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SCA 2008 Call for Papers & Posters/Demos

by Stefanie Behnke

*** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *** ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation 2008 July 7-9, 2008 Dublin, Ireland Conference Chairs: Eugene Fiume (University of Toronto) Jerry Tessendorf (Rhythm & Hues Studios) Program Chairs: Markus Gross (ETH Zurich) Doug James (Cornell University) Symposium's web site: http://gv2.cs.tcd.ie/sca08 After six very successful symposia, SCA has become the leading forum for dissemination of the latest research results in computer animation. The goal of SCA'08 is to provide an opportunity for researchers in computer animation to interact, share new results, show live demonstrations of their work, and discuss emerging directions for the field. Keynote presentations will also be given by leaders from the animation community: * Markus Kurtz (Rhythm and Hues Studios) * Jos Stam (Autodesk) A full proceedings will be published at the time of the Symposium and will appear in the EG and ACM digital libraries. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * autonomous characters * physically based animation (fluids, solids, ...) * facial animation * real-time animation, animation for games * group and crowd behavior * expressive motion / communication * nonphotorealistic animation * physical realism / measuring the real world for animation * nature in motion (natural phenomena, plants, clouds, ...) * planning / learning / optimization for animation * intuitive interfaces for creating and editing animations * sound and speech for animation * perceptual metrics for animation * mathematical foundations of animation * 2D animation systems * new time-based art forms on the computer Important Dates Apr 18, 2008: Deadline for paper submissions Apr 25, 2008: Deadline for submission of scientific and industry posters May 16, 2008: Notification of acceptance for papers and posters May 23, 2008: Deadline for camera-ready lab posters and posters invited from papers May 30, 2008: Notification of acceptance for lab and invited posters May 30, 2008: Camera-ready papers due Jul 7-9 2008: Symposium *** NOTE: STUDENT TRAVEL BURSARIES AVAILABLE *** Thanks to a significant donation from Science Foundation Ireland, all students are eligible to apply for travel bursaries to help defray travel costs. More details on the website. ==================================================== Full Papers Paper submissions must be anonymous, should not exceed 10 A4 pages, and should be formatted according to the EG publication style. Papers should be written and presented in English. Authors must include a declaration stating that the main contribution claimed in their paper has not previously appeared in, and is not currently submitted to, any other conference or journal. To be considered for review, all papers must be submitted electronically through the SCA submission website: http://egmcp1.cgv.tugraz.at/SRM_SCA08 Full submission instructions and templates are available there. Supplementary material such as videos may also be submitted electronically and will be made available to reviewers. All papers will be reviewed carefully by the International Program Committee members. Given the limited time between submission and final version, papers will be evaluated as submitted. Authors of accepted papers will be responsible for preparing a final camera-ready electronic version of their paper. In addition to the printed proceedings, a DVD-ROM will be published with supplemental materials. If an author submits supplemental materials for review with their paper, that material (or a revised version) must also be provided by the authors for inclusion on the DVD-ROM. Authors of some rejected papers with high potential will be invited to submit their work to the combined posters and demos sessions. ==================================================== Posters and Demos A poster and demo presentation is the perfect opportunity for authors to display and discuss late-breaking technical achievements that are either not ready or not suitable for publication as full papers. The poster and demo session will be an integral part of the SCA program, with specific time allotted for poster presenters and symposium participants to view and discuss the work. A pamphlet containing summaries of the posters will be distributed to all participants, and all presenters will have the opportunity to give a one-minute description of their work during a poster fast-forward session. This year, there are two deadlines for different types of posters. The first is for scientific and industry posters. This deadline is near to the time of the paper deadline, as these posters will be reviewed by the International Program Committee members. The second deadline is for invited and lab posters. Eligibility Poster presentations are not formal publications, so work submitted as a poster is still eligible for later publication in a journal or conference proceedings. We encourage any of the following types of poster submissions: * Up and coming computer animation research * Technically novel production work * Work done outside of SCA that would be of interest to the computer animation community. This includes animation-related works recently accepted to other conferences such as I3D or NPAR, or the SIGGRAPH Sketches program. * Lab overviews which present a snapshot of the ongoing animation-related research at a given institution. Please note that in order to maintain the quality of discussions and interactivity at the poster session, there must be at least one dedicated presenter for each poster. Format The submission for a poster should consist of a summary of no more than 2 pages in length. Each submission must be saved as PDF and formatted according to the EG publication style. Submissions must be camera-ready. This means that author names must be present in the submission. The review process will be single blind. Supplementary Materials The submission of supplementary materials is not required; however, a draft of the poster in PDF format is encouraged. For the final presentation, videos and interactive demonstrations are also highly encouraged. We will provide electrical outlets and tables so that authors can display such demonstrations using their own equipment. Electronic Submission All PDF poster summaries should be submitted via email to SCA2008.Posters(a)gmail.com by the deadline. Due to GMails limits, each email message must be less than 10MB. If this is not sufficient for your submission or supplemental materials, you may send your submission in parts as attachments to several emails. For supplemental materials, links to external websites are also allowable. Fast Forward Slide Authors of accepted posters will be required to provide a PowerPoint slide describing their work for the poster fast forward presentation session. Details about preparation of the slide will be provided later via email to accepted presenters. -- Prof. Carol O'Sullivan GV2: Graphics, Vision and Visualisation group Computer Science Dept, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. Phone +353 1 8961220, Fax: +353 1 8963677 http://gv2.cs.tcd.ie, http://isg.cs.tcd.ie/cosulliv/ Dean of Graduate Studies, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland Phone +353 1 896 1561 www.tcd.ie/graduate_studies

