CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *********************** Fractal Image Encoding and Analysis ==================================== a NATO Advanced Study Institute ================================ July 8-17, 1995 at the Reso Royal Garden Hotel Trondheim, Norway Objectives ============ The Advanced Study Institute (ASI) is an expository meeting in which invited speakers present new advances in fractal image encoding and analysis. The meeting has two main objectives: First, the ASI will focus on presenting material that is not taught elsewhere and that is not available from any one source. Researchers with fractal image analysis and encoding backgrounds will demonstrate their techniques to each other in order to advance both fields. Workshops in both areas will discuss specific implementation issues and generate a list of interesting unsolved problems. Scope ====== Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to: o Fractal Analysis and Modeling of 2D data. o Multifractal image segmentation o Encoding methods: VQ, classification, breaking the time complexity, search strategies. o Decoding methods: pyramid representation, pixel chasing, finite step decoders, matrix inversion. o Video and Color encoding. o Analysis and Implementation Workshops. Structure/Participation ======================== Four invited talks will be given each day, followed by one or two shorter selected talks by participants in the institute. A poster session will be held during the breaks and in the evenings. The institute will also include two workshops, one on image encoding and one on image analysis. Participants wishing to present talks or posters should e-mail, fax, or mail an extended abstract (2-3 pages) describing their proposed lecture/poster-session to the ASI (see contact information) before April 15, 1995. NATO asks that participants stay for the full duration of the ASI. Registration Fees ================== before April 15, 1995 after April 15, 1995 advanced registration rates regular rates ------------------------------------------------------------ regular | US$439.00 | US$589.00 student ** | US$219.00 | US$399.00 ------------------------------------------------------------ ** proof of status required To register, complete the registration form available from the WWW page, and return it by mail or fax to (619) 534-7664 with your payment (currently payment can only be made by check or money order made payable to "NATO ASI"; credit card payments will be available soon). Preregister by April 15 to take advantage of advanced registration rates. Registration received after April 15, 1995 will be charged at normal rates. NATO limits the size of the institute to a maximum of 80 people. On-site registration will not be possible. Invited Speakers ================= o THE LIST IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING FINALIZED. Proceedings ============ Talks given by the invited speakers will be collected in a NATO ASI series book published by Springer Verlag. Participants in the institute will receive a free copy when the book is published. Sponsors ========= o NATO o Rockwell International. o Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego. Scientific and Organizing Committee ==================================== o Director: o Yuval Fisher o Co-directors: o Jacques Levy-Vehel o Geir Oien o Claude Tricot Contact Information ==================== NATO Fractal Image Encoding and Analysis ASI Institute for Nonlinear Science 0402 University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0402 USA Phone: (619) 534-5599 Fax: (619) 534-7664 E-mail: asi@poincare.ucsd.edu WWW