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Call for Papers JVRC 2010

by Stefanie Behnke

*** 2010 Joint Virtual Reality Conference of EuroVR - EGVE - VEC *** EuroVR - the 7th EuroVR (former INTUITION) Conference EGVE - the 16th Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments VEC - the annual Virtual Efficiency Congress http://www.jvrc2010.org September 29 - 30, 2010, Stuttgart, Germany Schwabenlandhalle, Stuttgart-Fellbach *** Call for Papers, Short Papers, and Posters *** *** Abstract DEADLINE May 12, 2010 - Full paper DEADLINE May 19, 2010 *** In 2010, the 16th Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, the 7th EuroVR (INTUITION) Conference, and the annual Virtual Efficiency Congress are merged together into the JVRC10 - Joint Virtual Reality Conference of EuroVR - EGVE - VEC. JVRC10 will provide an opportunity for virtual reality researchers, engineers and users to interact, share new results and new applications, show live demonstrations of their work, and discuss emerging directions for the field. JVRC10 will include an open call for papers, short papers, posters, tutorials, demos, lab presentations, as well as industrial presentations and exhibitions from industrial partners and research projects in the wider area of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and 3D User Interfaces. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Display and Projection Technologies - Tracking & Sensing - Haptics, Audio and Multimodal Interfaces - VR System Architecture and Development - 3D Input and Output Devices - Augmented and Mixed Reality (AR and MR) - Collaborative and Distributed VR - 3D User Interfaces and Interaction - User Studies and Evaluation - Presence and Cognition - Realtime Rendering, Modelling and Simulation - VR, AR, and MR Applications * Scientific Track * Original, unpublished papers, short papers and posters documenting new research contributions, practice and experience, or novel applications, from all areas of virtual VR/AR/MR are invited. * Industrial Application Track * We seek reports on best practices, applications of VR/AR/MR in industry and application oriented research projects with emphasis on process integration, qualitative or quantitative benefit analysis, ROI analyses or methods. This necessitates a strong involvement and feed-back of industrial end-users. Submissions do not have to be original in a scientific sense but should include the above mentioned reflections. * Submission information * Information about the submission procedure and formatting instructions will be available online at http://www.jvrc2010.org/Submission_Guidelines Accepted scientific papers will be presented at the conference and published in the Eurographics symposium series. Additionally, a selection of the best papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of a journal. The industrial application oriented papers will be considered for publication in a special EuroVR publication series. * Important Dates * May, 12: Abstract Deadline for submissions of research papers and short papers May, 19: Deadline for submissions of research papers and short papers May, 31: Deadline for submissions of posters and tutorials June, 20: Deadline for submissions of industrial application papers June, 20: Deadline for registration of research demos July, 2: Notification of acceptance for papers, short papers, posters, and tutorials July, 15: Deadline for camera-ready copy July, 15: Notification of acceptance for research demos The conference is organized by Fraunhofer IAO, Germany. * General Co-chairs * (jvrc10_chairs(a)jvrc2010.org) Dieter Spath, (Fraunhofer IAO Stuttgart, Germany) Anthony Steed (University College of London, UK) Roland Blach (Fraunhofer IAO Stuttgart, Germany) * International Program Committee Co-chairs * (jvrc10_ipc_chairs(a)jvrc2010.org) Torsten Kuhlen (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) Sabine Coquillart (INRIA Rhone-Alpes, France) Victoria Interrante (University of Minnesota, USA) * Industrial Application Program Committee Co-chairs * (jvrc10_industry_chairs(a)jvrc2010.org) Angelos Amditis (ICCS, NTUA, Greece) Manfred Dangelmaier Fraunhofer IAO, Germany) Phillipe Gravez (CEA, France) Christoph Runde (VDC, Germany) * About EuroVR * EuroVR is a non-profit, scientific Association that was founded as a continuation of the INTUITION Network of Excellence (EC FP6 NoE) to take up and expand the work initiated as a self-sustainable, independent organization. The INTUITION Network aimed at gathering and structuring the European Research Area on Virtual and Augmented Reality (www.eurovr-association.org). EuroVR 2010 follows on from the five successful INTUTION conferences held in Athens 2004, Paris 2005, Stuttgart 2006, Athens 2007 and Turino 2008, and the first EuroVR 2009 in Lyon. * About EGVE * EGVE is the Eurographics international symposium for the exchange of experience and knowledge among researchers and developers concerned with using and improving virtual environments. It started in 1993 as a workshop, and the symposium has most recently been held in Zurich 2003, Grenoble 2004, Aalborg 2005, Lisbon 2006, Weimar 2007, Eindhoven 2008, and Lyon 2009. * About VEC * The Virtual Efficiency Congress (VEC) is an annual conference and exhibition event focusing industrial applications of virtual reality. In 2009 the 2-days-congress had more than 250 participants, a 1000m² exhibition area with 28 booths, 36 presentations, 3 workshops and a panel discussion.

