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VISION-LIST Digest    Fri Jan 22 16:57:16 PDT 93     Volume 12 : Issue 4

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Today's Topics:

 Research Post Vacancy notice for Vision List
 CFP: IJCV special issue on stereo vision
 Final CFP: SENSOR FUSION VI
 BMVC93 Call for Papers
 Videometrics II CFP
 CFP: Conference on Understanding Images

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Date:       Fri, 22 Jan 93 17:40:28 GMT
From: [e-mail]([e-mail] D. Pycock)
Subject: Research Post Vacancy notice for Vision List

                      THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
             3D Image Interpretation for Highway Inspection

            School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
                                 and
                     School of Civil Engineering

There is an opportunity to join the Computer Vision Research Team in the
School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.  This opportunity
exists as a result of a 3 year grant, made to The University by the
SERC, to investigate the application of computer vision techniques to
highway inspection.  Candidates should have some experience of advanced
software development, a knowledge of mathematical techniques, good
verbal and written communication skills.

Initial salary on scale from #12,638 - #15,563 a year.

Application forms (2 copies) returnable by
Friday 12th February 1993 and further particulars available from the
Director of Staffing Services, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston,
Birmingham, B15 2TT, Telephone [phone] (24 hours) and quote
reference G10251/93A.

Working towards equal opportunities.

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:01:06 PST
From: [e-mail] (Larry Matthis)
Subject: CFP: IJCV special issue on stereo vision

                CALL FOR PAPERS

        International Journal of Computer Vision

                 SPECIAL ISSUE
                  on
                 STEREO VISION


Algorithms for stereo vision are reaching a level of maturity where they can
provide accurate, reliable range data for a variety of scenes.  Concurrently,
advances in high speed computing are making stereo vision practical for several
applications, including interactive 3-D scene modeling for cartography and
real-time obstacle detection for robotic navigation.  To portray the state of
the art, the International Journal of Computer Vision is releasing a call for
papers for a special issue on the theory and applications of stereo vision.

Topics of special interest include, but are not limited to:

    - Theory and algorithms for stereo matching of static and dynamic scenes
    - Performance modeling and evaluation techniques
    - Perception planning and active sensor control for stereo vision
    - Fusion of stereo with other sensing modalities
    - Real-time computing architectures for stereo vision,
      including VLSI implementations
    - Significant system applications using stereo vision

Guest editors for this issue are Larry Matthies (JPL), Bob Bolles (SRI), and
Keith Nishihara (Teleos).  Prospective authors are asked to submit 4 copies of
their paper to the address given below.  Manuscripts must be submitted by
August 1, 1993.

Dr. Larry H. Matthies
Mail stop 107-102
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109

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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 14:15:01 PST
From: [e-mail] (Paul Schenker)
Subject: Final CFP: SENSOR FUSION VI

            Final Call for Papers


SENSOR FUSION VI

SPIE - the International Society for Optical Engineering
September 7-10, 1993
Boston, Massachusetts
Hynes Convention Center


Conference Chair: Paul S. Schenker, Jet Propulsion Lab.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Terrance E. Boult, Columbia Univ.
Theodore J. Broida, Hughes Aircraft Co.
Su-Shing Chen, National Science Foundation
Gregory D. Hager, Yale Univ.
Martin Herman, Nat. Inst. of Standards and Technology
Terrance L. Huntsberger, Univ. of South Carolina
Ren C. Luo, North Carolina State Univ.
Suresh B. Marapane, Univ. of Tennessee/Knoxville
Gerard T. McKee, Univ. of Reading (UK)
N. Nandhakumar, Univ. of Virginia
Bobby S. Y. Rao, UC Berkeley
Michael Seibert, MIT/Lincoln Lab.
Faina Shtern, M.D., NIH/National Cancer Institute
Michael J. Swain, Univ. of Chicago
Charles V. Stewart, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stelios C. A. Thomopoulos, The Pennsylvania State Univ.


The Sensor Fusion conference presents new techniques for robustly integrating
and interpreting data from multiple sources. The main topic area is automation
and robotic systems; such systems often include multiple-and-moving cameras,
range and proximity detctors, force and touch feedback, etc. A typical system
requirement is to use the sensors, plus prior knowledge, to efficiently locate,
identify, and track objects; more advanced applications may require a detailed
inspection and recognition of the environment, and/or global determination of
robot position and state of task completion. Research challenges include
multi-sensor registration and calibration, combining sensor information over
space-and-time, 3-D shape modeling and shape recovery, 3-D object recognition
and localization et al. An exciting open problem is how to intelligently
control sensors to achieve a task-specific sensing objective, in the system
operational context of maximizing information and minimizing computation.
For example, "active vision" addresses how to purposefully direct camera gaze
and focus activity, analagous to human viewing. "Exploratory sensing" expands
this paradigm to cooperative fusion of vision, range, touch, and other sensory
modes, and may include the use of multiple distributed robot agents, e.g. to
develop environmental maps, and perform cooperative work. Collectively, these
problems have foundations in both machine and biological behavior, and both
perspectives are welcome. Another area of fundamental interest is techniques
for distributed detection & decision, as applies to data fusion in spatially
dispersed sensor arrays, decision-making in human organizations, and command-
control-communication within distributed information networks. In general,
the Sensor Fusion conference is characterized by disciplinary breadth. Speakers
of past years include researchers from applied mathematics, artificial
intelligence, computer science, engineering, psychology, neuroscience, and
theoretical biology. We continue to foster this diversity, encouraging papers
that contrast and compare multi-disciplinary approaches to sensor fusion, and/
or synthesize fresh theoretical viewpoints across disciplines.

