9th Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval (3DOR 2016)
Co-located event with Eurographics 2016 - May 7th-8th, Lisbon, Portugal
web site: <http://eg3dor2016.tecnico.ulisboa.pt>
http://eg3dor2016.tecnico.ulisboa.pt
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Call for Papers
The aim of the 3DOR workshop series is to offer a forum for discussion
and interaction among researchers interested in 3D object retrieval,
search and exploration, and favour the cross-fertilization between
different fields such as Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Machine
Learning, Cognitive Science and Human-Computer Interaction. Authors are
invited to submit original and unpublished research and application
papers addressing all areas of 3D object retrieval. Submissions are
invited in the form of full papers (up to 8 pages) and short papers
presented in a poster session (up to 4 pages).
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
3D object similarity and matching
3D video retrieval
3D mobile media retrieval
3D object retrieval and Web3D
3D search in large scale data
Personalized and faceted 3D search
Navigation of hybrid datasets (e.g., 2D/3D datasets)
3D object classification, indexing, and mining
Similarity of non-rigid shapes
Feature extraction, decomposition, and segmentation
Multi-level representations for matching and retrieval
Partial, part-in-whole, and many-to-many matching
Matching under uncertainty and noise
Semantics-driven 3D object retrieval and classification
Sketch-based retrieval
Query interfaces and search modalities
Benchmarking issues
Relevance feedback methods
Active learning
Statistical techniques for 3D shape analysis and retrieval
Generative/discriminative approaches in 3D object categorization
Applications in multimedia, CAD, architecture, games, biometrics,
e-science, e-learning, medicine, biology, and cultural heritage.
This years workshop will also feature the 11th Shape Retrieval Contest
(ShReC2016). A separate call for participation will be issued later.
It is planned to have extended versions of selected papers from the
Workshop appearing, after a further review, in a special issue of an
international journal. Selected papers from previous workshops appeared
in special issues of The Visual Computer (TVC) journal.
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Important dates:
2016-02-05: Paper submission
2016-03-18: Notification
2016-04-01: Camera-ready papers
2016-04-18: Early bird registration
2016-05-07 & 08: Workshop
2016-05-09 to 13: Eurographics 2016
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Organization (contact <mailto:chairs@eg3dor2016.tecnico.ulisboa.pt>
chairs(a)eg3dor2016.tecnico.ulisboa.pt )
Workshop Chair
Alfredo Ferreira INESC-ID Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, University
of Lisbon
Portugal
Programme Chairs
Andrea Giachetti Università degli Studi di Verona Italy
Daniela Giorgi ISTI-CNR Institute of Information Science and Technology
Italy
Programme Committee (Tentative)
Ceyhun B. Akgul, Vistek-ISRA Vision (Turkey)
Yiannis Aloimonos, UMIACS (USA)
Benjamin Bustos, University of Chile (Chile)
Halim Benhabiles, ESIGELEC Rouen (France)
Stefano Berretti, University of Florence (Italy)
Silvia Biasotti, IMATI CNR Genoa (Italy)
Michael Bronstein, Università della Svizzera Italiana (Switzerland)
Umberto Castellani, University of Verona (Italy)
Mohamed Daoudi, Télécom Lille 1 / Institut Mines-Télécom (France)
Petros Daras, Informatics and Telematics Institute (Greece)
Alberto Del Bimbo, University of Florence (Italy)
Leo Dorst , University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Bianca Falcidieno, IMATI CNR Genoa (Italy)
Dieter Fellner, Fraunhofer IGD (Germany)
Afzal Godil, National Institute of the Standards and Technology (USA)
Yossi Keller, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)
Ron Kimmel, Technion (Israel)
Hamid Laga, University of South Australia (Australia)
Guillaume Lavoue, INSA Lyon (France)
Niloy Mitra, University College London (UK)
Georgios Papaioannou, AUEB (Greece)
David Picard, ETIS-ENSEA (France)
Ioannis Pratikakis,Democritus University of Thrace (Greece)
Herindrasana Ramampiaro, NTNU (Norway)
William Regli, Drexel University (USA)
Marcos Rodrigues, University of Sheffield (UK)
Raif M. Rustamov, Stanford University (USA)
Dietmar Saupe, University of Konstanz (Germany)
Nickolas S. Sapidis, University of Western Macedonia (Greece)
Ivan Sipiran, University of Konstanz (Germany)
Tobias Schreck, University of Konstanz (Germany)
Michela Spagnuolo, CNR-IMATI (Italy)
Hedi Tabia, ETIS-ENSEA (France)
Oliver van Kaick, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Jean-Philippe Vandeborre, Télécom Lille 1 / Institut Mines-Télécom (France)
Remco Veltkamp, Utrecht University (Netherlands)
Hazem Wannous, University Lille1 / LIFL (France)
Stefanie Wuhrer, Saarland University / Max Planck Institute (Germany)
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2016 INTERNATIOINAL CONFERENCE ON CYBERWORLDS (CW2016) Chongqing, China,
28-30 September, 2016 In-cooperation with International Federation for
Information Processing and Eurographics Association
WEB: <http://www.cyberworlds-conference.org> www.cyberworlds-conference.org
CALL FOR PAPERS
[please accept our apologies for possible multiple copies]
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Created intentionally or spontaneously, cyberworlds are information spaces
and communities that immensely augment the way we interact, participate in
business and receive information throughout the world. Cyberworlds seriously
impact our lives and the evolution of the world economy by taking such forms
as social networking services, 3D shared virtual communities and massively
multiplayer online role-playing games.
CW2016 TOPICS include but are not limited to:
- Networked and shared virtual worlds
- Virtual collaborative spaces
- Shape modeling 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 English, carefully proofread, and formatted to 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 as
well as included in IEEE Xplore database and reference databases of all
major referencing indexes.
SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUES will be organised for all accepted full papers
including:
- Transactions on Computational Science (Springer, LNCS Journal Subline)
- Other journals will be further confirmed The journal papers, with at least
30% of new content and preferably different titles, will be required by 15
December 2016.
SPECIAL TRACKS AND SESSIONS will be organized including:
- International Workshop on Biometric Security
- MetaPlastic Arts, Design and Virtual Worlds
KEYNOTE TALKS (confirmed so far):
Professor Brian Wyvill (University of Victoria, Canada, Vice-President ACM
SIGGRAPH) "A modelling paradigm for artificial and virtual reality
environments"
REGISTRATION and ORAL PRESENTATION of each paper accepted for the conference
will be required to be included in the conference proceedings and special
journal issues.
More information can be found at <http://www.cyberworlds-conference.org>
www.cyberworlds-conference.org
CONFERENCE VENUE:
The conference will be held in Chongqing, which is a famous historical and
cultural city in China, a birthplace of Bayu culture. It has more than 3000
years of recorded history. It is a place of many tourist attractions
including UNESCO World Natural Heritage and Cultural Heritage sites. In
Chongqing you can enjoy authentic hot Sichuan cuisine. The world famous hot
pot is originated from Chongqing. Conference banquet will be held on a boat
during cruise by Yangzi and Jialing Rivers. Trip to the scenic Dazu Rock
Carving place in Dazu County will be offered on Saturday 31 September.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Tuesday 1 March Submission system opens
Monday 25 April Abstract submission
Monday 9 May Papers (Full/Short) submission
Friday 17 June Papers (Full/Short) notification
Friday 24 June Poster papers submission
Monday 27 June Poster papers notification
Friday 1 July Author registration
Wednesday 20 July Camera-ready papers submisson to IEEE CPS
Tuesday 15 December Special journal issues submission
MAIN ORGANISERS and CONTACTS:
Honorary Chair
Tosiyasu L. Kunii (Morpho Inc., Japan) Administrative General Chair
Hongbin Xu (Chongqing University of Technology, China) General Chairs
Zhigeng Pan (Hangzhou Normal University, China)
Wu Yang (Chongqing University of Technology, China) Program Chairs
Alexei Sourin (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Zheng Yang (Chongqing University of Technology, China)
Best Regards,
Alexei Sourin
Program Co-Chair of CW2016
cw2016(a)easychair.org
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Max Planck Institute for Informatics
The Max Planck Institute for Informatics, as the coordinator of the Max
Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication (MPC-VCC), invites
applications for
Junior Research Group Leaders
in the Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication
The Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communications offers young
scientists in information technology the opportunity to develop their own
research program addressing important problems in areas such as
· image communication
· computer graphics
· geometric computing
· imaging systems
· computer vision
· human machine interface
· distributed multimedia architectures
· multimedia networking
· visual media security.