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SCA 2010: Call for Participation (reminder)

by Stefanie Behnke

====================================================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION -- SCA 2010 ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation Madrid, Spain July 2-4 http://www.gmrv.es/sca2010/ ====================================================== The submission deadline for SCA is approaching!! The complete call for papers and submission instructions can be found at http://www.gmrv.es/sca2010/call.html *** Important Dates *** All deadlines are 11:59pm Central European Time (GMT+2). 11th of Apr 2010: Deadline for papers submissions 9th of May 2010: Notification of papers acceptance 16th of May 2010: Deadline for posters submissions 23rd of May 2010: Camera-ready papers due 2nd-4th of Jul 2010: Symposium The Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) is the premier forum for innovations in the software and technology of computer animation. The ninth annual event unites researchers and practitioners working on all aspects of time-based phenomena. Our focused, intimate gathering, with single track program and emphasis on community interaction, makes SCA the best venue to exchange research results, get inspired, and set up collaborations. Don't miss out! We invite submission of original, high-quality papers on computer animation, broadly defined as computation dealing with time-varying phenomena. Each submission will be refereed by the International Program Committee members on the basis of technical quality, novelty, significance, and clarity. The SCA'10 electronic proceedings will be archived in the EG and ACM digital libraries. Extraordinarily good submissions will be invited to submit extended papers to ACM Transaction on Graphics (TOG). Authors of some rejected papers with high potential will be invited to submit their work to a combined posters & demos track. In addition to the technical papers and the posters & demos track, the conference program will also include an animation track. *** Conference co-Chairs *** Francois Faure (Grenoble Universities, INRIA, LJK-CNRS) Caroline Larboulette (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid) *** Program co-Chairs *** Zoran Popovic (University of Washington) Miguel A. Otaduy (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid) *** Posters Chair *** Adam Bargteil (University of Utah) We look forward to seeing you in Madrid!

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3rd Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval: Call for Participation

