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Today's Topics:
Q&A: Problem with Real-time Framegrabbers for PentiumII
Q&A: Textbooks on visual perception, for intro grad course
Q&A: Pentium 200 vs. Pentium Pro vs. Pentium II
Q&A: Linearized collinearity equations for frame camera resection
Q&A: Neural morphometry, modeling and simulation
Help for Digital Image Processing
JOB: Univ. of Missouri, Visiting Assistant Professor
JOB: U. Oxford, Postgraduate Position
JOB: Utrecht University, Post-doc image retrieval
CFP: Workshop on Content-based Access
CFP: IEEE Intern. WS on Model-Based 3D Image Analysis
CFP: WS on Recent Advances in Computer Vision
CFP: IEA-98-AIE INTL CONFERENCE
CFP: Preliminary Program IAIF'97, Adelaide, Australia
BIBLIO: New Book
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From: Dave Kosiba <kosiba@praja.com>
Organization: Praja
Subject: Q&A: Problem with Real-time Framegrabbers for PentiumII
Hi all,
Here's my situation. Hope you all can help me on this.
The start-up company I work for is getting into alot of real-time
video processing on the PC platform. Currently we are working on
Pentium II 266 systems (with the 440FX Natoma chipset), 64MB RAM and
about 6GB of hard disk, running either/or Windows 95/ NT 4.0.
We are currently using a Matrox Meteor RGB Framegrabber. The problem
is that under NT, whatever programs I have running using the
framegrabber, the whole computer will just up and freeze for no
reason. This doesn't seem to happen under 95, but I haven't tested it
extensively yet. This even happens with the sample programs direct
from Matrox.
Now, after a back-and-forth email discussion with Matrox tech support,
I found out that the standard Meteor is not meant for either Pentium
Pro or Pentium II systems. For these systems, Matrox has a Meteor PPB
model. Unfortunately, this model is not scheduled to be released
until September this year (if it stays on schedule).
Now, I have also looked into Data Translation's new Mach series DT3153
PCI Color Framegrabber. But unfortunately, I have been unable to
contact their west coast sales rep to get more info.
So here's my question(s): Has anybody else run into the same problem
with a Matrox Meteor on a Pentium II system? Has anyone had any
experience with Data Translations Mach series framegrabbers? Or is
anyone using any other framegrabber that does real-time transfers to
system memory?
Thanks for your help,
Dave Kosiba
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From: Jonathan Marshall <marshall@cs.unc.edu>
Subject: Q&A: Textbooks on visual perception, for intro grad course
Dear Colleagues,
Four years ago I solicited recommendations from you for textbooks for
an introductory graduate-level course on visual perception. Many of
you responded, and I posted a compilation of your recommendations.
The compilation can be viewed at
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~marshall/viscrs-bks-93.html
Now I would like to update the list. I'm collecting new
recommendations for books that have appeared since January 1993. If
you have any suggestions, please send them to me at
marshall@cs.unc.edu by August 15. I will post the new list, and I
will send you a copy. Thanks a lot!
Best,
Jonathan A. Marshall marshall@cs.unc.edu
Dept. of Computer Science http://www.cs.unc.edu/~marshall
CB 3175, Sitterson Hall
Univ. of North Carolina Office +1-919-962-1887
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175, USA Fax +1-919-962-1799
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From: Julio ENCISO <jenciso@iai.csic.es>
Organization: Instituto Automatica Industrial
Subject: Q&A: Pentium 200 vs. Pentium Pro vs. Pentium II
My question is: When working in vision applications and image
processing, how much better is the Pentium Pro processor in face of
the Pentium 200 MHz processor? And the Pentium II? Thanks for any
reponse.
Julio ENCISO, Engineer Research
http://www.iai.csic.es
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From: Fergal Shevlin <fshevlin@maths.tcd.ie>
Subject: Q&A: Linearized collinearity equations for frame camera resection
Hello,
I've written an implementation in mathematica which solves for the
three positional and three rotational exterior orientation parameters,
and three gcp coordinate adjustments. However I don't think I'm
handling the gcp adjustments correctly at each iteration. I'd
appreciate if I could have a look at someone else's implementation, in
any language. If anybody wants a copy of mine then get in touch.
Thanks,
Fergal Shevlin Phone: +353-1-6081209 Fax: 6772204
Dept. of Computer Science http://www.cs.tcd.ie/
Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. Fergal.Shevlin@cs.tcd.ie
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From: "Luciano da F.Costa" <LUCIANO@ifqsc.sc.usp.br>
Subject: Q&A: Neural morphometry, modeling and simulation
Dear Friends,
Our group has been involved with neural morphometry and modeling using
image analysis techniques and would dearly appreciate to know about
the following possibilities:
1. Obtaining bitmap or traced (e.g. Eutectic) representations
of neural cells;
2. Receiving histological slides containing neural cells
marked for dendritic arborizations;
3. Receiving reprints of works dealing on neuromorphometry
and neural modeling.
