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EUROGRAPHICS 2013 - ** EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE IN LESS THAN ONE
WEEK **
34th Annual Conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics
May 6th to 10th, 2013
Girona, Spain
http://eg2013.udg.edu/
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Dear Colleague:
we would like to inform you that the Eurographics 2013 online registration
is open and the early-bird registration will last only until NEXT WEEK, that
is,
*** March 11st, 2013 ***
so please register as soon as possible to catch the reduced fees!
Registration information is provided on our website:
http://eg2013.udg.edu/registration.shtml
Accommodation should also be booked as soon as possible, as the conference
is just before the "flowers week" in Girona, a major touristic local event,
and we have also discovered there will be another conference in the city the
same week. Hotel information can and travel information can be found on our
website:
http://eg2013.udg.edu/accomodation.shtmlhttp://eg2013.udg.edu/travel.shtml
The 2013 program can be found at: http://eg2013.udg.edu/program.shtml
May 4th-5th and May 11th will be dedicated to co-located events, while the
main conference will open on Monday, May 6th and close on Friday, May 10th.
In connection with the conference there will be a technology exhibition in
the Main Hall of the conference facilities.
The tutorial program on Monday is included in the conference registration
and the conference opening with the awards session followed by the paper
fast forward will start on Monday, May 14th, around at 16:30. Take into
account this schedule in your travel plans.
*** FURTHER INFORMATION
Full details on the conference, co-located events and program can be found
through the conference web site at:
http://eg2013.udg.edu/
Conference Chairs (conferencechairs(a)eg2013.udg.edu)
Xavier Pueyo, Universitat de Girona
Pere Brunet, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
(CORRECTION - Deadline changed to March 19)
Call for Submissions 3DV Conference (Third Joint 3DIM/3DPVT Conference)
Web: http://www.3dv.org
Email: chairs3dv(a)gmail.com
We invite submissions for the 3DV (3D Vision) conference to be held June 29
- July 1, 2013 in Seattle, Washington, following CVPR in nearby Portland,
Oregon. This meeting will be a continuation of the successful 3DIM and 3DPVT
conference series. Submissions are solicited on topics related to acquiring,
modeling, analyzing, and visualizing 3D data. The event will provide a
premier forum for disseminating ideas and results that cover a broad scope
of topics related to 3D research in computer vision and graphics, from novel
optical sensors, signal processing, geometric modeling, representation, and
transmission, to visualization and interaction, and a variety of
applications.
The organizers invite you to submit high quality, original full research
papers by March 19 2013.
Note that the submission date for this conference occurs during the SIGGRAPH
rebuttal period. Accommodations will be made for authors who want to
retarget their SIGGRAPH submissions for this meeting.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
ACQUISITION & MODELING
. 3D cameras and sensors
. Real-time 3D systems
. Automated view planning
. 3D sensor calibration
. Image-based modeling
. Shape-from-X
. Shape and appearance modeling
. 4D capture
INTERACTION & VISUALIZATION
. Image and video-based rendering
. Interactive modeling
. Augmented and mixed reality
. 3D printing and rapid prototyping
. Psychophysics of 3D sensing
PROCESSING & TRANSMISSION
. Geometric signal processing
. Multi-resolution 3D representations
. 3D shape retrieval and recognition
. Shape analysis and morphology
. 3D compression and transmission
APPLICATIONS
. Reverse engineering
. Dimensional inspection & metrology
. Cultural heritage & architecture
. Medical visualization and analysis
. Urban modeling
. Robotics
. 3D television
. 3D tele-immersion
. Forensics and security
General Chair
Brian Curless, University of Washington
Program Co-Chairs
Yasutaka Furukawa, Google Inc.
Ioannis Stamos, City University of New York
Camillo J. Taylor, University of Pennsylvania
Dear Colleagues,
this is a kind reminder for the quick approaching deadline for the Short
Paper and Workshop submissions for
. EuroVis 2013 Short Paper Track
. EnvirVis: Visualization in Environmental Sciences
. EuroRVVV: EuroVis Workshop on Reproducibility, Verification,
and Validation in Visualization
. VAMP 2013: Visual Analytics using Multidimensional
Projections
. VMLS 2013: Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences
. EuroVA 2013: Fourth International EuroVis Workshop on Visual
Analytics
All initial submissions are due on
*** March 8, 2013
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Details can be found on the conference website
- <http://www.eurovis2013.de/content/call-short-papers>
http://www.eurovis2013.de/content/call-short-papers
and the websites of the co-located events:
- <http://www.eurovis2013.de/content/workshops>
http://www.eurovis2013.de/content/workshops
*** EuroVis - Short Papers ***
For the second time, EuroVis 2013 features a short paper track. The purpose
of this track is to present late-breaking results, work in progress, and
follow-up extensions or evaluations of existing methods. Short papers will
be peer-reviewed in a one-stage process by an international program
committee. They will be electronically archived and are fully citable
publications. Submissions for the short paper track should be 4 pages (at
most), excluding references, and 5 pages (at most), in total. They will be
orally presented at the conference. EuroVis 2013 will be held in Leipzig,
Germany, June 17-21, 2013.