by Stefanie Behnke

Call for Participation 3rd Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval ------------------------------------------------- 2nd May 2010, Norrköping, Sweden http://www-rech.telecom-lille1.eu/3dor http://www.eurographics2010.se/coevents/ 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 continuously growing fast, the problem of creating new 3D models has shifted to the problem of searching for existing 3D models. Thereupon, the development of efficient search mechanisms is required for the effective retrieval of 3D objects from large repositories. The 3rd Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval will stimulate researchers from different fields (computer vision, computer graphics, machine learning and human-computer interaction) to work on the common goal of 3D object retrieval. It will thus provide a cross-fertilization ground fostering the next steps in this important research area. The workshop program features a set of exciting paper and poster presentations addressing shape descriptor definition; view- and part-based retrieval; feature selection and learning; and face retrieval and benchmarking. The workshop hosts the Shape Retrieval Contest (SHREC'10) which plays an important role in the evolution of 3D Object Retrieval research. Presentations of contest participants will detail the results of the competition, demonstrating the state of the art in important 3D retrieval tasks. ================================= Accepted Full Papers ================================= Robust Volumetric Shape Descriptor Raif Rustamov A Robust 3D Interest Points Detector Based on Harris Operator Ivan Sipiran, Benjamin Bustos Semantic-Driven Approach for Automatic Selection of Best Views of 3D Shapes Hamid Laga The Fast Reject Schema for Part-in-Whole 3D Shape Matching Marco Attene, Simone Marini, Michela Spagnuolo, Bianca Falcidieno Feature Selection for Enhanced Spectral Shape Comparison Simone Marini, Giuseppe Patane, Michela Spagnuolo, Bianca Falcidieno Learning the Compositional Structure of Man-Made Objects for 3D Shape Retrieval Raoul Wessel, Reinhard Klein 3D Facial Expression Recognition using Minimal-Redundancy Maximal-Relevance SIFT Features Stefano Berretti, Boulbaba Ben Amor, Mohamed Daoudi, Alberto del Bimbo Fast Human Classification of 3D Object Benchmarks Jonathan Corney, William Regli ================================= Accepted Posters ================================= 3D Shape Classification Based on Multi-scale Integral OrientationsAsim Wagan, Stephane Bres, Afzal Godil 3D Object Recognition and Person Facial Identification Using Time-averaged Single-views from Time-of-flight 3D Depth-CameraFabien Moutarde, Hui Ding, Ayet Shaiek A New Functionality-based Benchmark for Basic CAD Model RetrievalKaimo Hu, Bin Wang, Yi Gao, Dong Li, Junhai Yong Shape Similarity Assessment Approach for CAD Models Based on Graph Edit DistanceBin Wang, Dong Li, Kaimo Hu, Hui Zhang ================================= SHREC'2010 - SHape REtrieval Contest 2010 List of Tracks ================================= Protein ModelsOrganizers: Lazaros Mavridis, Vishwesh Venkatraman, David W. Ritchie (INRIA - Nancy Grand Est)Web page: http://webloria.loria.fr/~mavridis/SHREC_10/ Range ScansOrganizers: Helin Dutagaci, Afzal Godil (National Institute of Standards and Technology)Web page: http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/vug/sharp/contest/2010/RangeScans Generic 3D WarehouseOrganizers: Vanamali Thiruvadandam Porethi, Afzal Godil, Benny Cheung, Helin Dutagaci (National Institute of Standards and Technology)Web page: http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/vug/sharp/contest/2010/Generic3DWarehouse Feature Detection and DescriptionOrganizers: Alexander Bronstein, Michael Bronstein (Technion), Maks Ovsjanikov, Leonidas Guibas (Stanford University), Umberto Castellani (University of Verona)Web page: http://tosca.cs.technion.ac.il/book/shrec.html RobustnessOrganizers: Alexander Bronstein, Michael Bronstein (Technion), Maks Ovsjanikov, Leonidas Guibas (Stanford University), Umberto Castellani (University of Verona)Web page: http://tosca.cs.technion.ac.il/book/shrec.html CorrespondencesOrganizers: Alexander Bronstein, Michael Bronstein (Technion), Maks Ovsjanikov, Leonidas Guibas (Stanford University), Umberto Castellani (University of Verona)Web page: http://tosca.cs.technion.ac.il/book/shrec.html Non-rigid ShapesOrganizers: Zhouhui Lian, Afzal Godil (National Institute of Standards and Technology)Web page: http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/vug/sharp/contest/2010/NonRigidShapes Large Scale RetrievalOrganizers: Geert-Jan Giezeman, Remco Veltkamp (Utrecht University)Web page: http://give-lab.cs.uu.nl/SHREC/shrec2010/ulds.html ================================= Workshop Organization ================================= Workshop Chairs a.. Mohamed Daoudi (TELECOM Lille1 / LIFL, France) b.. Tobias Schreck (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany) Program Chairs a.. Michela Spagnuolo (IMATI-CNR, Italy) b.. Ioannis Pratikakis (IIT / NCSR Demokritos, Greece) c.. Remco Veltkamp (Utrecht University, Netherlands) d.. Theoharis Theoharis (Department of Informatics, University of Athens, Greece) International Program Committee a.. Philipos Azariadis (University of the Aegean, Greece) b.. Atilla Baskurt (INSA Lyon, France) c.. Stefano Berretti (University of Florence, Italy) d.. Benjamin Bustos (University of Chile, Chile) e.. Petros Daras (Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece) f.. Bianca Falcidieno (IMATI-CNR, Italy) g.. Dieter W. Fellner (Fraunhofer IGD, Germany) h.. Daniela Giorgi (IMATI-CNR, Italy) i.. Frank Ter Haar (TNO Defence, Security and Safety, The Netherlands) j.. Ioannis Kakadiaris (Houston University, USA) k.. Simone Marini (IMATI-CNR, Italy) l.. Ron Kimmel (Technion, Israel) m.. Georgios Papaioannou (AUEB, Greece) n.. Eric Paquet (CNRC, Canada) o.. Nicholas Patrikalakis (MIT, USA) p.. Stavros Perantonis (IIT / NCSR Demokritos, Greece) q.. Karthik Ramani (Purdue University, USA) r.. William Regli (Drexel University, USA) s.. Marcos Rodrigues (University of Sheffield, UK) t.. Nickolas S. Sapidis (University of the Aegean, Greece) u.. Dietmar Saupe (University of Konstanz, Germany) v.. Ariel Shamir (The Interdisciplinary Center, Israel) w.. Daniel Thalmann (EPFL, Switzerland) x.. Theodore Trafalis (University of Oklahoma, USA) y.. Jean-Philippe Vandeborre (TELECOM Lille1 / LIFL, France) z.. Anne Verroust (INRIA, France) ================================= Program, Registration, and Travel Information ================================= The workshop program is available via the workshop web site at:http://www-rech.telecom-lille1.eu/3dor/program.html Workshop registration is possible via the EG'2010 registration website at:http://www.eurographics2010.se/registration/ Travel to Norrköping is very easy, with a number of options available.Full details of travel information can be found on the EG'2010 website at:http://www.eurographics2010.se/travelinfo/

