jonathan@alberta.UUCP (Jonathan Schaeffer) (05/02/88)
Here is the program for Conference '88, consisting of CSCSI '88 (the Canadian artificial intelligence conference), Graphics Interface '88 (computer graphics), and Vision Interface '88 (computer vision and pattern recognition). For more information contact Wayne Davis Department of Computing Science University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2H1 TUTORIALS Monday - 6 June 1988 Tutorial #1. Object-Oriented Graphics Peter Wi'kirchen, Institute for Applied Information Technology, GMD (German National Research Council for Computer Science) Tutorial #2. The Development of Knowledge-Based Systems Brian Gaines, University of Calgary Tutorial #3. Computer Animation Daniel Thalmann & Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, MIRALab, University de Montreal Tutorial #4. Computer Vision T. Kasvand, Concordia University & NRC M. Rioux, NRC P. Boulanger, NRC A.K.C. Wong, University of Waterloo Tuesday - 7 June 1988 Tutorial #5. Graphic Design for Computer Graphics Aaron Marcus, Aaron Marcus and Associates, Berkeley, CA Tutorial #6. Display of 3-D Biomedical Datasets Anthony Reynolds, Dynamic Digital Displays, Inc., Philadelphia, PA #7. Autonomous Mobile Robots Rodney A. Brooks, MIT AI Laboratory, Cambridge, MA CONFERENCE PROGRAM Wednesday 8 June 1988 (morning) CSCSI 08:30 Invited Speaker Finding Proofs, Programs & Plans W. Bibel, University of British Columbia 10:00 Natural Language Expressing Unrestricted Grammars By Extended DCG E. Knudsen, SYSLAB, University of Stockholm Using Default Logic to Derive Natural Language Presupposition R.E. Mercer, University of Western Ontario An Evidence Oracle for Argument Understanding M.A. Young & R. Cohen, University of Waterloo System X: A Portable Natural Language Interface P. McFetridge et al., Simon Fraser University 11:20 Reasoning I Time Revisited S.A. Miller and L.K. Schubert, University of Alberta Reasoning in Temporal Domains: Dealing with Independence and Unexpected Results S.D. Goodwin, University of Alberta Graphics Interface 08:30 Animation Real-Time 4D Animation on a 3D Graphics Workstation C.M. Beshers & S.K. Feiner, Columbia University Techniques for Interactive Manipulation of Articulated Bodies Using Dynamic Analysis D. Forsey & J. Wilhelms, University of Waterloo MML: A Language & System for Procedural Modeling & Motion M. Green & H. Sun, University of Alberta Joint-Dependent Local Deformations for Hand Animation & Object Grasping N. Magnenat-Thalmann et al., MIRALab, University de Montreal 11:00 Invited Speaker A System for Conducting Experiments Concerning Human Factors in Interactive Graphics K. Booth, University of Waterloo Vision Interface 08:30 Robot Vision Automated Inspection of Surface Mount Assembly Circuit Board Masks D. Gauthier et al., McGill University IRLM: An Imaging System for Object Recognition, Localization & Motion Recovery J.J. Wu & T.M. Caelli, University of Alberta Processing Single Range Profiles from a Wrist Mounted Laser Range Finder C. Archibald, NRC Ottawa Segmentation of Range Images By Piecewise Approximation with Shape Constraints J.-M. Beaulieu, Universit Laval 10:30 Biomedical Imaging Geometric Unwarping for Digital Subtraction Mammography Z. Zhou & R. Gordon, University of Manitoba Computed Radial-Current Topography of the Brain Z.J. Koles et al., University of Alberta Automated Detection of Breast Tumors S.M. Lai et al., University of Alberta Wednesday 8 June 1988 (afternoon) CSCSI 13:30 Knowledge Representation A Syntactic Approach to Mental Correspondence A.S. Maida, Penn State University Statistically Founded Degrees of Belief F. Bacchus, University of Alberta A New Normative Theory of Probabilistic Logic R. Aleliunas, Simon Fraser University On Using Modal Structures to Represent Extensions to Epistemic Logics S.J. Hamilton & J.P. Delgrande, Simon Fraser University A Solution to the Paradoxes of Confirmation J.P. Delgrande, Simon Fraser University Concepts, Analogies and Creativity D.R. Hofstadter and M. Mitchell, University of Michigan 16:00 Invited Speaker Non-Monotonic Reasoning: Is the Answer Harder than the Question? D. Etherington, AT & T Bell Labs Graphics Interface 13:30 User Interfaces Squish: A Graphical Shell for UNIX T.R. Henry & S.E. Hudson, University of Arizona A Hypertext Environment for UNIX P. Prusinkiewicz & J. Hanan, University of Regina A Graphical Perspective on Robot Workcell Programming P. Freedman et al., McGill University 15:30 Applications A Graphical Data Model for CASE & CAD A.J. McAllister et al., University of New Brunswick Realistic Presentation of Three-Dimensional Medical Datasets R.A. Reynolds et al., Dynamic Digital Displays Inc. Three-Dimensional Display of Medical Images Y.