VisionScienceList: OPTIC FLOW AND BEYOND: A Boston Area Meeting/May 23

From: Lucia M. Vaina (vaina@engc.bu.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 09 2001 - 09:50:28 PDT

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    >OPTIC FLOW AND BEYOND: A Boston Area Meeting
    >May 23, 2001
    >Organizers: Lucia M. Vaina, Scott A. Beardsley, Simon Rushton
    >
    >The intention of this one day meeting is to bring together people working in
    >the areas of Optic Flow and/or visually guided locomotion to discuss current
    >research and key issues in the field.
    >
    >The meeting will be hosted by the
    > Brain and Vision Research Laboratory
    > Department of Biomedical Engineering
    > Boston University
    >
    >and will be held
    > May 23 (9am-6pm)
    > Engineering Research Building (ERB)
    > Room 203
    > 44 Cummington Street
    > Boston, Ma 02215
    >
    >REGISTRATION: DEADLINE MAY 10TH (registration is free)
    >
    >If you are interested in participating please submit a one page position paper
    >by May 10th. Position papers should be sent by e-mail to Lucia Vaina,
    >vaina@engc.bu.edu. If you are interested in attending the meeting but do not
    >wish to present please send an e-mail as well to RSVP.
    >
    >We encourage all participants to send suggestions for discussion points.
    >
    >Submissions received by May 10 will be posted on the Brain and Vision Research
    >Laboratory website by May 15 together with a detailed schedule:
    > http://www.bu.edu/eng/labs/bravi/ under OPTIC FLOW AND BEYOND.
    >
    >***************************************************************
    >Tentative schedule:
    >
    >9am Coffee and bagels
    >
    >10am-1pm Short presentations from those who have submitted position
    > papers. (Presentation time will be
    >EQUALLY divided
    >among
    > all speakers).
    >
    >1pm-2:30pm Lunch
    >
    >2:30pm-5:30pm Discussion of key points in current research
    >
    >5:30pm-6pm Discuss the publication of a book with contributions from
    >the
    > participants.
    >**************************************************************
    >
    >FORMAT:
    >The morning presentations will consist of short summaries of the key points of
    >each speaker's research (Suggested length: ~3-5 slides). During the afternoon
    >discussion section, slides may also be used. Please volunteer if you wish to
    >lead a disccusion topic!
    >
    >The room has approximately 50 seats togther with a computer projector and
    >audio-visual equipment. Slides and overhead projectors are available upon
    >request.
    >
    >ACCOMODATIONS: While we are unable to cover accomodations for those
    >who attend,
    >breakfast and lunch will be offered to all participants.
    >
    >For additional information contact Lucia or Scott at 617-353-9144 or e-mail:
    >vaina@engc.bu.edu
    >
    >We look forward to hearing from you,
    >Scott, Simon and Lucia

    Lucia M. Vaina Ph.D., Sc.D.
    Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neurology

    Brain and Vision Research Laboratory
    http://www.bu.edu/eng/labs/bravi/
    Boston University, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    College of Engineering
    44 Cummington str, Room 315
    Boston University
    Boston, Ma 02215
    USA

    tel: 617-353-2455
    fax: 617-353-6766

    " Ognuno rimarra nel ricordo; ma ognuno fu grande secondo quello che speró.
      Uno fu grande sperando il possibile; un altro sperando l'eternita; ma chi
      speró l'impossibile fu il piu grande di tutti"

    S. Kierkegard.



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