Important Dates for All Submissions:
. Submission Deadline: March 8, 2013
. Acceptance Notification: April 19, 2013
. Camera-ready Deadline: May 3, 2013
. Conference and workshop will take place: June 17-21, 2013
A EuroVis short paper describes a more focused and concise research
contribution and is likely to have a smaller -- yet still significant --
scope of contribution than a full paper. Short papers draw from the same
paper types as full papers, as well as the same list of suggested topics.
The following descriptive examples, which are characterized in contrast to
full papers, may be helpful in understanding what kinds of submissions may
be suitable for short papers:
. A new visualization technique or system and evidence of
its utility compared to known techniques or systems
(described in sufficient detail to assist an expert reader
in replicating the technique or system, but without
exhaustive implementation detail and evaluation).
. An incremental improvement or variation of an existing
visualization technique or system with convincing
evaluation.
. An extensive evaluation of an existing visualization
technique or system.
. A well-proven counter-example to an existing
visualization technique that helps to understand
limitations.
. A new implementation approach that has demonstrably
addressed a significant technical issue
(without extensive evaluation of the implementation).
. A new methodology for designing or studying visualization
systems that has demonstrable benefits for the EuroVis
community (without extensive evaluation of the
methodology).
All submissions must be original works that have not been published
previously in any conference proceedings, magazine, journal, or edited book.
The Short Paper Co-Chairs,
Mario Hlawitschka, University of Leipzig, Germany
Tino Weinkauf, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany
Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences (VMLS 2013)
Leipzig, Germany
June 15-17, 2013
http://www.faculty.jacobs-university.de/llinsen/vmls/2013/
*** Call for short papers (extended abstracts) ***
The third international workshop on Visualization in Medicine and Life
Sciences will take place in 2013 (VMLS 2013). After two successful events in
2006 and 2009, VMLS 2013 will, for the first time, be co-located with
EuroVis. The goal of the workshop is to discuss novel visualization
techniques driven by the needs in medicine and life sciences as well as new
application areas and challenges for visualization within these fields. VMLS
2013 intends to generate ideas and concepts for visual analysis of data from
scientific studies of living organs or to the delivery of healthcare. Target
scientific domains include the entire field of biology at all scales - from
genes and proteins to organs and populations - as well as interdisciplinary
research based on technological advances such as bioinformatics,
biomedicine, biochemistry, or biophysics. Moreover, they comprise the field
of medicine and the application of science and technology to healthcare
problems. The workshop will be organized in form of presentation sessions of
invited and contributed talks and will allocate a significant amount of time
to vivid discussions.
We invite short papers (extended abstracts) to be submitted via the EuroVis
submission system.
Accepted papers will be included into the EuroVis online proceedings and
presented in a formal presentation during the workshop.
All presenters will be invited to submit a full paper to the
postproceedings.
Accepted full papers will appear in a hard-cover book within the
Mathematics+Visualization series of the Springer-Verlag.
Submission Deadline: March 8, 2013
https://precisionconference.com/~vlms13
The workshop will consist of two parts:
. The first part (June 16-17) is by invitation only.
. The second part (June 17-18) is part of the EuroVis 2013 conference and
open to all EuroVis 2013 participants.
Organizers:
. Lars Linsen, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
. Hans-Christian Hege, Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB), Germany
. Bernd Hamann, University of California, Davis, USA
Dear colleagues,
we are hiring a new research fellow (PhD candidate) in visualization at the
University of Bergen, Norway (see below for more information or refer to the
official announcement at http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=91102). The
application deadline is March 14, 2013.
Please kindly distribute this information to potentially interested
candidates.
Thanks and best regards,
Stefan Bruckner
// Dr. Stefan Bruckner, Professor in Visualization
// Department of Informatics
// University of Bergen, Norway
== Open PhD Position in Visualization ==
http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=91102
We have an open PhD position in visualization at the Department of
Informatics (http://www.uib.no/ii/en) of the University of Bergen, Norway.
