Early registration ends today!
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
PROGRAM and REGISTRATION online at:
IEEE/EG Point-Based Graphics Symposium (PBG) 2007
http://graphics.ethz.ch/events/pbg/07/index.html
IEEE/EG International Symposium on Volume Graphics (VG) 2007
http://vg.swan.ac.uk/vg07/index.html
REGISTRATION open online at:
https://www.eg.org/egshop/jsf/user/conferencelist.jsp
(Advanced Registration ends July 27th)
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Venue: PBG - September 2-3, 2007, Prague, Czech Republic
Venue: VG - September 3-4, 2007, Prague, Czech Republic
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INVITED SPEAKERS
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Professor Amitabh Varshney, University of Maryland at College Park:
Visualization and Persuasion
http://vg.swan.ac.uk/vg07/keynote.html
Professor Wolfgang Baumeister, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry:
Electron tomography: A voyage to the inner space of cells
http://vg.swan.ac.uk/vg07/capstone.html
WORKSHOP AIMS AND SCOPE
-----------------------
Volume Graphics 2007 will be held in conjunction with the Point-Based
Graphics Symposium 2007 in Prague in Sept., both under the auspices of
EUROGRAPHICS 2007 Conference.
IEEE/EG Symposium on Point-Based Graphics
The IEEE/Eurographics Symposium on Point-Based Graphics (PBG) is a forum
for presenting new results related to the use of point-based primitives in
modeling, rendering, data acquisition, simulation, geometry, and graphics
hardware.
IEEE/EG International Symposium on Volume Graphics
Volume Graphics (VG07) follows five successful workshops in former years.
It aims to bring together researchers from both the academic and industry
who are working, or wish to work, on volume graphics. Volume Graphics is
concerned with modeling, processing, and rendering of data which is
typically acquired through tomography, 3D microscopy, computational
simulations, statistical measurements or analytical methods. It is capable
of representing solid and soft objects, interiors as well as surfaces, and
synthesizing graphical images in a true 3D manner. The symposium will
continue to explore the potential of volume-based techniques beyond the
scope of volume visualization as it is currently practiced.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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PBG - Symposium Chairs:
Baoquan Chen, University of Minnesota
Matthias Zwicker, University of California, San Diego
PBG - Paper Chairs:
Mario Botsch, ETH Zurich
Renato Pajarola, University of Zurich
VG - Honorary Chair
Arie Kaufman (Stony Brook University, USA)
VG - Symposium Chairs
Torsten M??ller (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Milos Sramek (OAW Visualisierung, Vienna, Austria)
VG - Paper Chairs
Hans-Christian Hege (Zuse Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany)
Raghu Machiraju (Ohio State University, USA)
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For more information, please contact vg07(a)swansea.ac.uk
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Apologies for any duplicate you may receive.
Please bring to the attention of colleagues / students.
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COMPUTER GRAPHICS FORUM -- COVER COMPETITION 2008
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COMPUTER GRAPHICS FORUM is the journal of Eurographics, the European
Association for Computer Graphics. Each year we have the opportunity
to change the picture appearing on the cover of the journal. This is
your opportunity to show the world what you can do, a competition for
the photograph for the 2008 volume.
The first prize winner gets 200 Euro, but the biggest prize is of
course the fact that your picture will appear on all the 2008 issues,
including the conference issue!
The winner will be publicly announced at the closing session of the
Eurographics 2007 conference in Prague (Czech Republic).
IT IS SUFFICIENT TO SEND IN IMAGES VIA EMAIL ATTACHMENTS TO
Federico Ponchio <ponchio(a)dm.unipi.it <??>>
Deadline: AUGUST 20th, 2007
Electronic submissions may be in all image formats. For production on
the cover of "Forum", we will send the winning specific instructions.
