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VISION-LIST Digest    Mon Nov 29 15:35:37 PDT 93     Volume 12 : Issue 54

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Today's Topics:

 Wanted: face detection references
 Isophotae curvature estimation
 State of The Art - synopsis sought
 OCR software
 Motion data ...
 Vanishing Point source code
 Software required
 seeking for a PD "thinning" algorithm
 submission to Vision-List
 Faculty position in Cognitive and Neural Systems at Boston University
 Graduate study in Cognitive and Neural Systems at Boston University
 CFP: 12-ICPR, Jerusalem, Israel, Oct. 1994
 CFP: IEEE Workshop on Biomedical Image Analysis (updated)
 IEEE 2nd CAD-Based Vision Workshop
 CFP: Mathematical Imaging: Wavelet Applications in Signal and Image Processing II
 CFP: Pattern Recognition 1994
 2nd CFP: 1994 Picture Coding Symposium
 CFP: ICDAR-95 Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition
 fifth neural network conference proceedings...

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Date: 18 Nov 1993 21:36:44 GMT
From: raek@athena.mit.edu (Robyn A E Kozierok)
Subject: Wanted: face detection references
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Hi, 

I'm a PhD student at MIT, and am interested in writing a face detection
routine for a robot.  The idea would be for the robot to be able to 
determine when a (human) face was in its field of view.  

If anyone can offer any related references or advice which may be helpful 
in getting me started, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,
Robyn

p.s. I am interested in doing something quick here -- it can be wrong
some of the time without dire consequences.

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Date: Fri, 26 Nov 93 18:09:35 -0700
From: callari@dendrite.cs.colorado.edu
Subject: Isophotae curvature estimation

I am working on a shape from shading problem involving as a subtask
the (possibly robust) estimation of the curvature of isophotae (1,2) (lines of 
constant brightness) on grayscale images.
 
The input data should be the shading flow (2) of the image, i.e. a discretized
planar vector field superimposed on the image,  whose vectors have 
magnitude proportional to the local value of  image brightness gradient, and
direction orthogonal to the gradient itself (hence parallel to the local
constant brightness line).

I have found only references (3) (4) and (4) on the argument. I'd greatly
appreciate if somebody highlighted for me some more. 

Please email your suggestions to me, and I will post a summary.

Thanks 
Franco Callari

References
(1) Koenderink, J.J., Van Doorn, A.: "Photometric Invariants Related to
     Solid Shape", Optica Acta, Vol 27, (1980), pp 981-996.
(2) Breton, P. et al.: "A New Approach to Shape from Shading", in  Carpenter,
     G., Grosberg, S. (ed.s), "Neural networks for vision and image processing", 
     MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1992., pp 111-131
(3)  Iverson, L. A., Zucker, S. W.: "Logical/Linear Operations for Measuring 
     Orientation and Curvature", Tech. Rep. TR-CIM-90-06, McGill Research
     Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,
     Canada.
(4) Dobbins, A., et al.: "Endstopping in the Visual Cortex as a Substrate for
     calculating Curvature", Nature, Vol. 329., (1987), pp 438-441
(5) Dobbins, A., et al.: "Endstopping and Curvature", Vision Research, 
     Vol. 29, (1989), pp 1371-1387.

  _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/  Franco G. Callari                     
 _/_/_/   _/       Dept. of Computer Science, ECCR-018             
_/       _/_/_/    University of Colorado at Boulder, CB 430 
                   Boulder, CO, 80309/0430, USA       
email: callari@cs.colorado.edu   phone: (303) 492 7660   fax: (303) 492 2844    

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Date: 17 Nov 1993 12:14:36 GMT
From: djt@doc.ic.ac.uk (David John Thornley)
Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, 
Subject: State of The Art - synopsis sought

I am seeking to construct a synopsis of what has been achieved and the
techniques employed in computer vision.  I appreciate that this is a huge task,
and I do not expect (but would relish!) a complete answer from any individual.

I would deeply appreciate any help you may be able to provide.

My thanks in anticipation

David J Thornley
Research Student

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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 93 15:25:28 +0100
From: Joao Goncalves <joao.goncalves@cen.jrc.it>
Subject:  OCR software

Hello
I am interested in having an OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
package, that would take as input an image (probably a binary
image) and could return as output a string of characters.

The characters to be read are in a pre-defined region of 
interest. The application should run in a PC with MS-DOS.
Ideally, this package would be composed of a set of functions
(library) that can be called by my own application.

Please send names, addresses and/or fax numbers, and most
important some words concerning your experience in using
such software. If there is enough interest, I'll post a
summary of the answers.

Thanks in advance

Joao G. M. Goncalves
Commission of the European Communities         tel: 39 + 332 + 789 416
Joint Research Centre                          fax: 39 + 332 + 789 185
21020 Ispra (VA)                            E-mail: joao.goncalves@cen.jrc.it
ITALY

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Date: Sat, 17 Nov 1990 09:26:30 +0530 (GMT+05:30)
From: nil@basant.ee.iitb.ernet.in (Sunil Kumar)
Subject: Motion data ...

Hello:

Thank you very much for the very prompt correspondence.

> For (1), please first check the Vision List Archives: it has the
> kind of data you're asking for.
Actually, I donot have facility to ftp from my site, so I thought I
should find all details and then request people here who can ftp for me, and
hence the query. 
What I wanted to know was Is there motion and stereo images or the SAME
SCENE. Usually, we have data for stereo and motion separately meaning
data available is of different scenes.

> For (2), please correspond with the following poster: he just posted
> a similar request.
I  am afraid what I am asking for is different from what appeared in the
recent poster. Thank you very much, I will get in contact with him.

> Please repost if these sources do not prove adequate.
If it is not taxing on the news group, I would like query aired!


If your mails to me bounce back, please mail me at
bhatt@basant.ee.iitb.ernet.in 

Thank you very much for your precious time

Sunil Kumar.

=======  POSTER ======
Hi:

ONE) Does anyone know where to find STEREO data and MOTION data of the SAME 
     SCENE. I plan to integrate the motion and stereo information to extract 
     depth information of the scene. 
     
TWO) Can any of you give me pointers as to how to generate a random dot
     stereogram WITH OCCLUSION. If there are source codes to generate
     random dot stereogarms WITH OCCLUSION please let me know.

Thank you in advance,

Sunil

K. Sunil Kumar
Research Scholar
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay
Powai, BOMBAY 400 076 (INDIA)
(nil@basant.ee.iitb.ernet.in)        

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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 93 15:23:22 EST
Subject: Vanishing Point source code
From: Argonaut <Charalambos_Athanassiou@GS40.SP.CS.CMU.EDU>

I am looking for source code, preferrably C, which would implement an
algorithm for the detection of Vanishing points in edge images.
Primarily I am looking for the algorithm described in

Brillault-O'Mahony
New method for Vanishing Point detection
CVGIP Image Understanding, vol 54, no. 2, September 1991

but references to any other similar algorithm would be appreciated.

Thank you very much in advance
					==============================
					||	  Haralabos	    ||
					||    athanassiou+@cmu.edu  ||
					==============================

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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 93 19:46 GMT
From: Gareth McAleese <CCBR13@ucvax.ulster.ac.uk>
Subject: Software required

Hi,

I am looking for source code, preferably in C to implement deformable templates,
such as snakes and bubbles.  Any help would be greatly appreciated...

|  Gareth McAleese                |  Telephone: +44 (0265) 44141 ext 4702      |
|  Research Student               |  Fax:       +44 (0265) 40916               |
|  Computing Science Department   |  Email:     g.mcaleese@uk.ac.ulster.ucvax  |
|  University of Ulster           |                                            |
|  Cromore Road, Coleraine        |                   \,,,/                    |
|  N. Ireland  BT52 1SA           |                   (o o)                    |

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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 93 13:29 JST
From: SHARONE%HADASSAH@VMS.HUJI.AC.IL
Subject: seeking for a PD "thinning" algorithm

A friend of mine needs for his research a program, which performs
contour edge extraction. The input being a boolean matrix and the
output a vector. He is particuliary interested to get a "thin" outline
,in such a way that if we take the letter I ,as an example, the input
will be a vertical segment and not an rectangle.