16 years, 5 months

SG08: 8th International Symposium on SMART GRAPHICS

by Stefanie Behnke

SG08: 8th International Symposium on SMART GRAPHICS http://www.smartgraphics.org/ Aug 27-29 2008 Rennes, France submission deadline Apr 7th, 2008 Graphics become Smart Graphics when their design and implementation are grounded in an understanding of human abilities, activities, and motivations from design experience and the broad spectrum of cognitive and social sciences. When knowledge from these diverse fields is combined with new methods, tools and techniques in AI, HCI and computer graphics, environments are created that (1) engage the user and are esthetically satisfying; (2) participate in human cognition as external or distributed representations; (3) are sensitive to the real-time demands of the interaction in the context of the available informational and computational resources; (4) adapt the form of the output according to a wider set of constraints such as an individual's perceptual, attentive, and motor abilities and the nature of the presentation media and available interaction devices. The International Symposium on Smart Graphics aims at gathering people from the fields of Cognitive Science, Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence and Graphics Design to share experiences and experiments in this new and emerging area of study. *** Come and Join the Smart Graphics Experience *** Smart Graphics 2008 welcomes submissions from researchers and practitioners, as well as artists and graphic designers interested in an interdisciplinary approach to the design of smart interactive visual, auditory, and haptic displays. Submission categories are divided into: * Full papers: these will encompass comprehensive descriptions of original work within the scope of the symposium (limited to 12 pages in Springer LNCS format). * Posters: tentative or preliminary results of research or design work with emphasis on the interdisciplinary evaluation of the ideas (limited to 4 pages in Springer LNCS format). Poster papers will be included in the proceedings. * System demonstrations: short descriptions of research or design work that the authors intend to show and discuss in a demo session at the symposium (limited to 2 pages in Springer LNCS format). System demonstration papers will be included in the proceedings. Smartgraphics specially encourages young researchers to submit their ideas and results. The best full paper and best poster, which first authors are students, will receive a 500 euros prize each donated by the Metivier Foundation. As in previous conferences, proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Note in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Topics of interest include (but are not restricted to): * information visualization * visual analytics * graphical abstraction * multimodal information presentation * non-desktop interfaces * user interaction * sketch-based interfaces * interaction science * scene perception * cognitive sciences * user studies * computer graphics * artificial intelligence * virtual and mixed reality * graphics design This year, we propose a specific emphasis on interaction in virtual reality as well as on constraint techniques in user interfaces. Important Dates: Apr 7th, 2008 (submission deadline) May 15th, 2008 (notification of results) June 12th, 2008 (camera ready copy due) Aug 27-29, 2008 (Symposium in Rennes, France) Invited Talks: * Daniel A. Keim, Konstanz University, Germany http://infovis.uni-konstanz.de/members/keim * David S. Ebert, Purdue University, United States http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~ebertd/ ORGANIZERS: Andreas Butz (University of Munich, Germany) Marc Christie (IRISA/INRIA Rennes, France) Brian Fisher (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Antonio Krueger (University of Muenster, Germany) Patrick Olivier (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK) COMMITEE: * Elisabeth Andre (University of Augsburg) * William Bares (Millsaps College) * Marc Cavazza (Teeside University) * Sarah Diamond (Ontario College of Art and Design) * Stephane Donikian (IRISA/INRIA Rennes) * Steven Feiner (Columbia University) * Veronique Gaildrat (Paul Sabatier University Toulouse) * Knut Hartmann (University of Magdeburg) * Hiroshi Hosobe (Tokyo National Institute of Informatics) * Tsvi Kuflik (University of Haifa) * Rainer Malaka (European Media Lab) * Jun Mitani (University of Tsukuba) * Shigeru Owada (Sony CSL) * W. Bradford Paley (Digital Image Design) * Bernhard Preim (University of Magdeburg) * Thomas Rist (University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg) * Roberto Theron (University of Salamanca) * Shigeo Takahashi (University of Tokyo) * Takafumi Saito (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) * Lucia Terrenghi (University of Munich) * Massimo Zancanaro (ITC-irst Trento) * Michelle Zhou (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center) For a full description of the scope of the Symposium, and details of previous events, see the website: http://www.smartgraphics.org For any queries, please use the contact address: (marc.christie at irisa.fr)

