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Today's Topics:
Rosenfeld bibliographies -- 1993 now available
Revisions to Tsai camera calibration code
Small range cameras?
Faces Feature Recognition Info requested
Research Positions Available
Postdoc Vision Research Position
Doctoral position available
Paper on Feature Correspondence Problem
CFP: Second IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision
CFP: Videometrics III
CFP: Special Track on Intelligent Robotic Systems in IEEE Expert
Revised CFP: ICIP94
Updated CFP: Workshop on Shape & Pattern Matching in Computational Biology
1994 DISCOVER AWARDS
IEEE Visualization '94 Call for Participation
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From: Sandy German <sandy@cfar.umd.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 10:21:51 -0500
Subject: Rosenfeld bibliographies -- 1993 now available
Azriel Rosenfeld's Computer Vision bibliographies from 1984 thru 1993
may be found in VISION-LIST-ARCHIVE/ROSENFELD-BIBLIOGRAPHIES. Other
reference material may be found in REFS-AND-BIBLIOGRAPHIES.
To access the Vision List archives from anonymous FTP:
1) FTP to FTP.TELEOS.COM
2) Login name is 'anonymous' (all lower case)
3) Once you're logged on, change directory (cd) to
VISION-LIST-ARCHIVE
People who don't have access to anonymous FTP can do FTP-by-mail, a
public service operated by DEC. Send a message containing the single
word "help" to "ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com" for instructions.
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 17:02:49 EST
From: Reg_Willson@IUS4.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU
Subject: Re: Revisions to Tsai camera calibration code
If you obtained a copy of the Tsai calibration code before February 22nd
1994 from the Vision List Archive SHAREWARE subdirectory (anonymous ftp to
FTP.TELEOS.COM), you may want to ftp the newest release of the code,
/VISION-LIST-ARCHIVE/SHAREWARE/CODE/CALIBRATION/TSAI-METHOD/Tsai-method-v2.0.tar.Z
The new release contains a set of updates to the code that was originally
placed in the archive in 1993 by Jon Owen. These updates include a bug fix,
improvements to several routines, and new code for exterior orientation
calibration. This release should also be much easier to compile than the
previous one.
The bug fix occurs in the routines ncc_compute_R and ncc_compute_better_R.
In the corrected routines the r4, r5, and r6 terms are not divided by cp.sx.
(This bug was reported by Volker Rodehorst <vr@cs.tu-berlin.de>).
Included in this release is Frederic Devernay's
<Frederic.Devernay@sophia.inria.fr> significantly improved routine for
converting from undistorted to distorted sensor coordinates. Rather than
iteratively solving a system of two non-linear equations to perform the
conversion, the new routine algebraically solves a cubic polynomial in Rd
(using the Cardan method).
This release also contains improved routines for calculating calibration
error statistics, including the new routines:
object_space_error_stats ()
and
normalized_calibration_error ()
The first routine calculates the statistics for the magnitude of the
distance of closest approach (i.e. 3D error) between points in object space
and the line of sight formed by back projecting the measured 2D coordinates
out through the camera model. The second routine is based on an error
measure proposed by J. Weng in IEEE PAMI, October 1992.
Finally this release contains new checks for coordinate handedness problems
in the calibration data.
This release uses optimization routines from the IMSL commercial software
package. An updated version of the code set up for the NAG commercial
software package will hopefully be available soon. Bug reports can be
directed to either Jon or myself.
Reg Willson, 17-Feb-94
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 11:04 GMT
From: mtc@cee.hw.ac.uk (Manuel Trucco)
Subject: Small range cameras?
SMALL, COMPACT RANGE CAMERAS?
I am looking for a small, compact, light range camera to
be fitted on a small robot arm. The camera should:
* be light and compact
* produce full 3-D images (not single stripes or points)
* have good range accuracy (say within 1mm at 50-100mm standoff)
* have decent spatial resolution (say 128x128-ish or more)
* acquire frames at reasonable speed (max a few sec per frame)
I have found the following products (but not their prices yet):
1. LADAR 3-D (Hoskin Scientific ltd, Canada)
2. SPOT, JUPITER, BIP (Servo Robot, Canada)
plus a pletora of range sensors not meeting my requirements (too heavy,
too large, no full images, too inaccurate, inadequate standoff etc).
My questions:
* is anybody using 1 or 2 above? Comments?
* does anybody know of other cameras meeting my requirements?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Manuel Trucco
Dr Emanuele Trucco, Lecturer Tel. +44 31 451.3437/4183
Dept of Computing & Electrical Engineering FAX +44 31 451.3431/3327
Heriot-Watt University mtc@cee.hw.ac.uk
Riccarton, Edinburgh
EH14 4AS SCOTLAND
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Date: 20 Feb 1994 20:50:44 GMT
From: chih-che@cae.wisc.edu (Chih-Che Lin)
Subject: Faces Feature Recognition Info requested
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Hi,
I am doing a project regarding the human face recognition by
using deformable templates. I think this project will base
on the paper "Feature Extraction from Faces Using Deformable
Templates [Yuille, Hallinan and Cohen 92]".
I am a new guy on the Computer Vision field, and hope
someone out there can give me some advices and suggestions
about this topic.
Any reply will be really appreciated.
Thanks a lot.
