From: storer@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (James Storer)
Subject: IEEE Data Compression Conference, Snowbird, UT, 3/30-4/1, 1993
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:44:09 GMT

                        *** ANNOUNCEMENT ***

                     Data Compression Conference
                             DCC '93

             (Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society TCCC
                  in Cooperation with NASA/CESDIS)

                           Snowbird, Utah
                      March 30 - April 1, 1993

GENERAL CHAIR: J. Storer, Brandeis U.
PROGRAM CHAIR: M. Cohn, Brandeis U.
PUBLICITY CHAIR: R. Miller, NASA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE: A. Apostolico (Purdue U. / U. Padova), R. Arps (IBM),
R. Baker (PictureTel Inc.), A. Blumer (Tufts U.), A. Bookstein (U. Chicago),
M. Cohn (Brandeis U.), T. Cover (Stanford U.), R. Gray (Stanford U.),
D. Hirschberg (UC Irvine), A. Jacquin (AT&T Labs), G. Langdon (UC Santa Cruz),
A. Lempel (Technion), T. Lookabough (Com. Labs), B. Lucier (Purdue U.),
V. Miller (IBM), J. Reif (Duke U.), J. Storer (Brandeis U.), J. Tilton (NASA),
J. Vitter (Brown U.), G. Wallace (DEC), V. Wei (Bellcore),
I. Witten (U. Waikato), J. Ziv (Technion)


THEME: An international forum for presentations selected by the program
committee that cover  a wide range of curent  data compression research,
including  lossless and lossy compression algorithms, quantization,
transform, wavelet, and fractal techniques, coding theory, parallel
algorithms and hardware, applications to specific types of data including
text, graphics, sound, images, video, and scientific data.

SCHEDULE:
                 Monday Evening: Wine and Cheese Reception and Registration
                 Tuesday Morning and Afternoon: Technical Sessions
                 Wednesday Morning: Technical Sessions
                 Wednesday Afternoon: Poster Session and Reception
                 Thursday Morning and Afternoon: Technical Sessions
                 Friday: NASA Workshop

ADVANCE REGISTRATION:  Registration includes receptions,  coffee breaks, and
proceedings.  For registrations received before 2/15, the fee is $295 for
IEEE or affiliate members, $370 for non-members, and $150 for students;
there is an additional $100 late fee for all registrations after 2/15.
For additional information, call Myrna Fox at 617-736-2700
(maf@cs.brandeis.edu).

HOTEL: Space is limited; rooms may NOT be available after 2/15.
Rooms are $42 per person for a double room and $83 for a single room.
To make reservations, call the Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, UT 84092,
800-453-3000 or 801-742-2222.

AIR TRANSPORTATION: Salt Lake City Utah is serviced by most major airlines.
Special fares may be available from Delta Airlines (call 800-241-6760 and
request fares for the IEEE Data Compression Conference).

GROUND TRANSPORTATION: From the Salt Lake City Airport baggage area, the
hotel may be reached by public bus, taxi, or by limousine services,
including: Canyon Transportation ($15, 800-255-1841), Super Express ($14,
800-321-5554), Alta Airport Transportation ($15, 801-561-9805), and Lewis
Brothers ($18, 800-826-5844).

NASA SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCE DATA COMPRESSION WORKSHOP:  Will be held the
day following the conference and will explore opportunities for data
compression to enhance the collection and analysis of space and earth data.
Contact James Tilton at 301-286-9510 (tilton@chrpisis.gsfc.nasa.gov) for
further information.
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