[UAI] Spatial Issues in Language and Vision (CFP) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++          
International Workshop on Spatial Issues in Language and Vision
                       March 24-25, 2005
                Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
                             India
                 http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/silv/ 


OVERVIEW:

While there are a number of separate forums dealing with Spatial 
Cognition, Computer Vision, or Natural Language, there is a need for a 
venue where researchers working on space as it relates to vision and 
language can interact.  The SILV workshop intends to fulfill this gap, 
and is based on preliminary discussions during the International Spatial 
Cognition Summer Institute at Bad Zwischenhahn in September 2003.

SILV can be thought of as a two-day workshop with many opportunities for 
researchers to interact freely.  The workshop format would be a single 
track meeting, with several opportunities for breakout discussions and 
interactions.  The main areas of emphasis are:

*** Modeling Visual Space with respect Shape Models,
    Language Acquisition,
    Attentive Mechanisms for Task Execution, 
    Scene* *Analysis, Motion and Video Analysis, etc.
    Statistical and Morphological Approaches in IP

*** Spatial and Language Issues - Topological and Distance Models
    Spatio-Temporal reasoning, Semantic Lexicon building, Concept
    Formation, Evolution of Conceptual Structures, Motion Planning
    etc.

*** Cognitive Processes in Space, Sensing, and Communication.


About IIT Kanpur:

The city of Kanpur is in North India, about 400 km east of Delhi.  The 
Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur is located on a green campus 
not very far from the river Ganges, which flows through Kanpur.  The 
city was founded as a cantonment town in the early years of British 
presence in India, and is today a busy commercial hub with a number of 
monuments from the British era.  Lucknow, Agra, and Varanasi are other 
towns within easy reach of Kanpur.  The city is served by the 
Lucknow-Kanpur International Airport, as well as a frequent train 
service from Delhi.  

*PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE*

Submit papers electronically (no more than 8 pages in the IEEE 
two-column, single spaced, 10pt, format available at www.ieee.org), PDF 
files strongly preferred, to *dhqx@cse.iitk.ac.in 
*.

*DEADLINES*

* Full Paper submission           31 January 2005
* Notification re acceptance    25 February 2005
* Camera-ready version due   15 March 2005  
* Workshop dates                  24-25 March 2005

*ORGANIZERS*

Pabitra Mitra (IIT Kanpur)
Amitabha Mukerjee (IIT Kanpur)
K S Venkatesh (IIT Kanpur)

*Program Committee* (Proposed)

P. Anandan, (Microsoft Research) 
Dana Ballard (U. of Rochester) 
Subhashis Banerjee (IIT Delhi)
B.B. Chaudhuri (ISI Calcutta) 
Tony Cohn (U. Leeds) 
Christian Freksa (U. Bremen) 
David Hogg (U. Leeds) 
Harish Karnick (IIT Kanpur) 
Daniel Montello (U. Santa Barbara) 
Amitabha Mukerjee (IIT Kanpur) 
PJ Narayanan (IIIT Hyderabad) 
Achla Raina (IIT Kanpur)
Vishwanathan Ramesh (SCR Siemens) 

 
*Additional information*
URL:  http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/silv/ 



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