ECCV - 94 THIRD EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER VISION 2-6 May 1994, Stockholm, Sweden PROGRAM and REGISTRATION FORM GENERAL PRESENTATION The Third European Conference on Computer Vision is an international conference devoted to recent research in computer vision and it will take place in Stockholm, Sweden 2 - 6 May 1994. The conference is followed by three workshops organized by members of the ESPRIT Basic Research Action on Machine Vision on Sat. 7 May. The conference is divided into Oral Presentation Sessions Poster Sessions Open Sessions (see below) Industrial Exhibition In parallel to the poster sessions participants are invited to briefly present recent results not appearing in the official program. These presentations could be accompanied by short videos. Those interested can sign up for these open sessions during the conference. A separate room will be allocated. During the conference an Industrial Exhibition will take place. Companies interested in displaying their products are welcome to contact the Scientific Secretariat (address see below). Conference Secretariat Scientific Secretariat ECCV 94 Professor Jan-Olof Eklundh c/o Stockholm Convention Bureau KTH, NADA Box 6911 S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden S-102 39 Stockholm, Sweden Telephone: + 46 8 790 81 61 Telephone: +46 8 736 15 00 Telefax: + 46 8 723 03 02 Telefax: +46 8 34 84 41 Email: eccv94@bion.kth.se Conference Venue City Conference Centre, Norra Latin Drottninggatan 71 B S-111 36 Stockholm, Sweden Telephone: + 46 8 791 66 00 Telefax: + 46 8 723 09 23 MONDAY MAY 2 18:00 - 20:00 Registration and Welcome Reception TUESDAY MAY 3 08:00 Registration 08:45 - 09:00 Welcome and Opening 09:00 - 10:35 GEOMETRY AND SHAPE I Evolutionary fronts for topology-independent shape modeling and recovery R. Malladi, J. Sethian, B. Vemuri Epipolar fields on surfaces P. Giblin, R. Weiss Stability and likelihood of views of three dimensional objects D. Weinshall, M. Werman, N. Tishby Topological reconstruction of a smooth manifold-solid from its occluding contour L.R. Williams 10:35 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00 - 12:30 OPTICAL FLOW AND MOTION FIELDS Optical flow estimation: advances and comparisons M. Otte, H.-H. Nagel Multiple constraints for optical flow M. Tistarelli Motion field of curves: applications T. Papadopoulo, O. Faugeras Sufficient image structure for 3-D motion and shape estimation S. Carlsson 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 14:00 - 15:40 EXHIBITION OPEN SESSION COFFEE 15:00 POSTER SESSION 1 IMAGE FEATURES A comparison between the standard Hough transform and the Mahalanobis distance Hough transform C. Xu, S.A. Velastin Junction classification by multiple orientation detection M. Michaelis, G. Sommer Following corners on curves and surfaces in scale space B. Vasselle, G. Giraudon, M. Berthod Scale-space properties of quadratic edge detectors P. Kube, P. Perona MOTION AND FLOW A scalar function formulation for optical flow A. Amini First order optic flow from log-polar sampled images H. Tunley, D. Young Recursive non linear estimation of discontinous flow fields M. Black The use of optical flow for the autonomous navigation A. Giachetti, M. Campani, V. Torre An image motion estimation technique based on a combined statistical test and spatiotemporal generalized likelihood ratio approach F. Germain, T. Skordas MOTION SEGMENTATION AND TRACKING Independent motion segmentation and collision prediction for road vehicles D. Sinclair, B. Boufama An MRF based motion detection algorithm implemented on analog resistive network F. Luthon, G.V. Popescu, A. Caplier Occlusion ambiguities in motion D. Geiger, K. Diamantaras A robust tracking of 3D motion P. Nesi, A. Borri Robust multiple car tracking with occlusion reasoning D. Koller, J. Weber, J. Malik EGO-MOTION AND 3D RECOVERY Recovery of ego-motion using image stabilization M. Irani, B. Rousso, S. Peleg Shape from motion algorithms: a comparative analysis of scaled orthography and perspective B. Boufama, D. Weinshall, M. Werman Robust egomotion estimation from affine motion parallax J. Lawn, R. Cipolla Integrated 3D analysis of flight image sequences S. Sanghoon, N. Ahuja Recursive affine structure and motion from image sequences P.F. McLauchlan, I.D. Reid, D.W. Murray Shape models from image sequences X. Shen, D. Hogg Vibration modes for nonrigid motion analysis and animation in 3D images C. Nastar 15:40 - 17:30 RECOGNITION I Applying VC-dimension analysis to object recognition M. Lindenbaum, S. Ben-David Extraction of groupings for recognition F. Stein, G. Medioni, P. Havaldar Constraint-fusion for localization and interpretation of constrained objects Y. Hel-Or, M. Werman Seeing behind