Copy Link
Add to Bookmark
Report
VISION-LIST Digest Volume 13 Issue 12
VISION-LIST Digest Fri Mar 11 15:08:27 PDT 94 Volume 13 : Issue 12
- ***** The Vision List host is TELEOS.COM *****
- Send submissions to Vision-List@TELEOS.COM
- Vision List Digest available via COMP.AI.VISION newsgroup
- If you don't have access to COMP.AI.VISION, request list
membership to Vision-List-Request@TELEOS.COM
- Access Vision List Archives via anonymous ftp to FTP.TELEOS.COM
Today's Topics:
Paper: Building Blocks for Computer Vision Systems
Computer Vision Home Page
moments with rectangular pixels
3d skeletonization algorithm
Edgel Linking and Dropout Correction
Re: CCD camera
Koreasn and Korean American Engineers
Advance program: IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation
Helmholtz Conference
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 13:00:26 -0800
From: Vision-List moderator Phil Kahn <Vision-List-Request@TELEOS.COM>
Subject: Paper: Building Blocks for Computer Vision Systems
Just to let you know, a paper appeared in IEEE Expert, December 1993,
pp. 40-50, entitled "Building Blocks for Computer Vision Systems."
"This article reviews past and future trends in computer vision
research and system development."
The Vision List Digest and the participation of you all had a lot to
do with the preparation and writing of this paper.
thanks!
phil...
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 22:59:45 EST
From: Mark.Maimone@A.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Subject: Computer Vision Home Page
Hello all,
I've put together a collection of pointers to various Computer
Vision resources available on the Net. The collection is in the form of a
World Wide Web (WWW) Hypertext document; a "Computer Vision Home Page" if
you will. I can't promise to actively edit and maintain the info there, but
I'll give it my best shot. Send me your updates!
Here are the section headings plus a few examples (all in plain
text) to give you the idea:
WELCOME TO THE COMPUTER VISION HOME PAGE!
This is an experimental page; we make no guarantee of completeness or
accuracy. Having said that, please feel free to email updates, corrections
and suggestions to mwm@cmu.edu.
World Wide Web
Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science Home Page
INRIA Vision Home Page, Sophia Antipolis center, INRIA Home Page
U Mass Robotics Home Page
Usenet Newsgroups and FAQs
Comp.AI.Vision
Sci.Image.Processing and its FAQ
Archives
VISION-list
Sci.Image.Processing
Publications
On-line Computer Science Tech Reports (all kinds, not just vision)
Rosenfeld Bibliographies
Test Images
CMU CIL's Stereo Data with Ground Truth (2 sets of 11 images, GIF format)
SRI's JISCT Stereo Evaluation data (44 image pairs, SSI format)
INRIA's Robotvis Images (many images, homebrew image format)
Source Code
RESEARCH CODE
IMAGE PROCESSING TOOLKITS
DISPLAY TOOLS
ONE-OF-A-KIND TOOLS
To get to the HyperText version of this information, just run a
program that knows about the World Wide Web (e.g., NCSA Mosaic) and give it
this URL:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs/project/cil/ftp/html/vision.html
I'd appreciate hearing about any suggestions you might have to improve
the page (e.g., anything important I've left out, something that
doesn't work, something you found really useful).
Sorry, but at this point I can't offer to maintain this information
in any other format. :-( It's a small resource right now, but I'm hoping
it'll grow by leaps and bounds with contributions from others.
Mark M.
P.S. Anyone with a telnet-capable Internet connection can access the World
Wide Web. If you have a Unix workstation, Macintosh, or PC with
Windows you might like to try the Mosaic program, which is available
by anonymous FTP to ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu, cd Mosaic. This is a neat
program that supports text, hypertext, images, animations and sounds
(if your system is already configured for them). However, if you're
limited to a text-only interface (but can still telnet) there are
still some text-only browsers out there you can try (but it's not
nearly as much fun!):
If you're near: Telnet to:
================ =============================================
Switzerland: info.cern.ch or 128.141.201.74
Kansas, USA: ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu (login as www)
New Jersey, USA: www.njit.edu (login as www)
Israel: vms.huji.ac.il or 128.139.4.3 (login as www)
Slovakia: sun.uakom.cs (slow link; use only from nearby)
Hungary: fserv.kfki.hu (slow link, login as www)
Finland: info.funet.fi or 128.214.6.100
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 18:46:20 -0500
From: samir@cc.umanitoba.ca (Samir Majumdar)
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Subject: moments with rectangular pixels
we have a frame grabber with rectangular pixels. Can we use standard
formulae as given in text books for calculating moments, angle of
orientation etc.? I think those formulae are derived for square
pixels. thanx in advance for your help.
