TimesヤFirst Asian Conference on Visionユ Announcement and Call for papers Times The First Asian Conference on Vision will be held in Hayama, Japan, on July 30 and 31, 2001. The aim of this conference is to facilitate debates on Vision Research in East Asian aria, while participants from all over the world would be welcome. The program consists of invited lectures and regular presentations. Original works on all aspects of vision research are invited to present. Conference Organizing and Steering committees (Conference web site: http://vision.isl.titech.ac.jp) < Date: July 30 (Mon) -31 (Tue), 2001 Place: Shonan Village Center, Hayama, Japan * Shonan Village Center is located in the center of Miura Peninsula, about 50km south of Tokyo, near Yokohama and Kamakura. It takes one and a half hours from Tokyo station by train and bus. Home Page: http://www.shonan-inet.or.jp/~mura/english/index_e.html < Invited lectures: Several distinguished speakers are invited from Japan, Korea and China for oral lectures. A partial list of speakers includes: Izumi Ohzawa (Osaka University, Japan), Tohru Yagi (Nagoya University, Japan), Lin Chen (Chinese University of Science and Technology, China) Original papers: Original works on all aspects of vision research are invited to submit for presentation. Each abstract will be reviewed confidentially by members of the Abstract Review committee. The accepted papers will be assigned to poster or oral sessions and should be presented in English. A conference summary containing the manuscript will be published as Abstract Book of First Asian Conference on Vision and issued at the conference. < Author should submit an English abstract on one page of A4 paper (the title, author name(s), affiliation(s) and about 400 words abstract (if no figures)) either in a PDF format file or in a Camera-ready copy. Authors should send the abstract by e-mail (PDF file) or by normal mail (Camera-ready copy) to the office of the Vision Society of Japan together with the application form for presentation. The details will be available at the conference website. The due date is April 28, 2001. < 平成明朝　TimesApplicants to attend the conference (including authors) should send the application form for registration and accommodation by e-mail and/or by FAX to the office of the vision Society of Japan. All payments must be made in Japanese Yen (100 Yen is about 0.85 US $). The details will be available at the conference website. The due date is April 28, 2001. Registration fee: Regular 5,000 yen, Student 2,000 yen Accommodation rates: Single 11,000 yen Regular Twin/Triple (per person) 10,000 yen Student Twin/Triple (per person) 9,000 yen (These rates include the accommodation fee at the village center for July 30 and breakfast on July 31. Dinner on July 30 is not included.) Banquet: 5,000 yen Following the First Asian Conference on Vision, the summer meeting of the Vision Society of Japan will be held for one day until the noon of August 1. Although the official language of this meeting is Japanese, most of the presentations are in the poster sessions so that you can have discussions in English. Everybody to attend the First Asian Conference on Vision is welcome to attend this meeting. For persons to extend the stay at the village center, following accommodation rates are available: Single 13,000 yen Regular Twin/Triple (per person) 12,000 yen Student Twin/Triple (per person) 11,000 yen (These rates include the accommodation fee at the village center for July 31, dinner on July 31 and breakfast on August 1.) << Travel support > Financial supports will be available for a limited number of students to present a paper in the conference. Applicants must send the application form for the travel support together with the abstract. Students outside Japan have priority to receive this support. The details will be available at the conference website. << The office of the Vision Society of Japan > Human Information Systems Laboratory, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Yakkaho 3-1, Matto, Ishikawa 924-0838, Japan Telephone: +81-76-274-8250, Fax: +81-76-274-8251 E-mail: 0000,0000,00FFvision@mattolab.kanazawa-it.ac.jp < We wish to thank the following for their contribution to the success of this conference: U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development. This conference is organized by the Vision Society of Japan and the Vision Research Group in Korea. << Committees > The Organizing Committee: Co-Chairperson: Keiji Uchikawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) and Chan-Sup Chung (Yonsei University, Korea) Members: Japan: Ichiro Fujita (Osaka University), Hirohiko Kaneko (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Tetsuo Kawahara (Kanazawa Institute of Technology), Hidehiko Komatsu (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), Sachio Nakamizo (Kyushu University), Shin'ya Nishida (NTT Communication Science Labs), Koichi Oda (Tokyo Woman's Christian University), Masao Ohmi (Kanazawa Institute of Technology), Shiro Otake (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.), Shinya Saida (National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology), Takao Sato (University of Tokyo), Satoshi Shioiri (Chiba University), Kazuhiko Ukai (Nihon Fukushi University), Hirohisa Yaguchi (Chiba University), Korea: Chan-Sup Chung (Yonsei University), Sung-Yang Bang (Pohang University of Science of Technology), Choongkil Lee (Seoul National University), Jeounghoon Kim (Sejong University), Hyung-Chul O. Li (Kwangwoon University), Jong-Ho Nam (Catholic University of Korea), Kwang-Hee Han (Yonsei University), Yllbyung Lee (Yonsei University), China: Chao-Yi Li (Institute of Neuroscience of Chinese Academy of Science) The Steering Committee members: Chairperson: Hirohiko Kaneko (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Members: Japan: Hiroshi Ashida (Ritsumeikan University), Naokazu Goda (Kyoto University/ATR International), Ichiro Kuriki (University of Tokyo), Takehiro Nakatsue (Sony Co.), Katsunori Okajima (National Defense Academy), Yuki Tsukada (Traffic Safety and Environment Research Institute), Korea: Keetaek Kham (Yonsei University), China: Liren Cao (Zhejiang University)