CFP: EuroFusion98 Conference

[John V. Black]

EuroFusion98 Conference

6th-7th October 1998

The EuroFusion98 Conference will be held on Tuesday 6th (pm only) and 
Wednesday 7th  October 1998 in the Elgar Suite at the Abbey Hotel, Great 
Malvern, UK. The official language of the conference will be English.

The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers, users and 
others interested in any aspect of data fusion. The conference will 
comprise presentations, practical demonstrations, displays and posters on 
theoretical developments and practical applications on data fusion topics 
including, but not limited to, the following:

Bayesian methods
Dempster-Shafer techniques
Probability Fusion
Decision-level Fusion
Neural networks
Medical applications
Condition monitoring
Aerospace applications
Financial applications
Defence applications
Security applications
Transport applications
Remote sensing
Demining

Original papers on research and development are solicited for a regular 
session of refereed presentations and for a workshop of selected unrefereed 
short presentations. Workshop papers will be selected for originality of 
the approach or the importance of the application. The conference also 
offers keynote talks by invited speakers.

If you are interested in presenting your work at this conference please 
send a one-page abstract to the programme chair at the address below by 
Monday 8th June, indicating the presenting author, his / her contact 
details and whether the work is to be considered for a standard refereed 
paper, a short workshop paper or a poster. All accepted papers will be 
published in the conference proceedings. Anyone wishing to give a practical 
demonstration or display should also contact the programme chair as soon as 
possible.

Authors will be notified by Monday 29th June regarding the acceptance of 
their paper and camera-ready papers must be submitted by Monday 7th 
September.

Conference General Chair	
Jane O'Brien	
Pattern and Information Processing	
DERA	
St. Andrews Road	
Malvern	
Worcestershire, WR14 3PS, UK	
Telephone: +44 1684 895618	
Fax: +44 1684 894384	
Email: job at signal.dera.gov.uk	

Conference Programme Chair	
Mark Bedworth	
Pattern and Information Processing	
DERA	
St. Andrews Road	
Malvern	
Worcestershire, WR14 3PS, UK	
Telephone: +44 1684 894521	
Fax: +44 1684 894384	
Email: bedworth at signal.dera.gov.uk	

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Registration

Registration forms can be obtained from

Jenny Green
Conference Administrator
Pattern and Information Processing
DERA
St. Andrews Road
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 3PS
UK
Phone: +44 1684 894300
Fax: +44 1684 89 4384
Email: jagreen at signal.dera.gov.uk

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Accommodation and Travel

A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Abbey Hotel at a 
special rate of L65 single occupancy (inclusive of breakfast) and at the 
Foley Arms Hotel (two minutes walk from The Abbey) at a special rate of L58 
single occupancy (inclusive of breakfast). Bookings should be made directly 
with the hotels quoting "EuroFusion98".

Abbey Hotel				Foley Arms Hotel
Abbey Road				Worcester Road
Great Malvern				Great Malvern
Worcestershire				Worcestershire
Phone: +44 1684 892332		Phone: +44 1684 573397

DERA Malvern's General Administration Office will be pleased to advise on 
and arrange other accommodation. Some of the hotels in the area offer a 
discount to our visitors provided they are booked through the General 
Administration Office, Telephone +44 1684 894387.

Travel by Air:
Malvern is approximately 50 miles south of Birmingham International Airport 
and can be reached from the airport easily by either rail or road.

Travel by Rail:
There are two railway stations in Malvern - Malvern Link and Great Malvern. 
The closest to all the hotels is Great Malvern.
Trains run regularly from London Paddington to Great Malvern and from 
Birmingham International Airport via Birmingham New Street to Great 
Malvern. There are also rail links from Gatwick and Heathrow airports via 
Reading.

Travel by Road:
Visitors travelling on the M5 from the south should exit on the M50 at 
Junction 8. Leave the M50 at Junction 1 and follow the signposts for Great 
Malvern.
>From the north, leave the M5 at Junction 7 and follow the route signposted 
to Malvern.

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Dr John V Black         |Pattern and Information Processing Group
black at signal.dera.gov.uk|Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
Tel: +44 (0)1684 894206 |Malvern, Worcs WR14 3PS, United Kingdom.
Fax: +44 (0)1684 894384 |http://www.dera.gov.uk/