The materials in 1 and 2 would be used for validating our techniques,
in such a way that it would also be nice if we were allowed to include
some of these data in eventual publications.
In addition to fully acknowledging the source of every data, we also
have to offer possibilities for collaboration. Our work include
analysis of spatial coverage through fractal dimensions, normal
fields, curvature, wavelets, and other new measures; multiscale
representation and characterization of neural cells; growing of 2D and
3D neural cells (by computer graphics and computer theoretical
approaches); classification of neural cells by using clustering,
statistics, and neural networks; linear an non-linear modeling and
simulation of neural structures; automatic and assisted extraction of
dendrograms; and Windows'95-based applicatives for visual inspection
of micrographs.
We would also be glad to supply reprints of the publications
below. Please use the number within "[]" in your request, and
be limited to about half-a-dozen items, since we rely on limited
resources.
We thank you in advance for your attention.
Yours ever,
Luciano da Fontoura Costa
Coordinator - Cybernetic Vision Research Group
DFI-IFSC, University of Sao Paulo,
Caixa Postal 369, Sao Carlos, SP 13560-970 Brazil
FAX: +55 162 71 3616
e-mail: luciano@ifqsc.sc.usp.br
URL: http://www.ifqsc.sc.usp.br/visao/group/members/luciano/luciano.htm
[ Poster list of his 17 references omitted for brevity. Please email
to luciano@ifqsc.sc.usp.br for further information. phil... ]
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From: quique@roble.usal.es
Subject: Help for Digital Image Processing
Hello world !!!!
We are searching for information about this problem:
We have one camera in the street (focusing to a zebra-pass) and we
want to study the behaviour of the people crossing the zebra-pass. We
would like information about the digital image processing for such
kind of images.
Thank you very much:
Enrique Cabello Pardos
Universidad de Salamanca, Facultad de Ciencias
Plaza de la Merced s/n, 37008 Salamanca SPAIN
Phone: Int. + 34 - 23 - 29 44 50 (Ext 1513)
FAX: Int. + 34 - 23 - 2945 84
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From: sanjiv@aryabhat.cs.umsl.edu (Sanjiv K. Bhatia)
Subject: JOB: Univ. of Missouri, Visiting Assistant Professor
Organization: Math & Computer Science, University of Missouri - St. Louis
JOB: Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
University of Missouri -- St. Louis
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
The Department of Mathematics & Computer Science has an immediate
opening for a Visiting Assistant Professor position in Computer
Science. Duties include research and teaching 2-3 courses per
semester. Particular attention will be paid to candidates whose
research area overlaps with those currently in the department.
Candidates for this position must have a Ph.D. and show strong
research potential and teaching skills. Senior faculty on sabbatical
will also be considered.
The University of Missouri is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer committed to excellence through diversity. Review of
applications will begin immediately and will continue until the
positions is filled. Send resume and arrange to have at least three
letters of reference sent to:
R. Balbes, Chair
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
University of Missouri -- St. Louis
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
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From: Andrew Glennerster <andrew.glennerster@physiol.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: JOB: U. Oxford, Postgraduate Position
University of Oxford
University Laboratory of Physiology
Postgraduate Research Assistant
Academic-related research staff grade 1B: Salary 15,159 - 16,927
Applications are invited for a one year postgraduate position funded
by the MRC to start 1 September 1997. The aim of the project is to
integrate a set of images of a scene, taken with a calibrated camera
from several vantage points, to form a single representation that
includes information about visual direction, viewing distance, local
surface slant and relative depth but which does not require the
calculation of 3-D co-ordinates (photogrammetry). Research in the
group is on neurophysiological, psychophysical and computational
aspects of 3-D vision. The post would provide suitable training for a
candidate intending to pursue vision research at a doctoral level.
Applicants should have a degree in maths, computer science,
engineering, physiology, psychology or a related area. Informal
enquiries can be made to Dr. Andrew Glennerster (01865 272555) or by
e-mail to andrew.glennerster@physiol.ox.ac.uk.
A letter of application, including curriculum vitae and the names and
addresses of two referees should be sent to the Assistant
Administrator, University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford
OX1 3PT. The closing date for applications is 18 August 1997.
