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Today's Topics:
Software for stereo vision
Detection of zero-crossings of LG in Kim-Aggarwal stereo algorithm.
UMIACS Prallel Processing Lab Invites Usage of its Facilities
Research Opportunities
SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision -- Boston
Tools for AI Conference / Call for Papers
British Machine Vision Association Technical Meeting
Computists International
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Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1991 20:28:22 GMT
From: gingras@wiener.ino.QC.CA (Denis Gingras)
Subject: Software for stereo vision
Organization: National Optics Institute
I would be interested in having some information about public-domain
or commercial software packages available to solve a classical stereo
vision problem for 3D reconstruction of an object. In particular our
vision system involves a stereo microscope with 60X magnification. For
the camera calibration we have to take this aspect into account.
Another particularity is that the focal depth is very narrow.
Therefore, we have to do the reconstruction with partially blurred
images.
If someone has similar experience with this type of problem, I would
appreciate some discussion with him. Thank you in advance for your
replies.
Dr. Denis J. Gingras | Snail: 369 rue Franquet, Sainte-Foy
National Optics Institute | Quebec, Canada, G1P 4N8
Phone: +1 418 657 7006 | Internet: gingras%wiener@drolet.CAM.ORG
Fax: +1 418 657 7009 | UUCP: uunet!altitude!drolet!gingras
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Date: Mon, 25 Feb 91 16:22:41 GMT
From: dizzy@diku.dk (John Bach Jensen)
Subject: Detection of zero-crossings of LG in Kim-Aggarwal stereo algorithm.
Keywords: stereo kim-aggarwal zero-crossings
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen
In their artictle "Positioning Three-dimensional Objects using stereo
images", Yeon C. Kim and J. K. Aggarwal describe a method for
relaxation labeling of feature-points. They use the zero-crossing
pattern of the Laplace-Gaussian operator to determine the initial
probability of a match.
We are currently trying to implement their algorithm and have the
following problem:
Kim-Aggarwal detect zero-crossing in a way, so that only the following 16
patterns can arise:
100 000 000 101
011 111 011 010
000 000 100 000
001 001 001 001
110 010 010 010
000 100 010 001
010 010 010 100
010 010 010 010
100 010 001 100
100 100 000 000
010 010 110 010
010 001 001 101
Where the 1's indicate a zero-crossing, and 0's indicate no zero-crossing.
Does anybody know a way of detecting zero-crossings that fulfill this
requirement, or (even better) what algorithm they used in the original
paper.
Oh, by the way, the article appeared in:
IEEE journal of robotics and automation, Vol. Ra-3, No-4, August 1987.
Thanks in advance.
Please reply by email to :
dizzy@freja.diku.dk
John B. Jensen.
Grad. Stud.
Institute of Computer Science.
University of Copenhagen.
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Date: 27 Feb 91 03:47:53 GMT
From: curtiss@umiacs.umd.edu (Phil J. Curtiss)
Subject: UMIACS Prallel Processing Lab Invites Usage of its Facilities
Organization: University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
The University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
is currently offering free use of it's Parallel Processing
Laboratory facilities. This offer includes staff support, as well
as use of our Connection Machine. Details below.
Goals:
The University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
(UMIACS) was established in 1985 with goals of broadening the
overall base of support for computing research throughout the
University of Maryland System and to focus on interdisciplinary
topics in computing and nurture their growth within the Institute.
Research is being conducted in the areas of artificial intelligence,
computation theory, computer systems, database systems, fault
tolerance, human factors engineering, numerical analysis, parallel
processing performance evaluation, and software engineering.
Facilities:
The Institute operates a 16k Connection Machine with 32 bit floating
point hardware, two framebuffers and a 5 Gbyte datavault. Its
current configuration is as follows:
Software
--------
Languages: Utilities:
- (New) C* - NRL C* Library
- C* array library
- C* Segment library
- CMFG - Fast Graph package
- *Lisp - CMVU
- CMFG - Fast Graph package
- CMSSL - Scientific Software Library
- CM Fortran - NRL CM Fortran Library
- CMFG - Fast Graph package
- CMSSL - Scientific Software Library
- C,Lisp,Fortrans-Paris - CMFG - Fast Graph package
- CMSSL - Scientific Software Library
HARDWARE
Connection Machine:
- 16K processors - 32 bit floating point hardware
- 2 1024x1048x24 framebuffers - 5 Gb DavaVault
- 2 Sony Monitors 1280x1024
Front Ends:
Vax-6210 Sun-4/280
-------- ---------
64 Mb Mem 32 Mb Mem
176 Mb Swap 156 Mb Swap
3 MIPS (approx) 10 MIPS (approx)
DEC RA81 611 Mb Disk 891 Mb Disk
EMC MRA600 611 Mb Disk 891 Mb Disk
Active Projects:
The Institute currently has approximately 60 active projects 50 of
which are with research institutions (other universities, etc) and
10 of which are corporate and government. A list of all current
research efforts complete with abstracts is being compiled and will
be available for anonymous ftp in the next couple of months.
