Workshop: Short Course: Mathematical Methods in Speech and Image Analysis 
   Dates: September 11-15, 2000  

Organizers: Stu Geman,         Applied Mathematics  Brown University
            Basilis Gidas,     Brown University
            Peter J. Olver,    University of Minnesota
            Guillermo Sapiro,  University of Minnesota
            Jackie Shen,       University of Minnesota
            Allen Tannenbaum,  Georgia Institute of Technology




Total number of comments: 4


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Overview of comments: Overall comments were very positive with one exception.
Logistics were praised uniformely, some with ethusiasm.  Generally the content
was also priased with one notable dissent which felt that the tutorial was too
heavily weighted to imaging as opposed to speech.


Selected comments

Content: This course was interesting, but overall I was
disappointed-  although the course was titled 'speech and image' it was in fact
almost entirely related to image processing, and the lecturers generally had
very little, if any, knowledge about speech. Although most of the audience were
probably from an image processing background, from a personal perspective I had
hoped to improve my knowledge of mathematical techniques used in speech. I also
think that some inclusion of this  would have helped those mathematicians not
from a speech  background but who attended the workshop the following week. I
think from my perspective as a speech researcher with some  Also, as there are
interesting parallels between speech and image, more attempt to bring the two
technologies together and see how techniques favoured in one can and are used
in the other, would have been informative and fitted with the title of the
workshop. 

 This short course was extremely interesting, and I felt I
learned a great deal.  All the lectures were valuable, and
the lectures by G. Sapiro were particularly clear and 
interesting; I believe I got a good overview of new 
research directions in these areas.  I made new contacts;
I had many interesting conversations with a variety of
short course participants.  I am very glad to have attended
the short course and I am certain it will be of direct
value in my research.



Logistics: Everything far exceeded my expectations.  The hotel and office space were
excellent.  The IMA staff was  first rate.  They were courteous, professional and
made me feel very welcome.

 Everything at the IMA was very well organized.  The office
accomodations were great, and the IMA staff was very helpfull.
It was a very productive and enjoyable visit.