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Today's Topics:

 Help - data of human arm movement
 Re: Deformable Objects
 Re: Deformable Objects
 Re: Deformable Objects
 Want code for generalized Hough transform
 RA post at The University of Birmingham, UK
 Positions at University of Manchester
 IJCAI-91: PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JULY 31

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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1991 13:12:53 GMT
From: samsung!ulowell!spruce.ulowell.edu!chetanm@uunet.uu.net (Munisuvratha Chetan)
Organization: University of Lowell, Lowell MA
Subject: Help - data of human arm movement
Keywords: robotics simulation human-arm

Hello Netters,

I am working on the recognition and representation of human arm
movements.  For quite sometime I've been using "synthetic" movement
data of 3D positions of the arm joints and fingers (2).  The data is
generated using a program with graphical interface, that interpolates
intermediate positions given the duration, starting and ending
positions.

However, at this stage, this data is'nt sufficient, as it does
not capture the complex nature of the human arm movement.

Could some kind soul out there suggest some name(s) from whom I can request
such data.  I need 3D data of the human arm performing some task.

Thanks (really!!) for any help.

Chetan.
chetanm@spruce.ulowell.edu

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Date: 23 Jul 91 18:25:41 GMT
From: rick@xing.unocal.com (Richard Ottolini)
Organization: Unocal Corporation
Subject: Re: Deformable Objects

In article <1991Jul23.170708.4965@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu> rached@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rached Zantout) writes:
>Hi fellow netters
>
>I am currently investigating how deformable objects are deformed.
>To simplify it at this stage I am considering only bending and twisting.
>
>I got to the stage where I can identify bending along any axis parallel
>to a face of parallelopipeds.
>Also I can identify twisting along an axis perpendicular to the faces of
>parallelopipeds.

Both Sclumberger and SRI did some work in this area several years ago.
The goal was model-based image understanding.  The hypothesis was that
images could be described in terms of deformations of simple objects.
A calculus of deformations and lisp-machine based interactive system
were developed to test this.  I don't know if this was published in
public journals.  There is a example in the 1989(?) SIGGRAPH course notes
on OOP.

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Date: 24 Jul 91 14:29:14 GMT
From: sudipto@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Sudipto Mukherjee)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Subject: Re: Deformable Objects

The package that came out of SRI and Schlumbnerger interest was called
SuperSketch. It was developed by Alex Pentland and ran on Symbolics
machines. Its current version is called (I think) ThingWorld and is
capable of doing realtime simulation of impacts and other stuff based
on modal analysis of deformations. It runs on Suns.
	Alex Pentland is currently with the Media Lab at MIT.
	Pertaining tp the deformation topic, tapering of standard
objects is a very useful deformation and is available on SuperSketch.

Sudipto

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Date: 24 Jul 91 13:50:27 GMT
From: brand@mephisto.ils.nwu.edu (Matthew Brand)
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Evanston, IL
Subject: Re: Deformable Objects

rached@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rached Zantout) writes:
| I am currently investigating how deformable objects are deformed.
|To simplify it at this stage I am considering only bending and twisting.

You might find Alex Pentland et.al.'s work on deformable superquadrics very
interesting.  His group at MIT has put together an impressive simulation and
graphics system called Thingworld, in which complex shapes can be programmed
to collide, bend, squash, pinch, dent, splatter, etc.  I don't know if they
have implemented twisting, but from what little I know of their mathematics
it would be fairly easy to incorporate into their model.  

Pentland originally got interested in superquadrics as a springboard for
model-based vision, but I don't know how well they've worked out for them.

Advertising for their work.  I think it may even be publicly available from
the Media Lab.

If I haven't done justice to Pentland, someone should feel free to add to my
description.

cheers,
matt brand

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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 91 14:41:00 -0400
From: gt8554a@prism.gatech.edu (JANAKIRAMAN,SHANKER)
Subject: Want code for generalized Hough transform

Hello!
	I am looking for a code for generalized Hough transform.  I
need this for certain pattern recognition tasks that I'm working on.

	Thanks in advance.

	Shanker
	gt8554a@prism.gatech.edu

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Date:       Wed, 24 Jul 91 16:32:09 BST
From: David Pycock <PYCOCKD%IBM3090.COMPUTER-CENTRE.BIRMINGHAM.AC.UK@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject:    RA post at The University of Birmingham, UK

		 THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
          School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

                      COMPUTER VISION RESEARCH

This opportunity exists as a result of the award of a 3 year grant by
the SERC.  The purpose of the project is to investigate the
acquisition and use of models for cell image interpretation.
Experience of advanced software development is preferred.  The salary
is up to 14,700 pounds sterling (under review).

Application forms (2 copies) returnable by 12th August, and further
particulars available from:

Director of Staffing Services,
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Tel 021 414 6483 (24 hours).

Please quote reference  G10223

The University is an equal opportunities employer.