The center includes an outstanding group of faculty members at Stanfords
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Departments, the Max Planck
Institute for Informatics, and Saarland University.
The program begins with a preparatory 1-2 year postdoc phase (Phase P)
at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, followed by a two-year
appointment at Stanford University (Phase I) as a visiting assistant
professor, and then a position at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics
as a junior research group leader (Phase II). However, the program can be
entered flexibly at each phase, commensurate with the experience of the
applicant.
Applicants to the program must have completed an outstanding PhD.
Exact duration of the preparatory postdoc phase is flexible, but we
typically expect this to be about 1-2 years. Applicants who completed their
PhD in Germany may enter Phase I of the program directly. Applicants for
Phase II are expected to have completed a postdoc stay abroad and must have
demonstrated their outstanding research potential and ability to
successfully lead a research group.
Reviewing of applications will commence on 01 Jan 2016. The final
deadline is 31 Jan 2016. Applicants should submit their CV, copies of their
school and university reports, list of publications, reprints of five
selected publications, names of 3-5 references, a brief description of their
previous research and a detailed description of the proposed research
project (including possible opportunities for collaboration with existing
research groups at Saarbrücken and Stanford) to:
Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Seidel
Max Planck Institute for Informatics,
Campus E 1 4, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany;
Email: <mailto:mpc-vcc@mpi-inf.mpg.de> mpc-vcc(a)mpi-inf.mpg.de
The Max Planck Center is an equal opportunity employer and women are
encouraged to apply.
Additional information is available on the website www.mpc-vcc.org
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL, CANADA
Tenure-track Positions in HCI and Big Data as follows:
- A Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada
Research Chair Tier II in the field of Big Data Analytics - Data Driven
Approaches in Different Disciplines at the Associate/Assistant Professor
level.
- One position in the area of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) with
emphasis in
interaction design and development for interactive systems, immersive
environments, web or mobile applications at the Assistant Professor level.
For detailed information about working at Concordia, these positions and
deadlines, visit concordia.ca/facultypositions
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian
citizens and
permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. Concordia University
is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and to
recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages
applications from all qualified candidates, including women, members of
visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, members of asexual minorities,
persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to diversification.
Detailed applications should include: a CV, teaching and research
statements, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and contact details of five
referees, and shall be accepted in electronic form (PDF) until December
31, 2015 or until positions are filled. Electronic applications are
preferred and should be sent no later than January 1, 2016 to:
Dr. Sudhir Mudur, Chair
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
mudur(a)cse.concordia.ca
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Computer Graphics, Scientific and Medical visualization, Computer Vision,
Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Virtual Reality and Haptic Systems,
Rendering Techniques, Physically Based Modeling, Human Computer Interfaces
and related Mathematics,
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WSCG 2016 Conferences Announcement & Call for
Workshops/Special Sessions
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24. WSCG Int. Conf. on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision
2016
<http://www.wscg.eu> http://www.wscg.eu
<http://www.wscg.cz> http://www.wscg.cz
in cooperation with the Eurographics Association
supported by IFIP TC5 WG5.10
ACM and ACM SIGGRAPH listed
Associated events
- GraVisMa - Computer Graphics, Computer Vision and Computational
Mathematics 2016
<http://www.GraVisMa.eu> http://www.GraVisMa.eu
- HCI-Europe - Human Computer Interfaces 2016
<http://www.HCI-Europe.eu> http://www.HCI-Europe.eu
Conference Co-chairs
Zhigeng Pan, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic
Important dates (regular papers)
Workshop and special sessions - please, see the WEB pages
Paper submission: February 20, 2016
Acceptance notification: April 10, 2016
Final version: April 30, 2016
Venue: May 30 - June 3, 2016, Primavera Congress Center,
Pilsen [Plzen] (City of Beer) close to Prague, Czech Republic
PUBLICATIONS
All submitted papers will be peer anonymously reviewed.
Title, authors and abstract will be available publicly after acceptance
decision.
Accepted and presented papers will be published in:
- Journal of WSCG (the best selected papers only)
ISSN 1213-6972 (print), ISSN 1213-6980 (CD-ROM)
- Computer Science Research Notes series (conference proceedings)
CSRN 26xx, ISSN 2464-4617 (print), ISSN 2464-4625 (CD-ROM)
Journal of WSCG and CSRN proceedings will be sent for indexing to Scopus,
IEE, ISI/Thomson Reuters, Elsevier's Engineering Information (EI) and other
reputable indexing services.
Journal of WSCG and WSCG proceedings published in Computer Science Research
Notes series -
both available via WEB with access free => FAST research results
dissemination
Recent publication (digital repository since 1992):
<http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm> http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm
Workshops and Special Sessions
Organization proposal / decision:
December 10, 2015 / December 20, 2015
Workshop or special paper submissions/decision: January 25, 2016
/ March 31, 2016
Conference fee payment for papers accepted for a workshop/session before:
April 20, 2016
Expected workshop/sessions - we look for an organizer
1. Virtual, Augmented Reality and Haptic Systems (agreement pending)
2. Information Visualization
3. Human Centric and Augmented Visualization
4. Meshfree representation, interpolation and computation and its
application
(agreement pending)
5. Projective geometry, geometric algebra and conformal geometry and
its application
All special session/workshop papers will be reviewed by the workshop
reviewing board members under workshop/session organizer's supervision and
the decision to be approved by the conference organizer, resp. conference
IPC board members.
Number of papers: for a session to 5-10/session, 8-16/workshop [presentation
approx. 15+5 mins.]
IMPORTANT - VISA and Presentation in a Virtual Session
(not applicable for workshops and other special sessions organized)
In order to overcome difficulties with obtaining EU Schengen area VISA and
exit VISA permission from an original country in specific cases a virtual
session will be organized for authors. The first author has to be currently
a PhD student or his PhD thesis with the topic presented has been defended
in the last academic year.
Presentation of a paper will be based on paper presentation with audio
record played at the session and videoconferencing system will be used.
Countries considered to be eligible for a virtual session (not exhaustive
list)
- majority countries of Africa (except of South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, EU
territories)
- China, Myanmar (Barma), Nepal, Mongolia, North Korea, Bhutan, Laos,
Cambodia, - Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Yemen, Oman, -
Cuba, Haiti, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Honduras, El Salvador,
Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Suriname, Guyana
Application for a virtual session is to be approved by the conference
organizer
prof.Vaclav Skala via @mail subject: WSCG 2016 - Virtual session
Feel free to contact me if you would have any question at:
Prof.Vaclav Skala
c/o University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences
Dept.of Computer Science and Engineering, Univerzitni 8, CZ 30614, Plzen,
Czech Republic
<http://www.VaclavSkala.eu> http://www.VaclavSkala.eu
EUROGRAPHICS 2016 - Call for Doctoral Consortium
(Submissions deadline: December 14th, 2015)
<http://eurographics2016.pt/call-for-doctoral-consortium/>
http://eurographics2016.pt/call-for-doctoral-consortium/
The recently created Eurographics 2016 Doctoral Consortium is a new
networking event that provides PhD students, working in all areas of
computer graphics, with an opportunity to present their work and interact
with distinguished and experienced researchers in the field, receiving
feedback and mentoring, as well as a different perspective from senior
researchers outside their home institution. The Doctoral Consortium also
allows PhD students to share their work and experience with other students
in similar situations.
PhD students working in all areas of computer graphics are encouraged to
apply. We encourage applications from students who are about at the middle
of their PhD work the ones who still have time to be influenced by
participation in the Consortium, but who already have a clear research
direction, and possibly have published some results as well as the ones
who are close to finishing, or who have very recently finished, their
doctorate degree, to share their experience and to discuss their ongoing
research and future research plans.
Submission Guidelines
Electronic submission should be conducted using the
<https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/EG_2016DC> Eurographics Submission
and Review Management (SRM) system. Format should be in accordance with
<http://www.eg.org/index.php/publications/guidelines> Eurographics Authors
guidelines. The review process is single-blinded. Thus, the submissions
should NOT be anonymous. All authors of accepted submissions are expected to
attend the Doctoral Consortium where they will present their work.
Eligible Doctoral students who would like to participate in the Doctoral
Consortium should submit the following materials as a single PDF file:
1. Research Statement: A 3-4 pages abstract summarizing her/his
dissertation research, singly authored by herself/himself.
2. Poster design in A0 size poster orientation: which will be used by the
author to present their work at the Doctoral Consortium.
