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Today's Topics:

 Request for Information on Underwater Imaging Hardware
 Looking for a survey paper in High Resolution Image Reconstruc..
 Image Manipulation
 Yang He and Amlan Kundu
 Model Based Image Analysis
 Faculty position available
 CFP: Workshop on Contextual Methods in  Pattern Recognition
 8'th Israeli AI and Computer Vision Symposium

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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 91 07:52:14 PST
From: shukla@ece.nps.navy.mil (Shridhar B. Shukla)
Subject: Request for Information on Underwater Imaging Hardware

Dear Colleagues:
	
We are in the process of determining the best (in terms of
price/performance) underwater image acquisition 
and processing hardware for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. We 
would like to perform some simple filtering operations on the image.
Any information about previous experiences and vendor preferences will be 
greatly appreciated. 

Recursive thanks in advance.

Shridhar Shukla
Dept. of ECE
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey CA 93943
E-mail: shukla@ece.nps.navy.mil
Voice: (408) 646-2764

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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1991 00:01:30 GMT
From: thanon@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz
Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Subject: Looking for a survey paper in High Resolution Image Reconstruc..

I am currently involved in a reconstruction of a high resolution image from
a squence of low resolution images. However, I have a difficulty in finding
references which related to this problem. So far, I've found only 2 Refs:
     
     1) Multiframe Image Restoration and Registration, R.Y.Tsai and
     T.S.Huang, in Advances in Computer Vision and Image Processing Vol.1,
     T.S.Huand,Ed Jai Press, 1984.
     2) Recursive Reconstruction of High Resolution Image From Noisy
     UndersaBmpled Multiframes, S.P.Kim, IEEE Acoustics, Speech and Sig.
     1990.

Does anybody know any survey paper or other articles related to this area of
research?

Thanks in advance.

T. Numnonda        
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
e-mail: thanon@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz  

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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1991 16:25:52 GMT
From: T.M.Read@cs.bham.ac.uk (Tim M. Read)
Organization: School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK
Subject: Image Manipulation
Summary: Translating grey scale images to line drawings

Hello,

I am posting this for a colleague here, who does not have access to the net, 
but has a problem I was hoping someone could help with.

An object is being digitised, using a video digitiser plugged into an
IBM PC, and produces a grey scale image (or colour scale as the case
may be) file, with an .pcx extension.

What the person needs is a package which takes a grey scale image as input, ie
a .pcx file, and constructs a line drawing representation, such as could be
edited/displayed as part of a vision experiment on an Apple MAC. Or just a
.pcx display program for a MAC.

This translation process could be done either on the pc or the MAC. If it is 
not possible to do it this way, the result will be a lot of wasted time !

If anyone has any suggestions as to how this could be done, or programs that 
will do all or part of the process, I would be very grateful.

PLEASE post replies to my email address below, our net news access is a little
dodgy !!

  Tim Read                            |  School of Computer Science,
  E-Mail: tmr@cs.bham.ac.uk           |  University of Birmingham,
 `We see things not the way they are, |  Edgbaston,
  but the way we are'                 |  Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.

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Date: 25 Nov 91 12:56
From: appel@cih.hcuge.ch
Subject: Yang He and Amlan Kundu

I am looking for the e-mail address of

        Yang He and Amlan Kundu

both at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Amherst, NY.

Thank you

| Ron D. Appel                             | Tel.:   (+41 22) 22 92 54  |
| Hopital Cantonal Universitaire de Geneve | Fax.:   (+41 22) 22 70 73  |
| Centre d'Informatique Hospitaliere       | e-mail: appel@cih.hcuge.ch |
| 24, rue Micheli-du-Crest                 |                            |
| CH-1211 Geneve 4                         |                            |
| Switzerland                              |                            |

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Date: 22 Nov 91 05:31:43 GMT
From: eephdki@prism.gatech.edu (Intaek Kim)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Subject: Model Based Image Analysis

Is there anyone who can provide a good reference for Model Based Image 
Analysis ?

Thanks in advance.

