(please forward to potentially interested students, postdocs, researchers, faculty) * CALL FOR PARTICIPATION * 9th International Fall Workshop VISION, MODELING, AND VISUALIZATION 2004 November 16 - 18, 2004 Stanford (California), USA http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/conferences/vmv04/index.html organized by: Stanford University MPI for Computer Science Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication Program ======= The program consists of invited talks by internationally renowned speakers, as well as poster presentations of contributed papers. To preserve a workshop atmosphere, attendance might be limited, with preference given to active participants. Invited Speakers: Paul Debevec, USC Tom Ertl, U Stuttgart Eugene Fiume, U Toronto Leo Guibas, Stanford Marc Levoy, Stanford Jitendra Malik, UC Berkeley Tom Malzbender, HP Labs Pietro Perona, CalTech Mark Pollefeys, UNC Holly Rushmeier, Yale Roberto Scopigno, CNR Rick Szeliski, Microsoft Seth Teller, MIT Brian Wandell, Stanford Avideh Zakhor, UC Berkeley Accepted contributed papers cover current research in the areas of 3-D image analysis and 3-D image synthesis, and their convergence such as: * 3-D imaging * Object localization and recognition * Volume data processing and visualization * Multi-sensor fusion and 3-D registration * 3-D structure from motion and stereo * 3-D video processing * Geometry-based and image-based rendering * Geometric modeling * Scene modeling and integration * Realistic rendering * Animation * Multi-view image processing and coding * Virtual Reality * Applications (medicine, robotics, fluid mechanics, manufacturing, automated inspection, communication, etc.) See the workshop webpage for an updated technical program. Registration ============ The early registration fee BEFORE OCT 15th is $200/$350 for students and non-students respectively. After Oct 15th a late registration fee of $250/$425 applies. The registration fee covers proceedings as well as the welcome reception and the workshop dinner. See the VMV webpage for online registration. Location & Travel Information ============================= The meeting will be held at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, conveniently located in the close proximity to San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Detailed travel information can be found on the workshop webpage. Accomodation ============ We have arranged special prices for participants of the VMV 2004 with a number of hotels. Details can be found on the VMV webpage. Contacts ======== Web Site and Contact: Web site: http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/conferences/vmv04/ E-mail: vmv04(a)mpi-sb.mpg.de