DIRK BARTZ PRIZE FOR VISUAL COMPUTING IN MEDICINE 2015 (EUROGRAPHICS MEDICAL
PRIZE)
Submission Deadline: 09 January 2015
Notification: 20 February 2015
The Eurographics Association organizes a biannual competition to acknowledge
the contribution that computer graphics is playing in the medical field, and
to encourage further development. Originally called "Eurographics Medical
Prize" the competition was renamed to "Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing
in Medicine" in 2010 -- in honor of Dirk Bartz who passed away far too early
in March 2010. Dirk Bartz was a highly recognized and enthusiastic
scientist, teacher and promoter of Visual Computing in Medicine;
furthermore, he was an active member of the Eurographics Association and
Chair of the EG Medical Prize 2007 and 2009.
CALL
Submissions for the Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine 2015
are being invited from researchers and developers who can demonstrate that a
particular benefit has resulted from the use of computer graphics technology
in a medical application that they have produced. Examples of entries could
include the use of new data visualization techniques, interaction methods,
or virtual/augmented environments. Further information is available at
<http://www.eurographics2015.ch/eurographics-medical-prize/>
http://www.eurographics2015.ch/eurographics-medical-prize/
WINNERS
The top three winning entries of the Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing
in Medicine 2015 will receive a prize and their submission will be published
in the "Short Papers and Medical Prize Awards" digital media proceedings.
The judging panel will select the winning entry on the basis of its clinical
value, use made of computer graphics, and novelty. All three winning teams
will have an opportunity to briefly present their results at Eurographics
2015, which means that at least one author of each winning team must attend
to present the results.
See the Hall of Fame
<http://www.eurographics2015.ch/s/HallOfFame_20141016a.pdf>
http://www.eurographics2015.ch/s/HallOfFame_20141016a.pdf for previous
recipients of the prize.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submitted written entries have to be prepared as papers of up to 4 pages and
must be formatted according to the Eurographics Medical Prize Guidelines:
<https://srm.eg.org/SRM_EG2013MED/subinstructions.html>
https://srm.eg.org/SRM_EG2013MED/subinstructions.html. The submission of
complementary material like videos, demo applications, and references to
additional publications of the authors, theses, etc .... is highly welcome!
Submissions will be made electronically through SRMV2 at
<https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/EG_2015MED>
https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/EG_2015MED. Winning entries will be
published in the "Short Papers and Medical Prize Awards" digital media
proceedings, and in the EG Digital Library.
For any question concerning medical prize submissions please contact the
medical prize co-chairs at: <mailto:chairs-eg2015med@eg.org>
chairs-eg2015med(a)eg.org
CO-CHAIRS
Hans-Christian Hege, Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany
Timo Ropinski, Linköping University, Sweden
Bookshop Clearance
Eurographics is having a clearance sale of proceedings older than 2 years,
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://diglib.eg.org/EG/Publications/bookstore/Orderform.html> Publication
Order Form (https://diglib.eg.org/EG/Publications/bookstore/Orderform.html)
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 2015. The final
deadline is 31 Jan 2015. 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 <http://www.mpc-vcc.de>
http://www.mpc-vcc.de
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
VMV 2014
19th International Workshop on Vision, Modeling and Visualization
October 8-10, 2014
Darmstadt, Germany
Registration Deadline: September 30, 2014 <http://www.vmv2014.de>
http://www.vmv2014.de
In Cooperation with
Eurographics Association
The VMV workshop series, which covers the fields of computer graphics,
computer vision, visualization, and visual analytics, is well established
and has reached a significant visibility within the recent years. It offers
researchers the opportunity to discuss a wide range of different topics
within an open, international, and interdisciplinary environment.
Sabine Süsstrunk, Jaakko Lethinen and Wolfgang Heidrich will give invited
talks. Apart from papers, VMV 2014 also features posters on ongoing and
recent work as well as student projects.
Registration is possible via the web site until September 30, 2014.
co-located events:
- GI-Meeting Graphische Datenverarbeitung (Leitungsgremium GDV)
- 12th EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage (GCH)
October 6-8, 2014.
