Geometric Methods in Computer Vision: Final Program

Vision List Digest: Article 10, Volume 12, Issue 9
From: "Baba Vemuri"
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Geometric Methods in Computer Vision
Conference Chair: Baba C. Vemuri, Dept. of CIS
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl.


Co chairs: Richard Szeliski, Digital Equipment Corporation; Cambridge Research Lab, MA
Ruud M. Bolle, IBM T. J. Watson Research Cntr., Yorktown Heights NY
Demetri Terzopoulos, Dept. of CS, Univ. of Toronto, Canada
Gabriel Taubin, IBM T. J. Watson Research Cntr. Yorktown Heights NY
Alan Yuille, Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, MA.
Ramesh C. Jain, Dept. of EECS, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.



FINAL PROGRAM


Monday 12th July 1993

Key Note Address: Dr. Jan Koenderink; Topic: Local Features of Smooth Shapes
Time: 9.00-10.00am


Surface Reconstruction; Time:10.20-11.40am
Session Chair: Richard Szeliski, DEC, Cambridge Research Labs.


(1) ``Multi-pole methods for visual reconstruction,'' D. Suter,
Monash University, Australia.

(2)``A fast solution to the surface reconstruction problem,'' B. C.
Vemuri and S. H. Lai, Dept. of CIS, University of Florida, Gainesville.

(3) ``Reconstruction of digital terrain model with a lake,'' L. D.
Cohen, E. Bardinet, and N. Ayache, CEREMADE, Universite Paris, CEDEX
16, France.

(4) ``Mixed finite elements and Whitney forms for visual
reconstruction,'' D. Suter, Monash University, Australia.


Geometry and Invariants:1.00-2.20pm
Session Chair: Gabriel Taubin, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center.

(1) ``Affine and projective differential geometric invariants of space
curves,'' A. Salden, B. M. H. Romeny, and M. A. Viergever, 3D Utrech
University Hospital, Heidelberglaan 100, The Netherlands.

(2) ``Projective invariants for vision,'' P. Gros and L. Quan, IRIMAG
- LIFIA, 38031 Grenoble - France.

(3) ``2D-fractal properties from 2D curvature on multiple scales,''
E. Barth, C. Zetzsche, M. Ferraro and I. Rentschler, Institut fur
Medizinische Psychologie, 8000 Munchen 2, Germany.

(4) ``The geometry of a spherical image,'' W. Krueger, Dept. of
Computer Science and Information Systems, DePaul University, Chicago,
Illinois.

Shape from Methods: 2.30-3.50pm
Session Chair: Ramesh Jain, Univ. of California, San Diego.


(1) ``Object centered surface reconstruction:Combining multi-image
stereo and shading,'' P. Fua, and Y. G. Leclerc, SRI International,
Menlo Park, CA 94025.

(2) ``Isophotes on a smooth surface related to scene geometry,'' P.
Mamassian, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0344.

(3) ``Global surface reconstruction through regularized B-spline
patches,'' C.S. Zhao, R. Mohr and L. Quan, LIFIA-IRIMAG, 38031
Grenoble - France.

(4) ``Direct Surface Reconstruction from textured images,'' K. M.
Lee, and C.C. J. Kuo, Signal and Image processing Institute, Dept. of
Electrical Engg. systems, University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, California 90089-2564.


3D Shape Modeling and Reconstruction: 4.00-5.40pm
Session Chair: B. C. Vemuri, Univ. of Florida.


(1) ``Efficient shape representation using deformable models with
locally adaptive finite elements,'' D. Metaxas and E. Koh, Dept. of
Computer and Information Sciences, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia PA 19104.

(2) ``Curvature and continuity control in particle-based surface
models,'' R. Szeliski$^{1}$, D. Tonnessen, D. Terzopoulos, $^1$
Digital Equipment Corporation, Cambridge Research Lab, Cambridge MA
02139.

(3) ``Fast segmentation, tracking and analysis of deformable
objects,'' C. Nastar and N. Ayache, INRIA Domaine de Voluceau,
Rocquencourt, 78153 Le Chesnay CEDEX, France.