16 years, 5 months

3IA'2008 - Call for short papers and participation

by Stefanie Behnke

---------------------------------------------------------------- S O R R Y F O R D U P L I C A T E S ! ! ! ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3IA'2008 CONFERENCE THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Athens (GREECE), May 30 - 31, 2008 THE ONLY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN COOPERATION WITH EUROGRAPHICS INVITED SPEAKERS Alla SAFONOVA (USA): Synthetizing Human Motion from Intuitive Constraints. Theoharis THEOHARIS (Greece): 3D Object Retrieval: Inter-Class vs Intra-Class. Herve LUGA (France): Automatic generation of behaviors, morphologies and shapes of virtual entities. ---------------------------------------------------- | | | CALL FOR SHORT PAPERS | | AND PARTICIPATION | | | | | | DEADLINE: March 27, 2008 | ---------------------------------------------------- The eleventh 3IA International Conference (3IA'2008) will take place in May 2008, in Athens (GREECE). TOPICS : Under the title "Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence", several themes could be covered by the authors of papers. The following list gives an idea of possible themes : - Artificial intelligence techniques in scene modeling. - Declarative techniques in scene modeling. - Artificial intelligence techniques in rendering. - Artificial intelligence techniques in construction of geometric figures. - Animation and artificial intelligence. - Behavioural animation. - Design of intelligent graphic interfaces. - Scene properties description techniques. - Intelligent methods of exploring virtual worlds. - Computer graphics and learning. - Combination of classical and AI techniques. - Application of AI techniques in CAD and GIS. - Intelligent visualisation. - Intelligent collaborative design. - Semantics-based approaches in design. - Decision support systems in design. - Intelligent computational aesthetics. - Intelligent CG applications in bioinformatics and medical informatics. - ... GENERAL CHAIR OF THE CONFERENCE : Dimitri PLEMENOS, Emeritus Professor Universite de Limoges Faculte des Sciences MSI Laboratory 83, rue d'Isle 87000 LIMOGES phone : (+ 33) 5 55 43 69 74, (+33) 5 55 43 69 76 fax : (+33) 5 55 43 69 77 E-mail : plemenos(a)unilim.fr plemenos(a)numericable.com CONFERENCE E-mail : 3ia(a)teiath.gr CONFERENCE Web site : http://3ia.teiath.gr INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE : Yury BAYAKOVSKY (Russia) Christian BOHN (Germany) Rene CAUBET (France), Giovanni DE PAOLI (Canada) Jean-Francois DUFOURD (France), Yves DUTHEN (France) Eugene FIUME (Canada), Marina GAVRILOVA (Canada) Djamchid GHAZANFARPOUR (France), Gerard HEGRON (France), Andres IGLESIAS (Spain), Andrey IONES (USA) Prem KALRA (India), Stanislav KLIMENKO (Russia), Ivana KOLINGEROVA (Czech Republic), Jean-Claude LAFON (France), Nadia MAGNENAT-THALMANN (Switzerland), Michel MERIAUX (France), Georges MIAOULIS (Greece), Zhigeng PAN (China), Bernard PEROCHE (France), Pascal LIENHARDT (France), Dimitri PLEMENOS (France), Xavier PUEYO (Spain), Mateu SBERT (Spain), Vaclav SKALA (Czech Republic), Daniel THALMANN (Switzerland), Nikolaos VASSILAS (Greece), Jiri ZARA (Czech Republic). LOCAL CHAIR Georges MIAOULIS e-mail: gmiaoul(a)teiath.gr ORGANISING COMMITTEE: Dimitri PLEMENOS (France), Georges MIAOULIS (Greece), Nikolaos VASSILAS (Greece), Jean DRAGONAS (Greece), Giola DIONYSSOPOULOU (Greece), Georges BARDIS (Greece), Vassilios GOLFINOPOULOS (Greece), Dimitrios MAKRIS (Greece), Jean XYDAS (Greece), Christos YIAKOUMETTIS (Greece), Suzanne SIMONET (France). IMPORTANT DATES: Return of the intention form: today. Paper submission deadline: February 4, 2008 (extended to February 11). DONE Paper acceptance notification: March 20, 2008. DONE Short paper submission deadline: March 27, 2008. Short paper acceptance notification: April 7, 2008 Final papers due : April 15, 2008. HOW TO SUBMIT PAPERS: Papers should be sent as attached PDF files by e-mail to the general Chair of the Conference. It is also possible to submit a paper in PDF format by ftp. In this case, please use the following information: ftp: 3ia-ftp.teiath.gr username: 3ia2008 password: dep0t (the "o" of "depot" is a "0") GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING PAPERS: Maximal length: 12 pages (full papers), 6 pages (short papers) Font to use: times Characters size: 12 pt for text, 18 pt bold for title, 14 pt bold for section titles and 12 pt bold for sub-section titles. Paper format: two-column A4 format REGISTRATION FEES: 190 Euros (Students: 120 Euros) including: - the proceedings of the conference, - two lunches in the university canteen, - a dinner in a restaurant Friday evening. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Participation Form for the 3IA'2008 conference (to be retourned to the general chair of the conference: plemenos(a)unilim.fr or plemenos(a)numericable.com) Name: Professional address: Phone number: E-mail: I intend to participate to the 3IA'2008 conference in Athens (Greece). --- --- I intend to submit a paper : yes I I no I I --- --- Title of the paper: Do not send money for the moment. You will be informed later on the mode of payment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- I------------------------------------------------------------------I I Dimitri PLEMENOS I PHONE: (+33) 5 55 43 69 74 I I Universite de LIMOGES I FAX: (+33) 5 55 43 69 77 I I Laboratoire XLIM I E-MAIL: plemenos(a)unilim.fr I I 83,rue d'Isle I http://www.msi.unilim.fr/~plemenos/ I I 87000 LIMOGES - FRANCE I I I------------------------------------------------------------------I

