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Today's Topics:

 multidimensional image data request
 Suggestions for a range-finder
 Study of Consciousness within Science--Intl' Conference

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Date: 18 Dec 89 19:43:04 GMT
From: jwbrandt@ucdavis.edu (Jon Brandt)
Subject: multidimensional image data request
Organization: U.C. Davis - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

I am looking for the following types of image data:

1) time sequences from stationary or moving platforms
2) 3D or higher, scalar or vector, simulation data (e.g. flow vortices)
3) 3D reconstructions (MR, CT, confocal optics, etc.)
4) other multidimensional data that I haven't thought of

Can anyone point to an ftp source?  Are there standard test sets in these
areas?  Size is no object: the bigger the better (within reason).

Thanks,
	Jon Brandt
	brandt@iris.ucdavis.edu

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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 89 09:01:57 EST
From: Dmitry Goldgof <goldgof@SOL.USF.EDU>
Subject: Suggestions for a range-finder

We are looking into buying inexpensive (~20K) range-finder
for robotics applications. For this amount we can probably
only get structured-light system. Does anybody has suggestions
on the subject (we do have Paul Besl's paper). Our requirements
are standoff distance ~ 0.5m, depth of field ~ 1-2m or better,
i.e. not a system with very small depth of field.

Dmitry Goldgof
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of South Florida

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Date: 19 Dec 89 14:04:37 GMT
From: bvi@cca.ucsf.edu (Ravi Gomatam)
Subject: STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS WITHIN SCIENCE--INTL' CONFERENCE
Organization: Computer Center, UCSF


         ------- FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE --------
                         on the study of
                   CONSCIOUSNESS WITHIN SCIENCE

                         Feb. 17-18, 1990
                  Cole Hall, UCSF, San Francisco

                      CALL FOR REGISTRATION


   ORGANIZING COMMITTEE                   ADVISORY BOARD

   T.D. Singh                             Henry Stapp
   R.L. Thompson                          Karl Pribram
   Ravi Gomatam                           E.C.G. Sudarshan
   K.P. Rajan                             David Long


PURPOSE:

   In this century, developments in a variety of fields including 
quantum physics, neuro sciences and artificial intelligence have 
revealed the necessity for gaining an understanding of the nature 
of consciousness and its causal interplay in the study of even 
matter.  The present conference will examine the the 
methodological tools and problems in the study of consciousness 
from the perspective of a wide range of scientific fields.  
Prominent scholars will share and discuss their research through 
invited presentations and question and answer sessions.  The 
discussions will focus on the role of consciousness as a vital 
component of the scientific investigation of the natural world. 


               INVITED PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE:

NEW CONCEPTS ON THE MIND-BRAIN PROBLEM 
JOHN ECCLES Neurosciences, Switzerland Nobel Laureate

A QUANTUM THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
HENRY STAPP Theoretical Physics, Lawrence Berkeley Labs.

BRAIN STATES AND PROCESSES AS DETERMINANTS OF THE CONTENTS OF 
CONSCIOUSNESS
KARL PRIBRAM Neuropsychology, Stanford University

CONSCIOUSNESS: IMMANENT OR TRANSCENDENT?
ROBERT ROSEN Biophysics, Dalhousie University

USE OF CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE IN UNDERSTANDING REALITY 
BRIAN JOSEPHSON TCM Group, Cambridge University Nobel Laureate

WAVE MECHANICS OF CONSCIOUSNESS	- ROBERT JAHN
Engineering Anomalies Group, Princeton University

ENGINEERING ANOMALIES RESEARCH - BRENDA DUNNE
Engineering Anomalies Group, Princeton University

SPONTANEITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS: A PROBABILISTIC THEORY OF MEANINGS 
AND SEMANTIC ARCHITECTONICS OF PERSONALITY - V. NALIMOV
Mathematical Theory of Experiments, Moscow State University

EVOLUTION AND CONSCIOUSNESS
A.G. CAIRNS-SMITH Molecular Chemistry, Glasgow University

PATTERNS IN THE UNIVERSE
E.C.G. SUDARSHAN Theoretical Physics, Univ. of Texas, Austin

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND?
JOHN SEARLE Cognitive Philosophy, U.C., Berkeley

A TRANS-TEMPORAL APPROACH TO MIND-BRAIN INTERACTION
R. L. THOMPSON Mathematical Biology, Bhaktivedanta Institute, SF 

BIOLOGICAL COHERENCE--CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MICRO AND MACRO PHYSICS
H. FROHLICH Theoretical Physics, University of Liverpool 



    Participation is by registration.  Besides these invited 
talks, there will be question/answer sessions, panels and a poster 
session.  The program format will afford registered participants 
ample opportunity for interaction with the distinguished guests. 
Early registration is encouraged. 

REGISTRATION FEE:   $125.00 before January 15, 1990;
                    $75.00 Full time students (limited seats)
[Fee includes luncheon on both days]
                    $150/$85 after January 15. 

    To register, please send check/money order (in U.S. dollars 
only) drawn in favor of the Bhaktivedanta Institute to the 
conference secretariat.  Please include name, address, 
institutional affliation and research interests (if any) of the 
registrant.

CALL FOR PAPERS:

    While all oral presentations are by invitation only, 
opportunities exist for registered participants to present papers 
in poster sessions on any topic related to the broad theme of the 
conference.  Three hard-copies of a full paper (8000 words) or 
extended abstract (1000 words) submitted before December 29, 1989 
are assured of full consideration. 

    Please direct all registration requests, paper submissions and 
inquiries to: 

        Ravi V. Gomatam, Organizing Secretary        
        THE BHAKTIVEDANTA INSTITUTE             
        84 Carl Street 
        San Francisco, CA 94117 U.S.A.           

        Tel: (415)-753-8647/8648 

        E-Mail: INTERNET: bvi@cca.ucsf.edu                  
                BITNET:   bvi@ucsfcca

CONFERENCE HOST: The Bhaktivedanta Institute - A private non-
profit research organization promoting international discussions 
on consciousness-based perspectives in relation to outstanding 
problems in various areas of modern science.  The institute has 
centers in Bombay and San Francisco and a staff of twenty 
concerned scientists from different fields. 

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