CALL FOR PAPERS
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IEEE Workshop on 
Computer Vision Beyond the Visible Spectrum: 
Methods and Applications
(http://www.htc.honeywell.com/CVBVS2001)

In conjunction with CVPR 2001


December 14, 2001
Kauai, Hawaii



Organizing Committee
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General Chairs: 
Ioannis Pavlidis (Honeywell Laboratories),
Robert Hummel (DARPA)
Technical Program Committee: 
Bir Bhanu (University of  California, Riverside) - Technical Program Chair, 

J. K. Aggarwal (University of Texas at Austin) , 
George Bebis (University of Nevada, Reno),
Kevin Bowyer (University of South Florida),
Nick Bourbakis (Wright State University), 
Paul Gader (University of Missouri),
Glenn Healey (University of California, Irvine),
Martin Herman (National Institute of Standards),
Larry Matthies (Jet Propulsion Laboratory),
Robert McMillan (U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command), 
Vassilios Morellas (Honeywell Laboratories),
Nasser Nasrabadi (Army Research Laboratory),
Nikos Papanikolopoulos (University of Minnesota),
Nikos Paragios (Siemens Corporate Research),
Bruce Schachter (Northrop Grumman),
Dean Scribner (Naval Research Lab),
Peter Symosek (Honeywell Laboratories),
Vincent J. Velten (Air Force Research Laboratory),
Ramesh Visvanathan (Siemens Corporate Research),
Jacques Verly (MIT Lincoln Lab),

        
Industry Liaison:
Mike Bazakos (Honeywell Laboratories)

Description and Rationale for the Workshop
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Traditionally, the majority of the computer vision community has been
involved implicitly or explicitly with
the development  of algorithms associated with visible range sensors.
Imaging sensors from other ranges of the 
electro-magnetic (EM) spectrum were used only in special applications (e.g.
medicine, military). There are a number 
of reasons for this situation: low cost and availability of visible imaging
sensors, strong links between the 
computer vision research and the human vision research, and  lack of
consideration of the potential advantages 
other EM spectra may offer.

Recently, the cost of  near and mid infrared (IR) sensors has dropped
dramatically.  New imaging sensors that 
operate in the millimeter wave (MMW) band  of the EM spectrum have started
to appear in a growing number of 
applications. Image sensing devices that were once suitable only for
military and remote sensing applications 
now find their way into more common areas like transportation and security
vision based systems. Application 
of these new sensing modalities into a wide variety of computer vision
systems necessitates either the adaptation 
of methods and algorithms originally developed for the visible range or the
development of entirely new methods 
and algorithms.

The workshop will bring together pioneering researchers in the field and
give an accurate picture of the current 
state of the art. Emphasis will be given to new and traditional application
areas where non-visible range  sensors 
can help solving hard challenges posed to computer vision since its
inception. Also, emphasis will be placed on 
comparative evaluation studies across the EM spectrum for a given computer
vision task. The workshop will serve as 
a showcase of new and adapted algorithms and methods appropriate for ranges
beyond the visible. In this context, 
fusion approaches that combine more than one sensing  modalities to reduce
ambiguity are of  special interest. 

Applications from the commercial domain as well as military applications
with technology transfer potential are 
especially welcome. The rationale  is to bring computer vision scientists in
touch with exciting new possibilities 
on how to solve traditionally hard problems and how to expand on new
application territory using non-visible range 
sensors. Sensors of interest include X-rays, infrared, millimeter wave,
laser radar, synthetic aperture radar, and 
hyper-spectral. Original papers are solicited in, but not limited to , the
following technical areas:

Object Recognition
Object Detection and Tracking
Scene Understanding
Segmentation
Motion
Registration
Fusion
Military Applications
Commercial Applications
Comparative Evaluation




Mail Submission
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Four copies of  complete manuscript should be received by July 1, 2001 at
the following address:

Prof. Bir Bhanu
College of Engineering
Bourns Halll
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
USA

Tel.   909 787-3954
Fax    909 787-3188
Email bhanu@cris.ucr.edu



Electronic Submission
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The paper in pdf or postscript format should be received by July 1, 2001.
Please follow the link  below to
submit electronically:

http://www.htc.honeywell.com/CVBVS2001/submission.html

Papers should include:

(a) A title page containing the names and addresses of the authors
(including email), an abstract of up to 200 words,
    and one or more categories as listed above or other keywords.
(b) A second title page containing title and abstract only, to allow for
double blind reviewing, and
(c) The paper, limited to 24 double-spaced pages (12 points, 1 inch
margins), including figures and references.

Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the Workshop.  
Also, selected papers from the Workshop will be published in an upcoming
edited book by Springer-Verlag.




Important Deadlines
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Paper Submission:       July 1, 2001
Notification of Acceptance:     August 15, 2001
Camera Ready Copies:    September 15, 2001
Workshop Web Site
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http://www.htc.honeywell.com/CVBVS2001