Applicants should have have a strong background in computer graphics and/or
visualization, have excellent programming skills (in particular GPU
programming), and a good command of the English language. Specific expertise
in the visualization of biomedical data as well as knowledge in software
engineering and web development (HTML5, Ajax, WebGL) is advantageous.
The starting salary is grade 50 (code 1017/pay framework 20.8) in the Civil
Service pay grade table; currently NOK 416,600,- gross p.a. following
ordinary meriting regulations.
Applications will be solicited exclusively through the jobbnorge portal,
applications sent by e-mail will not be considered.
Please send your electronic application, CV, certificates, diplomas and
transcripts for both bachelor and master as well as scientific works,
including a list of publications, by clicking on the button marked "APPLY
FOR THIS JOB" on http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=91102. The
application should include a brief statement of research interests and
motivation, and the names and contact details of at least two referees.
For further information about the position please contact
Stefan.Bruckner(a)uib.no or Helwig.Hauser(a)ii.uib.no
Closing date for applications: 14 March 2013
(Apologies for multiple copies)
Call for Submissions 3DV Conference (Third Joint 3DIM/3DPVT Conference)
Web: http://www.3dv.org
Email: chairs3dv(a)gmail.com
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We invite submissions for the 3DV (3D Vision) conference to be held June 29
- July 1, 2013 in Seattle, Washington, following CVPR in nearby Portland,
Oregon. This meeting will be a continuation of the successful 3DIM and 3DPVT
conference series. Submissions are solicited on topics related to acquiring,
modeling, analyzing, and visualizing 3D data. The event will provide a
premier forum for disseminating ideas and results that cover a broad scope
of topics related to 3D research in computer vision and graphics, from novel
optical sensors, signal processing, geometric modeling, representation, and
transmission, to visualization and interaction, and a variety of
applications.
The organizers invite you to submit high quality, original full research
papers by March 17 2013.
Note that the submission date for this conference occurs during the SIGGRAPH
rebuttal period. Accommodations will be made for authors who want to
retarget their SIGGRAPH submissions for this meeting.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
ACQUISITION & MODELING
. 3D cameras and sensors
. Real-time 3D systems
. Automated view planning
. 3D sensor calibration
. Image-based modeling
. Shape-from-X
. Shape and appearance modeling
. 4D capture
INTERACTION & VISUALIZATION
. Image and video-based rendering
. Interactive modeling
. Augmented and mixed reality
. 3D printing and rapid prototyping
. Psychophysics of 3D sensing
PROCESSING & TRANSMISSION
. Geometric signal processing
. Multi-resolution 3D representations
. 3D shape retrieval and recognition
. Shape analysis and morphology
. 3D compression and transmission
APPLICATIONS
. Reverse engineering
. Dimensional inspection & metrology
. Cultural heritage & architecture
. Medical visualization and analysis
. Urban modeling
. Robotics
. 3D television
. 3D tele-immersion
. Forensics and security
General Chair
Brian Curless, University of Washington
Program Co-Chairs
Yasutaka Furukawa, Google Inc.
Ioannis Stamos, City University of New York
Camillo J. Taylor, University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Position in Computer Vision Analysis of Growing Plants at U. C.
Davis, California, USA
We have a Postdoctoral scholar position in the Department of Computer
Science at the University of California, Davis CA, USA, for a researcher in
computer vision, image processing, image segmentation, or shape matching,
to work on a project to understand the growth of tomato plants. The work
includes multi-view stereo reconstruction, registration and joint
analysis of multi-view stereo, thermal, and "pushbroom" multispectral
imagery of growing plants, feature tracking in Micro Computed Tomography
images of growing plant meristems, and developing models of plant
growth, as well as helping to mentor two graduate students doing this
research. The position is for 12 months, with a possible extension for
up to 3 more months, and could start anytime in the calendar year 2013.
Appointment as a postdoctoral scholar requires a doctoral degree (Ph.D.,
M.D.) or foreign equivalent (in this case, in Computer Science or a
related filed such as Electrical Engineering or Mathematics). To apply,
e-mail a CV to Nelson Max <mailto:max@cs.ucdavis.edu> <max(a)cs.ucdavis.edu>.
The abstract of our
funded project is included below.
