Computer Architectures for Machine Perception

• 18 September 1995
• 19 September 1995
• 20 September 1995

Monday, 18 September 1995

8.00 - 8.45

Registration

8.45 - 9.00

Opening Session

9.00 - 10.00

Invited Lecture: M. Bolduc, G. Sela, M. D. Levine (CANADA)
Fast Computation of Multiscalar Symmetry in Foveated Images

10.00 - 11.00

Session: SMART SENSORS AND ARTIFICIAL RETINAE

• K. Aizawa, H. Ohno, Y. Egi, T. Hamamoto, M. Hatori, J. Yamazaki (JAPAN)
  An Image Sensor for On-sensor-Compression
• M. Tremblay, S. Dallaire, D. Poussart (CANADA)
  Low Level Segmentation Using CMOS Smart Hexagonal Image Sensor
• L.S. Carnapete, P.E. Nguyen, R.G. Nguyen, T. M. Bernard (FRANCE)
  A Miniature Retina-Based AGV Called VAMPIRE

11.00 - 11.20

Coffee Break

11.20 - 13.00

Session: ASICs AND VLSI ARCHITECTURES

• N. Ranganathan, K.B. Doreswamy (USA)
  A VLSI Chip for Computing the Medial Axis Transform of an Image
• S.B. Syed, M.A. Bayoumi (USA)
  A Scalable Architecture of Discrete Wavelet Transform
• R.P. Rogers, I.G. MacDuff, S.L. Tanimoto (USA)
  Systolic Cellular Logic: Architecture and Performance Evaluation
• M.C. Herbordt, C.C. Weems (USA)
  Towards the Empirical Design of Massively Parallel Arrays for Spatially Mapped Applications
• H.N. Kim, M.J. Irwin, R.M. Owens (USA)
  MGAP Applications in Machine Perception

13.00 - 14.30

Lunch

14.30 - 15.30

Invited Lecture: J.K. Tsotsos, M. Culhane, W.Y.K. Wai (CANADA)
Visual Attention: Detecting Abrupt Onsets within the Selective Tuning Model

15.30 - 16.30

Session: PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES

• T. Matsuyama, N. Asada, M. Aoyama, A. Yamashita, H. Asazu, H. Yamamoto, K. Ogawa (JAPAN)
  Data Level Parallel Processing for Object Recognition on Recursive Torus Architecture
• J.G.E. Olk, P.P. Jonker (THE NETHERLANDS)
  A Programming and Simulation Model of a SIMD-MIMD Architecture for Image Processing
• D. Dulac, S. Mohammadi, A. Mérigot (FRANCE)
  Implementation and Evaluation of a Parallel Architecture Using Asynchronous Communications

16.30 - 17.00

Coffee Break

17.00 - 19.00

Poster Session

• M. Mekkaoui, N. Benameur, K. Ouriachi (FRANCE)
  A Description Approach of Information in a Robotics-Vision System
• M. Nour, N. Benameur, K. Ouriachi (FRANCE)
  Knowledge Construction and Interpretation of the Objects Based on 2D Representation Image in a Machine Perception
• T. Camus (USA)
  Real-Time Quantized Optical Flow
• M. Frankel, J.A. Webb (USA)
  Design, Implementation, and Performance of a Scalable Multi-Camera Interactive Video Capture System
• M. Schaffer, T Chen (USA)
  A VLSI Architecture for 2D Object Classification Based on Tree Matching
• M. Gioiello, F. Sorbello, A. Tarantino, G. Vassallo (ITALY)
  An Efficient Digital Architecture for Character Recognition
• N.K. Ratha, T. Acar, M. Gokmen, A.K. Jain (USA)
  A Distributed Edge Detection and Surface Reconstruction Algorithm
• M. Hamdi, C.K. Lee (HONG KONG)
  Efficient Image Processing Applications on a Network of Workstations
• W. Wen, B. Yuan (P.R. CHINA)
  Skewed Symmetry Detection of Closed Contours Based on Their Geometric Properties
• J.L. Basille, J.P. Carrara, P. Fernandez (FRANCE)
  Real Time Visualization of Digital Elevation Model on Parallel Architecture
• K. Ohmori (AUSTRALIA)
  An Object Oriented Computational Model for Handwritten Document Recognition
• F. Serratosa, P. Millán, E. Montseny (SPAIN)
  Systolic Processors Applied to Computer Vision Systems
• L.P. Cordella, A. d'Acierno, C. De Stefano, M. Vento (ITALY)
  Mapping Schemes for Sequential Image Processing Algorithms
• S-J. Hwang, M-S. Park (SOUTH KOREA)
  Software Data Prefetching to Reduce Data Reloading Overhead
• M.J. Brooks, W. Chojnacki, A. van den Hengel (AUSTRALIA)
  Solving the Shape-From-Shading Problem on the CM-5
• J.M. Corridoni, A. Del Bimbo (ITALY)
  Film Semantic Analysis
• G. Caputo, L. Lombardi (ITALY)
  Attention Mechanisms in Computer Vision Systems
• H. Essafi, M.M. Pic, M. Viala, L. Nicolas (FRANCE)
  T++ : a Parallel Object Oriented Language for a Task and Data Parallel Programming

