Conference Chairs: Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Northwestern Univ.Program Committee: Albert J. Ahumada, Jr., NASA Ames Research Ctr.; Jan P. Allebach, Purdue Univ.; Walter R. Bender, MIT Media Lab.; Michael H. Brill, Sarnoff Corp.; John C. Dalton, Synthetik; Scott J. Daly, Sharp Labs. of America; Gunilla A. Derefeldt, FOA (Sweden); Huib de Ridder, Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands); Jennifer L. Gille, Raytheon ITSS; Stanley A. Klein, Univ. of California/Berkeley; Eugenio Martinez-Uriegas, SRI International; John J. McCann, McCann Imaging; Adar Pelah, Univ. of Cambridge (UK); Heidi A. Peterson, Sarnoff Corp.; Zygmunt Pizlo, Purdue Univ.; Christine I. Podilchuk, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs.; Ann M. Rohaly, Tektronix, Inc.; Robert J. Safranek, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs.; Christopher W. Tyler, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute; Andrew B. Watson, NASA Ames Research Ctr.
9:30 am: Surprising perspectives, Jan J. Koenderink, Univ. Utrecht (Netherlands) [3959-01] - Add Paper
Coffee Break 10:10 to 10:30 am
Chair: Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Northwestern Univ.
10:30 am: Perceived lightness difference with regard to spatial frequency and amplitude modulation, M. Wang, K. J. Parker, Univ. of Rochester; K. E. Spaulding, Q. Yu, R. L. Miller, Eastman Kodak Co. [3959-02] - Add Paper
10:50 am: Resolution and bit depth: how much is enough? R. V. Klassen, K. Janamanchi, Xerox Corp. [3959-03] - Add Paper
11:10 am: Quality metric design: a closer look, S. Winkler, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland) [3959-04] - Add Paper
11:30 am: Influence of processing method, bit-rate, and scene content on perceived and predicted image quality, L. Meesters, Technische Univ. Eindhoven (Netherlands) [3959-05] - Add Paper
11:50 am: Univariant assessment of the visual quality of images, M. Jung, D. Leger, ONERA Ctr. de Toulouse (France) [3959-06] - Add Paper
Lunch Break 12:10 to 1:30 pm
Chair: Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.
1:30 pm: Percentage scaling: a new method for evaluating multiple impaired images, H. de Ridder, Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands); M. C. Willemsen, Technische Univ. Eindhoven (Netherlands) [3959-07] - Add Paper
1:50 pm: Information-processing approach to image quality, T. J. W. M. Janssen, F. J. J. Blommaert, IPO Ctr. for Research on User-System Interaction (Netherlands) [3959-08] - Add Paper
2:10 pm: Comparison of video compression evaluation metrics for military applications, J. Leachtenauer, J/M Leachtenauer Associates Inc. [3959-09] - Add Paper
2:30 pm: Detectability and annoyance value of MPEG-2 artifacts inserted in uncompressed video sequences, M. S. Moore, J. M. Foley, S. K. Mitra, Univ. of California/Santa Barbara [3959-10] - Add Paper
2:50 pm: Evaluation of image appeal in consumer photography, A. E. Savakis, S. Etz, Eastman Kodak Co. [3959-11] - Add Paper
Coffee Break 3:10 to 3:30 pm
Chair: Ann M. Rohaly, Tektronix, Inc.
3:30 pm: Overview of standardization activities related to digital television, D. Fibush, Tektronix Inc. [3959-12] - Add Paper
3:50 pm: Video quality experts group: the quest for valid objective methods, P. J. Corriveau, Communications Research Ctr. (Canada); A. A. Webster, U.S. Dept. of Commerce [3959-13] - Add Paper
4:10 pm: Modelfest: first year results and plans for year two, T. Carney, Neurometrics Institute; C. W. Tyler, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute; A. B. Watson, NASA Ames Research Ctr.; W. Makous, Univ. of Rochester; B. Beutter, NASA Ames Research Ctr.; C. C. Chen, A. M. Norcia, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute [3959-14] - Add Paper
4:30 pm: Modelfest: imaging the underlying channel structure, C. C. Chen, C. W. Tyler, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute [3959-15] - Add Paper
4:50 pm: IEEE task force on finding a standard unit of measure for video quality assessment, J. M. Libert, National Institute of Standards and Technology [3959-16] - Add Paper
Hilton Hotel: Almaden Room I · Monday 24 January · 7 to 10 pm
Guest Speaker: Lawrence W. Stark, Univ. of California/Berkeley
Dinner will start at 7 pm.
Tuesday · 8:30 to 9:15 am
Carver A. Mead, California Institute of Technology
Chair: Heidi A. Peterson, Sarnoff Corp.