"In the near future, population increases combined with climate change
are expected to place unprecedented demands on agriculture. Droughts are
predicted to become more prevalent, nitrogen and phosphorous will become
limiting, and saline environments may be accessed as arable land becomes
depleted. Developing crop varieties to cope with such stresses under
unpredictable climate conditions will require a nuanced understanding of
genetic responses to environmental changes. Additionally, valuable water
and fertilizer must be efficiently triaged to those plants facing the
greatest deficit of resources. In this project, we will study responses
to drought, salinity, and nitrogen and phosphorous deprivation in
tomato, the second most valuable vegetable crop in California and
worldwide. We will use RNA expression profiling to identify those genes
most responsive to environmental stresses not only in domesticated
tomato, but also its wild relatives, which may harbor sensitized
responses to environmental change. We will develop high throughput
methods to measure biochemical markers of stress, including remote
multi-spectral sensing, thermal imaging, and stereo reconstruction.
Additionally, we will analyze changes in the development and morphology
of organs using Micro Computed Tomography to image the meristem and
observe changes in leaves from their inception. We will direct our
understanding of stress response towards the creation of genetically
engineered tomato varieties that, from the outset of specific stresses,
will visibly express a reporter, changing the color or structure of the
plant. Such sentinel plants will allow the application of water and
fertilizer as needed, rather than broadcasting these resources on
potentially wasteful schedules."
Research Assistant - PhD Student in Computer Science (3D Graphics and
Visualization) Visualization and MultiMedia Lab Department of Informatics
University of Zürich <http://vmml.ifi.uzh.ch/> http://vmml.ifi.uzh.ch/
Job Summary:
Open position for a PhD student in the area of real-time 3D graphics and
interactive scientific visualization at the University of Zürich. This
position is for a PhD student participating in a Hasler Foundation funded
project.
Description:
The open position is for a research assistantship in a PhD program in
computer science with a focus on interactive, parallel 3D computer graphics
and visualization. With the advent of ubiquitous parallel computing and
graphics resources through many-core CPUs and GPUs, an increased emphasize
is put on parallel algorithms and computing, also in the context of
real-time 3D graphics and interactive visualization. This project is aimed
at the advancement of parallel and distributed rendering systems to improve
applicability and interoperability with interactive graphics applications
e.g. in CAD and engineering, bio-medical imaging, geo-visualization, urban
planning, architectural modeling etc. as well as scalability.
The project requires strong interest not only in graphics algorithms and
data structures but in particular also in large parallel and distributed
systems programming. A strong interest and good skills in learning new and
complex software frameworks and 3rd-party code is highly recommended, as the
targeted research project will build on a previously developed code bases.
Good C++, 3D graphics and distributed systems programming skills are
required.
The activities of the position not only include research and continuing
education for PhD students, but also support in teaching as well as
administrative tasks. The main goal is to conduct excellent research
generating results which are published and presented in top international
journals and conferences, and to eventually work towards achieving a PhD
degree through the writing and defense of a doctoral dissertation.
Company:
The University of Zurich (UZH) is a top internationally recognized research
university with faculties in medicine, humanities, economics as well as
mathematical and natural sciences. UZH is the largest university in
Switzerland and ranked among the top world leading research universities,
e.g. according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, and has recently been ranked top 15 in Europe. The
Department of Computer Science (IFI) covers major computer science, software
engineering and information management research and teaching topics, it
offers BSc, MSc as well as PhD degrees in computer science.
Workplace:
The Visualization and MultiMedia Lab (VMML) and IFI, are located in the
vibrant city of Zürich as part of the universitys new Nord-Campus in
Oerlikon in a renovated modern office building. The UZH Nord-Campus is
conveniently located a short walk off the Max-Bill Platz, center of the new
trendy living, shopping and business district New Oerlikon, as well as near
the Oerlikon train, S-Bahn and tram stations. Also the Zürich international
airport (ZRH) is reachable within minutes with public or private
transportation.
Benefits:
Research assistants, PhD students are remunerated according to local
university regulations and standards. Appointments will be made with
respects to standard university rules, same applies for fringe benefits and
vacation days. Appointments are expected to involve a 100% effort in
research, teaching and administration.
It is the goal of UZH to offer an equal opportunity workplace environment
and as part of this we strongly encourage women to apply. Specific benefits
include flexible working hours, young scientist promotion opportunities,
parental leave benefits, nursery services and care for dependents and much
more.
Comment/web site for additional job details:
- For application and further information contact: Prof. Renato Pajarola,
<mailto:pajarola@ifi.uzh.ch> pajarola(a)ifi.uzh.ch
- See also the research groups website at <http://vmml.ifi.uzh.ch/>
http://vmml.ifi.uzh.ch/.
