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Today's Topics:

 NSF announcement for PRC researchers
 Testing 3-D Vision Nets: Call for help
 Transputer based frame grabbers
 Travel fellowships for graduates students in vision research
 Post-doctoral position in human and machine vision

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From: Ken Laws <klaws@note.nsf.gov>
Subject: NSF announcement for PRC researchers

Recently, in response to events in the People's Republic of
China (PRC), President Bush offered a one-year delayed departure
to all PRC students, scholars and other visitors now in the
United States.

Many visitors from the PRC currently receive support through NSF
awards, particularly as graduate students and postdoctoral
researchers.  Effective immediately, NSF will entertain requests
for supplements if the duration of the stay of a PRC student or
other researcher supported on an existing award is altered as the
result of the President's initiative.

For the remainder of FY 1989, reserve funds will be made
available to cover these supplements.  Program reference code
9284, "PRC Scientist Supplements," should be cited.

Information regarding the opportunity for these supplements will
be provided to the university community by the Division of Grants
and Contracts [(202) 357-9496].


					-- Ken Laws
					   (202) 357-9586

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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 89 19:31:16 gmt
From: Ziqung Li <zql%aipna.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK>
Subject: Testing 3-D Vision Nets: Call for help


The VisionNets is for 3-D object recognition and location
from range image. There is no limit for the types of surface
in an image, i.e. it is expected to deal with free-form objects
(but not those like tree leaves). It consists of 3 levels of 
neural nets based on the Hopfield models:

	1. Low level net: from a range image to surface
	   curvature images (work finished, tested using
	   real range data, well)
	2. Intermediate level net: from the suface curvature
	   images to invariant surface descriptions in
	   attributed grapghs (work finished, tested using
	   real range data, well)
	3. High level net: from the invariant surface
	   descriptions to object classification and
	   location (programs go through, tested in the 
	   recognition phase, work; but not the location 
	   phase owing to lack of a 3-D object model)

I am looking for geometric models to test the VisionNets as well
as the 3rd level net. Any information about available existing 3-D object 
models, such as CAD models of free-form objects or any other explicit 
models, would be greatly appreciated. I am also interested in a 
working environmant in which this work can be carried on.

Thanks in advance.


Ziqing Li
Graduate Student
A.I. Department
Edinburgh University
U.K.
zql@aipna.ed.ac.uk
zql%uk.ac.edinburgh.aipna@ucl.cs.nss


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Date: 23 Jun 89 07:55:06 GMT
From: munnari!latcs1.oz.au!suter@uunet.UU.NET (David Suter)
Subject: transputer based frame grabbers
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia


I am interested in details of frame grabber cards that are transputer based.
Any info. - particularly regarding throughput data to transputers
would be appreciated.
d.s.


David Suter                            ISD: +61 3 479-2393
Department of Computer Science,        STD: (03) 479-2393
La Trobe University,                ACSnet: suter@latcs1.oz
Bundoora,                            CSnet: suter@latcs1.oz
Victoria, 3083,                       ARPA: suter%latcs1.oz@uunet.uu.net
Australia                             UUCP: ...!uunet!munnari!latcs1.oz!suter
                                     TELEX: AA33143
                                       FAX: 03 4785814


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Date: 	Mon, 26 Jun 89 17:06:48 EDT
From: Color and Vision Network <CVNET%YORKVM1.BITNET@psuvax1.psu.edu>
From: suzanne@skivs.ski.org
Subject: Travel fellowships for graduates students in vision research
	
                 Westheimer Symposium Travel Fellowships
                           August 10 - 12, l989
	
     Thanks  to additional support from an NSF grant, we are  able  to
offer five travel fellowships to graduate students in vision research.
To  apply for support send a CV with a letter describing your  present
research,  and  a  supporting  letter  from  your  graduate   advisor.
Fellowships  will cover airfare (up to $500.00) and accommodations  at
the  Clark  Kerr  Campus.    Both  those  students  who  are  presently
registered  for  the symposium and those who will be  registering  are
eligible for these travel fellowships.  Unregistered students who  are
applying for the fellowships should submit a registration form (but no
money)  with their application.  Registered students selected for  the
fellowships will receive a refund.
	
     You  can receive additional registration forms by  calling  (415)
561-1637 or (415) 561-1620.
	
     We have the pleasure to announce that three additional scientists
have  agreed  to  speak at the symposium: Dr.  Russell  DeValois,  Dr.
Barrie Frost, and Dr. Ralph Freeman.
	
     Anyone  who  will  be  submitting  a  paper  to  the   Westheimer
Festschrift  edition of Vision Research is reminded that the  deadline
for  submission is August 10, l989.  Papers may be sent to either  Ken
Nakayama  or  to  Suzanne  McKee  at  Smith-Kettlewell  Eye   Research
Institute, 2232 Webster St., San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA.
	

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Date: 	Wed, 28 Jun 89 08:52:09 EDT
From: Color and Vision Network <CVNET%YORKVM1.BITNET@psuvax1.psu.edu>
Subject: Post-doctoral position in human and machine vision

	
	POST-DOCTORAL POSITION
	
	Applications are invited for a 2.5 year post-doctoral
	position to work on a European Community funded ESPRIT
	project on human and machine vision.  The project is
	interdisciplinary (psychophysics, computation and
	electrophysiology) and involves collaboration between some
	fifteen major laboratories in Europe.  The successful
	applicant for this post will take part in experimental and
	theoretical studies of binocular disparity, texture and optic
	flow as sources of information about 3-D structure and
	layout.  Salary will be in the range 10,500 - 16,700 U.K.
	pounds.
	
	Please contact Dr B.J.Rogers, Department of Experimental
	Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford.
	Phone: (44) 865 271368 or email BJR@vax.oxford.ac.uk
	

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