Call for Papers
GraDiFab2017 - Eurographics Workshop on
Graphics for Digital Fabrication in the Arts and Culture
5th-6th July, 2017 at University College London, UK.
Co-located with the Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing
Workshop URL: www.gradifab.org
Abstract deadline: May 12th, 2017
Submissions deadline: May 19th, 2017
***Aims and scope***
Digital fabrication technologies comprise of a combination of
programmable tools, processes, materials and equipment. They allow
the creation of physical objects of complexities not achievable by
traditional manufacturing processes. Artists and other professionals
in the Arts and Culture sector are experimenting with innovative
technical solutions which can support their creative processes.
The research of the computer graphics community has the potential
to impact on these communities by offering skills, techniques,
tools and infrastructure.
In its second edition, the workshop aims to bring together communities
working on aspects related to computer graphics and digital fabrication
for Arts and Culture. The intended audience involves practitioners and
experts from a wide range of areas such as computer graphics, additive
manufacturing, computer aided design, materials, human computer
interaction as well as end users.
Topics include are (but are not limited to) the following:
- Artistic processes and cultural applications of digital fabrication
- 3D printing and fabrication algorithms and applications
- Digital fabrication for museums and art galleries
- 3D acquisition algorithms and applications
- Complex art shapes processes, algorithms, examples
- Reproduction of complex materials
- Fabrication at different scales from nano to large scales
- Fabrication of flexible materials
- Digital fabrication using innovative materials and technologies
- User applications in arts and culture
***Submission contributions***
We invite submissions of different types:
- Research papers: reporting relevant research. Page limit is 10.
- Project reports: discussing current projects or experiences from
practitioners in the area of arts and culture. Reports should
address creative processes and requirements for new technologies.
Page limit is 4.
- Posters: reporting related initiatives where digital fabrication is
being (or is intended to be) used and where the author will benefit
with interaction with the wider community. Two-page abstract for
review.
Paper and reports submission via:
https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/GraDiFab_2017/
Poster submission via email to: chairs-gradifab2017(a)eg.org
***Presentation & publication***
Submission will be reviewed by the Programme Chairs and the
International Programme Committee. Successful submissions will be
presented at the workshop. Accepted posters will be exhibited during
the workshop as an A1 poster.
All accepted research contributions will be published by the European
Association of Computer Graphics (Eurographics). They will also be
made available in the Eurographics Digital Library Archive.
***Important dates***
- Abstract deadline for papers and reports: May 12th, 2017
- Submission deadline for contributions: May 19th, 2017
- Poster submission: June 1st, 2017
- Notification of acceptance: June 9th, 2017
- Camera-ready deadline: June 16th, 2017
- Workshop: July 5th-6th, 2017
***Program Chairs***
Ergun Akleman (Texas A&M University)
Konrad Polthier (Freie Universitaet Berlin)
***Organizers***
Asla Medeiros e Sá (Getulio Vargas Foundation)
Karina Rodriguez Echavarria (University of Brighton)
Nico Pietroni (ISTI-CNR)
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Call for Papers
15th EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage
Graz, Austria, September 27-29, 2017
https://gch17.tugraz.at/
Full Paper Deadline: May 05, 2017
The 15th EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage (GCH 2017)
aims to foster an international dialogue between ICT experts and CH
scientists to advance the understanding of critical requirements for
processing, managing, and delivering cultural information to a broad
audience. The objective of the workshop is to introduce and showcase new
techniques and applications for supporting Cultural Heritage information
ranging from data acquisition, analysis and synthesis, 3D documentation, and
data management, to new forms of interactive presentation and 3D printing
solutions. Interdisciplinary approaches for analysis, classification and
interpretation of cultural artefacts are particularly relevant to the event.
GCH 2017 provides a scientific forum to exchange novel ideas and techniques
in research, education and dissemination of Cultural Heritage information,
to transfer them into practice, and identify future research and application
opportunities. To advance the dialogue between ICT and CH experts, GCH 2017
will be held in close cooperation with the Museumsakademie of the
Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz, providing opportunity for exchange between
the domains.
We seek original, innovative and previously unpublished contributions in the
computer graphics area applied to digital cultural heritage, challenging the
state of the art solutions and leveraging new ideas for future developments.
Equally, original contributions in the cultural heritage field of relevance
to computer graphics are welcome. Specific workshop sessions will be devoted
to reports on applications, experiences and projects in this domain.