(4) ``Single valuedness and parameterization for approximating 3D
surfaces using B-splines,'' S. S. Sinha and P. Seneviratne, Imageware,
Ann Arbor, MI 48103.

(5) ``CAD Model building using 3D Computer Vision,'' V. Koivunen and
R. Bajscy, General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception, GRASP
Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228.


Tuesday 13th July 1993

2D Shape Modeling and Descriptors; 9.00-10.20am
Session Chair: D. Terzopoulos, Univ. of Toronto.

(1) ``Non-linear shape approximation via the entropy scale space,''
B. Kimia $^{1}$, A. Tannenbaum and S. W. Zucker, $^{1}$ Laboratory for
Engg. Man-Machine Systems, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
02912.

(2) ``Formulating invariant heat-type flows,'' G. Sapiro $^{1}$, A.
Tannenbaum, and A. M. Bruckstein, $^{1}$ Dept. of Electrical Engg.,
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 32000.

(3) ``A topology independent shape modeling scheme,'' R. Malladi$^{1}$, J.
Sethian and B. C. Vemuri, $^{1}$ Dept. of Computer and Information
Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611.

(4) ``Sub-pixel distance maps,'' R. Kimmel$^{1}$ and A. M.
Bruckstein, $^{1}$ Dept. of Electrical Engg., Technion, Haifa, 32000,
ISRAEL.


Active Contour Models;10.40-12.00pm
Session Chair: R. Bolle, IBM T. J. Watson Research Cntr.

(1) ``Controlling the dynamics of the active contour and surface
models,'' N. Rougon and F. Preteux, Telecom Paris -- Department
Images, Paris, FRANCE.

(2) ``A common image energy map of corner and edge points for active
contour models,'' E. Gulch, Dept. of Photogrammetry, Royal Institute
of technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

(3) ``Energy-based methods for 2D curve tracking, reconstruction and
refinement of 3D curves and applications,'' B. Bascle, and R. Deriche,
INRIA Sophia 2004, Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France.

(4) ``Adaptive adjacency graphs,'' P. Jasiobedzki, Dept. of Computer
Science, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A4.


Matching and Recognition; 1.30-2.50pm
Session Chair: R. Szeliski, Digital Equipment Corp. Cambridge, MA.


(1) ``Matching 3D anatomical surfaces with non-rigid deformations,''
R. Szeliski$^{1}$, S. Lavallee, $^{1}$Digital Equipment Corporation,
Cambridge Research Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139.

(2) ``Large deformable splines, crest lines and matching,'' Andre
Gueziec and N. Ayache, INRIA, Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt, France.

(3) ``Object recognition based on photometric and geometric
constraints,'' S. K. Nayar$^{1}$, and R. M. Bolle, $^{1}$Dept. of
Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY.

(4)``Object recognition from space curves,'' G. Taubin$^{1}$, and
J. Oliensis, $^{1}$Exploratory Vision Group, IBM T. J. Watson Research
Ceneter, New York, NY 10598.


Shape Representation and Recognition; 3.15-5.00pm
Session Chair: B. C. Vemuri, University of Florida

(1)``Fast least squares orthogonal spline fitting and its
application to shape analysis,'' E. J. Rodriguez, D. C. Vargas, M.
Flickner$^{1}$, J. C. Sanz, $^{1}$IBM Research Division, Almaden
Research Center, San Jose, CA 95120-6099.

(2) ``Nonrigid motion analysis by nonlinear finite element modeling,''
Wen-Chen Huang and D. B. Goldgof, Dept. of Computer Science and Engg.,
Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, Fl. 33260.

(3) ``Robust feature detection for 3D object recognition,'' C.
Dorai, S. Pankanti, and A. K. Jain, Dept. of Computer Science,
Michigan State University, East lansing, MI 48824.

(4) ``Parametric Eigenspace representation for visual learning and
recognition,'' H. Murase and S. K. Nayar, Dept. of Computer Science,
Columbia University, New York, NY.

(5) ``Processing of a multi-scale triangulated surface model of a 3D
scene,'' Y. Liu and D. Laurendeau, Computer Vision and Digital Systems
Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical Engg., Laval University, Quebec,
Canada G1K 7P4.

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