To give you an idea what we are looking for and further instructions,
visit the CGF Cover Contest web page:
http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/cgf/cover.htm
<??>Information about EUROGRAPHICS can be found at: http://www.eg.org/
<??>
Roberto Scopigno
Co-Editor in Chief
Computer Graphics Forum
Visual Computing Laboratory
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione (ISTI)
National Research Council (CNR)
Area della Ricerca CNR di Pisa
Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa ITALY
phone: +39 050 315 2929 cell: +39 348 396 6819
fax: +39 050 315 2040
email: roberto.scopigno(a)isti.cnr.it
web: http://vcg.isti.cnr.it <http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/>
IEEE/EG Point-Based Graphics Symposium (PBG) 2007
http://graphics.ethz.ch/events/pbg/07/index.html
IEEE/EG International Symposium on Volume Graphics (VG) 2007
http://vg.swan.ac.uk/vg07/index.html
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
REGISTRATION open online at:
https://www.eg.org/egshop/jsf/user/conferencelist.jsp
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Venue: PBG - September 2-3, 2007, Prague, Czech Republic
Venue: VG - September 3-4, 2007, Prague, Czech Republic
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INVITED SPEAKERS
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Professor Amitabh Varshney, University of Maryland at College Park:
Visualization and Persuasion
http://vg.swan.ac.uk/vg07/keynote.html
Professor Wolfgang Baumeister, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry:
Electron tomography: A voyage to the inner space of cells
http://vg.swan.ac.uk/vg07/capstone.html
WORKSHOP AIMS AND SCOPE
-----------------------
Volume Graphics 2007 will be held in conjunction with the Point-Based
Graphics Symposium 2007 in Prague in Sept., both under the auspices of
EUROGRAPHICS 2007 Conference.
IEEE/EG Symposium on Point-Based Graphics
The IEEE/Eurographics Symposium on Point-Based Graphics (PBG) is a forum
for presenting new results related to the use of point-based primitives in
modeling, rendering, data acquisition, simulation, geometry, and graphics
hardware.
IEEE/EG International Symposium on Volume Graphics
Volume Graphics (VG07) follows five successful workshops in former years.
It aims to bring together researchers from both the academic and industry
who are working, or wish to work, on volume graphics. Volume Graphics is
concerned with modeling, processing, and rendering of data which is
typically acquired through tomography, 3D microscopy, computational
simulations, statistical measurements or analytical methods. It is capable
of representing solid and soft objects, interiors as well as surfaces, and
synthesizing graphical images in a true 3D manner. The symposium will
continue to explore the potential of volume-based techniques beyond the
scope of volume visualization as it is currently practiced.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
--------------------
PBG - Symposium Chairs:
Baoquan Chen, University of Minnesota
Matthias Zwicker, University of California, San Diego
PBG - Paper Chairs:
Mario Botsch, ETH Zurich
Renato Pajarola, University of Zurich
VG - Honorary Chair
Arie Kaufman (Stony Brook University, USA)
VG - Symposium Chairs
Torsten Möller (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Milos Sramek (OAW Visualisierung, Vienna, Austria)
VG - Paper Chairs
Hans-Christian Hege (Zuse Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany)
Raghu Machiraju (Ohio State University, USA)
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For more information, please contact vg07(a)swansea.ac.uk
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VriPhys07: SUBMISSION *DEADLINE* *EXTENDED*
New Deadline for Papers: >>> July 18th <<<
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VRIPhyS'07 CALL FOR PAPERS
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SUBMISSION INFORMATION AT:
http://egmcp1.cgv.tugraz.at/SRM_VRIPHYS07
Fourth Workshop in Virtual Reality Interactions and
Physical Simulation (VRIPHYS '07).
Trinity College of Dublin, Ireland, 9th-10th November
http://www.vriphys.org <http://www.vriphys.org/>
This is the fourth edition of the workshop and this year
it is hosted
by Trinity College, Dublin. The workshop is organized in
cooperation with Eurographics.
As in previous editions, the goal is to attract high level
research
papers in the domains of dynamic simulation and physical
interaction
in virtual reality environments. We also welcome papers
showing on-going
research with promising results and new technology with
applications
related focus. We particularly encourage works in the
medical domain
due to its strong ties to the workshop topics. Topic
Submissions are
invited in (but not limited to) the following areas:
* Deformable objects (e.g. biomechanical modeling of soft
and hard tissues)
* Physical standards for assessing deformable objects
(e.g. performance metrics & validation of medical
simulators)
* Natural phenomena modeling (hair, fluids, ...)
* Collision detection techniques
* Geometric algorithms for physical simulation
* Haptic interactions & virtual reality interfaces
* Physically based dynamics (video games, medical
simulators)
The workshop seeks to be an international forum for
researchers and
students to provide a propitious environment for sharing
results and
exchanging new concepts on these fields.
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Submission Information
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Papers are allowed 6 to 10 pages and formatted according
to the EG publication guidelines for workshop submission. For
double-blind reviewing, the anonymous submission version should be
used.
Accepted papers will be presented orally at the workshop and appear
in the proceedings.
The works must be formatted in pdf and should include the
following data:
* Abstract of not more than 150 words.