Intaek Kim

Intaek Kim
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:     ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!eephdki
Internet: eephdki@prism.gatech.edu

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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 91 01:01:18 EST
From: wojcik@cps.msu.edu (Prof. A. S. Wojcik, Chairperson, CS Dept.)
Subject: Faculty position available

                            MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

      The Department of Computer Science invites applications for 
anticipated te Nure-stream positions at the assistant and associate levels, 
rank and salary commensurate with experience.   Candidates from all areas of
specialization in computer science or computer engineering will be
considered; however, the department has a special interest in candidates in 
the areas of software engineering, COMPUTER VISION, and scientific visualiza-tion who also are interested in parallel computing.  The research foci of
the department include artificial intelligence and knowledge-based systems, 
computer architecture and design automation, parallel and distributed 
computing systems and algorithms, pattern recognition and image processing, 
software systems, and theoretical computer science.  Candidates should have 
a Ph.D.  in computer science or computer engineering and have a strong 
interest in both research and teaching.

      The appointments will begin in August, 1992.  For full consideration, 
applications should be submitted by February 1, 1992.  However, applications
will be accepted until the positions are filled.

      As a unit within the College of Engineering at Michigan State 
University, Computer Science offers the Bachelor of Science, Master of 
Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The department currently has 26 
tenure-stream faculty, and an enrollment of 180 graduate students and 480
undergraduates.  Special support is available from within the college and 
university to initiate research by new faculty members.  Faculty offices 
are connected to the MSUnet which provides access to an array of campus 
computing resources including the facilities of the College of Engineering, 
the Department's  Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Laboratory, 
Artificial Intelligence/Knowledge Based Systems Laboratory, and the 
Advanced Computing Systems Laboratory.  Additional facilities available to 
faculty include an IBM 3090/180E vector processor, a 4-processor 
Convex C-240, a 96-node BBN GP-1000, 45-node BBN TC-2000, and a 64-node 
nCUBE.  Access to select off-campus computers is available.

      Michigan State University enjoys a park-like campus of 2,100 
developed acres and 3,100 acres of experimental farms, outlying research 
facilities and natural areas.  The campus is adjacent to the cities of 
East Lansing and the capital city, Lansing.   The Greater Lansing area
has approximately 250,000 residents.  The communities have fine school 
systems and place a high value on education.

      Applicants should send a letter of intent, resume, the names of 
three references, and a statement of research and teaching interests to:


                       Dr. Anthony S. Wojcik, Chairperson
                         Department of Computer Science
                                 A714 Wells Hall
                            Michigan State University
                       East Lansing, Michigan  48824-1027
                               wojcik@cps.msu.edu

Michigan State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 
Institution and encourages applications from women and members of ethnic 
minority groups.

                      Position Numbers:  ENG158 and ENG199

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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 91 00:48:31 EST
From: Torfinn.Taxt@cc.uib.no
Subject: CFP: Workshop on Contextual Methods in  Pattern Recognition

        International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR)

                 CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION

             WORKSHOP ON CONTEXTUAL METHODS IN  PATTERN RECOGNITION

                        The Hague, The Netherlands
                                August 29, 1992

Context is very important in many one-dimensional and multi-dimensional
pattern recognition tasks. Presently, it is an area of substantial
research activity.

The IAPR Technical Committee 1 on Statistical Pattern Recognition will
organize a one-day Workshop on contextual methods in pattern recognition
August 29, 1992 in The Hague. The meeting will take place just prior to
the 11th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition.
The Workshop will commence with an invited talk, followed by about 15
contributed papers of 20 minutes each.  The Workshop will end with a panel
discussion on new research directions in this topic.

Original contributions for presentation at this Workshop are being
solicited. Topics of particular interest
are new methodologies, theoretical considerations and practical applications.
Please submit a two-page abstract in English
written in 12 pitch and with normal margins. The review and
selection of the submitted abstracts will be done by the Program Committee.
The abstracts will be published in the Workshop Proceedings.
Six (6) copies of previously unpublished, extended abstracts should reach the
Program Chair by April 1, 1992. Authors will be notified of the acceptance
of the abstract for oral presentation by May 15, 1992. Accepted abstracts
which cannot be presented due to shortage of time will be printed in
the Proceedings.

