17th OAGM Workshop and 4th International Workshop for Digital Image Processing and Computer Graphics Image Analysis and Synthesis June 2nd - 4th, 1993 Graz, Austria First Announcement and Call for Papers ______________________________________ The Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition (VAGM, which is part of the IAPR) in cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and JOANNEUM RESEARCH invite you to participate in the 3 day Workshop on Digital Image Analysis and Synthesis. Papers devoted to new trends in image analysis and synthesis, including theory, algorithms, and applications are especially welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * image processing and analysis * perception engineering * pattern recognition * computer vision * parallel and hierarchical algorithms and architectures * neural networks * remote sensing * medical and biological applications * industrial applications * fuzzy logic theory and applications * active vision General Information Registration for the workshop will take place from June 2nd, 8:30 throughout the workshop to June 4th, 1993. All papers must be received by February 15th, 1993, and application cards for participation and hotel accommodation must be received by May 1st, 1993. The working language of the workshop will be English. Invited Speakers The invited speakers will be * Professor Bruce Batchelor, of the University of Wales, College of Cardiff * Victor Soyfer, of the Institute for Aviation, Samara, Russia Submission of Papers Authors wishing to present a paper should submit a draft version and a 1000 words abstract (for the book of abstracts) by February 15th, 1993. All papers must be submitted in English. Camera-ready-copies according to the VAGM style will be requested after the workshop. Proceedings will be prepared directly by offset printing from authors' manuscripts with no additional editorial processing or retyping. A brochure of abstracts will be provided together with the conference material. The proceedings including all presented papers will be published after the conference. The papers submitted will be reviewed by the programme committee, and the authors will receive a notification of acceptance of their papers. Invitation cards with a final programme and information about location and registration will be sent to the participants. Participation Fee There will be a small participation fee which covers participation in all conference and workshop events, including the social programme and refreshments. Hotel accomodation and meals will be paid for by the participants at their own expense. Special Sessions Several special sessions will be organised around specific topics. So far the following sessions are planned: * industrial applications of image analysis and synthesis methods including system integration and tools * remote sensing, space applications and robotics * an international contact forum * image analysis tools * Mathematica-like image analysis tools To facilitate the comparison of new image analysis algorithms, this special session is devoted to the presentation of implementations in Mathematica, Maple, Matlab, etc. Prospective authors are requested to include suitable input, output data, as well as the source code, as appendices to their algorithm descriptions. This new form of presentation at a workshop should help researchers to speed up the comparison of results, reduce duplication of efforts, as well as provide learning tools for students. International Contact Forum Colleagues from neighbouring countries are invited to present the research activities of their own countries. This forum should establish international contact and facilitate the exchange of ideas. OAGM Prize All presented contributions (including the oral presentation) will be reviewed by the prize committee and the authors of the best paper will be selected to receive the VAGM best-paper award. The schedule will be: 15th February Last day of receipt of papers 1st April 1993 : Notification to authors of acceptance of their papers 1st May 1993 : Participation cards, fees, and hotel reservation cards 2nd June 1993 : Registration of participants 2nd - 4th June 1993 : Conference and workshops 30th August 1993: Publication of proceedings All correspondence should be sent to: Martin Povoden JOANNEUM RESEARCH Wastiangasse 6 A-8010 Graz Austria Tel.: (+43 316) 8020-752 Fax: (+43 316) 8020-720 e-mail: povoden@joanneum.ada.at or e-mail: poelzleitner@joanneum.ada.at Chairman: W. Polzleitner (A) Co-Chairs: B. Batchelor (UK), V. Soyfer (GUS), H. Wechsler (USA), E. Wenger (A) Organizing Committee: M. Povoden (A), A. Prohammer (A) Program Committee: I. Bajla (Slovakian Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, CSFR) W. Burger (Univ. of California at Riverside, USA) H. Feichtinger (University of Vienna, A) C. Ferm|ller (Univ. of Maryland, USA) I. Holldnder (Austrian Academy of Sciences, A) V. Karnaukhov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, GUS) W. Kropatsch (University of Technology of Vienna, A) K. Mayer (Vsterreichisches Forschungszentrum Seibersdorf, A) N. Merzliakov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, GUS) A. Muir (Scottish Centre for Agricultural Eng., Univ. of Edinburgh, UK) G. Paar (JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Graz, A) A. Pinz (University of Technology, Vienna, A) G. Shubinsky (North Western University, Chicago, USA) D. Strobl (JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Graz, A) G. Schwingshakl (JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Graz, A) E. Wenger (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, A) L. Yaroslavsky (National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA) APPLICATION FORM I am interested in the workshop * I have not yet decided to participate ________ * I intend to participate ________ * I intend to present a paper Tentative title: ________________________________________________ * Please inform my colleague Name, Address: ________________________________________________ * Please send me further information about the workshop My e-mail address: ________________________________________________ Send to: Martin Povoden, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Wastiangasse 6, A-8010 Graz, Austria Tel.: (+43 316) 8020-752 Fax: (+43 316) 8020-720 e-mail: povoden@joanneum.ada.at or e-mail: poelzleitner@joanneum.ada.at