<http://diglib.eg.org/gch2014> http://diglib.eg.org/gch2014
We look forward to meet you in Darmstadt!
General Chairs:
Dieter Fellner
Michael Goesele
Stefan Roth
Program Chairs:
Jan Bender
Arjan Kuijper
Tatiana von Landesberger
Holger Theisel
Philipp Urban
Call for ICAT-EGVE 2014 Posters
===========================
ICAT-EGVE 2014 will be 24th International Conference on Artificial Reality
and Telexistence (ICAT 2014) and the 19th Eurographics Symposium on Virtual
Environments (EGVE 2014) in Bremen, Germany.
We invite the submission of poster presentations describing novel research
ideas, work in progress, recently completed work, preliminary results, or
unusual systems and applications.
Posters will be selected by the poster chairs for presentation at the
conference. Upon acceptance, the camera ready version of the submission will
be included in the electronic proceedings and will receive with an ISBN
identification, provided that potential comments from the reviewers are
appropriately addressed.
Accepted posters will require that at least one author attends the
conference to present the poster in an open area and fast-forward
presentation session that will take place during the conference and will
give a chance for the authors to orally present a very brief summary of
their work to all conference attendees. Authors will be required to bring an
A0 portrait poster and to prepare one slide for presentation at the
conference.
. Submission Deadline: October 1, 2014
. Notification of Acceptance: October 15, 2014
. Camera-ready Submission Deadline: October 27, 2014
For any questions, please contact icat-egve14-poster(a)cs.uni-bremen.de
Submission guidelines
Submissions should be no more than 2 pages in length, and may not exceed
6MB. They must be PDF files (only) with full author names and affiliations,
using the following template:
http://icategve14.uni-bremen.de/submission.html.
Please send poster submissions via email to
icat-egve14-poster(a)cs.uni-bremen.de.
Torsten Kuhlen and Yuki Hashimoto
(ICAT-EGVE 2014 poster chairs)
The Eurographics 2015 Technical Papers programme will showcase innovative
research in Computer Graphics and related areas. We invite submissions of
new ideas, and encourage all forms of research creativity and originality.
We are interested in practice, experience, novel applications, technological
or theoretical papers, with the ambition of setting the standard in the
field and stimulating future trends.
Accepted papers will be presented at Eurographics 2015 and published in a
special issue of the Eurographics journal Computer Graphics Forum.
Therefore, submissions will undergo a two-step review process. We encourage
submissions from all areas related to computer graphics such as rendering,
modeling, animation, visualization, virtual reality, computer vision,
imaging, computer-aided fabrication, human-computer interaction, and related
disciplines.
Submission Dates
A preliminary abstract is due by 23:59 GMT, Friday, September 19, 2014, and
the full paper deadline is 23:59 GMT, Friday, September 26, 2014. Note that
a full paper can only be submitted if an abstract has been submitted by the
abstract deadline.
Submission
Electronic submission of all papers is mandatory and will be conducted using
the <https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference%2fEG_2014> Submission and Review
Management (SRMv2) system. Papers must be written in English, they must be
anonymized, and must be formatted according to the Eurographics Computer
Graphics Forum publication guidelines.
<https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/EG_2015/Instruction> The publication
guidelines and LaTeX templates are available on SRMv2. Accepted papers must
be presented in English at Eurographics 2015. This event uses a double-blind
reviewing approach, so please remove all personal data (such as authors,
affiliations, etc.) from your submission. Reviewers are asked to keep
confidential all materials sent to them for evaluation.
Note that this year, there is no arbitrary maximum length imposed on papers.
Papers should be as long as they need to be, but not longer. If a submission
is perceived as repetitive or unnecessarily long, it might be ranked lower
by reviewers than a concisely written submission.
Double Submission Policy
Authors are required to include a declaration that they have not previously
published the scientific contribution claimed in their paper, nor has it
been submitted to or is currently under review in any other conference or
journal before or during the Eurographics 2015 Technical Papers review
period. Any paper that does not adhere to these requirements will be
rejected without review.
