This is a call for papers for the Second IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Perceptual Organization in Computer Vision, Assessing the state of the community and charting new research directions Sept 20 and 21, 1999 (pre ICCV'99), Corfu, Greece HIGHLIGHTS: Format: 6 invited papers assessing the state of art in the community 12 short papers on current work Discussion and breakout sessions Funding: There is a distinct POSSIBILITY that each short paper presenter will receive $1000 in support. Stay tuned. For details please refer to: http://marathon.csee.usf.edu/~sarkar/pocv99.html Topics on which submissions would be welcomed include, but are by no means limited to: Perceptual organization of photometric primitives in 2D and 3D Perceptual organization of motion sequences Algorithms and methodologies Formalisms and representations Organization hierarchies Performance comparisons, evaluations, or measures Applications of perceptual organization in vision systems Use of context and domain knowledge Role of learning in perceptual organization. Please submit three copies of your paper(s) no later than JULY 15 1999 to: Sudeep Sarkar Computer Science and Engineering 4202 E Fowler Ave., ENB 118 University of South Florida; Tampa, FL 33620, USA; Phone: 813-974-2113 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 20 double-spaced pages (12 pt, 1 inch margins), including figures, references, etc. We are finalizing the contract to publish the papers presented and the breakout session discussions at the workshop as an edited book to appear after the workshp. All attendees will receive a copy of the book, which is included in the registration. ORGANIZERS Kim L. Boyer, The Ohio State University (General Chair) Sudeep Sarkar , University of South Florida (General Chair) Jacob Feldman , Rutgers University Davi Geiger, Courant Institute Radu Horaud , GRAVIR-IMAG & INRIA, France. David Jacobs , NEC Research Institute. Michael Lindenbaum, Technion, David Lowe, University of British Columbia, Canada Gerard Medioni, University of Southern California. Thierry Pun , University of Geneva. Lance Williams, University of New Mexico