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Today's Topics:
Hausdorff distance-based matching code available.
VMEbus hardware for sale
Survey: parallel processing accelerator
Person Identification System using eyes iris
CALL FOR PAPERS: KRUSE Symposium (Knowledge Retrieval, Use and Storage
Announcing Photonex 94 Conference
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Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1994 17:22:12 -0400
From: William Rucklidge <wjr@cs.cornell.edu>
Subject: Hausdorff distance-based matching code available.
The source code to the Hausdorff distance model-based recognition code
that Dan Huttenlocher and I (and others) have developed is now
available. It is in ftp.cs.cornell.edu:pub/wjr/Hausdorff.tar.gz
(you'll need GNU zip to uncompress it). This system performs matching
based on binary images, typically dense images like Canny edges,
quickly and reliably.
This code implements the systems described in
D.P. Huttenlocher, G.A. Klanderman, and W.J. Rucklidge,
"Comparing images using the Hausdorff distance.", IEEE Transactions on
Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 15(9):850-863, September 1993.
and
D.P. Huttenlocher and W.J. Rucklidge,
"A multi-resolution technique for comparing images using the Hausdorff
distance", Proc. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pages 705-706,
1993.
and in my Ph.D. thesis, "Efficient Computation of the Minimum Hausdorff
Distance for Visual Recognition", Cornell University. This thesis will soon
be available as a Technical Report from the Department of Computer Science,
Cornell University; see the URL http://cs-tr.cs.cornell.edu/ for
information about how to get the TR via the Web.
William Rucklidge wjr@cs.cornell.edu
"You know, you can save a lot off your power bill by just taping a Budget
Gourmet dinner to the side of the computer monitor" - Mike Jittlov
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Date: 12 Sep 1994 17:52:43 -0400
From: soucy@mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Gilbert Soucy)
Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines
Subject: VMEbus hardware for sale
We have some vme cards for sale. Follows a brief description of the cards with
the price expected. A more detailed description can be obtained via e-mail on
request. Please send offer and/or questions by e-mail to soucy@cim.mcgill.edu
MANUFACTURER CARD QTY PRICE EXPECTATION
(canadian $)
Datacube Max-View Color D/A 1 $ 1000
Datacube Max-View Memory 3 $ 4500
Datacube Max-Scan Frame Grabber 1 $ 1000
Datacube Digicolor 1 $ 1200
Datacube MAX-MUX 1 $ 400
Datacube ProtoMax MKII 1 $ 400
Wind River Systems VX-WORKS OS 1 $ 3200
VMIC VMEbus repeater 2 $ 3500
E.P.S. VMEbus Cardcage 1 $ 2000
--> NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED <--
Gilbert Soucy Centre for Intelligent Machines
soucy@cim.mcgill.edu Computer Vision and Robotics Lab
Tel: (514) 398-8205 McGill University, McConnell Bldg #403,
Fax: (514) 398-7348 Montreal, H3A 3A7, CANADA
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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 12:56:51 GMT
From: Zahid Hussain <Zahid.Hussain@brunel.ac.uk>
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
Subject: Survey: parallel processing accelerator
Hi,
I hope you can spare a little time with a survey on parallel
processing accelerator board for image process, computer vision,
computer graphics and visualisation I am conducting.
The specification of accelerator modules (hardware and software) based
on massively parallel processing technologies is considered for a
variety of applications in image processing and computer graphics. It is
envisaged that the modules will offer flexible interfaces that allow them
to be used with workstation and PC environments.
To specify and design such accelerator modules responsive to the
user requirements, some feed back from potential users is required.
For this I request your help.
Instead of posting the questionnaire to this newsgroup in an ASCII
form (I personally find it very difficult to fill in such form) I
have created the questionnaire using HTML and can be accessed using
WWW. So to complete the questionnaire, please point your URL to
<A HREF="http://http2.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~eesrzzh2/survey.html>Survey</A>
Your help with this project is most appreciated.
Regards,
Zahid.
Dr Zahid Hussain URL: http://http2.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~eesrzzh2
Research Fellow, Dept of Electrical Engineering
Brunel University E-mail: Zahid.Hussain@brunel.ac.uk
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH Tel: +44 (0)895 274000 x2227
England, UK Fax: +44 (0)895 258728
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 94 12:08:27 +0300
From: Algimantas Malickas <Malickas@exv1.elnet.lt>
Organization: Exver UAB
Subject: Person Identification System using eyes iris
I am working in the field of image processing and recognition.
We created person identification system EIS, that automatically
identificates a person by the eye's iris with high reliability.
Some informations about EIS:
1.Recognition time of eye (using PC 486 DX 2 computer) - 5 second;
2.Probability of erroneous recognition < 0.000001% (using one eye),
< 0.000000000001% (using two eyes)
3.Eye iris recognition >97%.
