jjr@tolsun.oulu.fi (Juha R|ning) (03/24/88)
- - - - - THE 6TH SCANDINAVIAN CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT The 6th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis (6SCIA) will be arranged by the Pattern Recognition Society of Fin- land from June 19 to June 22, 1989. The conference is spon- sored by the International Association for Pattern Recogni- tion. The conference will be held at the University of Oulu. Oulu is the major industrial city in North Finland, situated not far from the Arctic Circle. PROGRAM The program will consist of invited papers and contributed papers on -computer vision -perception -image processing -parallel algorithms and architectures -pattern recognition -applications The official language of the Conference is English. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Authors are invited to submit four copies of an extended summary of at least 1000 words of each of their papers to: Professor Matti Pietikainen tel. +358-81-352765 6SCIA Program Chairman fax +358-81-561278 Dept. of Electrical Engineering telex 32 375 oylin sf University of Oulu net scia@steks.oulu.fi SF-90570 OULU, Finland The summary should contain sufficient detail, including a clear description of the salient concepts and novel features of the work. Deadline for submission of summaries is December 1, 1988. Authors will be notified of acceptance by January 31, 1989 and final camera-ready papers will be required by March 31, 1989. EXHIBITION An exhibition is planned. Companies and institutions involved in image analysis and related fields are invited to exhibit their products on posters, video or in demonstration stands. Please indicate your interest to take part by contacting the Program Chairman. SOCIAL PROGRAM A social program will be arranged, including possibilities to enjoy the location of the conference, the sea and the midnight-sun. There are excellent possibilities to make post-conference tours e.g. to Lapland or to the lake dis- trict of Finland. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Erkki Oja, Conference Chairman Matti Pietikainen, Program Chairman Juha Roning, Chairman local organization Hannu Hakalahti, Chairman exhibition Jan-Olof Eklundh, Sweden Stein Grinaker, Norway Teuvo Kohonen, Finland L.F. Pau, Denmark - - - - -