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
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 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
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 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