Technical meeting: Digital image processing software systems
An announcement of a technical meeting on digital image processing software and systems.
Pratt, W.K., "Technical meeting: Digital image processing software systems", RFC 526, DOI 10.17487/RFC0526, June 1973, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc526>.
@misc{rfc526,
series = {Request for Comments},
number = 526,
howpublished = {RFC 526},
publisher = {RFC Editor},
doi = {10.17487/RFC0526},
url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc526},
author = {W.K. Pratt},
title = {{Technical meeting: Digital image processing software systems}},
pagetotal = 3,
year = 1973,
month = jun,
} RFC text
Network Working Group Dr. William K. Pratt
RFC # 526 USC
NIC # 17162 June 25, 1973
Technical Meeting
Digital Image Processing Software Systems
July 17-18, 1973
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California Image Processing Institute in
conjunction with the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Information
Processing Techniques Office is sponsoring a technical meeting on
digital image processing software systems. The meeting will be held at
USC on July 17-18, 1973. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the
existing hardware facilities and software systems suitable for large
scale image processing operations over the ARPANET. Additionally,
preliminary consideration will be given to the potential development of
universal image processing software that will be of utility to the
entire image processing R & D community.
Representatives of interested organizations are invited to attend the
technical meeting. Attendees should contact:
Professor William K. Pratt
Olin Hall, Room 330H
University of Southern California
University Park
Los Angeles, California 90007
(213) 746-2694
Technical Meeting
DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
July 17-18, 1973
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
AGENDA
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17 July 1973
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Powell Hall - Room 101
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1:00 Introduction; informal tour of USC image processing facilities
Seaver Science Center Conference Room
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Image Processing Hardware and Software
Moderator: Bill Pratt - USC
2:00 ARPA Image Processing Programs
John Perry - ARPA/IPT
2:30 UCLA Campus Computer Network Computational Facilities
Bob Braden - UCLA
3:00 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories Computational Facilities
3:30 ILLIAC IV Computational Facilities
Clark Oliphant - Computer Center Corp.
4:00 Coffee Break
4:30 VICAR Image Processing Software
John Krasner - JPL
5:00 LARSYS Image Processing Software
5:30 PAZ II Image Processing Software
Azriel Rosenfeld - University of Maryland (tentative)
Faculty Center
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6:30 Cocktail Hour
7:30 Dinner
8:30 Discussions of Other Image Processing Software
PECOS - - ESL, Inc.
LADIES - Bob Hunt - Los Alamos
KANDIDATS - R. Haralick - Kansas
18 July 1973
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Seaver Science Center Conference Room
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9:00 Group discussion
Moderator: John Perry
- requirements of user community
- advantages and disadvantages of existing software systems
- desired properties of a software system
10:30 Coffee Break
11: 00 Group discussion continuation
- proposals for adoption of a universal image processing
software
12:00 Meeting ends
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§1Why This Meeting Mattered
RFC 526 announces a technical meeting on digital image processing software systems, sponsored by USC's Image Processing Institute in conjunction with ARPA's Information Processing Techniques Office. Held on July 17-18, 1973 at USC, the meeting brought together representatives of ARPA-funded image processing research to consider existing hardware and software suitable for large-scale image processing over the ARPANET.
The research community wanted to discuss whether universal image processing software could be developed for the entire research community. At the time, many different systems existed, and researchers wanted to share tools and avoid duplication.
Scientists working on computers that process pictures got together to talk about what tools and systems existed and whether they could build one tool everyone could use.
§2Meeting Topics and Presentations
Day one featured presentations on ARPA's image processing programs, computational facilities at UCLA and Lawrence Berkeley Labs, the ILLIAC IV system, and existing software packages such as JPL's VICAR (Video Image Communication And Retrieval), LARSYS (Land Analysis and Remote Sensing SYStem), and PAZ II from the University of Maryland. A cocktail hour and dinner allowed informal discussion of other systems like PECOS, LADIES, and KANDIDATS.
Day two focused on group discussion of user requirements, advantages and disadvantages of existing systems, and desired properties of a universal system. The meeting concluded with discussion of proposals for adopting universal image processing software.
People talked about the computers and programs they had, then brainstormed what a universal tool should do.
§3Coordination and Standardization
The meeting addressed an important gap in image processing research: the lack of coordination among different facilities and software systems. By bringing researchers together, the workshop aimed to assess the current state of the field and explore whether a universal system could be developed that would benefit the entire ARPANET research community. This kind of coordination workshop was a way for ARPA-funded research to share experiences and avoid duplication.
Instead of everyone building their own image processing tools, the researchers wanted to see if they could agree on standards and share tools.