Chih-Che (Gary) Lin |
Graduate Student |
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin -- Madison
E-mail: chih-che@cae.wisc.edu
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 19:52:41 -0800
From: Glenn Healey <healey@ece.uci.edu>
Subject: Research Positions Available
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the
University of California, Irvine is seeking candidates
for post-doctoral research positions in the area of Machine
Vision and Image Processing. Candidates should have a strong
analytical background in Machine Vision/Image Processing and
strong experimental and programming skills. Positions are
available starting Fall 1994 with salary dependent on qualifications.
Please send CV to
Glenn Healey
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California
Irvine, CA 92717
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 94 15:22:48 EST
From: ib@rana.usc.edu
Subject: Postdoc Vision Research Position
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION
MODELING SHAPE-BASED OBJECT RECOGNITION
Applications are invited for a position of a post-doctoral research
associate to work on a project on modeling shape-based object
recognition. Desirable skills include experience in implementing
algorithms for edge definition, volumetric modeling, neural net
modeling, and familiarity and interest in human object recognition.
Ph.D. or equivalent research experience in computer vision,
computational vision, or formal modeling of visual psychophysics.
Possibility of immediate start with employment for an additional year
or two. Must be a U.S. Citizen. Stipend commensurate with experience
and skills. U.S.C. is an affirmative action, equal opportunity
employer. Applicants should submit a CV and the names of three
referees to Professor Irving Biederman, University of Southern
California, Hedco Neuroscience Building MC 2520, Los Angeles, CA
90089-2520. E-mail: ib@rana.usc.edu.
Irving Biederman
William M. Keck Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Hedco Neuroscience Building, MC 2520
University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-2520
Office: (213) 740-6094; Fax: (213) 740-5687; Lab: (213) 740-6102; Home:
(310) 823-8980.
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 94 01:01:31 PST
From: Marino Menozzi <menozzi@iha.ethz.ch>
Subject: Doctoral position available
A three year doctoral position is currently available at the Institute of
Hygiene and Applied Physiology of the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology (ETH) in Zuerich, Switzerland.
FIELD OF ACTIVITY: Psychophysical studies into the role of head
movements in perception of depth at stereoscopic displays. Modelling the
perception of depth.
QUALIFICATIONS: Recognised degree in one of the following: phsysics,
experimental psychology, biology, behavioural science.
BACKGROUND: Experiences in psychophysics, mathematical modelling.
SALARY: Approximately 28 500.- sFr / year.
Informal enquiries may be made to Marino Menozzi by e-mail
(menozzi@iha.ethz.ch) or by phone (CH - 1 - 632 39 81).
Marino Menozzi
Institute of Hygiene and Applied Physiology
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
CH - 8092 Zuerich
Fax.: CH - 1 - 262 41 78
e-mail: menozzi@iha.ethz.ch
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 15:12:42 -0800
From: ahmad@interval.com
Subject: Paper on Feature Correspondence Problem
The following paper is available for anonymous ftp on
archive.cis.ohio-state.edu (128.146.8.52), in directory
pub/neuroprose, as file "ahmad.correspondence.ps.Z". The companion
paper, "Some Solutions to the Missing Feature Problem in Vision" can
be found as file "ahmad.missing.ps.Z".
Feature Densities are Required for Computing Feature Correspondences
Subutai Ahmad
Interval Research Corporation
1801-C Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
E-mail: ahmad@interval.com
Abstract
The feature correspondence problem is a classic hurdle in visual
object-recognition concerned with determining the correct mapping
between the features measured from the image and the features expected
by the model. In this paper we show that determining good
correspondences requires information about the joint probability
density over the image features. We propose "likelihood based
correspondence matching" as a general principle for selecting optimal
correspondences. The approach is applicable to non-rigid models,
allows nonlinear perspective transformations, and can optimally deal
with occlusions and missing features. Experiments with rigid and
non-rigid 3D hand gesture recognition support the theory. The
likelihood based techniques show almost no decrease in classification
performance when compared to performance with perfect correspondence
knowledge.
To appear in:
Cowan, J.D., Tesauro, G., and Alspector, J. (Eds.), Advances in
Neural Information Processing Systems 6. San Francisco CA: Morgan
Kaufmann, 1994.
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 94 09:41:49 CST
From: wacv94@csc.ti.com
Subject: CFP: Second IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision
Second IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision
Sarasota, Florida
December 5 - 7, 1994
CALL FOR PAPERS
GENERAL CHAIR:
Allen Hanson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:
Bruce Flinchbaugh, Texas Instruments
Yasuo Nakagawa, Hitachi
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR:
Kevin Bowyer, University of South Florida
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Minoru Asada, Osaka University
Henry Baird, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Horst Bunke, University of Bern
Henrik Christenson, University of Aalborg
Jeff Dehart, Army Research Laboratory
Ed Delp, Purdue University
Goesta Granlund, Linkoping University
Steve Hennessy, Martin-Marietta
John Illingworth, University of Surrey
Judd Jones, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Philip Kegelmeyer, Sandia National Laboratories
Ichiro Masaki, MIT and General Motors
Tom Nartker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Keith Nishihara, Teleos Research
Shmuel Peleg, Hebrew University
Banavar Sridhar, NASA Ames Research Center
Sargur Srihari, SUNY Buffalo
Robin Strickland, University of Arizona
Mohan Trivedi, University of Tennessee
Larry Wolff, Johns Hopkins University
PROGRAM:
We invite computer vision researchers and practitioners to participate
in the second IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, to be
held in Sarasota, Florida, December 5-7, 1994.
