C A L L F O R P A P E R S The 1998 International Conference on Multisource-Multisensor Data Fusion (FUSION'98) July 6-9, 1998 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Sponsored by APTRONIX, INC. Office of Naval Research of the US Navy Computer Science Research, Education, and Applications Tech. in cooperation with University of Georgia Computer Vision Research and Applications Tech. National Supercomputing Center for Energy & Environment (USA) The first International Conference on Sensor Data Fusion (FUSION'98) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 6 - 9, 1998, concurrently with the 1998 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems and Technology (CISST'98). All aspects of sensor data fusion techniques and systems are included in FUSION'98. The official FUSION'98 web site is http://www.aptronix.com/FUSION98/ For efficient communication, most FUSION'98 correspondence are by email. Please frequently visit FUSION web site for updated information on the conference, new technical sessions and new committee members. You can also use the site to communicate with the conference chairs, committee members and Web Master (Publicity Chairman), or to register in the mailing list. You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 5 pages and/or a proposal to organize a technical session (see below for submission information). All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Keynote speeches and plenary talks will be offered by internationally known researchers. TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS WHO HANDLE ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR SESSIONS (publicity, paper collection/review,...) WILL BE LISTED AS ASSOCIATE EDITORS OF THE FUSION'98 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: O Sensor data acquisition and testing techniques O Sensor technologies (radar, optical, IF, Video, GPS, ...) O Multisensor fusion in airport security inspection O Fast Data Association methods O GPS devices and technologies O Image-based fusion techniques (video, IR, RF, X-ray, acoustic...) O Fusion-based pattern recognition and machine intelligence O Sensor fusion in GPS-based navigation, positioning, guidance O Algorithms for track initiation and termination O Multiple target tracking for military use (unclassified) O Air traffic control and aircraft diagnostic systems O Target and object identification techniques O Autonomous robot and controls (guidance, path planning, ...) O Classification using Bayesian probability methods O Fuzzy logic and expert systems methods O Neural networks and genetic algorithms O Stochastic methods O Sensor fusion in factory automation and home automation O Applications (medicine, telecom, automotive, intelligent highways, ...) O Algorithms and architectures for digital & radar signal processing O Dynamical system controls and Kalman Filter method O Software and hardware implementation and integration O Location detection and acoustic array signal processing O Information fusion in business management and finance O Biometric sensor fusion and fingerprint recognition O Techniques for weather-climate monitoring & Forecasting O Fusion-based document image processing techniques O Techniques for knowledge discovery and data mining O Other aspects and applications relating to data fusion SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their draft paper (4 to 5 pages) to H. R. Arabnia (address is given below) by the due date. E-mail and Fax submissions are also acceptable. The length of the Camera-Ready manuscript (if accepted) will be limited to 8 pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. (All submitted papers must be unclassified.) The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, and Fax number for each author. The first page should also identify the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords. PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS: Each technical session will have 5/6 paper presentations. The session chairs will be responsible in selecting the papers for their own sessions. The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings. Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, and how you plan to advertise the session and select papers for the proposed session - E-mail submissions are preferred. Mail your proposal to: Dr. Dongping (Daniel) Zhu Aptronix, Inc., 2975 Bowers Avenue, Suite 304 Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA Tel: (408) 988-3100, Fax: (408) 490-2729 E-mail: Dan@aptronix.com EVALUATION PROCESS: Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the topical area. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. PUBLICATION: The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN). The proceedings will be available at the conference. It is planned to select some papers for journal publication in related journals (after the conference). ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS: A number of researchers in cooperation with the Monte Carlo Hotel (conference division) will be organizing the conference. The conference is sponsored by the Computer Science Research, Education and Applications Tech (CSREA) in cooperation with the Computer Vision Research and Applications Tech (CVRA), The National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment (USA), developers of related systems/machines (pending) and related associations (pending). LOCATION OF CONFERENCE: The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a new hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with free shuttles to and from the airport. The hotel has many vacation and recreational attractions, including: casino, waterfalls, spa, kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and most are suitable for families and children. The hotel's room rate is very reasonable ($79 + tax) per night for the duration of the conference. The hotel is minutes from other Las Vegas attractions (major shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining and night clubs, free street shows, ...). For the benefit of our international colleagues: the state of Nevada neighbors with the states of California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. Las Vegas is only a few driving hours away from other major cities, including: Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, ... EXHIBITION: An exhibition is planned during the conference. We have reserved 20+ exhibit spaces for FUSION'98 and CISST'98. Interested parties should contact H. R. Arabnia (address is given below). All exhibitors will be considered to be the co-sponsors of the conference. Each exhibitor will have the opportunity to include a two-page description of their latest products in the conference proceedings (if submitted by May 22, 1998). IMPORTANT DATES: February 20, 1998 (Friday): Draft papers (5-page) due April 3, 1998 (Friday): Notification of acceptance May 22, 1998 (Friday): Camera-Ready papers & Preregistration due July 6 - 9, 1998: FUSION'98 Conference Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted as soon as possible (well ahead of the February 20 deadline) to D. Zhu (address given above). All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference. Honorary Chairman: Professor Lotfi A. Zadeh Director of Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC) University of California at Berleley USA GENERAL CHAIR: Dr. Dongping (Daniel) Zhu Aptronix, Inc. 2975 Bowers Ave., Suite 304 Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA Tel: (408) 988-3100 Fax: (408) 490-2729 E-mail: dan@aptronix.com GENERAL CO-CHAIR: Dr. Rabinder Madan Office of Naval Research Arlington, VA, USA VICE CHAIR (Conference Organization): Prof. Hamid R. Arabnia (FUSION'98) The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA Tel: (706) 542-3480 Fax: (706) 542-2966 E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu Steering Committee Chairman Dr. X. Rong Li University of New Orleans, USA PROGRAM CHAIR: Michael Falco, Northrup Grumman, Melbourne, FL, USA; E-mail: falcomi@mail.northgrum.com PUBLICITY CHAIR (Web Master): Dr. Belur V. Dasarathy, Dynetics, Inc. Huntsville, AL, USA; P. O. Box 5500 Huntsville, AL. 35814-5500 Tel: (205) 922-9230x355, Fax:(205) 922-9260 E-mail: belur.d@dynetics.com and belur@computer.org PROGRAM COMMITTEE (as of Oct 30, 1997): L. Abbott, Virginia Polytechnical Institute & State University, VA, USA; R. Aktura, Loral Space & Communications Corp, San Jose, CA,USA; H. R. Arabnia, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA; Abdel-Azim Assi, Dept. of Pharmacology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; P. Bessiere, CNRS, Laboratoire Leibniz, France; S. Chueng, FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, USA; R. Conners, Virginia Polytech, Blacksburg, VA, USA B. Dasarathy, Dynetics, Inc. Huntsville, AL, USA; T. Drayer, US Department of Defense, Pentagon, VA, USA; R. M. Dyer, US Air Force Phillips Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA, USA; E. Gonen, Loral Globalstar, LP, San Jose, CA, USA; C. Harris, University of Southampton, UK; X. W. He, Center for Microelectronics, Dalian University of Technology, P. R. China; D. S. Huang, Beijing Institute of Systems Engineering, P. R. China; Z. L. Jing, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xian, P. R. China; D. J. Kewley, Scientific Technical Organiztion of the Defense Department, Australia; R. Kkanna, MITRE Corporation, Reston, VA, USA; H. Pan, Cooperative Research Centre for Sensor Signal and Information Processing, Adelaide, Australia; R. Pieper, Navy Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA; X. Rong, Li, University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; E. Ruspini, Stanford Research Institute International,CA, USA; J. Qian, Seimens Corporate Research Center, Princeton, NJ, USA; D. Schmoldt, US Forest Service, Madison, WI, USA; H. Stern, Ben Guriion University of the Negev, Israel; Z. Wang, Business School, Dalian University of Technology, P. R. China; L. Webster, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houton, TX, USA; J. Williams, Lockheed Martin Advanced Tech Lab, Camden, NJ, USA; Y. Zhao, Motorola Corporate Research, Schumberg, IL, USA; D. Zhu, Aptronix, Inc, Santa Clara, USA;