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GraVisMa 2010 - Computer Graphics, Computer Vision and Mathematics

by Stefanie Behnke

>>> GraVisMa 2010 Call for Papers - Gentle REMINDER<<< >>> Computer Graphics, Computer Vision and Mathematics <<< >>> in cooperation with EUROGRAPHICS ASSOCIATION <<< >>> Deadline for paper submission: April 25, 2010 <<< >>> Venue: Technical University BRNO, Czech Republic, September 7 - 10, 2010 >>> <<< Dear friend, this is just to let you know that the GraVisMa 2010 workshop will be held in September 7-10, 2010. Please, see GraVisMa 2010 WEB page: http://GraVisMa.zcu.cz and feel free to inspect GraVisMa 2009 as well. GraVisMa 2010 papers should be, properly formatted, submitted to the WEB server by April 25, 2010. Please, register your paper (Title, Authors, Abstract etc. as soon as possible). Submitted papers will be peer-to-peer reviewed, accepted and presented papers will be published in the GraVisMa proceedings with ISBN and sent for indexing to ISI/WoS, Scopus and others. Main topics of workshops (but not limited to): -------------------------------------------- - Computer Science fields: Computer Graphics (modeling, rendering, 3D imaging etc.), Computer Vision (3D reconstruction, non-linear image transformations etc.), Algorithms and Data Structures Human Computer Interaction, 3DTV, Scientific and Medical Visualization, Scientific Computing Applications - Mathematical fields: Numerical Computation, Projective Geometry, Geometric Algebra, Conformal Algebra, Grassmann Algebra, Clifford Algebra, other Mathematical Aspects - Technology issues: GPU/CUDA/TESLA technology, Intel Larabee technology, Parallel & Distributed processing, Signal Processing processors - Interesting applications: Influence Mathematics to Computer Science related fields, Computer Science inspiration to Mathematics, Educational Aspects, Programming Tools and Systems - Educational aspects and other related topics Yours Vaclav Skala skala(a)kiv.zcu.cz Subj. GraVisMa http://Graphics.zcu.cz Please, feel free to visit ------------------------ - Research activities http://GeometryAlgebra.zcu.cz , http://Graphics.zcu.cz - on-line paper repository of WSCG - International Conferences in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision since 1992 http://wscg.zcu.cz ---------------------------------------------- ABOUT GraVisMa ------------------ - GraVisMa workshop is a unique forum for researchers, practitioners, developers and academia experts to discuss new approaches and methods in Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Scientific Computation, Scientific, Medical and Information Visualization with applications of the latest developments in Mathematics and Physics. - Goals of the GraVisMa workshops is to bring theory of the Projective Geometry, Geometric Algebra and Conformal Geometry to practice especially in the fields related to Computer Graphics and Computer Vision, Scientific Computation and Visualization. - GraVisMa workshop will bring new impulses to related fields of computer science, especially in development of new approaches to algorithms and data structures, will stimulate research activities between mathematicians and computer science experts. Informal atmosphere of the GraVisMa workshops will stimulate discussions between researchers and practitioners that will lead to further international research collaborations and projects proposals as well.

15 years

8th Eurographics "Symposium on Geometry Processing"

