Second International Workshop
ALGEBRAIC FRAMES FOR THE
PERCEPTION--ACTION CYCLE
Trends in Algebraic Aspects of Design
and Implementation of Artificial Autonomous Systems
in association with DAGM e.V.
Kiel, Germany, September 10--11, 2000
Currently there is a growing interest in understanding autonomous
behaviour of biological systems and in designing autonomous artificial
systems. The attractive capabilities of autonomous systems acting in
real world environments are rooted in the so called perception-action
cycle (PAC). To gain system properties such as robustness and
adaptivity, competences have to be learned. Thus, the design of
behaviour based systems based on a heterarchy of PACs calls for
embedding disciplines such as computer vision, multidimensional signal
theory, robotics and neural computing in a common mathematical frame.
This frame has to be of algebraic nature, rich enough to subsume or to
couple the mentioned disciplines, to guarantee pragmatic completeness,
and to gain real-time capability. Not only are the contributing
disciplines limited yet with respect to this unification aspect, but
they are also limited with respect to diverse aspects of representation
such as higher order entities, higher order correlations, non-linearity,
etc. The embedding of related tasks in powerful algebraic frames results
in considerable advantages such as linear access to higher order
effects, completeness of representation, reduced symbolic complexity,
and insight to otherwise hidden phenomena.
AFPAC 2000 is the second workshop dedicated to the problem of algebraic
embedding engineering tasks of design and implementation of autonomous
systems. The first workshop (AFPAC '97) was organized at the same venue
in 1997 (see LNCS, vol. 1315, Springer, 1997). Following this attractive
event, the problem of algebraic embedding has been picked up by several
groups. Thus, the goal of the workshop AFPAC 2000 is to bring together
interested scientists from different disciplines to report on their
success and to exchange ideas in an open--minded atmosphere.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- basis functions for early visual processes
- representation of geometry in signal theory and neural networks
- manifold based embedding
- unifying geometry for vision and robotics
- invariances emerging from the perception-action cycle
- symmetry in visual recognition and action
- group theoretical frames in robotics, vision and neurocomputing
- higher order statistics and multilinear correlations
- non--linear metrics and linearization
- metrics, scale and causality in physical and perceptual space-time
- structural primitives of visual perception and action
- symbolic versus numeric complexity in PAC representations
WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS
G. Sommer, Germany
Y.Y. Zeevi, Israel
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Y. Aloimonos, USA; L. Dorst, The Netherlands; J.O. Eklundh, Sweden; O.
Faugeras, France; G. M. Granlund, Sweden; D. Hestenes, USA; J.J. Koenderink,
The Netherlands; V. Labunets, Russia; J. Lasenby, UK; H. Li, PR
China; H. Ritter, Germany; J.M. Selig, UK; H.T. Siegelmann, Israel; G.
Sommer, Germany; Y.Y. Zeevi, Israel
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
N. Kr"uger (Program); F. Maillard (Secretary); C. Perwass (Finance); B.
Rosenhahn (Local Arrangement); G. Sommer (Chair)
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Four copies of full-length papers should be received by March 31, 2000
at the address of G. Sommer. The paper beginning with title, authors,
affiliation, abstract and keywords should be no more than 10 pages
(12-point fonts) including text, figures, and references. Each paper
will be reviewed by two members of the program committee.
DATES AT A GLANCE
31.3.2000 Submission of full papers
19.5.2000 Notification of acceptance
9.6.2000 Submission of final camera--ready papers
10.--11.9.2000 AFPAC 2000
13.--15.9.2000 DAGM 2000
EVENTS OF THE WORKSHOP
The scientific program of the workshop will consist of oral and poster
presentations as well as a plenary session. The official language of the
conference is English. The accepted papers will be published in a
proceedings volume and distributed at the conference.
The AFPAC 2000 Workshop will be accompanied by the DAGM 2000, the 22.
Symposium f"ur Mustererkennung of the German chapter of IAPR. A separate
Call for the DAGM 2000 will be issued (see also the special WWW-page
below).
LOCATION AND TIME OF THE CONFERENCE
The venue of the AFPAC 2000 workshop and the DAGM 2000 conference will
be Kiel. Kiel is the capital of Schleswig--Holstein, the most northern
state of the Federal Republic of Germany. Kiel is located at the Baltic
Sea and is well-known from the international sailing regattas attracting
thousands of sailors every year. The weather in Kiel in September is
rather mild with temperatures 15-20 C and a typical refreshing breeze.
The workshop will take place at the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel
from Monday, Sept. 10 till Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2000. Kiel can be easily
reached by train or car from Hamburg in about one hour or by ferry from
Gothenburg, Oslo, or St'Petersburg. National flights connect Frankfurt,
Cologne, and Berlin with Kiel. The nearest international airport is in
Hamburg and is directly connected with Kiel by the airport bus
``Kielius''.
REGISTRATION FEE AND ACCOMMODATION
There will also be several possibilities for stipends of participants
with accepted papers and discounts for participation in both meetings
AFPAC 2000 and DAGM 2000. Students from any country with accepted papers
may apply for financial support as soon as they receive the notification
of acceptance. The organizers especially plan to support participation
of Eastern and Central European countries. The final policy of
registration fees and up-to-date information on the conference can be
found in the AFPAC-WWW-page.
Address:
Prof. Dr. Gerald Sommer, Institut f"ur Informatik
Christian-Albrechts Universit"at Kiel
Preusserstr. 1-9, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Tel: +49 431 560473 , Fax: +49 431 560481
e-mail: afpac2000@ks.informatik.uni-kiel.de
WWW-AFPAC: http://www.ks.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~afpac2000/
WWW-DAGM: http://www.ks.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~dagm2000/