3. Supervisors letter of support: A one-page signed letter from the
students PhD supervisor, that supports her/his attendance at the Doctoral
Consortium.
4. Curriculum vitae: A 1-2 pages CV plus the list of all publications.
All the three documents must be written in English.
For further information regarding the submission guidelines, please see the
<http://eurographics2016.pt/call-for-doctoral-consortium/> Eurographics DC
webpage.
Important dates
Submission Deadline: December 14, 2015
Notification of Acceptance: March 11, 2016
Contact
For any questions regarding the Doctoral consortium please email the
Doctoral Consortium Chairs at <mailto:chairs-eg2016DC@eg.org>
chairs-eg2016DC(a)eg.org:
Teresa Romão (FCT/Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
Wolfgang Heidrich (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
[apologies for multiple postings]
EUROPOSTAL_final.jpgEurographics 2016 Conference
May 9-13, 2016
Lisbon, Portugal
<http://eurographics2016.pt/> http://eurographics2016.pt/
2ND CALL FOR SHORT PAPERS
<http://eurographics2016.pt/> http://eurographics2016.pt/short-papers/
Authors are invited to submit proposals for short presentations of recent
results, work in progress, and new ideas. We encourage submissions from all
areas related to computer graphics, such as rendering, modeling,
visualization, animation, simulation, virtual reality, computer vision,
computer-aided design, fabrication and imaging.
Accepted short papers will be published in the Short Papers digital media
proceedings and in the Eurographics Digital Library.
Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work as an oral
presentation at the conference.
For any question concerning short papers submissions please contact the
short papers co-chairs: <mailto:chairs-eg2016shorts@eg.org>
chairs-eg2016shorts(a)eg.org
IMPORTANT DATES
The submission deadline for short papers is 23:59 UTC/GMT, Friday, December
11th, 2015.
Notification of the outcome of the review process will be on Friday,
February 5th 2016.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Submissions will be made electronically through the
<https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Home/Events> Eurographics Submission and Review
Management (SRM) system ( <https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/EG_2016S>
https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/EG_2016S).
Submitted papers must be anonymous, up to 4 pages in length, and formatted
according to the Eurographics Authors guidelines (short papers LaTeX style
package available from the SRM system).
SHORT PAPERS CHAIRS
Luís Paulo Santos, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Thomas Bashford-Rogers, University of Warwick, UK
Computer Graphics, Scientific and Medical visualization, Computer Vision,
Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Virtual Reality and Haptic Systems,
Rendering Techniques, Physically Based Modeling, Human Computer Interfaces
and related Mathematics
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WSCG 2016 Conferences Announcement
&
Call for Workshops/Special Sessions
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24. WSCG
Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2016
<http://www.wscg.eu> http://www.wscg.eu
<http://www.wscg.cz> http://www.wscg.cz
in cooperation with the Eurographics Association
supported by IFIP TC5 WG5.10
ACM and ACM SIGGRAPH listed
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Associated events
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- GraVisMa - Computer Graphics, Computer Vision and
Computational Mathematics 2016, <http://www.GraVisMa.eu>
http://www.GraVisMa.eu
- HCI-Europe - Human Computer Interfaces 2016,
<http://www.HCI-Europe.eu>
http://www.HCI-Europe.eu
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Conference Co-chairs
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Zhigeng Pan, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China Vaclav Skala,
University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic
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Important dates (regular papers)
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Paper submission: February 20, 2016
Acceptance notification: April 10, 2016
Final version: April 30, 2016
Venue: May 30 - June 3, 2016, Primavera Congress Center,
Pilsen [Plzen] (City of Beer) close to Prague, Czech Republic
PUBLICATIONS
----------------------
All submitted papers will be peer anonymously reviewed.
Title, authors and abstract will be available publicly after acceptance
decision.
Accepted and presented papers will be published in:
- Journal of WSCG (the best selected papers only)
ISSN 1213-6972 (print), ISSN 1213-6980 (CD-ROM)
- Computer Science Research Notes series (conference proceedings)
CSRN 26xx, ISSN 2464-4617 (print), ISSN 2464-4625 (CD-ROM)
Journal of WSCG and CSRN proceedings will be sent for indexing to Scopus,
IEE, ISI/Thomson Reuters, Elsevier's Engineering Information (EI) and other
reputable indexing services.
Journal of WSCG and WSCG proceedings published in Computer Science Research
Notes series - both available via WEB with access free => FAST research
results dissemination
Recent publication (digital repository since 1992):
<http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm> http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm
Workshops and Special Sessions
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Organization proposal / decision: Dec. 10, 2015 / Dec. 20, 2015
Workshop/ special paper submissions/decision: Jan.25, 2016 / Mar. 31,
2016
Conference fee payment for papers accepted for a workshop/session before:
April 20, 2016
Expected workshop/sessions - we look for an organizer
- Virtual, Augmented Reality and Haptic Systems (agreement pending)
- Information Visualization
- Human Centric and Augmented Visualization
- Meshfree representation, interpolation and computation and its application
(agreement pending)
- Projective geometry, geometric algebra and conformal geometry and its
application
All special session/workshop papers will be reviewed by the workshop
reviewing board members under workshop/session organizer's supervision and
the decision to be approved by the conference organizer, resp. conference
IPC board members.
Number of papers: for a session to 5-10/session, 8-16/workshop [presentation
approx. 15+5 mins.]
IMPORTANT - VISA and Presentation in a Virtual Session
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
(not applicable for workshops and other special sessions organized)
In order to overcome difficulties with obtaining EU Schengen area VISA and
exit VISA permission from an original country in specific cases a virtual
session will be organized for authors. The first author has to be currently
a PhD student or his PhD thesis with the topic presented has been defended
in the last academic year.
Presentation of a paper will be based on paper presentation with audio
record played at the session and videoconferencing system will be used.
---------------------------------------------------
Countries considered to be eligible for a virtual session (not exhaustive
list)
Majority countries of Africa (except of South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, EU
territories), - China, Myanmar (Barma), Nepal, Mongolia, North Korea,
Bhutan, Laos, Cambodia, - Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Lebanon,
Yemen, Oman, - Cuba, Haiti, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador,
Honduras, El Salvador, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Suriname, Guyana
Application for a virtual session is to be approved by the conference
organizer prof.Vaclav Skala via @mail subject: WSCG 2016 - Virtual session
Feel free to contact me if you would have any question at:
Prof.Vaclav Skala
c/o University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences Dept.of Computer
Science and Engineering, Univerzitni 8, CZ 30614, Plzen, Czech Republic,
<http://www.VaclavSkala.eu> http://www.VaclavSkala.eu
skala[--at**]kiv.zcu.cz - SUBJ.: WSCG 2016 XOR HCI-Europe 2016 XOR
GraVisMa 2016
prof. Vaclav Skala, <http://www.VaclavSkala.eu> http://www.VaclavSkala.eu
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After several requests, the deadline of the STAR sketches has been extended
to the 15th of December 2015!
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CALL FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART REPORTS
All accepted STARs will be published in Computer Graphics Forum
EuroVis 2016 is the 18th annual scientific gathering on visualization
jointly organized by the Eurographics Working Group on Data Visualization
and the IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee. EuroVis 2016
will be held in Groningen, The Netherlands from June 6-10, 2016.
For the first time, all accepted EuroVis 2016 STAR reports will be published
in Computer Graphics Forum. State-of-the-Art Reports (STARs) are intended
to provide up-to-date and comprehensive surveys on topics of interest to the
visualization research community. We encourage the submission of STARs on
topics that have not yet been covered in any recent previous STAR or other
survey. We welcome submissions that introduce emerging technologies, as
well as proposals on more traditional visualization topics. We also welcome
contributions from related disciplines and application areas demonstrating
contributions to, or benefits from, the area of visualization including, but
not limited to, visual computing, computer graphics, human-computer
interaction, virtual reality, image processing, computer vision, psychology,
geography, chemistry, computational fluid dynamics, data analysis,
computational sciences, medicine, biology, economy, politology, etc.
As part of the acceptance process into Computer Graphics Forum, STARs will
undergo a multi-stage process. First, authors are being asked to submit an
initial sketch. A STAR sketch briefly describes the planned STAR by
outlining the topic, discussing its relevance for the visualization
community, providing the planned structure and outline of the STAR together
with all key references, and short biographies of the authors. The length of
a STAR sketch is limited to three pages whereby the last page may only
contain references. The format of the sketch can be found at
http://www.cs.rug.nl/jbi/eurovis2016/ForSubmitters/SubmissionGuidelines.