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From: Remco Veltkamp <Remco.Veltkamp@cs.ruu.nl>
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computing Science
Subject: JOB: Utrecht University, Post-doc image retrieval
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Status: R
At Utrecht University is available a
Post-doc position in shape matching
Amis (Advanced Multimedia Indexing and Searching) is a research
project funded by the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research. The
purpose of the project is to make multimedia information accessible
through content-based retrieval, so that images, video, and audio can
be searched by means of a description or an example. Where Altavista
and Lycos are search engines for textual information on the Web, the
AMIS project will develop reliable and powerful searching mechanisms
for pictorial information. This project is a collaborative effort of
four universities in The Netherlands.
At Utrecht University, Department of Computer Science, there is a
vacancy for a post-doc position for 3 years. The post-doc will develop
reliable and efficient algorithms and datastructures for image retrieval
based on shape matching. Apart from theoretical analyses, also practical
implementations must be developed for the experimental verification
of the approach. The algorithms and datastructures will be tested on
a platform containing one million images.
The successful candidate is a PhD in computer science or related
discipline, and has experience in algorithmic geometry. The salary is
dependent on the applicant's experience, according to standard scales,
with a minimum of Dfl 4856,- per month. For more information please
contact Remco Veltkamp, tel. +31 30 2534091, fax +31 30 2513791,
email Remco.Veltkamp@cs.ruu.nl.
Applications must be sent within two weeks to:
Remco Veltkamp | email: Remco.Veltkamp@cs.ruu.nl
| phone: +31-30-2534091
Dept. Computing Science | fax: +31-30-2513791
Utrecht University |
Padualaan 14 | P.O. Box 80089
3584 CH Utrecht | 3508 TB Utrecht
The Netherlands | The Netherlands
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From: Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood <stf@wrc.xerox.com>
Subject: CFP: Workshop on Content-based Access
******* CALL FOR PAPERS *******
IEEE International Workshop on Content-based
Access of Image and Video Databases
(In conjunction with ICCV'98)
Bombay, India
January 1, 1998
Research in computer vision, image processing, and databases is
converging towards handling multimedia content in databases. The
fundamental issues in the design of multimedia databases revolve
around fast and robust selection of multimedia data containing an
answer to a visual content query. The performance of
image-content-based access is affected by issues that impact the
design of an entire multimedia database system such as multimedia
feature extraction, data representation, organization, query
formulation and search. While automatic methods of database creation
are desirable, human intervention is preferred in acquiring
incremental specifications of a query and in providing user feedback
for evaluating the results of a query. New database design frameworks
are needed that combine visual information with more traditional
database information to respond to queries. Finally, realistic
evaluation criteria are needed for testing the efficiency and accuracy
of content-based access on image and video databases of realistic size
in domains of interest.
The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers in
computer vision, image processing, database and other communities,
addressing the above-mentioned issues towards developing robust and
computationally effective content-based search of multimedia
databases. Original papers are solicited that address topics for image
and video data that include the following:
1. Feature extraction and representation
2. Data organization
3. Query localization and recognition
4. Query formulation
5. Search and browsing
6. Database systems and their evaluation.
Submissions should be limited to a length of 15 double-spaced pages,
incuding figures and references. Send four copies of the complete,
blind manuscript and a cover sheet stating the (1) title (2) name and
address of authors, and (3) a brief summary describing originality,
importance, relation to other work, and its overall usefulness, to:
Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood
Xerox Webster Research Center
128-29E, 800 Phillips Rd.
Webster, NY 14580.
