Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ADS.COM!Vision-List-Request From: Vision-List-Request@ADS.COM (Vision-List moderator Phil Kahn) Newsgroups: comp.ai.vision Subject: Vision-List delayed redistribution Message-ID: <8906300600.AA00562@deimos.ads.com> Date: 29 Jun 89 21:30:10 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Vision-List@ADS.COM Distribution: inet Organization: The Internet Lines: 176 Approved: vision-list@ads.com Vision-List Digest Thu Jun 29 13:30:10 PDT 89 - Send submissions to Vision-List@ADS.COM - Send requests for list membership to Vision-List-Request@ADS.COM Today's Topics: NSF announcement for PRC researchers Testing 3-D Vision Nets: Call for help Transputer based frame grabbers Travel fellowships for graduates students in vision research Post-doctoral position in human and machine vision ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Laws Subject: NSF announcement for PRC researchers Recently, in response to events in the People's Republic of China (PRC), President Bush offered a one-year delayed departure to all PRC students, scholars and other visitors now in the United States. Many visitors from the PRC currently receive support through NSF awards, particularly as graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Effective immediately, NSF will entertain requests for supplements if the duration of the stay of a PRC student or other researcher supported on an existing award is altered as the result of the President's initiative. For the remainder of FY 1989, reserve funds will be made available to cover these supplements. Program reference code 9284, "PRC Scientist Supplements," should be cited. Information regarding the opportunity for these supplements will be provided to the university community by the Division of Grants and Contracts [(202) 357-9496]. -- Ken Laws (202) 357-9586 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 89 19:31:16 gmt From: Ziqung Li Subject: Testing 3-D Vision Nets: Call for help The VisionNets is for 3-D object recognition and location from range image. There is no limit for the types of surface in an image, i.e. it is expected to deal with free-form objects (but not those like tree leaves). It consists of 3 levels of neural nets based on the Hopfield models: 1. Low level net: from a range image to surface curvature images (work finished, tested using real range data, well) 2. Intermediate level net: from the suface curvature images to invariant surface descriptions in attributed grapghs (work finished, tested using real range data, well) 3. High level net: from the invariant surface descriptions to object classification and location (programs go through, tested in the recognition phase, work; but not the location phase owing to lack of a 3-D object model) I am looking for geometric models to test the VisionNets as well as the 3rd level net. Any information about available existing 3-D object models, such as CAD models of free-form objects or any other explicit models, would be greatly appreciated. I am also interested in a working environmant in which this work can be carried on. Thanks in advance. Ziqing Li Graduate Student A.I. Department Edinburgh University U.K. zql@aipna.ed.ac.uk zql%uk.ac.edinburgh.aipna@ucl.cs.nss ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jun 89 07:55:06 GMT From: munnari!latcs1.oz.au!suter@uunet.UU.NET (David Suter) Subject: transputer based frame grabbers Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia I am interested in details of frame grabber cards that are transputer based. Any info. - particularly regarding throughput data to transputers would be appreciated. d.s. David Suter ISD: +61 3 479-2393 Department of Computer Science, STD: (03) 479-2393 La Trobe University, ACSnet: suter@latcs1.oz Bundoora, CSnet: suter@latcs1.oz Victoria, 3083, ARPA: suter%latcs1.oz@uunet.uu.net Australia UUCP: ...!uunet!munnari!latcs1.oz!suter TELEX: AA33143 FAX: 03 4785814 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jun 89 17:06:48 EDT From: Color and Vision Network From: suzanne@skivs.ski.org Subject: Travel fellowships for graduates students in vision research Westheimer Symposium Travel Fellowships August 10 - 12, l989 Thanks to additional support from an NSF grant, we are able to offer five travel fellowships to graduate students in vision research. To apply for support send a CV with a letter describing your present research, and a supporting letter from your graduate advisor. Fellowships will cover airfare (up to $500.00) and accommodations at the Clark Kerr Campus. Both those students who are presently registered for the symposium and those who will be registering are eligible for these travel fellowships. Unregistered students who are applying for the fellowships should submit a registration form (but no money) with their application. Registered students selected for the fellowships will receive a refund. You can receive additional registration forms by calling (415) 561-1637 or (415) 561-1620. We have the pleasure to announce that three additional scientists have agreed to speak at the symposium: Dr. Russell DeValois, Dr. Barrie Frost, and Dr. Ralph Freeman. Anyone who will be submitting a paper to the Westheimer Festschrift edition of Vision Research is reminded that the deadline for submission is August 10, l989. Papers may be sent to either Ken Nakayama or to Suzanne McKee at Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, 2232 Webster St., San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 89 08:52:09 EDT From: Color and Vision Network Subject: Post-doctoral position in human and machine vision POST-DOCTORAL POSITION Applications are invited for a 2.5 year post-doctoral position to work on a European Community funded ESPRIT project on human and machine vision. The project is interdisciplinary (psychophysics, computation and electrophysiology) and involves collaboration between some fifteen major laboratories in Europe. The successful applicant for this post will take part in experimental and theoretical studies of binocular disparity, texture and optic flow as sources of information about 3-D structure and layout. Salary will be in the range 10,500 - 16,700 U.K. pounds. Please contact Dr B.J.Rogers, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford. Phone: (44) 865 271368 or email BJR@vax.oxford.ac.uk ------------------------------ End of VISION-LIST ********************