Introduction
Mathematics and imaging has had a long and fruitful relationship
starting with the desire to understand projection in renaissance
painting and art. This trend continued with the development of
non-Euclidean geometries in the past centuries, and recently, in the
past decades, expanded significantly with the introduction of new 3D
digital imaging systems in many scientific fields. This need arise
from the desire to employ machine vision to various applications
ranging from robotics to medical imaging. Computer Vision started as
a subfield of AI, but has these days branched out into using a wide
field of mathematical methods. The fundamental study of computer
vision in a framework of projective geometry has produced new methods
and algorithms for uncalibrated cameras in the past decade. It has
recently expanded into other camera models and the study of critical
configurations. Another active topic is employing variational methods
and PDE's for computing surfaces. This workshop seeks to span the
range from methods that are now practical enough to be seeking their
way into applications, to current hot research topics. Finally, in
a lab session organized jointly with the Banff New Media Institute
we will go full circle from theory to practice an explore the use of
modern computer vision in making creative models and animations.
The Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) hosts workshops
in the Oberwolfach/Luminy style in it's Banff International Research
Station (BIRS). Meetings are funded through NSERC and NSF, and
participants receive free accommodation and meals, but are responsible
for their own travel expenses. BIRS is situated in Banff national
park, Alberta, a UN world heritage site in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
We hope the workshop will be an interesting and rewarding experience for
all participants.
The organizers:
| Martin Jagersand | University of Alberta, Canada. Contact organizer: |  |
Dana Cobzas | University of Alberta | |
Anders Heyden | Malmo University, Sweden | |
Peter Sturm | MOVI, INRIA, France | |
Bill Triggs | LEAR, INRIA, France | |
Jim Little | University of British Columbia, Canada | |
Steve Zucker | Yale University, USA | |
