Geometric Algorithms for the Analysis of Shapes and Patterns

April 3-14, 2000

Location: Institut für Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin
Takustr. 9, D-14195 Berlin (Dahlem), Room 005

TOPICS: necessary fundamentals from computational geometry - distance measures for shapes and point sets and their computation - point pattern matching with applications - point-based image registration - matching of shapes, exact and approximative algorithm - simplification of shapes with applications - invited lectures by applicants

PREREQUISITES: undergraduate knowledge in mathematics or computer science, basic knowledge in design and analysis of algorithms.

This course will be held in English by Prof. H. Alt and Prof. G. Rote, FU Berlin.

The course starts at 9.15 am.