5th International Fall Workshop VISION, MODELING, AND VISUALIZATION 2000 is now complete (see attachment). The keynote speakers are: J.-O. Eklundh (NADA-KTH Stockholm, Sweden): Depth and Motion from a Fixating Binocular System B. Draper (Colorado State University, USA): Image-based Feedback for Learning Object Recognition Strategies R. Scopigno (CNUCE, Italy): 3D Scanning Cultural Heritage Artifacts: Potentialities and Issues C. Bregler (Stanford University, USA): Using Vision for Animation: From Kangaroos to Talking Heads C. Johnson (University of Utah, USA): Interactive Modeling, Simulation and Visualization in Medicine: Applications to Cardiology, Neuroscience, and Medical Imaging There will be 50 contributed talks covering the following topics: - Multiview-Processing - Motion and Tracking - Recognition and Localization - Digital Geometry Processing - Image Based Rendering - Image Synthesis - Flow and Volume Visualization - Medical Applications - High Dimensional Data Visualization More information on the workshop can be found at http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/units/ag4/vmv00/ REGISTRATION: If you have not already registered and wish to do so please download our registration form from http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/units/ag4/vmv00/#registration and return it preferably by FAX. On site registration is possible on Wednesday Nov. 22nd 8:00 - 12:00, but we ask you to register as soon as you know that you will attend the conference (needed for local arrangements). 5th International Fall Workshop VISION, MODELING, AND VISUALIZATION 2000 Preliminary Program Wednesday, November 22nd ------------------------ 8:30 - 8:35 Opening VMV 2000 H.-P. Seidel Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik 8:35 - 9:30 Depth and Motion from a Fixating Binocular System J.-O. Eklundh NADA - KTH Stockholm, Sweden Coffee Break 9:50 - 12:10 Multiview-Processing Session Chair: N.N. Silhouette-Based Multiple-View Camera Calibration P. Ramanathan, E. Steinbach, B. Girod Stanford University, USA On the Silhouette Based 3D Reconstruction and Initial Bounding Cube Estimation A. Y. Mülayim, V. Atalay, O. Özün, F. Schmitt Middle East Technical University, Türkiye, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, France Automatic Three-Dimensional Inspection, Measurement and Detection of Errors in Transparent Pipes R. Schmidt, U. Schramm, R. Hofmann, Y. Caulier, K. Spinnler, T. Wittenberg Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Germany Accurate Calibration of a Stereovision Sensor: Comparison of Different Approaches D. Garcia, J.-J. Orteu, M. Devy Ecole des Mines d' Albi, France, LAAS-CNRS, France Metrical Calibration of a Phase Measuring Triangulation Sensor K. Veit, G. Häusler University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany A New Robust Bayesian Method for the Affine F-Matrix Estimation S. Brandt, J. Heikkonen Helsinki University of Technology, Finland An MRF-Based Approach to Generation of Super-Resolution Images from Blurred Observations D. Rajan, S. Chaudhuri Indian Institute of Technology, India Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 Image-based Feedback for Learning Object Recognition Strategies B. Draper Dept. of Computer Science, Colorado State University, USA Coffee Break 15:20 - 16:40 Motion and Tracking Session Chair: N.N. Dense Structure Estimation via Regularised Optical Flow H. Spies, N. Kirchgeßner, H. Scharr, B. Jähne University of Heidelberg, Germany Motion Vector Estimation for Tracking of Hands in Video Based Industrial Safety Applications J. Velten, A. Kummert University of Wuppertal, Germany A Practical Guide to Euclidian 3D Camera Motion Estimation: Algorithm Review and Performance Analysis P. Le Gal, J. Stauder, P. Robert France Telecom, France, Thomson multimedia, France, IRISA/INRIA, France The Fast Error Search Technique - Extensions and Approximations S. Srinivasan Microsoft Corporation, USA 16:40 - 18:00 Recognition and Localization Session Chair: N.N. Orientation Estimation Based on Weighted Projection onto Quadratic Polynomials G. Farnebäck Linköping University, Sweden Object Localization by Joint Audio-Video Signal Processing G. Wang, R. Rabenstein, N. Strobel, S. Spors University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Active Appearance-Based Object Recognition Using Viewpoint Selection M. Reinhold, F. Deinzer, J. Denzler, D. Paulus, J. Pösl University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, University of Rochester, USA Human Face Recognition Using Shape Information and Pseudo Zernike Moments J. Haddadnia, K. Faeze Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran Thursday, November 23rd ------------------------ 8:30 - 9:30 3D Scanning Cultural Heritage Artifacts: Potentialities and Issues R. Scopigno Instituto CNUCE, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy Coffee Break 9:50 - 12:30 Digital Geometry Processing Session Chair: N.N. Depth Buffer Based Registration of Free-Form Surfaces U. Labsik, R. Sturm, G. Greiner University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Feature Sensitive Sampling for Interactive Remeshing M. Botsch, C. Rössl, L. Kobbelt Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken Matching 3D Freeform Shapes to Digitized Objects J. S. M. Vergeest, S. Spanjaard, J. J. O. Jelier Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Linear Time Mesh Simplification with Reliable Error-Bounds J. Vorsatz, K. Kähler, L. Kobbelt, H.