Pattern recognition data bases

In order to encourage research in the field of pattern recognition, the IEEE Computer Society´s Technical Committee on Machine Pattern Analysis has begun collecting data bases from a variety of sources. These data bases, including substantial back-up documentation, may be ordered by using the form at the back of the issue. Discounts off the data base list prices are available to IEEE members and members of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies´ constituent societies. When ordering, you may elect to send us your own blank tapes; if you do, be sure they are in good condition and have no other data recorded on them. If you have a data base that you wish to contribute to the Technical Committee on Machine Pattern Analysis, please contact Dr. E.A. Parrish, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, USA.