Samir Majumdar Ph: (204)474-6298 (o)
University of Manitoba (204)269-1881 (h)
Winnipeg, Manitoba,
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 94 16:06:09 EST
From: Stephen Intille <intille@media-lab.media.mit.edu>
Subject: 3d skeletonization algorithm
I am looking for 3D skeletonization (or thinning) code that computes
an unbroken medial axis through reasonably complex (merging and
splitting) 3D blobs. Does anyone have any running code they might share
or even pointers to descriptions of a reasonable algorithm.
I am aware of two methods: Tsao and Fu (CGIP 1981) and Hafford and
Preston (CVGIP 1984). Are there any others that might be faster or
easier to implement?
Thanks,
Stephen
intille@media.mit.edu
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 13:40:33 GMT
From: Adrian PRESTON <TE_S343@atlas.king.ac.uk>
Subject: Edgel Linking and Dropout Correction
If anyone is working on Edgel linking and correcting dropouts due to
noise/weak contrast, then I would be very interested in discussing
issues and current papers and whatnot.
Adrian Preston
Research Assistant
Kingston University
te_s343@kingston.ac.uk
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 03:27:32 GMT
From: xsun@math.uwaterloo.ca (Don X. Sun)
Organization: University of Waterloo
Subject: Re: CCD camera
Keywords: CCD camera, image processing, Sun SPARCstation
Hi, there
Does anybody know where I can purchase the CCD camera that can be
directly connected to a workstation (e.g., Sun SPARCstation) for real
time image data input ?
(I have heard that it costs around $1,000 these days).
Thanks,
xsun@math.uwaterloo.ca
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 19:23:31 GMT
From: msuk@cat.syr.edu (Minsoo Suk)
Organization: CASE Center, Syracuse University
Subject: Koreasn and Korean American Engineers
I am trying to compile a list of Koreans and Korean Americans who are
currently working in the areas of video processing, HDTV, image processing,
optical signal processing, computer vision, speech processing, and
applications of AI, neural networks, ASIC to the above areas.
If you belong to this group or if you know someone who belongs to this
group, please e-mail me your interests, a short introduction of yourself to:
msuk@cat.syr.edu
Thank you in advance.
Professor Minsoo Suk
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
121 Link Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse, N. Y. 13244-1240
(315) 443-4405
Fax) (315)-443-2583
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 16:02:09 +0500
From: pankanti@cps.msu.edu
Subject: Advance program: IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation
IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation
ADVANCE PROGRAM
April 21-22, 1994
Dallas, Texas
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
-------------------
GENERAL CHAIR
Anil Jain
Department of Computer Science
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
jain@cps.msu.edu
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Nasser Kehtarnavaz
Department of Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843
kehtar@ee.tamu.edu
Alireza Khotanzad
Department of Electrical Engineering
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
kha@seas.smu.edu
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
J.K. (Jake) Aggarwal, University of Texas at Austin
Robert R. Bailey, E-Systems
Norman C. Griswold, Texas A&M University
Whoi-Yul Kim, University of Texas at Dallas
Michael T. Manry, University of Texas at Arlington
Owen R. (Bob) Mitchell, University of Texas at Arlington
Sunanda Mitra, Texas Tech University
Kashipati Rao, Texas Instruments, Inc.
Mandyam Srinath, Southern Methodist University
Richard E. Wendt III, Baylor College of Medicine
David H. Williams, University of Texas at El Paso
Program
--------
---------------------------------
Session 1
Thursday 8:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
---------------------------------
1.0 Welcome and Opening Remarks
1.1 Keynote Address
Challenges for Vision Systems
Dr. Bruce E. Flinchbaugh, Manager
Image Understanding
Systems & Information Science Lab,
Texas Instruments, Inc.