occlusions D.H. Ballard, R.P. Rao Face recognition: the problem of compensating for changes in illumination direction Y. Moses, Y. Adini, S.Ullman 18:30 Stockholm City Hall Reception WEDNESDAY MAY 4 08:45 - 10:35 SHAPE MODELLING Learning flexible models from image sequences A. Baumberg, D. Hogg A direct recovery of volumetric models in range images using recover- and-select paradigm A. Leonardis, F. Solina, A. Macerl Segmentation and recovery of SHGCs from a real intensity image M. Zerroug, R. Nevatia Recognizing hand gestures J. Davis, M. Shah Pose refinement of active models using forces in 3D A. Worrall, G. Sullivan, K. Baker 10:35 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00 - 12:30 SHAPE ESTIMATION Recovering surface curvature and orientation from texture distortion: a least squares algorithm and sensitivity analysis J. Malik, R. Rosenholtz Direct estimation of local surface shape in a fixating binocular vision system J. G\aa rding, T. Lindeberg Deriving orientation cues from stereo images L. Robert, M. Hebert Shape-adapted smoothing in estimation of 3-D depth cues from affine distortions of local 2-D structure T. Lindeberg, J. G\aa rding 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 14:00 - 15:40 EXHIBITION OPEN SESSION COFFEE 15:00 POSTER SESSION 2 GEOMETRY AND SHAPE II Three dimensional symmetry from two dimensional data H. Zabrodsky, D. Weinshall Consistency and correction of line-drawings, obtained by projections of piecewise planar objects A. Heyden On the enumerative geometry of aspect graphs S. Petitjean Geometry-driven curve evolution P. Fiddelaers, E.J. Pauwels, M. Proesmans, L.J. Van Gool, T. Moons Quantitative measurement of manufactured diamond shape R. Hartley, A. Noble, J. Grande, J. Liu Hierarchial shape representation using locally adaptive finite elements: a model-based approach E. Koh, D. Metaxas, R. Badler CALIBRATION AND MULTIPLE VIEWS Camera calibration from spheres images N. Daucher, M. Dhome, J-T. Lapreste Self calibration of a stereo head mounted onto a robot arm R. Horaud, F. Dornaika, B. Boufama, R. Mohr Analytical methods for uncalibrated stereo and motion reconstruction J. Ponce, D.H. Marimont, T.A. Cass Euclidean reconstruction from uncalibrated views R. Hartley Relative affine structure and the trilinearity result A. Shashua What can two images tell us about a third one? O. Faugeras, L. Robert RECOGNITION II A robust method for road sign detection and recognition G. Piccioli, E. De Micheli, M. Campani Pose determination and recognition of vehicles in traffic scenes T. Tan, G. Sullivan, K. Baker Performance evaluation of ten variations on the interpretation-tree matching algorithm R.B. Fisher Recognition of human facial expressions without feature detection K. Matsuno, C-W. Lee, S. Tsuji A trainable tool for finding small volcanoes in SAR imagery of Venus M.C. Burl, U.M. Fayyad, P. Perona, P. Smyth, M.P. Burl Pulsed neural networks and perceptive grouping D. Derou, L. Herault Projective invariants for planar contour recognition M. Van Diest, L. Van Gool, T. Moons, E. Pauwels Divided we fall: Resolving occlusions using causal reasoning P. Cooper, L. Birnbaum, D. Halabe 15:40 - 17:30 STEREO AND CALIBRATION Camera calibration of a head-eye system for active vision M. Li Linear pushbroom cameras R. Hartley, R. Gupta Robust recovery of the epipolar geometry for an uncalibrated stereo rig R. Deriche, Z. Zhang, Q.-T. Luong, O. Faugeras A stability analysis of the fundamental matrix Q.-T. Luong, O.D. Faugeras Canonic representations for the geometries of multiple projective views Q.-T. Luong, T. Vieville THURSDAY MAY 5 08:45 - 10:35 ACTIVE VISION I Active object recognition integrating attention and viewpoint control S. J. Dickinson, H.I. Christensen, J. Tsotsos, G. Olofsson Active 3D object recognition using 3D affine invariants S. Vinther, R. Cipolla Visually guided grasping in 3D M.J. Taylor, A. Blake Visual tracking of high DOF articulated structures: An application to human hand tracking J. Rehg, T. Kanade Integration and control of reactive visual processes J.L. Crowley, J.M. Bedrune, M. Bekker, M. Schneider 10:35 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00 - 12:30 MOTION AND STRUCTURE Recursive motion estimation on the essential manifold S. Soatto, R. Frezza, P. Perona Motion from point matches using affine epipolar geometry L.S. Shapiro, A. Zisserman, J.M. Brady Navigation using affine structure from motion P. Beardsley, A. Zisserman, D. Murray A paraperspective factorization method for shape and motion recovery C. Poelman, T. Kanade 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 14:00 - 15:40 EXHIBITION OPEN SESSION COFFEE 15:00 POSTER SESSION 3 ACTIVE VISION II Active camera self-orientation using dynamic