Workshop Announcement and First Call for Papers: - VISION MILESTONES 1995 - Axel PINZ (Graz Univ. of Technology) and Wilhelm BURGER (Johannes Kepler Univ. Linz) invite applications for a workshop on selected topics in Computer Vision and Image Understanding, sponsored by the Austrian Society for Artificial Intelligence (OGAI) and by the Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition (OAGM), that will be held in Vorau (Austria) from March 13-16, 1995. The goal of this workshop is to facilitate an open discussion and informal exchange of ideas in the following research areas: * Information Fusion, Aggregation, and Context for Image Under- standing; * Learning and Adaption: AI, Neurons, Applications, Expectations; * Vision Systems: Architectures, Tools, Simulation, Testing. As a complement to traditional technical workshops, we particu- larly encourage contributions concerned with general aspects of computer vision, surveys and comparisons of approaches, scalability/limitations of solutions, innovative conceptual work, as well as critical, controversial, and philosophical views. FORMAT: Time in this workshop will be divided between planned presentations, free interaction, and contributed material. Each day will consist of one or two lectures in the morning that pro- vide the background for the subsequent contributions and discus- sions. Participants are encouraged to bring their own material, including publications, reports, and interesting textbooks to share with others. After dinner, time will be reserved for parti- cipants to organize informal lectures and discussions. Walks and other outdoor activities will provide additional opportunities for conversations and the exchange of ideas. The original con- tributions as well as a summary of the discussions and results are planned to be published after the workshop. APPLICATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS: Applicants should be at the level of graduate students or above (i.e. post-doctoral fellows, facul- ty, research and engineering staff and the equivalent positions in industry and national laboratories). The number of partici- pants is limited to 25-30. Each participant should submit EITHER (a) an extended abstract of their contribution (up to 3 pages or 1000 words) concerning one of the above workshop topics OR (b) a resume and a one page summary of background and interests relevant to the workshop. Contributors should also indicate if they are willing to chair a workshop session. All applications should be submitted by De- cember 15, 1994 to: Dr. Axel Pinz Inst. for Computer Graphics Graz Univ. of Technology Munzgrabenstrasse 11 A-8010 Graz Austria (Europe) email: pinz@icg.tu-graz.ac.at LOCATION AND ARRANGEMENTS: Location: Stift Vorau (historic monastery in the state of Styria, located in Southern Austria Date: March 13-16, 1995 Housing: ATS 400 (~ US$ 40) per day (full board, double rooms). Stipends covering the housing expenses will be avail- able for a limited number of participants. Applicants should indicate if they want to be considered for a stipend.