IEEE/EG International Symposium on Volume Graphics
August 10-11, 2008
Los Angeles, co-located with ACM Siggraph 2008
http://www.zib.de/vg08/
Volume Graphics 08 will be held in conjunction with the Point-Based
Graphics Symposium 08, under the auspices of IEEE VGTC and Eurographics
and will be co-located with ACM Siggraph 2008.
Volume graphics deals with the analysis, synthesis and presentation of
volumetric phenomena, both static and time-varying. Specifically, it
includes topics related to the acquisition, reconstruction and
transformation of volume data as well as feature analysis, information
extraction and rendering. Research papers are solicited that present
original, unpublished results concerning all aspects of volume
graphics. We especially invite research contributions that report
computational techniques derived from existing knowledge in numerical
analysis, signal processing and statistical modeling. Furthermore,
papers are solicited which demonstrate the efficacy of the methods of
volume graphics in enhancing practices or understanding of specific
applications.
The accepted papers will be published by Eurographics Publishing in
cooperation with IEEE VGTC Publishing. A selected number of the best
papers will be further invited to submit an extended version to the IEEE
Transactions of Visualization and Computer Graphics. A joint track on
'Sample-Based Graphics' will be organized to evaluate this as the
umbrella topic under which the two symposia will proceed jointly in the
future.
Please refer to
http://egmcp1.cgv.tugraz.at/SRM_VG08/subinstructions.html
preparation guidelines.
Important Dates
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May 02, 2008 Abstract submission deadline
May 09, 2008 Paper submission deadline
June 13, 2008 Author notification
July 17, 2008 Final paper submission deadline
All deadlines are at 24:00 Pacific Day Time.
Primary Symposium Topics
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+ Representation of Volume Information
+ Acquisition and Reconstruction of Volume Data
+ Volume Rendering
+ Modeling and Transformation of Volumetric Objects
+ Analysis of Volumetric Objects
+ Volume Graphics in Applications
General Chairs
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Valerio Pascucci, LLNL, USA
Anders Ynnerman, Linköping University, Sweden
Papers Chairs
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Hans-Christian Hege, ZIB, Berlin, Germany
David Laidlaw, Brown University, USA
Steering Committee
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Min Chen, University of Wales, Swansea, UK
Tom Ertl, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Issei Fujishiro, Tohoku University, Japan
Arie Kaufman, Stony Brook University, USA
Torsten Möller, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Klaus Mueller, Stony Brook University, USA
Honorary Symposium Chair
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Arie Kaufman, Stony Brook University, USA
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Symposium on Geometry Processing (http://www.geometryprocessing.org) is
the premier venue for disseminating new research ideas and cutting-edge
results in computerized processing of geometric models. In this emerging
area, concepts from applied mathematics, computer science, and engineering
are used to design efficient algorithms for acquisition, reconstruction,
manipulation, simulation and transmission of complex 3D models.
We invite submissions related to, but not limited to, the following topics
in geometry processing:
* geometry and topology representations
* compression of static or animated geometry
* surface and volume parameterization
* approximation and meshing
* reverse engineering
* robust geometric computing
* simplification and level of detail
* smoothing and denoising
* multiresolution shape analysis and synthesis
* geometric aspects of rendering and other fields
* interactive techniques
* animation and simulation
Applications of geometry processing algorithms cover a wide range of areas
from multimedia, entertainment, and classical computer-aided design, to
bio-medical computing, reverse engineering, architectural design, and
scientific computing. We welcome papers related to applications of geometry
processing such as the above.
IMPORTANT DATES (http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/SGP08/dates.html)
Electronic abstract submission deadline: April 20, 2008
Electronic paper submission deadline: April 27, 2008 (23:59 PDT)
Author notification: May 26, 2008
Camera ready copy deadline: June 1st, 2008
Symposium: July 2-4, 2008
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE (http://egmcp1.cgv.tugraz.at/SRM_SGP08)
Authors are required to submit an abstract of their paper (in plain-text
format) by April 20, 2008, using an online form available at the above
website. Submitted manuscripts must be prepared for double-blind review,
and must be original work, not concurrently submitted to any other venue.
Submitted papers should describe their contributions concisely (we suggest
that papers not exceed 8 pages), and should adhere strictly to the EG
publication style (LaTeX files available online:
http://egmcp1.cgv.tugraz.at/SRM_SGP08/templates/latex.zip). A submission
can also be accompanied by electronic supplementary material (e.g. image,
video, demo). Submitted papers will be reviewed by members of the Program
Committee and selected external reviewers.
