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Today's Topics (jobs and meetings):
Research Position in Image Processing at UC Riverside
Research studentship in Robotics/Vision
RADIUS research funding
Announcement: Public Domain OCR
Announcement: Public Domain OCR
Call for Papers -- ICCV 95
New Journal Announcement
Special Issue of PAMI on Digital libraries: Representation and Retrieval
12th ICPR
Conference on PATTERN RECOGNITION (RecPad 95)
ACCV'95 Call-4-Papers
Colloquium on Applications of Neural Networks to Signal Processing
CFP-Vision Interface '95
26th ISIR Call-For_Papers
VL announcement
CogSci-94: Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
ICARCV'94 call-4-participation
ICARCV'94 advance program
Medical Robotics & Computer Assisted Surgery
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From: Jackie_Miller@qmail.ucr.edu
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 09:30:23 -0700
Subject: Research Position in Image Processing at UC Riverside
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Research Position in Image Processing at UC Riverside
=====================================================
The Visualization and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (VisLab) at the
University of California, Riverside, is seeking candidates for one
post-doctorate research position in image processing. A Ph.D. in EE or
CS is required with a strong background in image processing. Experience
with multisensor processing (radar, laser imagery) will be helpful.
Initial appointment will be for 1 to 2 yrs. Salary will be based on
experience. This position is available immediately.
Applicants should send their resume together with copies of their key
publications (or thesis) to
Visualization and Intelligent Systems Laboratory
Attn. Ms. Jackie Miller
University of California
College of Engineering
Riverside, CA 92521-0425
Enquiries can be made by electronic mail to
"Jackie_Miller@qmail.ucr.edu".
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From: R.S.Aylett@iti.salford.ac.uk
Date: 19 Aug 94 15:10
Subject: Research studentship in Robotics/Vision
BRITISH GAS STUDENTSHIP IN ROBOTICS
***********************************
This studentship is being redvertised.
A three year studentship in Robotics, funded by British Gas, is
available from October in the Vision Group of the National Advanced
Robotics Research Centre, located on the campus of the University of
Salford.
The student, who would register for a PhD under the supervision of
Ruth Aylett, of the Information Technology Institute, University of Salford,
would work in the area of Knowledge-Based Data Fusion, in which sensor data
is fused into a coherent computer model using both knowledge-based and
mathematical techniques. Such models are vital to robots which use
model-based planning.
Candidates may be UK or EU nationals, and should hold an honours degree
at a 2(1) level or above or a higher degree. A background in mathematics
and computer science/artificial intelligence is highly desirable and an
interest in robotics or computer vision would be an advantage. British
Gas pay the EPSRC studentship rate plus 3,280 pounds per annum, fund a
certain amount of travel to conferences, give a book allowance and various
other expenses. The student is expected to spend three months during the
studentship at the British Gas Robotics Centre in Newcastle.
If you are interested, please send your CV, BY SEPTEMBER 19th, to:
Ruth Aylett,
IT Institute
University of Salford
Salford M5 4WT
Email submission is acceptable (in ascii or RTF only) to:
R.S.Aylett@iti.salford.ac.uk
If you would like to discuss any issues arising, please contact
Ruth Aylett, Tel 061-745-5716 or at the above email address.
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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 94 17:51:01 EDT
From: hoogs@sde.mdso.vf.ge.com (Hoogs Anthony)
Subject: RADIUS research funding
A note about research funding related to the RADIUS project was posted
in this group on August 1. Informal proposals for grants are due via
email by September 1.
Two of the papers referenced in the note,
Hoogs, A. and Hackett, D. , "Model-Supported Exploitation as
as Framework for Image Understanding"
Mundy, J. and Vrobel, P., "The Role of IU Technology in RADIUS
Phase II"
are now available via anonymous ftp at ftp.ai.sri.com, in the
directory /pub/radius/documents. They are in the postscript files
iu-on-mse.ps and sm-white-paper-jm.ps respectively. They are also
available via the WWW at:
http://www.ai.sri.com/aic/perception/projects/radius.html
The original announcement of funding availability is in the file
rti-rfp.ps. The third paper, "RADIUS Phase 2: The RADIUS Testbed
System" by Gerson and Wood is not yet available. All three papers
will be published in the ARPA IU Workshop Proceedings, November 1994.
If you can't read postscript, please let me know and I'll send you
original text minus images. Remember, proposals (2 pages) are due
September 1, with selected presentations on October 5. Feel free to
write me with any questions.
Anthony Hoogs
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From: mdg@magi.ncsl.nist.gov (Mike Garris x2928)
Subject: Announcement: Public Domain OCR
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 15:56:33 GMT
ANNOUNCEMENT - PUBLIC DOMAIN OCR
NIST FORM-BASED HANDPRINT RECOGNITION SYSTEM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Michael D. Garris (mdg@magi.ncsl.nist.gov)
James L. Blue, Gerald T. Candela, Darrin L. Dimmick, Jon Geist,
Patrick J. Grother, Stanley A. Janet, and Charles L. Wilson
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Building 225, Room A216
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
Phone: (301)975-2928 FAX: (301)840-1357
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a
standard reference form-based handprint recognition system for evaluating
optical character recognition (OCR). NIST is making this recognition system
freely available to the general public on an ISO-9660 format CD-ROM. The
recognition system processes the Handwriting Sample Forms distributed with
NIST Special Database 1 and NIST Special Database 3. The system reads
handprinted fields containing digits, lower case letters, upper case letters,
and reads a text paragraph containing the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution.
This is a source code distribution written primarily in C and is organized
into 11 libraries. There are approximately 19,000 lines of code supporting
more than 550 subroutines. Source code is provided for form registration,
form removal, field isolation, field segmentation, character normalization,
feature extraction, character classification, and dictionary-based post-
processing. A host of data structures and low-level utilities are also
provided. These utilities include the application of CCITT Group 4 decompres-
sion, IHead file manipulation, spatial histograms, Least-Squares fitting,
spatial zooming, connected components, Karhunen Loeve (KL) feature extraction,
optimized Probabilistic Neural Network classification, multiple-key sorting,
Levenstein distance dynamic string alignment, and dictionary-based post-
processing. Two supporting programs are provided that compute eigenvectors
and KL feature vectors for training classifiers. Unlike the recognition
system (which is written entirely in C), these two programs contain FORTRAN
subroutines. To support these programs, a training set of 168,365 segmented
and labeled character images is provided. About 1000 writers contributed to
this training set.
The NIST standard reference recognition system is designed to run on UNIX
workstations and has been successfully compiled and tested on a Digital
Equipment Corporation (DEC) Alpha, Hewlett Packard (HP) Model 712/80, IBM
RS6000, Silicon Graphics Incorporated (SGI) Indigo 2, SGI Onyx, SGI Challenge,
Sun Microsystems (Sun) IPC, Sun SPARCstation 2, Sun 4/470, and a Sun SPARC-
station 10.** Scripts for installation and compilation on these architectures
are provided with this distribution.
A CD-ROM distribution of this standard reference system can be obtained free
of charge by sending a letter of request to Michael D. Garris at the address
above. The letter, preferably on company letterhead, should identify the
requesting organization or individuals. This system or any portion of this
system may be used without restrictions. However, redistribution of this
standard reference recognition system is strongly discouraged as any
subsequent corrections or updates will be sent to registered recipients only.
This software was produced by NIST, an agency of the U.S. government, and by
statute is not subject to copyright in the United States. Recipients of this
software assume all responsibilities associated with its operation,
modification, and maintenance.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** Specific hardware and software products identified were used in order to
adequately support the development of this technology. In no case does
such identification imply recommendation or endorsement by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, nor does it imply that the
equipment identified is necessarily the best available for the purpose.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 94 11:58:28 EDT
From: Mike Garris x2928 <mdg@magi.ncsl.nist.gov>
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Subject: Announcement: Public Domain OCR
ANNOUNCEMENT - PUBLIC DOMAIN OCR
NIST FORM-BASED HANDPRINT RECOGNITION SYSTEM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Michael D. Garris (mdg@magi.ncsl.nist.gov)
James L. Blue, Gerald T. Candela, Darrin L. Dimmick, Jon Geist,
Patrick J. Grother, Stanley A. Janet, and Charles L. Wilson
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Building 225, Room A216
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
Phone: (301)975-2928 FAX: (301)840-1357
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a
standard reference form-based handprint recognition system for evaluating
optical character recognition (OCR). NIST is making this recognition system
freely available to the general public on an ISO-9660 format CD-ROM. The
recognition system processes the Handwriting Sample Forms distributed with
NIST Special Database 1 and NIST Special Database 3. The system reads
handprinted fields containing digits, lower case letters, upper case letters,
and reads a text paragraph containing the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution.
This is a source code distribution written primarily in C and is organized
into 11 libraries. There are approximately 19,000 lines of code supporting
more than 550 subroutines. Source code is provided for form registration,
form removal, field isolation, field segmentation, character normalization,
feature extraction, character classification, and dictionary-based post-
processing. A host of data structures and low-level utilities are also
provided. These utilities include the application of CCITT Group 4 decompres-
sion, IHead file manipulation, spatial histograms, Least-Squares fitting,
spatial zooming, connected components, Karhunen Loeve (KL) feature extraction,
optimized Probabilistic Neural Network classification, multiple-key sorting,
Levenstein distance dynamic string alignment, and dictionary-based post-
processing. Two supporting programs are provided that compute eigenvectors
and KL feature vectors for training classifiers. Unlike the recognition
system (which is written entirely in C), these two programs contain FORTRAN
subroutines. To support these programs, a training set of 168,365 segmented
and labeled character images is provided. About 1000 writers contributed to
this training set.
The NIST standard reference recognition system is designed to run on UNIX
workstations and has been successfully compiled and tested on a Digital
Equipment Corporation (DEC) Alpha, Hewlett Packard (HP) Model 712/80, IBM
RS6000, Silicon Graphics Incorporated (SGI) Indigo 2, SGI Onyx, SGI Challenge,
Sun Microsystems (Sun) IPC, Sun SPARCstation 2, Sun 4/470, and a Sun SPARC-
station 10.** Scripts for installation and compilation on these architectures
are provided with this distribution.
