ThirdInternationalConferenceonScaleSpaceandVariationalMethodsinComputerVision

29May–2June,EinGediResort,DeadSea,Israel

TheSSVMbiannualconferenceseriesisamergeroftheScaleSpaceconferencesandtheVariationalLevelSetMethodsconferences,aimingtobringtogethertwodifferentcommunitieswithcommonresearchinterests:theoneonscalespaceanalysisandtheoneonvariational,geometric and level setmethodsand their applications in image interpretationandunderstanding. Following the successof SSVM’07 inIschia, ItalyandSSVM’09inVoss,Norway,SSVM’11willbeheld intheDeadSearegionin Israel.PapersacceptedfortheconferencewillappearintheconferenceproceedingsthatwillbepublishedinSpringerLectureNotesinComputerScienceseries.

www.ssvm2011.org

Suggested topics: Level setmethods Scale spacemethods Image analysis DifferentialgeometryandInvariantsSelectionofsalientscalesFeatureanalysisCross‐scalestructureEnhancementDenoisingSegmentationMotionestimationTrackingOpticalflow3Dvision SurfacemodelingMedicalandotherApplicationsRegistration InpaintingWavelets and Image decompositions Implicit surfaces Multi‐scale shape analysis PerceptualgroupingShapefromXStereoreconstruction

Generalchairs:AlfredBruckstein,TechnionBartterHaarRomeny,EindhovenUniversity

Local chairs:Alexander Bronstein, Tel Aviv University Michael Bronstein,Università dellaSvizzeraItaliana

Scientificcommittee(preliminary):LuisAlvares,UniversidaddeLasPalmasdeGranCanaria Vincent Caselles,Universitat Pompeu FabraRaymondChan,ChineseUniversity ofHongKongLaurentCohen,CeremadeMichaelElad,TechnionLewisGriffin,UniversityCollegeLondonAtsushi Imiya,ChibaUniversityRonKimmel,TechnionNahumKiryati,TelAvivUniversityArjanKuijper,Fraunhofer InstituteAntonioLeitao,FederalUniversityofSantaCatarina Antonio Marquina, Universidad de Valencia Gerard Medioni, USC EtienneMemin, Irisa Mads Nielsen, IT University of Copenhagen Mila Nikolova, École NormaleSupérieurCachanStanleyOsher,UCLANikosParagios,ÉcoleCentraledeParisGabrielPeyré, Ceremade Martin Rumpf, Universität Bonn Chen Sagiv, SagivTech GuillermoSapiro, University of Minnesota Christoph Schnörr, University of Heidelberg FiorellaSgallari,UniversityofBolognaNirSochen,TelAvivUniversityGabrieleSteidl,UniversityofMannheimXue‐ChengTai,UniversityofBergen JoachimWeickert,SaarlandUniversityGershonWolansky,TechnionAnthonyYezzi,GeorgiaTechLaurentYounnes,JohnsHopkinsUniversity

Keynote speakers:Haim Brezis,Université Pierre etMarie Curie RemcoDuits,EindhovenUniversityJoachimWeickert,SaarlandUniversity

Organizer:YanaKatz

Importantdates:Papersubmission15Jan2011Notificationofacceptance15Feb2011Camerareadypapers15Mar2011Earlyregistration15Apr2011

After the conference, itwill bepossible to visitPetra (Jordan), an ancient Nabataean capital,one of the World’s wonders and a UNESCOWorldHeritageSite.

Localsightseeingandtrips

Dead Sea, the saltiest sea in theworld locatedatthelowestdrypointonearth(‐422m),oneofthehistorically oldest health resorts. Itswatersareknown for their amazinghealingpropertiesfromtheageofCleopatra.

Masada,ancientHerod’sfortress,witnessoftheRoman siege during the Jewish‐Roman war inthefirstcenturyCE.