CCMA Invited Speakers

 M. Kurtz 	"The Astronomy Research Library: Urania and beyond"
 R. White 	"Protocols for Image Transfer and Distribution in Astronomy"
 D. Egret 	"The Astronomical Data Hub of the Future"
 P. Mc Kevitt 	"IntelliMedia TourGuide: understanding reference at the language/vision interface"
 R. White 	"Protocols for Image Transfer and Distribution in Astronomy"
 H.-M. Adorf 	"Astronomical Algorithms and Software"
 K. Horne 	"Virtual Reality in Astronomy"
 E. Kolaczyk	"Analysis of BATSE Data using the Haar Transform and Poisson Noise Modeling"
 E. Chereul	"3D Wavelet Transform Analysis of Hipparcos Data"
 J.-L. Starck	"Astronomocal Image Compression"
 V. Di Gesu	"Trends in Pattern Recognition and Multimedia"
 Andre Csillaghy "Neural network generated indexing features and retrieval effectiveness"
 G. Richter	"From Image Compression to Information Understanding" 
 F. Murtagh/M. Kurtz "Model-Based Clustering: New Results"/"What is Classification?"
 A. Bijaoui	"Vision Modelling in Astronomy: Recent Results"
 A. Heck	"Deversified Scientific Publishing"
 R. Molina 	"Image Models and Their Role in Image Processing" 
 C. Maccarone	 "CCMA: A Review and Future Perspectives"

"Virtual Reality in Astronomy"
Prof. Keith Horne
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of St.Andrews
North Haugh
St.Andrews
KY16 9SS Fife
Scotland
kdh1@st-andrews.ac.uk

"Analysis of BATSE Data using the Haar Transform and 
Poisson Noise Modeling"
Prof. Eric Kolaczyk
Department of Statistics
The University of Chicago
5734 University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
USA
kolaczyk@galton.uchicago.edu

"Neural network generated indexing features and retrieval effectiveness"
Prof. Andre Csillaghy
Institute of Astronomy 
ETH-Zentrum 
CH-8092 Zurich 
Switzerland
csillag@astro.phys.ethz.ch

"IntelliMedia TourGuide: understanding reference at the language/vision interface"
Dr. Paul Mc Kevitt
Center for PersonKommunikation
Fredrik Bajers Vej 7-A2
AAlborg University
DK - 9220, Aalborg
Denmark
pmck@cpk.auc.dk

"From Image Compression to Information Understanding" 
Dr. Gotthard Richter
Astronomisches Institut
An der Sternwarte 16
14482 Postdam
Germany
gmrichter@aip.de

"Protocols for Image Transfer and Distribution in Astronomy"
Dr. Rick White
Space Telescope Science Institute
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
USA
rlw@stsci.edu
white@stsci.edu

"Astronomical Algorithms and Software: A Retrospective and the
Way Forward"
Dr Hans-Martin Adorf
Buergerplatz 8
D-85748 Garching b. Muenchen
Germany
adorf@eso.org

"Astronomical Image Compression"
Dr Jean-Luc Starck 
CEA, DSM/DAPNIA, CE-SACLAY,
F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex
France
starck@discovery.saclay.cea.fr

"The Astronomical Data Hub of the Future"
Dr Daniel Egret
Director, Strasbourg Observatory
11, rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg 
egret@astro.u-strasbg.fr

3D Wavelet Transform Analysis of Hipparcos Data"
Mr Emmanuel Chereul
Strasbourg Observatory
11, rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg 
chereul@cdsxb6.u-strasbg.fr

"Vision Modelling in Astronomy: Recent Results"
Dr Albert Bijaoui
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
B.P. 4229
F-06304 Nice Cedex 4
France
Tel: +33 4 92 00 30 27
Fax: +33 4 92 00 30 33
Email: bijaoui@obs-nice.fr

"Trends in Pattern Recognition and Multimedia"

Prof. Vito Di Gesù
Computer Science Division                  |
DMA - University of Palermo
Via Archirafi 34
I-90123 Palermo
Italy 
Tel: +39 91 604 0419
Fax: +39 91 616 5425
Email: digesu@ipamat.math.unipa.it

"Diversified Scientific Publishing"
Prof. André Heck
Observatoire de Strasbourg
11, rue de l'Université
F-67000 Strasbourg
France
Tel: +33 3 88 15 07 43 (direct)
Fax: +33 3 88 49 12 55 (private)
Email: heck@astro.u-strasbg.fr

"What is Classification?"
"The Astronomy Research Library: Urania and beyond"

Dr Michael J Kurtz
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 
USA
Tel: +1 617 495-7343
Fax: +1 617 495-7467
Email: kurtz@cfa.harvard.edu

"CCMA: A Review and Future Perspectives"

Dr Maria Concetta Maccarone (Chairman)
IFCAI/CNR
Area della Ricerca
Via Ugo La Malfa 153 
90138 Palermo
Italy  
Tel: +39-91-6809460
Fax: +39-91-6809578
Email: cettina@ifcai.pa.cnr.it

"Image Models and Their Role in Image Processing" 

Dr Rafael Molina 
University of Granada
Dept. of Computer Science & A.I.
E.T.S. Inf. Informatica
E-18071 Granada
Spain
 Tel: +34 58 243197
Fax: +34 58 243317
Email: rms@decsai.ugr.es

"Model-Based Clustering: New Results" 

Prof Fionn Murtagh
Faculty of Informatics 
University of Ulster
Londonderry BT48 7JL 
Northern Ireland 
Tel: +44 1504 37-5453
Fax: +44 1504 37-5489
fd.murtagh@ulst.ac.uk 
and Observatoire de Strasbourg
11, rue de l'Université
F-67000 Strasbourg
France
fmurtagh@cdsxb6.u-strasbg.fr



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