A CD-ROM distribution of this standard reference system can be obtained free
of charge by sending a letter of request to Michael D. Garris at the address
above. The letter, preferably on company letterhead, should identify the
requesting organization or individuals. This system or any portion of this
system may be used without restrictions. However, redistribution of this
standard reference recognition system is strongly discouraged as any
subsequent corrections or updates will be sent to registered recipients only.
This software was produced by NIST, an agency of the U.S. government, and by
statute is not subject to copyright in the United States. Recipients of this
software assume all responsibilities associated with its operation,
modification, and maintenance.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** Specific hardware and software products identified were used in order to
adequately support the development of this technology. In no case does
such identification imply recommendation or endorsement by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, nor does it imply that the
equipment identified is necessarily the best available for the purpose.
------------------------------
From: welg@ai.mit.edu (W. Eric L. Grimson)
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 94 16:08:59 EDT
Subject: Call for Papers -- ICCV 95
CALL FOR PAPERS
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER VISION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
June 20--23, 1995
General Chair: Eric Grimson
Artificial Intelligence Lab
545 Technology Square
MIT
Cambridge MA 02139
welg@ai.mit.edu
617-253-5346
Fax: 617-258-6287
Program Co-Chairs: Steve Shafer Andrew Blake Kokichi Sugihara
Dept. of Comp. Sci Dept. of Eng. Sci Dept. of Math. Eng.
Carnegie Mellon Univ Univ. of Oxford Univ. of Tokyo
Pittsburgh PA 15213 Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113, Japan
sas@cs.cmu.edu ab@robots.ox.ac.uk sugihara@simplex.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
THE PROGRAM: will consist of a single track of highest quality
previously unpublished contributed papers, delivered either orally or
as a poster. Contributions are sought on new research on any aspect
of computer vision, including but not restricted to the following:
Physics based vision
Integration of modules and cues
Active and real-time vision
CAD-based vision
Motion analysis
Stereo
Shape and object representation
Object recognition
Vision-guided robotics
Medical computer vision
Learning in computer vision
Segmentation, grouping
Low level processing
Systems and applications
Invariants, geometry
PAPER SUBMISSION:
Four copies of complete manuscripts should be received no later than
NOVEMBER 15, 1994 by the general chair at the address listed
above. By submitting a paper to ICCV, the author(s) warrant that it
(and any related paper with essentially the same technical content)
has not been and will not be submitted to any other conference during
the ICCV review period.
The manuscript should include the following (in this order):
(1) Title page -- containing the names and addresses of the authors
(including e-mail), an abstract of up to 200 words, and one or
more categories as listed above or other keywords that can be used to
match submissions to reviewers.
(2) Second Title page -- with just the title and abstract (authors
and institution not identified).
(3) Summary page -- attach answers to the following questions
(please answer each separately):
(3.1) What is the original contribution of this work?
(3.2) Why should this contribution be considered important?
(3.3) What is the most closely related work by others and how does
this work differ?
(3.4) How can other researchers make use of the results of this work?
(4) Paper -- no more than 30 pages (double-spaced, 12 point font)
including text, figures, references.
As has been customary with ICCV, all reviewing will be double blind.
Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Minoru Asada Osaka Nicholas Ayache INRIA
Michael Black Xerox Aaron Bobick MIT
Chris Brown Rochester Heinrich Bulthoff Max Planck
Peter Burt Sarnoff Bernard Buxton GEC
Larry Davis Maryland Jim Duncan Yale
Jan-Olof Eklundh KTH Olivier Faugeras INRIA
Frank Ferrie McGill Brian Funt Simon Fraser
Jonas Garding KTH Allen Hanson U Mass
Bob Haralick Washington Bob Hummel NYU
Dan Huttenlocher Cornell Katsushi Ikeuchi CMU
Anil Jain Michigan State Ramesh Jain UCSD
Kenichi Kanatani Gunma Gudrun Klinker DEC
Jan Koenderink Utrecht Dave Kriegman Yale
Jim Little British Columbia Jitendra Malik Berkeley
Takashi Matsuyama Okayama Gerard Medioni USC
Roger Mohr LIFIA Hans-Hellmut Nagel Fraunhofer Inst.
Shree Nayar Columbia Yuichi Ohta Tsukuba
Robyn Owens Western Australia Pietro Perona Caltech
Jean Ponce Illinois Giulio Sandini Genoa
Takeshi Shakunaga NTT Rick Szeliski DEC
Demetri Terzopoulos Toronto Carlo Tomasi Stanford
Saburo Tsuji Wakayama Shimon Ullman Weizmann
Luc Van Gool Leuvan Alessandro Verri Genoa
Daphna Weinshall Hebrew Andrew Zisserman Oxford
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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 17:32:29 GMT
From: laplante@sun490.fdu.edu (Phil Laplante)
Subject: New Journal Announcement
Organization: Fairleigh Dickinson University
**** N E W J O U R N A L A N N O U N C E M E N T ****
A N D
C A L L F O R P A P E R S
Journal: REAL-TIME IMAGING
Publisher: Academic Press
First Issue: 1st Qtr 1995
AIMS & SCOPES
Real-Time Imaging is a new multidisciplinary peer-reviewed technical journal
that serves as a convergence point for researchers, technologists and
practitioners in fundamental real-time imaging technologies and their
applications areas.
The fundamental technologies include
o image compression
o target acquisition and tracking
o remote control and sensing
o image enhancement and filtering
o networking for real-time imaging
o advanced computer architectures
o computer vision
o optical measurement and inspection
o simulation
These technologies are critical in such applications as
o robotics
o virtual reality
o multimedia
o medical imaging
o industrial inspection
o high-definition television
o advanced simulators
o computer-integrated manufacturing
o intelligent vehicles
The journal will focus on papers of an applied nature although survey
and theoretical papers with practical results are welcome.
In order to maintain the central focus of the journal and to
encourage a cross-disciplinary emphasis, the journal
solicits papers that involve systems or technologies that are relevant in
at least two of the stated applications areas. All submissions are
rigorously peer-reviewed.
AUDIENCE
Real-Time Imaging is aimed at industrial, academic and
government scientists and practitioners who are researching and developing
real-time imaging technologies and applications. The journal provides a
mechanism for researchers to keep abreast of new applications and industrial
needs, and for practitioners to learn of new available technologies
and fundamentals. It is intended that this journal will be the first place
that new fundamental and practical advances in real-time imaging are
unveiled.
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Phillip A. Laplante -- Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey,
07490 USA.
Alexander D. Stoyenko -- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey,
07102 USA
EDITORIAL BOARD
David P. Casasent, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Matthias Carlsohn, Technical University of Vienna, AUS
E. Roy Davies, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
(European Coordinator)
Edward Dougherty, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Murray Eden, National Institutes of Health/MIT, USA
Borko Furht, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Madan Gupta, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Wolfgang Halang
FernUniversitaet Hagen, Germany
Bob Haralick, University of Washington, USA
Gabor Herman, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Tadao Ichikawa, University of Hiroshima, Japan
Hanjin Lee, Daewoo Electronics, Korea
Robert Loce, Xerox, USA
Mihai Nadin, MIND Design, USA
Paolo Nesi, University of Florence, Italy
Nikolay Petkov, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Mike Rodd, University of Wales at Swansea, UK
Azriel Rosenfeld, University of Maryland, USA
Div Sinha, City University of New York -- Staten Island, USA
Hartwig Steusloff, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
Brian J. Thompson, University of Rochester, USA
Steve Wilson, Applied Intelligent Systems Inc, USA
SAMPLE COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM
Marketing department
Academic Press
24-28 Oval Road
London NW1 7DX
UK
Fax =44 71 2670362
or by email, with your full address to;
rti@apuk.co.uk
PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors should send a copy of their paper in LaTeX or ASCII or other
readable sources to jrti@fdu.edu
Alternatively, authors should send one original manuscript and three
complete copies to
Alex Stoyenko
Real-Time Imaging
PO Box 668
Millwood
NY 10546
USA.
Detailed instructions for authors are also available from rti@apuk.co.uk
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 94 17:08:23 -0400
From: "Roz W. Picard" <picard@media.mit.edu>
Subject: Special Issue of PAMI on Digital libraries: Representation and Retrieval
CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE
INTELLIGENCE on Digital libraries: Representation and Retrieval
Papers are solicited for a special issue of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON
PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE which will address the
subject of Digital libraries: Representation and Retrieval. The Guest
Editors for the special issue will be Rosalind W. Picard and Alex P.
Pentland, both of the M.I.T. Media Laboratory, USA.
With the rapid increase in worldwide networks, people will soon have
access to massive libraries of digital text, sound, image, video and
other special-purpose data. The biggest obstacle to this
``information glut'' is that the technology for organizing, querying,
and retrieving data from these multimedia libraries is still in its
infancy.
Research in pattern analysis and machine intelligence is needed to
provide tools for accessing the content of these databases. The
papers in this special issue will describing novel and significant
tools and techniques that facilitate access to the content of large
data collections. Manuscripts will not be accepted if they have been
previously published, or if they describe algorithms that have not
been carefully evaluated on large databases. Possible topics for
papers submitted to the special issue include, but are not limited to:
* Robust recognition and retrieval of classes of information, such as
``find all photos containing trees'' or ``all places where there is
laughter.''
* Search on compressed representations, and new representations that
facilitate efficient semantic or perceptual searching.
* Intelligent searching through huge amounts of text or data, e.g. for
DNA matching or drug design.
* Automatic annotation to generate descriptions of data, especially
based on combinations of visual, acoustic, and motion (temporal)
features.
* Recognition of video content invariant to viewing conditions, e.g.,
``Find all other shots of this scene.''