Email to Sharone@hadassah or pointers to a FTP site are welcomed.
Thanks in Advance.
Haim Karger
Dept of Nuclear Medecine
Hadassah Hospital
SHARONE@hadassah

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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 93 15:08:17 EST
From: crevier@ele.etsmtl.ca
Subject: submission to Vision-List

               FACULTY POSITIONS IN COMPUTER VISION

Tenure-track faculty positions in the field of computer vision are open at 
the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Ecole de Technologie 
Superieure in Montreal, Quebec. 

Duties include lecturing at the graduate and undergraduate levels, graduate 
student supervision, and research in computer vision. As lectures are given 
in French in our school, fluency in this language is essential. Candidates 
should hold a Ph.D. in electrical engineering or the equivalent. Some or all 
of the following qualifications would constitute an asset: experience in 
applying knowledge-based systems or neural networks to computer vision, 
experience in robotics, and industrial experience in a related field. 
Candidates holding a master's degree and several years of industrial 
experience in a relevant field will also be considered. All applicants 
should be members of the Order of Engineers of the Province of Quebec, or 
be eligible for membership. In conformance with University policy, 
preference will be given to Canadian citizens and landed immigrants.

Please send CV's in confidence by E-mail to

 crevier@ele.etsmtl.ca

or by surface mail to:

Professor Daniel Crevier
Department of Electrical Engineering
ETS, 4750 av. Henri-Julien
Montreal, QC
H2T 2C8
Canada 

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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 93 09:50:43 -0500
From: announce@PARK.BU.EDU
Subject: Faculty position in Cognitive and Neural Systems at Boston University

                      NEW SENIOR FACULTY
                IN COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS
                     AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Boston University seeks an associate or full professor starting in Fall 
1994 for its graduate Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems. 
This Department offers an integrated curriculum of psychological,
neurobiological, and computational concepts, models, and methods
in the fields of neural networks, computational neuroscience, and 
connectionist cognitive science in which Boston University is a leader. 
Candidates should have an international research reputation, preferably 
including extensive analytic or computational research experience in 
modeling a broad range of nonlinear neural networks, especially in one 
or more of the areas: vision and image processing, visual cognition, 
spatial orientation, adaptive pattern recognition, and cognitive 
information processing. Send a complete curriculum vitae and three
letters of recommendation to Search Committee, Department of Cognitive 
and Neural Systems, Room 240, 111 Cummington Street, Boston University, 
Boston, MA 02215.  Boston University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative 
Action employer.  

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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 93 09:58:31 -0500
From: announce@PARK.BU.EDU
Subject: Graduate study in Cognitive and Neural Systems at Boston University

         *                 DEPARTMENT OF               *
         *      COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS (CNS)     *
         *              AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY           *

                    Stephen Grossberg, Chairman
         Gail A. Carpenter, Director of Graduate Studies


The Boston University Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems offers 
comprehensive advanced training in the neural and computational principles, 
mechanisms, and architectures that underly human and animal behavior, 
and the application of neural network architectures to the solution of 
technological problems.

Applications for Fall, 1994 admission and financial aid are now being 
accepted for both the MA and PhD degree programs.

To obtain a brochure describing the CNS Program and a set of application
materials, write, telephone, or fax:

   Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems
   Boston University
   111 Cummington Street, Room 240
   Boston, MA 02215
   617/353-9481 (phone)
   617/353-7755 (fax)

or send via email your full name and mailing address to: 

   cns@cns.bu.edu

Applications for admission and financial aid should be received by the 
Graduate School Admissions Office no later than January 15.  Late 
applications will be considered until May 1; after that date applications 
will be considered only as special cases.

Applicants are required to submit undergraduate (and, if applicable, 
graduate) transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and Graduate
Record Examination (GRE) scores. The Advanced Test should be in the
candidate's area of departmental specialization. GRE scores may be
waived for MA candidates and, in exceptional cases, for PhD candidates,
but absence of these scores may decrease an applicant's chances for 
admission and financial aid.

Non-degree students may also enroll in CNS courses on a part-time basis.

Description of the CNS Department:

The Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS) provides advanced
training and research experience for graduate students interested in the 
neural and computational principles, mechanisms, and architectures that 
underlie human and animal behavior, and the application of neural network 
architectures to the solution of technological problems. Students are 
trained in a broad range of areas concerning cognitive and neural systems, 
including vision and image processing; speech and language understanding; 
adaptive pattern recognition; cognitive information processing; self-
organization; associative learning and long-term memory; computational
neuroscience; nerve cell biophysics; cooperative and competitive network 
dynamics and short-term memory; reinforcement, motivation, and attention; 
adaptive sensory-motor control and robotics; active vision; and biological 
rhythms; as well as the mathematical and computational methods needed to 
support advanced modeling research and applications. The CNS Department 
awards MA, PhD, and BA/MA degrees.

The CNS Department embodies a number of unique features. It has developed 
a curriculum that consists of twelve interdisciplinary graduate courses 
each of which integrates the psychological, neurobiological, mathematical, 
and computational information needed to theoretically investigate 
fundamental issues concerning mind and brain processes and the applications 
of neural networks to technology. Nine additional advanced courses, 
including research seminars, are also offered. Each course is typically 
taught once a week in the evening to make the program available to 
qualified students, including working professionals, throughout the Boston 
area. Students develop a coherent area of expertise by designing a program 
that includes courses in areas such as Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, 
Mathematics, and Psychology, in addition to courses in the CNS curriculum.

The CNS Department prepares students for thesis research with scientists 
in one of several Boston University research centers or groups, and with 
Boston-area scientists collaborating with these centers. The unit most 
closely linked to the department is the Center for Adaptive Systems (CAS). 
Students interested in neural network hardware work with researchers in 
CNS, the College of Engineering, and at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Other 
research resources include distinguished research groups in neurophysiology, 
neuroanatomy, and neuropharmacology at the Medical School and the Charles 
River campus; in sensory robotics, biomedical engineering, computer and 
systems engineering, and neuromuscular research within the Engineering 
School; in dynamical systems within the Mathematics Department; in 
theoretical computer science within the Computer Science Department; and 
in biophysics and computational physics within the Physics Department. 

In addition to its basic research and training program, the Department 
conducts a seminar series, as well as conferences and symposia, which bring 
together distinguished scientists from both experimental and theoretical 
disciplines.

1993-94 CAS MEMBERS and CNS FACULTY:

Jacob Beck                
Daniel H. Bullock
Gail A. Carpenter
Chan-Sup Chung
Michael A. Cohen 
H. Steven Colburn
Paolo Gaudiano  
Stephen Grossberg 
Frank H. Guenther         
Thomas G. Kincaid
Nancy Kopell
Ennio Mingolla
Heiko Neumann
Alan Peters
Adam Reeves
Eric L. Schwartz
Allen Waxman
Jeremy Wolfe

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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 93 08:21:11 +0200
Subject: CFP: 12-ICPR, Jerusalem, Israel, Oct. 1994
Organization: Institute of Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
From: Shmuel Peleg <peleg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>

Now that the rush to submit papers to ECCV, CVPR, and the other conferences
next summer is gone, it is the time to remember 12-ICPR next fall in Jerusalem.

                     Paper Due Date: Feb. 1, 1994

Enclosed are the CFP for the 12-ICPR. The conference has four tracks, each 
having a separate program committee, and the four separate CFPs for each
track are also enclosed.                                Please distribute!