image parameters V. Sundareswaran, P. Bouthemy, F. Chaumette Planning the optimal set of views using the max-min principle J. Maver, A. Leonardis, F. Solina On perceptual advantages of eye-head active control E. Grosso Occluding contour detection using affine invariants and purposive veiwpoint control K.N. Kutulakos, C.R. Dyer Autonomous exploration: driven by uncertainty P. Whaite, F.P. Ferrie MATCHING AND REGISTRATION Improving registration of 3-D medical images using a mechanical based method G. Malandain, S. Fernandez-Vidal, J-M Rocchisani Non-iterative contextual correspondence matching W. Christmas, J. Kittler, M. Petrou A registration method for rigid objects without point matching Y. Kita Non-parametric local transforms for computing visual correspondence R. Zabih, J. Woodfill Measuring the affine transform using gaussian filters R. Manmatha Extracting the affine transformation from texture moments J. Sato, R. Cipolla Lack-of-fit detection using the run distribution test A.W. Fitzgibbon, R.B. Fisher Disparity-space images and large occlusion stereo S.S. Intille, A.F. Bobick Registration of a curve on a surface using differential properties A. Gourdon, N. Ayache Genetic algorithms applied to binocular stereovision R. Vaillant, L. Gueguen SEGMENTATION AND RESTORATION Segmentation of echocardiographic images with markov random fields I.L. Herlin, D. Bereziat, C. Nguyen, C. Graffigne Unsupervised regions segmentation: Real time control of an upkeep machine of natural spaces M. Derras, C. Debain, M. Berducat, B. Ponton, J. Gallice Synchronous random fields and image restoration L. Younes Parameterfree information-preserving surface restoration U. Weidner ILLUMINATION Spatially varying illumination: A computational model of converging and diverging sources M. Langer, S Zucker Adaptive polynomial modelling of the reflectance map for shape estimation from stereo and shading D. Hougen, N. Ahuja 15:40 - 17:30 SHADING AND COLOUR Recovery of illuminant and surface colors from images based on the CIE daylight Y. Ohta and Y. Hayashi 3-D stereo using photometric ratios L.B. Wolff, E. Angelopoulou Shape from shading: provably convergent algorithms and uniqueness results P. Dupuis, J. Oliensis Seeing beyond Lambert«s law M. Oren, S.K. Nayar Using 3-dimensional meshes to combine image-based and geometry-based constraints P. Fua, Y.G. Leclerc 19:30 Conference Dinner FRIDAY MAY 6 08:45 - 10:35 MOTION SEGMENTATION Determination of optical flow and its discontinuities using non- linear diffusion M. Proesmans, L.J. Van Gool, A. Oosterlinck Motion boundary detection in image sequences by local stochastic tests H.-H. Nagel, G. Socher, H. Kollnig, M. Otte Segmentation of moving objects by robust motion parameter estimation over multiple frames. S. Ayer, P. Schroeter, J. Big\"un Stochastic motion clustering P.H.S. Torr, D.W. Murray Association of motion verbs with vehicle movements extracted from dense optical flow fields H. Kollnig, H.-H. Nagel, M. Otte 10:35 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00 - 12:30 FEATURE-EXTRACTION Comparisons of probabilistic and non-probabilistic hough transforms H. K\"alvi\"ainen, P. Hirvonen, L. Xu and E. Oja Markov random field modeling in computer vision S.Z. Li The role of key-points in finding contours O. Henricsson, F. Heitger A framework for low level feature extraction W. F\"orstner 12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH 14:00 - 15:30 REGISTRATION AND RECONSTRUCTION Rigid and affine registration of smooth surfaces using differential properties J. Feldmar, N Ayache The quadric reference surface: Applications in registering views of complex 3D objects A. Shashua, S. Toelg Relative 3D regularized B-spline surface reconstruction through image sequences C.S. Zhao, R. Mohr Intrinsic stabilizers of planar curves H. Delingette 15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK 16:00 - 17:30 GEOMETRY AND INVARIANTS Affine and projective normalization of planar curves and regions K. \AA str\"om Area and length preserving geometric invariant scale- spaces G. Sapiro and A. Tannenbaum Invariants of 6 points from 3 uncalibrated images L. Quan A common framework for kinetic depth, reconstruction and motion for deformable objects G. Sparr SATURDAY MAY 7 ESPRIT Basic Research Workshops On May 7 following the conference, a series of workshops will be organixed by members of the ESPRIT Basic Research Action. Talks at these workshops will be given by invited speakers. Preliminary topics are: New Results with Geometric Invariants (L. Van Gool organizer) Spatial Invariant Sensors (G. Sandini organizer) Neural Networks in Computer Vision (J. Crowley organizer) Separate registration is necessary for these workshops. For information please contact: