Vision Geometry VIII: Call for Papers

[Dave Mount]

                  Vision Geometry VIII (SD90)

              Part of SPIE's International Symposium on
          Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation
 18-23 July 1999 * Colorado Convention Center * Denver, Colorado USA
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Conference Chairs: Longin J. Latecki, Univ. Hamburg (Germany); Robert A.
Melter, Long Island Univ. (Retired); David M. Mount, Univ. of
Maryland/College Park; Angela Y. Wu, American Univ.

Program Committee: Gilles Bertrand, Lab. PSI (France); Ari D. Gross,
CUNY/Queens College; Atsushi Imiya, Chiba Univ. (Japan); Reinhard Klette,
Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand); T. Y. Kong, CUNY/Queens College; Jack
Koplowitz, Clarkson Univ.; Ivan Stojmenovic, Univ. of Ottawa (Canada)

Keynote Speaker: Robert M. Haralick, Univ. of Washington

This conference is designed to bring together workers who use geometric
theory and techniques to solve problems related to computer vision.
Specific solutions as well as overviews of more general topics are welcome.


Topics of interest are:

* 	digital geometry and topology
* 	geometry-based image segmentation            
* 	morphology related to vision
* 	computational geometry related to vision
* 	convexity problems in vision
* 	shape description and similarity measures.

Abstract Due Date: 21 December 1998
Manuscript Due Date: 21 June 1999

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YOUR ABSTRACT SHOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. SUBMIT TO: CONFERENCE CODE, CONFERENCE CHAIR (Example: SD00, SMITH)

2. CONFERENCE TITLE: (submit each abstract to one conference only)

3. ABSTRACT TITLE

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   First (given) name  Last (family) name, Affiliation
   Mailing address, telephone, fax, and email address.

5. PRESENTATION: Indicate your preference for "Oral Presentation" or "Poster

   Presentation." Placement is subject to chairs' discretion.

6. ABSTRACT TEXT: Approximately 250 words.

7. KEYWORDS: List a maximum of five keywords.

8. BRIEF BIOGRAPHY (of principal author): Approximately 50 words.

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   (not encoded) format. IMPORTANT: to ensure receipt and proper processing
 of
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   OPTICAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND INSTRUMENTATION
   SPIE, P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA  98227-0010 USA
   Shipping Address: 1000 20th St., Bellingham, WA 98225 USA
   Telephone 360/676-3290

4. FAX one copy to SPIE at 360/647-1445 (send each abstract separately).

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