16 years, 6 months

CFP: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biomedicine (EG VCBM) 2008

by Stefanie Behnke

CALL FOR PAPERS: ================ Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biomedicine (EG VCBM) 2008 October 6-7, 2008 Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Aims and Scope: =============== Visual Computing for Biomedicine addresses the integration of state-of-the-art visualization and image analysis for application to biomedical research. Integrating visualization and image analysis brings with it particular challenges, but also yields new possibilities, especially when extended for application to the wide gamut of biomedical research topics, such as molecular imaging, quantitative longitudinal studies, pre- and intra-operative surgical guidance, and computer-aided diagnosis. VCBM is unique in that it will bring together researchers and practitioners from visualization, image processing and (bio-)medicine. We expect to attract a number of attendees with (bio-)medical backgrounds, as well as from the surrounding academic medical centers. This will pose a unique opportunity to showcase the latest ideas from engineering and science, to get feedback from medical practitioners, and to explore new possibilities for cooperative research. VCBM solicits the submission of original application-oriented research papers that advance the fusion of visualization and image analysis with imaging-based medicine and biomedical science. All papers should focus on a well-defined biomedical context, and should demonstrate a significant innovation or improvement in visual computing that addresses ongoing problems in that context. Topics: ======= Suggested topics for papers include, but are not limited to: * Interactive segmentation and registration * Computer-aided diagnosis and detection * Facilitating medical research with visual computing * Intervention and therapy planning (e.g. pre-operative surgical planning and radiation therapy planning) * Intra-operative guidance for surgery * Ultra-sound based planning and intra-operative guidance * Visualization and Simulation for Surgical Training * Coupled simulation and visualization * Multi-field medical visualization and processing (multi-modality, structural + functional) * Processing and visualization of advanced modalities * Molecular imaging * Perception-based studies for medical visualization * Anatomical reconstruction from microscopy data * Creation and visualization of biological atlases * Ontology-based visualization * Visualization methods for neurobiology, plant biology and developmental biology Invited Speakers: ================= * Prof. dr. Heinz-Otto Peitgen, president of MeVis research, and * Prof. dr. Nicolas Ayache, research director at INRIA. Conference Location: ==================== VCBM 2008 will be held in Delft, The Netherlands. Picturesque Delft is ideally located in the Dutch "Randstad" (conurbation or megacity), close to the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and well-connected to the train network. The city is home to the Delft University of Technology, a world-famous technical research institute and also host to the VCBM workshop. In addition, there are three academic medical centers (Leiden, Rotterdam and Amsterdam) close by. Important Dates: ================ Paper submission: June 22, 2008 Author notification: August 8, 2008 Camera-ready papers: August 22, 2008 Conference: October 6 - 7, 2008 Workshop Co-chairs: =================== Charl Botha - Delft University of Technology Gordon Kindlmann - Harvard Medical School Wiro Niessen - Erasmus Medical Centre Bernhard Preim - University of Magdeburg International Program Committee: ================================ Dirk Bartz, Univ. Leipzig Katja Bühler, VRVis Wien Min Chen, University of Wales, Swansea Herve Delingette, INRIA Thomas Deserno (Lehmann), RWTH Aachen James Duncan, Yale University Thomas Ertl, University of Stuttgart Bernd Fischer, University of Lübeck Alejandro Frangi, Pompeu Fabra University James Gee, University of Pennsylvania Guido Gerig, University of Utah Polina Golland, MIT Eduard Gröller, Techn. Univ. Wien Horst Hahn, MeVis Research, Bremen Heinz Handels, University of Hamburg Peter Hastreiter, Univ. Erlangen Joachim Hornegger, University of Erlangen Arie Kaufmann, Stony Brook University, New York David Laidlaw, Brown University Boudewijn Lelieveldt, Leiden University Patric Ljung, Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton Lars Linsen, Jacobs-Univ. Bremen Bill Lorensen Torsten Möller, Simon Fraser University Vancouver Klaus Müller, Stony Brook University, New York Nassir Navab, Technical University of Munich Josien Pluim, University of Utrecht Felix Ritter, MeVis Research, Bremen Bart ter Haar Romeny TU Eindhoven Timo Ropinski, Univ. Münster Daniel Rueckert, Imperial College Paul Suetens, KU Leuven Gabor Székely, ETH Zürich Ulf Tiede, University Hamburg Ragini Verma, University of Pennsylvania Anna Vilanova, TU Eindhoven Frans Vos, TU Delft Carl-Fredrik Westin, Harvard Medical School Ross Whitaker, University of Utah Ivo Wolf, DKFZ Heidelberg Anders Ynnermann, Norrköping Terry Yoo, NIH/NLM Stefan Zachow, Zuse-Institut Berlin Publication Information: ======================== Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and will appear in the EG-published conference proceedings. A small number of excellent papers will be recommended for publication in the EG Journal Computer Graphics Forum. Contact Information: ==================== For more information please visit http://vcbm.org/ or contact: Charl Botha - c.p.botha(a)tudelft.nl Bernhard Preim - bernhard(a)isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de Sponsors: ========= * IRTG 1131 * MeVis * NWO * Eurographics