The goal of this workshop is to bring together an international forum of
industrial, academic, and government researchers in order to present and
discuss the application of computer vision techniques to various problem
domains of practical significance. The intent is to foster a free
exchange of ideas in order to promote the transfer of solutions from one
application domain to another, and guide computer vision research in
useful directions.
The program will consist of high quality contributed papers covering
computer vision applications that include, but are not limited to,
manufacturing, inspection, medical analysis, security monitoring,
human-computer interaction, document analysis, environmental protection,
photo interpretation, highway/vehicle systems, target recognition,
cartography, and space operations. Emphasis should be on novel research
aspects and/or performance evaluation/benchmarking for a given task.
SUBMISSIONS:
Six (6) copies of papers should be submitted in English to the address
below by June 1, 1994:
Bruce Flinchbaugh, Texas Instruments MS 238, 13510 North Central
Expressway, Dallas, TX 75243, U.S.A.
Papers should be limited to 30 double-spaced pages, including figures,
using no smaller than a 12 point font. Papers should include a title
page containing the names and addresses of the authors, and an abstract
of up to 200 words. Please also include a second title page with the
abstract but without the names and addresses of the authors.
Include a summary page -- no more than one page containing answers to
the following questions (answer each question separately and in order;
please number your answers):
1) What is the application area of the work reported in this paper?
2) How far has this work progressed to date? (Concept/theory only?
Experimental implementation and evaluation? Performance benchmarked
against other works? Being used in practice? Available as product?)
3) What is the primary significance/advantage/originality of this work?
4) How does this paper relate to previously published work?
FURTHER INFORMATION:
For further information or a copy of the advance program and workshop
registration information when available, write to either:
Allen Hanson, Computer Science Department, A213 Lederle Graduate
Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 0l003, U.S.A.
or
Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, IEEE Computer Society,
1730 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, U.S.A.
IMPORTANT DATES:
June 1, 1994: Paper Submission Deadline
July 31, 1994: Notification of Acceptance
September 1, 1994: Final Paper Due
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 08:24:04 +1000
From: Mark Shortis <mark_shortis@muwayf.unimelb.edu.au>
Subject: CFP: Videometrics III
Part of: SPIE's International Symposium on
Photonic Sensors and Controls for Commercial
Applications
31 October - 4 November, 1994
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Program Committee:
Sabry El-Hakim (Canada), Armin Gruen (Switzerland), Henrick Haggren
(Finland),
Mark Shortis (Australia), Walter Snow (USA), Kam Wong (USA).
This third SPIE conference on Videometrics presents the latest
development in the use of machine vision systems to perform precise,
reliable, and robust measurements in order to obtain quantitative
information about physical objects or the environment. This includes
methods to accurately and automatically recover 3-D properties, such
as coordinates and dimensions, from 2-D intensity images as well as
range images. Accurate object positioning, orientation and tracking in
three-dimensional space are also dealt with in this conference. All
types of machine vision applications should gain from these methods
although dimensional inspection or gauging; reverse engineering; part
positioning; robot guidance in assembly workcell and; real-time
adaptive control in machining, are the obvious beneficiaries. An
important objective of this conference is to bring together machine
vision specialists, photogrammetrists, engineers, and potential users
to discuss this technology's problems, particularly those associated
with technology transfer from laboratory to industry.
Papers are solicited in the following and related areas, with
particular
emphasis on system applications:
-successfully demonstrated system applications
-on-line control systems
-processing and analysis of 3-D data
-CAD interface, and object modelling
-dynamic tracking in 3-D
-camera and system calibration
-accuracy and performance evaluation
-sensors integration for metrology
Abstract due: April 4, 1994
Manuscript Due: August 8, 1994 (on-site proceedings)
Send Abstract via e-mail to : abstracts@mom.spie.org (ASCII
format)
or fax one copy to SPIE at 206/647-1445
or mail 4 copies to:
Photonics East,
SPIE, P.O.Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010, USA
Your abstract should include the following:
1.Title
2.Author listing (full names and affiliations)
3.Mailing address, telephone, fax and e-mail for each author
4.Submit to: Videometrics III (El-Hakim)
5.Presentation (oral or poster)
6.Abstract text (250 words)
7.Brief biography (principal author only)
Dr. Mark R. Shortis, Mark_Shortis@mac.unimelb.edu.au
Deputy Head,
Dept. of Surveying and Land Information,
University of Melbourne, Telephone +613 344 6401
Parkville 3052, AUSTRALIA. Facsimile +613 347 2916
"I want to be a plumber when I grow up Dad - I like eating plums"
Emma Shortis (at 4 years old)
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 17:38:58 GMT
From: arkin@cc.gatech.edu (Ronald C. Arkin)
Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
Subject: CFP: Special Track on Intelligent Robotic Systems in IEEE Expert
CALL FOR PAPERS
IEEE Expert
Special Track on
Intelligent Robotic Systems
IEEE Expert announces a Special Track on Intelligent Robotic Systems,
edited by Ronald Arkin. A Special Track is a collection of papers united by
a theme that will run over several issues. Previous Special Tracks in IEEE
Expert include object-oriented programming in AI, AI applications in process
systems, knowledge acquisition, functional modeling of devices, case-based
reasoning, connectionist applications, and genetic algorithms and their
applications.
