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                                IEEE Expert Magazine


             VISION-BASED DRIVING ASSISTANCE IN VEHICLES OF THE FUTURE
                           http://www.ce.unipr.it/expert

                           ALBERTO BROGGI,  Guest Editor

     Thanks to the increasing computational power of current computer systems
     and to the reduced costs of image-acquisition devices, in  the last  few
     years vision-based sensing of the surrounding environment has  gained  a
     strategic importance not only in military applications, but also in  the
     automotive field. This  special  issue  will  address  the  problems  of
     autonomous vehicle driving, describe common techniques,  and present the
     state of the art. Suggested topics include

     -  Vision-based guidance of unmanned vehicles.
     -  Analysis of real-time constraints for vehicle driving.
     -  Vehicle navigation in unknown environments.
     -  Integration of specialized hardware on vehicles.
     -  Description of research prototypes.
     -  Legal aspects.
     -  Analysis of future trends.

     Expert seeks two kinds of articles:

     -  TUTORIALS and SURVEYS introducing this field and reviewing the  state
        of the art or the state of the practice of work done  in  this  area,
        with the aim of comparing different solutions  and  techniques.  Such
        articles should be approximately 6,000 words (9-10  magazine  pages),
        with extensive references to widely available published works. One or
        two such articles will likely be included.

     -  ARTICLES  describing  prototypes  of  autonomous  vehicles  developed
        worldwide  by  universities,  research  centers,  corporations,   and
        government institutions.  These articles  should  describe  both  the
        techniques and the results obtained, and the references should  allow
        the interested reader to follow up on both. Articles  describing  the
        fusion of data coming from sensors other than vision are also welcome.
             These articles should be from 5,500 to 6,000 words (8-9 magazine
        pages), with no more than 12 references. A consistent and useful  set
        of definitions and examples can often  help  explain  the  underlying
        mathematics. Such aids can be presented as sidebars in the  published
        article. Four or five such articles will likely be included.

     All authors should submit six hard copies of their article  by  December
     20, 1997, to the guest editor,  Alberto Broggi.   Authors  intending  to
     submit tutorials or survey articles are encouraged to discuss this  with
     the guest editor  or to send an extended abstract to him  by  October 1,
     1997.

     Guest Editor:      Alberto BROGGI
                        Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
                        Universita` di Parma
                        I-43100 Parma
                        ITALY
                        Fax 39 (521) 90-5723
                        a.broggi@computer.org

     Schedule:
                   Submission of manuscripts:         December 20, 1997
                   Acceptance/rejection notification: April 12, 1998
                   Revised manuscripts due:           June 7, 1998
                   Publication:                       September 1998

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     concepts, and systems that have potential for real-world applications.
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