In summary, we invite papers on multi-sensory fusion and its applications;
topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

o    modeling and calibration of multiple sensors
o    3-D object modeling-and-recognition from multiple sensor views
o    recovery of scene structure from time-sequence sensor data
o    fusion of passive-active sources: vision-range, IR-microwave, etc.
o     remote sensing, automated inspection, and target recognition
o    distributed detection & decision networks and their applications
o    robotic sensor fusion: visual, range, force, tactile, & kinematic data
o    robot control based on multi-sensor inputs
o    active vision, task-driven sensing, and sensor planning
o    multiple robot agents and cooperative sensing strategies
o     medical imaging, 3-D stereotaxy & visualization, and surgical aids
o    man-machine systems and fused multisensory operator interfaces
o    novel computing architectures and programming environments


    *****    Abstract Due Date:    8  Feb 1993   *****
        Manuscript Due Date:   14 June 1993


Format for abstract submission:
- paper title
- authors' full names and affiliations
- complete addresses for all authors
- phone, FAX, and e-mail for all authors
- 100-200 words text
- 50-100 word principal author biography

Submit abstract by email or FAX to:
EMAIL:    [e-mail]
FAX:    [phone]

           Dr. PAUL S. SCHENKER
    (attn: SPIE/Sensor Fusion VI)
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    4800 Oak Grove Drive/ MS 198-219
    Pasadena, CA 91109

NOTE: Sensor Fusion VI part of SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Tools
for Manufacturing and Advanced Automation. Within this large symposium, over
15 conferences are devoted to the areas of robotics, factory automation, and
machine perception; examples include: Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision,
Mobile Robots, Telemanipulator Technology, Sensors and Controls for Automated
Manufacturing, Model-Based Vision, Machine Vision Applications, Architectures
and Systems, Vision Geometry, Applications of Fuzzy Logic, and Sensor Fusion
itself. Other related activities include a joint SPIE/IEEE one-day workshop on
"Intelligent Robotic Systems - Design and Applications," and the yearly meeting
of the SPIE Technical International Working Group on Robotics and Machine
Perception. For further information (related paper calls, advance programs,
registration, and accomodations, et al.), please contact:

    SPIE
    attn: Optical Tools/Advanced Automation '93
    P.O. Box 10
    Bellingham, WA 98227-0010

    (FAX:     [phone])
    (Phone: [phone])

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 18:09:37 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: BMVC93 Call for Papers

          |  BRITISH MACHINE VISION ASSOCIATION  |
          |                                      |
          |  and Society for Pattern Recognition |

                        BMVC93

            4th British Machine Vision Conference
            University of Surrey, Guildford. U.K.

                     20-23 September 1993


The British Machine Vision Conference is the main UK conference for machine
vision and related topics. The Proceedings are published by Springer-Verlag
and each delegate will receive a copy at the conference. A selection of the
best papers will be published separately in a special issue of Image and
Vision Computing Journal.


Contributions are sought on any novel aspect relating to machine vision and
pattern analysis, including:


   * image processing and feature extraction    * practical applications
   * object recognition and scene analysis      * model based coding
   * reconstruction of 3D shape                 * architectures
   * advanced pattern analysis                  * active vision
   * computational issues in perception         * motion analysis
   * robotic vision and sensor fusion           * neural networks


Four copies of full papers not exceeding 10 pages (approx. 5000 words if no
figures) should be submitted for review.  Papers will be accepted either for
oral presentation or for presentation as posters. All papers accepted will
appear in the Proceedings.  Papers will be reviewed by the BMVA Committee.


        ***********************************************
         Deadline for Paper Submission:   26 April 1993
         Notification of Acceptance:       9 June 1993
         Deadline for Camera-Ready Copy:   9 July 1993
        ***********************************************

Papers should be submitted to the Conference Chairman:

        Dr John Illingworth
        BMVC93 Chairman
        Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
        University of Surrey
        Guildford, GU2 5XH
        tel:  [phone]
        fax: [phone]
        e-mail: [e-mail]


The University of Surrey is situated in a green field campus on the outskirts
of the historic, cathedral town of Guildford, Surrey. It is only 30 miles
from central London and has fast rail and coach links to both major London
airports, Heathrow and Gatwick.

