PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
 
     MVA'98: IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications
 
                     November  17-19,  1998
                     Makuhari, Chiba,  Japan
 
The Sixth IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications will be
held from November 17 through 19, 1998 at Fujitsu Makuhari System
Laboratory, Chiba, Japan. The workshop is sponsored by the IAPR MVA
Organizing Committee, Fujitsu Ltd.and a few others. The purpose of
the workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners from
both academia and industry, and to exchange their knowledge and
stimulate each other through intensive discussions on the following
research topics.
 
        MAIN TOPIC:  Machine Vision and its Applications
 
 1  Algorithms
    Feature extraction, Range data and 3D analysis,
    Motion and/or Image sequence analysis, Neural network
    applications, Color image analysis, and related technologies.
 
 2  Architectures
    Intelligent sensors, VLSI image processor chips,
    Massively parallel processing, Architectures for 3D
    and/or motion processing, Image processing systems,
    Software environment for image processor, and
    related technologies.
 
 3  Applications
    *FA(Factory  Automation):
        Factory Automation, Mobile robots, and related technologies.
    *ITS(Intelligent Transport Systems):
        Disaster prevention and rescue, Security control,Navigation,
        and related technologies.
    *Multimedia:
        Multimedia data-base, Map and engineering drawing database,
        Map processing and map-based systems, 3D reconstruction from
        maps or drawings, and related technologies.
    *Others:
        Civil and construction engineering, Agriculture, Forestry,
        Fishery, and other applications.
 
The workshop will include about 100 papers for oral and poster
presentations on the above topics. All presentations will be made in
English.Those who wish to present a paper are requested to submit
four copies of an extended abstract of 500-1000 words with at least
one main figure by May 15, 1998 to
 
     Prof. Katsushi Ikeuchi
     Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
     7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106, Japan
     Fax: +81-3-3401-1433
     (E-mail: ki@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
 
The abstract should contain the following information on its first page.
 
   1)  Title of the paper
   2)  Name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s)
   3)  Name and address of the person to be contacted,
       and also his/her phone/fax number(s) and E-mail
       address if available
   4)  Answers to the following questions:
      a) What  is  the  original  contribution of this work?
      b) Why should this contribution be considered important?
 
IMPORTANT DATES
 
The paper must be submitted no later than        May 15, 1998.
Acceptance of the paper will be notified by      July 15, 1998.
Final camera-ready papers are due on             September 15, 1998.
 
IAPR MVA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
 
 
    Workshop Co-chairs
         Mikio TAKAGI (Science University of Tokyo)
         Shigeru SASAKI (Fujitsu)
 
    Program Chair
         Katsushi IKEUCHI (University of Tokyo)
 
FURTHER INFORMATION
 
For further information, please contact Prof. Katsushi Ikeuchi
at the above address. Up-dated information will also be available
at the following Web page:
    http://www.etl.go.jp/etl/gazo/mva98/