16 years, 6 months

Registration is open for EuroVis 2008

by Stefanie Behnke

EUROVIS 2008 Eurographics/IEEE-VGTC Symposium on Visualization Eindhoven, The Netherlands 26-28 May 2008 ONLINE REGISTRATION is open at www.eurovis.org The registration for EuroVis 2008 conference is now open. Register before 25th of April, 2008 to take advantage of early registration rates. Please note the important dates: 25 April 2008 - Early registration ends 1 May 2008 - Cancellation deadline 28 May 2008 - Late and Onsite registration ends Register at www.eurovis.org Cancellation policy 1. Before May 1, 2008: Complete refund and a payment of €50,- administration costs 2. After May 1, 2008: No refund Visa information Those requiring visa letters can send an e-mail to the congress office at congressoffice(a)tue.nl with subject "Visa Letter". Visa letters will only be issued to: * Speakers/Presenters * Committee Members * Attendees who have paid their registration fee in full and are not from one of the countries embargoed by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control. Visa letters will state only the following facts: * Conference title, dates and location * That the requester has paid the required registration fee in full * If they are either a committee member, speaker or presenter Looking forward to seeing you at the conference, Torsten Möller, Gerik Scheuermann, Alex Telea and Anna Vilanova -----------------------------------

16 years, 6 months

Computational Aesthetics CFP deadline extended to March 17

by Joaquim A. Jorge

Submission deadline (Full Papers / Short Papers / Panels): **Extended to March 17 2008** Computational Aesthetics 2008 http://computational-aesthetics.org June 18-20, 2008, Lisbon, Portugal Keynote Speaker: Pat Hanrahan, Stanford, CA and Ernest Edmonds, UT Sydney Guest talks by David Salesin, Adobe and Turner Whitted, MSR (*) Due to many requests, we have extended the submission deadline to Monday, March 17 Midnight PST You are invited to participate in the fourth annual symposium on Computational Aesthetics that will take place at the Hotel Riviera in Lisbon, Portugal from 18-20 June 2008. Computational Aesthetics bridges the analytic and synthetic and integrates aspects of computer science, philosophy, psychology, and the fine & performing arts. In particular it focuses on the mathematical and information theoretic aspects of both connectionist and symbol processing methods by humans and computers. Computational Aesthetics seeks to facilitate both the analysis and the augmentation of creative behaviour. It investigates the creation of tools that can enhance the expressive power of the fine and applied arts and furthers our understanding of aesthetic evaluation, perception and meaning. Invited talks will be given by individuals involved in the technical, artistic and theoretical aspects of this young field to help participants to better understand what aesthetics is, what computer technology is currently capable of delivering, and to appreciate what is involved in the creative process. Technical submissions are invited across the broad range of areas covered by Computational Aesthetics (for the Call for Participation by experts in the visual arts, see the website). Specific examples include, but are not limited to: • Computational analysis and modelling of creative behaviour (AI, A-life) • Artistic Image Transformation Techniques (colours, edges, patterns, dithering) • Image Analogies, Style Transfer Methods • Image Style and Salience Analysis (Paintings, Photographs, others) • Visualization (perceptual or aesthetics based) • Sketching, Simplification techniques (artistic, cognitive) • Composition, Visual Balance, Layout • Non-Photorealistic Rendering • Empirically based Metrics of Aesthetical Attributes • Applied Visual Perception (Colour Appearance, Spatial Vision, and other aspects) Paper Submission: Submitted papers should present original, unpublished work. The manuscripts must be written in English, must be formatted according to the EG publication guidelines, and can be no longer than 8 pages. The accepted technical and art papers will be presented at the symposium and will appear in the proceedings, which will be published by Eurographics, distributed by AK Peters and appear in the Eurographics and ACM Digital Libraries. For more information including paper formatting and submission guidelines see the website at http://computational-aesthetics.org Important dates: Submission deadline (Full Papers / Short Papers / Panels): March 17 2008 Acceptance notification: April 18, 2008 Artist’s Presentations / Artworks / Performances / Posters / Demo Proposals: April 15, 2008 Camera-ready deadline: May 2, 2008 Conference: June 18-20, 2008 Conference Chairs: Joaquim Jorge, INESC-ID, Portugal / Bruce Gooch, Univ. Victoria, Canada Program Chairs: Technical Program: Douglas Cunningham, Univ. of Tübingen, Germany Victoria Interrante, Univ. of Minnesota, USA Arts Program: Paul Brown, Univ. Sussex, UK Jon McCormack, Monash Univ., Australia Local Arts Chair: Adérito Marcos, Univ Minho, Portugal Publicity Chair: Tobias Isenberg, Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands (*) To Be Confirmed -- -J. Jorge http://web.ist.utl.pt/jorgej Yahoo IM: joaquim_jorge _________________________________________________________________________ Joaquim A. Jorge (jorgej(a)acm.org, jorgej(a)ieee.org) | PHONE:+351 213100363 INESC, Rua Alves Redol,9, 1000-029 Lisboa, PORTUGAL| TAGUS:+351 214233238 ____________________Simplex Sigillum Veri__________|____jaj(a)inesc.pt_____ Submit your paper to Computers & Graphics at: http://ees.elsevier.com/cag

