CALL FOR PAPERS
ICVS'99
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMS
JANUARY 13-15, 1999
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria SPAIN
http://mozart.dis.ulpgc.es/ICVS
ICVS'99
There has been a lot of research on component technologies as
described in standard vision conferences like ICCV, ECCV, and CVPR. It
is however, characteristic that very little has been reported on fully
INTEGRATED systems. Integration of component technologies requires
not only vision techniques, but also understanding of fundamental
concepts from computer science (like scheduling and planning), methods
for handling uncertainty, control theory, etc. This conference focuses
on methods and concepts for construction of fully integrated (and
operational) vision systems.
PROGRAMME:
ICVS'99 is a single track conference consisting of highest quality,
previously unpublished contributed papers, presented either orally or
as a poster. Contributions are sought on new and original research on
computer vision systems.
All reviewing will be carried out double blind by a Programme
Committee of leading international researchers selected by the
Conference Board.
TOPICS:
The conference solicits papers on the following
topics
- System architectures
- Methods for system synthesis and verification
- Active Vision systems
- Control of perception and attention
- Knowledge/system representation
- Multi-Agent systems and coordination
- Context modeling
- Cue integration
- Prototype systems
- Performance characterization & benchmarking
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:
General Chair: James L. Crowley (INPG, France)
Program Chair: Henrik I. Christensen (KTH, Sweden)
Publication Chair: Claus S. Andersen (AAU, Denmark)
Local Chair: Jorge Cabrera (ULPGC, Spain)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION:
Authors are requested to submit four (4) hard copies of each full
paper (in English) of no more than 20 pages (double spaced, 11-point
font, including text, figures and references) describing original
results of their research work to:
Centre for Autonomous Systems
NADA/CVAP
Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan
S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
ATT: ICVS
prior to submission deadline.
Each of the four copies must contain a cover page with the following
items:
1. The title of the paper.
2. The names and complete addresses (snail-mail, email, phone and fax) of
all authors.
3. An abstract of no more than 300 words, clearly stating the impact
of the contribution (originality, importance, results, related work
and how does it differ).
4. A set of keywords.
Additionally the four copies must contain an additional cover page
containing only the title and abstract. Authors and institutions are
not to be identified.
Unless specified otherwise, correspondence will be directed to the
first author listed.
PUBLICATION:
The papers from the conference will be published by Springer-Verlag in
the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Second call for papers: March 15, 1998
Submission of full papers: May 30, 1998
Notification of acceptance: August 15, 1998
Delivery of full accepted papers: September 30, 1998
Conference: January 13-15, 1999
Programme Committee:
C. Andersen, (AAU, Denmark)
R. Bajcsy, (Univ. Pennsylvania, USA)
A. Bobick, (MIT, USA)
K. Bowyer, (USF, USA)
C. Brown, (Univ. Rochester, USA)
J. Cabrera, (ULPGC, Spain)
H. Christensen, (KTH, Sweden).
J. Crowley, (I.N.P. Grenoble, France)
E. Dickmann, (Univ. BW Munich, Germany)
R. Dillmann, (Univ. Karlsruhe, Germany)
B. Draper, (Univ. Colorado, USA)
J-O. Eklundh, (KTH, Sweden)
C. Garbay, (TIMC-IMAG, France)
E. Granum, (AAU, Denmark)
D. Guinea, (IAI-CSIC, Spain)
M. Hernandez, (ULPGC, Spain)
H. Inoue, (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
D. Kortenkamp, (JSC-NASA, USA)
K. Konolige, (SRI, USA)
C. Madsen, (AAU, Denmark)
E. Rivlin, (Technion Inst., Israel)
G. Sandini, (Univ. Genova, Italy)
B. Schiele, (MIT, USA)
C. Taylor, (Univ. Manchester, UK)
M. Trivedi, (UCSD, USA)
J. Tsotsos, (Univ. Toronto, Canada)
D. Vernon, (Maynooth College, Ireland)
J. Santos Victor, (IST Lisbon, Portugal)
T. Vieville, (INRIA, France)
J. Vitria, (CVC-UAB, Spain)
CONTACT ADDRESS:
For further details and information, please contact the Conference
Secretariat:
ICVS'99
Jorge Cabrera Gamez
Computer Science and Systems Department
Univ. Las Palmas
35017-Las Palmas
Spain
phone: +34 28 458 747
fax: +34 28 458 711
email: icvs@mozart.dis.ulpgc.es
www: http://mozart.dis.ulpgc.es/ICVS
CONFERENCE VENUE:
ICVS'99 will be held in the Alfredo Kraus auditorium and convention
center in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. The convention center is located
at the north-west end of the magnificent beach of Playa de las
Canteras, and only 20km from the International Airport of Gran
Canaria, which links the island to major cities all over the world.
The Canarian Archipelago is located 100km from the African coast, on
the 28th parallel (the same as Florida). It can be said that its
temperature are always spring-like, due to the moderating effect of
the trade winds. Climatological experts add that the proximity of the
Sahara desert acts as a neutralizer of humidity, which gives the
islands one of the most healthy climates in the world, with a great
quantity of daylight hours all year round. Mean temperatures are some
24 C in the summer and 19 C in the winter.
The roughly circular island of Gran Canaria has a diameter of 49km, a
surface area of 1532km and 236km of beachy coastline. The island has
dense and varied vegetation going from mixed scrub and euphorbia in
the lower reaches, through evergreen trees half-way up the slopes to
the pine woodland in the island's peak district. The mountains of Gran
Canaria rise from the sea to the lofty central summit of La Cumbre
(Pico de las Nieves: 1950m). The sharply varied scenery more than
justifies Gran Canaria's nickname of Miniature Continent.
The island's exceptional climate allows for outdoor sporting
activities to be carried out all year round. The are designated areas
and excellent facilities for such aquatic pursuits as Sailing,
Surfing, Windsurfing, deep-sea Fishing, Scuba-Diving etc. Golfing,
Riding and mountain sports such as hill-walking are possible at any
time of the year.
Gran Canaria is in a privileged distance from the main European
capitals. Within three to five hours any European can reach this
tourist paradise, by plane. With regard to America, Gran Canaria is
only a six hour direct flight away from New York.
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The conference is sponsored by:
The EU-TMR projects SMART and CAMERA