Workshop Announcement:

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           Statistical Inferences on Shape Manifolds
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                     May 6 to May 9, 2005

  American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center

                     Palo Alto, California

        http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/shapemanifolds.html


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Description:
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This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to
algorithmic and computational shape analysis.  It will bring 
together researchers in the field of shape analysis to identify
and discuss outstanding issues in algorithmic shape representation,
statistical inferences on shape manifolds, and applications to
areas such as medical imaging, homeland security  and military 
target recognition. Algorithmic shape analysis has a 
multidisciplinary nature, so the workshop will seek to promote
interaction and foster the development of new collaborations among
researchers with expertise in mathematics, statistics and image
analysis. 

The workshop is organized by
Washington Mio, David Mumford, and Anuj Srivastava.

For more details please see the workshop announcement page:
http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/shapemanifolds.html

Space and funding is available for a few more participants.
If you would like to participate, please apply by filling
out the on-line form (available at the link above) no later
than February 6, 2005. Applications are open to all, and
we especially encourage women, underrepresented minorities,
junior mathematicians, and researchers from primarily
undergraduate institutions to apply.

Before submitting an application, please read the ARCC
policies concerning participation and financial support
for participants.

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