Re-Submitted Material
For papers that have previously been reviewed for other venues and have been
rejected or withdrawn, the authors are encouraged to provide a cover letter
to describe the history of the paper (however, this does not imply reviewer
continuity). This cover letter can also answer the comments made in the
previous reviews, by either listing the changes that were made to comply
with them, or discussing/rebutting/clarifying some elements if need be.
Though not mandatory, this procedure is strongly recommended. The cover
letter has to be submitted through the SRM as an Additional Attachment
(last section of the SRM upload form).
Rebuttal, Notification, Publication & Prizes
· The reviews will be made available to the authors on November 13,
2014. A rebuttal period from November 13 to November 18, 2014 will allow
authors to submit a brief document to address any factual errors or clarify
other issues raised in the reviews.
· The date for notification of the results of the first round of the
review process is December 5, 2014.
· Revised versions of the papers conditionally accepted in the first
round must be submitted by December 31, 2014. The final notification of the
outcome of the second reviewing round will be made on January 14, 2015. The
camera-ready version of accepted papers will be due on January 28, 2015.
· From all accepted and presented papers, an international jury will
select the best papers. The best paper will receive the Günter Enderle
Award, including a cash prize of 1000 Euros, presented at Eurographics 2015.
For any question concerning full paper submissions please contact the papers
program co-chairs: <mailto:chairs-eg2015@eg.org> chairs-eg2015(a)eg.org
Full Papers Chairs
Olga Sorkine-Hornung, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Michael Wimmer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
CAA 2015, Siena, Italy
Call for session proposals
DEADLINE - Tuesday, September 30th 2014
The Organising Committee wish to inform you that the Call for Sessions for
the 43rd International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative
Methods in Archaeology (CAA) is open. The conference will be held at the
University of Siena (Italy), in collaboration with the National Research
Council (ISTI-Pisa), from March 30th to April 3rd 2015.Please submit your
<https://caaconference.org/ocs/index.php?conference=caa&schedConf=caa2015&pa
ge=index> SESSION ABSTRACT PROPOSAL online before Tuesday, September 30th
2014.
The 43rd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology
Conference, "KEEP THE REVOLUTION GOING" (CAA 2015 SIENA) will explore a
multitude of topics to showcase ground-breaking technologies and best
practice from various archaeological and computer science disciplines, with
a large diversity of case studies from all over the world.
The conference committee encourages you to consider a presentation format
that will engage your colleagues in discussion and learning beyond the
simple dissemination of information. The main themes of the conference are
likely to include the following, but may be modified or extended according
to the session proposals we receive:
. Field and laboratory data recording
. Data modelling, management and integration
. Linked data and the semantic web
. Data analysis and visualisation
. 3D modelling, visualization, thinking, interpretation and
simulations
. Spatio-temporal modelling, GIS and remote sensing
. Users and interfaces: education, museums and multimedia
. Theoretical issues, and the relation of CAA with the Digital
Humanities
. Digital Cities, cultural heritage interpretation and modelling the
past
Start here to submit a paper to this conference.
<https://caaconference.org/ocs/index.php?conference=caa&schedConf=caa2015&pa
ge=author&op=submit&requiresAuthor=1> STEP ONE OF THE SUBMISSION PROCESS
Best regards
CAA 2015 organizing committee
______________________________________________________________________
STEFANO CAMPANA
UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE
Advanced MC Research Fellow
Faculty of Classics & McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA UK
UNIVERSITY of SIENA
Ancient Topography, Landscape Archaeology & Remote Sensing LAB
Department of History and Cultural Heritage
Via Roma 56, 53100 Siena-Italy
E-mail <mailto:campana@lapetlab.it> campana(a)lapetlab.it
Web Sites <https://cambridge.academia.edu/StefanoCampana>
https://cambridge.academia.edu/StefanoCampana
<http://www.caa2015.org/> http://www.caa2015.org
<http://space2place.classicalstudies.duke.edu/>
http://space2place.classicalstudies.duke.edu
Skype stecampana
Mobile ++39-3280423331 or ++39-3316458042
Dates: 24-25 September 2014
Location: University of Bremen, Germany
Registration: http://vriphys2014.uni-bremen.de/registration.html
The annual Workshop on Virtual Reality Interaction and Physical Simulation
(VRIPHYS) is a meeting place for all those working in physically-based
simulation, interaction in VR, and virtual really in general.