1.2 Analysis of Texture Images Using Robust Fractal Description
N. Avadhanam, University of California, Davis;
S. Mitra, Texas Tech University
1.3 Image-Modeling Gibbs Distributions for Bayesian Restoration
M. Chan, University of Pennsylvania;
E. Levitan, Technion, Israel;
G.T. Herman, University of Pennsylvania
---------------------------------
Session 2
Thursday 10:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
---------------------------------
2.1 Stereo Vision Using Gabor Wavelets
T-Y. Chen, W.N. Klarquist, A.C. Bovik,
University of Texas at Austin
2.2 Parameter Estimation and Applications of a Class of Gaussian Image Models
G.R. Dattatreya and X. Fang,
University of Texas at Dallas
2.3 Theoretical and Experimental Comparison of the Lorenz
Information Measure, Entropy, and the Mean Absolute Error
T. McMurray and J.A. Pearce,
University of Texas at Austin
2.4 Analysis of Sensor Movement Errors in Monocular Vision-Based Tracking
Systems
W. Sohn, ETRI, Korea;
N. Kehtarnavaz, Texas A&M University
---------------------------------
Session 3
Thursday 1:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.
---------------------------------
3.1 Recognition of Flexible Objects
R. Carlson, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
3.2 A Nonlinear Algorithm for Critical Point Detection
P. Zhu, James River Corporation;
P.M. Chirlian, University of New Orleans
3.3 Plant Species Identification using Fuzzy Set Theory
A. Nabout, University of Wuppertal;
R. Gerhards, University of Bonn;
B. Su, H.A. Nour Eldin, University of Wuppertal;
W. Kuhbauch, University of Bonn, Germany
3.4 Image Classification in Remote Sensing using Functional Link Neural
Networks
L.M. Liu, M.T. Manry, F. Amar, M.S. Dawson, A.K. Fung,
University of Texas at Arlington
---------------------------------
Session 4
Thursday 3:30 p.m.- 5:10 p.m.
---------------------------------
4.1 Frequency Domain Measurement of Meterological Range from Aircraft Images
J. Barrios, D. Williams, University of Texas at El Paso;
J. Cogan, Army Research Laboratory at White Sands;
J. Smith, University of Texas at El Paso
4.2 An Image Segmentation Technique based on Edge-Preserving Smoothing Filter
and Anisotropic Diffusion
T. Dang, O. Jamet, Institute Geographique National;
H. Maitre, ENST, France
4.3 Radar Imaging using 2D Adaptive Non-Parametric Extrapolation and
Autoregressive Modeling
C. Chen, G. Thomas, B.C. Flores, S.D. Cabrera,
University of Texas at El Paso
4.4 Sensitivity Analysis of Similarity Metrices for Image Matching
R. Malla and V. Devarajan, University of Texas at Arlington
---------------------------------
Reception
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
Session 5
Friday 8:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
---------------------------------
5.1 Contrast Enhnacement for Mailpiece Images
G. Srikantan, R.K. Fenrich, S.N. Srihari,
State University of New York at Buffalo
5.2 An Invariant Traffic Sign Recognition System Based on
Sequential Color Processing and Geometrical Transformation
D.S. Kang, N.C. Griswold, N. Kehtarnavaz,
Texas A&M University
5.3 Handwritten Digit Recognition Using BKS Combination of Neural Network
Classifiers
A. Khotanzad and C. Chung,
Southern Methodist University
5.4 Application of Spatial Grey Level Dependence Methods to Digitized
Mammograms
B. Aldrich and M. Desai,
University of Texas at San Antonio
---------------------------------
Session 6
Friday 10:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
---------------------------------
6.1 New Morphological Operators: BERD and BDRE
A. Kher and S. Mitra,
Texas Tech University
6.2 Subpixel Edge Estimation Using Geometrical Edge Models with Noise
Miniaturization
D.C. Hung, New Jersey Institute of Technology;
O.R. Mitchell, University of Texas at Arlington
6.3 Vergence Control Using a Hierarchical Image Structure
C. Yim and A.C. Bovik,
University of Texas at Austin
6.4 Motion Estimation Using the Multiresolution Analysis of L2(R3)
R. Allen,
University of Texas at Arlington
---------------------------------
Session 7
Friday 1:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.
---------------------------------
7.1 Artificially Intelligent 3D Industrial Inspection System for
Metal Inspection
S. Panayiotou and A. Soper,
The University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
7.2 An Algorithm for 3D Scene Description in an Unknown Environment
Y. Dong, T. Chen, L. Sheppard,
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston;
7.3 Junction View Densities in Images
R. Malik and T. Whangbo,
Stevens Institute of Technology
7.4 Recognition of 3D Objects on Complex Backgrounds Using Model Based Vision
and Range Images
E. Natonek and C. Baur,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
---------------------------------
Session 8
Friday 3:30 p.m. 4:20 p.m.
