======================================================================              NYC ACM/SIGGRAPH: UNDERSTANDING IMAGES ======================================================================    SUBJECT:      Pace University/SIGGRAPH Conference on UNDERSTANDING IMAGES     ===========================================================      The purpose of this conference is to bring together a breadth of     disciplines, including the physical, biological and computational     sciences, technology, art, psychology, philosophy, and education,     in order to define and discuss the issues essential to image     understanding within the computer graphics context.      FEATURED TOPICS INCLUDE:                  Psychology/Perception                 Image Analysis                 Design                 Text                 Sound                 Philosophy       DATE:  Friday & Saturday, 21-22 May 1993       TIME:  9:00 am - 6:00 pm      PLACE:  The Pace Downtown Theater             One Pace Plaza                 (on Spruce Street between Park Row & Gold Street)             NY, NY 10038       FEES:          PRE-REGISTRATION (Prior to 1 May 1993):             Members         $55.00             Non-Members     $75.00             Students        $40.00 (Proof of F/T Status Required)          REGISTRATION (After 1 May 1993 or On-Site):             All Attendees   $95.00          (Registration Fee Includes Brakfast, Breaks & Lunch)       SEND REGISTRATION INFORMATION & FEES TO:          Dr. Francis T. Marchese         Computer Science Department         NYC/ACM SIGGRAPH Conference         Pace University         1 Pace Plaza (Room T-1704)         New York NY 10036          voice: (212) 346-1803   fax: (212) 346-1933         email: MARCHESF@PACEVM.bitnet  ====================================================================== REGISTRATION INFORMATION:  Name _________________________________________________________________  Title ________________________________________________________________  Company ______________________________________________________________  Street Address _______________________________________________________  City ________________________________State____________Zip_____________  Day Phone (___) ___-____    Evening Phone (___) ___-____  FAX Phone (___) ___-____    Email_____________________________________ ======================================================================  DETAILED DESCRIPTION: =====================      Artists, designers, scientists, engineers and educators share the     problem of moving information from one mind to another.     Traditionally, they have used pictures, words, demonstrations,     music and dance to communicate imagery.  However, expressing     complex notions such as God and infinity or a seemingly well     defined concept such as a flower can present challenges which far     exceed their technical skills.      The explosive use of computers as visualization and expression     tools has compounded this problem.  In hypermedia, multimedia and     virtual reality systems vast amounts of information confront the     observer or participant.  Wading through a multitude of     simultaneous images and sounds in possibly unfamiliar     representions, a confounded user asks: "What does it all mean?"      Since image construction, transmission, reception, decipherment and     ultimate understanding are complex tasks, strongly influenced by     physiology, education and culture; and, since electronic media     radically amplify each processing step, then we, as electronic     communicators, must determine the fundamental paradigms for     composing imagery for understanding.      Therefore, the purpose of this conference is to bring together a     breadth of disciplines, including, but not limited to, the     physical, biological and computational sciences, technology, art,     psychology, philosophy, and education, in order to define and     discuss the issues essential to image understanding within the     computer graphics context.       FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:          Psychology/Perception:             Marc De May, University of Ghent             Beverly J. Jones, University of Oregon             Barbara Tversky, Standfor University             Michael J. Shiffer, MIT             Tom Hubbard, Ohio State University         Image Analysis:             A. Ravishankar Rao, IBM Watson Research Center             Nalini Bhusan, Smith College             Xiaopin Hu, University of Illinois             Narenda Ahuja, University of Illinois             Les M. Sztander, University of Toledo         Design:             Mark Bajuk, University of Illinois             Alyce Kaprow, MIT         Text:             Xia Lin, Pace University             John Loustau, Hunter College             Jong-Ding Wang, Hunter College             Judson Rosebush, Judson Rosebush Co.         Sound:             Matthew Witten, University of Texas             Robert Wyatt, Center for High Performance Computing             Robert S. Williams, Pace University             Rory Stuart, NYNEX         Philosophy             Michael Heim, Education Foundation of DPMA