* Three to five keywords.
Instruction and material can be found at:
http://egmcp1.cgv.tugraz.at/SRM_VRIPHYS07
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Important Dates
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* Papers due: July 18th
* Notification of acceptance: August 20th
* Deadline for camera-ready version: September 25th
* Conference: November 9th
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Workshop chairs
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* John Dingliana (Trinity College of Dublin - Ireland)
* Fabio Ganovelli (National Research Council - Italy)
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International Program Committee
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Bedrich Benes --- Department of Computer Graphics
Technology. Purdue
University
Christophe Chaillou --- INRIA Futurs France
Stephane Cotin --- INRIA Sophia Antioplis
Paolo Dario --- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Hervé Delingette --- INRIA, Sofia Antiplois
John Dingliana --- Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Francois Faure --- INRIA, Rhone-Alpes France
Fabio Ganovelli --- National Research Concil - Italy
Cesar Mendoza --- R&D Natural Motion Ltd.
Philippe Meseure --- SIC France
Min-Hyung Choi --- The University of Colorado, Denver
Matthias Müller --- AGEIA Inc.
Isabel Navazo --- Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya
Victor Ng-Thow-Hing --- Honda Research Institute, USA
Carol O'Sullivan --- Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Miguel Otaduy --- ETH Zurich
Isaac Rudomin --- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City
Riccardo Scateni --- Università di Cagliari, Italy
Marco Tarini --- Università degli Studi
dell'Insubria, Italy
Matthias Teschner --- Computer Science Department
University of Freiburg
---------------IPT-EGVE 2007 Final Call for Participation-------------
Apologies for cross postings
*IPT-EGVE Symposium 2007*
* FINAL PROGRAM *and *REGISTRATION *online at:
*http://www.uni-weimar.de/medien/vr/ipt-egve
* (RELOAD PAGE!)
10th Immersive Projection Technology Workshop
13th Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments
July 15-18, 2007, Weimar, Germany
*KEYNOTE SPEAKER:* *Wheelchair control from thought: Simulation in an
immersive virtual environment
**Prof. Dr. Gert Pfurtscheller*
*Laboratory of
Brain-Computer Interfaces*, *Graz University of Technology
PANEL: **Investigating Human Perception
using Virtual Environments*
*Chair: Betty Mohler
/ /Max Planck Institute for
Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany*
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** Conference Events*
We invite you to join us for four exciting days of presentations,
panels, exhibits, and special events. From July 12-15, the annual Open
House Event of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will take place. The
departments Design and Media will be showing the best research and
design projects of the past year. On Sunday, July 15th, the 4. German
Workshop "Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität" will take place
(http://www.uni-weimar.de/medien/vr/gi-vrar).
** Conference Location *
IPT-EGVE 2007 is organized by the Virtual Reality Systems Group at
Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar and will be held in Weimar, Germany. Weimar
is conveniently located between Frankfurt and Berlin with direct train
connections from both cities. The symposium will take place on the
university campus in close proximity of the Weimar downtown area with
many reasonably-priced hotels in walking distance of the conference
location.
** Symposium Co-Chairs*
Bernd Froehlich, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
Roland Blach, Fraunhofer IAO, Stuttgart, Germany
Robert van Liere, CWI, Netherlands
Call for Participation
Fourth Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling
(SBIM'07)
http://www.eg.org/sbm
In cooperation with AAAI
With support from Microsoft Research
University of California
Riverside, CA, USA
Thursday August 2 - Friday August 3, 2007
Hands-on Tablet PC workshop: Saturday August 4
Registration is now open for the fourth Eurographics Workshop on
Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling (SBIM'07). Please register
through the workshop web site: http://www.eg.org/sbm. Program
and travel information can also be found on this site.
Aims and Scope
-----------------
Most computer user interfaces continue to be based on the keyboard and
mouse. These are good for typing and pointing, but they lack the
naturalness, transparency, and ease-of-use of basic low-tech pencil
and paper. Modern pen computing hardware--in principle--enables fluid
drawing, sketching, and direct manipulation of both text and
graphics. To realize this potential requires effective user interface
designs and underlying algorithms to support them.
This workshop will explore techniques and technologies needed to
enable sketch-based interfaces. The foci will be on methods for
recognition of hand-drawn shapes and interpretation of diagrams and
sketches, and on applications of sketch-based interfaces to a variety
of domains such as 2D/3D graphics, CAD, diagram editing, and
note-taking. Empirical usability studies aimed at clarifying the
nature of sketch-based interfaces and comparing pen input to other
interaction techniques are also welcome.