-W. Tam & W.A. Davis, University of Alberta Vision Interface 13:30 Invited Speaker Industrial Machine Vision- Reflecting on the Past Decade J.L. Mundy, General Electric Company 15:00 Remote Sensing & Computational Vision Data Fusion & Object Recognition D. Goodenough, CCRS Ottawa Digital Terrain Models - Remote Sensing Assignments M. Lasserre, CCRS Ottawa Symbolic Knowledge Representation for Remote Sensing G. Plunkett & D. Goodenough, CCRS Ottawa On Deriving the 3D Surface of the Earth from SAR B. Guindon, CCRS Ottawa Spatial Information Extraction with Pixel Swapping J. Iisaka, CCRS Ottawa 19:00 - 21:00 Computer Animation Film Show Thursday 9 June 1988 (morning) CSCSI 08:30 Reasoning II The Complexity of Model-Preference Default Theories B. Selman & H. Kautz, University of Toronto & AT&T Bell Labs Instance-based Prediction of Real-valued Attributes D. Kibler & D.Aha, University of California, Irvine Axiomatizations in the Metatheory of Non-monotonic Inference Systems P. Besnard, IRISA Probabilistic Causal Reasoning T. Dean & K. Kanazawa, Brown University Search Strategies for Conspiracy Numbers N. Klingbeil & J. Schaeffer, University of Alberta 10:30 Invited Speaker Bets, Logic & Monotonicity C. Morgan, University of Victoria 11:30 Perception I The Co-operative Application of Constraints to the Motion Correspondence Problem M.R.W. Dawson, University of Alberta Structure Recognition By Connectionist Relaxation: Formal Analysis P. Cooper, University of Rochester Graphics Interface 08:30 Invited Speaker Parallelism in Rendering Algorithms F. Crow, Xerox PARC 10:00 Interaction Techniques D.A.V.O.S.: A Computerized Videodisc Animation with Synchronized Speech P.Girard, University du Quebec a Chicoutimi Man-Computer Interfaces Combining Graphic & Natural Language Interaction (Deixis) K.H. Hanne & J. Ph. Hoepelman, Fraunhofer IAO An Evaluation of 3-D Object Pointing Using a Field Sequential Stereoscopic Display H.Takemura et al., ATR Communications Research Laboratories Using the Bat: A Six-Dimensional Mouse for Object Placement C. Ware & D.R. Jessome, University of New Brunswick Vision Interface 08:30 Shape Gesture Recognition By Feature Analysis J. Kim, IBM Research Centre, Yorktown Heights Parametric Approximations of Contours of Digitized Characters R. Legault & C.Y. Suen, Concordia University Classification of Digitized Contours Represented By Signatures A. Krzyzak & H. El-Buaeshi, Concordia University On the Definition of Reference Skeletons for Comparing Thinning Algorithms R. Plamondon & C.Y. Suen, Ecole Polytechnique &Concordia Univ. 11:00 Invited Speaker The Image Processing Market Place R.C. Gonzales, University of Tennessee & Perceptics Corp. Thursday 9 June 1988 (afternoon) CSCSI 13:30 Invited Speaker Connectionist Symbol Processing G. Hinton, University of Toronto 15:00 Knowledge Base Systems A Multi-paradigm Development System For Exploratory Environments A. Bergeron et al., University du Quebec a Montreal A Hybrid Approach to Finding Language Errors and Program Equivalence X. Huang and G. McCalla, University of Saskatchewan Knowledge Acquisition Techniques for Knowledge-Based Systems M. Shaw, University of Calgary Extracting Rules From Data With Exceptions T. Sugawara, NTT Japan Search Strategies for Finding Partial Answers in Large Knowledge-Bases J. Han et al., Simon Fraser University A Rule-Based Framework for Controlling a Robotic Workcell M.E. Malowany and A.S. Malowany, McGill University Graphics Interface 13:30 Modeling Local Refinement Editing of B-Spline Surfaces D.R. Forsey & R.H. Bartels, University of Waterloo A Modeling Testbed K. Fleischer & A.Witkin, Schlumberger Palo Alto Research From Wire-frames to Furry Animals G. Miller, Alias Research Inc. Physically-Based Models with Rigid & Deformable Components D. Terzopoulos & A. Witkin, Schlumberger Palo Alto Research 16:00 Invited Speaker Graphics Programming & Interactive Environments D. Olsen, Brigham Young University Vision Interface 13:30 Parallel Processing Parallel Algorithms for Extracting Shape Features of Handwritten Characters H.F. Li et al., Concordia University Improvements & Systolic Implementations of Hough Trans for Straight Line Detection H.F. Li et al., Concordia University Computation of a Class of Detail Preserving Filters in Pipeline Architectures A.F. Lochovsky, University of Guelph A Vision Based Object