[news.announce.conferences] Announcement: 6th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis

jjr@tolsun.oulu.fi (Juha R|ning) (03/24/88)

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                        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
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