See you next year in Jerusalem,
Shmuel

===============================================================================
                       CALL FOR PAPERS - 12th ICPR
              International Conferences on Pattern Recognition
                     Oct 9-13, 1994, Jerusalem, Israel

The 12th ICPR of the International Association for Pattern Recognition will be
organized as a set of four conferences, each dealing with a special topic. The
program for each individual conference will be organized by its own Program 
Committee. Papers describing applications are encouraged, and will be reviewed
by a special Applications Committee. An award will be given for the best 
industry-related paper presented at the conference. Considerations for this 
award will include innovative applications, robust performance, and 
contributions to industrial progress. An exhibition will also be held.
The conference proceedings are published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS:   S. Ullman - Weizmann Inst. (shimon@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il)
                     S. Peleg - The Hebrew University (peleg@cs.huji.ac.il)
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:  Y. Yeshurun - Tel-Aviv University (hezy@math.tau.ac.il)
INDUSTRIAL & APPLICATIONS LIAISON: M. Ejiri - Hitachi (ejiri@crl.hitachi.co.jp)

                          CONFERENCE DESCRIPTIONS

1. COMPUTER VISION AND IMAGE PROCESSING, T. Huang - University of Illinois
   Early vision and segmentation; image representation; shape and texture
   analysis; motion and stereo; range imaging and remote sensing; color;
   3D representation and recognition.

2. PATTERN RECOGNITION AND NEURAL NETWORKS, N. Tishby - The Hebrew University
   Statistical, syntactic, and hybrid pattern recognition techniques; neural
   networks for associative memory, classification, and temporal processing;
   biologically oriented neural networks models; biomedical applications.

3. SIGNAL PROCESSING, D. Malah - Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
   Analysis, representation, coding, and recognition of signals; signal and 
   image enhancement and restoration; scale-space and joint time-frequency
   analysis and representation; speech coding and recognition; image and video
   coding; auditory scene analysis.

4. PARALLEL COMPUTING, S. Tanimoto - University of Washington
   Parallel architectures and algorithms for pattern recognition, vision, and
   signal processing; special languages, programming tools, and applications of
   multiprocessor and distributed methods; design of chips, real-time hardware,
   and neural networks; recognition using multiple sensory modalities.

PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 1, 1994.
Notification of Acceptance: May 1994. Camera-Ready Copy: June 1994.

Send four copies of paper to: 12th ICPR, c/o International, 10 Rothschild blvd,
65121 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL. Tel. +972(3)510-2538, Fax +972(3)660-604

Each manuscript should include the following:
1. A Summary Page addressing these topics:
   - To which of the four conference is the paper submitted?
   - What is the paper about? - What is the original contribution of this work?
   - Does the paper mainly describe an application, and should be reviewed by
     the applications committee?
2. The paper, limited in length to 4000 words. This is the estimated length
   of the proceedings version.
            
For further information contact the secretariat at the above address, or use
E-mail: icpr@math.tau.ac.il .

===============================================================================
         CALL FOR PAPERS - 12th ICPR - COMPUTER VISION AND APPLICATIONS
                     Oct 9-13, 1994, Jerusalem, Israel

                           CONFERENCE TOPICS:
   Early vision and segmentation; image representation; shape and texture
   analysis; motion and stereo; range imaging and remote sensing; color;
   3D representation and recognition.

                           PROGRAM COMMITTEE: 
     T. Huang (Chair) - U. of Illinois (huang@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu)
J. Aggarwal  N. Ahuja     Y. Aloimonos  P. Anandan    M. Asada      N. Ayache
K. Baker     H. Beyer     P. Bouthemy   A. Bovic      K. Bowyer     H. Bunke 
R. Chellappa H. Chen      Z. Chen       D. Cooper     I. Cox        C. Dyer
S. Edelman   O. Faugeras  F. Ferrie     P. Flynn      D. Forsyth    E. Grimson
K. Hanna     R. Hartley   R. Horaud     S. Hutchinson K. Ikeuchi    W. Lin
D. Metaxas   R. Mohr      S. Nayar      R. Nelson     S. Negahdaripour 
R. Nevatia   J. Oliensis  J. Ponce      E. Riseman    A. Rosenfeld  P. Sander
G. Sandini   A. Sanfelieu Q. Shi        M. Shizawa    A. Singh      R. Szeliski
V. Torre     S. Tsuji     A. Waks       Y. Wang       J. Weng       L. Wolff
B. Zhang     X. Zhuang    S. Zucker     A. Zisserman  J.-O. Eklundh D. Geiger


This conference is one of Four conferences in the 12th ICPR. Each submitted 
paper will be reviewed by members of the program committee.
Papers describing applications are encouraged, and will be reviewed by a 
special Applications Committee.
The conference proceedings are published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.


12-ICPR CO-CHAIRS:   S. Ullman - Weizmann Inst. (shimon@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il)
                     S. Peleg - The Hebrew University (peleg@cs.huji.ac.il)
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:  Y. Yeshurun - Tel-Aviv University (hezy@math.tau.ac.il)
INDUSTRIAL & APPLICATIONS LIAISON: M. Ejiri - Hitachi (ejiri@crl.hitachi.co.jp)


PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE:      February 1, 1994.
Notification of Acceptance:     May 1994.         Camera-Ready Copy: June 1994.

Send four copies of paper to: 12th ICPR, c/o International, 10 Rothschild Blvd,
65121 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL. Tel. +972(3)510-2538, Fax +972(3)660-604

Each manuscript should include the following:
1. A Summary Page addressing these topics:
   - Indicate that the paper is submitted to the COMPUTER VISION conference.
   - What is the paper about? - What is the original contribution of this work?
   - Does the paper mainly describe an application, and should be reviewed by
     the applications committee?
2. Paper should be limited in length to 4000 words, the estimated length
   of the proceedings version.
            
For further information on all ICPR conferences contact the secretariat at the
above address, or use E-mail: icpr@math.tau.ac.il .

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

    CALL FOR PAPERS - 12th ICPR - PATTERN RECOGNITION AND NEURAL NETWORKS
                     Oct 9-13, 1994, Jerusalem, Israel

                           CONFERENCE TOPICS:
   Statistical pattern recognition; 
   temporal pattern recognition;
   neural network models and algorithms; 
   machine learning in pattern recognition; 
   theoretical models and analysis of neural networks; 
   models of Biological pattern recognition; 
   adaptive models; 
   fuzzy models;
   applications to Biological sequence analysis,
   applications to handwriting, speech, motor control, and active vision.
    
                           PROGRAM COMMITTEE: 
    Naftali Tishby (Chair) - Hebrew University (tishby@cs.huji.ac.il)

Henry Baird                Eric Baum                  Victor Brailovsky 
Alfred Bruckstein          Pierre A. Devijver         Robert P.W. Duin
Isak Gath                                             Geoffrey E. Hinton
Nathan Interator           Anil Jain                  Chuanyi Ji 
Michael Jordan             Junichi Kanai              Rangachar Kasturi       
Josef Kittler              Yann LeCun                 Mike Mozer 
Erkki Oja                  Sarunas Raudys             Gabriella Sanniti di Baja
Eric Schwartz              Haim Sompolinsky           Vladimir Vapnik
Harry Wechsler             Daphna Weinshall           Haim Wolfson


This conference is one of Four conferences in the 12th ICPR. Each submitted 
paper will be carefully reviewed by members of the program committee.
Papers describing applications are encouraged, and will be reviewed by a 
special Applications Committee.
The conference proceedings are published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.


12-ICPR CO-CHAIRS:   S. Ullman - Weizmann Inst. (shimon@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il)
                     S. Peleg - The Hebrew University (peleg@cs.huji.ac.il)
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:  Y. Yeshurun - Tel-Aviv University (hezy@math.tau.ac.il)
INDUSTRIAL & APPLICATIONS LIAISON: M. Ejiri - Hitachi (ejiri@crl.hitachi.co.jp)


PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE:      February 1, 1994.
Notification of Acceptance:     May 1994.         Camera-Ready Copy: June 1994.

Send four copies of paper to: 12th ICPR, c/o International, 10 Rothschild Blvd,
65121 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL. Tel. +972(3)510-2538, Fax +972(3)660-604

Each manuscript should include the following:
1. A Summary Page addressing these topics:
   - Indicate that the paper is for the PATTAERN RECOGNITION conference.
   - What is the paper about? - What is the original contribution of this work?
   - Does the paper mainly describe an application, and should be reviewed by
     the applications committee?
2. Paper should be limited in length to 4000 words, the estimated length of 
   the proceedings version.
            