The workshop is being held in cooperation with Eurographics and AAAI
and sponsored in part by Microsoft Research, hence results and
insights will be shared by researchers from around the globe. The
workshop dates of August 2-4 are just prior to SIGGRAPH. The workshop
location is Riverside, California, 1.5 hours by car from the SIGGRAPH
venue in San Diego.
The two-day workshop will include paper presentations (single track),
a breakout session, coffee breaks, a conference dinner, and invited
talks. There will be a demo session in which participants have an
opportunity to try out state of the art pen-based computing demos. All
are welcome to attend the workshop; submission of a paper is not
required for attendance.
Sincerely,
Workshop Chairs
Thomas Stahovich, University of California, Riverside, CA
(stahov(a)engr.ucr.edu)
Christine Alvarado, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA (alvarado(a)cs.hmc.edu)
Program Chairs
Michiel van de Panne, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
(van(a)cs.ubc.ca)
Eric Saund, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Palo Alto, CA (saund(a)parc.com)
EG SBIM Working Group Chair
Joaquim Jorge, Technical University of Lisboa, Portugal
(jaj(a)rtr.inesc-id.pt)
3rd Eurographics Workshop on Natural Phenomena 2007
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
PROGRAM and REGISTRATION online at:
http://www.cgg.cvut.cz/egwnp07
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Venue: September 4, 2007, Prague, Czech Republic
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INVITED SPEAKER
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JERRY TESSENDORF
Principal Graphics Scientist, Rhythm and Hues Studios, USA
Talk Title: "PHENOMENAL FILM EFFECTS"
ABSTRACT
Visual effects in films today can be highly realistic computer
graphic imagery of natural environments and physical phenomena.
Produced with a very big palette of software tools, the
algorithmic routes to these images are sometimes based on the
underlying physical phenomenology, and sometimes not.
In this talk we consider several effects-heavy scenes in recent
films, looking in detail at the computer graphics software and
algorithms used and what physical and unphysical notions
motivated the choices made.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Jerry Tessendorf is Principal Graphics Scientist at Rhythm and
Hues Studios, where he builds new graphics tools for visual
effects. The list of films he has contributed fx software to
includes Titanic, The 13th Warrior, Red Planet, The Lion, The
Witch, and the Wardrobe, SuperMan Returns, and Happy Feet.Prior
to working in visual effects, he was a Corporate Senior
Scientist at the research company Arete Associates.
Dr. Tessendorf has a PhD in theoretical physics from Brown
University, and his research includes techniques in dynamical
simulation, ocean optics, and volume rendering.
WORKSHOP AIMS AND SCOPE
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Synthesizing realistic natural scenes is a challenging and
important problem in computer graphics. The challenge stems
not only from the complexity and diversity of objects and
natural phenomena interacting together, but also from the
huge amount of small details that should be modeled to obtain
realistic models and physically plausible simulations.
Therefore, there is still a need for interactive modeling and
simulation techniques capable for handling complex synthetic
sceneries. The purpose of this workshop is to explore novel
techniques for modeling, animating, simulating and rendering
complex natural phenomena.
The workshop will build on work done in recent years including
simulating aging and weathering of synthetic objects, plant
modeling, ecosystem simulation, gaseous phenomena and liquid
flows. It will focus on non-conscious or inanimate nature like
rock, trees, oceans, wind, meadows (animals and humans as part
of nature should be excluded). Work in this area, promising as
it is, is still far from complete.
WORKSHOP FORMAT
---------------
The workshop will take place just before the Eurographics 2007
Conference (September 4, Prague, Czech Republic) to encourage
a broad range of participants. As such, it will provide a very
interesting opportunity for researchers that want to attend or
present communications at both events. The workshop will be
held in one day, including paper presentation and invited
sessions. Participation is open to everyone, not requiring
submission of a paper.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
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Workshop Chairs
* Eric Galin (FR)
* Jaroslav Sloup (CZ)
Program Chairs
* David Ebert (US)
* Stéphane Mérillou (FR)
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For more information, please contact eric.galin(a)liris.cnrs.fr.
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VIRTUAL REALITY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
VAST 2007, Brighton, UK 26 -30 November 2007
I am writing to remind you that the deadline for submission of papers for VAST 2007 is drawing closer.
