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CALL FOR PAPERS
International Journal of Computer Vision
Special Issue On: 3D Object Retrieval
Guest Editors: Theoharis Theoharis, University of Athens,
( theotheo AT di.uoa.gr )
Ioannis Pratikakis, NCSR
Demokritos, ( ipratika AT iit.demokritos.gr )
Michela Spagnuolo, IMATI Genova,
( michela.spagnuolo AT ge.imati.cnr.it )
Aim and Scope: 3D object representations have become an integral part of
modern computer graphics applications, such as computer-aided design, game
development and film production. At the same time, 3D data have become very
common in domains such as computer vision, computational geometry, molecular
biology and medicine. The rapid evolution in graphics hardware and software
development, in particular the availability of low cost 3D scanners, has
greatly facilitated 3D model acquisition, creation and manipulation, giving
the opportunity to experience applications using 3D models to a large user
community. As the number of 3D models is rapidly growing, the main issue in
the field has shifted from the creation of new 3D models to the retrieval of
existing 3D models. Thereupon, the development of efficient search
mechanisms is required for the effective retrieval of 3D objects from large
repositories, both of a single class (such as human faces) and across
classes.
The aim of this special issue is to stimulate researchers from different
fields (computer vision, computer graphics, machine learning and
human-computer interaction) who work on the common goal of 3D object
retrieval, to present high caliber state-of-the-art work in the field and
thus provide a cross-fertilization ground that will stimulate discussions on
the next steps in this important research area.
A Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval has already been organized within
Eurographics 2008 (3DOR'08 - http://www.iit.demokritos.gr/~egw3dor/ ).
While authors from 3DOR'08 are invited to submit extended versions of their
contribution, this does not guarantee acceptance to the special issue. All
submissions to this special issue will be considered on equal grounds.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to :
a.. Invariant 2D / 3D feature extraction
b.. Biologically inspired 3D representations
c.. Mesh segmentation
d.. Relevance feedback
e.. Active learning
f.. Ontology-driven search
g.. Sketch-based search
h.. Search of animated (3D+t) objects
i.. Search of 3D scenes
j.. Retrieval based on partial view of objects
k.. Generative / Discriminative approaches in 3D object categorization
l.. Indexing methodologies
m.. Applications in Multimedia industry, CAD industry, Games industry,
Biometrics, e-Science, e-Learning, Medicine, Culture.
n.. Benchmarking issues
Submission Procedure: Papers following the usual IJCV author guidelines
should be submitted to the IJCV website http://visi.edmgr.com , choosing the
Special Issue article type 3D Object Retrieval. Regular journal articles (up
to 25 pages) are preferred, but short papers (up to 10 pages) and
well-balanced surveys (up to 30 pages) will also be considered. All
submissions will be subject to peer review. Submissions will be returned
without review if we feel that they do not fall within the scope of the
special issue. If you are unsure about this, send an abstract or a draft to
the guest editors of the special issue at least one month before the
submission deadline.
Submission deadline:
September 30, 2008.
Preliminary decision for acceptance/rejection : January
2009
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August 9, 10 2008
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VAST2008 | Braga, Portugal, 2-6 December 2008
The 9th VAST International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and
Cultural Heritage
www.vast2008.org
Towards Sustainability | Integrated Technological Practices for Human
Heritage and Cultural Memory
Call for Participation
VAST2008 continues the tradition of excellence in the VAST symposia for
technologies in service of cultural heritage. This year's symposium
emphasizes the ephemeral nature of the subject of our disciplines, namely
the tangible/intangible cultural heritage artifacts - archaeological
remains, buildings, finds, manuscripts, myths, life histories, songs,
stories - and the new virtual heritage artifacts we are producing in order
to document, analyze, visualize and share our pasts through digital means.
Our community is acutely aware of the concerns and risks as well as the
opportunities and innovations for managing cultural and digital heritage.
The challenge we propose is to bring to bear the knowledge and expertise of
the VAST network of researchers and professionals that will lead to
sustainable practices of stewardship for the long term, for tangible,
intangible and virtual heritage alike.
We are at a unique point in history, where cultural heritage professionals
must work to care for the physical past while assuring that there will be a
digital record for the future. Peter Brantley, Executive Director of the
Digital Library Foundation, thinks, "the problem of digital preservation is
not one for future librarians, but for future archaeologists." If one
imagines that the well-intentioned efforts of researchers and scholars in
the modern era could be unreadable only fifty years from now, there is
tremendous responsibility on individual cultural heritage professionals to
insure a future for their digital work.
We see this symposium as a dialogue on the present and future of archaeology
in the 21st century. The sessions, papers, tutorials and workshops will
explore the wealth of opinions and expertise on this vast topic, ranging
from nuts-and-bolts practical information on geographical information
systems to producing non-linear narratives and multi-vocal visualizations of
the past.