9:30 am: Perceptually adapted MPEG video encoding, P. Bordes, P. Guillotel, Thomson Multimedia (France) [3959-17] - Add Paper
9:50 am: Detection of distortion in small moving images compared to the predictions of spatio-temporal model, K. Brunnström, B. N. Schenkman, Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden); A. J. Ahumada, Jr., NASA Ames Research Ctr. [3959-18] - Add Paper
10:10 am: Comparative study of focused JPEG compression, FJPEG, C. M. Privitera, L. W. Stark, Y. F. Ho, Univ. of California/Berkeley [3959-19] - Add Paper
Coffee Break 10:30 to 11:00 am
11:00 am: Image compression related contrast masking measurements, M. J. Nadenau, J. Reichel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland) [3959-20] - Add Paper
11:20 am: Wavelet coefficient quantization to produce equivalent visual distortions in complex stimuli, S. S. Hemami, M. G. Ramos, Cornell Univ. [3959-21] - Add Paper
11:40 am: Masking effects in the quality assessment of coded images, N. Bekkat, A. Saadane, D. Barba, Univ. de Nantes (France) [3959-22] - Add Paper
Lunch/Exhibit Break Noon to 1:30 pm
Chair: Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.
1:30 pm:Intensity JND comes from Poisson internal (neural noise) (Invited Paper), J. Allen, AT&T Labs. [3959-23] - Add Paper
2:10 pm: Measurements of internal noise in achromatic and chromatic channels: human versus model experiments, Y. E. Shelepin, Pavlov Institute of Physiology (Russia); N. Krasilnikov, O. I. Krasilnikova, St. Petersburg State Univ. of Aerospace Instrumentation (Russia) [3959-24] - Add Paper
2:30 pm: Sensitivity to auditory-visual asynchrony and to jitter in auditory-visual timing, S. van de Par, IPO Ctr. for Research on User-System Interaction (Netherlands); A. Kohlrausch, IPO. Ctr for Research on User-System Interaction and Philips Research Labs. (Netherlands) [3959-25] - Add Paper
2:50 pm: Calculating the lightness of areas in a single plane, J. J. McCann, McCann Imaging [3959-26] - Add Paper
3:10 pm: How do we recognize images? L. W. Stark, H. Yang, M. Azzariti, Univ. of California/Berkeley [3959-27] - Add Paper
Coffee Break 3:30 to 4:00 pm
Chair: Miguel P. Eckstein, Cedars-Sinai Medical Ctr.
4:00 pm: Lessons from image perception studies for the design of medical imaging systems (Invited Paper), D. L. Wilson, K. N. Jabri, R. M. Manjeshwar, Y. Srinivas, K. A. Salem, Case Western Reserve Univ. [3959-28] - Add Paper
4:40 pm: Medical image perception: evaluating the role of experience, E. A. Krupinski, Univ. of Arizona [3959-29] - Add Paper
5:00 pm: Visual recognition of complex medical lesions by 2D shape, A. Chodorowski, T. Gustavsson, Chalmers Univ. of Technology (Sweden); U. Mattsson, Karlstad Central Hospital (Sweden) [3959-30] - Add Paper
Wednesday · 8:30 to 9:15 am
A. John Michaelis, R.R. Donnelly & Sons Co.
Chair: Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Northwestern Univ.
9:30 am: Color group selection for computer interfaces, P. Lyons, Massey Univ (New Zealand); G. Moretti, Massey Univ. (New Zealand); M. Wilson, Harvest Electronics USA Inc. [3959-31] - Add Paper
9:50 am: Linguistic color processing for human-like vision systems, M. Fathi-Torbaghan, L. Hildebrand, Univ. Dortmund (Germany) [3959-32] - Add Paper
10:10 am: Building perceptual color maps for visualizing interval data, B. E. Rogowitz, A. D. Kalvin, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; A. Pelah, Univ. of Cambridge (UK); A. Cohen, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. [3959-33] - Add Paper
Coffee Break 10:30 to 11:00 am
11:00 am: Vision-based strategy to improve the color misregistration of image capturing devices, X. Feng, S. J. Daly, Sharp Labs. of America [3959-34] - Add Paper
11:20 am: New approach to quantization and processing of color images, A. Mojsilovic, E. Soljanin, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs. [3959-35] - Add Paper
11:40 am: Computing color categories, S. N. Yendrikhovskij, IPO Ctr. for Research on User-System Interaction (Netherlands) [3959-36] - Add Paper
Lunch/Exhibit Break Noon to 1:50 pm
Chair: Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.