For the Special Track on intelligent Robotic Systems, suggested topics for
submissions include, but are not limited to: real world mobile robot systems,
perception in support of robot navigation, integrated assembly planning,
dextrous manipulation, learning and adaptation in robotic systems, and
applications in specific fields. The results should be presented in the
context of working robotic systems.
IEEE Expert is a magazine of applied AI. The magazine is a bridge between the
research community and the user community. It aims to publish original papers
that transfer to the user community ideas and tools that come out of research
and development. Clear, not overly formal, writing is essential. Its readers
are users, developers, managers, researchers, and purchasers who are interested
in databases, expert systems, and artificial intelligence, with particular
emphasis on applications. They want to learn about the tools, techniques,
concepts, aids, and systems that have potential for real-world applications.
Submissions should be written according the IEEE Expert style. The final
articles should be about 8-9 printed pages, with about 10-12 references. All
papers submitted will be carefully reviewed. Papers accepted on technical
grounds are subject to copy editing by the Managing Editor's staff for clarity
and expressiveness. Authors are asked to submit six copies (hard-copy only),
of their paper by August 1, 1994 to the Guest Editor:
Ronald C. Arkin
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0280
USA
email: arkin@cc.gatech.edu
Submissions will be considered after the deadline provided the author(s)
submit a title and extended abstract to the guest editor prior to August 1,
1994.
Ronald C. Arkin
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0280
Phone: (404)-894-8209 Fax: (404)-853-9378
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 14:30:19 -0800
From: icip@pine.pine.ece.utexas.edu
Subject: Revised CFP: ICIP94
* * * Please note the revised submission date of April 1, 1994 * * *
* * * ICIP revised submission date is March 15, 1994. For further * * *
* * * information about ICIP, contact icip@pine.pine.ece.utexas.edu.* * *
F I N A L C A L L F O R P A P E R S
IEEE Computer Society Workshop
on
Motion of Nonrigid & Articulate Objects
Austin Marriott at the Capitol
Austin, Texas
November 11-12, 1994
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS:
J. K. (Jake) Aggarwal Thomas S. Huang
Computer & Vision Research Center Coordinated Science Laboratory
ECE Department, ENS 520 1308 West Main Street
University of Texas at Austin University of Illinois
Austin, Texas 78712-1084 Urbana, IL 61801
jka@emx.cc.utexas.edu huang@where.csl.uiuc.edu
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
K. Aizawa, University of Tokyo
P. Anandan, Sarnoff
N. Ayache, INRIA
K. Bowyer, University of South Florida
J. Duncan, Yale University
D. Goldgof, University of South Florida
W. Martin, University of Virginia
D. Metaxas, University of Pennsylvania
A. Mitiche, INRS-Telecommunications
A. Pentland, MIT
J. Prince, Johns Hopkins University
H. S. Sawhney, IBM Almaden
D. Terzopoulos, University of Toronto
Y. F. Wang, University of California, Santa Barbara
WORKSHOP PROGRAM:
The workshop will focus on the image-based analysis of
nonrigid motion, including the motion of multibody, articulate,
deformable and fluid objects.
The following topics are suggested; however other topics are
also welcome.
Acquisition of articulate shape models
Analysis-by-synthesis techniques
Analysis of dynamic medical images
Computation of motion fields
Constrained multibody dynamics
Deformable models
Human motion analysis (facial motion, gesture, gait)
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 17:26:59 -0500
From: wolfson@watson.ibm.com (Haim Wolfson)
Subject: Updated CFP: Workshop on Shape & Pattern Matching in Computational Biology
Dear Colleagues,
Since the original Call for Papers for the IEEE workshop on Shape
and Pattern Matching in Computational Biology, the scientific editor
of CABIOS (Computer Applications for Biological Sciences) has agreed
to publish selected high quality papers of the workshop in journal.
The refereeing procedure for this journal publication will be completed
by the program committee members.
Due to this new development, we have extended the workshop submission
deadline to March 15. Please, notice in your cover letter, whether
you want you paper to be considered for publication in CABIOS.
Those, who have already submitted their paper, please notify by
e-mail wolfson@watson.ibm.com .
Below, please, find the updated call for papers.
Haim Wolfson
UPDATED CALL FOR PAPERS
IEEE Workshop on Shape and Pattern Matching
in Computational Biology
The Westin Hotel - Seattle, Washington June 20, 1994
The purpose of this workshop is to foster dialog and debate
on some fundamental unsolved issues in pattern matching and
shape representation applied to the molecular biology
domain.
This one day workshop will be held in conjunction with the
1994 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.
The program will consist of the highest quality, previously
unpublished, contributed papers on all aspects of pattern
analysis, pattern and shape matching, and shape
representation that have direct application in molecular
biology and genetics. Selected papers from the workshop will
be considered for publication in CABIOS (Computer Applications
for Biological Sciences).