Presentation System for Robotic Assembly J.P.T. Goguen & E. Petriu, University of Ottawa 15:30 Computational Methods in Vision Specularity Removal for Shape from Shading F. Tong & B.V. Funt, Simon Fraser University Visual Routines: Ingredients, Design, & Control M.H.J. Romanycia, University of British Columbia Estimating Movement Direction with a Neural Network W.C. Treurniet, CRC Ottawa A Graphics Package for Simulating the Data of Range Finders S.H.Y. Hung, NRC Ottawa Friday 10 June 1988 (morning) CSCSI 08:30 Perception II Curved Mondrians: A Generalized Approach to Shape from Shading W.F. Bischof & M. Ferraro, University of Alberta Extended Moment Analysis to Handle Structural Variations in Character Recognition D.M. McNulty, University of California, Irvine Speaker Normalization & Automatic Speech Recognition Y. Bengio & R. De Mori, McGill University 09:30 Invited Speaker Recognizing Objects with Curved Surfaces & Moving Parts D. Lowe, University of British Columbia 11:00 Invited Speaker Neural Networks, Markov Models & Programming in Automatic Speech Recognition R. De Mori, McGill University Graphics Interface 08:30 User Interface Design Telemac: A Remote-controlled User Interface Server G. Gagnon & J. Vaucher, de Montreal Eva: An Event Driven Framework for Building User Interfaces in Smalltalk J. McAffer & D. Thomas, Carleton University Constraint Grammars in User Interface Management Systems B.T. Vander Zanden, Cornell University 10:30 User Interface Design II Virtual Control Panels P. Prusinkiewicz & C. Knelsen, University of Regina A Grid-Based Approach to Automating Display Layout S. Feiner, Columbia University Decoupling Pointer & Image Functions of Cursors in Space, Time, & Availability M.J. Muller, Bell Communications Research Vision Interface 08:30 Invited Speaker Space Station - An Application for Computer Vision K.H. Doetsch, NRC, Ottawa 10:00 Applications I Unsupervised Segmentation of Textured Images A. Khotanzad & J.Y. Chen, Southern Methodist University, Dallas A Global System for Matching 3-D Range Data Objects N.N. Abdelmalek, NRC Ottawa Speech Modeling By Correlation Fitting J. Huang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, PRC Multiresolution Modeling & Matching Using Salient Features Z.N. Li & Q. Song, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Friday 10 June 1988 (afternoon) CSCSI 13:30 Reasoning III Toward the Automated Synthesis of Nondeterministic Plans D. Bahler, North Carolina State University Iterative Constructs in Non-Linear Precedence Planners S. Steel, University of Essex Context Resolution: A Computational Mechanism for Intelligent Backtracking J.H. You & Y. Wang, University of Alberta LEW-P: Learning by Watching in the Planning Domain P. Constant et al., University of Ottawa 15:30 Applications Generic Strategies & Representations for Communications Networks Sales I.A. Ferguson & D.R. Zlatin, Bell Northern Research Ltd. Qualitative Modeling: Application of a Mechanism for Interpreting Graphical Data S. McIlraith, Alberta Research Council Exploiting Fine-grained Parallelism in Production Systems B.T. Smith & D. Middleton, NASA An Expert Advisor for Fourth Generation Software D. Skuce, University of Ottawa Refinement of Scene Interpretation for Object Recognition and Location K.D. Rueb and A. Wong, University of Waterloo Graphics Interface 13:30 Invited Speaker The Challenge of Human Figure Animation T. Calvert, Simon Fraser University 15:00 Algorithms The Application of Area Antialiasing on Raster Image Displays Y.-T. Chen & P. D. Fisher, Michigan State University Attractors & Repellers of Koch Curves P. Prusinkiewicz & G. Sandness, University of Regina A General Algorithm for 3-D Shape Interpolation in a Facet-Based Representation T. M. Hong et al., MIRALab IRO Theoretical Results on the Priority Approach to Hidden-Surface Removal P. Egyed, McGill University Vision Interface 13:30 Applications II Parallel Algorithms for Image Object Labeling E. Leung & X. Li, University of Alberta Syntactic Pattern Analysis in Seismic Exploration L. Le & E. Nyland, University of Alberta Label Relaxation Technique for Stable Estimation of a Topographic Primal Sketch P. Boulanger, NRC Ottawa A Low Cost Robot Vision System: Successes & Shortcomings E.J. Trost & S. Onyshko, Unisys & University of Manitoba Feasibility of a Global Description of 3-D Objects in Range Data for Recognition S.H.Y. Hung, NRC Ottawa 16:00 Invited Speaker Integrating Methodologies in Image Analysis T. Pavlidis & Y.T. Liow, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York