Contributions are solicited (but not limited to) in the following areas:
2/3/4D data acquisition and processing in Cultural Heritage
Multispectral imaging and data fusion
Digital acquisition, representation and communication of intangible
heritage
Material acquisition analysis
Heterogeneous data collection, integration and management
3D printing of cultural assets
Shape analysis and interpretation
Similarity search of digital artefacts
Visualization and Virtual Museums including storytelling and design of
heritage communications
Multi-modal and interactive environments and applications for Cultural
Heritage
Spatial and mobile augmentation of physical collections with digital
presentations
Semantic-aware representation of digital artefacts (metadata,
classification schemes, annotation)
Digital libraries, archiving and long-term preservation of 3D documents
Standards and documentation
Serious games in Cultural Heritage
Organizational aspects of cooperation between ICT and CH experts for
project development
Best practices for deployment of novel ICT solution in the CH domain,
including budgeting and maintenance
User demand and reception of ICT solutions in CH institutions
In cooperation with the Museumsakademie Joanneum, GCH is also planning for a
half-day tutorial program, addressing practices and challenges in the
important areas of acquisition and presentation of CH content.
IMPORTANT DATES
05 May Full Papers Deadline
30 June Notification Full Paper
14 July Short Papers + Posters
15 Aug Notification Short Papers + Posters
03 Sept Camera Ready Deadline
27-29 Sept Event takes place
Submission Information
Please submit your work via the SRM conference management system:
https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/GCH_2017. A LaTeX template for
preparing submissions can be found here:
https://gch17.tugraz.at/conference_participation.html. Please also see the
submission instructions at
https://gch17.tugraz.at/conference_participation.html.
Proceedings
All accepted papers will be published by the Eurographics Association and
archived in the EG Digital Library. The authors of selected best papers will
be invited to submit an extended version to the ACM Journal on Computing and
Cultural Heritage (JOCCH, see http://jocch.acm.org/).
Organization
Event Co-Chairs
Dieter Fellner, TU Darmstadt/Fraunhofer IGD, TU Graz
Bettina Habsburg-Lothringen, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Program Co-Chairs
Tobias Schreck, Graz University of Technology
Tim Weyrich, University College London
Tutorial Co-Chairs
Bettina Habsburg-Lothringen, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Pavlos Mavridis, Graz University of Technology
Short Paper Chairs
Robert Sablatnig, TU Wien
Benjamin Stular, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana
Local Chair
Torsten Ullrich, Fraunhofer Austria, Graz
Full Paper Program Committee
Pierre Alliez, INRIA
Carlos Andujar, ViRVIG Barcelona
Juan Barcelo, Universidad Autonoma Barcelona
Silvia Biasotti, CNR-IMATI, Genova
Jean-Yves Blaise, CNRS
Ulrich Bockholt, Fraunhofer IGD
Benedict Brown, University of Pennsylvania
Chiara Catalano , CNR-IMATI, Genova
Alan Chalmers, University of Warwick
Paolo Cignoni, CNR-ISTI, Pisa
Livio De Luca, CNRS
Anastasios Doulamis, NTU Athens
Andrea Giachetti, University of Verona
Enrico Gobbetti, CRS4
Antonella Guidazzoli, CINECA Interuniversity Consortium
Gabriele Guidi, Politecnio Milano
Sorin Hermon, The Cyprus Institute
Marinos Ioannides, Cyprus University of Technology
Stuart James, University College London
Martin Kampel, TU Wien
Reinhard Klein, University of Bonn
Maria Teresa Linaza, Vicomtech-IK4, Spain
Alamin Mansouri, LABORATOIRE Le2i
Ricardo Marroquim, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Michela Mortara, CNR-IMATI, Genova
Andras Patay-Horvath, Eötvös Loránd University
Sofia Pescarin, CNR-ITABC, Montelibretti (Rome)
Matteo Delle Piane, CNR-ISTI, Pisa
Ioannis Pratikakis, Univserity of Thrace, Xanthi
Patrick Reuter, INRIA Bordeaux
Selma Rizvic, University of Sarajevo
Karina Rodriguez Echavarria, University of Brighton
Vincent Rossi, Smithsonian Institute
Maria Roussou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Holly Rushmeier, Yale
Pedro Santos, Fraunhofer IGD
Roberto Scopigno, CNR-ISTI, Pisa
Ivan Sipiran, Universidad Católica del Perú
Michela Spagnuolo, CNR-IMATI, Genova
Didier Stricker, University of Kaiserslautern
Jean-Marc Vallet, CICRP Marseille
Michael Wimmer, TU Wien
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Pacific Graphics 2017 Call For Papers ( <http://www.siggraph.org.tw/pg2017/>
http://www.siggraph.org.tw/pg2017/)
Pacific Graphics 2017 will be hosted by National Chiao Tung University and
held in Taipei, Taiwan, during October 16-19, 2017. Pacific Graphics is an
annual international conference on computer graphics and applications. As a
highly successful conference series, Pacific Graphics provides a premium
forum for researchers, developers, practitioners in the Pacific Rim and
around the world to present and discuss new problems, solutions, and
technologies in computer graphics and related areas.