Dr. J. Illingworth,                    | Phone: [phone]
V.S.S.P. Group,                        | Fax  : [phone]
Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng, | Email: [e-mail]
University of Surrey,                  |
Guildford,                             |
Surrey GU2 5XH                         |
United Kingdom                         |

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Date: 22 Jan 1993 08:31:00 +1000
From: Mark Shortis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Videometrics II CFP

                       Subject:
Time:9:00 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          Videometrics II CFP
Date:11/1/93
**Announcement and Call for Papers  : Videometrics II**

7-10 September 1993
Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Videometrics II is part of SPIE's International Symposium on Optical
Tools for Manufacturing and Advanced Automation

The Symposium includes 28 Conferences on topics covering the above
theme including : sensor and controls for manufacturing, machine
vision applications, industrial optical sensing and metrology, optics,
illumination and image sensing for machine vision, and Videometrics.

The topics specifically covered by Videometrics II are the use of
computer vision techniques for dimensional metrology applications,
such as gauging, reverse engineering, accurate positioning, tracking,
and navigation of objects and robots.

Sessions will concentrate on the following areas, although papers on
other related topics are also encouraged :

* camera and system calibration
* robust algorithms and systems
* error sources and correction techniques
* target and edge measurement/digitizing to subpixel accuracy
* knowledge-based feature extraction and dimension measurement
techniques
* surface object reconstruction and scene understanding
* accuracy and performance evaluation
* dynamic tracking in 3D
* successfully demonstrated system applications

Conference Chair : Sabry El-Hakim, NRC, Canada ([e-mail])

Cochairs : Armin Gruen, ETH, Switzerland; Mark Shortis, University of
Melbourne, Australia; Walt Snow, NASA Langley, USA; Glen Southworth,
Colarado Video, USA; Kam Wong, University of Illinois, USA.

**Abstract due date : 8 February 1993**
** Manuscript due date : 9 August 1993**

Abstracts may be submitted to :

SPIE, P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010, USA
Facsimile : [phone]
Email : [e-mail]  (send ASCII format text)

Four copies of the abstract must be submitted and should include the
following information :

Abstract title
Author and affiliation listing as they will appear in the program
Correspondence addresses of all authors
Conference title and chair
Preference for oral or poster presentation
Text of the abstract (500 words)
Biography of the principal author (50-100 words)

In view of the short time available until abstracts are due, you are
strongly encouraged to submit via fax or email!

Regards,

Dr. Mark R. Shortis,                 [e-mail]
Senior Lecturer,
Dept. of Surveying and Land Information,
University of Melbourne,                     Telephone [phone]
Parkville 3052, AUSTRALIA.                   Facsimile [phone]

"Is he dead, or has my watch stopped?" : Groucho Marx.

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Date:         Tue, 19 Jan 93 20:37:48 EST
From: "Dr. Francis T. Marchese" <[e-mail]>
Subject:      CFP: Conference on Understanding Images

Conference on Understanding Images

Sponsored By

NYC ACM/SIGGRAPH
and
 Pace University's
School of Computer Science
and Information Systems

To Be Held At

Pace University
New York City, New
York
May 21-22,1993


Artists, designers, scientists, engineers and educator s share the
problem of moving information from one mind to another.  Traditiona
lly, they have used pictures, words, demonstrations, music and dance
to communi cate imagery.  However, expressing complex notions such as
God and infinity or a seemingly well defined concept such as a flower
can present challenges which far exceed their technical skills.

The explosive use of computers as visuali zation and expression tools
has compounded this problem.  In hypermedia, multim edia and virtual
reality systems vast amounts of information confront the obser ver or
participant.  Wading through a multitude of simultaneous images and
soun ds in possibly unfamiliar representations, a confounded user
asks: What does it all mean?  Since image construction, transmission,
reception, decipherment and ultimate understanding are complex tasks
strongly influenced by physiology, ed ucation and culture; and since
electronic media radically amplify each process ing step, then we, as
electronic communicators, must determine the fundamental paradigms for
composing imagery for understanding.

Therefore, the purpose of this conference is to bring together a
breadth of disciplines, including, but not limited to, the physical,
biological and computational sciences, technology , art, psychology,
philosophy and education, in order to define and discuss the issues
essential to image understanding within the computer graphics context.
To this end we seek proposals for individual presentations, panel
discussions, static displays, interactive environments, performances
and beyond.

Submissions: Contributors are requested to submit a one page proposal
by February 1993 .  Accepted presentations will be included in the
proceedings.

Direct all inquires and submissions to:
Professor Francis T. Marchese
Phone:  [phone]
Department of Computer Science
Fax:    [phone]
Pace University                                 Email:  MARCHESF@PACEV
M.Bitnet
New York, NY 10038  USA

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