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VISION-LIST Digest Tue Mar 22 14:53:43 PDT 94 Volume 13 : Issue 14
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Today's Topics:
Range Image Visualization
ECG Data Compression
Gaussian noise simulation
System administrator / programmer wanted
TIM Announcement
Cognitive Science MSc Programme at Birmingham
Motion Workshop
TR: Learning to Grasp using Visual Information
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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 10:39:12 GMT
From: e9209h60@v9001.ntu.ac.sg
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
Subject: Range Image Visualization
I am looking for a package for visualization of range data on X-Window
environment. The data available is reasonably dense however the sampling
is not uniform throughout the image. More specifically, I am looking for
packages to generate mesh diagram and shaded images. Labelling of the
surface with different colors is desirable.
Thanks.
Satish Kaveti
Nanyang Technological University
E-mail address : e9209h60@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg
SINGAPORE
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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 94 19:38:12 -0500
From: yoon@ecn.purdue.edu (Young R Yoon)
Subject: ECG Data Compression
Dear All member:
I am looking for the lossless 1-D data compression methods.
Specially, I will use it to ECG data for real time data processing.
Thank you.
Young.
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Date: 19 Mar 1994 06:25:02 GMT
From: engp3049@leonis.nus.sg (Wee Chin Chuan)
Organization: National University of Singapore
Subject: Gaussian noise simulation
I would like to know from where I could obtain routines to perform
Gaussian noise simulation.
Thank you for the help.
Wee Chin Chuan
Dept. of Mechanical & Production Engineering,
National University of Singapore,
Singapore 0511.
e-mail : engp3049@leonis.nus.sg
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Date: 19 Mar 94 19:14:15 GMT
From: ytan@caip.rutgers.edu (Yi Tan)
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
Subject: System administrator / programmer wanted
PEB is a fast growing Princeton based company applying computer vision
and image processing techniques to real-time advertising. We have an
immediate opening for a software engineer to take on the role of
system administrator/programmer to support a small team of computer
vision experts. Familiar with SUN systems, Unix and X-windows required.
VxWorks and Motif experience a plus.
Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits offered.
Write or fax resume to:
PEB Inc.
47 Hulfish Street
Suite 500
Princeton, NJ 08542
(609) 924-9399
(609) 924-0634 (FAX)
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 13:14:21 MST
From: TECHNOLOGY STUDIES <gattiker3@hg.uleth.ca>
Subject: TIM Announcement
Academy of Management Annual Meeting 1994
Loews Anatole, Dallas, USA
August 14 - 17, 1994
Technology and Innovation Management Division (TIM)
Doctoral Students Consortium
The TIM Doctoral Consortium will be held at the Loews Anatole on
Friday evening, August 12 and all day Saturday August 13. A
panel of faculty will lead a series of seminar discussions on the
emerging foci of technology and innovation management, the ropes
to skip when embarking on a career as a researcher and teacher,
as well as a professional. The panel includes, Libby Bishop,
Phil Birnbaum-More, Deborah Dougherty, Urs E. Gattiker, Mike
Hitt, Oscar Hauptman, Nancy Melone, Michael Rappa and Karen L.
Williams. Applications for Ph.D. students who are working on
their dissertations will be considered only by nomination from a
faculty member. The nomination should include a letter of
recommendation, resume with E-mail address included, and a one
page description of the student's dissertation research project
and should be addressed to:
Urs E. Gattiker, Centre for Technology Studies, Faculty of
Management, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4,
Canada.
Telephone: (403) 320-6966 (mornings, Mountain-Standard-Time)
E-mail: Gattiker@hg.uleth.ca on Internet
Deadline for applications is June 20, 1994.
March 10, 1994 Academy/1994prog/Newslet.94
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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 94 21:27:29 GMT
Subject: Cognitive Science MSc Programme at Birmingham
From: cogsci@birmingham.ac.uk
M S c i n C o g n i t i v e S c i e n c e
a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f B i r m i n g h a m
The University of Birmingham runs a programme of inter-disciplinary teaching
and research in Cognitive Science notable for its breadth and cross-
disciplinary interaction. Staff have a wide range of relevant research
interests, and Cognitive Science is supported by extensive computing
facilities comprising Unix workstations and X-terminals.
The MSc in Cognitive Science is a one-year modular programme consisting
of taught courses followed by a substantial project.
The taught courses (including options) on the MSc comprise: Artificial
Intelligence Programming and Logic, Overview of Cognitive Science, Knowledge
Representation Inference and Expert Systems, General Linguistics, Human
Information Processing, Structures for Data and Knowledge, Philosophy of
Science for Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind for Cognitive Science, C++
Programming, Human-Computer Interaction, Biological and Computational
Architectures, Current Issues in Cognitive Science, Artificial and Natural
Perceptual Systems, Speech and Natural Language Processing, and Parallel
Distributed Processing. Projects can be pursued in a wide range of topics.
Admissions requirements for the MSc in Cognitive Science are flexible,
but normally include a good degree in a relevant area such as psychology,
artificial intelligence, computer science, linguistics or philosophy.
