CALL for PARTICIPATION International Workshop on COMPUTER VISION AND APPLIED GEOMETRY From Segmentation to Interpretation and Back : Mathematical Methods in Vision Nordfjordeid, Norway August 1 - 7, 1995 THE AIM of this workshop is to bring together mathematicians and computer vision researchers working on and/or interested in mathematical problems that are relevant to computer vision in an attempt to foster and stimulate interactions between the two communities. To illustrate the breadth and depth of these interactions a number of topics will be covered (see below) ranging from low-level vision to high-level reconstruction and interpretation. THE FORMAT of the workshop is such that overview lectures are alternated with sessions concentrating on some of the latest developments in the field. This should provide interested researchers with a quick but up-to-date introduction to this fast growing area of interdisciplinary research as well as give them an accurate picture of the state-of-the-art and a flavour of some of the most recent avenues of research. A preliminary list of topics and key-note speakers includes * Segmentation and Minimum Description Length Methods Y. Leclerc (SRI International, USA), B. Dom (IBM-Research Almaden, USA) * Regularization and ill-posed problems A. Goncharsky (Moscow) * Coupled diffusion processes and functional optimization P. Perona# (CalTech) * Curve and surface evolution B. Kimia (Brown), V. Oliker (Atlanta), P. Olver (Minnesota) * Grouping through geometric relations A. Zisserman (Oxford) * Algebraic and Lie theoretical methods for invariance P. Olver (Minnesota), L. Van Gool (Leuven) * Geometric constraints and 3D-Reconstruction R. Hartley (GE-Research, USA), A. Shashua (Jeruzalem), O. Faugeras# (INRIA) (# means "to be confirmed") TO REGISTER, return the registration form or email the necessary information to the ESAT-address below. Participants who want to make an active contribution are invited to submit a tentative title and an abstract BEFORE MAY 15, 1995. If accepted for presentation, contributed titles will be considered for inclusion in the Workshop Proceedings. For more INFORMATION and/or REGISTRATION, please contact ESAT : Theo Moons, Eric Pauwels or Luc Van Gool, ESAT-MI2, K. Mercierlaan 94, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM E-mail : Theo.Moons@esat.kuleuven.ac.be or Eric.Pauwels@esat.kuleuven.ac.be or Luc.VanGool@esat.kuleuven.ac.be Phone : +32-16-321702 (TM) or +32-16-321706 (EP) or +32-16-321705 (LVG) Fax : +32-16-321986 A LATEX and a POSTSCRIPT version of this announcement, including the registration form can be obtained by anonymous FTP : address : esat.kuleuven.ac.be directory : pub/ROBOT/CVAG95 file(s) : cvag95.tex and cvag95.ps -----oooOOOooo----- This workshop is actually the third leg of a larger conference on pure and applied geometry running for a total of three weeks (from July 18 till August 7). The emphasis in the first two weeks is on pure differential geometry and a tentative program looks as follows : PART I : Pure Differential Geometry (July 18 - July 24) TOPICS : geometry and topology of submanifolds, Riemannian geometry and generalizations, affine differential geometry. PART II : Applicable Differential Geometry (July 25 - July 31) TOPICS : affine differential geometry, discrete differential geometry, curve and surface evolution, Lie theory. PART III : Computer Vision and Applied Geometry (August 1 - August 7) TOPICS : see above. Participants can register for one, two or three weeks. For more information on the first two weeks, please contact PADGE : F. Dillen or L. Verstraelen, Dept. of Mathematics, Celestijnenlaan 200B, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM. E-mail : Franki.Dillen@wis.kuleuven.ac.be or Leopold.Verstraelen@wis.kuleuven.ac.be Phone : +32-16-327004 (FD) or +32-16-327009 (LV) Fax : +32-16-327998 -----oooOOOooo----- NORDFJORDEID is Sophus Lie's birthplace, located about 500 kilometers north-west of Oslo on the west coast of Norway. It is situated in the middle of a mountainous area, with many glaciers and fjords nearby. There are plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities, ranging from football and salmon fishing to horse riding and mountain climbing. Each week an excursion is planned. To get to Nordfjordeid from Oslo, one can go by coach which takes about 7 hours one way (the fare Oslo--Nordfjordeid--Oslo is 700 NOK). Alternatively, there are daily flights from Oslo to the local airport (Sandane). PARTICIPATION, including full board, will amount to 3000 NOK for one week, 4000 NOK for two and 5000 NOK for three weeks (1 USD = approx. 7 NOK). The same rates apply for accompanying persons, except for children under the age of 10 who pay half-price. ACCOMODATION is in modestly furnished rooms (singles and doubles) at the Nordfjordeid conference venue, made available through the International Sophus Lie Centre (ISLC). There is room for up to 90 people and reservations will be made in order of arrival of the registration forms. It is therefore advisable to REGISTER EARLY: when these facilities are fully booked, hotel accommodation will be arranged for at local tourist rates. Near the beginning of May, a second announcement with more detailed information on the actual scientific program will be circulated. REGISTRATION FORM Return this form or e-mail the necessary information BEFORE MAY 15, 1995 to Theo Moons or Eric Pauwels, K.U.Leuven, ESAT-MI2, K. Mercierlaan 94, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM E-mail : Theo.Moons@esat.kuleuven.ac.be or : Eric.Pauwels@esat.kuleuven.ac.be Name : Address : Phone : Fax : E-mail : Will attend (tick off the appropriate circles) : 0 Part I (Pure Differential Geometry) 0 Part II (Applicable Differential Geometry) 0 Part III (Computer Vision and Applied Geometry) SUBTOTAL (per person) : 0 3000 NOK (1 week) 0 4000 NOK (2 weeks) 0 5000 NOK (3 weeks) ACCOMODATION required : nr. of single rooms : nr. of double rooms : sharing with : TOTAL AMOUNT DUE (subtotal x number of persons; in NOK) : Wants to give a talk : 0 yes 0 no If you would like to give a talk, TENTATIVE TITLE of talk : Abstracts should be sent to the above address BEFORE MAY 15, 1995. Late registrations will be considered only if room is still available. Participants will be contacted for payment nearer the conference date.