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: Aug. 8,1997
Acceptance Notification: Sept. 18,1997
Camera-ready Papers: Oct. 20,1997
The workshop will be held in Bombay, India, before ICCV '98. Papers
submitted will be reviewed by the program committee, and the proceedings
will be available at the workshop. Further information about the workshop
can be found at: http://www.ctr.columbia.edu/~sfchang/cbiv98/workshop.html
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood (Xerox), Chair
Ramesh Jain (UCSD)
Linda Shapiro (UWashington)
Shih-Fu Chang (Columbia)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Ingemar Cox (NEC Research)
Alfredo DelBimbo (UFirenze, Italy)
Takeo Kanade (CMU)
Amarnath Gupta (Virage)
Anil Jain (Michigan State)
Tom Huang (Urbana)
B.S. Manjunath (UC, Santa Barbara)
Rakesh Mohan (IBM,TJWatson)
Raymond Ng (British Columbia)
Rosalind Picard (MIT)
Harpreet Sawhney (Sarnoff)
Michael Swain (Chicago, DEC)
Murat Tekalp (URochester)
HongJiang Zhang (HP Labs)
SPONSORED BY:
IEEE
IEEE Computer Society
Technical Committee on PAMI
Xerox Corporation
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From: Gerard Subsol <Gerard.Subsol@sophia.inria.fr>
Subject: CFP: IEEE Intern. WS on Model-Based 3D Image Analysis
IEEE International Workshop on
MODEL-BASED 3D IMAGE ANALYSIS
(in conjunction with ICCV'98)
January 3, 1998
Bombay, India
CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline Friday, 29 August 1997 -
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Co-chairs:
Dr. Elisabeth Cuchet, GE, Bangalore, India
Dr. Girard Subsol, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France
Scientific Board
Prof. Raj Acharya, SUNY-Buffalo, USA
Prof. Nicholas Ayache, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France
Prof. Michael Brady, Oxford University, United-Kingdom
Prof. Guido Gerig, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Girard Medioni, University of South California, United States
Prof. Dimitris Metaxas, University of Pennsylvania, United States
Prof. Alex Pentland, MIT, Cambridge, United-States
Prof. Jean Ponce, University of Illinois, United States
Prof. Daniel Thalmann, EPFL, Switzerland
Program Committee (to be defined by the Scientific Board)
PRESENTATION
These last years have seen the multiplication of 3D images due to the
development and improvement of new acquisition devices (CT-Scan, MR,
3D ultrasound, confocal microscopy, seismic imagery, Cyberware range
laser, etc.) in several application fields (medicine, molecular
biology, geology, industry, paleontology, etc.). Such 3D images are
very large, difficult to interact with, and contain very complex
non-polyhedral structures. In order to obtain precise and reliable
results within a reasonable computation time, 3D image processing
algorithms are very often based on "models", i.e., simplified and
synthetic representations of complex entities.
This workshop will be an opportunity to gather people from different fields
(Computer Vision, Medical Imaging, Industry, etc.) to present their research
and results, to exchange ideas, and to discuss model-based 3D image analysis.
There are three main axes for the workshop:
* Design of a model. What to model? Mathematical formulations? How to
infer model parameters from a database?
Geometry Modeling
Shape Modeling
Physical Modeling
Mechanical Modeling
Motion/Deformation Modeling
Morphometric Tools
Atlas Construction
Deformable Models
Virtual Worlds
...
* Utilization of a model. How to use the model to represent structures as
well as their properties?
Model-Based Segmentation
Model-Based Matching and Tracking
Model-Guided Registration
Physical Simulation
Morphometric Analysis
Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
...
* Applications. Examples of concrete implementations of model-based 3D
image analysis.
Medicine (representation of anatomical knowledge, planning, assisted diagnosis, surgery simulation, etc)
Molecular Biology (3D substructure matching of proteins, etc)
Geology (extraction of rifts in seismic images, etc)
Industry (non destructive control quality, reverse engineering, etc)
Paleontology (study of fossil evolution, etc)
...
The workshop will be composed of 16 oral presentations of 20-minutes and a key
note talk given by an authoritative person of the field. Texts of presentations
will be published in proceedings that will be available for the workshop.
################################################################################
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Paper submission will be in the definitive format of publication in proceedings:
* 8 pages including figures and references.
* IEEE conference style (print area of 17.5 cm wide by 22.53 cm high,
2 columns, 10-point Times font, single spaced). (Latex style is available from
the Web page).
* in addition, a summary page describing originality, importance,
relation to other work should be included.
The papers will be reviewed by 3 people from the Program Committee.
5 copies of papers must be sent to one of the two co-chairs before Friday, 29
August.
Dr. Girard Subsol
Projet EPIDAURE INRIA
2004, route des Lucioles
BP 93 06902 SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS Cedex
FRANCE
Dr. Elisabeth Cuchet
Hulkul Residency, F5
81, Lavelle Road
560001 BANGALORE
INDIA
Deadline for paper submission: Friday, 29 August 1997
Acceptation notification: Friday, 3 October 1997
Definitive paper reception: Friday, 31 October 1997
For any information, please consult the Web page at:
http://www.inria.fr/epidaure/personnel/subsol/MB3IA/mb3ia.html
or mail to Dr. Girard Subsol <Gerard.Subsol@sophia.inria.fr>.