by Stefanie Behnke

8th Eurographics "Symposium on Geometry Processing" Lyon, July 5-7, 2010 http://sgp2010.liris.cnrs.fr/ CALL FOR PAPERS The Symposium on Geometry Processing 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: a.. Geometry and topology representations b.. Simplification and level of detail c.. Surface and volume parameterization d.. Approximation and meshing e.. Reverse engineering f.. Robust geometric computing g.. Compression of static or animated geometry h.. Smoothing and denoising i.. Multiresolution shape analysis and synthesis j.. Geometric aspects of rendering and other fields k.. Interactive techniques l.. Animation and simulation IMPORTANT DATES (http://sgp2010.liris.cnrs.fr/dates.php) Abstract submission deadline: April 22, 2010 Paper submission deadline: April 26, 2010 Author notification: May 26, 2010 Camera ready copy deadline: June 1, 2010 Conference: July 5-7, 2010 SUBMISSION PROCEDURE (http://sgp2010.liris.cnrs.fr/submission.php) Authors are requested to submit an abstract of their paper (in plain text format) by April 22, 2010. The abstract should contain the names and institutions of all the authors, contact information of one contact author (name, e-mail, postal address, phone and fax numbers), and the working title and abstract of the submission. Paper submission deadline is April 26, 2010. Submitted manuscripts should be prepared for double-blind review and should be original work, not concurrently submitted to any other venue. The length of a submitted paper should not exceed 10 pages and strictly adhere to the EG publication style. A submission can be accompanied by electronic supplementary material (e.g. image, video, demo). Submitted papers will be carefully reviewed by members of the Program Committee and selected external reviewers. PROCEEDINGS The SGP proceedings will appear as a regular issue of 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. POSTERS SESSION: A posters session will provide an additional informative look into ongoing research. Papers with obvious potential but which missed the threshold will be invited to be presented in a poster session during the symposium. EVENT CO-CHAIRS Raphaëlle Chaine (Université de Lyon, LIRIS) Pierre-Marie Gandoin (Université de Lyon, LIRIS) Sébastien Valette (Université de Lyon, CREATIS) PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Olga Sorkine (New York University) Bruno Levy (INRIA Nancy) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Marc Alexa (TU Berlin) Pierre Alliez (INRIA) Nina Amenta (UC Davis) Andreas Boerentzen (DTU) Alexander Belyaev (Heriot-Watt University) Mirela Ben-Chen (Stanford University) Jean-Daniel Boissonnat (INRIA) Mario Botsch (Universität Bielefeld) Tamy Boubekeur (Telecom ParisTech) David Breen (Drexel University) Benedict Brown (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Frédéric Cazals (INRIA) Paolo Cignoni (ISTI) Daniel Cohen-Or (Tel Aviv University) David Cohen-Steiner (INRIA) Leila DeFloriani (University of Genova) Tamal Dey (Ohio State University) Herbert Edelsbrunner (Duke University) Thomas Funkhouser (Princeton University) Steven Gortler (Harvard University) Eitan Grinspun (Columbia University) Markus Gross (ETH Zurich) Xianfeng Gu (SUNY Stony Brook) Leonidas Guibas (Stanford University) Hans-Christian Hege (Zuse Institute) Kai Hormann (TU Clausthal) Tao Ju (Washington University) Misha Kazhdan (Johns Hopkins University) Leif Kobbelt (RWTH Aachen) Seungyong Lee (POSTECH Korea) Thomas Lewiner (PUC - Rio de Janeiro) Yaron Lipman (Princeton University) Charles Loop (Microsoft Research) Dinesh Manocha (UNC) Niloy Mitra (KAUST) Ken Museth (Digital Domain) Andy Nealen (Rutgers University) Steve Oudot (INRIA) Jean-Claude Paul (Tsinghua University) Mark Pauly (EPFL) Konrad Polthier (FU Berlin) Martin Reuter (MIT) Jarek Rossignac (Georgia Tech) Holly Rushmeier (Yale University) Szymon Rusinkiewicz (Princeton University) Scott Schaefer (Texas A&M University) Peter Schröder (Caltech) Hans-Peter Seidel (MPII) Ariel Shamir (The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya) Andrei Sharf (UC Davis) Alla Sheffer (UBC) Claudio T. Silva (University of Utah) Karan Singh (University of Toronto) Hiromasa Suzuki (The University of Tokyo) Yiying Tong (Michigan State University) Amitabh Varshney (University of Maryland ) Luiz Velho (IMPA) Johannes Wallner (TU Graz) Wenping Wang (Hong Kong University) Max Wardetzky (Universität Göttingen) Tino Weinkauf (New York University) Eugene Zhang (Oregon State University) Richard Zhang (Simon Fraser University) Denis Zorin (New York University)

15 years

SBIM 2010 Call For Participation

by Stefanie Behnke

SBIM 2010 Call For Participation Created in 2004, the Eurographics Symposium on Sketch-based Interfaces and Modeling (SBIM) provides a unique venue for researchers, students and practitioners interested in sketch-based techniques to interact with one another, share lessons learned, show new results and discuss open issues. The goal of this symposium is to explore models, algorithms and technologies needed to enable effective sketch-based interfaces. It investigates 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, mathematics, and 2D diagrams to 3D shapes. Likewise, the symposium explores the application of sketch-based interfaces to 3D computer graphics, animation, and CAD, as well as other specific applications such as diagram editing and note taking and novel input devices. Finally, the symposium welcomes empirical user studies aimed at clarifying the nature of sketch-based interfaces and comparing them to other interaction techniques. This year, the symposium will be held in Annecy, France and will be co-located with the 8th Symposium on Non Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (NPAR 2010) and the Annecy film festival -- for more information see http://graphics.cs.williams.edu/sbim-npar10/ . The symposium will include paper presentations (single track), coffee breaks, demonstrations, a social event, and a keynote talk by (to be determined). All are welcome to attend SBIM; submission of a paper is not required for attendance. The proceedings will be published in the EG Symposia series and made available online through the Eurographics and ACM Digital Libraries. 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 and editing 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 . Multi-touch interfaces and applications Paper Submission 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 and the review process is double-blind. Submit papers at http://egmcp1.cgv.tugraz.at/SRM_SBIM2010 The LaTeX Package can be downloaded at http://egmcp1.cgv.tugraz.at/SRM_SBIM2010/templates/latex.zip Demos Please submit demos by email to Tracy Hammond at (hammond at cs.tamu.edu) and Levent Burak Kara at (lkara at cmu.edu). The subject of the email should say: SBIM2010 demo submission. The email should contain either a weblink or ftp information from which to download both the demo and any instructions for running the demo. Important Dates Paper deadline: April 7, 2010 Papers acceptance notification: April 28, 2010 Papers camera-ready deadline: May 5, 2010 Conference: June 7-10, 2010 Conference Organization General Chairs: Joseph LaViola & Jean-Claude Léon Paper Chairs: Marc Alexa & Ellen Yi-Luen Do Demo Chairs: Tracy Hammond & Levent Burak Kara

