Re: paleonet NAPC Morphometrics Symposium

[Dave Scott <David.Scott@xxxxxx>]

In  a follow-up to Norm's comment below I would like to remind all 
paleo people that the NAPC2005 deadline for abstracts is end of 
January, 2005. To submit an abstract you must first go through the 
registration process-if you don't register at the same time as 
submitting an abstract there a $20CAN abstract fee that must be paid to 
continue the registration process. All the particulars for registration 
are pretty self explanatory but if you have any questions you can 
contact our conference organizer, Trudy Lewis whose email is on the web 
page:
NAPC2005:http://meguma.earthsciences.dal.ca/napc/napc2005-s.htm

On Monday, December 20, 2004, at 05:51 AM, N. MacLeod wrote:

>
> For my sins I am organizing a morphometrics symposium at the upcoming 
> North
> American Paleontology Convention, which takes place on 19-26 June at
> Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia. A brief description of the
> symposium's concept is provided below. I'd like to get an idea of the
> projected program size so, if you are interested in contributing a 
> paper to
> this symposium, please contact me. The NAPC is a premier venue for the
> presentation of paleontological results, as well as results from other
> fields that paleontologists would find interesting/useful. Both types 
> of
> contributions are encouraged in this symposium. Morphometrics also has 
> been
> on the program at previous NAPC meetings and, of course, there is 
> currently
> no lack of interesting morphometric research going on.
>
> The abstract deadline is 31 January. Please mark this deadline on your
> calendars and let me know if you intend to submit an abstract.
>
> Season's Greetings,
>
> Norm MacLeod
>
> -----------
>
>
> Theory and Applications for Quantitative Models of Fossil Form:
>
> This symposium would be focused on techniques using morphometrics to 
> address
> applied research issues, the modeling of fossil form,  and automated
> approaches for fossil identification. Recent advances in the 
> theoretical
> underpinning of geometric morphometrics have clarified underlying
> similarities between theoretical and empirical morphospaces, while 
> advanced
> digital-image visualization/manipulation techniques has provided tools 
> that
> can be used to both create and inspect the geometric models that lie 
> at the
> heart of many analyses. These advances, in turn, have opened up new 
> areas of
> shape model characterization for systematic investigation. This 
> symposium
> will bring together practitioners of both applied and theoretical
> morphometric and automated object-recognition research programs for the
> purpose of (1) updating the paleontological community on recent 
> developments
> in these fields, (2) exploring inter-relations among these topics, (3)
> encouraging further interdisciplinary research, and (4) continuing the
> process of forging a unified science of form that can be applied to
> paleontological objects and that can facilitate the integration of
> morphological data with other sources of geological and biological
> information.
>
> ___________________________________________________________________
>
> Dr. Norman MacLeod
> Keeper of Palaeontology
> The Natural History Museum,
> Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD
>
>
> (0)207 942-5204 (Office)
> (0)207 942-5546 (Fax)
> http://www.nhm.ac.uk/palaeontology/a&ss/nm/nm.html (Web Page)
>
> ___________________________________________________________________
>
>
>
-- 
David B. Scott, director
Centre for Environmental and Marine Geology
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5 CANADA
PH: 902-494-3604; FAX: 902-494-3877/6889
email: dbscott@dal.ca
http://meguma.earthsciences.dal.ca/staff/dbscott/scott.htm
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