19.30

Get-together Party

Tuesday, 19 September 1995

8.30 - 9.30

Invited Lecture: H. Wechsler (USA)
Hierarchical and Modular Attention

9.30 - 10.50

Session: REAL TIME SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES

• A. Koschan, V. Rodehorst (GERMANY)
  Towards Real-Time Stereo Employing Parallel Algorithms for Edge-Based and Dense Stereo Matching
• Y. Fujita, N. Yamashita, S. Okazaki (JAPAN)
  A 64 Parallel Integrated Memory Array Processor and a 30 GIPS Real-Time Vision System
• G. Danese, R. Lombardi, M. Morizio, C. Revelli (ITALY)
  PAVIA: A Control System for Active Vision
• C. Colombo, A. Del Bimbo, S. De Magistris (ITALY)
  Human-Computer Interaction Based on Eye Movement Tracking

10.50 - 11.10

Coffee Break

11.10 - 12.50

Session: BASIC PARALLEL PRIMITIVES

• E.G. Hoel, H. Samet (USA)
  Data-Parallel Primitives for Spatial Operations Using PM Quadtrees
• P. Moravie, H. Essafi, C. Lambert-Nebout, J-L. Basille (FRANCE)
  Real-Time Image Compression Using SIMD Architectures
• M. Johannesson, M. Gökstorp (SWEDEN)
  Video-Rate Pyramid Optical Flow Computation on the Linear SIMD Array IVIP
• P. Baglietto, M. Maresca, M. Migliardi (ITALY)
  Euclidean Distance Transform on Polymorphic Processor Array
• Y. Chung, V.K. Prasanna, C-L. Wang (USA)
  A Fast Asynchronous Algorithm for Linear Feature Extraction on IBM SP-2

13.00 - 14:30

Lunch

14.30 - 15.50

Session: PARALLEL COMPUTING

• M. Meribout, K.M. Hou (FRANCE)
  Implementation of Low Level Image Processing Algorithms on a Reconfigurable Perception System
• B.R. Modayur, L.G. Shapiro (USA)
  Parallel Algorithm for Object Recognition and its Implementation on a MIMD Machine
• C-L. Wang, V.K. Prasanna, Y.W. Lim (USA)
  Parallelization of Perceptual Grouping on Distributed Memory Machines
• N.K. Ratha, A.K. Jain, M.J. Chung (USA)
  Clustering Using a Coarse-Grained Parallel Genetic Algorithm: a Preliminary Study

16.00

Excursion

19.30

Gala Dinner

Wednesday, 20 September 1995

8.30 - 9.30

Invited Lecture: F. Distante, M.G. Sami, R. Stefanelli (ITALY)
Fault-Tolerance and Reconfigurability Issues in Massively Parallel Architectures

9.30 - 10.50

Session: DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

• A.R. Nolan, B. Everding, W. Wee (USA)
  Scheduling of Low Level Computer Vision Algorithms on Networks of Heterogeneous Machines
• V. Di Gesù, F. Isgrò, B. Lenzitti, D. Tegolo (ITALY)
  Visual Dynamic Environment for Distributed Systems
• H. Tomiyasu, T. Kawano, R. Taniguchi, M. Amamiya (JAPAN)
  KUMP/D: the Kyushu University Multi-Media Processor
• M. Hamdi (HONG KONG)
  Enhanced Mesh-Connected Computers for Image Processing Applications

10.50 - 11.10

Coffee Break

11.10 - 12.50

Session: APPLICATIONS

• A. Yakovleff, D. Abbott, X.T. Nguyen, K. Eshraghian (AUSTRALIA)
  Obstacle Avoidance and Motion-Induced Navigation
• N.K. Ratha, A.K. Jain, D.T. Rover (USA)
  An FPGA-Based Point Pattern Matching Processor with Application to Fingerprint Matching
• A. Anzalone, A. Machí (ITALY)
  Real-Time Visual Inspection of Moulded Plastic Drippers
• H. Essafi, C. Mazzoni, P. Julien (FRANCE)
  Satellite Digital Elevation Model on the Heterogeneous OPENVISION Parallel Computer
• F.S. Verdier, B. Zavidovique (FRANCE)
  High Level Synthesis of a Default Detector

13.00 - 14.30

Lunch

14.30 - 15.30

Invited Lecture: J-C. Heudin (FRANCE)
Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computing in Machine Perception

15.30 - 16.50

Session: NEURAL COMPUTING

• N. Petkov (THE NETHERLANDS)
  Image Classification System Based on Cortical Representations and Unsupervised Neural Network Learning
• M. Schaffer, T. Chen (USA)
  Object Parts Matching Using Hopfield Neural Networks
• S. Iverson, O. Johnson, G.G. Pieroni (USA - ITALY)
  An Experiment of Surface Recognition by Neural Trees
• M. Ouedraogo, P. Bourret (FRANCE)
  Parallelizable Asychronous by Blocks Algorithms for Neural Computing

16.50 - 17.10

Coffee Break

17.10 - 19.00

Panel Session

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