15 years

Eurographics 2010 - Early registration ends 31/3.

by Stefanie Behnke

Please note: The discounted 'Early bird' registration ends 31st March, after that date full conference rates will apply. Call for Participation Eurographics 2010 31st Eurographics conference 3rd-7th May, 2010 Norrköping, Sweden The Eurographics Conference is the première event in Europe showcasing Computer Graphics research and applications. The conference this year is being hosted in the city of Norrköping by the University of Linköping, Sweden and will be held in the Louis de Geer conference centre next to the University's Norrköping campus, in the heart of the city. Full details of the conference, co-located events and programme can be found through the conference web site at: http://www.eurographics2010.se/ Travel to Norrköping is very easy, with a number of options available. Full details of travel information can be found here: http://www.eurographics2010.se/travelinfo/ Conference Chairs: Anders Ynnerman, University of Linköping, Kari Pulli, Nokia Research Center.

15 years

CGames 2010 - Call for papers

by Stefanie Behnke

Second Announcement and Call for Papers CGAMES 2010 Louisville The 15 th INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER GAMES CONFERENCE AI, Animation, Interactive Multimedia, Virtual Worlds and Serious Games 28 th - 31 st July 2010 Galt House Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, USA Venue: Galt House Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Venue Web Site: http://www.galthouse.com Organised by the University of Wolverhampton, UK, in association with the University of Louisville and the IEEE TCSIM Computer Society. Welcome to CGAMES USA 2010. The International Computer Games Conference, now in its 10th year, is acknowledged as one of the leading research conferences devoted to advancing the theory and practice of computer games development. www.cgamesusa.com. The International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Educational & Serious Games organised by The University of Wolverhampton, UK, is one of the leading research conferences devoted to the advancement of the theory and practice of games development. It brings together an international community of experts to discuss the state-of-the-art in computer games research, perspectives of future developments and innovative applications relevant to games development and related areas. Past conferences have attracted hundreds of participants from the industry and the academia from around the globe www.cgames.org. The main aim of the conference is to bring together researchers, games developers, sound, graphics, video, and animation developers, education and training industry from around the world to exchange ideas on design methods, research and development, and development methodologies that are beneficial to the computer games industry and the academia. For each event the theme has been chosen to reflect the major changes in the way in which digital games are developed and played. We hope that you will plan to join us in Louisville, Kentucky in July 2010. For more information and enquires, please contact the conference administrator: Ms Monica Chauhan: M.Chauhan(a)wlv.ac.uk Programme Registration and reception begin on the evening of 28th July 2010. The following 2 days are all day sessions and the conference dinner is normally held on the second of these two days. The final day is a half-day session. Hotel The Galt House Hotel, Louisville is located on the waterfront. It offers a magnificent view of the Ohio River and is within walking distance of many attractions in downtown Louisville. Guests need to ask for group name CGAMES USA 2010. Galt House Reservations Web site: http://www.galthouse.com/ Phone number: 502-589-5200 reservations(a)galthotel.com Conference rate: RIVUE TOWER: $116 single or double SUITE TOWER: $139 single or double There are two conference rooms for sessions and a separate room for the breaks. All conference rooms are in the hotel. Call For Papers You are invited to submit a paper on any topic related to computer games design, development and education, and particularly papers covering the use of AI for modelling and programming "believable characters", mobile games, multiplayer on-line, educational and serious games. We strongly encourage the submission of papers related to the design and the experiments of original type of games, in particular in the fields of serious games, ubiquitous, mobile, cross media platforms and massively multiplayer on line games. Technical Program The conference will cover, but is not restricted to, the following topics. 1.. Tools and systems for Games and Virtual Reality a.. Games platforms, toolkits, mechanics, frameworks, engines, APIs and libraries, and middleware, Scripting engines b.. Game interfaces (input devices, speech, gestures) c.. Content generation tools (modelling, texturing, animation, motion capture, sound, level designer) 2.. Game AI a.. Neural networks, genetic algorithms, Finite State Machines, fuzzy logics, rule-based AI, probability systems, Bayesian techniques, path finding, potential functions, flocking b.. Learning, adaptation and evolution c.. Believable characters, models, agent architecture, memory, game bots d.. Game AI for research and simulation 3.. Simulation, Graphics & Visualisation a.. Immersive Environments, virtual environments, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality b.. Real-time rendering and shaders