Paper submission
Original unpublished papers are invited in all areas of computer graphics
and its applications. The topics include (but are not limited to) modeling,
rendering, animation, and imaging, as well as visualization, human-computer
interaction, and graphics systems and applications. Any interesting new
ideas related to computer graphics and applications are welcome.
Paper publication
The conference proceedings of Pacific Graphics 2017 will be published as an
issue of the Computer Graphics Forum (CGF), the journal of the Eurographics
Association, in print and online. Regular (full) papers will be presented in
oral sessions and appear in the journal issue. A few submissions with strong
potential but not accepted as regular papers will be recommended for a
second review cycle of CGF after major revisions. Short papers will not
appear in CGF, but will be published electronically through the EG digital
library.
Important dates
- Paper submission: Apr 30, 2017
- Reviews sent to authors: Jun 13, 2017
- Rebuttal period closes: Jun 18, 2017
- Decision notification: Jun 28, 2017
- Camera ready: Jul 28, 2017
- Conference: October 16 - 19, 2017
Conference co-chairs
Leif Kobbelt (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Jung Hong Chuang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Bing-Yu Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Program co-chairs
Jernej Barbic (University of Southern California, USA)
Wen-Chieh Lin (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Olga Sorkine-Hornung (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Dear Colleagues,
There are openings for 3 PhD positions within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Innovative Training Network DISTRO ( <http://www.distro-itn.eu/>
http://www.distro-itn.eu/), where we will train a total of 15 Early Stage
Researcher (ESR) across a number of leading laboratories in Visual Computing
and 3D Computer Graphics research across Europe (
<http://www.distro-itn.eu/participants/>
http://www.distro-itn.eu/participants/). The aim is to train a new
generation of scientists, technologists, and entrepreneurs that will move
Europe into a leading role in the scientific and technological innovation
in the area of casual, distributed 3d object design and customisation. All
ESRs will have secondments linked to their research to other partners in the
network.
The current three openings are at at Universität des Saarlandes (Intel
Visual Computing Institute, Saarbrücken), Univerzita Karlova v Praze
(Charles University in Prague), and Deutsches Forschungszentrum für
Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI, Saarbrücken). Please find additional
information at <http://www.distro-> http://www.distro-
<http://itn.eu/recruitment/> itn.eu/recruitment/.
All ESRs must be, at the date of recruitment, within the first four years of
their research career and not have a doctoral degree. In addition, they must
not have spent more than 12 months in the host country in the 3 years prior
to the date of recruitment.
ESRs are paid a competitive salary which is adjusted in accordance to their
individual circumstances. Please see the individual adverts linked from
<http://www.distro-itn.eu/recruitment/>
http://www.distro-itn.eu/recruitment/ to see details of the salary for your
host country, as well as information on how to apply. For any further
questions, please contact <mailto:admin@distro-itn.eu> admin(a)distro-itn.eu.
Kind regards,
--
Tim Weyrich
Professor of Visual Computing
Coordinator of Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN DISTRO
Dept of Computer Science
University College London
Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
<http://tim.weyri.ch/> http://tim.weyri.ch/
<http://www.distro-itn.eu/> http://www.distro-itn.eu/
***** We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this email *****
Pacific Graphics 2017 Call For Papers ( <http://www.siggraph.org.tw/pg2017/>
http://www.siggraph.org.tw/pg2017/)
Pacific Graphics 2017 will be hosted by National Chiao Tung University and
held in Taipei, Taiwan, during October 16-19, 2017. Pacific Graphics is an
annual international conference on computer graphics and applications. As a
highly successful conference series, Pacific Graphics provides a premium
forum for researchers, developers, practitioners in the Pacific Rim and
around the world to present and discuss new problems, solutions, and
technologies in computer graphics and related areas.