* Computational measures of perceptual similarity: especially texture,
shape, color, that have been evaluated on a large set of data, e.g.,
``computer, are there any other drum patterns that sound like this?''
or ``find fabrics which look most like this one.''
* Segmentation of video/soundtrack/image as applied to database search
and retrieval.
* Automatic extraction of video keyframes, or analogous summarizing
information in non-visual media.
All papers will be reviewed by the guidelines of the transactions.
Please submit four copies of your paper to:
Prof. Rosalind W. Picard
MIT Media Laboratory, E15-392
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Schedule:
Deadline for submission of manuscripts: June 30, 1995
First set of reviews to authors: December 1, 1995
Final manuscripts due: March 1, 1996
Publication of special issue: November, 1996
For further information, contact
Rosalind W. Picard (picard@media.mit.edu)
or
Alex P. Pentland (sandy@media.mit.edu).
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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 94 11:53:32 +0300
From: hezy@math.tau.ac.il
Subject: 12th ICPR
***** Updates As Of 10 August *****
12th ICPR : INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PATTERN RECOGNITION
9-13 October 1994
Renaissance Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel
1. A new PANEL has been added on THURSDAY 16:00 - 17:30:
Future Research Directions in Computer Vision - An International Perspective
Chairman: Oscar Firschein, ARPA (USA)
Participants: B. Dom (IBM - USA), E. Riseman (UMass - USA), O. Faugeras
(INRIA - France), S. Tsuji (U. Osaka - Japan), Z. Meiri
(Elscint - Israel), Someone from ESPRIT.
Funding authorities are forcing computer vision researchers to be
more relevant; this panel will explore the effects of this pressure
on future research directions.
2. The following TUTORIALS will be held due to sufficient advance
registration. The other tutorials will not be held. Students can now get
confirmed registration to these tutorials at a reduced rate.
A1: O. Faugeras - "Invariant Theory for Pattern Recognition"
B1: Yann le Cun - "Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition"
B2: H. Baird and L. O'Gorman - "Document Image Analysis"
E2: A. Jain - "Statistical Pattern Recognition"
3. A border crossing has been opened between Israel and Jordan near Eilat.
If you Get a Jordanian entry visa before leaving to Israel, you could add
a side trip to Petra, and other historical sites in Jordan.
>From Previous Updates:
4. A network of 15 Silicon Graphics computers and 10 NCD X-terminals, with
a high-speed Internet link, will be available. Bring your Demonstrations!!
You could also telnet to your own computer, of course, and read E-Mail.
5. On-Line information about Jerusalem can be obtained by telnet into
"www.huji.ac.il", login as www, and then select "[1] Line Mode Interface"
followed by "[3] Databases in Israel" and "[13] The Jerusalem Mosaic".
Dont worry if you get some funny symbols. If you have Mosaic you can select:
http://shum.cc.huji.ac.il/jeru/jerusalem.html
6. The Banquet will be a Bedouin feast, combined with a special
sight-and-sound show, at the foot of Massada. An unfogettable experience!
During the banquet, the following announcements will be made:
* IAPR Announcement: New IAPR Executive Committee, Venue for 14-ICPR
* Nomination of IAPR Fellows
* Best Industry-Related Paper Award
* Best-Paper-Award by the journal "Pattern Recognition"
7. The opening session of the conference will be on Monday, 10 Oct, 08:30 AM.
8:30 Welcome Address: J. Aggarwal, President of IAPR
8:40 Presentation of the K.S. Fu Award
8:45 Address by the winner of the K.S. Fu Award
9:15 Welcome Address: 12-ICPR Conference Chairmen
9:30 Plenary Talk: Avnir, D. - Hebrew University - THE PATTERNED NATURE
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Start of 4 Parallel Sessions
8. For full information about ICPR send E-Mail to icpr-info@cs.huji.ac.il.
The secretariat can be reached at icpr@math.tau.ac.il.
------------------------------
From: rafael@ci.ua.pt (Jose Alberto Rafael)
Subject: Conference on PATTERN RECOGNITION (RecPad 95)
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 19:15:32 GMT
Organization: Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Keywords: computer vision, image, medicine
RecPad' 95
------------------------------------------------
Seventh Annual Conference on PATTERN RECOGNITION
------------------------------------------------
March 23-24, 1995
Aveiro, PORTUGAL
The 7th RecPad is organised by the Portuguese Association of Pattern Recognition
and will be held in the city of Aveiro, on the coast, 60Km South from Oporto.
The topics include, but are not limited to:
- Pattern Recognition Methodology and Systems
- Computer and Medicine Vision
- Image, Speech and Signal Analysis
- Architectures for Vision and Pattern Recognition
Submit 3 copies of an extended Abstract (2 to 4 pages A4) to:
RecPad 95
Antonio Sousa Pereira
Depart. Electronica e Telecomunicacoes
Universidade de Aveiro
3800 Aveiro
Portugal
Telephone: +351 34 370501 Fax: +351 34 370545
Email: recpad95@inesca.pt
Abstract submission: 14 Nov. 1994
Acceptance notification: 30 Dec. 1994
Final paper: 31 Jan. 1995
------------------------------
From: hw@ntu.ac.sg (Wang Han)
Subject: ACCV'95 Call-4-Papers
Date: 2 Aug 1994 14:37:50 +0800
Organization: Nanyang Technological University
Summary: Asian Conference on Computer Vision
CALL FOR PAPERS
SECOND ASIAN CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER VISION
ACCV'95
5-8 DECEMBER 1995
The Second Asian Conference on Computer Vision, ACCV'95, will be held
in Singapore on 5-8 December 1995. The theme of ACCV'95 is "Computer Vision
for the Twenty First Century". The conference will provide a forum
for researchers to exchange up-to-date technical knowledge and experience.
The conference will focus on theory as well as applications of computer
vision. In addition to the technical sessions, there will be plenary, invited
and tutorial sessions. Also an exhibition of products related to the theme
of the conference will be held.
Papers describing original work in, but not limited to, the following
research areas are invited:
IMAGE PROCESSING ACTIVE & REAL-TIME VISION
INVARIANT METHODS SENSORS FOR COMPUTER VISION
ROBOT & MACHINE VISION PHYSICS BASED VISION
2-D & 3-D SCENE ANALYSIS STEREO VISION
AI & EXPERT SYSTEMS SEGMENTATION & GROUPING
PATTERN RECOGNITION FEATURE EXTRACTION
HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS LEARNING IN COMPUTER VISION
INFORMATION FUSION MOBILE ROBOTS & NAVIGATION
OPTICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER VISION
IMAGE UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL IMAGING
REMOTE SENSING VIRTUAL REALITY
OPTIC FLOW TARGET ACQUISITION & TRACKING
Submission Procedure:
Papers must be written in English and should describe your work in some
details. Three copies of the extended summary of the papers (1000 - 1500 words)
must be submitted for review. Please include in the forwarding letter the
author's name (underline surname) to whom the correspondence should be
addressed. Also include address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, and
the broad classification of your paper.
Upon acceptance, at least one of the authors will be required to register
and then present the paper. The length of the final papers in the proceedings
will be limited to a maximum of 5 pages (5 mats A4 size, single space, font
size 10), including figures, tables and references.
Invited Sessions : The Programme Committee is also soliciting proposals for
invited sessions focusing on topics related to the theme of ACCV'95. Please
submit your proposals to the Technical Programme Chairman, Mr Eric Sung, before
31 May 1995.
Exhibitions: Proposals for participation in ACCV'95 are also invited. More
information is available from Dr S. M. Krishnan at the address given below.
Please submit three copies of the extended summary of your paper for
review to:
Mr Eric Sung, Technical Programme Chairman of ACCV'95
c/o Research lab IV
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 2263
Republic of Singapore
Tel : (65) 799-5419, or (65) 799-5470
Fax : (65) 791-2687
E-mail: ericsung@ntu.ac.sg or accv95@ntu.ac.sg
Author's Schedule :
31 May 1995 Submission of summary of the papers
31 July 1995 Notification of Acceptance
31 Sept. 1995 Submission of Camera Ready Manuscripts
Organizers:
School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University
IEEE Singapore Section, Computer Chapter
Co-sponsors:
The Inst. of Elect. Info. and Comm. Engineers of Japan (IEICE)
Info. Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)
National Science and Technology Board (NSTB)
The Inst. of Engineers, Singapore (IES)
Defence Science Organization (DSO)
GINTIC Institute of Manufacturing Technology (GIMT)
Singapore Computer Society(SCS)
Singapore Industrial Automation Assoc. (SIAA)
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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 94 12:00:50 BST
From: "P.D.Noakes" <P.D.Noakes@essex.ac.uk>
Subject: Colloquium on Applications of Neural Networks to Signal Processing
CALL for Papers
Applications of Neural Networks to Signal Processing
A one day colloquium on the application of neural networks in fields
requiring signal processing is being organised by PG C2 (Hardware and
Systems Engineering) in collaboration with Professional Groups E4 and E5
and the European Neural Network Society (ENNS) at Savoy Place on Thursday
15th December 1994. Artificial neural networks have in recent years been a
subject of increasing interest in diverse fields and range of potential
applications have been demonstrated. In particular there is considerable
interest in their potential use in image and signal processing applications
where their inherent learning and adaptation characteristics may offer
benefits not available using alternative techniques. However there are
acknowledged problems associated with using neural networks such as the
selection of the paradigm, the size and architecture of the network, its
initialisation, the choice of the learning parameters and the time required
for the network to achieve a useful state.
Therefore contributions are particularly invited which describe practical
experience of applying neural networks to signal and image processing tasks
whether successful or not. Where ever possible comparisons should be made
with the results achieved using alternative approaches and conclusions
drawn as to appropriateness or not of using neural networks, with a view to
enabling others to make rational decisions concerning the future
applicability of neural networks to their own problems. Papers which
include discussion of any decisions taken in connection with formatting the
input signals and the design approach for selecting the network
architecture, are particularly welcomed. Applications may include, for
example, the processing of audio, speech, electrocardiograph and
electroencephalograph signals, signal processing required in communication
systems, image processing, pattern processing and recognition, machine
vision, control signal processing.
