CALL FOR PAPERS **************************************************************************** * International Symposium on Pattern Recognition "IN MEMORIAM PIERRE DEVIJVER" **************************************************************************** * February 12, 1999 Brussels, Belgium Organized by SOGESCI-B.V.W.B. (Belgian IAPR Society) ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY With the collaboration of PHILIPS BELGIUM The SIGNAL & IMAGE CENTRE of the Royal Military Academy THOMSON-CSF ELECTRONICS BELGIUM Prof. Pierre Devijver graduated in Telecommunications Engineering >from the Royal Military Academy of Brussels in 1962. He left the Belgian army to join the Philips Research Laboratory in Brussels where he assumed the responsibility for research in pattern recognition with applications to speech and image interpretation. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Paris VI in 1977 under the supervision of Prof. Jean Claude Simon. In 1989 he moved to Brest in France where he became the Scientific Director at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (ENST). Prof. Devijver gained international recognition for his contributions to statistical approaches of pattern classification. He was one of the f ounding members of IAPR (International Association for Pattern Recognition). He served in the capacity of IAPR Secretary, 1st Vice-President and he became IAPR President in 1986 for a period of two years. Prof. Pierre Devijver died in Brest on 28 December 1996. (Extracted from a text written by Prof. Josef Kittler, IAPR Newsletters Vol. 19.) The SOGESCI-B.V.W.B. and the Royal Military Academy of Brussels invite you to attend the International Symposium on Pattern Recognition "In Memoriam Pierre Devijver" which will take place on Friday, February 12, 1999 at the Royal Higher Institute for Defense Drève St-Anna 90 B-1020 BRUSSELS (Belgium) The SOGESCI-B.V.W.B. is the Belgian Operations Research Society and the Belgian representative in IFORS and in IAPR. The Royal Military Academy (RMA) is providing a Basic Training for career officers of all Arms and Services of the Belgian Armed Forces. This training consists of intellectual education at university level, military training, physical education and character building. Conference Committee Chairman : Paul GEORIS (Commander of the RMA) Secretary : Christiaan PERNEEL (RMA) Members: see Program Committee Program Committee Chairman : Christiaan PERNEEL (RMA) Members : Marc ACHEROY (RMA) Jan CORNELIS (VUB) Henri LEICH (FPMs) Philippe VAN HAM (ULB) Ignace LEMAHIEU (RUG) Luc VAN GOOL (KUL) Edgard NYSSEN (VUB) Paul DELOGNE (UCL) Jean-Jacques QUISQUATER (UCL) Claude VLOEBERGHS (RMA) Christian WELLEKENS (EURECOM, Fr) Dirk VAN DYCK (RUCA) Vinciane LACROIX (RMA) Objectives of the symposium The symposium is intended to be a meeting place for everybody who has known Pierre Devijver as a person or as a scientist. Also, the symposium is intended to be a meeting place for researchers, users and potential users of pattern recognition. During the symposium, only the invited speakers will give an oral presentation. The other presentations will be presented during Poster sessions. Invited Speakers Following personal friends of Prof Devijver agreed to give an invited presentation * Prof Josef Kittler (Surrey, UK) about "Multiple Expert Fusion" * Prof Jean-Claude Simon (Paris, FR) about "Handwritten Character Recognition" * Prof Jean-Paul Haton (Nancy, FR) about "Statistical Models for Speech Recognition" * Prof Erik Backer (Delft, The Nederlands) about "Machine Intelligence" Symposium Topics High quality papers in the field of the theory/applications of pattern recognition in the large sense are welcome (the list is not exhaustive) : Feature Extraction Statistical Models Machine Learning Fuzzy Models Optimisation Object Recognition Hierarchical Models Image Interpretation Speech Interpretation Medical Applications Computer Vision Morphology Call for Papers * Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts or full papers (up to 6 A4 pages). The abstract/paper should include a list of keywords and the name, address and Email of the author(s) * Dead-line for submission of abstracts : October 15, 1998. * Authors will be notified of acceptance of their presentation before December 1, 1998. * Dead-line for the camera-ready paper : January 15, 1999. * The final length of the accepted paper will be 6 pages A4. Papers longer than 6 pages may be rejected. * The camera-ready copy must be accompanied by registration and payment by presenting author. * The number of accepted papers will be limited. Registration and Submission of Abstracts/Papers The enclosed registration form and submitted abstracts should be mailed to : C.PERNEEL Royal Military Academy - TWMA 30 Av de la Renaissance B-1000 BRUSSELS (Belgium) Or by Email to Christiaan.Perneel@twma.rma.ac.be Registration Fee The registration fee is limited to 600 BEF for registration, coffee breaks, lunch and proceedings. The registration fee has to be transferred to the account number 210-0620424-64 of ASBL Renaissance VZW co/ ERM-KMS Av de la Renaissance 30 B-1000 BRUSSELS Belgium with the mention : "Devijver-ELEC-A11-" and the name of the person(s) for whom the payment is being made. All bank costs are in charge of the participant. After February 1st , 1999, registration fees are raised to 1000 BEF. ----------- Reply Form "In Memoriam Pierre Devijver" To be mailed to Royal Military Academy Christiaan PERNEEL 30 Av de la Renaissance B-1000 Brussels BELGIUM Or Christiaan.Perneel@twma.rma.ac.be * I enclose an extended abstract of the following paper that I wish to present (as a Poster) during the "In Memoriam Pierre Devijver" Title : ...................................................................... Authors : ...................................................................... * I register for the symposium "In Memoriam Pierre Devijver" * I transfer the amount of ................ 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