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From: Mubarak Shah <shah@cs.ucf.edu>
Subject: CFP: WS on Recent Advances in Computer Vision
WORKSHOP ON RECENT ADVANCES IN COMPUTER VISION
Karachi, Pakistan
January 1--2, 1998
(Before ICCV-98)
CALL FOR PAPERS
The program will consists of invited and submitted papers on
Computer Vision, including but not restricted to the
following topics:
*Motion-Based Recognition *Motion Analysis *Face Recognition
*Gesture Recognition *Active Vision *Edge Detection
*Parallel Computer Vision *Image Coding *Medical Image Processing
*Neural Networks for Vision *Image Databases
*Hardware Implementations for Vision
Submit three copies of extended abstract (not more than 10 pages) by
October 1, 1997 to either of the following:
Prof. Mubarak Shah Dr. Abbas Ali Naqvi
Computer Science Department Department of Electronics
University of Central Florida Quaid-e-Azam University
Orlando, FL 32816, USA Islamabad, PAKISTAN
(shah@sono.cs.ucf.edu) (abasali@paknet1.ptc.pk)
Chair, Local Arrangements:
Professor Javaid R. Laghari
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of
Science and Technology (SZABIST)
90 Clifton
Karachi, PAKISTAN
(laghari@biruni.erum.com.pk
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From: IEA-98-AIE <iea98@titan.inf.uji.es>
Organization: Universitat Jaume I
Subject: CFP: IEA-98-AIE INTL CONFERENCE
Call for Papers
11th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON
INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & EXPERT SYSTEMS
IEA-98-AIE
New Methodologies, Knowledge Modeling and Hybrid Techniques
Hotel Intur Orange, Benicassim, Castellon, Spain
June 1-4, 1998
Sponsored by:
International Society of Applied Intelligence
Universidad Jaume-I de Castellon
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED), Madrid
In Cooperation with:
AAAI, ACM/SIGART, ECCAI, AEPIA, CSCSI, IEE,
IM&C, INNS/SIG, JSAI and SWT
For more information you can visit our web site:
http://titan.inf.uji.es/IEA98/
IEA/AIE-98
The 11th International Conference on Industrial & Engineering
Applications of Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems, will take
place in Benicassim, Castellon (Spain), June 1-4, 1998. This annual
conference on applied Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge
Based Systems (KBS) in industrial and engineering environments was
first held in Tennessee and then subsequently in South Carolina,
Hawaii, Paderborn (Germany), Edinburgh, Austin (Texas),
Melbourne (Australia) and, finally, in Fukuoka (Japan'96) and Atlanta
('97). Now, it visits Spain for the first time.
On this occasion the conference will focus on methodological aspects
in the development of KBS's, knowledge modeling and hybrid techniques
that integrate the symbolic and connectionist perspectives in
industrial applications of AI. Papers will be accepted either for
oral presentation or for poster sessions. All papers will be
published in full length.
PROCEEDINGS The Proceedings will be published in time for
distribution at the conference as a volume of the Springer Lecture
Notes in Artificial Intelligence.
SCOPE
The IEA/AIE-98 Program Committee recognizes the complexity of the
real industrial world. To advance the applied perspective of AI we
need to examine the characteristics of the scenarios in which generic
tasks (such as identification, monitoring, diagnosis, prediction;
repair, control, supervision; design and planning) are found to be
adequate to the development of KBS's; then, more emphasis is needed
on methodology for the phases of development (knowledge modeling,
reduction process, development environments and prototype
implementation) and techniques (symbolic, connectionist or hybrid).
Finally, we need to evaluate the results using "real test-bed" and
refine again by means of learning. The essential aim of this
perspective for the 11th IEA/AIE conference is to reduce the distance
between the techniques for modeling and design of KBS's and the
engineering procedures normally employed in the analytic and
algorithmic perspectives of continuous and discrete systems theory.
INVITED SPEAKERS
The following invited speakers have confirmed their willingness to
participate in the conference:
Prof. Michael Brady Oxford University. Associate Editor of the
Artificial Intelligence journal.
Prof. Bob J. Wielinga University of Amsterdam. Developer of KADS
modeling paradigm.
Prof. Roberto Moreno Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Director of the International Computer
Science Research Center.
