UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION and INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY THE ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS Strada Costiera 11 Telephone: +39-040-2240111 I-34014 Trieste Telex: 460392 ICTP I Italy Telefax: +39-040-224163 School on Mathematical Problems in Image Processing 4 - 22 September 2000 Miramare, Trieste, Italy Co-sponsors: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is organizing a School on Mathematical Problems in Image Processing from 4 to 22 September 2000. It will be directed by L. Ambrosio (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy), G. Dal Maso (SISSA, Trieste, Italy), and J.-M. Morel (Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France). PROGRAMME The most recent developments in image and signal processing involve many different areas of Mathematics and lead to very deep mathematical problems. The aim of the School is to give an up-to-date account of the different mathematical techniques used in this field. Each course will be complemented by computer-assisted demonstrations, which will illustrate and validate the progress achieved by the use of the new conceptual tools. The first two weeks will be devoted to instructional lectures of an expository nature on the following topics: - Variational methods in image analysis - Applications of geometric measure theory - Applications of nonlinear partial differential equations - Wavelets in image analysis - Statistical methods in image analysis The speakers will be: L. Ambrosio (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy) F. Guichard (INRETS, Arcueil, France) Y. Meyer (Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France) Song Chun Zhu (Ohio State University, Columbus, U.S.A.) The corresponding computer-assisted demonstrations will be given by: S. Masnou (Universite' Paris 6, France) L. Moisan (Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France) F. Meyer (University of Colorado at Boulder, U.S.A.) Yingnian Wu (University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.) The third week of the School will be devoted to a research-level Conference on the most recent mathematical results in this field. PARTICIPATION Mathematicians from all countries that are members of the UN, UNESCO or IAEA can attend the School. The main purpose of the Centre is to help research workers from developing countries through a programme of training activities within a framework of international cooperation. However, students and post-doctoral scientists from developed countries are also welcome to attend. As the School will be conducted in English, participants should have an adequate working knowledge of that language. Participants should preferably have completed some years of study and research after a first degree. There is no registration fee for participation in the School. As a rule, all expenses of the participants should be borne by the home institution. However, a limited number of financial grants are available for participants from developing countries. As scarcity of funds allows travel to be granted only in few exceptional cases, every effort should be made by candidates to secure support for their fares (or at least half of their fares) from their home country. Graduate and doctoral students should include with their application two letters of recommendation. The closing date for submitting requests for participation is 15 April 2000. The decision of the organizers will be communicated to all candidates as soon as possible thereafter. The "Request for Participation" form, to be found appended to this Bulletin (obtainable also via electronic mail: smr1237@ictp.trieste.it, using as Subject: get announcement, or via WWW server: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/www_users/math/maths2000.html) should be completed, signed and mailed to: The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics School on Mathematical Problems in Image Processing (c/o Ms. A. Bergamo) Strada Costiera 11 I-34014 Trieste Italy Telephone: +39 - 040 - 2240201 Telefax: +39 - 040 - 2240490 e-mail: smr1237@ictp.trieste.it ===========================end of bulletin================================= PLEASE DETACH HERE NOTE: Better resolution if printed using Courier 10 =========================================================================== UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION and INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY THE ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS Strada Costiera 11 Telephone: +39-040-2240111 I-34014 Trieste Telex: 460392 ICTP I Italy Telefax: +39-040-224163 REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION School on Mathematical Problems in Image Processing 4 - 22 September 2000 e-mail: smr1237@ictp.trieste.it _______________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS Each question must be answered clearly and completely. Type or print in ink. If more space is required, attach additional pages. 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