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************* SPIE Optical Metrology
************* Videometrics, Range Imaging and Applications XIII
************* 22-25 June 2015
************* Munich, Germany

(With apologies for any cross postings.)
For more than two decades the Videometrics conferences have been providing a unique forum for vision metrology, photogrammetry, computer vision and image analysis researchers, developers and practitioners to present the latest advances in precise 3D measurement and accurate modeling from imaging and range sensors. The 13th edition of the Videometrics conference will focus on image and range data processing and modeling in applications such as rapid product development, monitoring, precision metrology, deformation analyses, 3D digitizing, material and component testing, human body modeling, surveillance, industrial inspections, cultural heritage applications and medicine.

Videometrics will be held within SPIE Optical Metrology, the premier conference in Europe that brings together users and researchers to discuss the latest inventions and applications in the field of optical metrology. Optical Metrology will contain six conferences that focus on new optical principles and systems for metrology, videometrics and machine vision with applications in industrial design, production engineering, process monitoring, maintenance support, biotechnology, vehicle navigation, multimedia technology, architecture, archaeology and arts.

Optical Metrology is co-located with the Laser World of Photonics 2015, providing delegates with access to a huge exhibit of the latest technology associated with lasers and optical systems, and offering an excellent opportunity to connect with engineers, researchers and developers from Europe and beyond.

In 2015 Videometrics will feature three excellent invited speakers who will present the latest algorithms and techniques in optical metrology and tracking.

For Videometrics 2015, we invite submission of original research contributions, as well as demonstrations of successful applications in (but not limited to) the following technical areas:

• 3D sensing and calibration: passive and active sensors, unmanned platforms, automated calibration orientation, performance assessment
• 3D processing and modeling: complex environments, passive and active scanning, deformation and deformable surfaces, image matching strategies
• motion capture and animation: image sequence capture and display, image matching, motion tracking and real time analysis
• visualization: rendering, multi-resolution representations, texture acquisition and mapping
• 3D applications in the fields of engineering, industry, medicine, cultural heritage, bioscience, environment and entertainment

Important Dates:
Abstract Due Date: 16 December 2014
Author Notification: 16 February 2015
Manuscripts Due: 13 April 2015

Invited speakers:

• Prof. Bernd Jaehne, Heidelberg University, Germany: Light field-based videometry.
• Prof. Reinhard Koch, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany: Real time tracking of deforming surfaces with color+depth cameras.
• Prof. Stuart Robson, University College London, UK: Optical metrology with low cost camera systems for advanced manufacturing.

The Programme Committee will review all the submitted abstracts. Abstracts should be a minimum of 500 and a maximum of 1000 words (approximately 1-2 pages of single-spaced 12 point font). Authors are encouraged to include figures and diagrams to illustrate the  concepts outlined in the abstract.
For more information related to Videometrics 2015 and for the abstract submission, please visit the SPIE website (http://spie.org/EOM/conferencedetails/videometrics-range-imaging-and-applications ) or contact us via email.
Please circulate this announcement to all your colleagues and apologies in advance for any cross-posting of the announcement.

Looking forward meeting you in Munich!
On behalf of the Videometrics conference committee,
Fabio Remondino and Mark Shortis

Dear Colleagues, long-time Participants of PhoWo, dear Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Have you ever participated in a “Boutique” Conference in photogrammetry, computer cience and geoinformatics? If YES, this is a chance to re-visit Stuttgart, if NO, this would be an excellent opportunity to participate in a scientific conference, which is quite different from all the others for the first time.
It is with great pleasure to invite you to the

55. Photogrammetric Week (PhoWo’15), held in Stuttgart, Sept 07 to 11, 2015.

The Photogrammetric Week Series is famous for delivering always an update in theories, algorithms, and workflows, in photogrammetry, computer vision and geoinformatics. Many paradigm changes were discussed in the past  – the next challenges will be  building bridges to computer science and computer graphics. Therefore PhoWo 15 will contribute to “Excellence in Photogrammetry, Computer Science and Geoinformatics”.

Every Photogrammetric Week event is a single-track symposium with carefully selected and internationally acknowledged keynote and invited speakers in the mornings and hands-on demonstrations of the Open PhoWo Partners in the afternoons. There is a social program without any extra costs – all is included in the reasonable PhoWo fee.