PROCEEDINGS
This year the SGP proceedings will appear for the first time as an issue of
the Computer Graphics Forum, the International Journal of the EUROGRAPHICS
Association. The journal status of the proceedings requires a two-stage
review process with conditional acceptance after the first round and final
acceptance based on the revised submissions.
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Pierre Alliez, INRIA Sophia Antipolis - Mediterranee
Szymon Rusinkiewicz, Princeton University
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Bart Adams
Marc Alexa
François Anton
Dominique Attali
Andreas Bærentzen
Alexander Belyaev
Ioana Boier-Martin
Jean-Daniel Boissonnat
Mario Botsch
Pere Brunet
Frederic Cazals
Siu-Wing Cheng
Daniel Cohen-Or
David Cohen-Steiner
Leila De Floriani
Tony DeRose
Mathieu Desbrun
Neil Dogson
Herbert Edelsbrunner
Michael Floater
Thomas Funkhouser
Michael Garland
Natasha Gelfand
Steven Gortler
Craig Gotsman
Cindy Grimm
Eitan Grinspun
Xianfeng Gu
Leonidas Guibas
Stefan Gumhold
Igor Guskov
John Hart
Hugues Hoppe
Kai Hormann
Shi-Min Hu
Martin Isenburg
Misha Kazhdan
Ron Kimmel
Leif Kobbelt
Seungyong Lee
Bruno Lévy
Thomas Lewiner
Dinesh Manocha
Ralph Martin
Niloy Mitra
Heinrich Mueller
Steve Oudot
Mark Pauly
Gabriel Peyré
Konrad Polthier
Helmut Pottmann
Emil Praun
Jarek Rossignac
Scott Schaefer
Peter Schröder
Hans-Peter Seidel
Ariel Shamir
Alla Sheffer
Jonathan Shewchuk
Claudio Silva
Olga Sorkine
Michela Spagnuolo
Gabriel Taubin
Alper Ungor
Amitabh Varshney
Luiz Velho
Johannes Wallner
Michael Wand
Wenping Wang
Joe Warren
Mariette Yvinec
Eugene Zhang
Kun Zhou
Afra Zomorodian
Denis Zorin
ORGANIZING CO-CHAIRS
J. Andreas Bærentzen and Francois Anton
Technical University of Denmark
Call for Papers
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The Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2008 will take place in Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, from June 23 to June 25, 2008. This is the 19th
annual event in the series of very successful Eurographics Symposia on
Rendering and Eurographics Workshops on Rendering.
The local organizers are Jasminka Hasic and Selma Rizvic. The program chairs
are Steve Marschner and Michael Wimmer. Up-to-date information about the
conference is available on the EGSR 2008 web site:
http://egsr2008.ssst.edu.ba
Conference Topics
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Conference topics include (but are not limited to):
- Global illumination
- Monte Carlo techniques
- Finite element techniques
- Volume scattering and translucency
- Reflectance and scattering models
- Human perception and error measures
- Sampling, filtering, and anti-aliasing
- Shadows and visibility
- Texture models, analysis, and synthesis
- Computational photography
- Non-photorealistic rendering
- Image-based measurement and rendering
- Sensing for graphics
- Point-based rendering
- New rendering hardware and new uses of existing hardware
- Real-time rendering and real-time ray tracing
- Systems and software architecture for rendering
- Virtual/augmented reality and interactive systems
- Rendering dynamic/animated environments
Starting this year, the proceedings of EGSR will be a special issue of the
journal Computer Graphics Forum. This will improve the availability of EGSR
papers and make them citable as journal articles. Because of this there will
be a brief second review cycle for any papers that require changes to be
accepted; such papers will only be accepted after the changes have been
confirmed by the program committee.
Important Dates
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All deadlines are 11:59 p.m., US Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).
Abstract submission deadline: Friday, April 4
Paper submission deadline: Monday, April 7
Author notification: Thursday, May 8
Revisions due: Friday, May 16
Final PDF files due for printing: Monday, May 19
Symposium: June 23-25
The EGSR review and publication process is very short, and to achieve this
quick turnaround all deadlines must be strictly observed. In particular,
final PDF files for printing must be finished on time.