STAR sketches will be reviewed by the STAR program co-chairs for suitability
and relevance, and the authors of accepted sketches will be invited to
submit a full STAR. Full STAR submissions will then undergo a single blind,
double cycle review, similar to the one for regular papers, where three
external experts on the respective topic will evaluate the STAR. Full
submissions are 25 pages maximum.
Electronic submission of the STAR sketch and full proposal is mandatory and
will be conducted using <https://precisionconference.com/~vgtc/>
https://precisionconference.com/~vgtc/ according to the guidelines defined
at
<http://www.cs.rug.nl/jbi/eurovis2016/ForSubmitters/SubmissionGuidelines>
http://www.cs.rug.nl/jbi/eurovis2016/ForSubmitters/SubmissionGuidelines
We plan to schedule each STAR as a 50-100 minute presentation as in
Eurographics conferences (subject to the schedule management of the EuroVis
2016 program). In any circumstance, a STAR presentation will always be given
a longer time slot than that for a full paper.
For any questions concerning STAR submissions please contact the STARs
co-chairs: eurovis2016_star(a)list.rug.nl
Important Dates
Submission of STAR sketch (up to 3 pages): Extended to December 15, 2015
Invitation for full STAR submission: December 23, 2015
Submission of full STAR: February 14, 2016
Review notification: March 18, 2016
Second round submission: April 18, 2016
Second review notification: May 1, 2016
Camera ready deadline: May 15, 2016
General Chair
Jos Roerdink, Univeristy of Gronigen, The Netherlands
STAR Chairs
Anna Vilanova ( <mailto:A.Vilanova@tudelft.nl> A.Vilanova(a)tudelft.nl), Delft
University of Technology, The Netherlands
Ross Maciejewski ( <mailto:rmacieje@asu.edu> rmacieje(a)asu.edu), Arizona
State University, USA
Timo Ropinski ( <mailto:timo.ropinski@uni-ulm.de> timo.ropinski(a)uni-ulm.de),
Ulm University, Germany
** VACANCIES: POSTGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS **
The School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology at Manchester
Metropolitan University is making a targeted, strategic investment in
academic positions, in order to both strengthen our growing reputation in
applied research, and continue to provide an excellent level of support for
taught courses. These posts address both priorities by combining a part-time
PhD programme with ten hours per week (on average) of teaching support. At
the completion of the contract, the successful candidate will have gained
both a doctoral qualification and significant teaching experience.
Please see the list of projects offered, below, along with links to the full
project description and the appropriate advertisement (and information on
how to apply):
Repurposing Gaming Technologies for Effective Cell Manipulation Training
http://www2.docm.mmu.ac.uk/STAFF/M.Amos/Docs/IRC/PhDProposals/CZANNER.pdfhttp://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=67863
** CLOSING DATE: NOVEMBER 16 **
Bookshop Clearance
Eurographics is having a clearance sale of printed proceedings, that are
held in stock in Germany. Items will be supplied subject to availability!
Those books will be offered free of charge to people who are willing to pay
the delivery costs.
Don't miss this occasion to complete your own library - so please have a
look at the list of books available.
How do you place an order?
<http://diglib2.eg.org/EG/Publications/bookstore/Orderform.html>
Publication Order Form
(http://diglib2.eg.org/EG/Publications/bookstore/Orderform.html)
Call for Education Papers
We are seeking original contributions for presentation and publication in
the EG 2016 education track. The scope of the track includes topics in
education in computer graphics, computer graphics in education, effective
teaching tips and techniques focusing on computer graphics course content,
and outstanding student projects in computer graphics. Authors are invited
to submit papers, panels and student projects.
Education papers should give new insights or experience that improve student
learning and that instructors can take into the classroom. Proposals for
panels should state the problem to be discussed and include a short
statement from proposed panelists. Notes on teaching tips and techniques
should describe proven ways to engage student interest or present difficult
topics. Notes on outstanding student projects should describe the learning
context for the project and show how the student brought individual
creativity to the work.
We invite submissions related to the following topics:
· teaching computer graphics in various curricula including computer
science, engineering, and arts;
· designing curricula for computer graphics and related disciplines
including image processing, animation and games;
· promoting undergraduate research in computer graphics;
· creating educational programs combining computer graphics with
other disciplines;
· exploiting visual tools and techniques to teach in other
disciplines;
· teaching the mathematical foundations of computer graphics and
related disciplines.
The best papers will be recommended to the editors of prestigious journals
in the field, CGF, C&G and IEEECG&A, who may invite the authors of these
papers to submit extended versions to their journals.
Submission Details
Anonymous submissions of up to 8 pages for education papers or up to 2 pages
for notes on teaching tips and techniques or outstanding student projects
must be formatted according to the
<http://www.eg.org/index.php/publications/guidelines> Eurographics Author's
guidelines. Submissions will be made electronically through the
<https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Account/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fCOMFy%2fConference%2f
EG_2015edu> Eurographics Submission and Review Management system and subject
to a review process.
Proposals for education panels should be emailed directly to the education
papers co-chairs at <mailto:chairs-eg2016edu@eg.org>
chairs-eg2016edu(a)eg.org.
Deadlines
The submission deadline for education papers is 23:59 UTC/GMT, Friday,
January 15th, 2016.
Notification to authors will be on Monday, February 15th, 2016.
Education Papers Co-Chairs
Beatriz Sousa Santos, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Jean-Michel Dischler, University of Strasbourg, France
International Program Committee
Eike Anderson, Bournemouth University,UK
Miho Aoki, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Gladimir Baranoski, University of Waterloo, Canada
Jean-Jacques Bourdin, Université Paris, France
Gitta Domik, Universität Paderborn, Germany
Giovanni Gallo, Università di Catania, Italy
Mark Johnson, Central College, USA
Lars Kjelldahl, KTH, Sweden
Steve Maddock, University of Sheffield, UK
Christopher Peters, KTH, Sweden
James Wolfer, Indiana University South Bend, USA
CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (CUT)
DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING and COMPUTER ENGINNERING and INFORMATICS
MARIE CURIE RESEARCH FELLOW POSITION
Applications are invited from candidates who possess the necessary
qualifications in order to fill one (1) full time Marie Curie Research
Fellow Position within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
and Informatics in the field of 3D Reconstruction and Computer Vision in
Cultural Heritage:
The Marie Curie Fellow will work within the 4D-CH-World Marie Curie IAPP
Programme (www.4d-ch-world.eu). 4D-CH-World is a major EU funded programme
which brings together six (6) leading European partners in a transnational
network, aiming at implementing a multidisciplinary and intersectorial
research and training programme between the academic and the industrial
partners in the field of Computer Graphics, Digital Libraries and Cultural
Heritage.
The project 4D-CH-World will analyze, design, research, develop and validate
an innovative system integrating the latest advances in computer vision and
learning, as well as, 3D modeling and virtual reality for the rapid and
cost-effective 4D maps reconstruction in the wild for personal use, and
support the aim of our European Commons and the digital libraries EUROPEANA
and UNESCO Memory of the World (MoW) to build a sense of a shared European
cultural history and identity. Specifically, we are interested in the
development of a fully automated time-varying 3D model engine for cultural
heritage urban environments from a large collection of historical images, in
order to fulfill professionals and organizations needs for more versatile
functionalities, offering not only access and retrieval of high quality
content but also supporting more sophisticated functionalities such
as interoperable (metadata) cultural object descriptions, immersion of
content into diverse (educational / cultural / research) contexts,
3D reconstruction of (partially) damaged artefacts.
The Marie Curie Fellow (One Experienced Researcher-ER) will be based at the
Cyprus University of Technology/Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering and Informatics (Digital Heritage Research Lab -
www.digitalheritagelab.eu) in Limassol, Cyprus and will benefit also
from the projects transfer of knowledge and other complementary
training activities and short placements at other European partners of the
4D-CH-World Consortium.
Position: Experienced Researcher (ER) at the time of the relevant
recruitment by the host organisation (CUT) and need to be in possession of a
doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research
experience.
Applicants should have:
- A PhD degree from a recognized university in Computer Science,
Engineering and preferably on Computer Vision/Computer Graphics or other
related field (Post-Doc position)
- or a BSc., MSc, BA, MA Degree from a recognized university in
Computer Science, Engineering and preferably on Computer
Vision/Computer Graphics, HBIM (Heritage Building Information
Management) or other related fields with at least four (4) years of a
continuous full-time research experience in the field of Computer
Vision/Graphics and Digital Libraries
- Excellent knowledge of the English language (spoken and written)
Τhe appointment for the ER will be for a period of twelve (12) months. The
monthly gross salary for this position will be 4080,37 Euro (48.964,50
Euro/year - employer and employee contributions to the Cyprus
government funds will be deducted from this amount). In addition the fellows
will receive mobility and a research development allowance.
