8th Fall Workshop

    VISION, MODELING, AND VISUALIZATION 2003 (VMV2003)

                November 19-21, 2003
                  Munich, Germany

                   organized by:

         Computer Graphics & Visualization Group
              Technische Universitdt M|nchen

                 Media Technology Group
             Technischen Universitdt M|nchen

           DFG Graduate Research Center SFB 603:
        "Model-based Analysis and Visualization of
               Complex Scenes and Sensor Data"

             DFG Graduate College GRK-244:
          "3-D Image Analysis and Synthesis"

               in cooperation with:

           IEEE Signal Processing Society

           Gesellschaft fuer Informatik GI

        DFG Collaborative Research Center SFB 453:
        "High-Fidelity Telepresence and Teleaction"

Setting:

 Vision, Modeling and Visualization are complementary disciplines that
 are rapidly converging. Modeling of scene and object geometry,
 photometry, and statistical properties are essential in all three
 areas, and many researchers today believe that we will ultimately
 have one unified field.  The declining cost of processors, memory,
 and sensors continues to expand the scope of viable applications. New
 system solutions are in reach by combining state-of-the-art
 techniques from research areas that were traditionally separate. The
 thorough scientific treatment of the underlying principles, for
 example the limitations of sensors, the reliability, accuracy,
 complexity and storage requirements of image processing and rendering
 algorithms, similarities and differences between digital image
 processing and digital geometry processing, or the fidelity of
 interactive visualization schemes, is the prerequisite for such
 advanced systems.

 This workshop is the eighth in a series of annual meetings organized
 by the DFG Graduate Research Center SFB 603 "Model-based Analysis and
 Visualization of Complex Scenes and Sensor Data" and the DFG Graduate
 College GRK-244 "3-D Image Analysis and Synthesis" at the University
 of Erlangen-Nuremberg and cooperating Institutes. After three
 meetings in Erlangen, one in Alpbach, Austria, one at the
 Max-Planck-Institut f|r Informatik in Saarbr|cken, one at the
 University of Stuttgart, and the previous one again in Erlangen, the
 2003 workshop will take place in Munich.

 The workshop is organized by DFG Graduate Research Center SFB 603 and
 the DFG Graduate College GRK-244 and its involved intitutes. It is
 supported this year by the University of Munich, which will host the
 meeting at its facilities.

 The program will consist of invited talks by internationally renowned
 speakers, as well as contributed paper and poster presentations.

Topics:

  - 3-D imaging
  - Object localization and recognition
  - Volume data processing and visualization
  - Multi-sensor fusion and 3-D registration
  - 3-D structure from motion and stereo
  - Geometry-based and image-based rendering
  - Geometric modeling
  - Scene modeling and integration
  - Multi-view image processing and coding
  - Virtual Reality
  - Applications (medicine, robotics, fluid mechanics, manufacturing,
    automated inspection, virtual reality, communication, etc.)


Invited Speakers:

 So far, the following invited speakers have accepted to give a talk
 at the VMV 2003:

  - Peter Schrvder, California Institute of Technology, USA
  - Thomas Vetter, University of Freiburg, Germany

Paper Submission:

 Prospective attendees are invited to submit a paper up to 8 pages
 in final form.  All submissions will be reviewed. Accepted papers will
 appear in the workshop digest as submitted.  Authors should obtain the
 author's kit (including LaTeX style-file) from

               http://vmv.in.tum.de

 The author's kit provides complete information concerning the
 submission process.  It is the intention of the Committee to conduct
 all communication with authors electronically.  Questions should be
 directed to: kipfer@in.tum.de.

Authors' Schedule:

 Well ahead of deadline: Obtain author's kit and LaTeX style-file

 - June 9, 2003:    Paper submission
 - July 27, 2003:   Notification of acceptance
 - August 31, 2003: Registration deadline for authors


The General Chairs can be reached at:

 Prof. Dr. R. Westermann
 Technische Universitdt M|nchen
 Informatik 15 (Computer Graphics & Visualization)
 Boltzmannstrasse 3
 85748 Garching bei M|nchen, Germany
 Phone: +49-89-289-19456
 Fax: +49-89-289-19462
 E-Mail: westermann@in.tum.de
 Web: http://wwwcg.in.tum.de

 Prof. Dr. E. Steinbach
 Technische Universitdt M|nchen
 Lehrstuhl f|r Kommunikationsnetze
 Arcisstrasse 21
 80290 M|nchen, Germany
 Phone: +49-89-289-23504
 Fax: +49-89-289-23523
 E-Mail: steinbach@ei.tum.de
 Web: http://www.lkn.ei.tum.de

Technical Program Chairs:

 Thomas Ertl, Stuttgart
 Heinrich Niemann, Erlangen
 G|nther Greiner, Erlangen

Technical Program Committee: (in no particular order)

 Kostas Daniilidis   USA
 Dietrich Paulus     Germany
 David Ebert         USA
 Axel Pinz           Austria
 Chris Johnson       USA
 Roberto Scopigno    Italy
 Philipp Slusallek   Germany
 Reinhard Koch       Germany
 Eckehard Steinbach  Germany
 Jochen Triesch      USA
 Marcus Magnor       Germany
 Roberto Manduchi    USA
 R|diger Westermann  Germany
 Heinrich Niemann    Germany
 Marc Stamminger     Germany
 Jarke van Wijk      Netherlands
 Martin Rumpf        Germany
 Bruce Draper        USA
 Eduard Grvller      Austria
 Kai Hormann         USA
 Thomas Ertl         Germany
 Janusz Konrad       USA
 Heinrich M|ller     Germany
 Leif Kobbelt        Germany
 Bdrbel Mertsching   Germany
 Francis Schmitt     France
 Joachim Hornegger   Germany
 Gerhard Sagerer     Germany
 Bernt Schiele       Switzerland
 Oliver Staadt       USA
 Stefan Gumhold      Germany
 G|nther Greiner     Germany
 Bernd Girod         USA
 Hans-Peter Seidel   Germany

Conference Web Site and Contact:

 Web site:  http://vmv.in.tum.de
 Email:     kipfer@in.tum.de

Secretary:
 Sabine Strau_
 Technische Universitdt M|nchen
 Lehrstuhl f|r Kommunikationsnetze
 Arcisstrasse 21
 80290 M|nchen, Germany
 Phone: +49-89-289-23500
 Fax: +49-89-289-23523
 E-Mail: strauss@ei.tum.de