-P. Seidel Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Germany Quadrilateral Remeshing K. Hormann, G. Greiner University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany A Non-Linear Subdivision Scheme for Triangle Meshes S. Karbacher, S. Seeger, G. Häusler University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Spatial Model of Robot Environment Based on Rangefinder Measurements P. Drapikowski, A. Kasinski Poznan University of Technology, Poland New Strategy and Data Structures for Partial Surface Modeling C. Cerrada, S. Salamanca, A. Adan E.T.S.I. Industriales, UNED, Spain, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Lunch 14:00 - 16:20 Image-Based Rendering Session Chair: N.N. Automatic Image-Based Scene Model Acquisition and Visualization C. Vogelgsang, B. Heigl, G. Greiner, H. Niemann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Progressive Compression and Rendering of Light Fields M. Magnor, A. Endmann, B. Girod University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Stanford University, USA Extension of Incomplete 3D for Arbitrary Multi-View-Synthesis E. Cooke, O. Schreer, B. Pasewaldt, P. Kauff Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Germany Computer Assisted Reconstruction of Buildings from Photographic Data M. Tarini, P. Cignoni, C. Rocchini, R. Scopigno Instituto Elaborazione dell'informazione - C.N.R., Italy Building Panoramas from Photographs Taken with an Uncalibrated Hand-Held Camera H. Chen, W. Wang, R. Martin University of Hong Kong, China, Cardiff University, United Kingdom Building a Photo Studio for Measurement Purposes M. Goesele, W. Heidrich, H. P. A. Lensch, H.-P. Seidel Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Germany Rendering Details on Simplified Meshes by Texture Based Shading D. Rose, T. Ertl University of Stuttgart, Germany Coffee Break 16:40 - 18:20 Image Synthesis Session Chair: N.N. A Generalized Scene Graph J. Döllner, K. Hinrichs University of Münster, Germany Customized Object Hierarchies J. Haber, M. Stamminger, H.-P. Seidel Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Germany Hierarchical Radiosity with Global Refinement M. Stamminger, A. Scheel, H.-P. Seidel Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Germany Efficient Importance Sampling Techniques for the Photon Map A. Keller, I. Wald University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, University of Saarbrücken, Germany Object-Space, Connectivity-Preserving, Shadow Computation S. Ghali, E. Fiume, H.-P. Seidel Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Germany, University of Toronto, Canada 20:00 - Conference Dinner Schloss Halberg Friday, November 24th --------------------- 8:30 - 9:30 Using Vision for Animation: From Kangaroos to Talking Heads C. Bregler Stanford University, USA Coffee Break 9:50 - 12:50 Flow and Volume Visualization Session Chair: N.N. Visualization of Principal Curvature Directions by Anisotropic Diffusion U. Diewald, M. Rumpf University of Bonn, Germany Interactive Visualization of Flows Using LIC and Video Streaming Techniques P. Kipfer, G. Greiner University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany VirtualFluids - an Environment for Integral Visualization and Analysis of CAD and Simulation Data S. Kühner, M. Krafczyk Technische Universität München, Germany Voxelisation: Modelling for Volume Graphics M. W. Jones, R. Satherly University of Wales Swansea, United Kingdom A Multilevel Segmentation Method M. Droske, T. Preußer, M. Rumpf University of Bonn, Germany Accelerating Morphological Analysis with Graphics Hardware M. Hopf, T. Ertl University of Stuttgart, Germany Semi-Automatic Shape Extraction from Tube-like Geometry J. Bruijns Philips Research Laboratories, Netherlands Automatic Adjustment of Transfer Functions for 3D Volume Visualization C. Rezk-Salama, P. Hastreiter, J. Scherer, G. Greiner University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Accuracy of Isosurfaces in Volume Visualization A. Pommert, U. Tiede, K. H. Höhne University Hospital Eppendorf, Germany Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 Interactive Modeling, Simulation and Visualization in Medicine: Applications to Cardiology, Neuroscience, and Medical Imaging C. Johnson Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, School of Computing, University of Utah, USA Coffee Break 15:20 - 16:20 Medical Applications Session Chair: N.N. Digital Mammography: Gabor Filters for Detection of Microcalcifications B. Caputo, G.E. Gigante University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, University of Rome, Italy Direct Computation of Nonlinear Soft-Tissue Deformation M. Teschner, S. Girod, B. Girod University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Stanford University, USA Visualization of the Pharyngoesophageal Mucosa During Tracheoesophageal Phonation M. Tigges, T. Wittenberg, C. van As, U. Eysholdt, F. Hilgers University Hospital Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany 16:20 - 17:20 High Dimensional Data Visualization Session Chair: N.N. Correspondence Analysis: The Matching of 3-Dimensional Sets of Points K. Fries, J. Meyer, H. Hagen, B. Lindemann University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, University of California, USA, Saar University, Germany Detecting Coplanar Sets of Points in Space E. Pavlov, M. Luzon, M. Bercovier Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Higher Order Parallel Coordinates H. Theisel University of Rostock, Germany