Prospective authors are invited to submit a synopsis of about 300 words,
before September 10th 1994, Peter Noakes, Department of Electronics Systems
Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ (Tel: 0206
872907 (direct); Fax: 0206 872900; email pdn@uk.ac.essex)
From Peter D Noakes
Department of Electronic Systems Engineering
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom.
Telephone 0206 872907
Fax 0206 872900
Email pdn@uk.ac.essex
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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 94 16:26:51 EDT
From: Denis Laurendeau <laurend@gel.ulaval.ca>
Subject: CFP-Vision Interface '95
CALL FOR PAPERS
VISION INTERFACE 95
Hotel Loews Le Concorde
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, May 15-19 1995
The Canadian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society (CIPPRS)
sponsors the ninth Vision Interface Canadian conference devoted to computer
vision and image processing. The Vision Interface '95 conference (VI'95) will
be held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, May 15-19, 1995 in conjunction with
Graphics Interface '95. May 15-16 are reserved for VI'95 tutorials and workshops,
with three full days of paper presentations on May 17-19.
Quebec City, located in the Province of Quebec in Canada, is a recipient of the
World Heritage Title of the UNESCO and is the heart of French America.
CONFERENCE Co-Chairs:
Dr Wayne Davis Dr Denis Poussart
GI/VI '95 Laboratoire de vision et systemes numeriques
Box 1098 Departement de genie electrique
134 Sumac Drive Universite Laval
Summerland, BC Quebec, Quebec
Canada, V0H 1Z0 Canada, G1K 7P4
Tel: (604) 494-9056 Tel: (418) 656-3554
Fax: (604) 494-4033 Fax: (418) 656-3594
e-mail: davis@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca e-mail: poussart@gel.ulaval.ca
PROGRAM Co-Chairs:
Dr Robert J. Woodham Dr Denis Laurendeau
Dept of Computer Science Laboratoire de vision et systemes numeriques
University of British Columbia Departement de genie electrique
2366 Main Mall Universite Laval
Vancouver, BC Quebec, Quebec
Canada, V6T 1Z4 Canada, G1K 7P4
Tel: (604) 822-4368 Tel: (418) 656-2979
Fax: (604) 822-5485 Fax: (418) 656-3594
e-mail: woodham@cs.ubc.ca e-mail: laurend@gel.ulaval.ca
The theme of the 1995 Vision Interface Conference will be: "Machine Vision:
Current and Future Applications".
Contributions on this theme or the following topics are welcome:
- Robot Vision - Autonomous & Teleoperated Systems
- 3-D Vision - Industrial & Biomedical Applications
- Sensor Fusion of Computer Vision
- Surface Reconstruction - Architectures for Computer Vision
- Document Processing - Neural Networks
- Remote Sensing - Knowledge Representation
- Motion Detection - Non Destructive Testing
- Handwriting Processing
& Recognition
FOUR copies of a full paper (including full name, address, phone & fax numbers
and e-mail address of contact author) presenting original unpublished research
results should be sent to either of the VI'95 PROGRAM Co-Chairs (Woodham or
Laurendeau). Topics for workshops can also be proposed for the first two days of
the Conference.
Full paper proposal due by: 31 OCTOBER 1994
Workshop Proposals due by: 31 NOVEMBER 1994
Authors Notified by: 23 JANUARY 1995
Note that at least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the
conference to present the work.
For more information on VI'95, please contact Denis Laurendeau at above phone/fax
number or e-mail address.
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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 94 10:45 PDT
From: Harlyn Baker <Baker@ai.sri.com>
Subject: VL announcement
ADVANCE PROGRAM
The Biomedical Imaging Resource
of
The Mayo Foundation/Clinic
hosts
VISUALIZATION IN
BIOMEDICAL COMPUTING
1994
October 4-7, 1994
SIEBENS EDUCATION CENTER
MAYO FOUNDATION
ROCHESTER, MN
PURPOSE
The goal of the third conference on Visualization in Biomedical
Computing 1994 (VBC '94) continues the tradition established in the
first (Atlanta, 1990) and second (Chapel Hill, 1992) conferences to
enhance and promote the science of computing and visualization in
medicine and biology. This objective is achieved by bringing together a
multidisciplinary, international group of researchers, scientists,
engineers, clinicians and toolmakers engaged in all aspects of
scientific visualization in biomedical computing.
THEME
Visualization in biological and medical research has rapidly emerged as
a unique and significant discipline aimed at developing approaches and
tools to allow researchers to "see into" and comprehend the living
systems they are studying. Topics of investigation and development in
the discipline span from basic theory through tools and systems to
complete applications. This conference will synthesize these topics
into synergistic presentations ranging from principles to practice.
Approaches to biomedical visualization include generation of realistic
displays for presentation of information in three or more dimensions,
development of interactive and automated methods for manipulation of
multidimensional data, implementation of measeurment tools for
quantitative evaluation and assessment of image data, and
design/validation of models and paradigms that enhance interpretive and
decision-making processes. Biomedical visualization uses graphics
hardware and software tools and systems to display and analyze image
related information, as well as environments that facilitate
human-machine-data interaction for the exploration and understanding of
complex biological systems.
AUDIENCE
There will be single track sessions of half-hour papers. The
presentations by and discussions among participants should interest
basic scientists, engineers, medical researchers, physicians, surgeons,
psychologists, and biomedical visualization students.
GENERAL INFORMATION
REGISTRATION
The registration fee includes conference registration, a copy of the
proceedings, opening night reception, lunches each day, conference
banquet and refreshment breaks. The tutorial registration fee includes
course notes, lunch and refreshment breaks.
LOCATION
The VBC '94 Conference will be held at the Siebens Education Center at
the Mayo Foundation/Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. It is adjacent to
the conference hotels, connected via sheltered pedestrian walkways.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Blocks of rooms have been reserved at the Kahler Hotel ($79
Single/Double) and the Kahler Plaza Hotel ($95 Single/Double). You may
make your reservations directly with the hotel by calling Kahler Lodging
at 800-533-1655 or 507-282-2581 and identify yourself as attending VBC
'94. Reservations must be made prior to September 12, 1994, to assure a
room at the group rate.
DISCOUNT AIR TRANSPORTATION
Northwest Airlines will provide attendees with round trip air
transportation to Rochester, Minnesota at 5% discount off any published
fare or 12% off any applicable coach fare. Restrictions apply.
Additional information may be obtained by calling AAA Travel at
800-666-5050 or 507-289-1851 and asking for the VBC group travel desk.
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Mayo Foundation designates this continuing medical education activity
for 23 credit hours of Category I of the Physician's Recognition Award
of the American Medical Association.
SPOUSE PROGRAM
A program is planned for spouses accompanying conference participants.
This will include a variety of tours and special events.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN
Richard A. Robb, Mayo Foundation/Clinic
COORDINATORS
Barbara McLeod, Mayo Continuing Education
Margret Ryan, Mayo Biomedical Imaging Resource
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Karl-Heinz Hoehne, Co-chair
University of Hamburg
Michael Vannier, Co-chair
Washington University Medical School
Nicholas Ayache, INRIA, Sopia-Antipolis
H. Harlyn Baker, SRI International
Helmar Bergman, Vienna University Hospital
James Coggins, UNC, Chapel Hill
James Duncan, Yale University
Mark Ellisman, Univ. of California, San Diego
Alan C. Evans, Montreal Neurological Inst.
Norberto Ezquerra, Georgia Inst. of Tech.
Henry Fuchs, UNC, Chapel Hill
Ernest Garcia, Emory University
David Hawkes, Guy's Hospital London
Cliff Jack, Mayo Clinic
Arie Kaufman, SUNY at Stony Brook
Olaf Kubler, ETH, Zurich
Ron Kikinis, Brigham & Women s Hospital
Hal Kundel, University of Pennsylvania
David Levin, University of Chicago
Marc Levoy, Stanford University
Bruce McCormick, Texas A & M University
Chuck Pelizzari, Univeristy of Chicago
Stephen Pizer, UNC, Chapel Hill
Andrew Todd-Pokropek, Univ. College London
Max Viergever, Utrecht University
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
GENERAL
The technical program of VBC'94 will consist of:
- One day of tutorial courses by leading experts.
- Three days of single track sessions on both
theoretical and practical aspects of visualization
in biomedical computing.
- Poster presentations on topics of interest, open
for discussion between attendees and authors.
- Technical exhibits and demonstrations by commercial
vendors of visualization technologies.
The VBC 94 program also includes continental breakfast each morning,
refreshment breaks each day, Tuesday evening reception, Wednesday
evening poster sessions and demonstrations, Thursday evening banquet and
entertainment, and various tours and events of interest.
TUTORIALS
Tutorial courses take place Tuesday, October 4, from 8:00 AM through
5:30 PM. Each course lasts one-half day (approximately four hours) and
there are a total of six courses offered from which each registrant can
choose two. The six tutorials are:
MORNING
Tutorial A
Multiscale Geometric Image Analysis - Diffusion
and Cores
Tutorial B
3D Imaging in Biomedical Computing: Principles,
Algorithms and Systems
Tutorial C
Modern 3-D Microscopy and Visualization
AFTERNOON
Tutorial D
Multiscale Geometric Image Analysis - Variable
Conductance Diffusion and Object Calculation
Tutorial E
Volume Visualization
Tutorial F
Visualization in the Neurosurgical OR
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
A single track of contributed papers will be offered,
representing diverse topics in the theory,
implementation and applications of biomedical
visualization. The presentation topics and their
respective sessions are organized as follows:
Wednesday AM
Keynote Speaker
Segmentation
Wednesday PM
Shape Analysis
Registration and Correlation
Thursday AM
Visualization
Classification
Thursday PM
Knowledge Representation and Atlases
Treatment Planning and Prosthesis Design
Friday AM
Neurosurgery Planning
Simulation and Modelling
Friday PM
Other Applications
Full titles and the specific times of all presentations
are found in the Preliminary Program.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Selected papers will be presented as posters,
available for viewing throughout the conference.