(3% is not recognised through winking, moving of pupil, e.g. due to incorrect
actions of user. In this case procedure of the recognition must be repeated).
We are seeking for persons, which are interesting in this problem too.
If You have some interest in our system, we will be able to send You
more informations.
We would be very thankful to get Your opinion about our system.
With great respect Algimantas Malickas
E-mail: Malickas@exv1.elnet.lt
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Date: 12 Sep 1994 19:16:36 +1000
From: ged@cs.rmit.oz.au (Gerard Ellis)
Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS: KRUSE Symposium (Knowledge Retrieval, Use and Storage
Summary: scalable knowledge bases
Keywords: knowledge retrieval, storage, efficiency
CALL FOR PAPERS
International KRUSE Symposium
___ Knowledge Retrieval, Use, and Storage for Efficiency ___
University of California, Santa Cruz
August 11-13 1995
IMPORTANT DATES
submission postmark deadline February 13, 1995
notification of acceptance April 12, 1995
camera-ready copy June 12, 1995
THEME
The symposium will provide a forum for exploring current research in
artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and databases that pertains
to the organization, encoding and retrieval of logical and complex
objects. The symposium will draw together researchers from diverse
disciplines as well as practitioners engaged in developing real
object-oriented term classification systems. Mathematical and
Graph-Theoretic approaches will be favoured over those approaches based
on analogy with human cognitive processes, though mathematical
discussions of such processes will be appropriate. The basic questions
to be addressed include
o classification of objects in a taxonomy: systemic classification,
semantic indexing, partial-order sorting, description identification,
and taxonomy maintenance.
o efficient order, lattice, graph, and code theoretic operations on objects:
subsumption, generalization, specialization, least common generalization,
and greatest common specialization.
o advanced uses of taxonomies: knowledge compression, knowledge compilation,
and knowledge evolution.
o using classified knowledge: classification as problem solving,
classification as constraint satisfaction, and exploiting abstraction.
o scalable techniques for large object databases
o integration of data and knowledge base technologies
The symposium will maintain a balance between theoretical issues and
descriptions of implemented systems providing a balance between theory and
practice. The focus of the symposium is on efficiency of retrieval, use
and storage.
AUTHORS' INFORMATION
Papers may not exceed 15 pages. Shorter, substantive papers are
welcome. Authors are requested to submit five (5) copies of their
paper. Alternatively, electronic submissions of papers (postscript
output) are encouraged.
Authors are further requested to attach title pages to their
submissions bearing their names, addresses, telephone numbers, FAX
numbers and e-mail addresses. In addition, authors are asked to
include abstracts of approximately twenty (20) lines with each paper,
and a list of short phrases descriptive of the content.
Papers must be postmarked on or before Monday February 13, 1995.
Address: KRUSE
c/o Gerard Ellis
Computer Science Dept.
RMIT
GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, VIC 3001
Australia
email: ged@cs.rmit.edu.au ph:61-3-660-5090 fax:61-3-662-1617
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Veronica Dahl (Co-Chair) Gerard Ellis, RMIT (Program Chair)
Director, Logic and Functionall Computer Science Dept.
Programming Group Royal Melbourne Univ of Technology
Professor, Computing Sciences Dept. GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC 3001
Simon Fraser University Australia
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 CANADA
veronica@cs.sfu.ca ged@cs.rmit.edu.au
Phone (604) 291-3372 Phone: 61-3-660-5090
Fax (604) 291-3045 Fax: 61-3-662-1617
Andrew Fall (Co-Chair) Robert Levinson (Local Arrangements Chair)
School of Computing Science Dept. of Computer & Information Sciences
Simon Fraser University 229 Applied Sciences Building
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 CANADA University of California
fall@cs.sfu.ca Santa Cruz, CA 95064 U.S.A.
Phone: (604) 291-4302 levinson@cis.ucsc.edu
Fax: (604) 291-3045 Phone: (408) 429-2087
Fax: 459-4829
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Mohan Ahuja (USA) Robert Levinson (USA)
Hassan Ait-Kaci (Canada) Patrick Lincoln (USA)
Franz Baader (Germany) Robert MacGregor (USA)
Yves Caseau (France) Deborah McGuinness (USA)
Darrell Conklin (Canada) Guy Mineau (Canada)
Veronica Dahl (Canada) Werner Nutt (Germany)
Francesco Donini (Italy) Peter Patel-Schneider (USA)
Gerard Ellis (Australia) Raghu Ramakrishnan (USA)
Andrew Fall (Canada) Manfred Schmidt-Schauss (Germany)
Brian Gaines (Canada) James Schmolze (USA)
Jim Hendler (USA) Gert Smolka (Germany)
Fritz Lehmann (USA) Leon Sterling (USA)
Maurizio Lenzerini (Italy)
SYMPOSIUM LOCATION
The symposium will be held at the University of California, Santa Cruz
in a redwood forest in the Santa Cruz mountains. The university and
conference facilities are retreat style with housing available in
family-style apartments residing on the campus. The university is well
serviced by buses to downtown Santa Cruz. The campus, just 10 minutes
from the oceanside, overlooks Monterey Bay, the popular surfing
beaches, and you can watch the eagles soar from the Birds of Prey
sanctuary which forms part of the campus. Santa Cruz is approximately
a 90 minute bus ride from San Francisco Airport and about 45 minutes
from San Jose.