Paper submission
Original unpublished papers are invited in all areas of computer graphics
and its applications. The topics include (but are not limited to) modeling,
rendering, animation, and imaging, as well as visualization, human-computer
interaction, and graphics systems and applications. Any interesting new
ideas related to computer graphics and applications are welcome.
Paper publication
The conference proceedings of Pacific Graphics 2017 will be published as an
issue of the Computer Graphics Forum (CGF), the journal of the Eurographics
Association, in print and online. Regular (full) papers will be presented in
oral sessions and appear in the journal issue. A few submissions with strong
potential but not accepted as regular papers will be recommended for a
second review cycle of CGF after major revisions. Short papers will not
appear in CGF, but will be published electronically through the EG digital
library.
Important dates
- Paper submission: Apr 30, 2017
- Reviews sent to authors: Jun 13, 2017
- Rebuttal period closes: Jun 18, 2017
- Decision notification: Jun 28, 2017
- Camera ready: Jul 28, 2017
- Conference: October 16 - 19, 2017
Conference co-chairs
Leif Kobbelt (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Jung Hong Chuang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Bing-Yu Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Program co-chairs
Jernej Barbic (University of Southern California, USA)
Wen-Chieh Lin (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Olga Sorkine-Hornung (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Call for Papers
15th EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage
Graz, Austria, September 27-29, 2017
http://gch17.tugraz.at/
Full Paper Deadline: May 05, 2017
The 15th EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage (GCH 2017)
aims to foster an international dialogue between ICT experts and CH
scientists to advance the understanding of critical requirements for
processing, managing, and delivering cultural information to a broad
audience. The objective of the workshop is to introduce and showcase new
techniques and applications for supporting Cultural Heritage information
ranging from data acquisition, analysis and synthesis, 3D documentation, and
data management, to new forms of interactive presentation and 3D printing
solutions. Interdisciplinary approaches for analysis, classification and
interpretation of cultural artefacts are particularly relevant to the event.
GCH 2017 provides a scientific forum to exchange novel ideas and techniques
in research, education and dissemination of Cultural Heritage information,
to transfer them into practice, and identify future research and application
opportunities. To advance the dialogue between ICT and CH experts, GCH 2017
will be held in close cooperation with the Museumsakademie of the
Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz, providing opportunity for exchange between
the domains.
We seek original, innovative and previously unpublished contributions in the
computer graphics area applied to digital cultural heritage, challenging the
state of the art solutions and leveraging new ideas for future developments.
Equally, original contributions in the cultural heritage field of relevance
to computer graphics are welcome. Specific workshop sessions will be devoted
to reports on applications, experiences and projects in this domain.
Contributions are solicited (but not limited to) in the following areas:
2/3/4D data acquisition and processing in Cultural Heritage
Multispectral imaging and data fusion
Digital acquisition, representation and communication of intangible
heritage
Material acquisition analysis
Heterogeneous data collection, integration and management
3D printing of cultural assets
Shape analysis and interpretation
Similarity search of digital artefacts
Visualization and Virtual Museums including storytelling and design of
heritage communications
Multi-modal and interactive environments and applications for Cultural
Heritage
Spatial and mobile augmentation of physical collections with digital
presentations
Semantic-aware representation of digital artefacts (metadata,
classification schemes, annotation)
Digital libraries, archiving and long-term preservation of 3D documents
Standards and documentation
Serious games in Cultural Heritage
Organizational aspects of cooperation between ICT and CH experts for
project development
Best practices for deployment of novel ICT solution in the CH domain,
including budgeting and maintenance
User demand and reception of ICT solutions in CH institutions
In cooperation with the Museumsakademie Joanneum, GCH is also planning for a
half-day tutorial program, addressing practices and challenges in the
important areas of acquisition and presentation of CH content.
IMPORTANT DATES
05 May Full Papers Deadline
30 June Notification Full Paper
14 July Short Papers + Posters
15 Aug Notification Short Papers + Posters
03 Sept Camera Ready Deadline
27-29 Sept Event takes place
Submission Information
Please submit your work via the SRM conference management system:
https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/GCH_2017. A LaTeX template for
preparing submissions can be found here:
http://gch17.tugraz.at/conference_participation.html. Please also see the
submission instructions at
http://gch17.tugraz.at/conference_participation.html.
