Call for Papers

          Special Issue of the JOURNAL OF REAL TIME IMAGING
                          Academic Press

                   on  "Real Time Motion Analysis"
          
The performing motion analysis in real-time is becoming mandatory for
many applications.  For this reason, several researchers are studying,
parallel architectures and special chips for real time motion analysis.
On these basis many new opportunities for new applications are
possible, and many others could be fully exploited -- infeasible
systems with traditional techniques can now be implemented.  Several
examples can be observed in the fields of cinema, virtual reality,
medical imaging, industrial inspection, etc.  -- i.e., in most of the
applicative topics of the journal.  In most of these applications, the
real time synthesis of actors animated by the estimated motions and
deformations is needed.  For this reason, the integration among motion
analysis and synthesis techniques assume a high relevance on quality of
results.  Practitioners as well as researches needs to be informed to
these new techniques and to their possible applications.

The special issue will focus on, and not only on, the following topics:

- Low-level motion estimation techniques.
- Object tracking.
- Dedicated hardware for motion estimation.
- Non-rigid and articulated objects motion analysis and synthesis 
  (e.g., cinema, animation).
- Methods and architectures for robot and autonomous navigation.
- Human head/facial motions/deformations analysis and synthesis 
  (video-conference, video-phones, cinema, animation).
- Hand gestures analysis and synthesis.

Papers should present results which can be useful for technologists and
practitioners.  Basic researches on specific low-level techniques which
ensure real-time performances, and experiences in developing specific
applications are welcome.

*Manuscript submission* Authors should send four copies of the paper to
guest editor by October 1, 1995. The special issue will appear 
tentatively within the mid of 1996.

Paolo Nesi
Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica
University of Florence 
Via S. Marta 3 
50139, Firenze, ITALY
Tel: +39-55-4796523
Fax: +39-55-4796363
email: nesi@ingfi1.ing.unifi.it
WWW

Manuscript submission must satisfy the rules of the journal for what
concerns paper's originality, copyright permission, manuscript
preparation.  [note: if you are willing to referee papers for this
special issue, please send a note with research interest to Guest
Editor.]