A suggested and non-exclusive list of possible topics is:
DNA/Protein Sequence Search and Classification
Protein Structural Matching
Multiple Alignment of Genetic Sequences
3D Protein Modeling
3D Molecular Matching and Docking,
Pattern Matching Issues in Protein Folding
Pattern Matching Issues in Drug Design
PAPER SUBMISSION
Four copies of each complete manuscript should be received
by March 15, 1994 at the following address:
Andrea Califano/IBM T.J.Watson Research Center/30 Saw Mill
River Road/ Hawthorne, NY 10532.
Papers should include
1.A title page containing the names and addresses of the
authors (including e-mail and FAX), an abstract of up
to 200 words, and one or more categories as listed
above or other keywords.
2.A second title page with title and abstract only, no
author names (for double blind reviewing).
3.Up to 25 double-space pages (11 points, 1 inch
margin), including figures, references, etc.
GENERAL CHAIR PROGRAM CO-CHAIR PROGRAM CO-CHAIR
Andrea Califano Haim Wolfson Isidore Rigoutsos
TJ Watson Res.Center Computer Science Dpt. TJ Watson Res. Center
PO Box 704 Tel Aviv University PO Box 704
Yorktown Heights Tel Aviv 69978, Yorktown Heights
NY 10598 Israel NY 10598
acal@watson.ibm.com wolfson@math.tau.ac.il rigoutso@watson.ibm.com
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Stephen F. Altschul National Center for Biotechnology Information
Alberto Apostolico Purdue University and University of Padova
Douglas L. Brutlag Stanford University
Leroy Hood University of Washington
Lawrence Hunter National Library of Medicine
Toni Kazic Washington University at St. Louis
Eric Lander Whitehead Institute
Shuo L. Lin National Cancer Institute
Thomas Lozano-Perez Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jacob V. Maizel National Cancer Institute
Jeanette Schmidt Polytechnic University, NY
Granger Sutton Institute for Genomic Research
Edward C. Uberbacher Oak Ridge National Laboratories
Babu Venkataraghavan Lederle Laboratories
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 94 16:12:09 GMT
From: Stephen MARSHALL <sm@spd.eee.strathclyde.ac.uk>
Subject: European Course on Recent Advances in Image Processingg
EUROPEAN COURSE on
RECENT ADVANCES IN IMAGE PROCESSING
6-10 June 1994, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Organisers: ESPRIT/BRA 7130 (NAT), [Operated under the EU/Comett Scheme]
Host: Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde
A residential course on 'Recent Advances in Image Processing' will be
held in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the
University of Strathclyde in Glasgow on 6-10 June 1994 presented by
instructors drawn from five European Universities active in the field
of image processing research. The course will be spread over five
days and will include formal lectures complemented by 'hands on'
sessions, as well as a visit to the Vision Technology Transfer Centre
(VTTC) at East Kilbride. Social events will also be arranged in
conjunction with the course, including a Civic Reception by the Lord
Provost of Glasgow. All attendees will be given a comprehensive set
of lecture notes.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The course will be of interest to engineers, software
developers, systems developers, and research scientists,
involved in image processing research and development.
Application areas may be as diverse as HDTV, underwater
imaging, medical imaging and videotelephony. A basic
knowledge of standard image processing techniques would
be an advantage.
ORGANISATION OF THE COURSE
The course has been organised by ESPRIT/BRA 7130
(NAT) and the instructors will be drawn from the following
organisations :
% Professor I Pitas, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
% Professor H Burkhardt, Technical University of
Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
% Professor G Sicuranza and Dr F Russo, University of
Trieste, Italy
% Dr S Marshall, University of Strathclyde, UK
% Dr M Gabbouj, Tampere University of Technology,
Finland.
COURSE OUTLINE
Median Based Filtering- Theory and Applications:
Properties of median filters, deterministic properties root
signals convergence behaviour statistical properties.
Extensions of median filters - stack filters, threshold
decomposition property, stacking property, positive Boolean
functions, optimal stack filtering, adaptive Boolean and
stack filtering. Extensions - weighted median filtering,
vector median filtering. Applications.
Multichannel Signal Processing with Applications To
Colour Image Processing and Motion Field Processing:
Non-linear techniques multidimensional ordering principles.
Vector and marginal medians. Multichannel L-filters colour
coordinate transformations, angular data processing. Linear
techniques and multichannel Wiener filters.
Mathematical Morphology and Multiscale Image
Processing:
Basic concepts of morphology, erosion dilation, opening and
closing. Hit or miss transform, rolling ball. Properties of
morphology increasing, idempodence. Connectivity,
skeletons watershed algorithm. Scale space, problems of
scale. Feature tracking and pattern spectrum. Applications
of morphology and scale space.
Polynomial Filters for Image Processing:
Introduction to polynomial filters. Volterra series
expansion. Properties of polynomial filters. Structures and
realisations. Quadratic filters. Design techniques.
Applications to image processing, edge extraction, edge
preserving smoothing. Image sharpening. Texture
discrimination. Non-linear prediction and interpolation.
Fuzzy Techniques in Image Processing:
Introduction to fuzzy set theory. Basic principles of image
processing through fuzzy reasoning. Rule-based fuzzy
operators for image processing. General structure - fuzzy
inference mechanism, applications to image filtering.
