NATO
                    Advanced Study Institute (ASI)
                             Programme

             Face Recognition: From Theory to Applications

                      June 23 - July 4, 1997
                           Stirling, UK


ASI DIRECTORS

H.Wechsler (George Mason Univ., USA)
P.J.Phillips(ARL, USA)
F.Fogelman Soulie (Sligos, France)
T.S.Huang (Univ. of Illinois, USA)


PURPOSE of NATO INSTITUTES

The Advanced Study Institutes are primarily high level 
teaching activities in which carefully defined subjects are 
presented in systematically and coherently structured 
programs for professionals in the field, at graduate and 
post-doctoral level.  Considerable benefit is derived from 
the fact that the ASI is a small meeting with lectures given 
by a selected team of international experts. 


PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Face Recognition (FR), a complex and difficult problem, is 
important for surveillance and security, telecommunications 
and digital libraries, and medicine.  FR's solution requires 
synergetic efforts from fields such as signal and image 
processing, pattern recognition and neural networks, 
psychophysics of human perception, and system engineering.  
The ASI will bring together leading researchers from 
academia, government, and industry to present an all 
encompassing view on FR, and identify trends for future 
developments and the means for implementing FR systems.


ORGANIZING  COMMITTEE

H.Wechsler (GMU, USA)
P.J.Phillips(ARL, USA)
V. Bruce (Univ. of Stirling, UK)
F.Fogelman Soulie (Sligos, France)


LECTURERS

S.Akamatsu (ATR, Japan)
I.Biederman (USC, USA)
J.Bigun (EPFL, Switzerland)
V.Bruce (Univ. of Stirling, UK)
R.Chellappa (Univ. of Maryland, USA)
J.Daugman (Cambridge Univ., UK)
F.Fogelman Soulie (Sligos, France)
T.Huang (Univ. of Illinois, USA)
C.v.d.Malsburg (Bochum Univ., Germany)
C.Nastar (INRIA, France)
A.Pentland (MIT, USA)
N.Petkov (Univ. of Groningen, Holland)
P.J.Phillips(ARL, USA)
T.Poggio (MIT, USA)
M.Tistarelli (Univ. of Genova, Italy)
T.Vetter(Max-Planck-Institut, Tubingen, Germany)
H.Wechsler (GMU, USA)


APPLICATION DEADLINE & COST

Prospective participants are required to submit an 
application before February 28, 1997.  Application information 
is available at

http://chagall.gmu.edu/faces97/natoasi/

Successful applicants will be notified of acceptance by March 
15, 1997. There is a $1,000 conference fee for accepted 
participants from industry and government agencies. Package 
room and board arrangements for the students have been made 
with the University of Stirling, UK.  Tentatively, the 
accommodation costs for the duration of the ASI are $1,100. 
Accommodation packages for participants from industry are 
available upon request. Limited funds are available for 
selected participants to assist them with partial travel and 
accommodation costs.  Request for support must indicate 
amount and be justified.  Special funds are available to 
assist the participation of scientists from Greece, Portugal 
and Turkey from their National Administrators of the NATO 
Special Fund. In United States, NSF provides a limited number 
of travel awards for  ASI students from USA. The ASI will 
consider paper submissions from students for oral or poster 
presentation and will make a BEST STUDENT PAPER award.  
Further questions can be addressed at faces97@cs.gmu.edu

ASI LOCATION

The ASI will be held at Stirling, UK. Gateway to the 
Highlands and once Scotland's former ancient capital, 
Stirling offers a unique combination of history, heritage, 
cultural activities and recreational pursuits. Stirling's 
distinguished Old Town and impressive cliff-top castle are 
nearby.  The Trossachs, Loch Lomond and, of course, the 
Highlands, are all within easy reach.  Diverse, but equally 
pleasurable experiences, await in the nearby cosmopolitan 
cities of Edinburgh (33 miles) and Glasgow (44 miles).