4th Russian Federation with International Participation Conference on PATTERN RECOGNITION and IMAGE ANALYSIS: NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (PRIA-4-98) Novosibirsk, Russian Federation 12 - 17 October 1998 Organised by The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) The Russian Association for Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis ***************************************************************** PRIA-4-98 is dedicated to the 275-th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences ****************************************************************** The host institutions are The Scientific Council "Cybernetics" of the RAS (Moscow), the Institute of Automation and Electrometry of the Siberian Branch of the RAS (Novosibirsk) and Information Rese- arch and Development, Ltd. (Moscow). ****************************************************************** CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN Professor, full member of the RAS Yury I.ZHURAVLEV (Computing Cen- ter, RAS, Moscow) e-mail: zhur@ccas.ru PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Professor Anatoly P.Nemirko (St.-Petersburg State Electrotechnical Univesity, St.-Petersburg) e-mail: apn@bs.etu.spb.ru TECHNICAL CHAIRMAN of the CONFERENCE Dr.-Eng. Igor B.Gurevich (Scientific Council "Cybernetics", RAS, Moscow) e-mail: igourevi@ccas.ru LOCAL CHAIRMAN Professor Valery S.Kirichuk (Institute of Automation and Electro- metry, Siberian Branch of the RAS, Novosibirsk) e-mail: roai98@iae.nsk.su ******************************************************************* PRIA-4-98 will include between others: - the conference itself; - exhibition of image analysis and pattern recognition software products developed in the years of 1997 - 1998 in the framework of the Russian State Scientific Program "The Prospective Infor- mation Technologies"; - detailed presentation of research and development in the field carrying out by the leading computer science research institu- tes of the Siberian Branch of the RAS: the Institute of Automa- tion and Electrometry, the Institute of Mathematics and the Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophy- sics; - meeting of Technical Committee of IAPR "Algebraic and Discrete Mathematical Techniques in Pattern Recognition and Image Analy- sis"; - social program. ****************************************************************** The main topics of interests 1. Mathematical Theory of Pattern Recognition 2. Mathematical Theory of Image Processing, Analysis, Recognition and Understanding 3. Mathematical Theory of Speech Processing, Analysis, Recogniti- on and Understanding 4. Models, Methods and Tools to Represent the Initial Data for Pattern Recognition, Image and Signal Analysis 5. Automatization of Selection of Algorithms for Solution Pattern Recognition, Image, Speech and Signal Analysis and Understan- ding Problems 6. Automatization of Development, Testing and Adaptation of In- formation Technologies for Pattern Recognition, Image, Speech and Signal Analysis and Understanding 7. Software and Information Technologies for Analysis and Estima- tion of Data, Represented as Images and Signals 8. Databases and Knowledge Databases for Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis 9. Special-purpose Architecture, Software and Hardware Tools to Support Information Technologies for Pattern Recognition, Ima- ge, Speech and Signal Processing and Analysis 10. Neural Networks and Methods for Data Processing, Analysis and Interpretation 11. Algorithms, Software and Information Technologies for Geograp- hic and Cartographic Information Systems. GIS Technologies 12. Information Technologies for Biomedical and Biotechnological Systems 13. Computer Vision 14. Computer Graphics, Visualization and Virtual Reality 15. Optoelectronic Systems for Image and Signal Processing and Analysis 16. Applied Problems ****************************************************************** The working language of the conference is Russian and English; the translation will be totally provided for the foreigners. ****************************************************************** PARTICIPATION NOW - to return by e-mail Registration Form to Conference Secreta- riat, Moscow by JULY 5, 1998 - to send by e-mail an extended absract of paper to Conference Secretariat, Novosibirsk - to send by e-mail an absract of exhibit desc- ription to Conference Secretariat, Novosibirsk ****************************************************************** REGISTRATION FEE Registration fee is $750. The fee covers entrance to the conference, seminars and exhibiti- on. It includes one copy of Proceedings, hotel accommodation and meals (full board). Registration fee is paid by cash at the conference desk. ****************************************************************** Key Dates 5.07.1998 - Deadline for extended abstracts submission 5.07.1998 - Deadline for exhibit abstracts submission 15.07.1998 - Deadline for Registration Form submission 31.07.1998 - Notification of acceptance 15.08.1998 - Distribution of invitations 11.10-18.10.1998 - PRIA-4-98 ****************************************************************** CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT All enquires concerning PRIA-4-98 should be directed to: MOSCOW: PRIA-4-98 Secretariat "Cybernetics", 40, Vavilov Str., Moscow GSP-1, 117968 Russian Fed. Phone: +7-095- 129-0797 Fax: +7-095- 129-0797 E-mail: igourevi@ccas.ru NOVOSIBIRSK: PRIA-4-98 Secretariat IA&E, 1, Ac. Koptyug Ave., Novosibirsk-90, 630090 Russian Federat. Phone: +7-383-233-3587, 233-1065, 233-3567 Fax: +7-383-233-6833 E-mail: roai98@iae.nsk.su or see the WWW page URL: http://www.iae.nsk.su/roai-98/ ****************************************************************** PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO igourevi@ccas.ru I am interested in being involved in PRIA-4-98. Title............................................................. Name (family and first)........................................... Position.......................................................... Institution/Company............................................... Address........................................................... City..................Country....................Postcode......... Phone.................Fax.................E-mail.................. I am going to submit a paper: number of topic of interest....................................... title "........................................................... ...................................................................." I am going to demonstrate an exhibit "............................ ...................................................................." Registration fee - $750. Date.............................Signature........................ ****************************************************************** PROCEEDINGS There will be issued two versions of PRIA-4-98 Proceedings: 1) Extended Abstracts - will be distributed at the conference; 2) Full papers - special issue of the international journal "Pat- tern Recognition and Image Analysis" (Nauka International Pub- lishing Company/Interperiodica Publishing, Moscow). GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS 1. Submit by e-mail in English an extended abstract of paper. 2. Maximum length is 5 pages A4. 3. Extended abstract includes summary (no more than 10 lines), introduction, problem statement, approach and techniques, re- sults, example, interpretation, conclusion, references. 4. Text is printed in one column using Times New Roman font, size 10, space between lines is 1.5. 5. Margins size: top and bottom - 2.54 cm, right and left - 3.17. 6. Main Heading is printed in bold capitals, font size 12, no Hyp- henation. Below (separated by 1.0 space) are names of the aut- hors. They are printed in bold, font size 10. If the affiliati- on of the authors are different organizations, put a numerated footnote after each last name. At the bottom of the page these footnotes show mailing and e-mail addresses of the authors. Be- low (separated by 2.0 space) is the body of an abstract. 7. Subheadings are printed on a separate line with bold font 10, centered, and separated from the text by 1.0 space above and below. 8. Figures are inserted in the text near the place of their first mentioning. Figures and tables are numerated through the text. Single figures and tables are not numerated. 9. Figure captions are centered by the figure width and printed by normal font size 8. Table number and heading are printed above the table with font size 10. 10.Formulas are printed in separate lines, and centered. Formula number is put in round brackets and lined by the right margin. 11.References in the text are numerated with Arabic figures in square brackets. Reference list is printed with font size 8. 12.MS Word is accepted in any version not higher than 7.0. 13.Extended abstracts are submitted to roai98@iae.nsk.su (PRIA-4-98 Secretariat, Novosibirsk) as uuencoded file. =======