Parallel Image Processing Algorithms And Structures:
Aspects of interconnection networks: reconfiguration,
topolog-ical and functional equivalence of different networks,
granularity and principles of decomposition (base-B factori-
sation, vector interconnections), mapping principles on smaller physical systems.
ABOUT THE COURSE
Image processing is a mature subject and much of the
existing theory is based on linear signal processing
algorithms. In recent years it has become clear that linear
filtering does not hold all of answers, and new solutions are
becoming available through the use of non-linear techniques.
For instance, while edge blurring associated with linear
filters is offensive to the human eye, non-linear techniques,
such as median filtering, preserve edges while smoothing
other areas. The ESPRIT 7130 basic research project into
RNon linear and adaptive techniques in digital image
processing, analysis and computer vision (NAT)S aims to
draw together, as far as possible, diverse results from non-
linear processing into a unified area of theory.
The tools which can be used in linear theory such as the
Fourier and Laplace transforms, impulse and frequency
responses are all well established but do not hold in the case
of non-linear filters as the superposition assumptions of each
are violated. New superposition theories are sought which
are valid for non-linear filters. One such tool is the
threshold decomposition property which is valid for classes
of both order statistic and morphological filters.
This five day course aims to bring the attendee up-to-date in
non-linear techniques and solutions for image processing. It
will provide hands-on sessions, as well as comprehensive
course notes. The instructors are drawn from the main NAT
partners and are all active in these research areas. Whilst
the course will cover the emerging theories it will also
contain a session on the parallel implementation aspects of
the course.
The application of this work is very broad including such
diverse areas as biomedical image processing, sensor fusion,
high definition TV and industrial flame control. The NAT
consortium has been working on these applications, and a
key aim of this course is to impact this experience and
expertise to the attendees. If you are involved in image
processing research then this course should prove to be an
invaluable addition to your knowledge base.
The course has been endorsed by: British Telecom plc;
British Gas plc; Sun Microsystems (UK) Limited; Scottish
Enterprise; British Machine Vision Association (Scotland);
DSP Technical Committee of IEEE CAS Society.
Recent Advances in Image Processing
6-10 June 1994 : Glasgow, Scotland, UK
REGISTRATION FORM
Name .............................................................
Affiliation .............................................................
Address .............................................................
Tel .............................................................
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FEES
Course fee : #750
Reduced rate for students : #500
The course fee includes five days full board, accommodation
with private facilities, colour television and coffee making
facilities; all lectures, practicals, a copy of course notes;
Course Dinner; a visit to the Trossachs; a visit to VTTC;
and the Lord ProvostUs Reception.
Accommodation in executive rooms is available at a further
cost of #100.
Please send payment, Bankers Draft in pounds sterling made
payable to 'University of Strathclyde', to :
Sheila Forbes
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Strathclyde
204 George Street
Glasgow G1 1 XW Scotland
Tel: +44 41 552 4400 ext 2540 Fax: + 44 41 552 2487
email: comett@strath.ac.uk
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Date: 17 Feb 1994 17:40:25 GMT
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Subject: 1994 DISCOVER AWARDS
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 11:14:00 EST
From: Robert O. Rosenberg [Rosenberg2] <rosenbe2@ccfsun.nrl.navy.mil>
Subject: IEEE Visualization '94 Call for Participation
IEEE Visualization '94 Call for Participation
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on
Computer Graphics
In Cooperation with ACM/SIGGRAPH
October 17-21 1994
* Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner * Washington, DC
Scientific visualization is an important research and applications
frontier shared by a variety of science, medicine, and engineering
fields. This conference focuses on interdisciplinary methods and
supports collaboration among the developers and users of
visualization methods across all of science, engineering, medicine and
commerce.
IEEE Visualization '94 is the fifth annual IEEE Visualization
Conference Week and will be held in Tysons Corner, in the
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area west of Arlington. The
Conference Week includes tutorials, symposium and mini-workshops
Sunday through Tuesday, and three-way parallel tracks of papers,
panels, and case studies Wednesday through Friday.
Important Visualization '94 Dates:
Paper, Panel, Case Study, Tutorial, Mini-Workshop, and BOF
Proposals Due March 31, 1994 Demonstration Proposals Due May
30, 1994
Acceptance Notification Mailed June 10, 1994
Final Paper (Papers, Panels and Case Study) Due July 10, 1994
Tutorial Notes Due August 10, 1994
Final Video (Paper and Case Study) Due August 10, 1994
Paper Submissions (due March 31, 1994)
Papers are solicited that present research results related to all areas of
visualization, including visualization tools and methods, and
discipline-specific applications. Original papers should be limited to
5,000 words. The submission of images and/or NTSC video to
accompany the paper is recommended. Please submit 5 copies of all
materials. The paper will be included in the conference proceedings;
the video may be included in the conference videotape.
Contact:
R. Daniel Bergeron
Department of Computer Science
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
Work: (603) 862-2677
Fax: (603) 862-3493
Email: rdb@cs.unh.edu
Panel Proposals (due March 31, 1994)
Panels should address the most important issues in visualization today,
with emphasis on research, applications, systems and results. Panelists
should be experts in their field who discuss the challenges of
visualization. Summaries of panelists' position statements will
appear in the proceedings. Panel sessions are 90 - 120 minutes in
length, with 3 to 5 speakers in addition to the Panel Chair. At the
Panel Session, panelists should each make a brief position statement
addressing issues and include a moderated discussion which may
include the audience. Panel proposals should describe the topic to be
addressed and identify the prospective panelists. In the panel proposal
each panelist should include a position statement on the topic and a
short biography, the total of which should be limited to 500 words.