Proceedings
All accepted papers will be published by the Eurographics Association and
archived in the EG Digital Library. The authors of selected best papers will
be invited to submit an extended version to the ACM Journal on Computing and
Cultural Heritage (JOCCH, see http://jocch.acm.org/).
Organization
Event Co-Chairs
Dieter Fellner, TU Darmstadt/Fraunhofer IGD, TU Graz
Bettina Habsburg-Lothringen, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Program Co-Chairs
Tobias Schreck, Graz University of Technology
Tim Weyrich, University College London
Tutorial Co-Chairs
Bettina Habsburg-Lothringen, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Pavlos Mavridis, Graz University of Technology
Short Paper Chairs
Robert Sablatnig, TU Wien
Benjamin Stular, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana
Local Chair
Torsten Ullrich, Fraunhofer Austria, Graz
Full Paper Program Committee
Pierre Alliez, INRIA
Carlos Andujar, ViRVIG Barcelona
Juan Barcelo, Universidad Autonoma Barcelona
Silvia Biasotti, CNR-IMATI, Genova
Jean-Yves Blaise, CNRS
Ulrich Bockholt, Fraunhofer IGD
Benedict Brown, University of Pennsylvania
Chiara Catalano , CNR-IMATI, Genova
Alan Chalmers, University of Warwick
Paolo Cignoni, CNR-ISTI, Pisa
Livio De Luca, CNRS
Anastasios Doulamis, NTU Athens
Andrea Giachetti, University of Verona
Enrico Gobbetti, CRS4
Antonella Guidazzoli, CINECA Interuniversity Consortium
Gabriele Guidi, Politecnio Milano
Sorin Hermon, The Cyprus Institute
Marinos Ioannides, Cyprus University of Technology
Stuart James, University College London
Martin Kampel, TU Wien
Reinhard Klein, University of Bonn
Maria Teresa Linaza, Vicomtech-IK4, Spain
Alamin Mansouri, LABORATOIRE Le2i
Ricardo Marroquim, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Michela Mortara, CNR-IMATI, Genova
Andras Patay-Horvath, Eötvös Loránd University
Sofia Pescarin, CNR-ITABC, Montelibretti (Rome)
Matteo Delle Piane, CNR-ISTI, Pisa
Ioannis Pratikakis, Univserity of Thrace, Xanthi
Patrick Reuter, INRIA Bordeaux
Selma Rizvic, University of Sarajevo
Karina Rodriguez Echavarria, University of Brighton
Vincent Rossi, Smithsonian Institute
Maria Roussou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Holly Rushmeier, Yale
Pedro Santos, Fraunhofer IGD
Roberto Scopigno, CNR-ISTI, Pisa
Ivan Sipiran, Universidad Católica del Perú
Michela Spagnuolo, CNR-IMATI, Genova
Didier Stricker, University of Kaiserslautern
Jean-Marc Vallet, CICRP Marseille
Michael Wimmer, TU Wien
Apologies for cross postings
2017 International Conference on CYBERWORLDS
University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom
20-22nd September, 2017
In cooperation with the Eurographics Association, ACM SIGGRAPH, and the
International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
<http://www.cyberworlds-conference.org/>
http://www.cyberworlds-conference.org/
Second Call for Participation
Cyberworlds are information spaces and communities that use computer
technologies to augment the way we interact, participate in business and
receive information throughout the world. Cyberworlds have ever-growing
impact on our lives and the evolution of the world economy. Examples include
social networking services, 3D shared virtual communities and massively
multiplayer online role-playing games. As the University of Chester is
hosting the 2017 conference we particularly invite submissions based on our
specialist areas of virtual and augmented reality, and cybersecurity.
However, a broad range of topics will be accepted for CW2017, including:
* Applications of augmented and mixed reality
* Networked and shared virtual worlds
* Virtual collaborative spaces
* Shape modelling for cyberworlds
* Virtual humans and avatars
* Multimodal interaction and rendering
* Computer vision for augmented and mixed reality
* Cognitive informatics
* Brain-computer interfaces
* Affective computing
* Social computing
* Online communities
* E-learning in cyberworlds
* Multi-user web games
* Art and heritage in cyberspace, cyber-museums
* Cyberethics and cyberlaws
* Cybersecurity
* Welfare in cyberworlds
* Data mining and warehousing in cyberworlds
* Visual analytics in cyberworlds
SUBMISSION CATEGORIES include full papers (up to 8 pages), short papers (up
to 4 pages), and poster papers (up to 4 pages). The papers must be written
in good English, carefully proofread, and formatted to
<http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.htm
l> IEEE Manuscript Template. Full papers and short papers will be scheduled
for oral presentation (25 min full papers, 15 min short papers).
