Bruce Musicus | Speech Processing
B.B.N. | Image Processing
ms 6-4B | DSP Technology
10 Moulton Street | DSP Machines
Cambridge, MA 02138 | Medical Electronics
| Neural Networks
Prof. A.M. Peterson | Industrial Control
Stanford University | Automotive
Electrical Eng. | Underwater
227 Durand Bldg. | VLSI Architectures
Stanford, CA 94305 | Geophysics
| Underwater
Dr. Richard C. Rose | Radar
MIT Lincoln Lab. | DSP Software
244 Wood Street. | Instrumentation and Testing
Lexington, MA 02173 | Consumer Products
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and Other Signal Processing Technology
MAIL, FAX, OR send e_mail (e-mail preferred)
a 400 word Abstract for Review to:
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U.S.A.
Telephone: (617) 964-3817
Fax: (617) 969-6689
electronic mail: DSPWorld@world.std.com
(The deadline for receiving abstracts is May 30th, 1992)
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