TOPICS
1. Methodological Aspects
1.1 Knowledge modeling
1.2 KBS development methods and tools
1.3 KADS related approaches
1.4 Reverse engineering
2. Formal Tools
2.1 Analytic and logic models
2.2 Fuzzy knowledge representation and inference
2.3 Uncertainty and causal reasoning tools
2.4 Bayesian networks
2.5 Qualitative reasoning
2.6 Neural networks
2.7 Genetic algorithms & genetic programming
2.8 Object oriented formulations
2.9 Hybridization techniques
3. Generic Tasks of Analysis in IEA/AIE
3.1 Computer vision, intelligent sensors and multisensor
perception
3.2 Speech recognition
3.3 Natural Language Understanding
3.4 System identification
3.5 Monitoring
3.6 Heuristic and connectionist classification
3.7 Fault diagnosis
3.8 Predictive models
3.9 Design recovery
4. Synthesis Tasks in IEA/AIE
4.1 CAD/CAM functionalities
4.2 Spatial, temporal and spatio-temporal planning and scheduling
4.3 Robotic manipulators
4.4 Incremental design
4.5 System configuration
5. Modification Tasks
5.1 Knowledge-based control systems
5.2 Intelligent supervision
5.3 Communication systems (modems-codecs, network management and
digital communications)
5.4 Fault tolerant and self-repair systems
5.5 Predictive and model-based control systems
5.6 Visuo-motor coordination
5.7 Real time in AI applications (architectures, tools and case
studies)
5.8 Perceptual robotics
6. Machine Learning
6.1 Inductive and deductive strategies
6.2 Analogy and case-based learning
6.3 Multistrategy and hybrid formulations
6.4 Learning in neural nets (supervised and non-supervised)
6.5 Self organization, synergetics and evolutive optimization
7. Applied AI and KBS's in Specific Domains
7.1 Development environments in KBS's and neural nets
7.2 Knowledge editing tools
7.3 Multimedia
7.4 Human-computer interaction
7.5 Decision support systems
7.6 Tutoring systems
7.7 Exploratory prototypes
7.8 Reports on real applications with significant findings
8. Validation & Evaluation Criteria
8.1 Simulation
8.2 Validation & Verification
8.3 Reliability, validity, acceptance and legal reasons in
different fields of application (aviation, nuclear power
plants, alarms, medicine)
8.4 Benchmarks
8.5 Acceptability
8.6 Explanatory capacity
CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS
The Program Committee is soliciting proposals for invited sessions,
particularly in one of the above theme areas. Prospective organizers
should first contact the Program Co-Chair A.P. del Pobil at
iea98@titan.inf.uji.es, as soon as possible, providing a title for
the invited session and including a brief statement of the purpose
as well as names of prospective authors if available. Each invited
session will consist of four/five papers, if more papers are
submitted, then the session can be split into two ones.
The organizer will be responsible for inviting authors, selecting
the four papers and submitting four copies of each paper to
A.P. del Pobil by November 7, 1997, at the address below. The papers
will be reviewed by only one member of the Program Committee
(contributed papers are reviewed by at least two members). In case an
invited paper is finally not accepted, it will be replaced by a
relevant contributed paper. The organizer will be invited to serve as
Chair for the invited session at the conference and will be granted
a reduced registration fee. Information about current invited
sessions can be found at our web site.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit five copies of papers, double spaced,
written in English, of up to 10 pages, including figures, tables and
references. The format should be A4 or 8 1/2 X 11 inch paper, in a
Roman font, 12 point in size, with a printing area of 15.3 X 24.2 cm2
(6.0 X 9.5 sq. inches). If possible, please make use of the
latex/plaintex style file available in our WWW site. In addition,
one sheet must be attached including: title, authors' names, a list
of five keywords, the topic(s) under which the paper fits the best
(including its code), the preferred presentation (oral or poster),
and the corresponding author information (name, postal and e-mail
address, phone and fax numbers). This page must also be sent by
email to iea98@titan.inf.uji.es before November 7, 1997.
All received papers will be reviewed by the Programme Committee.
Papers will be accepted either for oral presentation or for poster
sessions. All papers will be published in full length. Referees will
be asked to nominate papers for a selected set of relevant
contributions to the field of applied AI. These papers will be
announced at the Conference and all those nominated will be
considered for a post-conference publication in the International
Journal of Applied Intelligence.
Contributions must be sent to the Program Co-Chair Prof. Angel P. del
Pobil, at the address below.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of papers November 7, 1997.
Acceptance notification January 25, 1998.
Camera-ready copy due February 25, 1998.