---------------------------------
8.1 Head/Eye Calibration of a Binocular Head by use of Single Calibration
Point
S-W. Shih, Y-P. Hung, Academia Sinica;
W-S. Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
8.2 Shape Feature Extraction from Object Corners
K.K. Rao and R. Krishnan,
Advanced Data Processing Research Institute, India
RESISTRATION FORM
-------------------
IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation
April 21 - 22, 1994
The Grand Kempinski Dallas Hotel
Dallas, Texas
Please type or print clearly
________________________________________________________________
Last Name, First Name, M.I.
________________________________________________________________
Company or Organization
________________________________________________________________
Address
________________________________________________________________
City, State/Country, Zip Code
________________________________________________________________
Telephone, Fax, E-Mail
Indicate your Fee: Fee includes one copy of the proceedings, refreshments,
and a reception.
__________ $200 Advanced Registration (by April 11, 1994)
__________ $250 Late/On-Site Registration (by April 11, 1994)
Full-Time Students
__________ $80 Advanced Registration
__________ $100 Late/On-Site Registration
Students registration does not include the proceedings. All students are
required to show a letter from their school indicating their full-time status.
Method of Payment: Total enclosed: __________________
__________ Enclosed Check (U.S. Currency), payable to: IEEE
__________ Purchase Order (original must accompany registration)
Credit Card: ___________ Master Card ____________ Visa
Cardholder Name:_________________________________________
Card Number:
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Expiration Date: _____________________
Signature: _____________________________________
Send Registration to:
Dr. Alireza Khotanzad
Southern Methodist University
Electrical Engineering Department
P.O. Box 750338
Dallas, Texas 75275-0338
Tel: (214) 768-3101
Fax: (214) 768-3883
E-Mail: kha@seas.smu.edu
HOTEL INFORMATION
-------------------
The Grand Kempinski Dallas is a luxury hotel located in one of the finest
areas of Dallas. It is close to 3 major shopping malls and several fine
restaurants. The hotel is about 20 minutes from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.
The special room rates for the symposium are listed below. To get these
rates, you must make your reservation by April 1, 1994. Please mention
the name and the date of the symposium when making reservation.
SINGLE (One Person) $92
DOUBLE (Two Persons) $92
TRIPLE (Three Persons) $102
QUAD (Four Persons) $112
All rates are subject to a 13% occupancy tax. All major credit cards
are accepted.
To make your reservation contact the hotel directly at
Phone: (214) 386-6000
Fax: (214) 701-0342
Mailing Address: The Grand Kempinski Dallas Hotel
15201 Dallas Parkway
Dallas, Texas 75248
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 16:02:09 +0500
From: Rainer Mausfeld <gpo65@rz.uni-kiel.d400.de>
Subject: Helmholtz Conference
Second Announcement
FROM CODES TO COGNITION:
FOUNDATIONAL ASPECTS OF
VISUAL INFORMATION PROCESSING
Centennial Conference
in Honour of Hermann v.Helmholtz
University of Kiel/Germany
17.-21. July 1994
Organized by
Dieter Heyer & Rainer Mausfeld
Funded by
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The conference will address fundamental psychological problems
of visual perception in areas such as shape from shading, stereo vision,
colour and form perception and attention. A basic theme recurring
throughout the conference will be how perceptual achievements relate
to sensory input. Since Helmholtz and his notion of "unconscious
inferences", several theoretical intuitions (e.g. the concept
of "ill-posed problems", Barlow's statistical model for the discovery
of "independent coincidences", Ullman and Koenderink's discussion of
Gibson's idea of "direct perception", Hoffman's "observer mechanics",
Shepard's ideas on resonance) concerning the principles of perception
have revolved around the attempt to bridge the gap between the (often 'meagre')
sensory input and the actual performance.
The conference will focus on attempts to
theoretically understand the interaction of
- restrictions and invariants of the physical environment,
- theoretical limiting factors of the sensory system
as well as
- restrictions on the categorization and interpretation of sensory
information that have been internalized in the
course of evolution.