For further information on all ICPR conferences contact the secretariat at the
above address, or use E-mail: icpr@math.tau.ac.il .

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

             CALL FOR PAPERS - 12th ICPR - PARALLEL COMPUTING
                     Oct 9-13, 1994, Jerusalem, Israel

                           CONFERENCE TOPICS:

   Parallel architectures and algorithms for pattern recognition,
      vision, and signal processing;
   Special languages, programming tools, and applications of
      multiprocessor and distributed methods;
   Design of chips, real-time hardware, and neural networks; and
   Recognition using multiple sensory modalities.

                           PROGRAM COMMITTEE: 
Steven Tanimoto (Chair) - Univ. of Washington (tanimoto@cs.washington.edu)

Magdy Bayoumi              Peter Burt                 Virginio Cantoni
Per-Erik Danielsson                                   Larry Davis   
M.J.B. Duff                                           Marco Ferretti
Joan Frau                  Concettina Guerra          Richard Hall
Susanne Hambrusch          Robert Hummel              Shu-Yuen Hwang
Katsushi Inoue             Simon Kasif                Masatsugu Kidode
Pieter Jonker              James Little               Joseph Pfeiffer, Jr.
Russ Miller                Viktor Prassana            Sanjay Ranka
Anthony Reeves             Jorge Sanz                 Martin Savol
Jon Webb                   Charles Weems              Bertrand Zavidovique


This conference is one of Four conferences in the 12th ICPR. Each submitted 
paper will be reviewed by members of the program committee.
Papers describing applications are encouraged, and will be reviewed by a 
special Applications Committee.
The conference proceedings are published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.


12-ICPR CO-CHAIRS:   S. Ullman - Weizmann Inst. (shimon@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il)
                     S. Peleg - The Hebrew University (peleg@cs.huji.ac.il)
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:  Y. Yeshurun - Tel-Aviv University (hezy@math.tau.ac.il)
INDUSTRIAL & APPLICATIONS LIAISON:
                     M. Ejiri - Hitachi (ejiri@crl.hitachi.co.jp)

PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE:    February 1, 1994.
Notification of Acceptance:   May 1994.         Camera-Ready Copy: June 1994.

Send four copies of paper to:
   12th ICPR, c/o International, 10 Rothschild Blvd,
   65121 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL.
   Tel. +972(3)510-2538, Fax +972(3)660-604

Each manuscript should include the following:
1. A Summary Page addressing these topics:
   - Indicate that the paper is submitted to the PARALLEL COMPUTING conference.
   - What is the paper about?
   - What is the original contribution of this work?
   - Does the paper mainly describe an application, and should be reviewed
     by the applications committee?
2. Paper should be limited in length to 4000 words, the estimated length of 
   the proceedings version.
            
For further information on all ICPR conferences contact the secretariat at
the above address, or use E-mail: icpr@math.tau.ac.il.


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

          CALL FOR PAPERS - 12th ICPR - SIGNAL PROCESSING
                     Oct 9-13, 1994, Jerusalem, Israel

                           CONFERENCE TOPICS:
   Analysis, representation, coding, recognition and enhancement of signals:
   speech and image enhancement; image restoration; speech and audio coding;
   image and video coding; multiresolution and wavelet analysis; scale-space
   and joint time-frequency representation; morphological signal processing;
   auditory scene analysis.
  

                           PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
        D. Malah (Chair) - Technion (malah@techunix.technion.ac.il)
            M. Barlaud         J. Biemond       A. Bregman
            Y. Bresler         D. Chazan        A. Cohen
            V. Cuperman        Y. Ephraim       S. Furui
            A. Gill            N. Jayant        E. Karnin
            M. Kunt            S. Mallat        W. Pearlman
            A. Rosenberg       Y. Sakai         P. Salembier
            M. Tekalp          Y. Yasuda        Y. Zeevi


This conference is one of Four conferences in the 12th ICPR. Each submitted 
paper will be reviewed by members of the program committee.
Papers describing applications are encouraged, and will be reviewed
by a special Applications Committee.
The conference proceedings are published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.


12-ICPR CO-CHAIRS:   S. Ullman - Weizmann Inst. (shimon@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il)
                     S. Peleg - The Hebrew University (peleg@cs.huji.ac.il)
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:  Y. Yeshurun - Tel-Aviv University (hezy@math.tau.ac.il)
INDUSTRIAL & APPLICATIONS LIAISON: M. Ejiri - Hitachi (ejiri@crl.hitachi.co.jp)


PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE:     February 1, 1994.
Notification of Acceptance:    May 15, 1994.  Camera-Ready Copy: June 30, 1994.

Send four copies of paper to: 12th ICPR, c/o International, 10 Rothschild Blvd,
65121 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL. Tel. +972(3)510-2538, Fax +972(3)660-604

Each manuscript should include the following:
1. A Summary Page addressing these topics:
   - Indicate that the paper is submitted to the SIGNAL PROCESSING conference.
   - What is the paper about? - What is the original contribution of this work?
   - Does the paper mainly describe an application, and should be reviewed by
     the applications committee?
2. The paper, limited in length to 4000 words. This is the estimated length
   of the proceedings version.
            
For further information on all ICPR conferences contact the secretariat at the
above address, or use E-mail: icpr@math.tau.ac.il .

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 93 11:13:45 EST
From: Dr Dmitry Goldgof <goldgof@gasparilla.csee.usf.edu>
Subject: CFP: IEEE Workshop on Biomedical Image Analysis (updated)

                 CALL FOR PAPERS

     IEEE Workshop on Biomedical Image Analysis

      The Westin Hotel --- Seattle, Washington
                 June 24-25, 1994


The purpose of this workshop is to foster dialogue and debate 
which will more sharply focus attention on important unsolved 
problems associated with multidimensional biomedical image 
analysis. The workshop will be held in conjunction with CVPR'94.
The program will consist of previously unpublished, contributed 
and possibly invited papers on all aspects of computer vision 
and pattern recognition as applied to biomedical image analysis.
A list of possible themes for submitted papers, meant to be 
suggestive rather then exclusive, is:

Motion Analysis of Biomedical Images
Deformable Models
Stereoscopic Techniques
Sensor Fusion and Multimodality Image Analysis
Multidimensional Segmentation
Multidimensional Surface and Volume Models
Biomedical Image Databases
Measurements of Anatomical Structures
Multidimensional Data Visualization

PAPER SUBMISSION

Four copies of complete manuscript should be received by Friday, 
December 31, 1993 at the address: Dmitry Goldgof / Department of 
Computer Science and Engineering / University of South Florida /
4202 E. Fowler Ave, ENG 118 / Tampa, Florida 33620, U.S.A. 
Papers should  include 

(a) A title page containing the names and addresses of the authors 
    (including e-mail), an abstract of up to 200 words, and one or 
    more categories as listed above or other keywords, 
(b) A second title page - title and abstract only (to allow for 
    double blind reviewing),
(c) Paper - limited to 25 double-space pages (12 points, 1 inch 
    margins), including figures, references, etc. 