Keynote Speakers:
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David Salesin, Adobe Systems
Heinrich Bülthoff, Max Planck Institute
International Program Committee
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Program Chairs: Steve Marschner (US) and Michael Wimmer (AT)
International Program Committee:
Aseem Agarwala (US)
Kavita Bala (US)
Philippe Bekaert (BE)
Jiri Bittner (CZ)
Per Christensen (US)
Craig Donner (US)
George Drettakis (FR)
Philip Dutre (BE)
Michael Goesele (GE)
Baining Guo (US)
Tim Hawkins (US)
Wolfgang Heidrich (CA)
Nicolas Holzschuch (FR)
Greg Humphreys (US)
Henrik Wann Jensen (US)
Stefan Jeschke (AT)
Jan Kautz (UK)
Jaroslav Krivanek (CZ)
Samuli Laine (FI)
Jason Lawrence (US)
Jaakkoo Lehtinen (US)
Hendrik Lensch (GE)
Danni Lischinski (IL)
Bill Mark (US)
Wojciech Matusik (US)
Sumanta Pattanaik (US)
Fabio Pellacini (US)
Holly Rushmeier (US)
Marc Stamminger (GE)
Lefebvre Sylvain (FR)
Laszlo Szirmay-Kalos (HU)
Nicolas Tsingos (FR)
Greg Ward (US)
Peter Wonka (US)
Local Organizing Chairs: Jasminka Hasic (BA) and Selma Rizvic (BA)
Instructions for Submission
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All contributions submitted to Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2008 must
be original, unpublished work. Any work that has previously been published
or simultaneously been submitted in substantially similar form to any other
conference or journal will be rejected. Contributions must be written and
presented in English.
Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Submitted manuscripts should
be formatted using the Eurographics publication style proceedings templates,
and be anonymized for the double-blind reviewing process.
Papers should be as long as their content requires, but not longer. Papers
with average length requirements are expected to be 8 formatted pages long,
including references and all figures; up to 10 pages will be allowed only
where justified. During the review process, each paper's contribution will
be judged in proportion to its length: a solid contribution described
clearly and succinctly is more likely to be accepted than the same result
submitted in a longer paper.
All submissions must be made through the Eurographics Submission and Review
Management system, using the following URL.
http://egmcp1.cgv.tugraz.at/SRM_SR2008
The submission deadlines will be strictly enforced. The authors of each
accepted paper need to complete and return the EG Copyright Assignment Form
before the paper can be published.
Point-Based Graphics 2008 - Call for Papers
Los Angeles, CA, USA - August 9-10, 2008
http://www.point-graphics.org
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2008
Co-sponsored by Eurographics and the IEEE-CS Visualization and Graphics
Technical Committee (VGTC)
The drive for increasingly complex 3D geometric models, especially those
scanned from the real-world, has brought about a growing interest in methods
that build on point primitives. Following the highly successful 2004, 2005,
2006, and 2007 Symposia on Point-Based Graphics, the 5th symposium of its
series, PBG08, aims to further demonstrate the applicability of point-based
methods in modeling, rendering, and simulation, and in a wide range of
application domains. PBG08 will take place in in Los Angeles, CA, USA, from
August 9-10, 2008, co-located with ACM SIGGRAPH 2008 and co-organized with
the International Symposium on Volume Graphics (VG08).
We invite your original contributions in areas including, but not limited
to, the following:
- Data acquisition and surface reconstruction
- Geometric modeling using point primitives
- Sampling, approximation, and interpolation
- Transmission and compression of point-sampled geometry
- Rendering algorithms for point primitives
- Geometry processing of point models
- Topological properties of point clouds
- Hardware architectures for point primitives
- Animation and morphing of point-sampled geometry
- Hybrid representations and algorithms
- Use of point-based methods in real-world applications
PBG was established do develop and leverage the newly created field of point
based graphics and to establish a community of its own. With the 5.
symposium of this kind in 2008 and the broad spectrum of scientific
publications on the subject, we believe that our initial mission is
accomplished. At the same time we observe a natural evolution and confluence
of point graphics and volume graphics into the broader field of "Sample
Based Graphics". In order to address this development VG'08 and PBG'08 will
organize a joint track on the topic to evaluate its suitability as new
direction into which both symposia might evolve in the years to come.
For more information about submission, please visit
http://point-graphics.org
Important Dates:
Paper submission deadline: Apr 30, 2008
Notification of acceptance: Jun 4, 2008
Camera-ready copy: Jun 18, 2008
Symposium: Aug 9-10, 2008
General Chairs:
Mario Botsch, ETH Zurich
Matthias Zwicker, University of California, San Diego
Papers Chairs:
Renato Pajarola, University of Zurich
Oliver Staadt, University of Rostock
