Call for Participation: WACV'98 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV'98) Nassau Inn, Princeton, New Jersey, USA http://www.sarnoff.com/conferences/WACV98.htm October 19th-21st, 1998 Early registration date deadline: Sept. 25th, 1998 The goal of WACV98 is to provide a forum in which an international group of industrial, government, and academic researchers can present and discuss the application of computer vision techniques to problem domains of practical significance. The preliminary program for WACV'98 is attached below. The program consists of 35 contributed papers distributed over 9 single track sessions. The acceptance rate was 33.3% There are also 4 demonstration sessions with a total of 28 demonstrations. In addition to the contributed papers and demonstrations, the WACV98 program includes an invited keynote presentation, an invited panel discussion and tours of local vision laboratories (Sarnoff, Siemens, NEC etc.) in the Princeton area. The invited keynote presentation is titled "Using the latest technical and computer advancements to create the illusion that visual effects were not used at all". It will be given by Rob Legato of Digital Domain. Rob Legato recently won an Academy Award for his work as Visual Effects Supervisor for James Camerons Titanic". The title for the panel discussion "Is Vision Ready for Prime Time: Challenges and Opportunities in the World of Entertainment". The tentative list of speakers for the Panel Discussion are: Padmanandhan Anandan (Microsoft), Gerard Medioni (USC), Paul Debevec (UC Berkeley), Bill Freeman (MERL), Luc Robert (INRIA), and Harpreet Sawhney (moderator from Sarnoff). Registration: For registration please go to the conference web page: http://www.sarnoff.com/conferences/WACV98/Registration.htm Hotel Reservations: For making hotel reservations, please call the Nassau Inn at 800-862-7728 or 609-921-7500 When making a reservation state that you are registering for IEEE-WACV'98. The special conference room rate of $120/- per night is guaranteed for reservations made on or before Friday Sept. 25th 1998. Schedule/ Sessions FOR WACV '98: http://www.sarnoff.com/conferences/WACV98/WACVSchedule.htm Look forward to seeing you at WACV'98 Rakesh (Teddy) Kumar Email: rkumar@sarnoff.com