GENERAL CHAIR
Moonis Ali
Dept. of Computer Science
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos TX 78666-4616 USA
Phone. +1 (512) 245-3409
Fax +1 (512) 245-8750
Email: ma04@swt.edu
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Angel P. del Pobil
IEA/AIE-98 Secretariat
Department of Informatics
Jaume-I University
Campus de Penyeta Roja
E-12071 Castellon, Spain
Fax: 34-64-345.848
Email: iea98@titan.inf.uji.es
<WWW> http://titan.inf.uji.es/IEA98/
Jose Mira Mira
Artificial Intelligence Department,
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia
Senda del Rey, s/n
E- 28040 Madrid, Spain
Fax: + 34-1-398.66.97
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIR
Francisco Toledo Lobo
Department of Informatics
Jaume-I University
Campus de Penyeta Roja
E-12071 Castellon, Spain
Fax: 34-64-345.848
Email: iea98@titan.inf.uji.es
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Frank Anger, NSF, USA
Senen Barro, U Santiago, Spain
Fevzi Belli, U Paderborn, Germany
Patrick Brezillon, CNRS, France
Joan Cabestany, U Polit. Catalunya, Spain
Kai H. Chang, Auburn U, USA
Paul Chung, Loughborough U, UK
Boi Faltings, Laussane FI, Switzerland
Graham Forsyth, DSTO, Australia
Christian Freksa, U Hamburg, Germany
Shuichi Fukuda, Tokio MIT, Japan
Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya U, Japan
Francisco Garijo, Telefonica I+D, Spain
Maria Gini, U Minnesota, USA
Kamal Gupta, Simon Fraser U, Canada
Tim Hendtlass, Swinburne U of T, Australia
Suhan Lee, JPL & USC, USA
Vicente Lopez, IIC, Spain
Yi Lu Murphey, U Michigan-Dbn, USA
Michael Magee, SW Research I, USA
Dario Maravall, U Politec. Madrid, Spain
Roque Marin, U Murcia, Spain
Manton Matthews, U S Carolina, USA
Laszlo Monostori, NTU, Hungary
Roberto Moreno, U Palmas GC, Spain
Setsuo Ohsuga Waseda U, Japan
Juan Pazos, U Politec. Madrid, Spain
Franz Pichler, Johannes Kepler U, Austria
Don Potter, U Georgia, USA
Henri Prade, U Paul Sabatier, France
Alberto Prieto, U Granada, Spain
Alberto M. Segre, U Iowa, USA
Takushi Tanaka, Fukuoka IT, Japan
Monique Thonnat, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France
Louise Trave-Massuyes, LAAS, France
Spyros Tzafestas, NTU Athens, Greece
Bob J. Wielinga, U Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Jose Manuel Inesta, UJI
Pedro Sanz, UJI
Enrique Cervera, UJI
Mar Marcos, UJI
Begoqa Martinez Salvador, UJI
Miguel Perez Francisco, UJI
Gabriel Recatala, UJI
Ana E. Delgado, UNED
Teresa Escrig, UJI
Luis Amable Garcia, UJI
LOCATION
Hotel Intur Orange
Benicassim, Castellon, Spain, June 1-4,1998.
Overlooking the sea, the eternal Mediterranean, Castellon has many
treasures to offer including scenes that make it a destination which
is visited by many tourists throughout year. Benicassim boasts
beaches and impressive mountains, placid sand banks, mountain
waterfalls, shady ravines, and jagged peaks which glisten againts the
clear blue sky. Experienced visitors know that June and September are
the best times to fully enjoy this location.
The Conference site, Hotel Intur Orange, is situated at 250 m. from
the best beach of Benicassim. It offers a new hotel conception with
excellent services and other free time options for your entertainment.
It has 415 rooms with central heating, air conditioning, complete
bathroom, telephone, terrace and satellite television. It also offers
cafeteria, restaurant, swimming pools, gardens, parking, tennis,
football field, mini golf, table tennis, disco and conventions rooms.
Fine shopping and dining possibilities can be found at walking
distance.
Located between Barcelona and Valencia, the province of Castellon
is bathed by the Mediterranean along its 112 km of coastline.
Castellon de la Plana, the capital, is located at 10 Km. from
Benicassim. It is a forward-looking city in which broad, modern
avenues and narrow streets and plazas from yesteryear combine to
form a special atmosphere. A walk around town is a pleasant
experience. On your stroll, you can find many pleasant surprises:
beautiful modernist buildings, modern shops, shady parks and
important Gothic and Renaissance monuments. With its deep cultural
roots, Castellon de la Plana celebrates its history with fiestas and
annual events throughout the year. A look towards the sea confirms
the Mediterranean style of Castellon de la Plana. Its carefully
attended beaches lay on both sides of the port through which a large
amount of exports are shipped each year, accounting for a substantial
part of the provincial economy, based mainly on ceramic tile
manufacturing, agriculture and tourism. The mild climate of the
coastal regions owes much to the sea and the protection from
cold northwest winds provided by the mountains. These two factors
have a decisive influence on the city's mean annual temperature
of 170C., enabling outdoor activities to be practised throughout
the year.
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INFORMATION FORM
The 11th International Conference on Industrial & Engineering
Applications of Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems. IEA-98-AIE.
June 1-4, 1998, Hotel Intur Orange, Benicassim, Castellon, Spain
Please fill out and return as soon as possible to :
Prof. Angel P. del Pobil
Email: iea98@titan.inf.uji.es
[ Form omitted for brevity. Please send email to iea98@titan.inf.uji.es
for registration information and forms. phil...]
