IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY                  /|      /|
                                                           / |ICIP / |
    1996 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING      /__|____/  |
                  September 16-19, 1996                    |  |____|__|
          Swiss Federal Institute of Technology            |  /    |  /
                Lausanne, Switzerland                     | /  96 | /
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               SPECIAL SESSION CALL FOR PAPERS:

     RANGE IMAGE ANALYSIS: an easy way from images to objects?
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Co-Chairs: Dr John Illingworth (University of Surrey, U.K.)
           Prof Frank Ferrie (McGill University, Canada)

This special session will deal with the analysis of range image data
such as that typically derived from non-contact coordinate measuring
machines i.e. active or structured light sensors. The session will
encompass all aspects of analysis of such data going from low
level enhancement and segmentation, through geometric fusion of
2-1/2 data into full 3D surfaces and onto the use of derived surface or
non surface-based representations for tasks ranging from reverse engineering
to object recognition. Novel papers describing new ideas, formalisms and
applications are invited in any of the following or related areas:
   - range image segmentation
   - multiview range image fusion
   - fusion of range with other sensor modalities
   - surface representation and analysis
   - quantitative and qualitative 3D shape representations
   - multiscale 3D representations
   - reverse engineering: range images to CAD
   - commercial applications of range image analysis: multimedia,
     virtual reality, automated design, medical surgery guidance etc

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES:

Prospective authors are invited to propose papers in any of the technical
areas listed above. To submit a proposal, prepare a 2-3 page summary of
the paper including figures and references. Send five copies of the
paper summary and a cover sheet stating the (1) paper title,  (2) contact
author's name, (3) address, (4) telephone number, (5) Fax number, and
(6) electronic mail address to one of the Co-Chairs:

Dr John Illingworth                Professor Frank Ferrie
Vision, Speech and Signal          Centre for Intelligent Machines,
Processing Group,                  McGill University,
University of Surrey,              3480 University Street,
Guildford GU2 5XH                  Montreal,
Surrey                             Quebec
United Kingdom                     Canada H3A 2A7


Each selected paper (four-page limit) will be published in the Proceedings
of ICIP-96, using high-quality paper for good image reproduction. Style
files in LaTeX will be provided for the convenience of the authors.

SCHEDULE:      Paper due:                              2 February 1996
               Notification of Acceptance/Rejection:   9 April 1996
               Camera-Ready papers:                    31 May 1996
               Conference:                             16-19 September 1996