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