Start of the Fellowship: Directly after the interview and as soon as
possible - latest 01/01/2016 !
For more details on salary and other benefits please refer:
1. to Marie Curie website at
http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/careers_en.htm
2. The FP7-PEOPLE 2012 (Marie Curie actions) Work Programme
Applicants are requested to submit the following:
1. A complete curriculum vitae (only on EuroCV Format) - 2 copies (CV
Template available:
https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/curriculum-vitae/templates-i
nstructions.iehtml)
2. A one-page summary of their research experience and future research
goals (as applicable) - 2 copies.
3. A copy of their most representative publications (if applicable) - 2
copies.
4. The names and contact information of two people who are willing to
provide references - 2 copies.
5. Proof of their qualifications - 2 copies.
6. Complete contact information along with dates available for an interview
and for commencing employment - 2 copies
Applications must be submitted in a closed envelope marked as
"Application Marie Curie Research Fellow Positions - Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering and Informatics/Digital Heritage
Lab" at the
premises of the Cyprus University of Technology, Human Resource Department,
Limassol Savings Co-operative Bank Building, 4th Floor, Arch. Kyprianos 31,
3036 Limassol or must be sent via registered post (P.O. Box 50329, CY-3603
Limassol) with a clearly visible post office stamp of a date not later than
16th November 2015, 14:00 p.m. which is the deadline for the submission of
the applications.
Applicants are also requested to send their applications
electronically to this email address marinos.ioannides(a)cut.ac.cy before
the deadline of 16th November 2015, however, please note that the
electronic submission alone will not be considered as a formal
application unless the printed application is received by the Human
Resources Department as requested in the previous paragraph.
For enquiries: marinos.ioannides(a)cut.ac.cy and Tel. +357-2500-2020
Explanation for the eligibility of a researcher:
1. Full-time equivalent research experience is measured from the date when
a researcher obtained the degree which would formally entitle him or her to
embark on a doctorate, either in the country in which the degree was
obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited
or seconded, irrespective of whether or not a doctorate is or was
ever envisaged.
2. Mobility: at the time of the relevant deadline for recruitment by the
host organisation, researchers must not have resided or carried out their
main activity (work, studies, etc) in the country of their host organisation
for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference
date. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are
not taken into account.
Note: The position has been published also at Euraxess:
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/34042180
CALL FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART REPORTS
All accepted STARs will be published in Computer Graphics Forum
EuroVis 2016 is the 18th annual scientific gathering on visualization
jointly organized by the Eurographics Working Group on Data Visualization
and the IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee. EuroVis 2016
will be held in Groningen, The Netherlands from June 6-10, 2016.
For the first time, all accepted EuroVis 2016 STAR reports will be published
in Computer Graphics Forum. State-of-the-Art Reports (STARs) are intended
to provide up-to-date and comprehensive surveys on topics of interest to the
visualization research community. We encourage the submission of STARs on
topics that have not yet been covered in any recent previous STAR or other
survey. We welcome submissions that introduce emerging technologies, as
well as proposals on more traditional visualization topics. We also welcome
contributions from related disciplines and application areas demonstrating
contributions to, or benefits from, the area of visualization including, but
not limited to, visual computing, computer graphics, human-computer
interaction, virtual reality, image processing, computer vision, psychology,
geography, chemistry, computational fluid dynamics, data analysis,
computational sciences, medicine, biology, economy, politology, etc.
As part of the acceptance process into Computer Graphics Forum, STARs will
undergo a multi-stage process. First, authors are being asked to submit an
initial sketch. A STAR sketch briefly describes the planned STAR by
outlining the topic, discussing its relevance for the visualization
community, providing the planned structure and outline of the STAR together
with all key references, and short biographies of the authors. The length of
a STAR sketch is limited to three pages whereby the last page may only
contain references. The format of the sketch can be found at
http://www.cs.rug.nl/jbi/eurovis2016/ForSubmitters/SubmissionGuidelines.
STAR sketches will be reviewed by the STAR program co-chairs for suitability
and relevance, and the authors of accepted sketches will be invited to
submit a full STAR. Full STAR submissions will then undergo a single blind,
double cycle review, similar to the one for regular papers, where three
external experts on the respective topic will evaluate the STAR. Full
submissions are 25 pages maximum.
Electronic submission of the STAR sketch and full proposal is mandatory and
will be conducted using <https://precisionconference.com/~vgtc/>
https://precisionconference.com/~vgtc/ according to the guidelines defined
at
<http://www.cs.rug.nl/jbi/eurovis2016/ForSubmitters/SubmissionGuidelines>
http://www.cs.rug.nl/jbi/eurovis2016/ForSubmitters/SubmissionGuidelines
We plan to schedule each STAR as a 50-100 minute presentation as in
Eurographics conferences (subject to the schedule management of the EuroVis
2016 program). In any circumstance, a STAR presentation will always be given
a longer time slot than that for a full paper.
For any questions concerning STAR submissions please contact the STARs
co-chairs: eurovis2016_star(a)list.rug.nl
Important Dates
Submission of STAR sketch (up to 3 pages): December 11, 2015
Invitation for full STAR submission: December 23, 2015
Submission of full STAR: February 14, 2016
Review notification: March 18, 2016
Second round submission: April 18, 2016
Second review notification: May 1, 2016
Camera ready deadline: May 15, 2016
General Chair
Jos Roerdink, Univeristy of Gronigen, The Netherlands
STAR Chairs
Anna Vilanova (A.Vilanova(a)tudelft.nl), Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands
Ross Maciejewski (rmacieje(a)asu.edu), Arizona State University, USA
Timo Ropinski (timo.ropinski(a)uni-ulm.de), Ulm University, Germany
******** EUROVIS 2016 ********
EG/VGTC Conference on Visualization
June 6-10, 2016
Groningen, The Netherlands
<http://www.cs.rug.nl/jbi/eurovis2016/>
http://www.cs.rug.nl/jbi/eurovis2016/
EuroVis 2016, hosted by the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, is
the 18th annual visualization gathering organized by the Eurographics
Working Group on Data Visualization and supported by the IEEE Visualization
and Graphics Technical Committee (IEEE VGTC). EuroVis has been a
Eurographics and IEEE co-supported international visualization symposium
held in Europe annually since 1999. EuroVis has been a conference since
2012.
Authors are invited to submit original work presenting fundamental research,
practice and experience, or novel applications in all areas of visualization
and related topics.
EuroVis full papers are published as a special issue of Computer Graphics
Forum (CGF), the International Journal of the Eurographics Association,
using a two-stage review process. Also, State-of-the-Art Reports (STARs)
will undergo a two-stage review process and for the first time all accepted
STARs will be published in Computer Graphics Forum. EuroVis Short Papers
will be electronically archived in the Eurographics Digital Library and are
fully citable publications.
** Important dates
( <http://www.cs.rug.nl/jbi/eurovis2016/ForSubmitters/ImportantDates>
http://www.cs.rug.nl/jbi/eurovis2016/ForSubmitters/ImportantDates):
Full Paper Abstracts: Friday 4 December 2015
Full Papers: Friday 11 December 2015
STAR sketch: Friday 11 December 2015
STAR invitation to submit: Wednesday 23 December 2015
Full STARs: Sunday 14 February 2016
Short Papers: Friday 19 February 2016
Posters: Friday 8 April 2016
Please note that an abstract submission is required one week before the full
papers deadline to assist the papers chairs in allocating reviewers and
ensure that the review process runs to time. Also, for STARs a short sketch
is required that will be reviewed for suitability and relevance by the STAR
chairs.
