AVA/BMVA Meeting on Biological and Computer Vision

School of Psychology, Cardiff University, 26th May 2011.

Abstract submission opens: 1st April 2011
Abstract submission deadline: 15 April 2011


Invited Keynote Speakers:
John Tsotsos, Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto.
Michele Rucci, Active Perception Laboratory, Boston University.


The study of biological and machine vision share much common history
(eg Marr), and each discipline has benefited enormously from findings
and techniques from the other.  In the UK (in contrast to elsewhere)
the discussion and collaboration between the sister disciplines seems
to have declined. The aim of this meeting, organised jointly by the
AVA (UK biological vision) and BMVA (UK computer vision) is to
reignite conversations between these two fields.

As this is the first joint venture between the AVA and the BMVA, we
particularly encourage submissions that will be of potential cross-
disciplinary interest to both human and computer vision. However,
regular human vision AVA submissions, as well as computer vision
techniques likely to be of interest to a general audience, are still
very welcome.

We are adopting a novel format: because we wish the meeting to be
about conversations, all presenters will have a poster and the day
will be structured to ensure that people circulate and talk. Posters
will be interspersed by talks by two international keynote speakers
who cross the two disciplines.

250 word short abstracts should be submitted via the conference
website by 15 April.  Abstracts will be reviewed and published in the
journal Perception and therefore they should be original. However,
given the theme of the meeting we strongly encourage abstracts that
are comprehensible by the non-expert reader.

The registration fees are as follows:

AVA Members £40
AVA Student £20

BMVA Members £25
BMVA Student £5

AVA lifetime membership £20
BMVA annual membership £20

AVA or BMVA non-members £60

Registration 1st April - 12th May 2011
Late registration (after 12th May) + £5

Note that AVA and BMVA have different funding models, hence the
different prices.

The fee includes tea&  coffee, a buffet lunch and wine reception
(kindly provided by the School of Psychology).  Members of the AVA,
BMVA and non-members have different fees which reflect the different
membership/meeting funding models of the two organisations. For more
details, including contact and query information, please visit the
meeting website.

http://www.theava.net/conf/index.php?conference=Meeting&schedConf=S2011

AVA/BMVA Biological and Computer Vision meeting organising committee

Simon Rushton (Cardiff University), Darren Cosker (University of Bath),
Tom Freeman (Cardiff University), Petroc Sumner (Cardiff University),
Paul Rosin (Cardiff University) and David Marshall (Cardiff University)

Contact:
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