SPEAKERS:
S.ANSTIS (San Diego), L.AREND (Princeton),
H.B.BARLOW (Cambridge), H.BUELTHOFF (Tuebingen),
M.FAHLE (Tuebingen), D.D.HOFFMAN (Irvine),
Chr.KOCH (Pasadena), J.KOENDERINK (Utrecht),
D.MACLEOD (San Diego), H.MALLOT (Tuebingen),
O.NEUMANN (Bielefeld), R.NIEDEREE (Kiel),
Chr.NOTHDURFT (Goettingen), E.POEPPEL (Muenchen),
W.PRINZ (Muenchen), V.RAMACHANDRAN (San Diego),
E.SCHEERER (Oldenburg), R.SHEPARD (Stanford),
G.SPERLING (Irvine), L.SPILLMANN (FREIBURG)
S.ULLMAN (Cambridge, Mass.), P.WHITTLE (Cambridge)
Address correspondence to:
Dieter Heyer
Rainer Mausfeld
Institute for Psychology
University of Kiel
24098 Kiel/Germany
Phone: +49-431-8804057
Fax: +49-431-8802975
E-mail: gpo65@rz.uni-kiel.d400.de
FORMAT OF THE CONFERENCE:
INVITED SPEAKERS ONLY, no parallel sessions, ample time for
discussions.
Unlike other conferences the aim of the Helmholtz Conference
will be to present a rsum of the state-of-the-art of the
field and its foundational problems and challenges.
As befits the occasion, presentations at the Helmholtz
Conference will address a wider scope of fundamental
psychological problems of visual perception. Rather than
giving mere technical presentations of current empirical
findings, lectures will point out which classical questions
are still unsolved, which conceptual problems are often
hidden behind apparently clear facts, and discuss tacit
assumptions of present research perspectives.
A preliminary programme will be sent in approximately
a week. To give you a general idea, here is a selection
of some titels:
Arend Perceived surface properties and subjective physics:
reinventions of unconsciousness inference
Barlow Cognition as code breaking
Buelthoff How are three-dimensional objects represented in the brain?
Fahle Perceptual learning as an adaptation to the environment
Hoffman Unconscious inferences and the mind/body problem
Koenderink Pictorial relief
MacLeod Brightness and colour in complex displays
Mallot Shape from image intensities
Nothdurft Preattentive and attentive perceptual processes
Poeppel Helmholtzian stimuli interrupt the ongoing stream of
perception
Prinz Perception and action planning
Ramachandran A critique of pure vision
Scheerer Computation and cognition: the Helmholtzian legacy
Whittle Contrast coding and decoding: distinguishing the
contributions of eye and brain to colour perception
LOCATION:
The conference will take place at Kiel University,
one of the oldest German universities.
Kiel is middle sized town in the north of Germany and
nicely situated on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
It just one hour away (car, train) from Hamburg and
can be reached by plane from Frankfurt and Cologne.
CONFERENCE FEE
Regular Registration: 200 DM
Registration for Participants
from Eastern European Countries: 100 DM
Student Registration: 50 DM
There will be a late registration supplement of 25% for
registration after March 31st.
If you would like to register, please fill out the registration
form below and send it to the organizers. Please send payment
(in DM only) by cheque to the organizers or by international bank transfer
to Account Number: 25296476 (HELMHOLTZ CONFERENCE)
Bank: Sparkasse Kiel
Branch Number: 210 501 70
ACCOMMODATION:
All invited speakers will reside in a first-class hotel
right on the shores of Kiel firth.
We have managed to obtain special rates (145 DM for a
single room/190 DM for a double room) for a small
additional contingent of rooms at this hotel and these
rooms will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Addresses of other hotels and guesthouses will be sent on request.
Since Kiel is a famous holiday and sailing resort during the summer,
it is advisable to book accommodations early.
HELMHOLTZ CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION FORM
NAME: ________________________________________________
________________________________________________
ADDRESS: ________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
TEL: _________________ FAX: ___________________
E-MAIL: ________________________________________________
ACCOMMODATION:
( ) I would like to book a (single/double) room
from July ____ to ____ and include in my
payment the corresponding amount for
accommodation.
( ) I will take care of accommodation myself and
would like to receive information on hotels in Kiel.
PAYMENT: I enclose a cheque or a copy of the bank transfer order
for
_____ DM registration fee
_____ DM accommodation
_____ DM total.
------------------------------
End of VISION-LIST digest 13.12
************************