** Committees ( <http://www.cs.rug.nl/jbi/eurovis2016/Organization>
http://www.cs.rug.nl/jbi/eurovis2016/Organization):
General Chair
Jos Roerdink, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Papers Chairs
Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California at Davis, USA Giuseppe Santucci,
University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy Jarke van Wijk, Eindhoven University
of Technology, the Netherlands
STARs Chairs
Ross Maciejewski, Arizona State University, USA Timo Ropinski, Ulm
University, Germany Anna Vilanova, TU Delft, the Netherlands
Short Papers Chairs
Enrico Bertini, New York University, USA Niklas Elmqvist, University of
Maryland, USA
Thomas Wischgoll, Wright University, USA
Posters Chairs
Tobias Isenberg, INRIA, France
Filip Sadlo, University of Heidelberg, Germany
The Eurographics Best PhD Thesis Award aims to recognize good thesis work in
Europe, to incentivize young researchers, and to offer them the opportunity
to publish the state of the art section of their thesis as a STAR in the
Computer Graphics Forum Journal. Eurographics annually grants three PhD
thesis awards. They are jointly sponsored by Eurographics and the Computer
Graphics Forum Journal. The PhD Thesis Awards Committee consists of five
members.
The current Call will close on November 30th, 2015. Candidates will be PhD
Theses defended and mainly conducted in Europe or in countries having a
Eurographics Chapter or in EG Organizational Member Institutions (
<https://www.eg.org/index.php/about-eg/local-chapters>
https://www.eg.org/index.php/about-eg/local-chapters ). Theses defended and
awarded the degree from May 1st, 2014, up October 31st, 2015, are eligible
in this edition. The required documentation includes:
1. The Thesis in English, or a link to the corresponding entry in the EG
Digital Library.
2. Names and contact details of four possible reviewers, of which at least
one is not the Thesis supervisor or one of the examiners or a co-author in a
publication resulting from the thesis. The connection of each possible
reviewer to the Thesis (Supervisor, Examiner, Co-author, None) should be
stated. The Awards Committee reserves the right to solicit reviews also from
persons not on this list.
3. The submission must include a link to the Thesis pdf in the Eurographics
Digital Library, Graphics Dissertation Online. Nominations must refer to
Thesis documents being publicly available at Graphics Dissertation Online.
Forms and procedures for submission of the thesis for archiving in the
Eurographics Digital Library are available at:
<http://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/8107>
http://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/8107
4. Full CV of the candidate with explicit mention of which publications
resulted from the thesis.
The documentation of candidate nominations must be sent by e-mail to the PhD
Thesis Awards chair, Paolo Cignoni ( <mailto:paolo.cignoni@isti.cnr.it>
paolo.cignoni(a)isti.cnr.it), not later than November 30th, 2015. Submissions
can be sent by the candidate, the supervisor or any other researcher. All
submitted material should be in English. Every Thesis can be submitted only
once.
The PhD Thesis Awards Committee consists of five members. Committee
membership will be for five years terms, which will be staggered to ensure
continuity. The committee can decide, as an extraordinary measure, to
increase the number of awards in some years. The Committee will consider the
quality of the work, the review reports, the quality and impact of the
publications derived from the thesis, the coherence of the state of the art
section in the thesis and any other relevant aspect of the work.
Awarded researchers will be announced and receive a certificate at the
opening session of the Annual Eurographics Conference (where they will
profit from a free registration). They will also receive a three-years free
Eurographics membership, and will be invited to prepare a State-of-the-Art
paper within two months after the Conference. Submitted papers will follow a
fast track review cycle for publication in the STAR section of the Computer
Graphics Forum Journal.
Dear colleagues,
The Center for Geometry and Computational Design, TU Wien, invites
applications for
10 PhD positions
in the
Doctoral College 'Computational Design'.
Several of these positions have strong components of computer graphics.
Application deadline is November 15, 2015.
The Doctoral College starts in January 2016.
For further details see the announcement below and the following link:
<http://gcd.tuwien.ac.at> http://gcd.tuwien.ac.at
I would appreciate if you could forward this announcement to qualified
candidates.
Best regards,
Michael Wimmer
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-- Dr. Michael
Wimmer--------------------------------------------------------
Institut fuer Computergraphik und Algorithmen tel: +43 (1) 58801
18687
Technische Universitaet Wien fax: +43 (1) 58801
18698
Favoritenstr. 9-11/5/E186
http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at
A-1040 Wien, Oesterreich
mailto:wimmer@cg.tuwien.ac.at
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The Doctoral College Computational Design (DC:{CD}) at TU Wien, embedded
in the Center for Geometry and Computational Design, is the first PhD
program in Austria that is situated at the interface of several areas of
excellence in research: Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Software
Technology and Interactive Systems, Computer Aided Automation, Discrete
Mathematics and Geometry, Architectural Sciences, Art and Design,
History of Art, Building Archaeology and Restoration, Interdisciplinary
Construction Process Management and Mechanics of Materials and Structures.
The prerequisite for becoming a PhD student in the DC is a completed
master degree or equivalent (e.g., Dipl.-Ing., Dipl.-Inf.), preferably
with distinction, in the following fields:
. Architecture
. Civil engineering/structural engineering
. Computer science/informatics
. Mathematics
. Mechanical or industrial engineering
. Physics
For more details on PhD topics and how to apply see:
http://gcd.tuwien.ac.at
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are very excited to announce that the computer graphics group
at the University of Montreal (LIGUM) has secured an opening for
a tenure-track position in computer graphics at the rank of
Assistant Professor. As such, we are looking for a highly
motivated, strong candidate with a proven track record to
strengthen and complement our lab. We will seriously consider all
candidates with any experience in computer graphics (defined
broadly).
If you are, or know of, strong candidates, please do not hesitate
to forward them our official announcement (see below). Any PhD
student applicants will be expected to have graduated by June
1st, 2016. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact us: Derek Nowrouzezahrai (derek(a)iro.umontreal.ca) or
Pierre Poulin (poulin(a)iro.umontreal.ca). We can also provide
additional information that is not in the official posting, such
as details on UdeMontreal's generous consulting and sabbatical
policies, UdeMontreal's unique recurring funding package, our
student population, as well as information about the city of
Montreal (e.g., cost of living, social climate, etc.).
Note that the deadline for the submitting the application
materials is fast approaching (November 9th, 2015), however we
will continue to accept reference letters until a later date
(November 30th, 2015).
For more information about the LIGUM, visit our lab website:
www.ligum.umontreal.ca
You can also see our personal websites:
www.iro.umontreal.ca/~derek/ and www.iro.umontreal.ca/~poulin/
Official announcement in English:
http://diro.umontreal.ca/fileadmin/Documents/FAS/EN_informatique/Documents/4
-Repertoire/Affichage_anglais-inforgraphie_vfinale_d%C3%A9p.pdf
Official announcement in French:
http://diro.umontreal.ca/fileadmin/Documents/FAS/EN_informatique/Documents/4
-Repertoire/Affichage_francais_infographie_vfinale_d%C3%A9p.pdf
Dear All,
We are pleased to inform you that we organize a SOFA (half-)day in Lyon,
before the VRIPHYS EuroGraphics Workshop on Virtual Reality Interaction and
Physical Simulation. The event will take place on November 3 afternoon.
<http://vriphys2015.sciencesconf.org/page/sofa_page>
http://vriphys2015.sciencesconf.org/page/sofa_page
SOFA is an open-source framework primarily targeted at real-time simulation,
with an emphasis on medical simulation. It is mostly intended for the
research community to help develop newer models and algorithms.
<http://www.sofa-framework.org/> http://www.sofa-framework.org/
This idea of this meeting is to propose some tutorials for SOFA and to
present recent work based on SOFA. This will also be the opportunity to
increase exchange and communication within the SOFA community.
The inscription for this event is free. However, registration is mandatory,
just sent an email to
<mailto:vriphys2015@liris.cnrs.fr?Subject=%5BVRIPHYS2015%5D%20Registration%2
0SOFA-User%20Day> vriphys2015(a)liris.cnrs.fr
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Preliminary program (Nov. 3, 14:00 - 17:00):
. Main principles of SOFA (30min)
. How to create your own scene (XML / Python) (30min)
-- short discussion time --
. Examples of recent applications: (1h)
. Soft-Robot
. Neurosurgical simulator
. Cryosurgery simulator
. Augmented reality
. Solvers in Compliant
. Interactive tools for scene creation - Live Coding (30min)
-- short break --
. Future: a SOFA consortium (15min+discussion)
EUROGRAPHICS 2016 - 2nd Call for Tutorials
(Submissions deadline: October 23th, 2015)
The Eurographics 2016 Tutorials Committee invites you to propose tutorials
teaching the technical background of a given subject, or demonstrating its
potential creative applications. Tutorials are intended to show what can be
done, but even more importantly, how this is done and what kind of tools can
be used to do it. In a proposal for a tutorial you should consider that
tutorial attendees come from diverse backgrounds, ranging from research and
development to education and application.
