Workshop Organization 
The workshop was organized by the following Working Groups and Organizations: 
ISPRS WG [11/5 Remote Sensing and Vision Theories for Automatic Scene Interpretation 
Chairs: B. Csatho, Byrd Polar Research Center, OSU, Columbus, OH, USA 
D. Wang, Computer and Information Science, OSU, Columbus, OH, USA 
ISPRS WG I1I/2 Algorithms for Surface Reconstruction 
Chairs: A. Krupnik, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 
C. Toth, Center for Mapping, OSU, Columbus, OH, USA 
Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) 
B. Minster, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA 
Scientific Committee 
B. Csatho, chair, Byrd Polar Research Center, OSU, Columbus, OH, USA 
M. Hofton, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA 
A. Krupnik, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 
B. Minster, IGPP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA 
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ISPRS WG IIl/5 Remote Sensing and Vision Theories for Automatic Scene Interpretation 
Byrd Polar Research Center, OSU, Columbus, OH, USA 
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