Please see the website for further information:
<http://vriphys2014.uni-bremen.de> http://vriphys2014.uni-bremen.de
We are looking to welcoming you in Bremen, Germany.
The conference co-chairs.
Applications are invited for the position of a Researcher at the Visual
Computing System Technologies (VCST) group at Fraunhofer IGD in Darmstadt,
Germany.
The primary field of work will be high-performance, hardware-accelerated 3D
graphics on the Web.
Applicants should have a degree in computer science or related disciplines
and excellent academic records. Experience in graphics programming (for
example, with OpenGL or DirectX) is required, experience with 3D Web
technology is a plus. German language skills are required.
The Visual Computing System Technologies Group of Fraunhofer IGD develops
and maintains successful industry-strength 3D graphics software, such as
InstantReality (http://instantreality.org) or X3DOM (http://x3dom.org).
Fraunhofer IGD, being one of the worlds leading institutes for applied
research in the field of Visual Computing, offers an excellent working
environment, a competitive salary, as well as great opportunities for
further training and education. Obtaining a PhD is possible in cooperation
with the Technical University of Darmstadt.
Applications, via mail or e-mail, should be sent to:
Frau Marion Christ
E-Mail-Adresse: marion.christ(a)igd.fraunhofer.de
Tel.: +49 6151 155-124
Fax.: +49 6151 155-196
Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD
Marion Christ
Visual Computing System Technologies
Fraunhoferstr. 5
64283 Darmstadt
Application Deadline: 30.09.2014
<http://www.igd.fraunhofer.de> http://www.igd.fraunhofer.de
Reference Number: IGD-2014-19
Please find below the original job posting and description (in German) here:
<https://recruiting.fraunhofer.de/Vacancies/18664/Description/1>
https://recruiting.fraunhofer.de/Vacancies/18664/Description/1
Apologies for cross postings.
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Call for Contributions
IEEE Virtual Reality 2015
March 23-27, 2015
Arles, Camargue - Provence - France
<http://ieeevr.org/2015> http://ieeevr.org/2015
Important Dates
Long & Short Papers abstracts September 5, 2014
Long & Short Papers September 12, 2014
Industrial Presentations October 13, 2014
Lab/Project Presentations October 27, 2014
Panels November 10, 2014
Workshops November 19, 2014
Tutorials November 21, 2014
Posters November 21, 2014
Videos December 26, 2014
Research Demos January 19, 2015
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Call for Long & Short Papers
_____
IEEE VR 2015 seeks original, high-quality papers in all areas related to
virtual reality, including augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and
3D user interfaces. Each paper should be classifiable as mainly covering
research, applications, or systems, using the following guidelines for each:
* Research papers should describe results that contribute to advances
in state-of-the-art software, hardware, algorithms, interaction, or human
factors.
* Application papers should explain how the authors built upon
existing ideas and applied them to solve an interesting problem in a novel
way. Each paper should include an evaluation of the success of the use of
VR/AR/MR in the given application domain.
* System papers should indicate how the implementers integrated known
techniques and technologies to produce an effective system, along with any
lessons learned in the process.
Each paper should include an evaluation of the research, including
benchmarking that was performed (e.g., latency or frame-rate).
Topics include:
* Immersive gaming
* 3D interaction for VR/AR/MR
* Input devices for VR/AR/MR
* Haptics, audio, and other non-visual interfaces
* VR systems and toolkits
* Augmented and mixed reality
* Computer graphics techniques for VR/AR/MR
* Advanced display technology
* Immersive projection technology
* Multi-user and distributed VR/AR/MR
* Serious games
* Tracking and sensing
* Modeling and simulation
* User studies and evaluation
* Perception, presence, and cognition
* 3D selection and 3D manipulation
* Locomotion and navigation in virtual environments
* Applications of VR/AR/MR
* Teleoperation and telepresence
This year, we will continue the process of having all accepted long papers
published in a special issue of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and
Computer Graphics (TVCG). To meet TVCG standards, long papers will undergo a
two-stage review process (see SUBMISSION DEADLINES below). Authors of long
papers that are determined to be acceptable with minor revisions during a
first review cycle will be invited to submit a revised version for a second
review cycle. Only long papers that are accepted in this second review cycle
will appear in the journal issue and be presented at the conference.