We are soliciting half-day and full-day tutorial proposals at the beginning,
intermediate, or advanced level in all areas pertinent to Computer Graphics.
Half-day tutorials are about three hours, plus a coffee break in the middle.
Full-day tutorials are twice that long, plus two coffee breaks and a longer
lunch break. Tutorial proposals are about 4-5 pages in length, clearly
indicating the audience that is addressed as well as the syllabus of
instruction. They will be reviewed by the tutorial chairs, supported by
external reviewers. The final selection will be based on quality of the
submission, qualification of the presenters, relevance to the conference
topics, and balance of topics.
Each accepted half day tutorial will be granted a free conference
registration for one speaker, while each full-day tutorial will be granted a
maximum of two free conference registrations.
For any question concerning tutorial submissions please contact the papers
program co-chairs:
chairs-eg2016tutorials(a)eg.org
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Tutorial proposals (in PDF) should be submitted via email to the tutorial
co-chairs (chairs-eg2016tutorials(a)eg.org). The full proposal (4-5 pages)
should be submitted by Friday, October 23th, 2015, 23:59 UTC/GMT. The
acceptance notification date is Friday, December 4th, 2015.
The full proposal should contain the following information:
Presenter(s) details:
Name(s)
Institution(s)
email address(es)
URL(s)
Tutorial details:
Title of Tutorial
Keywords
Half or full day tutorial (either 2×90 minutes or 4×90
minutes)
A detailed outline of the tutorial.
A statement on the necessary background and potential target
audience for the tutorial.
A brief resume of the presenter(s) indicating their
background in the area the tutorial addresses.
If a (similar) tutorial was previously held, indicate the location (i.e.,
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The 2015 ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion in Games 2015 (MIG)
November 16-18, 2015, Paris, France
<https://mig2015.inria.fr/> https://mig2015.inria.fr/
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The 8th ACM International Conference on Motion in Games will take place in Paris, France from November 16-18, 2015 and be hosted by Telecom ParisTech. MIG is sponsored by ACM and held in cooperation with Eurographics.
Games have become a very important medium for education, therapy and entertainment. Motion plays a crucial role in computer games. Characters move around, objects are manipulated or move due to physical constraints, entities are animated, and the camera moves through the scene. Even the motion of the player is used as input to games. Motion is currently studied in many different areas of research, including graphics and animation, game technology, robotics, simulation, computer vision, and also physics, psychology, and urban studies. Cross-fertilization between these communities can considerably advance the state-of- the-art in the area. The goal of the Motion in Games conference is to bring together researchers from this variety of fields to present their most recent results, to initiate collaborations, and to contribute to the establishment of the research area. The conference will consist of regular paper sessions, poster presentations, as well as presentations by a selection of established researchers in areas related to games and simulation. The conference program will also include cultural and social events that foster casual and friendly interactions among the participants. MIG provides an intimate forum for researchers and practitioners to present their research results, inspire new ideas, and promote cross-disciplinary collaborations.
We have an exciting program planned for 2015 with four keynote speakers that are at the forefront of research in character animation, games, and artificial intelligence.
(1) Jean-Paul Laumond, Directeur de Recherche, LAAS-CNRS, France
(2) Robert W. Sumner, Associate Director, Disney Research Zurich
(3) Nadia Berthouze, Professor Affective Interaction and Computing, University College London
(4) Alex Champandard, Editor in Chief, Technical Director & Entrepreneur at AiGameDev.com
Motion in Games will hold a “Games meet Academia" panel whose aim is to stimulate an active debate between practitioners and researchers alike, in an effort to bridge the gap between advanced research and development in computer games, and fundamental research in interactive computer animation.
Conference chair
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Catherine Pelachaud, CNRS - LTCI, Telecom ParisTech, France
Program Chairs
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Marc Christie, University of Rennes 1/INRIA Rennes, France
Mubbasir Kapadia, Rutgers University, USA.
Registration
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Registration before October 17th, 2015:
ACM/SIGGRAPH Professional Member € 390
Non-member € 440
Student € 270
Registration from October 17th (included), 2015 and on-site price:
ACM/SIGGRAPH Professional Member € 440
Non-member € 490
Student € 290
Register here:
<https://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventId=1739442> https://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventId=1739442
Program
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Nov. 16th - 9:30-10:30 – Keynote Talk #1
Speaker: Jean-Paul Laumond (LAAS CNRS FRANCE)
Title: The Yoyo-Man
Humans are not walking, they are rolling! The objective of the talk is to give sense to this obscure statement. Indeed, the wheel may be a plausible model of bipedal walking. We report on preliminary results developed along three perspectives combining biomechanics, neurophysiology and robotics. From a motion capture data basis of human walkers we first identify the center of mass (CoM) as a geometric center from which the motions of the feet are organized. Then we show how rimless wheels that model most passive walkers are better controlled when equipped with a stabilized mass on top of them. CoM and head play complementary roles that define what we call the Yoyo-Man.
Nov. 16th - 11:00-12:30 – Session #1: Character animation and motion-capture
Reduced Marker Layouts for Optical Motion Capture of Hands
Matthias Schröder, Jonathan Maycock and Mario Botsch
Adaptation Procedure for HMM-Based Sensor-Dependent Gesture Recognition
Sohaib Laraba, Joëlle Tilmanne and Thierry Dutoit
Segmenting Motion Capture Data Using a Qualitative Analysis
Durell Bouchard and Norman Badler
Optimal Marker Set for Motion Capture of Facial Dynamical Expressions
Clément Reverdy, Sylvie Gibet and Caroline Larboulette
Deep Signatures for Indexing and Retrieval in Large Motion Databases
Yingying Wang and Michael Neff
Nov. 16th - 14:00-15:00 – Keynote Talk #2
Speaker: Robert W. Sumner (Disney Research Zurich)
Title: Amplifying Creativity in Animation and Games
“Art challenges technology, and technology inspires the art.” These are the words John Lasseter used to describe his experience as an artist working with the technology leaders at Pixar three decades ago to pioneer what we know today as computer-generated animation. At the heart of this statement lies the idea that technology and art, when joined together, hold a unique and promising potential to amplify creativity. This very concept forms the central vision of the Animation and Games group at Disney Research Zurich. In this keynote talk, I will share our experiences as researchers working with Disney artists on technology to amplify creativity, including several tough challenges that art has given us, as well as a few successes in which we could inspire the art. Attendees can expect examples of recent research advances in animation, simulation, stylization, and, in Disney style, a little bit of singing.