GENERAL CHAIR 

Thomas Huang 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
University of Illinois  
Urbana, Illinois 61801 
huang@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu 

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Dmitry Goldgof 
Department of Computer Science and Engineering 
University of South Florida 
Tampa, Florida 33620 
goldgof@figment.csee.usf.edu 

Raj Acharya 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering  
State University of New York
Buffalo, New York 14260  
acharya@eng.buffalo.edu


PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Nicholas Ayache,     INRIA, France
Alan Bovik,          University of Texas, Austin     
Kim Boyer,           Ohio State University          
Kevin Bowyer,        University of South Florida     
Horst Bunke,         University of Bern, Switzerland
David Chelberg,      Purdue University           
Chun-Tu Chen,        University of Chicago      
Chang Wen Chen,      University of Rochester           
Edward Delp,         Purdue University             
James Duncan,        Yale University              
Eric Grimson,        Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ramesh Jain,         University of California, San Diego
Stephen Pizer,       University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ajit Singh,          Siemens, Inc.            
George Stockman      Michigan State University 
Yung-Nien Sun,       National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
Torfinn Taxt,        University of Bergen, Norway  
Demetri Terzopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada  
Massimo Tistarelli,  University of Genova, Italy     
Jun-ichiro Toriwaki, Nagoya University, Japan


LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR 

James Lee, NeoPath Inc., 1750 112th Ave NE, Suite B-101, 
Bellevue, WA 98004, email: james@neopath.wa.com


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

PostScript version of the call for papers can be found
by anonymous ftp to figment.csee.usf.edu (131.247.2.2)
in the directory CVPR.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 14:16-EST
From: Katsushi.Ikeuchi@IUS5.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU
Subject:  IEEE 2nd CAD-Based Vision Workshop

                          IEEE 2nd CAD-Based Vision Workshop

February 8-11, 1994
Seven Springs Mountain Resort
Champion, PA

General Chairman -- Avi Kak, Purdue University, kak@ecn.purdue.edu
Program Chairman -- Katsushi Ikeuchi, Carnegie Mellon University, ki@cs.cmu.edu


The workshop will kick off with a reception on February 8, 1994 from 5:00
p.m. to 9:p.m.at The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA. Following the reception, attendees will be transported to
Seven Springs Mountain Resort. Workshop activities will begin in earnest at
8:00 a.m. on February 9, 1994 and end at 3:35 on February 11.

The goal of the workshop is to review the progress, as demonstrated by both
the achievements and the failures, during the two year period since the
first workshop, and to provide a clear picture of future directions.

For further information, please contact:
Ms. Marie Elm
The Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
mke@cs.cmu.edu

2nd CAD-Based Vision Workshop Workshop Registration

Name_____________________________________________________________
Affiliation__________________________________________________________
Address___________________________________________________________
Phone_____________________________________________________________
Fax_______________________________________________________________
E-mail_____________________________________________________________
Enclosed is my check in US funds made payable to Carnegie Mellon University.
 _______ Members: $270.00 ($325.00 after January 10, 1994)
 _______ Non-members: $335.00 ($405.00 after January 10, 1994)
 _______ Full-time student members: $210.00 ($275.00 after January 10, 1994)


Hotel Registration

A block of rooms has been reserved at Seven Springs Mountain Resort at the
following special rates: single - $78.00; double - $53 per person.
Depending upon availability, these rates will apply at least 3 days prior to
and 3 days following the meeting dates. The reservation cut-off date is
January 18, 1994 at 5:00 p.m. EST.  Reservations requested after this date
will be accepted by the hotel on a space avail able basis. Due to the fact
that the workshop takes place at the height of the skiing season, it is
essential that you make your reservations as soon as possible.

The telephone number at Seven Springs is (814)352-7777; the fax number is 
(814)352-7911.

SECOND CAD-BASED VISION WORKSHOP PROGRAM

February 8-11, 1994
Seven Springs Mountain Resort
Champion, PA


General Chairman: A. Kak, Purdue University

Program Chairman: K. Ikeuchi, Carnegie Mellon 
University

Program Committee:
J. K. Aggarwal, University of Texas Austin
B. Bhanu, UC Riverside
K. Bowyer, University of South Florida
C. Cowan, SRI
O. Faugeras, INRIA , France
P. Flynn, Washington State University
K. Hong, Postech, Korea
G. Medioni, USC
S. Sakane, ETL, Japan
K. Sato. Osaka University, Japan
L. Shapiro, University of Washington
K. Tarabanis, IBM


February 8, 1994

5:00 - 9:00 p.m. Reception and open house at 
Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Insti
tute, Wean Hall, first floor corridor.

February 9, 1994

8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks

8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Plenary Discussion

10:00 - 12:00 noon. Indexing and Geometric Hashing
 
C.F. Olson. "Probabilistic Indexing: A New Method 
of Indexing 3D Model Data from 2D Image Data."
 
J.J. Liu, R. Hummel. "Geometric Hashing with 
Attributed Features"
 
L. Grew, A. Kak. "Interactive Learning of Multiple 
Attribute Hash Table for Fast 3D Object Recogni
tion"
 J. Ho Yi, D. M. Chelberg. "Rapid Object Recognition 
from a Large Model Database"

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch 

1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Matching Large Data Bases
 
K. Sengupta, K.L. Boyer. "Computing Random 
Structural Descriptions of CAD Models and Presort
ing Large Structural Modelbases"
 
M. Wheeler, K. Ikeuchi. "Sensor Modeling, Probabi
listic Hypothesis Generation, and Robust Localiza
tion for Object Recognition"
 
J. R. Beveridge, E. M. Riseman. "Optimal Geometric 
Model Matching Under Full 3D Perspective"

L. Shapiro, S. L. Tanimoto, J.F. Brinkley, J. Ahrens, 
R.M. Jakobovits, L.M. Lewis. "A Visual Database 
System for Data and Experiment Management in 
Model-Based Computer Vision"

3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break

4:00 - 6:30p.m. Model Building Techniques I 
(Polyhedron-Oriented)
 
A. Hoover, D. Goldgof, K.W. Bowyer. "Building a 
B-rep from a Segmented Range Image"
 
X. Lebegue, J.K. Aggerwal. "Automatic Creation of 
Architectural CAD Models"
 
A. J. Azarbayejani, T. Galyean, B. Horowitz, A. 
Pentland. "Recursive Estimation for CAD Model 
Recovery"
 
D. Eggert, D. Goldgof, K.W. Bowyer. "Reconstruct
ing CAD Models of Articulated Objects"
 
T. Masuda, N. Yokoya. "A Robust Method for Regis
tration and Segmentation of Mujltiple Range Images"

7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Dinner
February 10, 1994

8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Model Building Techniques 
II (Curved Surface-Oriented) 
 
W. B. Seales, O. Faugeras. "Building Three-dimen
sional CAD/CAM Models from Image Sequences"
 
K. Higuchi, H. Delingette, M. Hebert, K. Ikeuchi. 
"Merging Multiple Views Using a Spherical Repre
sentation"
 
V. Koivunen, J. Vezien, R. Bajcsy. " Multiple repre
sentation approach to geometric model construction 
from range data"
 
H. Tanaka, F. Kishino. "Adaptive Sampling and 
Reconstruction for Discontinuity Preserving Texture-
Mapped Triangulation"
 
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.Coffee Break

10:15 - 12:15 p.m. Sensor Model and Appear
ance Simulation

S. Mason, A. Grun. "Automating the Sensor Place
ment Task for Accurate Dimensional Inspection"
 
S. Sakane, T. Kuruma, T. Sato. "Planning Focus of 
Attention for Multi-Fingered Hand with Consider
ation of Time-Varying Aspects"
 
J. Michel, N. Nandhakumar. "Unified 3D Models for 
Multisensor Image Synthesis"
 
K. Kutalakos, W. Brent Seales, C. R. Dyer. "Building 
Global Object Models by Purposive Viewpoint Con
trol"

12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 - 7:00 p.m. Discussion on Ski Slope

7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Dinner

9:00 - 10:00 p.m. Panel Discussion


February 11, 1994

8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Matching Techniques
 
J. Mao, A. K. Jain, P.J. Flynn. "Integration of Multi
ple Feature Groups and Multiple Views into a 3D 
Object Recognition System"
 
O. Munkelt. "Feature Based Aspect-Trees --
Generation and Interpretation "
 
S.Das, B. Bhanu, C.C. Ho. "Generic Object Recogni
tion Using CAD-Based Multiple Representations"
 
J.L. Chen, G.C. Stockman. "Matching Curved 3D 
Object Models to 2D Images"