16 years, 6 months

SBIM 2008 Deadline extended

by Stefanie Behnke

DEADLINE EXTENDED SBIM 2008 Fifth Eurographics workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling June 11-13, Annecy, France http://www.eg.org/sbm co-located with NPAR 2008 and the Annecy Animation Film Festival Important Dates March 17, 2008 ***Extended Paper Deadline*** April 20, 2008 Notification of Decisions May 2, 2008 Final Papers Due June 11-13, 2008 Conference Dates Call for Papers Although computers are indispensable tools, pencil and paper still reign in the early stages of design in domains such as engineering, architectural design and in the entertainment industry, from 3D animation to video games. Enabled by advances in pen-based computer hardware, digital sketch-based interfaces are emerging as a way to combine the quick and intuitive feel of paper with the advantages of digital technology. However, fully realizing the potential of these sketch-based systems requires effective user interface design and underlying algorithms to analyse the input. Interpreting the users' sketches as advanced 2D or 3D models is a fascinating research area that builds on human perception, shape recognition and geometric modeling techniques. In addition to sketching from scratch, many tasks related to modeling, editing and control can be made more efficient through systems that allow the user to annotate existing data, from text and diagrams to images, videos or 3D shapes. The workshop will explore models, algorithms and technologies needed to enable effective sketch-based interfaces. It will investigate novel methods for classification and recognition of hand-drawn shapes, and the ways of using these techniques for creating or editing digital models, from text and 2D diagrams to 3D shapes. Likewise, the workshop will explore the application of sketch-based interfaces to domains as diverse as 3D computer graphics and animation, CAD, diagram editing, note taking, etc. Finally, the workshop will welcome empirical user studies aimed at clarifying the nature of sketch-based interfaces and comparing them to other interaction techniques. Created in 2004, SBIM provides a unique venue for researchers and students interested in sketch-based techniques to interact with one another, share lessons learned, show new results and discuss open issues. This year, the workshop will be held in Annecy, France, a friendly little town surrounded by the beautiful French Alps. It will take place during the famous Annecy Animation Film Festival and be held back to back with NPAR'2008 (the premier conference for techniques in expressive rendering and animation), encouraging participation in both events. The two-days workshop will include paper presentations (single track), coffee breaks, a social event and invited talks. All are welcome to attend the workshop; submission of a paper is not required for attendance. The proceedings will be published in the EG Workshop series and made available online through the Eurographics Digital Library. Authors are invited to submit original papers on topics in pen-based 2D and 3D modeling, sketch recognition, and pen-based interface design, including, but not limited to: * Multimodal interfaces for sketching * Novel sketch input devices * Novel pen-based interaction techniques * Low level ink processing and pen stroke segmentation * Sketch parsing, classification and recognition * Sketch-based interfaces for CAD systems * Sketch-based modeling and editing of 3D shapes * Sketch-based control of animations * Sketch-based interfaces for other applications (surface editing, diagram creation, mathematical annotations, games, etc.) * Rendering techniques for sketch-based systems (NPR) * Sketches for Medical and Volume data editing * Sketch-based retrieval of multimedia information * Usability studies of sketch-based systems * Studies of the impact of sketching on creativity and design The workshop is small and provides plenty of time for interaction, so authors of workshop papers are strongly encouraged to provide demos. Submission Information Authors are requested to submit original research papers, no longer than 8 pages, with the main body set in Eurographics Conference Paper Format. All submissions are electronic. You can get more information and download a set of LaTeX style files (starting early 2008) from the workshop web site: http://www.eg.org/sbm Please contact the program chairs (alvarado(a)cs.hmc.edu or marie-paule.cani(a)inrialpes.fr) with any submission questions. Conference Organization Chairs: General chair: Karan Singh Paper co-chairs: Christine Alvarado & Marie-Paule Cani EG SBIM working group chair: Joaquim Jorge

