Third European Course on "RECENT ADVANCES IN IMAGE PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS" MARCH 2-6, 1998 UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE, ITALY Organiser: ESPRIT LTR 20229 - NOBLESSE The course will spread over five days and will include formal lectures complemented by `hands-on' sessions and visits to research or industrial laboratories. Social events will also be arranged in conjunction with the course, including a welcome reception and the Course Dinner. All attendees will be given a comprehensive set of lecture notes. WHO SHOULD ATTEND This course will be of interest to engineers, software developers, system developers, and research scientists involved in research and development on image/video processing and analysis and on multimedia environments. Application areas may be as diverse as digital television, multimedia archives management, industrial imaging, surveillance, integration of audio and video information, human perception. A basic knowledge of standard image processing techniques would be an advantage. COURSE OUTLINE - Order statistics filters: theory and applications - Mathematical morphology and its applications - Polynomial-based operators - Pattern recognition - Advanced video image processing - Multimedia applications ORGANISATION OF THE COURSE The course has been organised by the research group engaged in the ESPRIT LTR Project 20229 - NOBLESSE: * Prof. H. Burkhardt - Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Germany * Prof. M. Gabbouj - Tampere University of Technology, Finland * Prof. M. Kunt - Federal Inst. of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland * Dr. S. Marshall - University of Strathclyde, UK * Prof. I. Pitas - University of Thessaloniki, Greece * Prof. G. Ramponi - University of Trieste, Italy * Profs. J. Serra and F. Meyer - CMM, Ecole des Mines, Fontainebleau, France FEES Course fee: Lit. 1,000,000 (including 20% VAT) Reduced fee for students: Lit. 800,000 (including 20% VAT) LOCAL ORGANISATION: The Office via San Nicolo` 14, I-34121 Trieste, Italy ph.: +39 (40) 368 343 - fax: +39 (40) 368 808 email: theoffice@theoffice.it Further information available on http://ipl.univ.trieste.it/school