Poster sessions are scheduled for Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings of the conference.
EXHIBITS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
Several vendors of visualization equipment, software
and systems will showcase their products throughout
the conference. Demonstration of several research
visualization systems will also be provided.
PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM
The tutorial descriptions, oral presentation titles,
authors, and presentation times are descibed on the
following pages. Please note that the program is
subject to change.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4
7:00 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast for Tutorial
Registrants
Registration will take place in the Kahler Plaza on
the second floor outside the Kahler Plaza Ballroom.
8:00 AM
Tutorials
All tutorials will take place on Tuesday, October 4. Morning tutorials
will take place from 8:00 AM through 12:00 PM, and afternoon tutorials
from 1:00 PM through 5:00 PM, each with a 15 minute break. Each
tutorial consists of a four-hour intensive course on various topics of
importance in visualization science, conducted by recognized experts and
leading researchers. The following tutorial courses will be offered.
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tutorial A
Multiscale Geometric Image Analysis - Diffusion and Cores
Description:
There are two basic principles associated with multiscale geometry: 1)
geometry involves analysis that is invariant to certain spatial
transformations, including translation, rotation, and zoom, and 2) the
dimension of scale is as critical as the dimensions giving spatial
position, corresponding intuitively to level of detail in image space.
Considered together, image space and scale is called scale space. Three
families of methods based on these principles are achieving impressive
results in image analysis particularly in their insensitivity to
irrelevant detail (including image noise) and intensity blurring, and in
their ability to produce stable object descriptions and pixel
classifications into objects. The three families are multiscale medial
axis or core-based analysis (CBA), variable conductance diffusion (VCD),
and multiscale geometric statistical pattern recognition (MGSPR). This
pair of tutorials (morning and afternoon) will cover the basic
mathematics of multiscale geometry as well as all three of these
families of methods. It will include algorithms for computation and
also illustrative results of the applications of the methods to both 2D
and 3D medical images of various modalities. The morning tutorial will
cover the mathematics of diffusion and scale space and the definition,
effect on scale space geometry, and application of cores. The morning
tutorial contains material helpful for the full afternoon tutorial, but
is self-contained. The afternoon tutorial will cover the mathematics,
algorithms, and applications of variable conductance diffusion,
including approaches involving MGSPR, and it will cover algorithms for
segmenting objects both via VCD and via CBA. Attendees who wish to take
the afternoon tutorial without taking the morning tutorial may choose to
take a brief primer available before the afternoon tutorial. These
tutorials are targeted for image analysts and students with at least an
introductory course in image processing and math, including calculus and
linear algebra.
Instructors: Stephen M. Pizer, David Eberly, Ross T.
Whitaker, Daniel S. Fritsch, Bryan S. Morse, Terry S.
Yoo, James M. Coggins, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
Tutorial B
3D Imaging in Biomedical Computing: Principles,
Algorithms and Systems
Description:
Based on the nature of the processing tools required to fulfill
biomedical imaging objectives, three components may be identified in a
complete image analysis system: visualization, manipulation, and
analysis. Visualization refers to processes which enable us to see and
comprehend structure information captured in the image data in its true
form and shape so as to help understand the underlying physical
phenomenon. Manipulation refers to processes which allow us to
interactively alter structure information with a view to understanding
how the functionality of the physical phenomenon may be modified.
Analysis refers to processes which generate quantitative descriptions of
the structures with a view to quantify the functionality of the
phenomenon being studied. The phrase 3D imaging may be used to
collectively denote these processes. This tutorial will cover
systematically the fundamental principles underlying 3D imaging, namely
multidimensional, multimodal image data visualization, manipulation, and
analysis. The tutorial will include on-line demonstrations of the
imaging operations on a workstation.
Instructor: Jayram Udupa, University of Pennsylvania
Tutorial C
Modern 3-D Microscopy and Visualization
Description:
The essence of scientific visualization is captured in microscopy.
Microscopy systems are proven valuable tool for biomedical research.
Most of our present knowledge of structural organization in living
organisms from the cellular to the molecular level is imprinted by
microscopical findings. This tutorial will provide an introduction into
modern forms of 3-D microscopy (e.g., confocal, NMR, X-ray), and will
cover image quality considerations, microscopy setup, and computational
considerations. Deconvolution techniques, image preprocessing,
segmentation methods and various forms of 3-D rendering will be
reviewed. The effects of specimen preparation and image contrast on
visualization will be discussed. The use of stereo- imaging and virtual
reality applications in modern 3-D microscopy will be presented.
Instructors: Andres Kriete, University of Giessen, FRG
and Ping-chin Cheng, State University of New York at Buffalo
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tutorial D
Multiscale Geometric Image Analysis - Variable
Conductance Diffusion and Object Calculation
See Session A for description
Tutorial E
Volume Visualization
Description:
Volume visualization encompasses an array of techniques which provide
the mechanisms that make it possible to reveal and explore the inner or
unseen structures of volumetric data and allow visual insight into
opaque or complex datasets. Volume visualization is concerned with the
tasks of representing, manipulating, and rendering volumetric data.
This tutorial provides an overview of the technology, the nomenclature,
and the techniques for these tasks, emphasizing algorithms and
applications. The tutorial covers and compares different approaches in
volume representation, volume synthesis, volume and surface viewing,
volume shading, and biomedical applications of volume visualization.
The tutorial is designed at a beginning/intermediate level for
biomedical scientists and engineers, and for medical researchers and
practitioners who are new to the field of volume visualization or
interested in expanding their knowledge in that field. Copies of
lecture notes, slides and additional printed material will be provided.
Instructors: Arie Kaufman, Roni Yagel, State University
of New York at Stony Brook; Karl-Heinz Hoehne and
Andreas Pommert, University Hospital, Hamburg,
Germany
Tutorial F
Visualization in the Neurosurgical OR
Description:
This tutorial focuses on the application of new visualization techniques
to the practical problems confronting the neurosurgeon. In particular,
the challenging issues associated with pre-surgical planning and with
intra-operative navigation will be presented in a tutorial format. The
course will begin with a discussion of algorithms and hardware for
intra- operative registration. Traditional frame-based stereotactic
techniques will be introduced, then several classes of non-invasive
registration techniques, including fiducial based algorithms, surface
and contour matching algorithms and video mixing approaches will be
described and compared. The "surgeon-computer interface" will be
discussed, including issues associated with time constraints, sterility
problems, electrical safety, and software validation. Videotaped
surgical procedures demonstrating these concepts will be shown. The
tutorial will conclude with a review of various technologies for
intra-operative registration and navigation. Mechanical, visible and
infra-red camera systems, and ultra-sonic techniques will be compared.
Attendees will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with
several intra-operative wands and with a prototype heads-up-display
guidance system. The tutorial is designed for biomedical scientists,
engineers and medical researchers who wish to apply visualization
results to surgery and other interventional procedures.
Instructors: John Goble, The University of Virginia, and
Ron Kikinis, Brigham and Women's Hospital
7:00 - 9:00 PM Registration, Opening Night Reception,
Exhibit and Poster Preview
Second floor of the Kahler Plaza Hotel.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5
7:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
Session 1: "Opening"
Session Chair: Dr. Richard A. Robb,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
8:00 AM Welcome
8:15 AM Keynote Address
Session 2: "Segmentation"
Session Chair: Dr. David Hawkes, Guy's Hospital,
London
9:00 AM Statistical Intensity Correction and
Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance
Image Data
W. M. Wells, III, Brigham and Women's
Hospital
9:30 AM The Automated Segmentation of Coronary
Vessels in Angiographic Image Sequences
Utilizing Temporal, Spatial, and Structural
Constraints
James O'Brien, Georgia Institute of
Technology
10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM Multiple Resolution Bayesian
Segmentation of Ultrasound Images
Edward A. Ashton, University of Rochester,
Rochester, NY
11:00 AM Fuzzy Objects and Their Boundaries
Jayram Udupa, University of Pennsylvania
11:30 AM Object Simplification via Medial Decomposition
Robert Katz, Univ. of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
12:00 PM Lunch
Session 3: "Shape Analysis"
Session Chair: Dr. Andrew Todd-Pokropek, University
College London, London, UK
1:00 PM Interpolation by Directed Distance Morphing
Eric Bess, Brigham Young University
1:30 PM Active Blobs: Implicit Deformable Models
for Volume Visualization
Ross Whitaker, European Computing Industry,
Germany
2:00 PM Edgewarp: A Flexible Program Package for
Biometric Image Warping in Two Dimensions
Fred Bookstein, University of Michigan
2:30 PM Myocardial Function Assessment Using 4D Images
Pengcheng Shi, Yale University
3:00 PM An Automatic Method for Determination of
Gross Morphometric Variability of Human Brain
Louis Collins, Montreal Neurological Institute,
Canada
3:30 PM Break
Session 4: "Registration and Correlation"
Session Chair: Dr. Charles Pelizzari, University of
Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
4:00 PM Multiple Surface Identification and Matching
in Magnetic Resonance Images