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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 91 12:16:49 BST
From: John Oakley <john@spec0.electrical-engineering.manchester.ac.uk>
Subject: Positions at University of Manchester

                  University of Manchester
               Dept of Electrical Engineering
 	     	      Manchester UK

                  Research Vacancies (2)

   1. Content addressable image databases (3yr contract)
   2. Model based motion analysis  (1yr contract)

Applications are invited for two Research Associate posts in
the  Multimedia  Information Systems Lab at Manchester. Both
posts are available now. We are looking for creative  people
who are willing to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Applicants should hold a PhD or  have  some  other  kind  of
postgraduate experience in a relevant area.

Post 1 is for work on advanced image databases.  This  is  a
three year programme of work with the objective of producing
a content based image storage and retrieval system. This po-
sition  will be mainly concerned with systems aspects of the
project and would suit someone with a background in computer
science. Familiarity with X11/openwindows would be an advan-
tage although not essential.

Post 2 is concerned with basic research into new  techniques
for  model  based  motion analysis. The specific area of in-
terest is robust model based cue generation. The appointment
will  initially be for one year but we hope that the project
will be extended.

Salary for both posts will  be  on  the  research  1A  scale
(11399  to  18165 pounds, under review) according to age and
experience.

To apply, please send me a CV and the name of two  referees
(e-mail will be fine).

e-mail: j.oakley@uk.ac.man

By post: 

Dr John Oakley
Dept. Electrical Engineering,
University of Manchester,
Oxford  Rd,
Manchester M13 9PL.
UK

Tel: 061-275-4534

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Date: 	Wed, 24 Jul 1991 10:38:46 -0400
From: kim@cs.toronto.edu (Kimberlee Pietrzak-Smith)
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Subject: IJCAI-91: PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JULY 31

*********************************************************************
*   12th INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE  *
*								    *
*		    24 - 30 August, 1991			    *
*								    *
*	   * Darling Harbour * Sydney * Australia *		    * 
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*			  IJCAI-91				    *
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	  | NB: EMAIL REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE! |
	  |					  |
	  |  EMAIL REGISTRATION FORM APPENDED     |
	  =========================================


IJCAI-91 will be held at Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia, 24-30
August, 1991.  Professor Barbara Grosz of Harvard University is the
Conference Chair; Professor John Mylopoulos and Professor Ray Reiter,
both of the University of Toronto, are Program CoChairs; and
Professor Michael McRobbie of the Australian National University is
the Australian National Committee Chair. Dr. Donald Walker of
Bellcore is Secretary-Treasurer for the Conference.

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!!!! The main registration deadline for IJCAI-91 is 31 July, 1991 !!!! 
!!!!   The on-site registration fee may apply to registrations    !!!!
!!!! 		received after this date.			  !!!!
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Registration Brochures and Forms have been widely distributed.
However they can be obtained by post using email or directly by ftp.
Details of how to do this are attached at the end of this message.

HOW TO REGISTER FOR IJCAI-91
============================

There are four ways to register for IJCAI-91
	1. By Post
	2. By Courier
	3. By Fax
	4. By Email


1. Registering by Post

Completed Registrations Forms and appropriate payment should be sent
to:

	IJCAI-91 Secretariat
	Parrish Conference Organisers
	PO Box 787
	Potts Point  NSW  2011
	AUSTRALIA

	Telephone: 61 (Australia) 2 (Sydney) 3572600


2.  Registering by Courier

Completed Registrations Forms and payment being sent by international
express courier such as DHL, to ensure they arrive at the IJCAI-91
Secretariat before 31 July, should be sent to the following street
address:

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3. Registering by Fax

Completed Registrations Forms should be faxed to either of the
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Note that the fax on the second number has just been installed because
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	At the date of posting the exchange rate for some major
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    12th INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

                              IJCAI-91

		      EMAIL REGISTRATION FORM
		      -----------------------


SECTION A:  PERSONAL DETAILS

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T.5  Truth-Maintenance Systems                                ____
T.6  Object-Oriented Programming and AI                       ____
T.7  AI in Business, Finance and Accounting                   ____
T.8  PROLOG and Natural Language Processing                   ____
T.9  Machine Learning                                         ____
T.10 Knowledge Acquisition Techniques                          ____
T.11 Dynamic Scene Analysis and Motion Estimation             ____
T.12 AI in Engineering Design                                 ____
T.13 Text Interpretation                                      ____
T.14 Robotics for AI Researchers                              ____
T.15 Principled Knowledge Systems Design Based on Knowledge
     Level Models                                             ____
T.16 Statistical Principles for Knowledge Representation and
     Reasoning                                                ____

Total Number of Tutorials:                                    ____


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Wednesday 27 August 1991

Taronga Park Zoo Tour   _____ TP         AUD$47.00       AUD$______

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Thursday 28 August 1991 

The Powerhouse 
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received after            
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	     OBTAINING REGISTRATION BROCHURES FOR IJCAI-91
             =============================================

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	Tel: (+61-2) 3572600
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and from

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To transfer the Registration Brochure and Form connect to either
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