c.. Procedural generation (particles, textures, objects, terrains, worlds) d.. Game Physics, NURBS, skeletal animation, facial animation e.. Level-Of-Detailing, image-based rendering, photo realism 4.. Serious Games and Games for Research a.. Edutainment, games for education and training, learning & teaching aids, technology-supported learning, simulations, developments and applications b.. Disaster Management, crowd simulation, crime scene investigation, medical training, security, situation awareness, games-based therapy, games for science 5.. Social and Humanities Aspects of Games a.. Gender in games, violence, and pervasive gaming b.. The Player c.. Games and society d.. Gaming communities 6.. Online, Multi-user, and Mobile Games, and Security a.. Games for mobile, handheld, and connected systems b.. MUDs, MMOGs, MMORPGs c.. Game Security 7.. Future Games a.. Generative/Procedural content development (characters, models, music, worlds) b.. Physics-based games c.. Emergence in Games d.. Mixed-Reality and Augmented Reality for Games e.. Alternate Genres f.. Future Games Interfaces: Touch, Multi-Point UI 8.. Inclusive Areas: a.. Interactive robots and toys, virtual Pets 9.. Game Design a.. Games genres b.. Level design c.. Adaptable interactive interfaces 10.. Game Images a.. Visual aesthetics b.. Animation, Graphics, and Visualization 11.. Sound & Music a.. Sound design b.. Music composition Special Sessions: Proposals for organising special sessions should be sent to any one of the programme chairs. Important Dates First call for papers: 1 February 2010 Paper Submission Deadline: 1 June 2010 Notification of Paper Acceptance: 1 July 2010 Final Paper Submission: 10 July 2010 Author Registration: 10 July 2010 Conference Dates: 28 July - 31 July 2010 Papers received after this deadline will not appear in the Proceedings. Authors are expected to register at the earliest convenience. Authors are required to present at the conference. Papers will only be included in the proceedings if the registration fee is paid. Best Paper Awards The best papers will receive an Award and are refereed for possible inclusion in the International Journal of Intelligent Games & Simulation. Student registration will be at a reduced rate. Poster and/or demos of their work are encouraged for companies present at the conference. 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3IA'2010 - 2nd Call for Short Papers and Participation

by Stefanie Behnke

3IA'2010 CONFERENCE THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Athens (GREECE), May 28 - 29, 2010 THE ONLY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN COOPERATION WITH EUROGRAPHICS SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN A SPECIAL SPRINGER VOLUME See http://3ia.teiath.gr/main_page.php?page=history for previous books INVITED SPEAKERS: Yves DUTHEN, University of Toulouse, (FRANCE) "The Bio-Logic of the Artificial Creatures" Xavier PUEYO, University of Girona, (SPAIN) "Physically-Based Modeling and Rendering. Improving Real World Applications" The third invited speaker will be announced later ---------------------------------------------------- | | | CALL FOR SHORT PAPERS | | AND PARTICIPATION | | | | | | DEADLINE: March 27, 2010 | ---------------------------------------------------- Reviewing of full papers submitted to the 3IA'2010 conference is currently in process by the IPC of the conference. Short papers can now be submitted up to March 27, 2010. The 3IA International Conference on Computer Graphics is the only International Conference on Intelligent Computer Graphics. The aim of this Conference is to present the current state of research of Computer Graphics researchers who use Artificial Intelligence techniques. The 13th 3IA International Conference (3IA'2010) will take place in May 2010, 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, Retired Professor Universite de Limoges Faculte des Sciences XLIM Laboratory 83, rue d'Isle 87000 LIMOGES phone : (+ 33) 5 55 43 80 60 E-mail : plemenos(a)numericable.com plemenos(a)unilim.fr Web: http://perso.numericable.com/plemenos 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) 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), Pascal LIENHARDT (France), Dimitri PLEMENOS (France), Xavier PUEYO (Spain), Alla SAFONOVA (USA) Mateu SBERT (Spain), Vaclav SKALA (Czech Republic), Daniel THALMANN (Switzerland), Theoharis THEOHARIS (Greece) 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), Georgia PAPAIOANNOU (Greece), Christos YIAKOUMETTIS (Greece), Ioannis CHRISTAKIS (Greece), Panagiotis PANOS (Greece). IMPORTANT DATES : Return of the intention form: today. Paper submission deadline: NEW DEADLINE: February 11, 2009. DONE Paper acceptance notification: March 20, 2010. Short paper submission deadline: March 27, 2010. Short paper acceptance notification: April 7, 2010 Final papers due : April 15, 2010. 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: 3ia2010 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: 130 Euros) including: - the proceedings of the conference, - two lunches in the university canteen, - a dinner in a restaurant on Friday evening. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Participation Form for the 3IA'2010 conference (to be retourned to the general chair of the conference: plemenos(a)numericable.com or plemenos(a)unilim.fr) Name: Professional address: Phone number: E-mail: I intend to participate to the 3IA'2010 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --

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Call for papers. 2010 International Conference on Cyberworlds

by Stefanie Behnke

2010 International Conference on Cyberworlds 20-22 October 2010, Singapore http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/SCE/cw2010 Organized by the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society. In cooperation with Association for Computing Machinery and Eurographics Association. Supported by the Interactive Digital Media R&D Program Office, Media Development Authority of Singapore. Cyberworlds are information worlds or communities created on cyberspace by collaborating participants either intentionally or spontaneously. As information worlds, they accumulate information regardless whether or not anyone is in, and they can be with or without 2D or 3D visual graphics appearance. The examples of such cyberworlds are communities created in different social networking services, 3D shared virtual environments, and multiplayer online games. Cyberworlds are closely related to the real world and have a serious impact on it. Cyberworlds have been created and applied in such areas as e-business, e-commerce, e-manufacturing, e-learning, e-medicine, and cultural heritage, etc. Cyberworlds augment and sometimes replace the real life and become a significant component of real economy. The international conferences on Cyberworlds have being organized annually since 2002 with the proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society and special issues published in The Visual Computer and other research journals. 10th in the series, CW2010 will consist of paper sessions, tutorials, industrial seminars, exhibitions and hands-on demonstrations where researchers, artists, and vendors will show the state-of-the-art in the field. CW2010 will have several parallel tracks including but not limited to the following topics: Shared virtual worlds; Virtual collaborative spaces; Shape modeling for cyberworlds; Virtual humans and avatars; Intelligent talking agents; Networked collaboration; Haptic interaction and rendering; Computer vision, augmented, mixed and virtual reality; Human-computer interfaces; Cognitive informatics; Brain-computer interfaces; EEG-based emotion recognition; E-learning in virtual collaborative spaces; Multi-user web games; Art and heritage in cyberspace; Cyber-museums; Cyberworlds and their impact on the real worlds; Cyberethics and cyberlaws; Cybersecurity; Data mining and warehousing in cyberworlds; Social networking. CW2010 will also have a special research and industrial track for Singapore Media Development Authority Co-Space projects. Key-note speakers: Tosiyasu L. Kunii Chief Technical Advisor of Morpho, Inc., Japan and Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo, Japan. Nadia Thalmann Professor and Director of MIRALab, University of Geneva and Director of the Institute for Media Innovations, NTU, Singapore. Michael Yap Deputy CEO at Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore and an Executive Director of the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Programme Office. André Gagalowicz Scientific Leader, Mirages, INRIA Paris - Rocquencourt research centre. Dieter Fellner, Professor at TU Darmstadt and Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD), Germany. The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society, placed in the IEEE Xplore and Computer Society digital libraries, and submitted for indexing through INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI, and other indexing services. The best full papers will be selected for 2 special issues of the following international journals: - The Visual Computer (Springer) - Transactions on Computational Science (Springer) Important Dates: Paper submission 30 April 2010 Notice of Acceptance 15 Jun 2010 Author registration 15 Jul 2010 Camera-ready paper 15 Jul 2010 Industrial Seminars/Exhibitions: Key industrialists are invited to share their experience in creating and applying cyberworlds to solve practical problems. Major research labs, industrial companies and other institutions are invited to set up an exhibition to present their group, the work and projects to the conference participants. Please email your requests to cyberworlds{at}ntu.edu.sg or call +65 6790-4292. General Chair and Co-Chairs: Alexei Sourin, NTU, Singapore. Dieter Fellner, Fraunhofer IGD, Germany. Daniel Thalmann, EPFL, Switzerland and NTU, Singapore. Program Chair: Olga Sourina, NTU, Singapore. CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named. The contents may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us, and do not copy or use it, nor disclose its contents. Thank you. Towards A Sustainable Earth: Print Only When Necessary

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