From: nn7e@vision1.ee.Virginia.EDU
Newsgroups: sci.image.processing
Subject: Call for papers - Sensor Fusion
Date: 14 Aug 92 15:33:00 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia
Originator: nn7e@vision1.ee.Virginia.EDU

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		Call for Papers and Announcement

                    SPIE Conference on
	Sensor Fusion and Aerospace Applications

12-16 April 1993
Marriott's Orlando World Center Resort
and Convention Center
Orlando, Florida  USA

Conference Chairs:	Jake Aggarwal, Univ. of Texas	
				at Austin
			N. Nandhakumar, Univ. of Virginia

Program Committee:  Ruud Bolle, IBM T.J. Watson Research 
Ctr.; C.H. Chien, Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co.; 
Richard Conners, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and 
State Univ.; A. Trent DePersia, DARPA; Keith Drake, 
AbTech Corp.; Larry Green, Martin Marietta Labs.; 
Sheldon Gruber, Case Western Reserve Univ.; Robert 
Hertzberger, Univ. van Amsterdam (Netherlands); Jim 
Leonard, Air Force Wright Lab.; Paul S. Schenker, Jet 
Propulsion Lab.; Demetri Terzopoulos, Univ. of Toronto 
(Canada); Mohan Trivedi, Univ. of Tennessee/Knoxville

The formulation of the interpretation of a single image 
(of a general scene) as a computational problem results 
in an under-constrained task.  This conference will 
feature approaches that have been investigated to 
alleviate the ill-posed nature of sensor interpretation 
tasks.  Papers are solicited on topics dealing with the 
extraction of multiple types of information from an 
image/sensor or from other sensory sources to constrain 
scene interpretation.

Topics may include:

- the extraction and fusion of multiple cues from the 
same image (e.g., integrating multiple shape-from-X 
methods, integrating discontinuities in brightness, 
texture)

- the use of multiple views of the scene (e.g., stereo, 
motion computation, structure from motion)

- the fusion of information from different modalities of 
sensing (e.g., IR, laser ranging, ultraviolet, acoustic, 
MMW radar)

- model-based methods for integrating multiple sensors

- computational frameworks for sensor fusion (e.g., 
variational, statistical, AI, neural networks)

- architectures and parallel methods for sensor fusion

- results of psychophysical and electrophysiological 
studies which may lead to new computational models for 
intersensory perception

- applications of sensor fusion in automated target 
recognition, mobile robot navigation, surveillance, etc.

SPECIAL SESSIONS:			Chair
	Motion and Tracking		B. Sridhar, NASA Ames
	Space Automation		C.H. Chien, Lockheed
	Neural Network Approaches	J. Ghosh, Univ of Texas
	Remote Sensing			TBA
	Registration & Calibration	TBA
	Aerospace Applications		TBA


Abstract Due Date:	14 September 1992
Manuscript Due Date:	15 March 1993

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

To qualify for acceptance, you must either fax or mail 
ALL FOUR copies of your abstract by 14 September 1992 
to:

OE/Aerospace Science and Sensing '93
SPIE, P. O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010
Shipping Address:  1000 20th St., Bellingham, WA 98225
Telephone:  206/676-3290; Telex 46-7053
Telefax: 206/647-1445; OPTO-LINK 206/733-2998
Internet spie@nessie.wwu.edu
Compuserve 71630,2177

YOUR ABSTRACT SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

1.  ABSTRACT TITLE

2.  AUTHOR LISTING (principal author first)  Full names 
and affiliations AS THEY WILL APPEAR IN THE PROGRAM.

3.  CORRESPONDENCE FOR EACH AUTHOR (Mailing address, 
telephone, telefax, email address.)

4.  SUBMIT TO: Sensor Fusion and Aerospace Applications 
Conference, (N. Nandhakumar)

5.  PRESENTATION:  Please indicate your preference for 
either "Oral Presentation" or "Poster Presentation."

6.  ABSTRACT TEXT.  500 words typed on white paper.

7.  BRIEF BIOGRAPHY (principal author only) 50 to 100 
words.

CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE:

Authors are expected to secure travel and accommodation 
funding, independent of SPIE, through their sponsoring 
organizations before submitting abstracts.  Only 
original material should be submitted.  Abstracts should 
contain enough detail to clearly convey the approach and 
the results of the research.  Government and company 
clearance to present and publish should be final at the 
time of submittal.  Submissions may be placed in an oral 
or poster session at the chair's discretion.  Applicants 
will be notified of acceptance by 4 JANUARY 1993.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING can be ordered through the 
Advance Program.  MANUSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED OF ALL 
ACCEPTED APPLICANTS AND MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH BY 
15 MARCH 1993.  Copyright to the manuscript is expected 
to be released for publication in the conference 
Proceedings.

PAPER REVIEW.

Commercial papers, descriptions of papers with no 
research content, and papers where supporting data or a 
technical description cannot be given for proprietary 
reasons will not be accepted for presentation in this 
symposium.  To assure a high quality conference, all 
abstracts and Proceedings appears will be reviewed by 
the Conference Chairs for technical merit and content.

CHAIR/AUTHOR BENEFITS

Chairs/authors/co-authors are accorded a reduced-rate 
registration fee.  Included with fee payment are a copy 
of the Proceedings in which the participant's role or 
paper appears, a complimentary one-year non-voting 
membership in SPIE (if never before a member), and other 
special benefits.

POSTER PRESENTATION

Interactive poster sessions will be scheduled in the 
evenings, with SPIE providing authors with boards and 
easels for presentation set-up.  All conference chairs 
encourage authors to contribute papers with technical 
content that lends itself well to the poster format.
PLEASE INDICATE YOUR PREFERENCE ON THE ABSTRACT.

ORAL PRESENTATION

Each author is generally allowed 15 minutes plus a five-
minute discussion period.  SPIE will provide the 
following media equipment free of charge:  345 mm 
carousel slide projectors, overhead projectors, and 
electric pointers.  Video and other equipment may be 
rented by SPIE at the speaker's expense.



-- 
N. Nandhakumar				E-mail:	nandhu@virginia.edu
Elec Engr Dept, Univ. of Virginia,	Phone:	(804) 924-6108  
Charlottesville, VA 22903-2442		Fax:	(804) 924-8818