You are curious? Please feel free to study the details of the enclosed first announcement and visit our web pages: www.ifp.uni-stuttgart.de/phowo/index.en.html .

It will be a pleasure to meet you in Stuttgart in September 2015. Best regards
Yours Dieter Fritsch

PhoWo Organizer since 1992
Prof Dr Dieter Fritsch
Inst Photogrammetrie
Univ Stuttgart
T +49 711 6858 3386
F +49 711 6858 3297
Email: dieter.fritsch@ifp.uni-stuttgart.de

Phowo-2015-Invitation.pdf

Dear Colleague,

Let me kindly inform you that the conference chairs of PIA15+HRIGI15 cordially invites you to submit a paper to the joint ISPRS event:

• PIA15 – Photogrammetric Image Analysis
• HRIGI15 – High resolution Earth Imaging for Geospatial Information

Munich, Germany – March 25-27, 2015
http://www.pia15.tum.de
Call for Papers:

Automated extraction of objects from remotely sensed data is an important topic of research in Computer Vision, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Geoinformation Science. In order to discuss recent developments and future trends in research in automatic object extraction and their influence on sensors and processing techniques, the two well known ISPRS workshops “Photogrammetric Image Analysis” (PIA) and “High resolution earth imaging for geospatial information” (HRIGI, also known as the ISPRS-Hannover Workshop) will be held as a common event for the first time.
The location of the event will be Munich, Germany.

Scope:

While in the past PIA specialised on the automatic exploitation of the image content, the strongest side of HRIGI was the geometric processing of aerial and in particular of space imagery. Realising that both areas – geometry and semantics – can significantly support each other when considered together in photogrammetric image exploitation, the two events will be organised under a common roof held at Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) in March 2015.
At the same time they will keep their identity, as the meeting will be organised as two parallel workshops with common plenary sessions and common proceedings.

The aim of the common event is to seek, exploit and deepen the synergies between geometry and semantics, and to give the two scientific communities the possibility to discuss with and to learn from each other. The joint event addresses experts from research, government, and private industry. It consists of high quality papers, and provides an international forum for discussion of leading research and technological developments as well as applications in the field.

Conference topics:

• Small satellites and satellite constellations for mapping
• Exploitation of high resolution space images
• UAVs and other platforms
• High-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) from air and space
• Hyperspectral imaging
• Sensor and system calibration and integration
• Surface modeling and reconstruction
• 3d object extraction: buildings, roads, vegetation
• Learning and statistical methods for object extraction
• Sensor and data fusion including information from GIS, BIM, or CAD
• Image analysis for geospatial data update and change detection
• Global landcover and landuse mapping
• Rapid mapping for environmental applications and disaster management
• Industrial applications

Further topics relevant for the conference can be found in the
Terms of Reference (ToR) of the cooperating ISPRS working groups:

Paper Submission:

Prospective Authors are encouraged to submit either full papers or abstracts.

Full paper of maximum 8 pages will undergo a rigorous double blind peer review process. Accepted papers will be published in “ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”. The fact that the full papers were peer reviewed will be mentioend on each paper. The series was newly established in 2012.

Alternatively, authors may submit an extended abstract of about 1000 words. In case of acceptance by the program committee, these authors are invited to submit a full paper which will be published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”.

The type of presentation (oral or interactive) will be decided by the program committee and will be dependent upon the subject of the paper and the way it fits to the overall program.

The Archives and the Annals will be available as open access papers and will submitted  to Thomson Reuters’ for inclusion into the Conference Citation Proceedings Index (CPCI), one of the indices of the Web of Science. They are also listed in SCOPUS.

Conference Venue:

The conference will be held in Munich, the capital of Bavaria, and will be hosted by the Chair of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM). The workshop site is located at TUM, close to the museum district, and in walking distance to the main station and center of Munich.

Important dates:

 
Coordination with JURSE 2015:

We are coordinating our event with the JURSE 2015 conference held in Lausanne March 30 – April 01, 2015 http://jurse2015.org/ For authors planning to attend both PIA+HRIGI and JURSE, papers accepted for inclusion in the PIA+HRIGI conference will be offered a poster spotlight during JURSE. The paper will be reviewed only by the PIA+HRIGI program committee and will appear only in the
PIA+HRIGI proceedings. This is an opportunity on a voluntary base.

We apologize for any cross-postings.

U. Stilla and C. Heipke