CALL FOR PAPERS AND ANNOUNCEMENT
                       
                         VISION GEOMETRY VII (SD91)
            San Diego Convention Center and Mariott Hotel & Marina
                         San Diego, California, USA
                        
                   Part of SPIE's International Symposium on
                 Optical Science, Imaging and Instrumentation
                              July 19 - 24, 1998

Conference Chairs: Robert A. Melter, Long Island University (Retired)
                   Angela Y. Wu, The American University
                   Longin J. Latecki, University of Hamburg, Germany.

Program Committee: 
Ari D. Gross, T. Y. Kong (CUNY/Queens Coll.); Jack Koplowitz (Clarkson Univ.);
David M. Mount (Univ. of Maryland, College Park); Frank Rhodes (Univ. of 
Southampton, UK); Ivan Stojmenovic (Univ. of Ottawa, Canada).

Keynote Speaker: Gabor Herman, University of Pennsylvania

Abstract due date: December 22, 1997
Manuscript due date: June 22, 1998

This conference is designed to bring together workers who use geometric theory
and techniques to solve problems related to computer vision.  Specific
solutions as well as overviews of more general topics are welcome.  

Topics of interest are:
    Digital geometry and topology  
    Geometry-based image segmentation             
    Morphology related to vision
    Computational geometry related to vision 
    Convexity problems in vision

Prospective contributors are invited to submit abstracts of their papers 
by December 22, 1997, in accordance with the instructions given on the
following web page:
    http://www.spie.org/web/meetings/calls/sd98/sd98_submissions.html

Proceedings of this meeting will be published by SPIE.  Authors of accepted
abstracts will be notified by mail no later than April 26, 1998, and will be
required to submit camera-ready manuscripts in English by June 22, 1998.

To receive a complete Call for Papers via postal mail, or to request an 
Advance Technical Program for this conference (when available), please 
contact SPIE.  Phone: +1 360/676-3290. Fax: +1 360/647-1445. 
E-mail: SD98@spie.org 

For further information, contact:

Dr. Longin Jan Latecki
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Hamburg
Bundesstr. 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Email: latecki@math.uni-hamburg.de 
Phone: ++49(0)40 4123 5156 * Fax: ++49(0)40 4123 5117

Dr. Angela Wu, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems,
American University, Wahsington, DC 20016-8116.  Phone: 202-885-1476.
Fax: 202-885-1479.  E-mail: awu@american.edu