10:00 - 10:15a.m. Coffee Break

10:15 - 12:15 p.m. Inspection and Surveil
lance
 
G. H. Tarbox, S.N. Gottschlich. "IVIS: An Integrated 
Volumetric Inspection System"
 
T. Sobh, J. Owen, C. Jaynes, M. Dekhil, T.C. Hender
son. "Autonomous Industrial Inspection and
 Reverse Engineering"
 
T. Newman, A.K. Jain. "CAD-Based Images of 3D 
Objects Using Range Images"
 
K. Sato, T. Maeda, H. Kato, S. Inokuchi. "Cad-Based 
Object Tracking with Distributed Monocular Cam
eras for Security Monitoring"

12:15 - 1:15 Lunch

1:15 - 3:35 Physics-Based Object Recognition

S.J. Dickinson, D. Metaxas. "Decoupling Recogni
tion and Localization in CAD-Based Vision"
 
S. Sclaroff, A. Pentland. "Object Recognition and 
Categorization Using Modal Descriptions"
 
Y. Chen, G. Medioni. "Fitting a Surface to 3-D 
Points Using an Inflating Balloon Model"
 
C.W. Liao, G. Medioni. "Surface Approximation of a 
Cloud of 3D Points"
 
M. Robey, G.A. West, S. Venkatesh. "An Investiga
tion into the Use of Physical Modelling for the Pre
diction of Various Feature Types Visible from 
Different View Points"
 
------------------------------

Date: Sun, 21 Nov 93 15:23:40 -0500
From: "Andrew Francis Laine" <laine@ocean.cis.ufl.edu>
Subject: CFP: Mathematical Imaging: Wavelet Applications in Signal and Image Processing II

Conference Title: "Mathematical Imaging: Wavelet Applications in
                   Signal and Image Processing II"

                   Part of SPIE`s Annual International Symposium on
                   Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering
                       
                   July 27-29, 1994
                   San Diego, California
                   San Diego Convention Center, Marriot Hotel Marina

Conference Chairs: 

                 Andrew Laine, University of Florida 
                 Michael Unser, National Institutes of Health 

Program Committee:    
                 Bjorn Jawerth, University of South Carolina
                 Martin Vetterli, University of California, Berkeley
		 Ronald Coifman, Yale University
                 Stephane Mallat, New York University
                 Victor Wickerhauser, Washington University
                 Akrum Aldroubi, National Institutes of Health
                 Charles Chui, Texas A&M University
                 Arun Kumar, Southwestern Bell Technology Resources
                 Alan Bovik, University of Texas, Austin


KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Ingrid Daubechies, Princeton University
                                    and AT&T Bell Laboratories


  The analysis of signals and images at multiple scales
is an attractive framework for many problems in computer vision,
signal and image processing.  Wavelet theory provides
a mathematically precise understanding of the concept of multiresolution.

   The conference shall focus on novel applications of wavelet methods of
analysis and processing techniques, refinements of existing methods,
and new theoretical models.  When possible, papers should compare
and contrast wavelet based approaches to traditional techniques.

Topics for the conference may include but are not limited to:

    - image pyramids
    - frames and overcomplete representations
    - multiresolution algorithms
    - wavelet-based noise reduction and restoration
    - multiscale edge detection
    - wavelet texture analysis and segmentation
    - Gabor transforms and space-frequency localization
    - wavelet-based fractal analysis
    - multiscale random processes
    - wavelets and neural networks
    - image representations from wavelet maxima or zero-crossings
    - wavelet compression, coding and signal representation
    - wavelet theory and multirate filterbanks
    - wavelets in medical imaging


   -------->  EXTENDED DEADLINES  <---------

Abstract  Due Date:  January 15, 1994.
MANUSCRIPT DUE DATE:  June 27, 1994
(Proceeding will be made available at the conference)

Applicants shall be notified of acceptance by March 1, 1993.

Your abstract should include the following:

1.  Abstract Title.
2.  Author Listing (Principal author first and affiliations).
3.  Correspondence address for EACH author (email, phone/FAX, ect.).
4.  Submitted to: Mathematical Imaging: Wavelet Applications
                  in Signal and Image Processing,
                  Andrew Laine, Chairman.
5.  Abstract: 500-1000 word abstract.
6.  Brief Biography: 50-100 words (Principal author only).

Please send FOUR copies of your abstract to the address below
via FAX, email (one copy) or carrier:

San Diego '94
SPIE, P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA  98227-0010

Shipping Address:  1000 20th Street, Bellington, WA  98225
Phone:  (206) 676-3290
email: abstracts@mom.spie.org
FAX:  (206) 647-1445
CompuServe: 71630,2177

Notice: Late submissions may be considered subject to program
time availability and approval of the program committee.

Andrew Laine, Assistant Professor
Computer and Information Sciences Department
University of Florida
Gainesville,  FL   32611

Phone:(904) 392-1239
Email:LAINE@CIS.UFL.edu

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 93 14:00:06 -0600
From: bis@prip.tuwien.ac.at
Subject: CFP: Pattern Recognition 1994

		 PATTERN RECOGNITION 1994

	16th DAGM SYMPOSIUM AND 18th OeAGM WORKSHOP

		RECOGNITION AND LEARNING
		 21.-23. SEPTEMBER 1994
		TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY  VIENNA

		CALL ! FOR ! PAPERS
		====================

The Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition (OeAGM) and 
the German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM) invite you to 
participate in their joint conference on "Recognition and Learning".

The OeAGM and the DAGM have the aim to promote pattern recognition in their countries.
The OeAGM is a scientific association and the DAGM is formed by following scientific
associations:
DGaO  Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer angewandte Optik - GMDS Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer
Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie - GI Gesellschaft fuer Informatik -
ITG Informationstechnische Gesellschaft - DGNM Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Nuklearmedizin - 
IEEE The Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Deutsche Sektion - 
DGPF Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung
The OeAGM and the DAGM are members of the International Association for Pattern
Recognition (IAPR).


TOPICS
========

theory of pattern recognition - speech recognition - speech understanding  
motion - image understanding - knowledge based systems - hierarchical methods 
adaptive methods - machine learning for pattern recognition - neural networks 
special purpose hardware - applications in medicine, robotics, industry, seismology,
remote sensing, cartography, document analysis -  other novel application areas


SCHEDULE
===========

Submission of papers		12. February 1994
Notification of acceptance 	30. April 1994
Camera-ready papers  		25. June 1994


PRIZES
=======

The OLYMPUS prize consisting of DM 10.000,- is given in 1994 to an outstanding work in
the field of "Recognition and Learning". Further information can be requested from the
address given below.  

In addition, a prize consisitng of OeS 35.000,- is given during the conference to an 
excellent work, and six other prizes consisting of OeS 7.000,- are given  particularly to young
scientists.


PROGRAM-COMMITTEE
==================

W.G. Kropatsch,TU Vienna  (Chairman)

H. Bunke, Bern 				
H. Burkhardt, Hamburg				
H.G. Feichtinger, Vienna
W. Foerstner, Bonn   	  		
S. Fuchs, Dresden   	  		
G. Hartmann, Paderborn   		  
K.- H. Hoehne, Hamburg
E. Hundt, Munich 
F. Leberl, Graz 
C.-E. Liedtke, Hannover
M. Oerder, Aachen 
E. Paulus, Braunschweig 
S.J. Poeppl, Luebeck 
B. Radig, Munich
G. Sagerer, Bielefeld
B. Schleifenbaum, Wetzlar
K. Schneider, Konstanz
K. Voss, Jena

CONFERENCE-ORGANISATION
========================

Presentations are 15 minutes, invited talks are 40 minutes. One session includes 4-5 related
presentations and time for discussion of the presentations. In addition, a moderated
postersession is planned.

The official conference language is German, English papers are welcome. If possible, the
English papers will be grouped, and one day of the conference will be held in English. 
Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the series "Informatik XPress" 
with the title "Mustererkennung 1994" and will be available at the conference.