We are seeking contributions that advance the state of the art in the
technologies available to support sustainability of human heritage. The
following topics are particularly encouraged:
· 2/3/4D Data Capture and Processing in CH
· Augmentation of physical collections with digital presentations
· Data Acquisition Technologies
· Digital capture and annotation of intangible heritage (performance,
audio, dance, oral)
· Interactive Environments and Applications for CH
· Long term preservation of digital artefacts
· Metadata, classification schema, ontologies and semantic processing
· Multilingual applications, tools and systems for CH
· Multimedia Data Acquisition, Management and Archiving
· On-site and remotely sensed data collection
· Professional and Ethical Guidelines
· Standards and Documentation
· Storytelling and Design of Heritage Communications
· Tools for Education and Training in CH
· Usability, Effectiveness and Interface Design for CH Applications
· Visualization
Paper, tutorial and workshop submission
We are soliciting four types of contributions:
a.. Full research papers presenting new innovative results. These
papers will be published by Eurographics in a high-quality proceedings
volume.
b.. Project papers focusing on the description of project organization,
use of technology, and lesson learned -- not innovative technical content.
These papers will have a full-length oral presentation and will be included
in a "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume.
c.. Short papers presenting preliminary ideas and works-in-progress.
These papers will have a short oral presentation or will be available as
posters in conference breaks. They will be published in the "Projects &
Short Papers" proceedings volume.
d.. Tutorials and Workshops. Half-day and full-day workings sessions
that provide an opportunity to educate and share on key topics of interest
face-to-face. Tutorial submissions will be published along with the full
research papers. Workshops that provide supplemental materials in time for
the CD-ROM printing will be included. All materials will be available on the
VAST 2008 website.
See detailed information on the VAST 2008 website under Submissions.
All types of submissions will be reviewed and feedback given to the authors.
Important Dates:
Abstract for all papers (full/project/short/workshops/tutorials) 7 July 2008
Paper submission for full papers 21 July 2008
Paper submission for project and short papers 28 July 2008
Notification for refereeing feedback 15 September 2008
Camera-ready FULL papers and TUTORIALS to printer 6 October 2008
Camera-ready SHORT and PROJECT papers and WORKSHOP descriptions to printer
13 October 2008
Early registration - 29 September
Symposium Dates:
· Workshops, Meetings, Tutorials 2 December
· Symposium 3-5 December
· Excursion to Coa Valley (10th Anniversary UNESCO World Heritage) 5-6
December.
Program Committee:
Michael Ashley
University of California at Berkeley (USA)
Karina Rodriguez-Echavarria
University of Brighton (UK)
Alberto Proença
Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
Sorin Hermon
The Cyprus Institute (Cyprus)
Any enquiries, please forward to the Symposium Program Committee email
address, at prog_committee(a)vast2008.org
CALL FOR PAPERS:
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Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biomedicine (EG VCBM) 2008
October 6-7, 2008
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
http://vcbm.org/2008
Aims and Scope:
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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:
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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:
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* Prof. dr. Heinz-Otto Peitgen, president of MeVis research, and
* Prof. dr. Nicolas Ayache, research director at INRIA.
Conference Location:
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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:
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Paper submission: June 22, 2008
Author notification: August 8, 2008
Camera-ready papers: August 22, 2008
Conference: October 6 - 7, 2008
Workshop Co-chairs:
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Charl Botha - Delft University of Technology
Gordon Kindlmann - Harvard Medical School
Wiro Niessen - Erasmus Medical Centre
Bernhard Preim - University of Magdeburg
International Program Committee:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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* IRTG 1131
* MeVis
* NWO
* Eurographics
-- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION --
6th Eurographics Italian Chapter (EG_It) Conference
Salerno, July 2nd - 4th, 2008
http://isis.dia.unisa.it/eg_it_08
Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche Fisiche e Naturali
Dipartimento di Informatica ed Applicazioni "R.M. Capocelli"
Via Ponte Don Melillo - Fisciano (SA), Italy
-- MOTIVATION AND DESCRIPTION --
EG_IT_08 will offer a panoramic view on the state of the art of research
and its application in topics concerning computer graphics and on
systems-oriented research and novel applications of computer graphics
across domains such as medicine, industry, media and arts to name but a
few. The final goal is to strengthen and to widen the Italian community of
top practitioners, users and researchers working in the field.
EG_IT_08 aims at easing communication within the scientific community and
circulation of ideas and innovative methods, which will hopefully inspire
further collaboration between participants particularly between academia
and industry. This will be encouraged hosting international speakers, who
will present overviews about recent results in relevant application areas,
and by organizing technical tutorials.
EG_IT_08 intends to provide a stimulating arena for young researchers and
Ph.D. students. They will have the possibility to show research results, and
to get feedbacks by the scientific community, in a friendly and constructive
environment.
-- INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS --
Giovanni Caturano, SpinVector
"Real-Life Augmented Reality"
Roberto Scopigno, CNR-ISTI
"3D Scanning: new advanced solutions and open issues"
Carsten Dachsbacher, University of Stuttgart, Germany
"GPU-Based Real-Time Global Illumination"
-- ENQUIRY AND INFORMATION --
The program is available at http://isis.dia.unisa.it/eg_it_08
and the registration is open (VISA and Mastercard) via the EG site:
https://www.eg.org/egshop/jsf/user/conferencelist.jsp
Registration will be closed on day 27 June (please, notice that it will
not be possible to register onsite, at the conference)
-- SPONSORS --
Università degli Studi di Salerno
Dipartimento di Informatica ed Applicazioni "R.M.Capocelli"
ISISLab
SpinVector New Media
Dot Mind in Motion
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Call for Participation:
Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing 2008
July 2-4 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.geometryprocessing.org
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Highlights:
- The program is available:
http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/SGP08/program.html
- The keynote speakers are Chris Williams, University of Bath and
Michael Floater, University of Oslo. There is also a session with
invited speakers from related industries.
http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/SGP08/invited.html
- This year there is a two day course in geometry processing immediately
before the conference on June 30 and July 1.
The course is given by Leif Kobbelt, RWTH, and Mario Botsch, ETH.
http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/SGP08/course.html
- Registration is open
http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/SGP08/registration.html
- The social event is in the Danish Design Center.
http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/SGP08/socialevent.html
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We invite you to participate in the sixth SYMPOSIUM on GEOMETRY PROCESSING
which will be held on July 2 to 4 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The goal of the
meeting is to present and discuss new research ideas and results in geometry
processing.
This research field is geared towards the creation of mathematical
foundations and practical algorithms for the processing of complex geometric
data sets, ranging from acquisition and editing all the way to animation,
transmission and display. As such it draws on many disciplines spanning pure
and applied mathematics, computer science, and engineering.
SGP brings together many of the best researchers in the field of geometry
processing, and there will be ample opportunity for informal discussions
during breaks and the social event.
For students and professionals interested in an advanced introduction to the
field, a two-day course in geometry processing will be offered immediately
before the conference on Monday, June 30 and Tuesday, July 1. The course is
taught by Leif Kobbelt and Mario Botsch. There will be lectures in the
morning of each day and hands-on exercises in our lab facilities during the
afternoon.
Up to date information about SGP will be made available via the official
homepage: www.geometryprocessing.org
All questions regarding organization, please contact the local organizers
at graphics(a)imm.dtu.dk
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Looking forward to seeing you at SGP 2008
Program co-chairs
Pierre Alliez, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis
Szymon Rusinkiewicz, Princeton University
Organizing co-chairs
J. Andreas Bærentzen and Francois Anton
Technical University of Denmark
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Call for Participation:
Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2008
June 23-25, 2008
Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
http://egsr2008.ssst.edu.ba
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Highlights:
The conference program is available on the website:
http://egsr2008.ssst.edu.ba/program.htm
Online registration is open:
http://egsr2008.ssst.edu.ba/registration.htm
Keynotes by
David Salesin, Adobe Systems, and
Heinrich Bülthoff, Max Planck Institute
Bosnian Magical Mystery Tour (register till June 6!):
4 day tour after the conference gives you the opportunity
to discover the beauty of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the
heart shaped land:
http://egsr2008.ssst.edu.ba/tour.htm
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We invite you to participate in the Eurographics Symposium on Rendering
2008, taking place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 23 to June
25, 2008.
The symposium is the nineteenth annual event in the highly successful
sequence of Eurographics Workshops and Symposia on Rendering. Over the
years, this series has produced many remarkable papers that have
introduced influential new ideas and important practical techniques.
Each year, EGSR brings together the highest concentration of rendering
talent you'll find anywhere, with plenty of time for extended informal
discussion in between presentations of the latest research.
Note that this year EGSR 2008 is co-located with Graphics Hardware 2008
(20-21 June 2008), which gives you the opportunity to visit two great
conferences in one trip:
http://www.graphicshardware.org/index.html
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All participants interested in the four day Bosnian Magical Mystery
Tour, please contact us through email (contact(a)ssst.edu.ba) by the 6th
of June so that we can book the hotels and make the necessary
arrangements. In the case of fewer participants than planned for, we
will create an equally appealing tour as an alternative. The
participants will be informed soon after the 6th of June.
Up-to-date information about the conference is available on the EGSR
2008 web site:
http://egsr2008.ssst.edu.ba
For all questions regarding the organization, please contact the local
organizers, Jasminka Hasic and Selma Rizvic, at contact(a)ssst.edu.ba.
Looking forward to seeing you at EGSR 2008,
Michael Wimmer and Steve Marschner
EGSR 2008 program co-chairs
Jasminka Hasic and Selma Rizvic
EGSR 2008 local organizers