[Imageworld] Call for Participation: ONR/ARO/NSF (Pending) Interdisciplinary Workshop on Distributed Video Sensor Networks

[Amit Roy-Chowdhury]

*Call for Participation:  ONR/ARO/NSF (Pending) Interdisciplinary 
Workshop on Distributed Video Sensor Networks*
 
We are organizing a workshop on *Video Sensor Networks* to be held on 
May 11-12, 2009, to assess the current state of technology in this 
interdisciplinary field, set the research agenda for future work, and 
recommend approaches to educating engineers and scientists. The workshop 
will be held at the University of California, Riverside, with the 
sponsorship of Office of Naval Research, Army Research Office and 
National Science Foundation (Pending).
 
We would like to solicit your input in the form of *one page summary* of 
your work in this area, including references, relevant to one or more of 
the core topics (a-e) listed below. *If your summary is selected as 
being suitable for the workshop, we will place you on the agenda and 
offer some support toward your travel costs.*
 
Research in video sensor networks is highly interdisciplinary and 
requires expertise from a variety of fields, such as wireless sensor 
networks, video analysis, cooperative control, communications, sensor 
design, and graphics. /*The aim of the workshop is to bring together 
leading researchers from these different areas for a focused discussion 
on the future challenges and research directions in camera networks.*/ 
We will discuss issues pertinent to the problem: (a) Distributed 
Embedded Cameras and Real-time Video Analysis, (b) Distributed Video 
Sensing,  Processing, Fusion, and Control, (c) Distributed Video 
Communications and Wireless Networks, (d) Distributed Video 
Understanding and Simulation/Graphics, and (e) Educational Opportunities 
and Curriculum Development.
 
The workshop will feature presentations by leading researchers and 
educators in these different areas, followed by multiple breakout 
sessions and brainstorming meetings. This workshop will be a unique 
opportunity for experts in different fields to interact with each other 
and set the research agenda for this emerging interdisciplinary field. 
We expect attendees from academia, industry, and from sponsoring and 
other government agencies.
 
Please email your summary (not  exceeding one page) in the pdf form by 
March 30, 2009 to _jgonzalez at vislab.ucr.edu_ 
<mailto:jgonzalez at vislab.ucr.edu>. We will notify you of your selection 
by April 2, 2009.
 
We look forward to hearing from you.
 
Workshop Organizers
Bir Bhanu, Chair (UCR), Chinya Ravishankar (UCR), A. Roy-Chowdhury (UCR),
Demetri Terzopoulos (UCLA), Hamid Aghajan (Stanford)