16 years, 6 months

EG Italian Chapter Conference 08: Deadline Extension

by Stefanie Behnke

Dear colleagues, -- The paper submission deadline has been extended to April, 7th. http://egmcp1.cgv.tugraz.at/SRM_ITALCH08 Call for Papers: http://isis.dia.unisa.it:2008/wordpress/ Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): Hot topics a.. Interactive graphics b.. Serious Games c.. Visualization and Realistic Rendering d.. Non photorealistic rendering e.. Image based modeling and image based rendering f.. Mixed, Augmented and Virtual Reality g.. Shape modeling h.. Physics based modeling i.. Cultural Heritage j.. 3D GIS k.. Semantic web & Graphics l.. Visual Analytics The papers of about 4-8 pages should be written in English and should be sent in a printable pdf format. Papers must be formatted according to instructions in the Eurographics paper kit (available on the web site). Important deadlines: April 7th, 2008 - Full paper submission (Extended deadline) May 2th, 2008 - Notification of acceptance May 12th, 2008 - Camera Ready Copy July 2nd - 4th, 2008 - Conference Authors whose papers will be accepted are required to attend the Conference. The electronic version of the proceedings will be available from the Eurographics Digital Library at http://diglib.eg.org Local Committee: a.. Vittorio Scarano (Università di Salerno) b.. Ugo Erra (Università della Basilicata) c.. Rosario De Chiara (Università di Salerno) d.. Gennaro Cordasco (Università di Salerno) e.. Riccardo Prinzi (Università di Salerno)

16 years, 6 months

CFP: Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics (TPCG) 2008 - Deadline Extended (25th March)

by Stefanie Behnke

Dear colleagues, Please find attached a Call for Papers for the "Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics (TPCG) 2008" conference, run by the Eurographics UK chapter. TPCG accepts full length papers on novel research in all areas of Computer Graphics. It also accepts shorter, work in progress papers that make a great forum for Computer Graphics PhD students to discuss their research area and get early feedback on their ideas. -- The paper submission deadline has been extended to 25th March 2008 -- I would be grateful if you could please circulate this call to anyone in your Department who may find it of interest. Thanks for your time and apologies for any cross-posting, John Collomosse University of Bath. ---------- CFP: The UK Chapter of the Eurographics Association (EGUK) presents:- Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics 2008 ** Paper submission deadline EXTENDED to 25th March 2008 ** ---- University of Manchester, UK , 9-11th June 2008 http://www.eguk.org.uk/TPCG08/ Keynote speakers: - Dr Mary Whitton Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Dr David Hodgetts School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester - Dr Martin Preston Framestore CFC The 26th Conference organised by the UK chapter of the Eurographics Association will be the sixth Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics 2008 Conference (TP.CG.08). All accepted papers will be published by Eurographics and held on the Digital Library, and will be available at the conference. Call for Papers =============== ** The paper submission deadline has been EXTENDED to 25th March 2008 ** This conference focuses on theoretical and practical aspects of Computer Graphics and brings together top practitioners, users and researchers, thereby inspiring further collaboration between participants, particularly between academia and industry. The Programme Committee is seeking refereed papers and work-in-progress reports in all aspects of computer graphics and its applications. The topics of interest include (but are not limited to): computer animation, computer-based art and entertainment, computation geometry, display technologies, fundamental algorithms, graphics application systems, graphics architectures and acceleration hardware, fractal and natural phenomena, human computer interaction, image processing, Internet graphics and collaborative environments, medical imaging, modelling methods, rendering techniques, texture synthesis, scientific visualization, information visualization, virtual reality and virtual environments, volume graphics, web graphics. Further details and submission categories may be found on http://www.eguk.org.uk/TPCG08/