Addresses for further information are given below. The same
addresses can be used for enquiries concerning the PhD programme in
Cognitive Science and the Cognitive Science Seminar Series at
Birmingham.
Phone: (+4421) 414 3683
Fax: (+4421) 414 4897
E-mail: cogsci@bham.ac.uk
WWW URL:http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/
Gopher: gopher.cs.bham.ac.uk
Mail: Cognitive Science Admissions,
School of Psychology,
University of Birmingham,
Birmingham,
B15 2TT,
U.K.
Donald Peterson.
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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 14:59:49 -0600
From: "J. K. Aggarwal" <jka@emx.cc.utexas.edu>
Subject: Motion Workshop
3/21/94
* * * Please note the revised submission date of April 1, 1994 * * *
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)
Model-based methods for shape and motion estimation
Nonrigid and articulated object recognition, tracking
and motion analysis
Part identification
Physics-based modeling techniques
Reasoning about object functions
Recursive estimation techniques
Scenes with multiple moving independent objects
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
Three copies of the full paper, including figures and drawings (12
point type, double spaced, not exceeding 20 pages in length) should be
submitted to J. K. Aggarwal at the address above.
Papers must be received no later than APRIL 1, 1994, to be considered.
Notification of acceptance will be sent to the authors by June 1, 1994,
and full camera-ready papers must be returned by July 15, 1994.
WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENT:
The workshop will be held in the Austin Marriott at the Capitol,
located in downtown Austin. Noted for its accommodations, service, and
amenities, the Marriott is one of the six hotels affiliated with the
First IEEE International Conference on Image Processing which will be held
November 13-16, 1994 at the Austin Convention Center. The hotel offers
an indoor/outdoor pool, health club, and nearby golf, tennis, and water
sports. The Austin Convention Center, the 6th Street entertainment
district, and the UT Austin campus are within walking distance of the
hotel.
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:
For additional information on the workshop or local arrangements,
please contact:
Ms. Debi Paxton
Computer and Vision Research Center
University of Texas (ECE Dept.)
Austin, Texas 78712-1084
Phone: 512/471-3259
Fax: 512/471-5532
Email: dpaxton@emx.cc.utexas.edu
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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 10:33:27 GMT
From: ishay@csc.technion.ac.il (Ishay Kamon)
Organization: Technion, Israel Inst. Tech., Haifa
Subject: TR: Learning to Grasp using Visual Information
Keywords: visually guided grasping, learning from examples
The following Technical Report is available
on FTP at eris.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il
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TITLE :Learning to Grasp using Visual Information
AUTHOR(S) :Ishay Kamon, Tamar Flash and Shimon Edelman
REFERENCE :The Weizmann Institute of Science,
Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science,
Technical report CS 94-04
LANGUAGE :English
LENGTH :32 pages
DATE :09/03/94
KEYWORDS :visually guided grasping, learning from examples
FILE NAME :/pub/kamon/tr.ps.Z
Author E-mail :ishay@isaac.cs.technion.ac.il
Related Files :grasp-demo.mv.Z
ABSTRACT :
A scheme for learning to grasp objects using visual information
is presented. A system is considered that coordinates a parallel-jaw
gripper (hand) and a camera (eye). Given an object, and considering its
geometry, the system chooses grasping points, and performs the grasp.
The system learns while performing grasping trials. For each grasp we
store location parameters that code the locations of the
grasping points, quality parameters that are
relevant features for the assessment of grasp quality, and the grade.
We learn two separate subproblems: (1) to choose grasping points, and
(2) to predict the quality of a given grasp. The location parameters
are used to locate grasping points on new target objects. We consider
a function from the quality parameters to the grade, learn the
function from examples, and later use it to estimate grasp quality. In
this way grasp quality for novel situations can be generalized and
estimated.
An experimental setup using an AdeptOne manipulator to
test this scheme was developed.
Given an object, the system takes one image of it with a stationary
top-view camera, uses the image to choose two grasping points on the
boundary, performs a grasping trial with a parallel-jaw gripper, and
assigns a grade to the trial using an additional side-mounted camera.
The system has demonstrated an ability to grasp a relatively wide
variety of objects, and its performance improves with experience
appreciably after a small number of trials.
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In addition to the technical report, there is a movie demonstrating
the working system in action. The file grasp-demo.mv is in Silicon
Graphics Movieplayer format.
for WWW users
URL: http://eris.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/edelman/shimon.html
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How to get files from FTP server
Anonymous ftp on:
- eris.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il (132.76.80.53)
mymachine>ftp eris.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il
Name: anonymous
Password: yourname@youradress
ftp>cd pub/kamon
ftp>binary
ftp>get tr.ps.Z
ftp>get grasp-demo.mv.Z
ftp>quit
mymachine>uncompress tr.ps.Z
mymachine>uncompress grasp-demo.mv.Z
Comments welcome...
Ishay Kamon
ishay@isaac.cs.technion.ac.il
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