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                  ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
 
                  IEEE Computer Society Second Workshop on
               Empirical Evaluation Methods in Computer Vision
 
     Monday-Tuesday June 21-22 (pre-CVPR '99) --- Ft. Collins, Colorado
 
       http://www.nist.gov/itl/div894/vip/2eecv/2nd_eval_methods.html
 
 
              ***** EXTENDED DEADLINE:  February 26, 1999 *****
 
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MOTIVATION
 
In order for computer vision to mature from both scientific and
industrial points of view, we must have objective methods for
evaluating algorithms.  Towards this end, we are organizing the the
Second Workshop of Empirical Evaluation of Methods in Computer Vision.
As with the first workshop, one of the goals of the workshop is to
bring together researchers in the computer vision community to present
papers and discuss methods for empirical evaluation of vision
algorithms.  We hope to foster interaction and discussion on this
subject, and to learn from related fields that have successfully used
empirical evaluation methods.
 
PROGRAM
 
The workshop program will include invited speakers and presentations
of contributed papers.  The emphasis for the invited speakers will be
on methods for statistically analyzing performance results; i.e., when
is the difference in performance between two algorithms statistically
significant.
 
Contributed papers will be reviewed based on content relevant to the
theme of the workshop, with an emphasis on sound empirical methods and
results.  Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
 
 methods / tools / databases for performance evaluation,
 
 empirical comparison of different algorithms for vision problems,
 
 evaluation of medical imaging algorithms in clinical settings,
 
 evaluation of algorithms for industrial applications,
 
 and statistical analysis of algorithm performance results.
 
PAPER SUBMISSION
 
Three copies of submitted papers should be received by 26 February 1999
at the following address:
 
Jonathon Phillips
NIST
Bldg 225 / Rm A216
Gaitherburg, MD 20899
 
Each submission should have a cover page which includes the address,
phone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the corresponding
author.  Papers are limited to 25 double-spaced pages (12 pt, 1 inch
margins), including figures, references, etc.  Accepted papers will be
published as part of an edited book or in a proceedings volume.
 
   Sponsored by the PAMI Technical Committee of the IEEE Computer
Society.
 
Workshop Chairs:
 
Patrick Flynn
flynn@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu
Ohio State U.
 
Adam Hoover
ahoover@clemson.edu
Clemson University
 
Jonathon Phillips
jonathon@nist.gov
NIST
 
Organizing Committee:
 
Kevin Bowyer
U. South Florida
 
Atul Chhabra
Bell Atlantic
 
Henrik Christensen
KTH -- Stockholm
 
Adrian Clark
University of Essex
 
Patrick Courtney
Visual Automation Ltd
 
Sandor Der
Army Research Lab
 
James Duncan
Yale University
 
Stan Dunn
Rutgers University
 
Wolfgang Foerstner
University Bonn
 
Philip Kegelmeyer
Sandia
 
Peter Meer
Rutgers University
 
Sudeep Sarkar
Univ. of South Florida
 
Carsten Steger
Tech. Uni. Munchen