David MacDonald, McGill University, Canada
4:30 PM Matching Structural Images of the Human
Brain Using Statistical andGeometrical Image
Features
J. C. Gee, University of Rennes, France
5:00 PM Voxel Similarity Measures for Automated
Image Registration
Derek Hill, Guy's Hospital, London
5:30 PM Volume Registration Using the 3D Core
Alan Liu, University of North Carolina
7:00 PM SOCIAL
7:30 PM Demonstrations and Poster Session
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6
7:00 AM Continental Breakfast
Session 5: "Visualization"
Session Chair: Dr. Arie Kaufman, SUNY at
Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA
7:30 AM Three Dimensional CT Subtraction Angiography
Bart ter Haar Romeny, University Hospital
Utrecht, The Netherlands
8:00 AM Structural Description and Combined 3-D
Display for Superior Analysis of Cerebral
Vascularity From MRA
Gabor Szekely, Communication Technology Lab,
Switzerland
8:30 AM SPECT/MRI Visualization for Frontal Lobe
Damaged Regions
Rik Stokking, Utrecht University,
The Netherlands
9:00 AM Simulating Motion of Anatomical Objects
with Volume-Based 3D Visualization
B. Pflesser, University Hospital, Hamburg,
Germany
9:30 AM Bunker View: Limited-Range Head-Motion-
Parallax Visualization for Complex Biomedical
Data Sets
Andrei State, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
10:00 AM Break
Session 6: "Classification"
Session Chair: Dr. Nicholas Ayache, INRIA,
Sophia-Antipolis, France
10:30 AM Multi-Parameter Image Visualization With
Self-Organizing Maps
Armando Manduca, Mayo Clinic/Foundation
11:00 AM The Effects of Magnetic Resonance Image
Inhomogeneities on Automated Tissue
Classification
Stephen Aylward, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill
11:30 AM Classification and Analysis of Multiple
Sclerosis Lesions in Spin-Echo MR Exams
J. Ross Mitchell, University of Western
Ontario, Canada
12:00 PM Lunch
Session 7: "Knowledge Representation and Atlases"
Session Chair: Dr. Stephen Pizer, UNC,
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
1:00 PM Semantic Network Modelling of Human
Anatomy for a Three-Dimensional Interactive
Atlas
A. Pommert, University Hospital, Hamburg,
Germany
1:30 PM An Information System to Manage
Anatomical Knowlege and Image Data about Brain
Christian Barillot, Hospital de Pontchaillon
2:00 PM Steps Towards Automatic Building of
Anatomical Atlases
Gerard Subsol, INRIA, France
2:30 PM Computerized Atlas for Functional
Stereotaxis Robotics and Radiosurgery
Tyronne Hardy, Alvarado Hospital, San Diego
3:00 PM Using 3-D Digital Anatomic Atlas for
Interpretation of Cranial Tomographic Data
T. Schiemann, University Hospital Eppendorf,
Germany
3:30 PM Break
Session 8: "Treatment Planning and Prosthesis Design"
Session Chair: Dr. Max Viergever,
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
4:00 PM An Application for Design and Simulation of
Conformal Radiation Therapy
Marc Kessler, Univeristy of Michigan Medical
Center
4:30 PM The Use of Rapid Radiation Dose Calculation
and Display in Optimizing Radiation Therapy
Treatment Plans: The VISTAnet Project
Julian Rosenman, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
5:00 PM Automated Limb Prosthesis Design
Gulab H. Bhatia, Mallinckrodt Inst. of
Radiology, St. Louis
5:30 PM Custom Hip Prosthesis Design, Visualization
and Prototyping
Chandrajit Bajaj, Purdue University
7:30 - 10:30 PM DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7
7:15 AM Continental Breakfast
Session 9: "Neurosurgery Planning"
Session Chair: Dr. David Levin, University of
Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
7:30 AM Multimodal Interactive
Stereoscopic Image-guided Neurosurgery
B. L. Davey, McGill University, Canada
8:00 AM Image Guidance Techniques for
Neurosurgery
Ron Kikinis, Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Boston
8:30 AM Craniotomy Simulation and Guidance Using
a Stereo Video Based Tracking System
Alan Colchester, Guy's Hospital, London
9:00 AM A Real Time System for 3D Neurosurgical
Planning
John Goble, University of Virginia
9:30 AM A Novel Approach to Image Guided Spine
Surgery
Lutz-P. Nolte, University of Bern
10:00 AM Break
Session 10: "Simulation and Modelling"
Session Chair: Dr. Ernest Garcia,
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
10:30 AM Human Factors Simulations of a Head-
Mounted, Surgical Display
William Reinhart, Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis
11:00 AM A Craniofacial Surgery Simulation Testbed
H. Delingette, INRIA, France
11:30 AM 3-D Image Processing for Feature
Detection on Dental Imprints
Denis Laurendeau, Laval University, Canada
12:00 PM Lunch
Session 11: "Other Applications"
Session Chair: Dr. Clifford Jack, Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
1:00 PM MR Volumetry of the Hippocampus
Michael Vannier, Washington University,
St. Louis
1:30 PM Kinematics of the Tarsal Joints via 3D MRI
Imaging
Bruce Hirsch, Pennsylvania College of
Podiatric Medicine
2:00 PM 3D Echocardiography: Reconstruction
Algorithm and Diagnostic Performance of
Resulting Images
Marek Belohlavek, Mayo Clinic/Foundation
2:30 PM L-SYSTEM Modeling of Neurons
Bruce McCormick, Texas A & M University
3:00 PM Segmentation and Visualization of
Membranes and Intracellular Organelles
Contours in 3D Electron Microscopy
Christophe Bron, Swiss National Center for
Retroviruses, Zurich
Session 12: "Closing"
Session Chair: Dr. Richard A. Robb, Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA,
3:30 PM Remarks
Dr. Karl-Heinz Hoehne, University
Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, and Dr.
Michael W. Vannier, Washington University Medical
Center, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Visualization 94
October 17-21 1994
Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner
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methods across all of science, engineering, and commerce. For
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Deadline for pre-registration is Tuesday, September 17,
1994. No refunds can be given after that date.
***** VBC'94 Poster Session
Babak A. Ardekani
Akita Research Inst. of Brain &
Blood Vessels
Akita, Japan
Automatic Detection of Arachnoid Contours in
MR Images
Helmar Bergmann
Vienna University Hospital
Vienna, Austria
Evaluation of Gastric Antral Motility in Four
Dimensions
Gulab H. Bhatia
Mallinckrodt Inst. of Radiology
St. Louis, MO, USA
Surface Imaging of the Human Body
Azia A. Boxwala
Univ. of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Deforming Post-mortem Radiograph Images to
Reconstruct a Bullet Path Through Stock CT
Data
Joachim Frank
State of New York
Department of Health
Albany, NY, USA
Toward a Distributed Data Base of Three-
dimensional Structures Obtained by Different
Methods of Microscopy
Robert Grzeszczuk
Univ. of Chicago Hospitals
Chicago, IL, USA
Segmenting Images by Stochastic Deformation
of Contours
Andre Gueziec
NYU Courant Institute
New York, NY, USA
Surface Simplification with Error Bound and
Ridge Curve Based Error Analysis
Nobuhiko Hata
The Univ. of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
3-D Registration of Ultrasound Echography for
Intraoperative Use: A Newly Developed
Multiproperty Method
M. Hanani
Hassah University Hospital
Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem
Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of
Myenteric Neurons of the Guinea Pig
Dietmar Hentschel
Siemens Medical Systems, Inc.
Iselin, NJ, USA
Techniques for Editing and Visualizing CT-
Angiographic Data
William E. Higgins
Penn State
University Park, PA, USA
Automatic Construction of 3D Medical Image-
Segmentation Processes
Zhaowei Jiang
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI, USA
Tele-presence and Virtual Reality in Computer-
Assisted Neurological Surgery: Basic Theory
and A Prototype
Daniel B. Karron
New York Univ. Med. Ctr.
New York, NY, USA
New Findings from the SpiderWeb
Algorithm: Toward A Digital Morse
Theory
Walter H. Ku
University of California,
San Diego, CA, USA
Visualization of Myocardial Perfusion
Defects in SPECT Images
Rakesh Mullick
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA, USA
Volume Segmentation of 3D Cardiac SPECT
Imagery
Wieslaw L. Nowinski
National University of Singapore
Singapore
A Dual Probabilistic Classifier for Three-
Dimensional Neuroimaging From MRI Data
William R. Oliver
Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner
Washington, D.C., USA
Applications of Image Processing and Three-
Dimensional Visualization in the Evaluation
of Murder and Assault
C. S. Poon
Univ. of Technology, Sydney
NSW, Australia
Segmentation of Medical Images Using an
Active Contour Model Incorporating Region-
Based Image Features
Julian Rosenman
Univ. of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
New Visualizations for Radiation Therapy
Treatment Planning
Gary Root
Picker International, Inc.
St. Davids, PA, USA
Interactive 3D Dose Volume Visualization in
Radiation Therapy
Michael Syn
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England
Tracking the Interframe Deformation of
Structures in 3D Ultrasound Imaging
David C. Taylor
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT, USA
Image Segmentation Using Globally Optimal
Growth in Three Dimensions with an Adaptive
Feature Set
Jean-Philippe Thiran
Universite Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Automatic Recognition of Cancerous Cells
Using Mathematical Morphology
Udita Taneja
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Evaluating the Accuracy of 3-D Image
Registration Algorithms Used in Composite
Image Generation
Petra van den Elsen
Stanford Univ. School of Med.
Stanford, CA, USA
Grey Value Correlation Techniques Used for
Automatic Matching of CT and MR Brain and
Spine Images
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From: mpelimkb@leonis.nus.sg (Dr Lim Kah Bin)
Subject: 26th ISIR Call-For_Papers
Date: 8 Aug 1994 07:37:35 GMT
Organization: National University of Singapore
CALL FOR PAPERS
===============
26th International Symposium on Industrial Robots
4-6 October 1995
Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center
Singapore
In 1995, The 26th International Symposium on Industrial Robots (ISIR)
will take place, for the first time, in Southeast Asia. The ISIR, the
prestigious international symposium organised under the auspices of the
International Federation of Robotics (IFR) is held annually since 1970.
This symposium will focus on the economics of robotic applications as
well as present emerging technologies from leading researchers and
manufacturers. Hence the theme:
"Competitive Automation: New Frontiers, New Opportunities"
To this end, we invite papers from users on case studies of successful
applications of robotics in enhancing manufacturing competitiveness which
will encourage the diffusion of robotics in this part of the world.
Delegates to the 26th ISIR will thus be able to benefit both from the
knowledge and expertise of researchers and manufacturers, as well as
experience of users.
