EMMCVPR'97

Ca' Dolfin, Venice, Italy, May 21-23, 1997

Program

Wednesday, May 21

9:00: Opening and welcome addresses
9:30: Keynote lecture:
Object Recognition Using Stochastic Optimization
S. Ullman
The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
10:30: Coffee break
Chair:: J. Kittler
11:00: Characterizing the Distribution of Completion Shapes with Corners Using a Mixture of Random Processes
K. K. Thornber and L. R. Williams
NEC Research Institute, USA
11:30: Adaptive Parametrically Deformable Contours
M. A. T. Figueiredo, J. M. N. Leitão, and A. K. Jain
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
12:00: Kona: A Multi-Junction Detector Using Minimum Description Length Principle
L. Parida, D. Geiger, and R. Hummel
New York University, USA
12:30: Lunch
Chair:: A. L. Yuille
14:00: Invited lecture:
Reliable Computation and Related Games
S. W. Zucker
Yale University, USA
15:00: Genetic Algorithms for Ambiguous Labelling Problems
R. Myers and E. R. Hancock
University of York, UK
15:30: Toward Global Solution to MAP Image Estimation: Using Common Structure of Local Minima
S. Z. Li
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
16:00: Coffee break
Chair:: J. Zerubia
16:30: Image Segmentation Via Energy Minimization on Partitions with Connected Components
J.-P. Wang
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France
17:00: Integration of Confidence Information by Markov Random Fields for Reconstruction of Underwater 3D Acoustic Images
V. Murino
Università di Udine, Italy
17:30: Restoration of Severely Blurred High Range Images Using Stochastic and Deterministic Relaxation Algorithms in Compound Gauss Markov Random Fields
R. Molina, A. K. Katsaggelos, J. Mateos, and A. Hermoso
Universidad de Granada, Spain

Thursday, May 22

Chair:: A. Rangarajan
8:30: Invited lecture:
Probabilistic Relaxation: Potential, Relationships and Open Problems
J. Kittler
University of Surrey, UK
9:30: An Expectation-Maximisation Approach to Graph Matching
A. M. Finch, R. C. Wilson, and E. R. Hancock
University of York, UK
10:00: A Region-Level Motion-Based Graph Representation and Labeling for Tracking a Spatial Image Partition
M. Gelgon and P. Bouthemy
IRISA/INRIA, France
10:30: Coffee break
Chair:: D.Geiger
11:00: Deterministic Annealing for Unsupervised Texture Segmentation
T. Hofmann, J. Puzicha, and J. Buhmann
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Germany
11:30: Self-Annealing: Unifying Deterministic Annealing and Relaxation Labeling
A. Rangarajan
Yale University, USA
12:00: Multidimensional Scaling by Deterministic Annealing
H.-J. Klock and J. M. Buhmann
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Germany
12:30: Lunch
Chair:: A. K. Jain
14:00: Invited lecture:
Twenty Questions, Focus of Attenction, and A*: A Theoretical Comparison of Optimization Strategies
A. L. Yuille
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, USA
15:00: Poster Session
P1: Unsupervised Segmentation Applied on Sonar Images
C. Collet, M. Mignotte, P. Pérez, and P. Bouthemy
Ecole Navale, Brest-Naval, France
P2: Adaptive Anisotropic Parameter Estimation in the Weak Membrane Model
T. Kubota and T. Huntsberger
University of South Carolina, USA
P3: Figure-Ground Separation: A Case Study in Energy Minimization via Evolutionary Computing
S. M. Bhandarkar and X. Zeng
The University of Georgia, USA
P4: SAR Image Registration and Segmentation Using an Estimated DEM
C. A. Glasbey
Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland
P5: Restoration of SAR Images Using Recovery of Discontinuities and Non-linear Optimization
F. Tupin, M. Sigelle, A. Chkeif, and J.-P. Véran
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, France
P6: Optimization Problems in Statistical Object Recognition
J. Hornegger and H. Niemann
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Germany
P7: An Energy Minimization Method for Matching and Comparing Structured Object Representations
R. Azencott and L. Younes
CMLA, ENS Cachan, France
P8: Deformable Templates for Tracking and Analysis of Intravascular Ultrasound Sequences
F. Escolano, M. Cazorla, D. Gallardo, and R. Rizo
Universidad de Alicante, Spain
P9: Deterministic Search Strategies for Relational Graph Matching
M. L. Williams, R. C. Wilson, and E. R. Hancock
Defence Research Agency, UK
P10: Geometrically Deformable Templates for Shape-based Segmentation and Tracking in Cardiac MR Images
D. Rueckert and P. Burger
Imperial College, London, England
P11: Motion Correspondence through Energy Minimization
A. Branca, E. Stella, and A. Distante
IESI/CNR, Italy

Friday, May 23

Chair:: S. W. Zucker
8:30: Invited lecture:
Object Localization Using Color, Shape and Texture
A. K. Jain
Michigan State University, USA
9:30: Consistent Modeling of Terrain and Drainage Using Deformable Models
P. Fua
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
10:00: Visual Deconstruction: Recognizing Articulated Objects
T.-L. Liu and D. Geiger
New York University, USA
10:30: Coffee break
Chair:: S. Z. Li
11:00: Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Markovian Prior Parameters Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo
X. Descombes, R. Morris, J. Zerubia, and M. Berthod
INRIA, France
11:30: Unsupervised Image Segmentation Using Markov Random Field Models
S. A. Barker and P. J. W. Rayner
University of Cambridge, UK
12:00: Noniterative Manipulation of Discrete Energy-Based Models for Image Analysis
P. Pérez, J.-M. Laferté
IRISA/INRIA, France
12:30: Closing remarks

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