Workshop on Visual Information Management June 19, 1995 In the last few years, many researchers have begun building systems for visual information management. Such systems encompass central aspects of databases, image processing and image understanding, very sophisticated interfaces, knowledge based system, compression and decompression, and object oriented systems. The challenge for vision researchers is to develop tools for analyzing the semantic content of video and image, representing that context in a way that can be efficiently searched and compared, and finally delivering that content to users in the form of a useful, focused presentation.To help stimulate research and communication in this area we are organizing a workshop on visual information management systems, to be sponsored by NSF and ARPA. This one-day workshop will consist of presentations and discussions involving more than 30 invited researchers from around the world, will have an associated poster session, and will feature computer demonstrations of several visual information management systems. It will be held on June 19 in the Brats Theater of the Wiesner Building (Building E15--home of the Media Laboratory) at 20 Ames Street. There is no registration fee. Organizers: R. Jain A. Pentland D. Petrovic