Videometrics VI (ei10)
Part of IS&T/SPIE's Symposium on Electronic Imaging '99: Science and
Technology
23-29 January 1999 San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California USA
Conference Chair: Sabry F. El-Hakim, National Research Council Canada;
Armin Gruen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland)
Program Committee: Hirofumi Chikatsu, Tokyo Denki Univ. (Japan); Wolfgang
Foerstner, Univ. Bonn (FRG); Dieter Fritsch, Univ. Stuttgart (FRG); Henrik
G. Haggren, Helsinki Univ. of Technology (Finland); Hans-Gerd Maas, Delft
Univ. of Technology (Netherlands); Mark R. Shortis, Univ. of Melbourne
(Australia); Kam W. Wong, Univ. of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign
This sixth conference on Videometrics addresses developments and
applications of the state-of-the-art vision-based measurement and motion
capture technologies. Recent advances in three-dimensional displays and
computer-graphics hardware, and the increasing availability of modeling,
rendering, and animation software tools, have resulted in a growing demand
for high quality, fully automated techniques to generate the contents of 3D
virtual worlds.
What distinguishes this conference from the numerous others on virtual
environments and 3D computer-assisted animation is the focus on achieving
the highest possible geometric and photometric accuracy from models and
motion. This involves creating mathematically precise complex objects and
scenes, by using system calibration, methods for automatic matching even in
complex scenes, and target-tracking techniques developed in the
Photogrammetry/Videometrics community. In addition, strategies for fully
automated planning of next best view, on-line assessment of model quality,
and use or computer graphics methods for image analysis, are of particular
interest.
Producing realistic character animation requires high quality full-body
motion capture. Optical-based motion capture techniques are potentially
capable of producing the highest quality data without being affected by
environmental factors usually affecting other technologies such as
magnetic-based methods. However, improvement to the speed, increasing
reliability of automation by using computer-vision algorithms, overcoming
occlusion problems, and reduction of cost are required.
Papers on the following and related topics, are welcome:
* advances in practical system calibration techniques
* precision site modeling and assessment of model quality for
mapping and navigation
* automatic registration and strategies for next best view planning
* automatic matching algorithms of highly structured scenes
* high accuracy body/face motion capture for animation
* image matching and tracking in motion analysis
* representation and computer animation for artifacts and monuments
* successfully demonstrated image metrology applications.
Submission of Abstracts for
IS&T/SPIE's Symposium on ELECTRONIC IMAGING '99: Science and Technology
Abstract (500 words) Due Date: 15 June 1998
Manuscript Due Date: 2 November 1998
Final Summary (200 words) for the Final Program Due Date: 23 November 1998
Proceedings of this conference will be published and available at the meeting.
The abstract and manuscript due dates must be strictly observed.
Your abstract must include all of the following:
1. SUBMIT TO: EI10, EL-HAKIM, GRUEN
2. SUBMIT EACH ABSTRACT TO ONE CONFERENCE
ONLY.
Videometrics VI (ei10)
3. ABSTRACT TITLE
4. AUTHOR LISTING (principal author first)
First(given)name Last(family)name, Affiliation
Mailing address, telephone, fax, and email address.
5. PRESENTATION
Indicate your preference for "Oral Presentation" or "Poster
Presentation." Placement is subject to chairs' discretion.
6. ABSTRACT TEXT
Approximately 500 words.
7. KEYWORDS
List a maximum of five keywords.
8. BRIEF BIOGRAPHY (of principal author)
Approximately 50 words.
Instructions for Submitting Abstracts
* All authors are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to submit their
abstracts by the due date using the Web form located at
URL: www.spie.org/forms/ei99_submission_form.html
If World-Wide Web access is not available, please choose only one
of the following options and send by the due date:
* E-MAIL each abstract separately to: abstracts@spie.org in ASCII
text (not encoded) format. IMPORTANT: to ensure receipt and
proper processing of your abstract, the Subject line must include
only the following:
SUBJECT: EI10, EL-HAKIM, GRUEN
* or MAIL three copies of your abstract to:
IS&T/SPIE EI '99
SPIE, P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010 USA
Shipping Address: 1000 20th St., Bellingham, WA 98225 USA
Telephone 360/676-3290
* or FAX one copy to SPIE at 360/647-1445 (send each abstract
separately).
Conditions of Acceptance
* Authors are expected to secure registration fees and travel and
accommodation funding, through their sponsoring organizations
before submitting abstracts.
* Only original material should be submitted.
* Commercial papers, descriptions of papers, with no
research/development content, and papers where supporting data
or a technical description cannot be given for proprietary reasons
will not be accepted for presentation in this symposium.
* Abstracts should contain enough detail to clearly convey the
approach and the results of the research.
* Government and company clearance to present and publish should
be final at the time of submittal.
* Applicants will be notified of acceptance by mail no later than
5 October 1998. Early notification of acceptance will be placed on
the SPIE Web site the week of 21 September 1998 at
www.spie.org/info/ei99_participants.html
Paper Review
To ensure a high-quality conference, all abstracts and Proceedings of
SPIE papers will be reviewed by the Conference Chairs for technical
merit and content.
Publishing Policy
Manuscript due dates must be strictly observed. Whether the
conference volume will be published before or after the meeting, late
manuscripts run the risk of not being published in the Proceedings of
SPIE. The objective of this policy is to better serve the conference
participants and the technical community at large. Your cooperation is
appreciated by all.
Final Summary
Accepted authors will receive instructions for submission of the 200-
word Final Summary in their author kit. The published Final Summaries
will be available at the meeting.
Oral or Poster Presentation
Accepted authors will receive instructions for Oral and Poster
presentations in their author kit. All Oral and Poster presentations are
included in the Proceedings of SPIE and require a manuscript.
Proceedings of SPIE
These conferences will result in volumes published in the Proceedings of
SPIE that can be ordered through the Advance Technical Program.
Camera-ready manuscripts are required of all accepted applicants and
must be submitted in English by 2 November 1998. Copyright to the
manuscript is expected to be released for publication in the Proceedings
of SPIE. Note: If an author does not attend the meeting and make a
presentation, the chair may choose not to publish the author's
manuscript in the conference volume. Papers published are indexed in
leading scientific databases including INSPEC, Compendex Plus, Physics
Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, International Aerospace Abstracts, and
Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings.
Participant Registration Fee
Authors and coauthors are accorded a reduced symposium registration
fee.