Using the Facilities:
UMIACS offers use of the its Parallel Processing Lab for research.
We are also making the facilities available, on a limited basis, for
corporate users. Interested parties should contact one of the
individuals below.
People to Contact:
- Mitchell Murphy, Parallel Systems Manager, mitch@umiacs.umd.edu,
(301) 405-6742, University of Maryland, UMIACS, AVW Bldg.,
College Park, Md 20742.
- Phillip Curtiss, Parallel Systems Staff, curtiss@umiacs.umd.edu,
(301) 405-6744, University of Maryland, UMIACS, AVW Bldg.,
College Park, Md 20742.
- Larry S. Davis, Directory, lsd@umiacs.umd.edu, (301) 405-6722,
University of Maryland, UMIACS, AVW Bldg., College Park, Md 20742.
Domain: curtiss@umiacs.umd.edu Phillip Curtiss
UUCP: uunet!mimsy!curtiss UMIACS - Univ. of Maryland
Phone: +1-301-405-6744 College Park, Md 20742
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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 91 10:17:55 PST
From: bhanu@ucrmath.ucr.edu (bir bhanu)
Subject: Research Opportunities
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Several postgraduate research positions are available at the newly
established Visualization Laboratory of the College of Engineering,
University of California at Riverside. A Ph.D. degree in Computer
Science or Electrical Engineering is desired. However, graduate stu-
dents interested in working towards an M.S. or Ph.D degree in CS or EE
are also encouraged. The research areas of interest include all
aspects of image processing, computer vision, visualization, computer
graphics and robotics. Some of the research topics and applications
currently being pursued are machine learning in computer vision,
object recognition, dynamic scene and motion analysis, outdoor robot-
ics, visualization of scientific data, automatic target recognition,
navigation, photointerpretation and cartography.
Interested persons should contact Prof. Bhanu at the following
address:
Prof. Bir Bhanu
2144 ADM Bldg.
College of Engineering
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
Tel. (714) 787-3954 OR (714) 787-5190
FAX. (714) 787-3188
E-MAIL. bhanu@ucrengr.ucr.edu OR bhanu@ucrmath.ucr.edu
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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 91 13:24:32 EST
From: Rosalind W. Picard <roz@hydepark.media.mit.edu>
Subject: SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision -- Boston
** Announcement and Call for Papers **
INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND COMPUTER VISION X:
Algorithms and Techniques
Part of SPIE's Technical Symposium on
Advances in Intelligent Systems
November 10-15, 1991
Boston Mariott Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts USA
Chair: David Casasent
Carnegie Mellon University
Co-Chair: Ernie Hall
University of Cincinnati
This year's conference will focus on new algorithms and techniques for
intelligent robots and computer vision. Papers are solicited
for several topic areas including:
- pattern recognition and image processing
- image understanding and scene analysis
- color image processing, multi-sensor processing
- 3-D vision: modeling and representation
- object modeling and recognition
- neural networks, model-based processors
- fuzzy logic in intelligent systems and computer vision
- biological basis for the design of sensors in computer vision
- intelligent manipulators
Abstract Due Date: April 1, 1991
Manuscript Due Date: October 14, 1991
Information:
SPIE Technical Program Committee/Boston '91
P.O. Box 10
Bellingham, WA 98227-0010
USA
Or e-mail to:
turk@media-lab.media.mit.edu
or marlene@gauss.ece.cmu.edu
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Date: 2 Mar 91 00:25:55 GMT
From: ck@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Cris Koutsougeras)
Subject: Tools for AI Conference / Call for Papers
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
CALL FOR PAPERS
3rd International Conference on
TOOLS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
San Jose CA., November 5-8, 1991
Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society
Topics
* Artificial Intelligence Knowledge-Based Architectures
* Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering
* Machine Learning, Theory and Algorithms
* Artificial Neural Networks
* Artificial Intelligence Applications
* Expert Systems and Environments
* AI language tools
* Parallel Processing and Hardware support
Conference Co-Chairs :
W.T. Tsai, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Minnesota,
Minneapolis MN 55455
Nikolas Bourbakis, 4138 Moonflower Court, San Jose, CA 95135
((408)2846494 fax: (408)2566760)
Tutorials
In addition to papers proposals for one day tutorials are
solicited in any of the conference areas. Such proposals
should be submitted to the Tutorial Chair by April 10, 1991:
Mark Perlin, 3rd TAI Tutorial Chair, Dept. of Computer Sci-
ence, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pitts-
burgh, PA 15213, perlin@cs.cmu.edu (412) 268-5297.