James Crowley IMAG, Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble 46 Ave Felix Viallet, 38031 Grenoble France Telephone: + 33 7 657 46 55 Telefax: + 33 7 657 46 02 e-mail: jlc@lifia.imag.fr Visit to Link\"oping University On May 7 delegates are invited to visit research groups involved in Computer Vision and Image Processing at Link\"oping University, located 200 km SW of Stockholm. Bus transportation will be organized and interested participants are invited to contact the conference desk. SOCIAL PROGRAM MONDAY, May 2 Welcome Reception 18:00 - 20:00 An informal reception will be held at Norra Latin, the Conference Centre. A light buffet will be served. Included in the registration fee. TUESDAY, May 3 Stockholm City Hall Reception 18:30 The City of Stockholm and the Stockholm County Council invite you to a buffet dinner at the Stockholm City Hall, beautifully situated on the waterfront of Riddarfj\"arden in central Stockholm. The City Hall is world famous as the setting of the annual Nobel banquet. Included in the registration fee. THURSDAY, May 5 Conference Dinner 19:30 A Conference Dinner will be organized on Thursday May 5. For this an extra cost of SEK 150 will be charged. (see registration form). GENERAL INFORMATION Conference Venue The Conference will be held at the City Conference Centre, Norra Latin, Drottninggatan 71 B, Stockholm Sweden. Norra Latin is a modern conference centre situated in a beautifully renovated building of classical architecture, located in the center of the city. Hotels and shopping areas as well as major tourist attractions are within easy walking distance. Conference Bureau The Conference Bureau will be open for registration and information as follows: Monday, May 2 18:00 - 20:00 Tuesday, May 3 - Friday, May 6 08:00 - 18:00 Registration and Fees Please use the enclosed registration form when registering for the Conference, Social Program and for making hotel reservations. Your registration will be taken care of on a 'first come - first served' basis. Events included in the registration fee should also be marked on the form. Your registration for together with payment should be sent to the secretariat, Stockholm Convention Bureau (SCB). The registration fee covers: Admission to all Scientific Sessions, Exhibition, Documentation, Coffeee, Welcome Reception and City Hall Reception. Fee received before March 15, 1994 SEK 2800 + VAT 25% = SEK 3500 Fee received after March 15, 1994 SEK 4000 + VAT 25% = SEK 5000 Students* SEK 2000 + VAT 25% = SEK 2500 * Letter from supervisor or chairman of department required. Participants, whose fees are paid by a company or organisation, can apply to get the VAT refunded. Necessary forms will be available at the registration desk. Payment All payment should be made in Swedish Crowns (SEK) and made out to " ECCV 94", c/o Stockholm Convention Bureau. Payment can be made by any one of the following means: 1. A bankers' draft purchased at your bank and forwarded together with your registration form. We regret that we are unable to accept personal or company cheques. 2. A bank transfer made out to S-E-Banken, Stockholm, Account No 5267- 10 066 16. Swift-address ESSESESS. 3. American Express Card, Diners Club Card, MasterCard, Eurocard and Visa cards will be accepted. Please fill in the card number and valid date on your registration form. 4. From the Nordic countries payment can be ent by Postal Giro 65 37 38-5. In Sweden you can also use Bankgiro 644-8773. Currency (by December 17, 1993) 1 DEM = SEK 4.93 1 FRF = SEK 1.44 1 GBP = SEK 12.53 1 CHF = SEK 5.76 1 USD = SEK 8.42 Confirmation A letter will be sent to you confirming your registration to the Conference and hotel reservation. Cancellation Your cancellation has to be made in writing and sent to Stockholm Convention Bureau, (SCB). If received before April 15, 1994, all fees, except for cancellation charge of SEK 500, will be refunded. No refunds will be made after April 15, 1994. For cancelling hotel accommodation please see "Hotel Reservation". Hotels A number of hotel rooms in different price categories have been reserved for the delegates of the Conference. All hotels are located close to the City terminal where the airport buses stop and within walking distance to the Conference venue. Your hotel reservation will be confirmed when we have received your registration form together with your hotel deposit. This pre-payment will be deducted from your hotel bill when checking out on presentation of the voucher that you will get at the registration desk. The remaining amount is to be settled by you directly with the hotel. Since only a certain number of hotel rooms has been reserved, we will operate on a 'first come- first served' basis. In the event of the