1:50 pm: Visualization technique for improved situation awareness, J. D. Walrath, R. P. Winkler, P. J. Emmerman, Army Research Lab.; C. M. Hoffmann, Y. J. Kim, Purdue Univ. [3959-37] - Add Paper
2:10 pm: Perceptual issues in substituting texture for geometry, H. E. Rushmeier, B. E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. [3959-39] - Add Paper
2:30 pm: Shape similarity and simplification, P. Forte, Kingston Univ. (UK) [3959-40] - Add Paper
2:50 pm: Effects of sterographic viewing on shape understanding, R. A. Browse, J. C. Rodger, L. Y. Drewell, Queen's Univ. (Canada) [3959-41] - Add Paper
Coffee Break 3:10 to 3:40 pm
Chairs: Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Northwestern Univ.; Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.
3:40 pm: Inversion processes in the human visual system, H. K. Rising III, Sony Electronics, Inc. [3959-42] - Add Paper
4:00 pm: Color constant texture segmentation, T. Gevers, J. van de Weijer, Univ. of Amsterdam (Netherlands) [3959-43] - Add Paper
4:20 pm: Applying perceptually based metrics to textural image retrieval methods, J. S. Payne, Buckinghamshire Chilterns Univ. College (UK); L. Hepplewhite, T. J. Stonham, Brunel Univ. (UK) [3959-44] - Add Paper
4:40 pm: Ground truth for training and evaluation of automatic "main subject" detection, S. Etz, J. Luo, Eastman Kodak Co. [3959-45] - Add Paper
5:00 pm: Moving to continuous facial expression space using the MPEG-4 facial definition parameter (FDP) set, K. Karpouzis, N. Tsapatsoulis, S. D. Kollias, National Technical Univ. of Athens (Greece) [3959-46] - Add Paper
5:20 pm: Spatial summation of face information, C. Chen, C. W. Tyler, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute [3959-47] - Add Paper
Posters will be placed on display at 10:00 am Wednesday, 26 January in the Arcade area (just West of the main entrance) on the street level of the Convention Center. A poster reception, with authors present at their papers, will be held Wednesday evening, 5:30 to 7:00 pm in that area. Light refreshments will be served.
Coding and Image Quality
Halftoning
Image Analysis
Perception
Other
Convention Center Room J2 · Thursday · 8:30 to 9:15 am
Yoichi Miyake, Chiba Univ. (Japan)
Chair: Scott J. Daly, Sharp Labs. of America
9:30 am: Usability evaluation of remote controller for digital television receivers, K. Komine, N. Hiruma, T. Ishihara, E. Makino, T. Tsuda, T. Ito, H. Isono, NHK Science and Technical Research Labs. (Japan) [3959-48] - Add Paper
9:50 am: Automatic control of a robot camera for broadcasting and subjective evaluation and analysis of reproduced images, D. Kato, A. Ishikawa, T. Tsuda, H. Fukushima, S. Shimoda, NHK Science and Technical Research Labs. (Japan); T. Higuchi, Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics (Japan) [3959-49] - Add Paper
10:10 am: Landmark-based robot navigation enhanced with color interest operators, H. Jagannathan, Univ. of Madras (India) [3959-50] - Add Paper
Coffee Break 10:30 to 11:00 am
Chair: Christopher W. Tyler, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute.
11:00 am: Perspective as a geometric tool that launched the Renaissance, C. W. Tyler, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute [3959-79] - Add Paper
11:20 am: Crossing boundaries: imaging innovations in art and science, A. Ione, Berkeley, CA [3959-75] - Add Paper
11:40 am: Reverspectives: see how they turn, T. V. Papathomas, Rutgers Univ. [3959-74] - Add Paper
Lunch/Exhibit Break Noon to 2:00 pm
Chairs: Huib de Ridder, Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands); Wijnand A. IJsselsteijn, IPO Ctr. for Research on User-System Interaction (Netherlands)
2:00 pm: Presence: concept, determinants, and measurement, W. A. IJsselsteijn, IPO Ctr. for Research on User-System Interaction (Netherlands); H. de Ridder, Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands) [3959-51] - Add Paper
2:20 pm: Focus group exploration of presence through advance broadcast services, J. Freeman, Univ. of London (UK); S. E. Avons, Univ. of Essex (UK) [3959-76] - Add Paper
2:40 pm: Broadcasting presence: immersive television!, D. Harrison, N. Lodge, Independent Television Commission (UK) [3959-77] - Add Paper
Coffee Break 3:00 to 3:20 pm
3:20 pm: Visual conspicuity of objects in complex scenes, T. Boersema, Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands); H. J. Zwaga, Utrecht Univ. (Netherlands) [3959-52] - Add Paper
3:40 pm: Learning theoretic analogue of the fundamental theorem of theory space curves in perceptual geometry, A. Assadi, H. Eghbalnia, J. Carew, Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison [3959-54] - Add Paper
4:00 pm: Portable eyetracking: a study of natural eye movements, J. B. Pelz, J. S. Babcock, D. Kucharczyk, D. Konno, Rochester Institute of Technology [3959-53] - Add Paper
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