Submissions
Submit five copies of their double spaced typed manuscript
(max of 20 pages) with an abstract to the program chair by
April 10, 1991. Final papers are restricted to 7 IEEE model
pages. In the cover letter please indicate the conference
areas which are relevant to your paper. Authors will be no-
tified of aceptance by July 15th 1991. Outstanding papers
will be elligible for publication in Computer Society/IEEE
journals.
Submitt papers and panel proposals by April 10, 1991 to :
Benjamin Wah, 3rd TAI Program Chair, Coordinated Science La-
boratory, MC 228, University of Illinois, 1101 West Spring-
field Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801-3082, USA. (217)333-3516(o)
(217) 244-1764 (fax) wah%aquinas@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu
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Date: Sun, 3 Mar 91 9:47:27 BST
From: J.Illingworth@ee.surrey.ac.uk
Subject: British Machine Vision Association Technical Meeting
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BRITISH MACHINE VISION ASSOCIATION
and Society for Pattern Recognition.
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TECHNICAL MEETING:
EUROPEAN PROJECTS IN COMPUTER VISION
to be held on 20 March 1991
at the British Institute of Radiology
36 Portland Place, London W1N 4AT.
Chairman: M.Brown (BAe)
10:00 Registration and Coffee
10:30 Introduction: M.Brown
10:40 Computer Vision in Radiology (COVIRA) : J.Knapman (IBM)
11:10 Multi-Sensor Image Processing (MUSIP) : F.G.Sawyer (MCCS)
11:45 Vision System Development Environment for Industrial Applications
(VIDIMUS) : J.Anderson, R.Bodington (BAe)
12:30 Lunch Break
14:00 Variable Object Identification, Location and Acquisition (VOILA) :
B.Buxton (GEC)
14:40 Visual Inspection and Evaluation of Wide-Area Scenes (VIEWS) :
D.Corrall (MCCS)
15:20 Tea
15:40 Signal and Knowledge Integration with Decisional Support for
Multi-Sensory Systems (SKIDS) : P.Greenway (BAe)
16:20 Perception and Navigation Organisation for Autonomous Mobile
Applications (PANORAMA) : N.Matthews (BAe)
17:00 Finish
REGISTRATION FORM
Please return this form to Miss Annette Harris, BMVA Membership Secretary,
Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street. London.
WC1E 6BT. The meeting is free to BMVA members but a charge of 5 pounds
is payable by non-members who should enclose a cheque for this amount made
payable to ``The British Machine Vision Association.''.
NAME: ...........................................
ADDRESS: ........................................
........................................
TEL: ........................................
Due to refurbishment work at the British Institute of Radiology the number
of attendees is restricted to 100 and therefore prior registration is
necessary. Forms should be returned so that they are received not later
than Friday 15 March 1991. Note that lunch is not provided.
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Date: Tue 26 Feb 91 22:54:02-PST
From: Ken Laws <LAWS@ai.sri.com>
Subject: Computists International
*** PLEASE POST ***
This is to announce Computists International, a new
"networking" association for computer and information scientists.
Hi! I'm Ken Laws If this announcement interests you, contact
me at internet address laws@ai.sri.com. If you can't get through,
my mail address is: Dr. Kenneth I. Laws; 4064 Sutherland Drive,
Palo Alto, CA 94303; daytime phone (415) 493-7390.
I'm back from two years at the National Science Foundation.
I used to run AIList, and I miss it. Now I'm creating a broader
service for anyone interested in information (or knowledge),
software, databases, algorithms, or doing neat new things with
computers. It's a career-oriented association for mutual
mentoring about grant and funding sources, information channels,
text and software publishing, tenure, career moves, institutions,
consulting, business practices, home offices, software packages,
taxes, entrepreneurial concerns, and the sociology of work. We
can talk about algorithms, too, with a focus on applications.
Toward that end, I'm going to edit and publish a weekly+
newsletter, The Computists' Communique. The Communique will be
tightly edited, with carefully condensed news and commentary.
Content will depend on your contributions, but I will filter,
summarize, and generally act like an advice columnist. (Ann
Landers?) I'll also suggest lines of discussion, collect
"common knowledge" about academia and industry, and help track
people and projects. As a bonus, I'll give members whatever
behind-the-scenes career help I can.
Alas, this won't be free. The charter membership fee for
Computists will depend in part on how many people respond to this
notice. The Communique itself will be free to all members, FOB
Palo Alto; internet delivery incurs no additional charge. To
encourage participation, there's a full money-back guarantee
(excluding postage). Send me a reply to find out more.
-- Ken
Computists International and The Computists' Communique are
service marks of Kenneth I. Laws. Membership in professional
organizations may be a tax-deductible business expense.
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