preferred hotel being fully subscribed, we reserve the right to provide another available alternative. Single room Double room Continental SEK 1.175 SEK 1.375 Freys SEK 850 SEK 990 Wallin SEK 650 SEK 800 All rates, in SEK/night, include breakfast buffet, service and a VAT increment of 12\%. Prices quoted by SCB, do not include any alterations or additions to taxes or official changes not known by December 1993. Hotel deposit: SEK 1.375 per room Any enquiries or requests for additional information, changes or cancellations of room should be addressed directly to the secretariat, Stockholm Convention Bureau (SCB). Hotel deposits will be refunded in full provided cancellation is received by SCB one week prior to arrival at the latest. Thereafter, the cost for the first night of accommodation will be charged. Documentation The Proceedings of the conference are published by Springer-Verlag and will be handed out to all conference participants at the beginning of the conference. Airport Transportation Direct buses connect Arlanda Airport with the City terminal in central Stockholm every 15 minutes. The trip takes about 45 minutes and costs SEK 50. If you intend to take a taxi, several companies have a set price between the city and the airport, SEK 250. (All prices valid in December 1993) Airport tax is not required when leaving Sweden. Cheques Personal or Company cheques will not be accepted neither at the registration desk nor at the shops in Stockholm. Traveller's cheques are accepted by most banks in Sweden. Credit cards Most hotels, restaurants and shops in Stockholm accept credit cards. Local Transportation Stockholm has an extremely well-developed local transport system. A Congress ticket which entitles you to unlimited travelling by underground, buses and local trains within the whole of Stockholm County will be sold at the registration desk. (Prices: 24 hours SEK 28, 48 hours SEK 56, 72 hours SEK 84). Lunches Lunches are not included in the registration fee. There are various categories of restaurants located very close to the conference venue. Telephones Pay phones are available at Norra Latin, both for local and long distance calls. Telephone cards can be bought at the Registration desk. Weather and Dress Average temperature in Stockholm this time of the year is around 10° C (50°F). The mid-day temperature can be substantially higher however. Informal dress on all occasions. Insurance Participants are advised to insure against loss, accidents and damage occuring during the conference. The organisers can in no way be held responsible. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Conference Secretariat ECCV - 94 REGISTRATION AND HOTEL BOOKING FORM 2 - 6 May, 1994 (Please use BLOCK LETTERS) Stockholm, Sweden Family name:____________________________________________________________ First name:_____________________________Title/Profession:_______________ Organisation/Company:___________________________________________________ Mailing address:________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________Country:___________________________________ Telephone:________________________Telefax:______________________________ Email:__________________________________________________________________ ADVANCE REGISTRATION REGISTRATION FEE Price/ No. of SEK (Code) person persons SEK Delegate fee received before March 15 *3.500 1 ________ (001) Delegate fee received after March 15 *5.000 1 ________ (002) Full time student *2.500 1 ________ (004) SOCIAL PROGRAM Welcome Reception, May 2 incl. _____ (055) City Hall Reception, May 3 incl. _____ (056) Banquet, May 5 *150 _____ ________ (057) Please indicate all the social activities you intend to participate in. HOTEL DEPOSIT Per room 1.375 ________ Total SEK_______________ * Prices include VAT increment of 12-25%. SCB's VAT registration number is 01-556127-7228. ACCOMMODATION Arrival: _____/_____ Departure: _____/_____ ________________________________________________________________ | | Single room | | Double room | | | Hotel | SEK/night incl.| No of | SEK/night incl. | No of | | | breakfast and | rooms | breakfast and | rooms | | | 12% VAT | | 12% VAT | | |___________|________________|_______|___________________|_______| | | | | | | |Continental| 1.175 | | 1.375 | | |___________|________________|_______|___________________|_______| | | | | | | | Freys | 850 | | 990 | | |___________|________________|_______|___________________|_______| | | | | | | | Wallin | 650 | | 800 | | |___________|________________|_______|___________________|_______| Reservations will be confirmed when Stockholm Convention Bureau has received your hotel deposit. PAYMENT Payment should be made in SEK, payable to SCB. 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