Gerard Ellis ged@cs.rmit.edu.au ph:61-3-660-5090 FAX:61-3-662-1617 Rm:10.9.11
Computer Science Dept, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, AUSTRALIA
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Date: Thu, 08 Sep 94 09:38:05 +0100
From: M.Mirmehdi@ee.surrey.ac.uk
Subject: Announcing Photonex 94 Conference
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
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Photonex '94 Conference and Tutorials on
'Implementing Optics in Measurement, Monitoring and Control -
Practical Solutions for Industry'
The Programme and Booking Form for the third Photonex event,
which is being held at the Kettering Arena, Kettering,
Northamptonshire, UK on 19-20 October, is now available from the
Conference Organiser. The two-day event incorporates an
exhibition, a conference on the theme: 'Implementing Optics in
Measurement, Monitoring and Control - Practical Solutions for
Industry' and several half-day tutorials.
Historically optical technologies have been considered for
off-line applications, typically in the laboratory. Now,
however, "the availability of compact, robust, high quality
optical systems means that precision optical measurements are no
longer confined to the laboratory", says Dr D J Westland, ERA
Technology. "Nowadays, optical technologies provide real-time
condition monitoring and quality checking on the production
line, providing high yields and reduced production costs".
In addition to developments in optical component design and
manufacture leading to increased performance and reliability,
advances in enabling technologies, such as image processing,
have resulted in a strong demand for the benefits of optical
technologies to be exploited in industry. In support of this, R
J Smith, ERA Technology, comments that "the trend for increasing
performance and falling costs in camera and processor
technology, will bring more sophisticated applications of image
processing within the reach of industry".
Now is the time to be looking to optical technologies to provide
practical solutions for industry.
The Conference
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The 'Implementing Optics in Measurement, Monitoring and Control
- Practical Solutions for Industry' programme focuses on
optical developments in industry and includes presentations,
with case studies, describing how optical technologies are being
integrated with existing electrical, mechanical and electronic
systems. The following areas are specifically addressed:
on-line condition monitoring, safety issues for optics in
industrial environments, applications of laser and optical fibre
systems, surface and 3-D inspection, machine control and the
need for standardisation. The conference will also examine
developments in optical techniques and how integrating optics
can help achieve business objectives. The programme includes
papers form Lucas Control Systems, Erwin Sick GmbH, Pepperl &
Fuchs Ltd, Cambridge Consultants Ltd, NIRSystems Inc, NAC Europe
and British United Shoe Machinery Ltd. The Programme and
Booking Form is now available from the Conference Organiser.
The Tutorials
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Programme and Booking Form also includes details about the
four half-day tutorials. The first is being presented by Dr T J
Hall, King's College London, and is entitled, 'Optical
information processing'. Neural Technologies Ltd is presenting
the second tutorial on 'Neural networks and sensors: technology
and industrial applications', whilst the third is on 'Vibration
measurement using laser technology' and is being presented by
Professor N A Halliwell, Loughborough University of Technology.
The fourth tutorial topic is 'Materials processing using
industrial lasers' and will be presented by Dr P A Hilton, The
Laser Centre, The Welding Institute. Full details regarding the
content of each tutorial is available from the Conference
Organiser.
The Exhibition
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The major manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of
opto-electronics, laser devices, components and systems will be
present at the two-day exhibition. Free Exhibition Visitor
tickets are now available from the Exhibition Organiser.
Conference Details: contact Miss Delia Wiley, Conference
Organiser, at ERA Technology Ltd, Cleeve Road, Leatherhead,
Surrey, KT22 7SA, UK; tel: +44 (0) 372 367000 ext 2488; fax: +44
(0) 372 377927.
Exhibition Details: contact Robin Parker, Exhibition Organiser,
at Mobilex Exhibition Services, Sitex House, Station Road,
Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 2PR, UK; tel: +44 (0) 932 842852; fax:
+44 (0) 932 821663
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