MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION IN IMAGING SCIENCE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING
(July - December 2003 and August 2004)

Organizing Committee · Confirmed Visitors · Overview · Activities · Membership Application

Co-chairs

• Amos Ron, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
• Zuowei Shen, National University of Singapore
• Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University, USA

Organizing secretary

• Say Song Goh, National University of Singapore

Members

• Raymond Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Ee Chien Chang, National University of Singapore
• Dennis Creamer, National University of Singapore
• Seng Luan Lee, National University of Singapore
• Hock Lim, National University of Singapore
• Wai Shing Tang, National University of Singapore
• Chye Hwang Yan, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore

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Rapid advances in communication, sensing and computational power have led to an explosion of data. The usefulness of this resource for human knowledge is determined by its accessibility and portability. The size and varied formats of these datasets present fresh challenges to existing techniques in terms of transmission, storage, querying, display and numerical manipulation. As a result, a lot of research has been conducted on computer-aided techniques to develop new technologies for data representation. The efficient and robust methods for data representation are essential for storage, communication, display, scientific analysis and computation of digital information. This requires new theories and new methods in the areas of approximation, imaging science, information processing, mathematical modeling, scientific computing and statistics.

The purpose of this program is to conduct multidisciplinary studies involving mathematical perspectives and foundation of imaging science and information processing. In particular, the program emphasizes on the applications in imaging science and information processing of the recent developments in the areas of approximation and wavelet theory, numerical analysis and scientific computing, and statistical and data analysis. The focus will be on the following themes.

1. Ideal data representations: Multiscale decompositions arrange data into strata reflecting their relative importance. This allows for rapid access to good coarse resolution of the data while retaining the flexibility for increasingly fine representations. It leads to algorithms that give sparse and accurate representations of image, medical image, acoustic and high-dimensional data, as well as geometric objects, for efficient computation, analysis, storage and communication.

2. Computational methods in imaging science: Numerical partial differential equation and linear algebra model, simulate and provide computational methods to various physical problems in signal and image processing, multimedia communication, computer aided design, and scalable data representation for modeling, simulation and visualization.

The activities of the program include:

For year 2004....

1. Conference
   • International Conference on Wavelet Theory and Applications: New Directions and Challenges, 10 - 13 August 2004
      
2. Workshops
   • Functional and harmonic analyses of wavelets and frames, 4 - 7 August 2004
   • International workshop IMS-IDR-CWAIP Joint Workshop on Data Representation, 16 - 20 August 2004
      
3. Public Lecture
   • The romance of hidden components
     ...Jointly organized by Institute for Mathematical Sciences and Department of Mathematics in conjunction with Department of Statistics and Applied Probability and Singapore Mathematical Society
     Speaker: David Donoho, Statistics Department, Stanford University, USA
     Date and Time: Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
     Venue: LT 31 (Science Auditorium), S-16, Level 3, NUS
      

For year 2003....

1. Conferences
   • Asian Approximation and Wavelet Theory Conference, 10 - 14 Nov 2003
   • International Conference on Numerical Methods in Imaging Science and Information Processing, 15 - 19 December 2003
      
2. Workshops
   • Information processing for medical images, 8 - 9 September 2003
   • Time-frequency analysis and applications, 22 - 26 September 2003
   • Joint workshop on information processing, 20 - 23 October 2003
     Jointly organized with Centre for Wavelets, Approximation and Information Processing of National University of Singapore, Center for Information Science of Peking University, and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences
   • Mathematics in image processing, 8 - 9 December 2003
      
3. Public Lectures
   • What's Math got to do with it? Mathematics at the frontiers of sciences and technology
     Speaker: Tony Chan, Department of Mathematics, University of California,
                   USA
     Date and Time: Monday, 15 December 2003, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
     Venue: LT 33, SOC-1 #02-36, NUS
   • Mathematics in the real world and the fake world
     Speaker: Stanley Osher, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
     Date and Time: Thursday, 18 December 2003, 6:00pm – 7:00pm
     Venue: LT 33, SOC-1 #02-36, NUS
      
4. Tutorial Sessions
    
5. Seminars
    

IMS Membership is not required for participation in conferences, workshops, tutorials or seminars. For attendance at these activities, please complete the respective registration form and fax it to us at (65) 6873 8292 or email it to us at ims@nus.edu.sg. If you are an invited speaker or IMS member or are applying for IMS membership, you do not need to register for these activities.

The Institute for Mathematical Sciences invites applications for membership for participation in the above program. Limited funds to cover travel and living expenses are available to young scientists. Applications should be received at least six (6) months before the commencement of membership. Application form is available in MSWord | PDF | PS format for download.

More information is available by writing to:

Secretary
Institute for Mathematical Sciences
National University of Singapore
3 Prince George's Park Singapore 118402
Republic of Singapore

or email to imssec@nus.edu.sg.

For enquiries on scientific aspects of the program, please email organizing secretary Say Song Goh at matgohss@nus.edu.sg.

Organizing Committee · Confirmed Visitors · Overview · Activities · Membership Application