Research Symposium and Workshop: Advanced Imaging Methods for Accurate Deformation, Motion and Shape Measurements: Recent Developments and Applications; held in Columbia, SC

研究目标是(a)将处于不同职业阶段的研究人员和工程师聚集在一起，讨论实验力学的最新进展以及非接触式测量方法所起的作用，包括全体积测量（例如，计算机辅助断层扫描），一般表面运动（例如，立体视觉）和与实验测量相结合的模拟方法；(b)作为实验力学更广泛领域的国际合作和伙伴关系的催化剂，(c)为参与者提供观看和使用现代基于视觉的技术进行定量测量的机会。为了实现这些目标，(a)国际公认的研究科学家和工程师将担任组委会成员；(b)将为非接触方法的杰出研究人员提供部分差旅支持，以确保他们通过受邀演讲的方式积极参与。数字成像技术的增长和发展，加上计算和图像处理技术的非凡进步，最终产生了广泛的基于视觉的非接触式测量方法，为本次研讨会和研讨会提供了动力。教育工作将包括(a)通过电子邮件、直接个人联系和专业协会（例如，实验力学学会）广泛传播研讨会的时间和地点，(b)通过小额旅行资助特别鼓励年轻研究人员参加，(c)直接获得视觉设备和技术以获得实践经验，以及(d)以会议记录的形式传播研讨会的结果（CD-ROM，印刷品）和，在有高质量论文的情况下，发表在诸如《应变与实验力学期刊》之类的存档渠道上。

The research objectives are to (a) bring together researchers and engineers at various stages in their careers to discuss recent advances in experimental mechanics and the role that is being played by non-contacting measurement methods, including full-volume measurements (e.g., computer aided tomography), general surface motions (e.g. stereo-vision) and simulation methods integrated with experimental measurements, (b) serve as a catalyst for international collaboration and partnership in the broader area of experimental mechanics and (c) provide participants with the opportunity to view and use modern, vision-based technology to make quantitative measurements. To meet these objectives, (a) internationally recognized research scientists and engineers will serve on the organizing committee and (b) outstanding investigators in non-contacting methods will be provided partial travel support to ensure their active participation via an invited presentation. The growth and development of digital imaging technology, coupled with extraordinary advances in computational and image processing technology, is culminating in a wide range of vision-based, non-contacting measurement methods, providing the impetus for this Workshop and Symposium. Educational efforts will include (a) broad dissemination of the time and place for the symposium via email, direct personal contact and professional society distributions (e.g., the Society for Experimental Mechanics), (b) special encouragement to young investigators to attend via small travel grants, (c) direct access to vision equipment and technology for hands-on experience, and (d) dissemination of the results from symposium in the form of proceedings (CD-ROM, print) and, for those cases where high quality papers are available, publication in archival outlets such as the Journals of Strain and Experimental Mechanics.