[vslist] Call for Papers - CONTEXT-BASED ACTIVE CONTOUR MODELS

[Csaba Beleznai]

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First Announcement and Call for Contributions=20
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CONTEXT-BASED ACTIVE CONTOUR MODELS
CACM 2003=20
April 3, 2003
Convention Center Graz, Austria
http://dib.joanneum.at/icvs03/ActiveContours_2003.htm

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- In conjunction with ICVS 2003 =
http://dib.joanneum.at/icvs03/ActiveContours_2003.htm
- Local organisation by Advanced Computer Vision GmbH. =
http://www.acv.ac.at=20

--- SCOPE =
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Active contour models represent a powerful tool to treat physical =
objects in images.
Recently, there has been a trend towards the convergence of active =
shape-based object
description and statistical approaches to interpret objects at a higher =
level of representation.
Examples for emerging techniques are cognition driven active contours, =
active perception
systems, active animals, m-reps, etc. An integration of low and high =
levels of object
representation is crucial in order establish complex models of the real =
world, which are
used in applications such as medical image analysis, recovering motion =
parameters of
moving non-rigid objects, or interpreting a scene.=20
The workshop aims at presenting the latest developments in the field of =
active shape
models within the context of cognitive vision systems. The workshop is =
thought to provide
an adequate setting for researchers in the different applications areas =
to interact and
interchange ideas thus realizing a genuine transfer of specific =
knowledge.=20

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:=20
=B7 Increasing the performance of active shape models=20
=B7 Beyond data-driven active contours=20
=B7 Active contours as a basis for cognitive vision systems=20
=B7 Cognition-driven active contours=20

--- IMPORTANT DATES =
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Deadline for paper submission: February 1, 2003
Notification of acceptance : March 3, 2003
Deadline for final paper : March 15, 2003
Workshop : April 3, 2003

--- ORGANISING COMMITTEE =
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Ravi Malladi (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA) - program =
co-chair
Helmut Pottmann (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) - program =
co-chair
Dieter H=F6nigmann (Advanced Computer Vision GmbH, Austria)
Johannes Ruiz (Advanced Computer Vision GmbH, Austria)=20
Csaba Beleznai (Advanced Computer Vision GmbH, Austria)=20
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Roman Goldenberg (Technion, Israel)=20
Ghassan Hamarneh (Mouse Imaging Centre, Canada)=20
Dieter H=F6nigmann (Advanced Computer Vision, Austria)=20
Ravi Malladi (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)=20
Helmut Pottmann (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)=20
Johannes Ruisz (Advanced Computer Vision, Austria)=20
Dinggang Shen (Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA)=20
Demetri Terzopoulos (New York University, USA)=20
Joachim Weickert (Saarland University, Germany)=20

--- AUTHOR INFORMATION =
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DUAL SUBMISSION POLICY:=20
Papers will be considered for review that have also been submitted to =
the
main ICVS conference. Double submission must be indicated by authors.=20

STYLE:=20
The format of the final paper is IEEE two-column. Detailed instructions
about the preparation of the paper is available at
ftp://ftp.computer.org/press/outgoing/proceedings/. Submitted papers
should not exceed 8 pages. The paper might be developed in LaTex or
MS Word (see IEEE Author Guidelines). However, the submitted file should
be in Postscript or PDF format.=20

SUBMISSION:=20
Please submit your paper as an email attachment to
csaba.beleznai@acv.ac.at. In the email body, you have to include the
following information:=20
* Title
* Authors (first and last names)
* Affiliation of authors (institute, address)
* Corresponding author (including his/her address, email, phone, fax)
* Abstract (200 words maximum)
* Indicate double submission=20
Your submission will be confirmed as soon as possible, and you will
receive a corresponding paper number, that you have to refer to in the
future.=20
Accepted papers will be published in an electronic proceedings to be
made available through the WWW from the CACM homepage.
The CACM 2003 organizers are considering the possibility of the
production of a hard-copy version of the workshop proceedings=20

--- PROGRAMME =
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INVITED TALKS:=20
Ravi Malladi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA (title of talk =
TBA).
Second invited speaker TBA.=20

PUBLICATION OF PROGRAMME:=20
The provisional set of paper titles (with associated abstracts) will be
available (also as PDF file) on March 3, 2003 here. The full advance
programme will be available (also as PDF file) after March 15, 2003 =
here.=20

--- LOCATION =
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- CACM 2003 will be held at the Convention Center Graz
(http://www.grazercongress.co.at), Austria.
- The workshop is being held in conjunction with ICVS 2003
(http://dib.joanneum.at/icvs03).
- Graz will be Cultural Capital of Europe in 2003 =
(http://www.graz03.at).
- Graz old city center (http://www.graztourism.at) has been recently =
entered=20
the UNESCO heritage list.=20

--- For questions CONTACT =
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Csaba Beleznai, Dr=20
Advanced Computer Vision GmbH - ACV
Donaucitystra=DFe 1, A-1220 Vienna, Austria=20
Phone: +43-1-269-6255 - 107 / Fax: +43/(0)1 2696255 - 200
csaba.beleznai@acv.ac.at / http://www.acv.ac.at=20