There are three general areas of interest for 26th ISIR:
Management/Business
* National policies and programmes
* Human resource aspects
* Business strategies
Applications
* Manufacuring
* Quality Assurance
* Services
* Medical
* Defence
* Construction
* Argriculture and mining
Technology
* Robotic systems and design
* Intelligence
* Emerging technologies
* Computer Integrated Manufacturing
* Peripherals
* Simulation
* Robot Vision
You are invited to submit abstract(s) for consideration, which should
provide sufficient information to allow the assessment of the scope and
contents of the paper, and please include:
* Title of the paper
* Author's name / Biographical data
* Speaker's name / Affiliation
* Organisation / Company and address
* Telephone / Fax and e-mail id (if available)
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 30 October 1994, and authors
will be notified of their selection by 30 November 1994. Abstracts and
any enquiries can be directed to me at
Dr. K.B. Lim
Chairman, Local Technical Prgramme Committee
c/o National University of Singapore
Mechanical & Production Engineering Department
10 Kent Ridge Crescent
Singapore 0511
Republic of Singapore
Tel: (65)-772-2891 Fax: (65)-779-1459
e-mail: mpelimkb@leonis.nus.sg (internet)
mpelimkb@nusvm.bitnet (bitnet)
or at our conference secretariat
The 26th ISIR Secretariat
Expoconsult Pte Ltd
100, Beach Road, #26-00
Shaw Tower
Singapore 0718
Republic of Singapore
Tel: (65)-299-9273 Fax: (65)-299-9782
An International Showcase of Solutions
======================================
The 26th ISIR is held with ROBOTICS'95, the Asian International
Exhibition on Robotic and Vision Technology. It represents an unparallel
opportunity for manufacturers of robots and vision systems to market
their products and expertise into the vast and rapidly developing
Asian Market. Products and services appearing in this exbibition are:
Industrial Robots, Machine Vision systems, Peripherals, Automation systems
and services.
Other related exhibitions held concurrently are:
FA'95 Factory Automation machinery, equipment, tools, materials
and accessories.
MANUSOFT'95 Manufacturing solutions and process software.
TRANSFLUID'95 Power transmission pneumatics, hydraulics and fluid
control technology.
LOGISMAT'95 Material handling, storage, transportation, warehousing
and distribution.
Together with ROBOTICS'95 and the 26th ISIR, these events give a complete
platform serving as an "one-stop shop" for the industrial automation
industry.
Background of ISIR and IFR
==========================
The ISIR is organised by the International Fderation of Robotics (IFR), which,
with the membership of twenty-five member of twenty-five member countries, has
become recognised as the major representative of robotic interest throughout
the world. With its support, this symposium has made significant contributions
to the development and application of robotic technology since its inception
in 1970. The staging of this event in Singapore - the first Asian country
outside Japan to have the honour of hosting it - leads recognition to
Singapore role as the gateway to this vast and dynamic market.
SINGAPORE 1995 - "Meet in Singapore" year
=========================================
1995 is the 'Meet-in-Singapore" year and a host of exciting activities has been
planned by the government and private organisations to welcome visitors to our
garden city. We welcome all reseachers, practitioners and users of robotic
technology from all over the world to meet in Singapore for the 26th ISIR for
a fruitful exchange of ideas and enjoy the gracious hospitability and warmth
of exciting Asia.
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From: ashwin@cc.gatech.edu (Ashwin Ram)
Subject: CogSci-94: Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
Date: 02 Aug 1994 21:29:11 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing
[PLEASE POST]
Low-cost on-campus housing is still available for CogSci-94, which is
being held August 13-16 at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Registration and
housing forms are available electronically by anonymous FTP from
ftp.cc.gatech.edu:/pub/cogsci94, on the World Wide Web (WWW) from
http://www.gatech.edu/cogsci/cogsci.html, and by e-mail from
cogsci94@cc.gatech.edu; or contact kathleen Eiselt, (404) 894-8591.
The complete conference schedule and technical program is also available from
these sources, and includes:
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
- David Woods, "Observations from Studying Cognitive Systems in Context"
PLENARY TALKS:
- Walter Schneider, "Identifying the Modules of the Mind with fMRI:
Imaging the Biological Stages in Visual and Language Processing";
Steven Small (discussant)
- Lila Gleitman, "A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words -- But That's the
Problem"; Paul Smolensky (discussant)
- Michael Pazzani, "The Role of Existing Knowledge in Generalization";
Mark Keane (discussant)
- (panel) "Cognitive Science 2004: The Last 10 Years"; T. Simon, Chair; J.
Bates, D. Gentner, J. Greeno, G. Harman, M. Pazzani, W. Schneider
SYMPOSIA:
- "Scientific Creativity: Multidisciplinary Perspectives"
- "What Animal Cognition Tells Us About Human Cognition"
- "Learning New Features of Representation"
- "Cognitive Science Meets Cognitive Engineering"
- "Visual Reasoning in Discovery, Instruction, and Problem Solving"
- "The Role of Cases in Learning"
- "Collaborative Knowledge"
PAPER/TALK and POSTER SESSIONS on: Categorization; Reasoning; Collaborative
Problem Solving; Representation in Connectionist Networks; Situated Natural
Language; Foundations; Analogical Reasoning; Sentence Processing; Problem
Solving; Brain Modeling; Visual Perception; Mental Models; Learning; Belief
Modeling; Speech; Analogy; Visual Reasoning; Perception; Language
Acquisition; Syntactic Processing.
For further information, please contact Kathleen Eiselt,
cogsci94@cc.gatech.edu, (404) 894-8591.
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From: hw@ntu.ac.sg (Wang Han)
Subject: ICARCV'94 call-4-participation
Date: 4 Aug 1994 13:41:10 +0800
Organization: Nanyang Technological University
ICARCV'94
THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER VISION
8-11 NOVEMBER 1994
The Third International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer
Vision, ICARCV'94, will be held in Singapore on 8-11 November 1994 at the
Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore. The theme of ICARCV'94 is "Intelligent Automation".
The first day of the conference is reserved for tutorials; the next 3 days are
reserved for presentations of the papers.
REGISTRATION:
The conference registration fee includes the proceedings, coffee and
lunches. The registration fee for the conference is S$680 for IEEE or IEE
or ICS or InstMC members and S$730 for non-members.
Participants who register for the conference before the 30th of Sept. will
get a S$30 discount. For any organization sending four or more delegates,
a 15% discount or the registration fee will be given.
Payment for registration should be sent to:
ICARCV'94 Conference Secretariat
c/o The Institution of Enginers, Singapore (IES)
70 Bukit Tinggi road, Singapore 1128
Republic of Singapore
(Note: Please indicate your membership status and number while you
make the payment, also state your correspondece address and
affiliation)
ACCOMMODATION:
The following rates for different hotels are obtained through Diners
World Travel
1) Shangri-La Hotel at S$199 per night (US$1 = S$1.57)
2) Imperial Hotel at S$135 per night(single) and $145 (twin sharing)
3) Equatorial Hotel at S$125 per night
The rates cover twin sharing also. (if you share it with someone you pay
1/2 the rates).
Confirmation of room is valid only upon receipt of the full payment,
no later than 30th of September 1994 at the following address:
Diners World Travel Pte. Ltd
7500E Beach Road #02-201
The Plaza, Singapore 0719
Republic of Singapore
Attn: M. Chua/L. Ann (ICARCV'94)
Tel: (65) 294-5544 Fax: (65) 295-1481
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
The keynote speakers will be
1) Dr J. Engelberger
Chairman, Transitions Research Corporation, USA
2) Dr O. Faugeras
Research Director, INRIA, France
3) Dr R. Hara
Vice Chairman, Seiko Instruments Inc, Japan
TUTORIALS:
The tutorials will be held on the 8th of November 1994. The registration
fee for tutorials is S$300 for IEEE or IEE members or ICS or InstMC
members and S$320 for non-members. Participants who register for tutorials
before the 30th of Sept. will get a S$20 discount. The four Tutorials
sessions will be:
1) Three Dimensional Computer Vision
Dr O. Faugeras, INRIA, FRANCE
2) Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic for Intelligent Control
Dr M. Vidyasagar, Centre for AI & Robotics, INDIA
3) Learning, Representation, Understanding and Recognition of Patterns:
An Intelligent Approach
Dr P. Wang, Northeastern University, USA
4) Robot Application in Consumer Electronics Manufacturing
Mr T. Ishida, Seiko, Japan
Payment for Tutorials should be sent to:
ICARCV'94 Conference Secretariat
c/o The Institution of Enginers, Singapore (IES)
70 Bukit Tinggi road, Singapore 1128
Republic of Singapore
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From: hw@ntu.ac.sg (Wang Han)
Subject: ICARCV'94 advance program
Date: 4 Aug 1994 14:08:04 +0800
Organization: Nanyang Technological University
The advance program is ready for you to collect. It is in the ftp
site ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (or 155.69.1.5). You may ftp to this machine
using anonymous login. The file is in the directory "outgoing",
called "ICARCV94_advance_program".
cheers
Dr. Wang Han , School of EEE
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore 2263
voice: (+65) 799-1253
(direct line&answer machine)
email: hw@ntu.ac.sg (internet)
hw@ntuvax.bitnet
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From: Andrew Trent Shefman <as87+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Medical Robotics & Computer Assisted Surgery
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 1994 13:41:10 -0400
Organization: Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
F I R S T I N T E R N A T I O N A L S Y M P O S I U M
O N
M E D I C A L R O B O T I C S
A N D
C O M P U T E R A S S I S T E D S U R G E R Y
( M R C A S '9 4 )
September 22-24, 1994
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
Sponsored by:
The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University & Shadyside Hospital
Technical Sponsorship Provided by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
DESCRIPTION
The application of robotic technology in medicine has emerged as a
rapidly evolving area that has great potential for improving clinical
outcomes. Identifying and advancing appropriate utilization of this
technology requires collaboration among the disciplines of engineering,
science and medicine. The Symposium on Medical Robotics and Computer
Assisted Surgery (MRCAS '94), one of the first interdisciplinary
programs of its kind, will bring together technical and clinical
researchers to establish the current status of new technologies and
explore future directions and applications within medicine.