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From: IAIF <iaif@cssip.edu.au>
Subject: CFP: Preliminary Program IAIF'97, Adelaide, Australia
International Workshop on
Image Analysis and Information Fusion
(IAIF'97)
6-8 November 1997
Hotel Adelaide, 62 Brougham Place, North Adelaide,
SA 5006, Australia
http://www.cssip.edu.au/Conferences/IAIF/Welcome.html
Host:
Cooperative Research Centre for Sensor Signal and Information
Processing (CSSIP)
Collaborators:
Defence Science and Technology Organization (DSTO)
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) through
IEEE-SA Section
The Preliminary Program
[ Extensive program omitted for brevity. Please see the website
at http://www.cssip.edu.au/Conferences/IAIF/Welcome.html for
further meeting and program information. phil...]
For all inquiries on the technical Program of IAIF'97,
please address to:
IAIF'97 Program Committee
CSSIP, SPRI Building, Technology Park Adelaide
The Levels, SA 5095, Australia
Phone: +61 8 8302 3925
Fax: +61 8 8302 3124.
Email: iaif@cssip.edu.au
For Registration and Accommodation, please contact:
Plevin & Associates Pty Ltd, IAIF'97 Local Organizer
PO Box 54, BurnSide, SA 5066, Australia
Phone: +61 8 8379 8222
Fax: +61 8 8379 8177
Email: plevin@camtech.net.au
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From: Mubarak Shah <shah@cs.ucf.edu>
Subject: BIBLIO: New Book
Motion-Based Recognition
Mubarak Shah Ramesh Jain
Computer Science Department Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Central Florida University of California
Orlando San Diego
Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN 0-7923-4618-1
US:
Kluwer Academic Publishers
101 Philip Drive, Norwell, MA 02061, USA
Europe:
Kluwer Academic Publishers
P.O. Box 322, 3300 AH Dordrecth, The Netherlands
Motion-based recognition deals with the recognition of an object and
or its motion based on motion in a sequence of images. In this
approach, a sequence containing a large number of frames is used to
extract motion information.
The advantage is that a longer sequence leads to recognition of
higher level motions, like walking or running, which consist of a
complex and coordinated series of events Unlike much previous research
in motion, this approach does not require explicit reconstruction of
shape from the images prior to recognition.
This book provides the state of art in in this rapidly growing area.
It consists of a collection of invited chapters by leading researchers
in the world covering various aspects of motion-based recognition
including: lipreading, gesture recognition, facial expression
recognition, cyclic motion detection, and activity recognition.
**Contents**
1. Visual Recognition of Activities, Gestures, Facial Expressions
and Speech: An Introduction and a Perspective
Mubarak Shah and Ramesh Jain, UCF and UCSD
PART I
HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION
2."Estimating Image Motion using Temporal Multi-scale Optical Flow
and acceleration"
Yaser Yacoob and Larry Davis, Maryland
3. Learning Deformable models for tracking the human body,
Adam Baumberg and David Hogg, Leeds
4. Cyclic Motion Analysis Using Periodic Trace
Steven M Seitz and Charles R. Dyer
University of Wisconsin
5. Temporal Texture and Activity Recognition
Ramprasad Polana and Randal Nelson, University of Rochester
6. Action Recognition Using Temporal Templates
Aaron Bobick and Jim Davis, MIT
7. "Human Activity Recognition",
N. Goddard, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
8. Recognition of Human Movements Based on Explicit Motion Models
K. Rohr, Germany
PART II
GESTURE RECOGNITION AND FACIAL EXPRESSION RECOGNITION
9. State-based recognition of gesture
Aaron Bobick and Andy Wilson, MIT
10. Real-Time American Sign Language From Video Using
Hidden Markov Models
Thad Starner and Alex Pentland, MIT
11. Recognizing Human Motion using Parameterized Models of
Optical Flow
M. J. Black, Y. Yacoob, and S. X. Ju, Maryland, Xerox PARC
12. Facial Expression Recognition Using Image Motion
Irfan Essa and Alex Pentland, MIT
PART III
LIPREADING
13. Learning Visual Models for Lipreading
Christopher Bregler and Stephen M. Omohundro, Berkeley, and NEC
14. "Continuous Automatic Speech Recognition by Lipreading"
Alan J. Goldschen, MITRE, Eric D. Petajan, ATT, and
Oscar N. Garcia
Wright State University
15. Visually Recognizing Speech Using Eigen Sequences
Li Nan, Shawn Dettmer and Mubarak Shah, UCF
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