Posters/demos will have to be displayed by the authors during the poster
session and will also require 1 min fast-forward slide presentation. All
three categories of papers will participate in the competition for the Best
Paper awards.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS with all accepted papers will be published by IEEE
Conference Publishing Services as well as submitted to the IEEE Xplore
Digital Library, IEEE Computer Society Digital Library and reference
databases of all major referencing indices (e.g., see the proceedings listed
at SCI, Scopus, etc.).
KEYNOTE TALKS:
* Professor Min Chen, University of Oxford, "Myths and Promises of
Data Intelligence".
* Dr. Rafal Mantiuk, University of Cambridge, "Towards perceptually
realistic visual experience"
REGISTRATION and ORAL PRESENTATION of each paper accepted for the conference
will be required to be included in the conference proceedings.
CONFERENCE VENUE: Chester is one of the most historic cities in the UK and
many tourist attractions are nearby. CW2017 will be held in the heart of the
city at the Riverside Innovation Centre. There is a wide selection of hotels
at a range of prices available to book in Chester - for more information see
<http://www.visitchester.com/> www.visitchester.com. Manchester
International Airport is 30 miles from Chester and can be reached in 40
minutes by road or 1hr 30 mins by rail. Liverpool Airport is 25 miles from
Chester and can be reached in 35 minutes by road. Chester is also well
served by the railway network and has frequent, fast rail links to London
and major cities in the UK.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Monday 14 May 23:59 UTC
Papers (Full/Short) submission
Friday 22 June
Papers (Full/Short) notification
Friday 29 June 23:59 UTC
Poster papers submission
Friday 6 July
Poster papers notification
Friday 13 July
Author Registration
Friday 14 July
Camera-ready papers submission to IEEE CPS
Links to previous conferences in the Cyberworlds series can be found
<http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/assourin/CW/cw-conferences.htm> here.
The department of Information and Computing Sciences of Utrecht University is looking for:
6 talented Assistant Professors in Information and Computing Sciences (Tenure Track 0.8 - 1.0 FTE) (Female/Male), including one Westerdijk fellowship (Female)
Job description
We are searching for excellent candidates, preferably on the Assistant Professor level.
Candidates must have expertise in Computing and Information Sciences, related to our current research groups and teaching programmes. We are looking for outstanding candidates who will invigorate and enrich the scope of expertise of our Department and can enhance its involvement in interdisciplinary research projects within and outside the university.
The quality of the candidate is leading, but preferred areas of expertise are Data Science, Programming Languages, Information Science, Computer Graphics and Serious Games.
As teaching is an important and satisfying part of our work we are searching for people with a demonstrable motivation to teach. The preferred candidate has teaching experience, and is actively interested in improving her or his teaching, the courses and the teaching programme. Also candidates largely focusing on teaching will be considered.
Qualifications
Ideally your eligibility is exemplified by:
Research:
PhD in Computer Science, Information Science or another relevant discipline; track record of international publications in leading conferences and journals; experience with or good prospects for acquiring external research funds; vision on future research directions in own area of expertise; experience with or readiness to supervise PhD projects; active role in international scientific communities.
Teaching:
enthusiasm for teaching and student supervision; ability to teach in departmental BSc and MSc programmes; vision on teaching and your own contribution to teaching.
Please note that we are also interested in candidates with a focus on teaching!
Leadership:
play an active and cooperative role in the department and the University; willingness to organize scientific events, such as research seminars or teaching seminars; willingness to partake in departmental committees.
In view of the gender balance we strongly encourage qualified women to apply.
Offer
The candidate is offered a position for 3-5 years, depending on experience (0.8 / 1.0 FTE). Depending on experience and the specific field of expertise a tenure-track position could be offered.
Salary depends on qualifications and experience, and ranges between
€3,068 and €5,330 (scale 10 - 12 Collective Labour Agreement Dutch
Universities) gross per month for a full-time employment. In case of proven outstanding performance an appointment as associate professor could be considered.
The salary is supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8,3% per year. We offer flexible employment conditions (according to a multiple choice model), working-from-home facilities, partially paid parental leave, a pension scheme, and collective insurance schemes.