Authors should submit 4 copies (no fax, no e-mail submission) of full-length papers 
(5-8 pages incl. figures). The paper should include the author`s name, affiliation, its 
assignment to two of the above topics and the complete mailing and e-mail address of the
contact person. Wherever possible, the notification of acceptance is done via e-mail.
Please submit your papers to:

o. Univ.Prof. Dr. Walter G. Kropatsch  / ME94
Technical University Vienna 
Institute for Automation
Treitlstrasse 3/1832
A-1040 Wien, AUSTRIA
Tel: +43-1-58801/4479
FAX:      +43-1-5054668
e-mail: dagm@prip.tuwien.ac.at

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 05:41:42 GMT
From: estes@gorse.cipic.ucdavis.edu (Robert Estes)
Organization: University of California, Davis
Subject: 2nd CFP: 1994 Picture Coding Symposium

                        SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
 
                               PCS '94
 
                    1994 Picture Coding Symposium
 
                       September 21 - 23, 1994
 
                         Hyatt Regency Hotel
 
                        Sacramento, California
 
Papers containing new, original and unpublished material of research
character are solicited. Prospective authors are asked to submit for
review 4 copies of a preliminary summary of the paper, in English. The
summary should be no more than four pages, but not less than two. You
are requested to leave a 1in left margin and use good printing quality
(Times Roman, 12pt font preferred) monochrome photographs should be
pasted in the text.  Authors interested in submitting color
photographs should contact the PCS94 committee. Two types of
presentations will be used, oral and poster presentations. About 15
minutes will be allotted to each oral presentation, including
discussions.  In order to maintain the quality and focus of the
Symposium, no parallel sessions will be held.
 
Overhead projector, 35 mm slide projector and U-matic 3/4" NTSC*/*PAL
will be available. Other means of visual aids may be provided on
request.
 
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
 
 - Human observer/psychophysics
 - Feature extraction and picture processing
 - Coding of still pictures
 - Coding of moving pictures
 - Modeling and synthetic coding
 - Error protection
 - Implementation architecture and LSI
 
New Areas:
 
 - Image and video compression in a multimedia computer network environment
 - Very high quality imaging (photographic and technical report quality)
 - Very low bit rate video coding. (<64 Kbps)
 - Software encoding/decoding
 
Authors' schedule:
 
Submission of summary and registration sheet: February 1, 1994; Notice
of Acceptance: May 1, 1994; Submission of revised summary (optional)
June 1, 1994.  Presentations/posters will be limited to a maximum of
three per attendee (with at most one of these as first author).
Persons interested in contributing to the program or receiving more
information, please contact:
 
PCS 94
CIPIC - Center for Image Processing and Integrated Computing
2345 Academic Surge Building
University of California
Davis, CA  95616-8553   USA
Tel:  +1-916-752-2387
Fax:  +1-916-752-8894
E-mail:  pcs94@cipic.ucdavis.edu
 
                    PCS 94 - INFORMATION REQUEST
     Name:__________________________________________________________
  Address:__________________________________________________________
  Country:_____________________
Telephone:_____________________   Fax:_______________________  	
E-mail address:________________________________         
I intend to:  (  ) submit a paper  (  ) attend only
Title of Paper or Area of Interest:______________________________________

 
                                PCS 94
 
International Steering Committee:
 
Chair: V. Ralph Algazi, University of California, Davis, USA
Claude Labit, IRISA, France
Hans G. Musmann, University of Hannover, Germany
Leonardo  Chiariglione, CSELT, Italy
Hiroshi Yasuda, NTT, Japan
Yasuhiko Yasuda, Waseda University, Japan
Makoto Miyahara, JAIST, Japan
Don Pearson, University  of Essex, UK
Barry Haskell, ATT Bell Labs, USA
Martin Vetterli, University of California, Berkeley; Columbia University, USA
Didier LeGall, C-Cube, USA
Andrew Lippman, MIT, USA
John Woods, Renselaer, USA
John Limb, Hewlett Packard, USA
Murat Kunt, EPFL, Switzerland
Michael Biggar, Telecom, Australia
Andrew Tescher, Lockheed, USA
 
Program Committee:
 
Chair: Todd R. Reed, University of California, Davis, USA
Tom Lookabaugh, DiviCom, USA
Fred Kitson, Hewlett Packard, USA
Alex Drukarev, Hewlett Packard, USA
Yoshinori Sakai, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Mohamed Ghanbari, University of Essex, UK
 
Local Organization Committee:
 
Chair: Gary Ford, University of  California, Davis, USA
Todd R. Reed, University of California, Davis, USA
Vasudev Bhaskaran, Hewlett Packard, USA

Robert estes@eecs.ucdavis.edu
 
Center for Image Processing and Integrated Computing (CIPIC)
University of California, Davis

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 93 21:20:40 EST
From: hull@cs.buffalo.edu (Jonathan Hull)
Subject: CFP: ICDAR-95 Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition

                                 CALL FOR PAPERS

                     ICDAR '95: Third International Conference on
                           Document Analysis and Recognition
                                August 14-16, 1995
                                 Montreal, Canada

General Chair
 C. Y. Suen (Canada)

Co-Chairs
 R. Plamondon (Canada)
 S. Srihari (U.S.A.)

Program Co-Chairs
 R. Kasturi (U.S.A.)
 G. Lorette (France)
 K. Yamamoto (Japan)

Program Committee
 K. Abe (Japan),        H.S. Baird (U.S.A.),     R. G. Casey (U.S.A.), 
 R. W. Dai (P.R.China), R. M. Haralick (U.S.A.), S. Impedovo (Italy), 
 J. H. Kim (Korea),     A. Krzyzak (Canada),     H. J. Lee (Taiwan), 
 S. W. Lee (Korea),     C. G. Leedham (U.K.),    S. Mori (Japan), 
 G. Nagy (U.S.A.)       T. A. Nartker (U.S.A.),  L. O'Gorman (U.S.A.), 
 T. Pavlidis (U.S.A.)   D. Poussart (Canada),    L.R. Schomaker (Holland), 
 J. Schrmann (Germany)  J. C. Simon (France),    A. Thomassen (Holland), 
 K. Tombre (France),    J. Tsukumo (Japan),      P. S. P. Wang (U.S.A.),
 Q. R. Wang (U.S.A.)

Publicity Co-Chairs 
 J. Hull (U.S.A.)
 Y. Nakano (Japan)
 G. Stamon (France)

Publications
 J. J. Brault (Canada)

Local Arrangements
 M. Cheriet (Canada)
 Y. Y. Tang (Canada)

Treasurers
 J. G. Deschnes (Canada)
 L. Lam (Canada)


You are invited to participate in the third International Conference 
on Document Analysis and Recognition to be held on August 14-16, 1995 
at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada.

The Conference is sponsored by the International Association for Pattern
Recognition (IAPR) Technical Committees 10 and 11, International Graphonomics 
Society, and the Canadian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society. 
This Conference is a unique International Forum for identifying, encouraging 
and exchanging ideas on research, development and novel applications
of document related systems and technologies.  The topics will include,
but are not limited to:

Document Analysis & Understanding       Character Segmen. & Recognition
  Layout Analysis                         Touching Characters & Cursive Script
  Logical Structure Analysis              Characters in Real-life Settings
  Knowledge-Based and Linguistic          Large Vocabulary
    Approaches                              Text Analysis & Recognition

On-Line Recognition                     Map and Drawing Understanding
  Handwritten Characters & Symbols        Map Interpretation
  Drawings and Gestures                   Diagram/Drawing Understanding
  Pen Based Interface                     Musical Score Recognition
  Signature Verification                  Symbol Recognition
                                                   
Document Image Processing               Storage and Retrieval of Doc. Images 
  Deskewing                                Document Image Filing
  Image Compression                        Automated Indexing
  Color Image Processing                   Retrieval of Texts and Pictures
                                                     
Hypermedia Processing                   Theoretical and Psych. Approaches  
  Multimedia Processing                    Neural Networks&Genetic Algorithms
  Electronic Books & Hypertext             Expert Systems
  Multimedia Databases                     Psychological Models
                                                     
Implementations                         Applications and Systems  
  VLSI/ULSI & Parallel Architectures       Bank Cheques & Remittance Proc.
  Software Implementation                  OCR Systems  
  Automatic Learning & Adaptation          Geographical Information Systems
  Performance & Cost Analysis              Postal Automation
  Software Tools, Databases & Standards    Industrial & Business Applications


          Paper Submission Due                       December 1, 1994
          Acceptance Notification                    March 1, 1995
          Final Camera Ready Due                     May 1, 1995


Presentation:

   The Conference will include oral and poster presentations and 
invited talks by distinguished researchers.  Posters with a demonstration 
are considered at the time of paper submission upon requests by the authors. 
   All presentations will be in English.

