From: "Dr. Francis t. Marchese" Subject: CONF: Understanding Images, New York City, May 21-22 1993 Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 23:34:53 CST [virtu-l moderator note: Francis had some trouble uploading the conference announcement intact. Apologies for the bad formatting...gbn] [Mod (Mark): I've made it a little prettier] NYC / ACM SIGGRAPH and PACE UNIVERSITY's School of Computer Science and Information Systems Presents a conference on UNDERSTANDING IMAGES on Friday & Saturday May 21-22, 1993 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. at The Pace Downtown Theater One Pace Plaza (on Spruce Street between Park Row & Gold Street) New York, NY 10038 UNDERSTANDING IMAGES Artists, designers, scientists, engineers and educators share the problem of moving information from one mind to another. Traditionally, they have used pictures, words, demonstrations, music and dance to communicate imagery. However, expressing complex notions such as God and infinity or a seemingly well defined concept such as a flower can present challenges which far exceed their technical skills. The explosive use of computers as visualization and expression tools has compounded this problem. In hypermedia, multimedia and virtual reality systems vast amounts of information confront the observer or participant. Wading through a multitude of simultaneous images and sounds in possibly unfamiliar representations, a confounded user asks: What does it all mean? Since image construction, transmission, reception, decipherment and ultimate understanding are complex tasks strongly influenced by physiology, education and culture; and since electronic media radically amplify each processing step, then we, as electronic communicators, must determine the fundamental paradigms for composing imagery for understanding. Therefore, the purpose of this conference is to bring together a breadth of disciplines, including, but not limited to, the physical, biological and computational sciences, technology, art, psychology, philosophy, and education, in order to define and discuss the issues essential to image understanding within the computer graphics context. FEATURED SPEAKERS * Psychology/Perception "Masaccio's Bag of Tricks" Marc De Mey, University of Ghent University and Variability in Human "Visual Information Processing" Beverly J. Jones, School of Architecture and Applied Arts, University of Oregon "Some Speculations About Graphic Communication" Barbara Tversky, Psychology Department, Stanford University "Implementation of Collaborative Multimedia Technologies in Urban Planning Situations" Michael J. Shiffer, Computer Resource Laboratories, MIT "Photographic Interpretation" Tom Hubbard, School of Journalism, Ohio State University * Image Analysis "Is Alligator Skin More Wrinkled than Tree Bark? The Role of Texture in Object Description" A. Ravishankar Rao, IBM Watson Research Center and Nalini Bhushan, Philosophy Department, Smith College "The Ruling Effect of Contours, Surface Markings and Background in Perception of Shape from Shading" Xiaoping Hu and Narendra Ahuja, Beckmann Institute and Department of ECE, University of Illinois "Composing and Understanding SpatialImages" Les M. Sztandera, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Toledo * Design "Aesthetics and Nature: The Manufacturing of an Authoritative Voice in Scientific Visualization" Mark Bajuk, NCSA, U. of Illinois "Design Issues" Alyce Kaprow, MIT * Text "Visualization for the Document Space" Xia Lin, Law Library, Pace University "Automating Procedures for Generating Chinese Characters" John Loustau and Jong-Ding Wang, Computer Science Department, Hunter College "Visual Language" Judson Rosebush, Judson Rosebush Company, NY * Sound "Neuromusic" Matthew Witten and Robert Wyatt, U. of Texas and Center for High Performance Computing "Gesture Translation: Using Conventional Musical Instruments in Unconventional Ways" Robert S. Williams, Computer Science Department, Pace University "Sonic Issues" Rory Stuart, NYNEX * Philosophy "The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality" Michael Heim, Education Foundation of DPMA HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: The Hotel Millenium 55 Church Street New York, New York 10048 Tel: (212) 693-2001 (800) 835-2220 Fax: (212) 571-2317 Please call the hotel directly for reservations and mention Pace U./ACM NYC SIGGRAPH. (Reservations must be made by May 10, 1993) Special conference rate: $125 pernight +tax Single/Double Check-out: 2 pm Check-in: 3 pm (Note: Hotel is within walking distance of conference.) For informational purposes only: Date of arrival:____ \ ____ \ ____ Date of departure: ____\____\____ ____ Millenium _ ___ Other __________________ Please Specify AIR TRAVEL ACCOMODATIONS: Continental Airlines (800) 525-0280 Valid Travel Dates are May 19, 1993 through May 30, 1993. Please call directly for reservations. * Continental will offer a 45% discount off the full "Y" coach fare and "F" first class fare. Discounts do not apply to BusinessFirst. No other restrictions apply. * Additionally, a 5% discount off all fares, subject to availability. Discounts do not apply to BusinessFIrst. All rules and restrictions apply. * No discount will apply to any ticket issued within seventy-two (72) hours of departure. * Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) may apply if traveling to a city where the airport has implemented this tax. * Discounts do not apply to government, military, senior fares, promotional fares or Newark/Boston and Newark/Washington routes. Travel discount certificates can not be used in conjunction with meeting / convention discounts. For informational purposes only: ___ Continental Airlines ___ Other _____________ Please Specify __________________________________________ ______________________________ CONFERENCE ON UNDERSTANDING IMAGES Registration Information (Please print or type) ________________________________________ Name ________________________________________ Title ________________________________________ Company ________________________________________ Address _________________________________________________________________ City State ZIp (______) ______-________ (______) ______-________ Day Phone Evening Phone ____________________________ _________________ Email FAX REGISTRATION FEES (Includes continental breakfast, breaks, and lunch) Pre-registration (before May 1, 1993) ___ ACM/SIGGRAPH member $55 ___ Non-member $75 ___ Student registration $40* *(before May 1, 1993 & proof of F/T status required) Registration ___ after May 1st or On-Site $95 Please make checks payable to NYC/ACM SIGGRAPH and remit by May 1, 1993. Send registration information & fees to: Dr. Francis T. Marchese Computer Science Department NYC/ACM SIGGRAPH Conference Pace University 1 Pace Plaza Room T-1704 New York, New York 10038 voice:(212)346-1803 fax:(212)346-1933 Email: MARCHESF@PACEVM.bitnet to our system it automatically puts in the "'s..let's see what happens.. thanks for your response. Regards, Frank ____________________________________________________________________