Facilities for sports and child care are available on our campus, which is only 15 minutes away from the historical city center of Utrecht. More
information: working at Utrecht University.
About the organization
A better future for everyone. This ambition motivates our scientists in executing their leading research and inspiring teaching. At Utrecht University, the various disciplines collaborate intensively towards major societal themes. Our focus is on Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Sustainability.
The city of Utrecht is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands, with a charming old center and an internationally oriented culture that is strongly influenced by its century-old university. Utrecht city has been consistently ranked as one of the most livable cities in the Netherlands.
The Faculty of Science consists of six departments: Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Information and Computing Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Mathematics. The Faculty is home to 5,900 students and nearly 1,600 staff and is internationally renowned for the quality of its research. The Faculty's academic programmes reflect developments in today's society.
The Department of Information and Computing Sciences is nationally and internationally renowned for its research in Computer Science and Information Science. The research of the Department focuses on fundamental aspects of Computing and Information Sciences. Current research groups are Algorithmic Data Analysis, Algorithms and Complexity, Decision Support Systems, Intelligent Systems, Simulation of Complex Systems, Multimedia, Geometric Computing, Organisation and Information, Software Technology, Software Technology of Learning and Teaching. Relevant areas of interdisciplinary research include Game Research and Technology, Foundations of Complex Systems, Applied Data Science and Integrative Bioinformatics. The Department has, among others, close collaborations with the University Medical Center, the Departments of Physics and Mathematics, and the Faculties of Humanities and Geosciences.
The Department offers Bachelor programmes in Computer Science and Information Science, and four English language research Master programmes in Artificial Intelligence, Business Informatics, Computing Science, and Game and Media Technology. The Department is developing Master programmes in Data Science. High enrolment figures and good student ratings make the education very successful. The Department currently comprises 9 full-time chairs and 100 other scientific staff, including postdocs and PhD-students.
Due to our successful teaching programmes and our ambitions in research the Department is expanding. We are therefore actively searching for 6 talented Research and Teaching Assistant Professors in Information and Computing Sciences. Please note that positions offered will vary, depending on experience and expertise.
We offer the number 1 candidate a fully financed PhD position. We offer the number 1 female candidate a Westerdijk fellowship which includes a fully financed PhD student and a 50 KEuro research budget. In case this is the same person the second PhD student will be offered to the second candidate on the list.
Additional information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from: Prof M.
van Kreveld, ( <mailto:M.J.vanKreveld@uu.nl> M.J.vanKreveld(a)uu.nl), Research Director or Ria van Vlimmeren ( <mailto:M.F.J.vanVlimmeren@uu.nl> M.F.J.vanVlimmeren(a)uu.nl), Secretary to the Board of the Department.
As part of the selection procedure, the candidate is expected to give an outline of her/his research plans in a written report and/or an oral presentation.
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Application deadline is 14 May 2017.
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Lecturer or Associate Professor in Computer Graphics School of Computing,
University of Leeds
Deadline: April 23, 2017
<https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ENGCP1045>
https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ENGCP1045
Are you an academic with proven abilities to carry out teaching and research
in 3D computer graphics, in modelling, real-time rendering and/or GPGPU
programming? Do you have an excellent research record and proven success
obtaining funding? Are you passionate about delivering an exceptional
student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University?
The School of Computing is launching an ambitious programme in High
Performance Graphics and Games Engineering that will deliver world-class
graduates, and strengthen the School's internationally leading research base
in the field.
As part of this initiative we are seeking an outstanding candidate with a
track record of excellence in graphics research with specific emphasis on
modelling, real-time rendering and/or GPGPU programming. You will have the
experience and capability to deliver outstanding teaching in these areas,
with the vision and drive to tackle new challenges. Your research will align
with the school's research theme in computational science and engineering,
and you will work closely with other staff in the theme, in particular
Professor David Duke, Dr Hamish Carr and Dr He Wang.
For appointment at Associate Professor level, you must also be able to
demonstrate international standing in your field, a track record of
successful and substantive grant applications, the capacity to deliver an
outstanding student experience and an ability to undertake successful
academic leadership.
To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:
Dr Andy Bulpitt, Director of Student Education, School of Computing
Tel: +44 (0)113 343 36816 or email: <mailto:scs_hos@leeds.ac.uk>
scs_hos(a)leeds.ac.uk
Dr Hamish Carr, Senior Lecturer, School of Computing
<mailto:h.carr@leeds.ac.uk> h.carr(a)leeds.ac.uk