The details of the deadlines are as follows:
Abstracts for all papers: Friday 06 July 2007
Paper submission for FULL papers: Friday 20 July 2007
Paper submission for SHORT and PROJECT Papers: Friday 27 July 2007
Please visit the website at www.vast2007.org for full details on the submission process.
Contact the Registrar on + 44 1273 642468 or at vast2007(a)brighton.ac.uk
Many thanks.
Hilary Williams
Registrar VAST 2007
University of Brighton
W108 Watts Building
Moulsecoomb
Brighton BN2 4GJ
UK
Tel: + 44 1273 642468
Fax: + 44 1273 642160
Email: H.C.Williams(a)brighton.ac.uk
Email: vast2007(a)brighton.ac.uk
www.vast2007.org
Call for Papers -- DMAMH`2007
2nd Workshop on Digital Media and its Application in Museum & Heritage
Dec.10-12, 2007, Chongqing, China
(http://dmamh.cqit.edu.cn/)
[Post-conference sight-seeing: Three Gorges]
Organized by: VR Committee, China Society of Image and Graphics
Hosted by: Chongqing Institute of Technology, Chongqing, China
Co-Sponsored by: Natural Science Foundation in China
IS&T Society (pending)
General Information:
The 2nd Workshop on Digital Media and its Application in Museum & Heritage (DMAMH'2007) will be organized by the VR Committee, China Society of Image and Graphics. The goal of the conference is to provide a forum for researchers in digital media, museum, multimedia community to describe recent advances, to exchange up-to-date technical knowledge and experiences, and to debate their views on future research and developments. Keynote speeches will be delivered by world-renowned experts in the field. Conference proceedings will be published by IEEE publisher (EI index). High-quality papers will be published by international journals in digital media, image, and multimedia fields, we will have two special issues on Journal of Computational Information Systems (EI index, published in USA), International Journal of Virtual Reality (published in USA).
Topics include but are not limited to:
Artificial Reality / Virtual Reality
Teleoperation / Telexistence / Tele-presences
Multimedia
Real Time Computer Simulation
Ubiquitous/Wearable Computing
Geographic Information system (GIS)
Digital Museum
Software Architecture for VR
Immersive Projection Technology
Tools and Techniques for Modeling VR Systems
Virtual Heritage
Image/model retrieval
Communication with Realistic Sensations
Image/model/video Watermarking
Multi-modal Human Interfaces
VR Interaction and Navigation Techniques
Artificial Life and Game
Modeling and Rendering for Heritage
Digital content
VR Input and Output Devices
Interactive Art and Entertainment
VR and Media Art
Papers Submission
Authors are requested to submit full papers (in English) of no more than eight (8) pages (including text, figures and references) describing the original results of their research work. Submissions should be in IEEE format on A4 or 8 1/2" x 11" paper using a single column and 10 to 12 point Times font. Each copy of the paper should have a cover page containing the title of the paper, the names and addresses (including fax and E-mail) of the authors, and an abstract of no more than 200 words. The submission should be directed to:
All papers will be reviewed by at least two referees. The selection criteria will include the accuracy and originality of ideas, the clarity and significance of results, and the quality of the presentation.
Note: Please send your paper to dmamh2007(a)sina.com.
Important Dates:
Paper Submission Deadline: Aug. 31, 2007
Notification of Acceptance: Sept. 20, 2007
Camera-Ready Copy Due: Sept. 30, 2007
Early registration: Nov. 15, 2007
On site registration: Dec.10-12, 2007
Conference Organization
Honorary Co-chairs
Quanli Liu (Chongqing Institute of Technology, China)
Martin Reiser (IMK, Germany)
Adrian Cheok (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Conference Co-chairs
Xiaonan Luo (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
A Elrhalibi (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
Zhigeng Pan (Zhejiang University, China)
Program Co-chairs
Nuno Correia (New University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Jee-In Kim (Konkuk University, Korea)
Jinyuan Jia (Tongji University, China)
Financial Chair
Mingmin Zhang (Zhejiang University, China)
Publicity co-chairs:
Jim Chen, USA
Xuelong Li, UK
Huagen Wan, China
Publication chair:
Mingyong Pang (Nanjing Normal University, China)
Organizing Co-Chairs
Yue Wang (Chongqing Institute of Technology, China)
Zhuang Chen (Chongqing Institute of Technology, China)
General Secretary
Jianxun Zhang (Chongqing Institute of Technology, China)
For further information, please contact:
General Secretary
Email: dmamh2007(a)sina.com
http://dmamh.cqit.edu.cn/