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;