RESEARCH PROJECTS
Research in accordance with the following projects was carried out by LIPR in 1995-1997:

1. projects under the European Commission scientific programms:
• COPERNICUS COP94-00944 project VIRGOS "Vector and image integration for remote sensing and geographical information systems"; (1995-97)
• INTAS project N 94-459 "Development and investigation of fast recursive algorithms for image processing" (1995-97);
• INTAS project N 9315-85 ⌠Gibbs algorithms for evaluation of geometrical form of ML estimates (1994-1998);
• INTAS project N 96-785 ⌠Multi-scale image analysis and applications■ (1997-1999);
2. projects supported by the government and organisations of Belarus:
• fundamental research project "Image Analysis and Recognition" of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences(1996 2000);
• project "Interpretation of engineering drawings" under the national programme "Informatics" (Computer Science) of the Republic of Belarus (1997-1998);
• project "Problem-oriented recognition of gray-scale image objects" supported by the Belarussian Fund for Fundamental Research (1999-2001);
• project "Fast algorithms for segmentation of face images" supported by the Belarussian Fund for Fundamental Research (1999-2001);
• project "Document image coding and processing: approach based on the principal component analysis and its modifications" supported by the Belarusian Fund for Fundamental Research (1997-1999);
• several projects with industrial organizations of the Republic of Belarus in image processing;
3. international projects:
• projects and contracts with cartographic factories and industrial enterprises from Russia, Ukraine and India;
• bilateral scientific projects with academic organisations from Italy, United Kingdom, France, Austria, Russia, Ukraine (see International cooperation).

INDUSTRIAL LINKS AND APPLICATIONS
Systems and software developed by the LIPR have been implemented at the following companies and organisations:

1. Republic of Belarus:
• State Cartographic Factory (the automatic map digitizing system);
• Ministry of Forest Economy (the forest map digitizing system);
• State Ecology Centre "Ecomir" (the automatic map digitizing and remote sensing image processing system);
• Industrial Group "Integral" (the integrated circuit layout analysis system);
• "BelGiproGas" Company (the map digitizing system);
• BelGIIS "GeoServis" Company (the map digitizing system).
2. Russia:
• Institute of Precision Instrument Building, Moscow (the remote sensing image processing software);
• "InterAVIA" Inc. Company, Moscow (the engineering drawing interpretation system);
• "Avtoprom", R & D Institute, N.Novgorod (the image vectorization system);
• Regional oil Ministry HQs, Nishnevartovsk, (the map digitizing system);
• several cartographic companies (the map digitizing system).
3. Ukraine:
• Metallurgic Group "Zaporozshstal", Zaporoj'e (the diagram recognition system);
• Scientific-industrial Group "Rotor", Tserkassy, (the image vectorization system);
• several cartographic companies (the map digitizing system).
4. Poland
• Polish branch of "Intergraph" Company (the image vectorization system) .
5. Romania
• Cartographic Department of the Ministry of Defence (the map vectorization system).
6. France
• MATRA Systems and Information Company (the map vectorization system).