[Acpc-l] Einladung zum Informatik-Kolloquium Prof. SOLINA

[Werner Purgathofer]

Der Fachbereich Informatik und die Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft
laden zu folgendem Vortrag ein:
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Professor Dr. Franc SOLINA
University of Ljubljana, Computer Vision Laboratories

Datum:    12. Mai 2003
Uhrzeit:  17.00 Uhr pünktlich
Ort:      Hörsaal EI 10 (Paschke-Hs), Gußhausstr. 27-29, Erdgeschoss

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TITEL: 15 seconds of fame - Use of Computer Vision in a modern art installation
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ABSTRACT: "15 seconds of fame" is an interactive art installation which 
elevates the face of a randomly selected observer for 15 seconds into a 
"work of art". The installation was inspired by Andy Warhol's statement 
that "In the future everybody will be famous for 15 minutes" as well as by 
the pop-art style of his works. The critical part of the installation is 
detection of faces which enables the cropping of faces from the wide-angle 
images of people standing in front of the installation. The method for 
color-based face detection which must be reliable in different illumination 
conditions and scenes will be described as well as the Internet 
dissemination of the resulting portraits.

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Kurzbiographie zu Professor Dr. Franc SOLINA
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Franc Solina is a professor of computer science at University of Ljubljana 
and Head of Computer Vision Laboratory at the
Faculty of Computer and Information Science. He received a B.Sc. and a 
M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ljubljana, 
Slovenia in 1979 and 1982, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in computer 
science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. His research interests 
include range image interpretation, 3D shape reconstruction,
panoramic imaging, and applications of computer vision in the arts.


Weitere Informationen über den Vortragenden finden Sie auf
http://www.lrv.fri.uni-lj.si/~franc

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Kontaktperson an der TU Wien: Prof.Dr.Walter Kropatsch, Tel. 58801-18350

Die Finanzierung dieser Veranstaltung erfolgt durch
das Institut für Rechnergestützte Automation und die TU Wien
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Der Fachbereich Informatik erhält Sponsorgelder u.a. von
      - Austrian Research Center Seibersdorf
      - Siemens AG Österreich
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