As part of MRCAS '94 there will be presentations by invited faculty,
demonstrations of robotic assisted surgery, exhibits, posters, and
tours which will showcase current applications and technologies.
Topics to be addressed include:
* Clinical Needs as Defined by Physicians
* Current Medical Robotics Systems
* Navigation and Radiosurgery
* Orthopaedic Robotic Systems
* Registration and Orientation
* Robotic Vision and Medical Imaging Integration
* Sensors and Modeling
* Surgical Simulations, Modeling, and Planning
* Telemedicine and Telesurgery
* Tools and Technology for Robotic Surgery
* Virtual Reality in Medicine
Conference Chairman - Takeo Kanade, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
Program Chair - Russell Taylor, Ph.D. IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center
Medical Chair - Anthony M. DiGioia III, M.D. Shadyside Hospital
Advisory Board Co-Chair - Col. Richard Satava, M.D., ARPA
Advisory Board Co-Chair - Peter Brett, Ph.D., University of Bristol
Accreditation: Shadyside Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical
education for physicians.
Certification: The Shadyside Hospital Department of Continuing Medical
Education has designated this continuing medical education activity
for Category I credit of the Physician's Recognition Award of the
American Medical Association for 24 credit hours.
Conflict of Interest Statement: In accordance with the policies on
disclosure of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education, the faculty for this program will be required to disclose
any relationships which, in the context of their topics, could be
perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest. Disclosure of
any such conflict of interest will be noted in the final program syllabus.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Wednesday September 21
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. On Site Registration at the Hilton
Thursday September 22
7:30 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m. Opening Welcome, Thomas Murphy, Mayor of Pittsburgh
8:30 a.m. Plenary Session
Introduction, Russell Taylor, Ph.D.
Col. Richard Satava, M.D.
Medical Robotics & Computer Assisted Surgery
William Bargar, M.D.
Report of Human Pilot Study: 3-D Imaging and
Robotics for Cementless Total Hip Replacement
10:15 a.m. Session I Orthopaedic Robotic Systems
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Session II Registration & Orientation
4:00 p.m. Session III Surgical Simulations, Modeling, & Planning
7:00 p.m. Reception Hilton Hotel
Friday September 23
7:30 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m. Workshop Part I
Inserting Telemedicine into Mainstream Medicine
Sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
Panelists:
Antal Bejczy, Ph.D.,Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Steve Charles, M.D.,University of Tennessee
Henry Fuchs, Ph.D.,University of North Carolina
Phillip Green, Ph.D.,SRI
Joseph M. Rosen, M.D.,Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Jay Sanders, M.D.,Medical College of Georgia
Col. Richard Satava, M.D.,Chairman,ARPA
10:15 a.m. Workshop Part II
Telerobotic Systems for Surgery
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Session IV Tools & Technology for Robotic Surgery
4:00 p.m. Organizational Meeting for MRCAS
4:00 p.m. Poster & Exhibit Session
7:30 p.m. Faculty Dinner LeMont Restaurant
Saturday September 24
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m. Session V Navigation & Radiosurgery
10:30 a.m. Session VI Clinical Applications
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Tours of Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics
Institute and Demonstration of Robotic Assisted
Total Hip Replacement, Shadyside Hospital.
6:00 p.m. Closing Banquet Majestic Dinner Cruise
PROGRAM COMMITTEE - MRCAS 94
David Altobelli, MD, D.M.D. Harvard University
James Anderson, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Ruzena Bajcsy, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
William Bargar, M.D. Fort Sutter Medical Complex
George Bekey, Ph.D. University of Southern California
Thomas O.Binford, Ph.D. Stanford University
Grigore Burdea, Ph.D. Rutgers University
Joel Burdick, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
Steve Charles, M.D. University of Tennessee
Hugh Curtain, M.D. University of Pittsburgh
Court Cutting, M.D. New York University Medical Center
Brian Davies Imperial College
Stephen Dawson, M.D. Massachusetts General Hospital
Scott L. Delp, Ph.D. Northwestern University
Takeyoshi Dohi, Ph.D. University of Tokyo
James Drake, M.D. Hospital for Sick Children
Henry Fuchs, Ph.D. University of North Carolina
Janez Funda, Ph.D. IBM, T.J. Watson Center
Mansel V Griffiths. M.D. St. Michaels Hospital
Eric Grimson, Ph.D. Massachussets Institute of Technology
Blake Hannaford, Ph.D. University of Washington
W. Leroy Heinrichs, M.D. Stanford University Medical Center
Scott R. Hobson, M.D. Eye & Ear Institute
John Hollerbach, Ph.D. McGill University
Ralph L. Hollis, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
Robert D. Howe, Ph.D. Harvard University
Koji Ikuta, Ph.D. Kyushu Institute of Technology
Ken Ishihara, M.D. Osake National Hospital
Branislav Jaramaz, Ph.D. Shadyside Hospital
Louis R. Kavoussi, M.D. John Hopkins Medical Center
Peter Kazanzides, Ph.D. Integrated Surgical Systems
Patrick Kelly, M.D. Mayo Clinic
Pradeep K. Khosla, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
Ron Kikinis, M.D Brigham and Women's Hospital
Yongmin Kim, Ph.D. University of Washington
Stephane Lavallee, Ph.D. Laboratoie TIMC
William Lorensen, M.D. GE Research & Development Center
Tomas Lozano-Perez, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert Macuinas, M.D. Vanderbilt University
Brent D.Mittlestadt Integrated Surgical Systems
Michael Peshkin, Ph.D. Northwestern University
Glen M.Premminger, M.D. Duke University Medical Center
Marc Raibert, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Rattner, M.D. Massachusetts General Hospital
Hans Reinhardt, M.D. Neurosurgical University Clinic
Joseph M. Rosen, M.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Jonathan Sackier, MD UCSD Medical Center
Septimieu Salcudean, Ph.D. University of British Columbia
Ken Salisbury, Ph.,D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomas Sheridan, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S. David Stulberg, M.D. Northwestern University
Robert Sturges, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
Mark Talamini, M.D. John Hopkins University
Jocelyne Troccaz, M.D. Faculte de Medecine
Jay K. Udupa, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Eiji Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital
Lee E.Weiss, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
S. James Zinreich, M.D. Johns Hopkins Medical School
ADVISORY BOARD - MRCAS 94
Antal K. Bejczy, Ph.D. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
G. Ram Bhat Johnson & Johnson
Craig Blaschke Biomet
Morrey Blumenfeld GE Medical Systems
Frank Collins Johnson & Johnson
Paolo Dario, Ph.D. Scuola Superiore S. Anna
Joseph G. Depp, Ph.D. Accuray
Andrew E. Fleischacker Olympus America Inc.
Tibor Foldvari Johnson & Johnson
Ference A. Jolecz Brigham & Women's Hospital
Paul J. Mountain Auto Lab - Science & Technology
Bela L. Musits Integrated Surgical Systems
Alberto Rovetta, Prof. Politecnico Di Milano
Hans-Joachin Schulz, Ph.D. Aesculap AG
Yulun Wang, Ph.D. Computer Motion, Inc.
Mark Wholey, M.D. Shadyside Hospital
John Wickham, Ph.D. London, Winipe
TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATIONS
Hotel Accommodations
The Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers is the program site. When contacting
the Hilton, please state that you are attending the "First
International Symposium on Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery"
to receive the reduced rate for the dates of Tuesday, September 20 through
Saturday, September 24. The hotel will accept reservations, dependent
upon availability, until August 21, 1994. Please be prompt and contact
the hotel directly at the listed numbers provided below or mail or Fax the
enclosed registration card.
Pittsburgh Hilton & Towers Towers: $150 single, $165 double
Main: $122 single, $140 double
412-391-4600 or 800-445-8667
Travel Information
Mon Valley Travel, Inc. of Pittsburgh has been selected as the
program's official travel agent to provide discounted applicable air
fare to the program's participants, faculty and guests. Contracts with
major air carriers will be provided to the program. Auto rentals will
be available at discounted rates. Mon Valley Travel will coordinate
airline itineraries with ground transfers or auto rentals from
Pittsburgh International Airport. Contact Ms. Ann Adler directly
at 800-245-1099 or (412) 255-8747. Please inform the agent you will be
attending the MRCAS Symposium when contacting Mon Valley Travel, Inc.
for the special rates.
REGISTRATION
Payment for registration is due upon submission of the registration form.
Registration will be limited to approximately 300 participants on a
first come basis. Refunds must be requested in writing and will be
subject to a $50 administrative fee. Registration refund requests must
be post marked by September 1, 1994.
Cocktail Reception, continental breakfasts, lunches, breaks and the Program
Proceedings are included in the registration fee. Transportation to
off-site events, including the banquet, will be provided.
A Banquet on Saturday evening will be $35 per person. Guests are
welcome at both the reception and banquet. The conference banquet will
feature a dinner, dancing and sight-seeing cruise aboard the Majestic
River Boat on Pittsburgh's three rivers.
_______________________________
For further information contact:
MRCAS '94 Symposium
Center for Orthopaedic Research
Shadyside Medical Center, Suite 309
5200 Center Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232 USA
Phone: (412) 623-2673 FAX: (412) 623-4333
e-mail joan@ortho.ssh.cor.edu
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REGISTRATION FORM
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Name
Address
Phone
Fax
e-mail
Enclosed is my check in U.S. funds made payable to:
Shadyside Hospital, CME Restricted Fund.
$275
$325 after August 15, 1994
$200 for Student/Residents/Fellows (with letter from Dept. Head)
$250 after August15, 1994
$35 Closing Banquet Cruise per person
Is someone accompanying you to the conference that would be interested
in day trips or tours? (Yes/No) Further information will be forwarded
to you upon registration.
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MRCAS '94 Symposium
Center for Orthopaedic Research
Shadyside Medical Center, Suite 309
5200 Center Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232 USA
Phone: (412) 623-2673 FAX: (412) 623-4333
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