The statement will be included in the conference proceedings.
Contact:
Lloyd Treinish
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
P.O. Box 704, SK-Y57
Yorktown Heights NY 10598
FedX:
IBM Research, 8 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532
Work:(914) 784-5038
Fax: (914) 784-5077
Email: lloydt@watson.ibm.com
Interdisciplinary Case Studies (due March 31, 1994):
Case studies is a forum for scientists from various disciplines to
discuss applications, experience, and challenges of visualization, and
to present potential topics of future research. These sessions provide
an interdisciplinary meeting point between scientists, engineers and
physicians from different areas such as astrophysics, atmospheric
sciences, computational fluid dynamics, engineering, geology,
medicine, anthropology, chemistry, etc. Please submit a short paper
(1000 words) describing the case study. The submission of images
and/or NTSC video to accompany the paper is recommended. A short
paper (maximum 4 pages including images) will be included in the
conference proceedings; the video may be included in the conference
videotape.
Contact:
Deborah Silver
Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering
CAIP Center
Rutgers University
P.O. Box 1390
Core Building, Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway NJ 08855-1390
Work: (908) 932-5546
Fax: (908) 932-4775
Email: silver@caip.rutgers.edu
Mini-Workshop and Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) Proposals
(due March 31, 1994)
Evening mini-workshops and birds-of-a-feather (BOF) gatherings on
specific visualization methods or application areas will be offered on
Sunday or as evening sessions. They should deal with state-of-the-art
topics and involve experts in the field. Discipline-focused proposals
devoted to a particular discipline's methods and needs are encouraged
(e.g. visualization related to molecular biology). If appropriate, the
session may be co-sponsored by another professional organization.
These sessions are forums for participants to exchange views. Mini-
workshop organizers select approximately 20 participants based on
responses to a CFP published in the Visualization '94 Advance
Announcement. BOFS will be described in the Advance Program and
Final Program and attendance is ad hoc. Proposals should describe
the theme and goals of the Mini-Workshop or BOF, the activities
planned, and a brief description of the organizer's background.
Contact:
Chuck Hansen
Los Alamos National Laboratory
MS-B287
P.O. Box 1663
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Work: (505) 665-3663
Fax: (505) 665-4939
Email: hansen@lanl.gov
Tutorial Proposals (due March 31, 1994)
Half-day and full-day course proposals are invited for visualization
systems, methods, and application areas. Tutorials will be offered
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, preceding the Wednesday through
Friday Visualization '94 Conference. Proposals should clearly
identify the visualization proficiencies expected of participants at a
beginning, intermediate, or advanced level. Tutorial proposals should
include an abstract of the tutorial topic, a description of the tutorials'
organization to include time allocation for major course topics, the
duration (1/2 day or 1 day), the level of the tutorial, and the
background and address information of each of the instructors.
Tutorial proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the tutorial's
relevance, importance and suitability for presentation in a tutorial
format; the past experience and qualifications of the instructors, and
the overall balance in the tutorial program. The Tutorial Organizer
will be responsible for development of the Tutorial Notes for the
Tutorial, the notes will be due in August.
Contact:
Hikmet Senay
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The George Washington University
Washington, D.C. 20052
Phone: (202) 994-5910
Fax: (202) 994-0227
Email: senay@seas.gwu.edu
Demonstration Proposals (due May 30, 1994)
Visualization '94 is a unique opportunity to present your products to
visualization experts from a wide variety of fields. We invite
applications for demonstrations of commercial hardware, software,
integrated systems, peripherals, and literature. We encourage
commercial demonstrators to have technical representatives in
attendance. Call or write for a packet which includes fees for
commercial demonstrations and past attendee demographics.
Registration for the technical conference is included in the
commercial demonstration fee. Commercial demonstrators confirmed
before June 15, 1994 will be announced in the Visualization '94
Advance Program.
Research groups from academia and research labs are invited to
demonstrate their work interactively at Visualization '94. Proposals
should summarize the work to be presented and identify the
hardware/software platform required. Proposals from non-profit
organizations will be reviewed and will be accepted based on the
anticipated level of interest in the research and the space available.
Demonstrations will be held on Wednesday and Thursday during the
conference.