The Workshop registration fee is $60 US, and will include a copy of the
proceedings and beverage during breaks. Registration with payment in
US$ (check or Charge Card Number: Visa, Master Card, American Express,
Eurocard) is due no later than June 1, 1992 to the Workshop Chair.

               Torfinn Taxt, Chairman TC1
                  Aarstadveien 19
               University of Bergen
               5000 Bergen, Norway
               E-mail : Torfinn.Taxt@cc.uib.no
              Phone +47-5-296528 Fax +47-5-296528

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 91 16:37:54 +0200
From: wolfson%taurus.bitnet@TAUNIVM.TAU.AC.IL
Comments: If you have trouble reaching this host as math.tau.ac.il
        Please use the old address: user@taurus.bitnet
Subject: 8'th Israeli AI and Computer Vision Symposium

                     THE 8TH ISRAELI SYMPOSIUM ON
             ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMPUTER VISION

                         December 30-31, 1990
                  Kfar-Maccabiah, Ramat Gan, Israel

        Preliminary Program (Computer Vision Track)

Monday, December 30, 1991
============================

  Vision keynote speaker: O. Faugeras, INRIA, Unite de Recherche,
  Sophia - Antipolis, France.
  Three-Dimensional Vision: Application to Mobile Robots

Session: Segmentation

  Segmenting 3D Images with Energy Minimizing Surfaces;
  I. Cohen, L.D. Cohen, N. Ayache;
  INRIA, Rocquencort, Universite Paris IX - Dauphine.

  The Lakes Algorithm : A New Approach to Ridge Detection;
  A. Shamir, Z. Soferman;
  Weizmann Institute of Science.

  Restoring the Underlying Structure of a Signal with the Help
  of Many-Phase Regression (One dimensional Image Segmentation);
  V. Brailovsky, Y. Kempner;
  Tel Aviv University.

Session : Object Recognition I

  Several Results on Affine Invariant Geometric Hashing;
  I. Rigoutsos, R.A. Hummel;
  Robotics Research Lab, New York University.

  Recognition of Affine Transformed Planar Curves by Extremal
  Geometric Properties;
  C. Gotsman, M. Werman;
  Technion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

  Robust Similarity Invariant Matching in the Presence of Noise :
  A Data Parallel Approach;
  I. Rigoutsos, R.A. Hummel;
  Robotics Research Lab, New York University.

Session: Object Recognition II

  Capturing Function in a Generic Representation Scheme;
  M. Sutton, L. Stark, K. Bowyer;
  University of South Florida.

  Three-Dimensional Object Recognition Using an Unsupervised Neural
  Network : Understanding the Distinguishing Features;
  N. Intrator, J. I. Gold, H. Bultholf, S. Edelman;
  Brown University, Weizmann Institute of Science.

  Map-Based Localization using the Panoramic Horizon;
  F. Stein, G. Medioni;
  University of Southern California.

Session:  Motion

  Region Based Motion Analysis;
  S. Peleg, M. Irani, B. Rousso;
  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

  Computing Motion Parameters using the Curl of the Flow Field;
  V. Sundareswaran, R.A. Hummel;
  Robotics Research Lab, New York University.

  A Single X cell participates in Revealing Spatial and Temporal
  Edges;
  M. Almon, H. Spitzer;
  Tel Aviv University.


Tuesday, December 31, 1991
============================

 Vision keynote speaker: A. Pentland, The Media Lab, Massachusetts
 Institute of Technology, USA.
 Dynamic Recognition and Control.

 Session : Color

 Colored Illumination for Enhancing Discriminability of Colored
 Objects;
 M. Vriesenga, G. Healey, K. Peleg, J. Sklansky;
 University of California at Irvine.

