Donald L. Snyder Workshop A workshop to honor Donald L. Snyder on the occasion of his 65th birthday, organized by friends and colleagues.

Directions to Brown Hall 100 and Campus Map (coming soon)

Friday, Jan. 14

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Dean Christopher Byrnes

8:45 - 10:30 a.m. Medical Imaging
Jerome R. Cox, Chair

• Marc Raichle, Washington University
• Tom R. Miller, Washington University, "Tomographic Reconstruction in Nuclear Medicine: The Pioneering Contributions of Don Snyder"
• David G. Politte and Lewis J. Thomas, Jr., Washington University, "Some Contributions of Donald Snyder to Medical Imaging Research at the Biomedical Computer Laboratory"

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Image Processing
Alfred Hero, Chair

• Pierre Moulin, University of Illinois, "Universal and Adaptive Methods in Statistical Imaging"
• Gary E. Christensen, University of Iowa, "Consistent Transformations for Image Matching"
• Daniel R. Fuhrmann, Washington University, "Automated Image Analysis for DNA Restriction-Fragment Mapping"

12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch at Holmes Lounge

1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Communication Theory
Joseph A. O'Sullivan, Chair

• Prakash Narayan, University of Maryland, and Bixio Rimoldi, EPFL, "On Three Simple Topics for a Course on Information Theory"
• Costas N. Georghiades and P. Spasojevic, Texas A&M University, "On the Use of the EM Algorithm in Telecommunications"
• Anekal B. Sripad, Bell Laboratories, "Current Trends in Optical Communications"

3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 - 5:00 p.m. Signal Processing
Daniel R. Fuhrmann, Chair

• Jose' Moura, Carnegie Mellon University, "SPIRAL: An Adaptive Optimized Signal Processing Algorithm Library"
• Julius L. Goldstein, Washington University, "Auditory Peak Detection for Intensity Change of Noise Matches Internal and External Variabilities"
• Robert E. Morley, Washington University, "Magnetic Fingerprinting Applications and VLSI Implementation"
• Benjamin J. Slocumb, Georgia Tech Research Institute, "New Track-Based Techniques for Pulse Train Analysis and Deinterleaving"

6:00 p.m. Reception at the home of Daniel R. Fuhrmann

Saturday, Jan. 15

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Chancellor Mark Wrighton

8:45 - 10:30 a.m. Quantitative Imaging
Pierre Moulin, Chair

• Michael I. Miller, Johns Hopkins University, "The Future of Computational Imaging Science"
• Timothy J. Schulz, Michigan Technological University, "Estimation-Theoretic Methods for Astronomical and Space-Object Imaging"
• Chrysanthe Preza, Washington University, "Progress in Quantitative Differential-Contrast Microscopy Using Rotational-Diversity Phase Estimation"

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Imaging and Applications
Timothy J. Schulz, Chair

• Kurt Smith, Medtronic Sofamor Danek, "The DLS Effect"
• Lyn Hibbard, Computerized Medical Systems, Inc., "Maximum A Posteriori Contouring for 3-D RTP"
• R. Martin Arthur, Washington University, "Characterization of Tissue for Adaptive-focus Ultrasonic Imaging"

12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 - 3:15 p.m. Random Processes and Estimation
Richard E. Blahut, Chair

• Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Quantum Gaussian Noise"
• Alfred Hero, University of Michigan, "Parameter Estimation for Multi-dimensional Filtered Poisson Processes"
• Joseph A. O'Sullivan, Washington University, "Expectation-Maximization Algorithms for Exponential Families"
• Stefano Soatto, Washington University, "Shape Estimation from the Information Divergence of Blurred Images"

3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Break

3:30 - 5:15 p.m. Image Estimation
Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Chair

• Arthur B. Baggeroer, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, "Sonar Array Processing: Theory and Practice"
• Richard E. Blahut, University of Illinois, "Huygens' Principle in a New Light"
• John C. Schotland, Washington University, "Tomography with Diffusing Photons"
• Aaron D. Lanterman, University of Illinois, "Imaging in Radio Astronomy via an Expectation-Maximization Algorithm for Structured Covariance Estimation"

7:00 p.m. Banquet at the Sheraton, Clayton Plaza