Contact:
Sally Wood
Department of Electrical Engineering
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
Work: (408) 554-4058
Fax: (408) 554-5474
Email: swood@scuacc.scu.edu
Call for Corporate Partners
We are interested in organizations to partner with the Visualization
'94 Conference Committee in offering this highly technical
visualization week. Visualization '94 is a non-profit organization and
the support of Corporate Partners allows the conference to keep
registration costs to a minimum, while providing state-of-the art
information about visualization for attendees from a novice
implementor to an advanced researcher level. Corporate Partners are
acknowledged in the Advance and Final Programs, and in the
conference proceedings. For more information, please contact Nahum
Gershon, (703) 883-7518 or email gershon@mitre.org
Visualization '94 Conference Co-Chairs:
Nahum Gershon, The MITRE Corporation, (703) 883-7518, email
gershon@mitre.org
Carol Hunter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, (510) 422-
1657, email chunter@llnl.gov
Visualization '94 Program Co-Chairs:
Larry Rosenblum, Office of Naval Research European Office, email
lrosenblum@onreur.navy.mil
Bill Ribarsky, Georgia Institute of Technology, (404) 894-6148,
email bill.ribarsky@oit.gatech.edu
IEEE Visualization 94 Proposal/Speaker Form
Please fill out a speaker form for each proposal you submit. For
proposals involving multiple presenters (e.g. panel, tutorial) please
fill out a speaker form for each presenter)
Speaker's
Name:___________________________________________________
Affiliation:
Mailing Address:________________________________________
City:______________State:_____ Country:_________Zip:_________
Phone: __________________________
Fax:_________________________________
Email:___________________________________________________
Circle Type of Session: paper panel case study mini-workshop
tutorial BOF demonstration Volume Visualization Symposium
Title of Presentation:__________________________________
Please list names, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail
addresses of the additional authors/presenters:
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IEEE VISUALIZATION '94 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Honorary Visualization '94 Conference Chair
Andries van Dam, Brown University
Conference Co-Chairs
Nahum Gershon, The MITRE Corporation
Carol Hunter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Program Co-Chairs
Bill Ribarsky, Georgia Institute of Technology
Larry Rosenblum, Office of Naval Research, European Office
Papers Co-Chairs
Dan Bergeron, University of New Hampshire
Arie Kaufman, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Panels Co-Chairs
Lloyd Treinish, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Kevin Hussey, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Case Studies Co-Chairs
Deborah Silver, Rutgers University
Chuck Goodrich, University of Maryland
Tutorials Co-Chairs
Hikmet Senay
Greg Nielson, Arizona State University
Mini-Workshops and BOFS Co-Chairs
Chuck Hansen, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Polly Baker, National Center for Supercomputing applications
Video Proceedings Co-Chairs
Robert McDermott, University of Utah
James Rose, University of Utah
CDROM Co-Chairs
Steve Follin, University of Georgia
Tony Scarlatos, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Demonstrations Co-Chairs
Sally Wood, Santa Clara University
Ed Council, Timberfield Systems
Susan Stearman, Maven Consultants
Publicity Co-Chairs
Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Martin Marrietta/EPA
Georges Grinstein, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Carol Hunter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Registration Co-Chairs
Ross Gaunt, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Student Volunteers Co-Chairs
Stephen Watson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JP Lee, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Audio Visual Co-Chairs
Len Wanger, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Local Co-Chairs
Upul Obeysekare, Naval Research Laboratory
Robert Rosenberg, Naval Research Laboratory
Janet Jensen, ERDEC
Larry Schuette, Naval Research Laboratory
Ray Twiddy, Hughes STX
John Hagedorn, SSAI
Ken Musgrave, George Washington University
Margaret Douglas, NIH
Nancy Johnston, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Finance Co-Chairs
Michael Danchak, Hartford Graduate Center
Shirley Stephan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
International Liaison Co-Chairs
Phil Robertson, CSIRO Information Division, Australia
Frits Post, University of Delft, The Netherlands
Stas Klimenko, IHEP, Russia
ACM/IEEE Volume Vizualization Symposium
Roni Yagel, Ohio State University
David Ebert, University of Maryland
IEEE Visualization '94 Program Committee
Mike Bailey, San Diego Supercomputer Center
H. Harlyn Baker, SRI International
Stephen Benton, MIT
Steve Bryson, CSC at NASA Ames
Susan Chipman, Office of Naval Research
Donna Cox, NCSA
Jeff Dozier, Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara
Rae A. Earnshaw, Univ. of Leeds, UK
Steven Eick, AT&T Bell Labs
Jose Encarnacao, Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Germany
Steve Feiner, Columbia Univ.
Jim Foley, Georgia Institute of Technology
Henry Fuchs, Univ. of NC, Chapel Hill
Issei Fujishiro, Ochanomizu Univ., Tokyo
Richard S. Gallagher, Swanson Data Analysis
Michel Grave, ONERA, France
Hans Hagen, Universitaet Kaiserslautern, Germany
Lambertos Hesselink, Stanford University
William Hibbard, Univ. of WI - Madison
Karl Heinz H?hne, Univ. of Hamburg
F.R.A. Hopgood, Rutherfrod Appleton, UK.
Rob Jacob, Naval Research Laboratory
Larry Gelberg, Application Visualization Systems
Fred Kitson, Hewlett Packard Labs
Stanislav Klimenko, Inst. of Physics, Russia
Tosiyasu Kunii, Univ. of Tokyo
Marc Levoy, Stanford University
Glenn Mucklow, NASA
Art Olson, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic
Mike Rhodes, Toshiba America
Azriel Rosenfeld, Univ. of Maryland
Werner Stuetzle, Univ. of Washington
Jeffery Star, Univ. of Calif, Santa Barbara
Nadia Thalmann, University of Geneva
Gary Watkins, Evans & Sutherland
Val Watson, NASA Ames
Peter Wilson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.
Allan R. Wilks, AT&T Bell Laboratories
James M. Winget, Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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