Short papers can cover preliminary studies, prototype applications, or
initial implementations. Short papers will be published separately in the
standard conference proceedings. The primary difference between short and
long papers is in the size of their contributions and NOT in the
importance/impact of their contributions. To assure this, short and long
papers will be treated as separate tracks and will be accepted or rejected
according to the merit of their contributions. In general, rejected long
papers will NOT be considered for acceptance as short papers, unless the
reviewers unanimously feel this is the right decision, and rewriting is
determined to be doable in the time available. Consequently, authors should
carefully consider the category for each submitted paper.
Note that an abstract must be uploaded prior to the paper. This facilitates
assigning reviewers, as the review process is on a tight schedule. All paper
submissions must be in English. Long papers must not exceed ten (10) pages
in length, with the caveat that the standard is eight (8) pages. Short
papers must not exceed six (6) pages in length. If the reviewers find a
paper overly long for the size of its contribution, they may ask for it to
be shortened it if it is accepted. Both long and short papers should be
formatted using the IEEE Computer Society format described at
<http://www.cs.sfu.ca/%7Evis/Track/vr-menu.html>
http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~vis/Track/vr-menu.html. For index terms, please use
the descriptors from the ACM Computing Classification System, located at
<http://www.acm.org/class> http://www.acm.org/class. For paper and abstract
submissions please visit <https://precisionconference.com/%7Evr>
https://precisionconference.com/~vr.
IEEE VR uses a double-blind review process, meaning both the authors and the
reviewers remain anonymous to each other. Submissions (including citations
and optional videos) should not contain information that unnecessarily
identifies the authors, their institutions, or their places of work.
Relevant previous work by the authors should be cited in the third person to
preserve anonymity. In order to fully explain the relationship between the
submitted paper and relevant previous work by the authors, authors may
additionally upload previous papers as well as a non-anonymous letter of
explanation; these materials will only been seen by the primary reviewer.
All papers must be submitted electronically.
Authors may also submit videos to aid the program committee in reviewing
their submissions. Videos must be submitted according to the instructions at
the conference website. Videos submitted with papers will automatically be
considered for possible inclusion in the video proceedings (video
submissions may also be made independently, as described in the « Call for
Videos »). When submitted as supporting material, videos must be free of
identifying information. If accepted for the video proceedings, a revised
version will be requested.
Paper submissions must not have been previously published. A paper is
considered to have been previously published if it has appeared in a
peer-reviewed journal, magazine, book, or meeting proceedings that is
reliably and permanently available afterward in print or electronic form to
non-attendees, regardless of the language of that publication. A paper
identical or substantially similar in content (in its entirety or in part)
to one submitted to VR should not be simultaneously under consideration for
another conference or journal during the entire VR review process, from the
submission deadline until notifications of decisions are emailed to authors.
SUBMISSION DEADLINES FOR LONG AND SHORT PAPERS:
Each deadline is midnight GMT on the stated day, no matter where the
submitter is located.
Long & Short Paper abstracts due (REQUIRED): September 5, 2014
Long & Short Paper submissions due: September 12, 2014
Notification of results of first review cycle: November 4, 2014
Revised paper submission due for second review cycle (REQUIRED FOR LONG
PAPERS): December 5, 2014
** The submission deadlines will be strictly enforced. **
Paper abstracts and complete papers must be submitted through the online
submission system.
For more information, please contact the Program Chairs: programchairs [at]
ieeevr.org
J. Edward Swan II, Mississippi State University
Victoria Interrante, University of Minnesota
Tobias Höllerer, University of California, Santa Barbara
Anatole Lécuyer, Inria