Nov. 16th - 15:00-16:30 – Session #2: Character animation
Eye Movement Synthesis with 1/f Pink Noise
Andrew Duchowski, Sophie Joerg, Aubrey Lawson, Takumi Bolte, Lech Swirski and Krzysztof Krejtz
Avatar Reshaping and Automatic Rigging Using a Deformable Model
Andrew Feng, Dan Casas and Ari Shapiro
Motion Control via Muscle Synergies: Application to Throwing
Ana Lucia Cruz Ruiz, Charles Pontonnier, Jonathan Levy and Georges Dumont
A Closed-Form Solution for Human Finger Positioning
Roel Duits, A. Frank van der Stappen and Arjan Egges
Nov. 16th - 17:00-18:30 – Session #3: Crowds
DAVIS: Density-Adaptive Synthetic-Vision Based Steering for Virtual Crowds
Rowan Hughes, Jan Ondrej and John Dingliana
An Analysis of Manoeuvring in Dense Crowds
Sybren A. Stüvel, Arjan Egges, Frank van der Stappen and Thijs de Goeij
Evaluating and Optimizing Level of Service for Crowd Evacuations
Brandon Haworth, Muhammad Usman, Glen Berseth, Mubbasir Kapadia and Petros Faloutsos
ACCLMesh: Curvature-Based Navigation Mesh Generation
Glen Berseth, Mubbasir Kapadia and Petros Faloutsos
Nov. 16th - 18:30- – The “Wine & Cheese” poster session
A Generic Multi-Level Framework for Agent Navigation
Wouter van Toll, Norman Jaklin and Roland Geraerts
Virtual worlds’ influences on our mental balance and physical health: a survey with philosophical approaches
Maria Christoforou and Despina Michael
Autonomous Positioning of Avatars at a Guided Virtual Educational Trip
Fons Kuijk
Statistical Framework for Animation synthesis of Laughter
Yu Ding and Catherine Pelachaud
Gaze Shifts and Navigation in Virtual Environments: Towards a Prediction Model
Alessandro Canossa and Jeremy Badler
A Model to Compute People Disturbance in Crowds
Cliceres Mack Dal Bianco, Adriana Braun, Jovani Brasil and Soraia Raupp Musse
Simulated Postural Sway for the Improvement of Depth Perception in Pre-Generated Virtual Reality Panoramas
Matthew Bett
Recognizing Emotional Expressiveness in Raw 3D Body Motion Data
Haris Zacharatos, Christos Gatzoulis, Anargyros Chatzitofis and Yiorgos Chrysanthou
Study of Nine People in a Hallway
Claudio Pedica, Karl Kristinsson and Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson
Dynamic Hierarchical Search on the GPU
Francisco Garcia, Norman Badler and Mubbasir Kapadia
Improving crowd behaviour for emergency simulation using game-captured data
Marco Castorina and Eike Falk Anderson
A New and Simple Method for Balance Quantification
Venustiano Soancatl
Autonomous gaze animation for socially interactive virtual characters during multiparty interactions
Zerrin Yumak and Arjan Egges
Immersive scale-one movement analysis in the CAVE
Eray Molla, Christian Arevalo and Ronan Boulic
Towards Free Stepping Behavior Characterization
Ronan Boulic, Utku Evci, Eray Molla and Phanindra Pisupati
Nov. 17th - 8:30-9:30 – Keynote Talk #3
Speaker: Nadia Berthouze (University College of London Interaction Centre)
Title: “The body and its actions: how they can be used to manipulate the player’s experience”
Recent years have seen the emergence of game technology that involves and requires its users to be engaged through their body. In addition, studies in psychology have shown that our body expressions affect our emotional state, our cognitive abilities and our attitude towards the environment around us. This has generated an increased interest in understanding and exploiting this modality to automatically recognize, respond to and regulate users’ affective experience. In the first part of my talk, I will report on our studies aimed at understanding how body expressions and body movement can be used to modulate user experience in games and physical activity in real-life situations such as walking and physical rehabilitation. Then, I’ll discuss how emotional states can be automatically detected from body expressions, including muscle activity and touch behaviour. Examples from games and physical rehabilitation will be presented.
Nov. 17th - 9:30-11:00 – Session #4: Planning
Automated Interactive Narrative Synthesis using Dramatic Theory
Carlos Antonio Dominguez, Yuya Ichimura and Mubbasir Kapadia
RT-RRT*: A Real-Time Path Planning Algorithm Based On RRT*
Kourosh Naderi, Joose Rajamäki and Perttu Hämäläinen
Multi-Modal Data-Driven Motion Planning and Synthesis
Mentar Mahmudi and Marcelo Kallmann
Nov. 17th - 11:30-12:30 – Session #5: Simulation
Interactive Arbitrarily Detailed Cutting of Thin Sheets
Pierre-Luc Manteaux, Wei-Lun Sun, François Faure, Marie-Paule Cani and James F. O’Brien
Pattern-Guided Simulations of Immersed Rigid Bodies
Haoran Xie and Kazunori Miyata
Interactive procedural simulation of paper tearing with sound
Thibault Lejemble, Amélie Fondevilla, Nicolas Durin, Thibault Blanc-Beyne, Camille Schreck, Pierre-Luc Manteaux, Paul G. Kry and Marie-Paule Cani
Camera-on-rails: Automated Computation of Constrained Camera Paths
Quentin Galvane, Marc Christie, Christophe Lino and Rémi Ronfard
Nov. 17th - 14:00-16:00 – Session #6: Taking control
The Sea Is Your Mirror
Marc Parenthoën, Fred Murie and Flavien Thery
Crowd Art: Density and Flow Based Crowd Motion Design
Kevin Jordao, Panayiotis Charalambous, Marc Christie, Julien Pettre and Marie-Paule Cani
Real-time gait control for partially immersed bipeds
Samuel Carensac, Nicolas Pronost and Saida Bouakaz
Robust Balance Shift Control with Posture Optimization
Zumra Kavafoglu, Ersan Kavafoglu and Arjan Egges
Carpet Unrolling Descriptors for Character Control On Uneven Terrain
Mark Miller, Daniel Holden, Rami Al-Ashqar, Christophe Dubach, Kenny Mitchell and Taku Komura
Nov. 17th - 16:30-18:30 – Game Panel
Title: Games meet Academia
This “Games meet Academia” panel aims at stimulating an active debate between practitioners and researchers alike, in an effort to bridge the gap between advanced research and development in computer games, and fundamental research in interactive computer animation.
8:30-9:30 – Keynote Talk #4
Speaker: Alex Champandard (AIDevGame.com)
Title: Modern AI and Its Impact on Animation and Movement
In this talk, you'll learn about the fast progress being made in Artificial Intelligence in the games industry, and see how this is impacting challenging problems like animation and movement. What exactly is motion matching and why is it only possible now? How can machine learning help and why are developers ready for new techniques? Alex will explain all this and more in a forward looking presentation.
Nov. 18th - 9:30-10:30 – Session #7: Collisions
Clustering and Collision Detection for Clustered Shape Matching
Ben Jones, April Martin, Josh Levine, Tamar Shinar and Adam Bargteil
Fast Contact Determination for Intersecting Deformable Solids
Oscar Civit-Flores and Antonio Susín
Collision Detection for Articulated Deformable Characters
Nadine Abu Rumman, Marco Schaerf and Dominique Bechmann
Nov. 18th - 11:00-12:30 – Session #8: Realism, aesthetics, visualization and registration
Animation Realism Affects Perceived Character Appeal of a Self-Virtual Face
Elena Kokkinara and Rachel McDonnell
Fin Textures for Real-Time Painterly Aesthetics
Nicolas Imhof, Antoine Milliez, Flurin Jenal, Rene Bauer, Markus Gross and Robert W. Sumner
HeapCraft: Interactive Data Exploration and Visualization Tools for Understanding and Influencing Player Behavior in Minecraft
Stephan Müller, Barbara Solenthaler, Mubbasir Kapadia, Seth Frey, Severin Klingler, Richard Mann, Robert W. Sumner and Markus Gross
Automatic and Adaptable Registration of Live RGBD Video Streams
Afsaneh Rafighi, Sahand Seifi and Oscar Meruvia-Pastor
See you in Paris!
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14th ACM International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its
Applications in Industry - ACM SIGGRAPH VRCAI 2015
Kobe Port Island Center, Kobe, Japan
October 30th - November 1st, 2015
<http://www.cg.ces.kyutech.ac.jp/conference/vrcai2015/>
http://www.cg.ces.kyutech.ac.jp/conference/vrcai2015/
Call for Participation
VRCAI is an annual ACM SIGGRAPH-sponsored international conference on
virtual reality continuum and its applications. The 14th ACM International
Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry
(VRCAI 2015) will take place during October 30th to November 1st in Kobe,
co-located with ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2015.
Early Bird Registration Deadline: October 15, 2015
<http://www.cg.ces.kyutech.ac.jp/conference/vrcai2015/for-attendees/registra
tion/>
http://www.cg.ces.kyutech.ac.jp/conference/vrcai2015/for-attendees/registrat
ion/
Accommodation is available for registered participants.
<http://www.cg.ces.kyutech.ac.jp/conference/vrcai2015/for-attendees/accommod
ation/>
http://www.cg.ces.kyutech.ac.jp/conference/vrcai2015/for-attendees/accommoda
tion/
This year we have accepted eight long papers, eight short papers, thirty-one
posters and demos. We have also invited five SIGGRAPH ASIA
2015 posters as a part of a collaboration with VRCAI and SIGGRAPH ASIA. The
detailed program is available on our website. In particular, we are happy to
announce Hiroo Iwata from University of Tsukuba and Shigeru Kuriyama from
Toyohashi University of Technology as Keynote Speakers.
<http://www.cg.ces.kyutech.ac.jp/conference/vrcai2015/program/>
http://www.cg.ces.kyutech.ac.jp/conference/vrcai2015/program/
Inquiry can be sent to: <mailto:vrcai2015@cg.ces.kyutech.ac.jp>
vrcai2015(a)cg.ces.kyutech.ac.jp
See you soon in Kobe.
Conference Co-Chairs:
Issei Fujishiro, Keio University, Japan
Zhigeng Pan, Hangzhou Normal University, China Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, NTU,
Singapore & MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Program Co-Chairs:
Masaki Oshita, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan Xubo Yang, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, China Hyun Seung Yang, KAIST, Korea
Posters&Demos Chair
Tomohiko Mukai, Tokai University, Japan
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