 Surface Color and Color Constancy;
 A. Petrov;
 Kurchatov Inst. of Atomic Energy, Moscow.

 Geometric and Color Features for Classification of Tissue,
 Cultures;
 V. Alchanatis, K. Peleg, M. Ziv, O. Cohen;
 Technion, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 Session : Shape

 Skeletonization Using a Generalized Potential Field Model;
 J. Chuang, N. Ahuja;
 Beckman Institute, University of Illinois.

 A Continuous Symmetry Measure;
 H. Zabrodsky, S. Peleg, D. Avnir;
 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 Hierarchical Decomposition and Axial Representation of 2D Shape;
 H. Rom, G. Medioni;
 University if Southern California.

 Session : Robust Vision

 Analog Implementation of Robust Estimators;
 M. Blauer, M. D. Levine;
 McGill University.

 Robust Statistics in Shape Fitting;
 A. Stein, M. Werman;
 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 Mutiresponse Imaging: Information and Fidelity;
 R. Alter-Gartenberg, C. L. Fales, F. O. Huck,
 Z. Rahman, S. E. Reichenbach;
 Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, NASA Langley
 Research Center, Science and Technology Corp., Hampton, Virginia,
 University of Nebraska.

 Session : Image Transforms and Architectures

 It's Probably a Hough;
 V. F. Leavers;
 King's College, London.

 Multiple-Scale Image Processing Operators and Transforms
 Generated by a Set of Multidimensional Neural Lattices that Use
 the Central Limit;
 J. Ben Arie;
 Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

 Associative Array and Tree Algorithms in Stereo Vision,;
 A. J. Akerib, S. Ruhman;
 Weizmann Institute of Science.

  =============================================================

                       REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration forms should be sent by December 15, 1990, to the
following address:

Ms. Ruth Cooperman
8'th IAICV Secretariat
IPA, Kfar Maccabiah
Ramat Gan 52109
ISRAEL

The registration fee for both days of the conference (including
lunch and proceedings ) is as follows:

IPA members (*) (before Dec. 15) :  $160 or 350 NIS
IPA members (*) (after  Dec. 15) :  $180 or 400 NIS
Non-IPA members (before Dec. 15) :  400 NIS
Non-IPA members (after  Dec. 15) :  450 NIS
Students (**)   (before Dec. 15):   $60 or 100 NIS
Students (**)   (after  Dec. 15):   $80 or 150 NIS

(*) Visitors from abroad are entitled to the IPA member rate. (Payment
in US$ only.)

(**) The student rate will be approved only for students who are
enrolled in a full time study program and with documents confirmed by
the university.  The student registration fee does not include
lunch.

A block of rooms has been reserved at Kfar Maccabiah Hotel, a 4-star
hotel at the conference site.  Prices, including breakfast and service
charge, are $60 for a double room, $45 for a single room per night
(+ VAT for Israeli residents).  A deposit of $40 per person is
required with this reservation.

The accomodation form should be sent to IPA together with the
registration form.

                          REGISTRATION FORM

Name _________________________________________________
        Last           First            Title

Affiliation __________________________________________

Position/Department __________________________________

Address ______________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
          Country                       Telephone

Home address _________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

Preferred mailing address
      ___ Home    ___ Business

Registration fees:

____ IPA member        $160/350 NIS
____ non-IPA member         400 NIS
____ Student            $60/100 NIS
____ Late registration   + $20/50 NIS  (after December 15)

____ Total

Payment can be in US$ or NIS only, by bankers draft or personal check
payable to: IPA.

Signature _______________________  Date ___________

________________________________________________________________________

                          ACCOMODATION FORM


Name _________________________________________________
        Last           First            Title

Address ______________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
          Country                       Telephone

I wish to reserve a single/double room from __________ to __________
for a total of _______ nights.

Payment can be in US$ or NIS only, by bankers draft or personal check
payable to: IPA.

Signature _______________________  Date ___________

Note : The FAX number of IPA is +972-3-574 4374.
       The FAX number of Kfar Maccabiah Hotel is +972-3-574 4678.


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