Paper Submission:

   Papers should describe original and unpublished work.  Those who 
wish to present a paper are requested to submit four copies of a 
double-spaced complete paper not more than 20 pages by December 1, 1994 
to one of the Program Chairmen listed below.  The first page of the 
manuscript should contain a title, affiliation, mailing address, 
phone/fax numbers and e-mail address of the contact author.  
The second page should include the title, a 200-word abstract, and 
keywords.  Papers accepted for presentation will be published in 
the conference proceedings, i.e. six pages (approximately 5000 words 
including figures) for long papers and four pages (3500 words) for 
short and poster papers.  We will not review papers 
submitted by facsimile or e-mail.

Prof. Rangachar Kasturi     Prof. Guy Lorette      Prof. Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Dept. of Comp. Sc. & Eng.   IFSIC/IRISA            Image Understanding Section
Penn State University       Universit de Rennes 1  Electrotechnical Lab (ETL)
323 Pond Laboratory         Campus de Beaulieu     1-1-4 Umezono
Univ. Park, PA 16802        35042 RENNES Cedex     Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
U.S.A.                      France                 JAPAN
                                                                                           
Tel: 1-(814) 863-4254       Tel: (33) 99.84.73.58    Tel: (81) 298-54-5491
Fax: 1-(814) 865-3176       Fax: (33) 99.38.38.32    Fax: (81) 298-58-5949
E-mail: kasturi@cse.psu.edu E-mail: lorette@irisa.fr E-mail: yamamoto@etl.go.jp

Important Dates:

   Paper Submission Due                        December 1, 1994
   Acceptance Notification                     March 1, 1995
   Final Camera Ready Due                      May 1, 1995

For further information, please contact the Conference Secretariat or 
one of the Publicity Co-chairs:

1. Secretariat - ICDAR '95               2. Prof. Jonathan Hull     
   c/o CENPARMI - Suite GM-606              Centre of Excellence for Document
   Concordia University                        Analysis & Recognition
   1455 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West       UB Commons, 520 Lee Entrance 
   Montreal, Quebec   H3G 1M8               State Univ. of New York at Buffalo
   CANADA                                   Amherst, New York 14228-2567  
   Tel: (514) 848-7950                      U.S.A.
   Fax: (514) 848-4522                      Tel: 1-(716) 645-6164 (ext. 109)
  E-mail:                                   Fax: 1-(716) 645-6176
   icdar-95-request@cenparmi.concordia.ca   E-mail: hull@cs.buffalo.edu

                                                                            
3. Prof. Yasuaki Nakano                  4. Prof. Georges Stamon
   Department of Information Engineering    Ecole Hautes Etudes Informatique
   Shinshu University                       Universit de Paris V - Sorbonne
   500 Wakasato, Nagano 380                 45 rue des Saints Pres
   JAPAN                                    75006 Paris, FRANCE
   Tel: (81) 262-26-4101 (ext. 3719)        Tel: (33) 1-47-03-31-27       
   Fax: (81) 262-23-1026                    Fax: (33) 1-42-86-22-31
   E-mail:                                  E-mail: vision@ehei.ehei.fr
     nakano@wakasato.cs.shinshu-u.ac.jp     

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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 12:47:51 EST
From: Pulin <sampat@CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject: fifth neural network conference proceedings...

The Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Neural Networks and Parallel
Distributed Processing at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne,
held April 9-11, 1992 are now available. They can be ordered ($9 + $1 U.S.
mail cost; make checks payable to IPFW) from:

Secretary, Department of Physics                      FAX: (219)481-6880         
Voice: (219)481-6306 OR 481-6157
Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne            
email: proceedings@ipfwcvax.bitnet
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499

The following papers are included in the Proceedings of the Fifth Conference:

Tutorials

Phil Best, Miami University, Processing of Spatial Information in the Brain
William Frederick, Indiana-Purdue University, Introduction to Fuzzy Logic
Helmut Heller and K. Schulten, University of Illinois, Parallel Distributed
     Computing for Molecular Dynamics:  Simulation of Large Hetrogenous
     Systems on a Systolic Ring of  Transputer
Krzysztof J. Cios, University Of Toledo, An Algorithm Which Self-Generates
     Neural Network Architecture - Summary of Tutorial

Biological and Cooperative Phenomena Optimization

Ljubomir T. Citkusev & Ljubomir J. Buturovic, Boston University, Non-
     Derivative Network for Early Vision
M.B. Khatri & P.G. Madhavan, Indiana-Purdue University, Indianapolis, ANN
     Simulation of the Place Cell Phenomenon Using Cue Size Ratio
J. Wu, M. Penna, P.G. Madhavan, & L. Zheng, Purdue University at
     Indianapolis, Cognitive Map Building and Navigation
J. Wu, C. Zhu,  Michael A. Penna & S. Ochs, Purdue University at
     Indianapolis, Using the NADEL to Solve the Correspondence Problem
Arun Jagota, SUNY-Buffalo, On the Computational Complexity of Analyzing
     a Hopfield-Clique Network

Network Analysis

M.R. Banan & K.D. Hjelmstad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
     A Supervised Training Environment Based on Local Adaptation,
     Fuzzyness, and Simulation
Pranab K. Das II & W.C. Schieve, University of Texas at Austin, Memory in
     Small Hopfield Neural Networks:  Fixed Points, Limit Cycles and Chaos
Arun Maskara & Andrew Noetzel, Polytechnic University, Forced Learning in
     Simple Recurrent Neural Networks
Samir I. Sayegh, Indiana-Purdue University, Neural Networks Sequential vs
     Cumulative Update: An * Expansion
D.A. Brown, P.L.N. Murthy, & L. Berke, The College of Wooster, Self-
     Adaptation in Backpropagation Networks Through Variable
     Decomposition and Output Set Decomposition
Sandip Sen, University of Michigan, Noise Sensitivity in a Simple Classifier
     System
Xin Wang, University of Southern California, Complex Dynamics of Discrete-
     Time Neural Networks
Zhenni Wang and Christine di Massimo, University of Newcastle, A Procedure
     for Determining the Canonical Structure of Multilayer Feedforward
     Neural Networks
Srikanth Radhakrishnan and C, Koutsougeras,  Tulane University, Pattern
     Classification Using the Hybrid Coulomb Energy Network

Applications

K.D. Hooks, A. Malkani, & L. C. Rabelo, Ohio University, Application of
     Artificial Neural Networks in Quality Control Charts
B.E. Stephens & P.G. Madhavan, Purdue University at Indianapolis, Simple
     Nonlinear Curve Fitting Using the Artificial Neural Network
Nasser Ansari & Janusz A. Starzyk, Ohio University, Distance Field Approach
     to Handwritten Character Recognition
Thomas L. Hemminger & Yoh-Han Pao, Case Western Reserve University, A
     Real-Time Neural-Net Computing Approach to the Detection and
     Classification of Underwater Acoustic Transients
Seibert L. Murphy & Samir I. Sayegh, Indiana-Purdue University, Analysis of
     the Classification Performance of a Back Propagation Neural Network
     Designed for Acoustic Screening
S. Keyvan, L. C. Rabelo, & A. Malkani, Ohio University, Nuclear Diagnostic
     Monitoring System Using Adaptive Resonance Theory

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