vision@deimos.ads.com (Vision-List-Request) (01/15/89)
The role of comp.ai.vision has been discussed in this group, and as moderator, I thought it would be appropriate to outline the role of the vision newsgroup. The Vision List is a moderated newsgroup for which messages may be posted by mailing to Vision-List@ADS.COM. Administrative questions (e.g., to get added/deleted, editorial comments, etc) should be sent to Vision-List-Request@ADS.COM. The Vision List is distributed through comp.ai.vision and via direct mail accounts for users which do not have access to USENET. The Vision List is intended to embrace discussion on a wide range of vision topics, including physiological theory, computer vision, machine vision and image processing algorithms, artificial intelligence and neural network techniques applied to vision, industrial applications, robotic eyes, implemented systems, ideas, profound thoughts -- anything related to vision and its automation is fair game. Since this is a graphics newsgroup, let me carefully distinguish what I believe the primary difference between the graphics and vision newsgroups. Quite simply, in graphics one goes from the computer to a screen; in vision, one goes from the sensor to the computer. I.e., the difference is one of generation versus interpretation. So, for example, an image processing algorithm which is of use only in image generation would best appear in comp.graphics or a similar netgroup. Conversely, image filtering techniques can be quite useful in the initial stages of imagery interpretation. The bottom line: If when you ask yourself "Would this be of use in understanding imagery?" you get a "Yes!", then it should be posted to Vision-List@ADS.COM. Hope this has helped to clarify things a bit. Philip Kahn moderator, Vision List (administrative) Vision-List-Request@ADS.COM (submissions) Vision-List@ADS.COM