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Computational Aesthetics CFP March 15: Submission now open

by Joaquim Jorge

Submission deadline (Full Papers / Short Papers / Panels): March 15 2008 Computational Aesthetics 2008 http://computational-aesthetics.org June 18-20, 2008, Lisbon, Portugal Keynote Speaker: Pat Hanrahan, Stanford, CA and Ernest Edmonds, UT Sydney Guest talks by David Salesin, Adobe and Turner Whitted, MSR (*) You are invited to participate in the fourth annual symposium on Computational Aesthetics that will take place at the Hotel Riviera in Lisbon, Portugal from 18-20 June 2008. Computational Aesthetics bridges the analytic and synthetic and integrates aspects of computer science, philosophy, psychology, and the fine & performing arts. In particular it focuses on the mathematical and information theoretic aspects of both connectionist and symbol processing methods by humans and computers. Computational Aesthetics seeks to facilitate both the analysis and the augmentation of creative behaviour. It investigates the creation of tools that can enhance the expressive power of the fine and applied arts and furthers our understanding of aesthetic evaluation, perception and meaning. Invited talks will be given by individuals involved in the technical, artistic and theoretical aspects of this young field to help participants to better understand what aesthetics is, what computer technology is currently capable of delivering, and to appreciate what is involved in the creative process. Technical submissions are invited across the broad range of areas covered by Computational Aesthetics (for the Call for Participation by experts in the visual arts, see the website). Specific examples include, but are not limited to: • Computational analysis and modelling of creative behaviour (AI, A-life) • Artistic Image Transformation Techniques (colours, edges, patterns, dithering) • Image Analogies, Style Transfer Methods • Image Style and Salience Analysis (Paintings, Photographs, others) • Visualization (perceptual or aesthetics based) • Sketching, Simplification techniques (artistic, cognitive) • Composition, Visual Balance, Layout • Non-Photorealistic Rendering • Empirically based Metrics of Aesthetical Attributes • Applied Visual Perception (Colour Appearance, Spatial Vision, and other aspects) Paper Submission: Submitted papers should present original, unpublished work. The manuscripts must be written in English, must be formatted according to the EG publication guidelines, and can be no longer than 8 pages. The accepted technical and art papers will be presented at the symposium and will appear in the proceedings, which will be published by Eurographics, distributed by AK Peters and appear in the Eurographics and ACM Digital Libraries. For more information including paper formatting and submission guidelines see the website at http://computational-aesthetics.org Important dates: Submission deadline (Full Papers / Short Papers / Panels): March 15 2008 Acceptance notification: April 18, 2008 Artist’s Presentations / Artworks / Performances / Posters / Demo Proposals: April 15, 2008 Camera-ready deadline: May 2, 2008 Conference: June 18-20, 2008 Conference Chairs: Joaquim Jorge, INESC-ID, Portugal / Bruce Gooch, Univ. Victoria, Canada Program Chairs: Technical Program: Douglas Cunningham, Univ. of Tübingen, Germany Victoria Interrante, Univ. of Minnesota, USA Arts Program: Paul Brown, Univ. Sussex, UK Jon McCormack, Monash Univ., Australia Local Arts Chair: Adérito Marcos, Univ Minho, Portugal Publicity Chair: Tobias Isenberg, Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands (*) To Be Confirmed -- -J. Jorge http://web.ist.utl.pt/jorgej Yahoo IM: joaquim_jorge _________________________________________________________________________ Joaquim A. Jorge (jorgej(a)acm.org, jorgej(a)ieee.org) | PHONE:+351 213100363 INESC, Rua Alves Redol,9, 1000-029 Lisboa, PORTUGAL| TAGUS:+351 214233238 ____________________Simplex Sigillum Veri__________|____jaj(a)inesc.pt_____ Submit your paper to Computers & Graphics at: http://ees.elsevier.com/cag

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