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.