*********************************************************** * MultiTemp 2001 - First Announcement and Call for Papers * *********************************************************** FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE ANALYSIS OF MULTI-TEMPORAL REMOTE SENSING IMAGES (MultiTemp-2001) September 13-14, 2001 - Trento, Italy ORGANIZED BY University of Trento, Italy European Commission, Joint Research Centre IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society IN CO-OPERATION WITH Italian Association for Remote Sensing ASITA (Other sponsorships are presently under consideration) GENERAL WORKSHOP CHAIRS Lorenzo Bruzzone - University of Trento, Italy Paul Smits - Joint Research Centre, Italy PROGRAM CHAIRS Alessandro Annoni - Joint Research Centre, Italy Gianni Vernazza - University of Genoa, Italy SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Jon Atli Benediktsson - University of Iceland, Iceland Alessandro Brivio - National Research Council, Italy Chi Hau Chen - University of Massachusetts, USA Pol Coppin - University of Leuven, Belgium Mario Gomarasca - National Research Council, Italy Roger King, - Mississippi State University, USA David Landgrebe - Purdue University, USA Ros Lunetta - US Environmental Protection Agency, USA Maria Petrou - University of Surrey, UK Paul Rosin - Cardiff University, UK Robert Schowengerdt - University of Arizona, USA Sebastiano Serpico - University of Genoa, Italy Ashbindu Singh - United Nations Environment Programme, USA Anne Schistad-Solberg - University of Oslo, Norway James Tilton - NASA, USA John Townshend - University of Maryland, USA Urs Wegmüller - Gamma Remote Sensing, Switzerland LOCAL COMMITTEE Battista Benciolini Roberto Cossu Diego Fernández Prieto Andrea Massa Riccardo Rigon CONTEXT The analysis of multi-temporal remote-sensing images is one of the most important ways of using remote-sensing data. In particular, people working in several application domains related to environmental monitoring have recently devoted increasing attention to both change detection and analysis. However, it is felt that the advances in change-detection methodologies have been under-illuminated with respect to other remote-sensing image analysis topics (e.g. classification). At the same time, the link between the end-users' needs and the scientific community seems too weak. For this reason, we think that a high quality workshop, focusing on the methodological aspects of multi-temporal remote-sensing image analysis, is much needed. The workshop will address the scientific development in connection with real applications and end-user requirements. OBJECTIVE The workshop's main goal is to assess the state of the art of both theory and applications in the analysis of multi-temporal remote-sensing images and geospatial data. This workshop should greatly contribute to define common research priorities according to end-users' needs, and its proceedings should become a unique, first-class reference for multi-temporal geospatial data analysis. WORKSHOP TOPICS Papers are solicited in the following topic areas: - Registration techniques and reduction of registration noise - Correction and calibration algorithms for multi-temporal images - Supervised and unsupervised change-detection techniques - Detection of spectral changes and land-cover transitions - Understanding changes - Updating of geographic information - Shape change detection - Change detection in hyper-spectral data - Data fusion in the analysis of multi-temporal images - Classification of multi-temporal images - Assessment of performances in change detection - Applications CALL FOR PAPERS Contributions are welcome from the research community developing new techniques for the analysis of multi-temporal data, as well as from the application community using the results obtained from the automatic analysis. Prospective authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of four A4 pages, including tables and figures. - April 1, 2001: Extended abstract submission - May 15, 2001: Notification of acceptance - July 10, 2001: Camera-ready manuscripts - July 10, 2001: Registration Extended abstracts should be sent in electronic format (word, pdf, ascii) to: MultiTemp 2001 Workshop Secretariat DICA - University of Trento Via Mesiano, 77 I-38050, Trento, ITALY E-mail: multitemp2001@ing.unitn.it For the latest information on the workshop and details about the submission procedure, please visit us at www.multitemp.org. WORKSHOP FORMAT The workshop will be conducted in two days with four sequential sessions (two sessions per day). Adequate time between presentations will allow discussion of the papers being presented. At the end of each session, a round table discussion should address the main topics considered in the presentations and should provide recommendations on the future research directions. An invited speaker will introduce each session. PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNAL PUBLICATION During the workshop, an abstract book will be made available. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings. In addition, extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of an international journal. WORKSHOP VENUE The workshop will be held at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Trento, in Trento, Italy. Trento is a city of art and history and represents a crossroads for the contrasting cultures of Italy and Northern Europe. Among the many faces of Trento, one of the most striking is that of the alpine Renaissance city, which has been restored to its original splendour by recent restorations. And on nearby Monte Bondone you can enjoy nature against the panorama of the Dolomites, all of which make Trento, chief town of the Trentino region, a symbol of international alpine culture. CONTACT INFORMATION MultiTemp 2001 Workshop Secretariat DICA - University of Trento Via Mesiano, 77 I-38050, Trento, ITALY Email: multitemp2001@ing.unitn.it www.multitemp.org Ph. +39-0461-882623 Fax +39-0461-882672