Requirements:
A Master degree in computer science or closely related area from a research
university is required to enter the PhD program of UZH, a prior focus on 3D
graphics and visualization, as well as experience in distributed systems is
highly beneficial.
The prospective candidates are supposed to have an excellent background in
computer science and systems programming as well as good mathematical skills
and practical experience with computer graphics and visualization. Exposure
to parallel programming and distributed systems is explicit in this project,
prior experience a significant plus. Strong interests in numerical methods
and collaboration with other researchers and scientists is of further
importance as well.
Applications must include a detailed CV/resume, information of university
level educational background, brief description of practical work and
research experience in computer science, clear exposition of prior graphics
and visualization experience, as well as a short statement of motivation and
goals. Certified copies of transcripts, degrees and reference letters may
eventually be required.
Dates and More:
- Entrance is as soon as possible but subject to the successful evaluation
of candidates
- Duration is expected to be about 4 years for PhD students
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Renato Pajarola
Visualization and MultiMedia Lab
Department of Informatics, University of Zürich Binzmühlestrasse 14
8050 Zürich
URL: http://vmml.ifi.uzh.ch/
email: pajarola(a)ifi.uzh.ch
Call for Papers
2nd Geometry Processing Workshop NASAGEM 2013
Computer Graphics International 2013
-- New Advances in Shape Analysis and Geometric Modeling --
June 11th 2013, Leibnizhaus Hannover, Germany
The NASAGEM workshop will be held under the umbrella of the
Computer Graphics International (CGI) Conference, June 11-14th
in Hannover. In 2013 the CGI celebrates its 30th anniversary under
the auspices of the minister president of Lower Saxony.
Of special interest will be contributions addressing issues related to
characterizing and representing complex geometrical data and shapes
by using concepts from computational and differential geometry,
differential equations and computational topology.
All accepted submissions will be electronically published as full-length
papers. The best papers will be invited to be published as an extended
version in a special issue of Springer Journal The Visual Computer.
All submissions will be peer reviewed. Full papers in English containing
original and unpublished results are solicited.
Topics of Interest
* 3D data compression including geometric objects and voxel
data, modern wavelet methods
* The medial axis, its generalizations and applications
* Multiscale and multi resolution geometric modeling and
appropriate data structures
* Applications of methods from computational geometry
(including differential geometry) and computational topology
(e.g. Morse theory) on shape analysis and shape modeling
* Applications of mathematical methods such as ordinary and
partial differential equations on shape analysis and shape
modeling
* Applications of Laplace spectra for shape characterization and
compression
* Partial image and shape matching
* Methods for analysis of dynamic volumetric and image data,
based on geometrical, topological and analytical approaches,
generalized to higher-dimensional data.
* Visualization of dynamical systems for simulations
For further details concerning the workshop and the submission, please see:
http://cgi2013.welfenlab.de/workshops.php
Important Dates for the NASAGEM 2013 workshop:
Paper submission deadline Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:59
(GMT)
Notification of paper acceptance Monday, 6 May 2013
Camera-ready papers Monday, 13 May 2013 23:59
(GMT)
Program and Workshop Co-Chairs NASAGEM 2013:
Franz-Erich Wolter, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Nicholas M. Patrikalakis, MIT, USA
Konrad Polthier, FU Berlin and MATHEON, Germany
*** Call for Papers ***
EnvirVis 2013: Eurovis Workshop Visualization in Environmental Sciences
( <http://www.eurovis2013.de/content/envirvis>
http://www.eurovis2013.de/content/envirvis)
17.-18. June 2013 (co-located to Eurovis 2013 Conference)
Leipzig, Germany
The first workshop on ?Visualization in Environmental Sciences?
(EnvirVis) focuses on visualization research and applications in
environmental sciences. Researchers in environmental sciences are faced with
tremendously heterogeneous data sets, ranging in spatial scales from
micrometers to thousands of kilometers and varying on time scales from
milliseconds to millions of years. The workshop invites both contributions
in the fields of scientific visualization and visual data integration with a
broad application area in environmental research. Applications topics
include
- Geosciences
- Hydrology
- Soil and Groundwater Research
- Climate Research
- Waste management
- Biodiversity
Accepted short papers will appear in the electronic workshop
proceedings and in the digital EUROGRAPHICS library. We will also edit
a topical issue of the ISI Journal Environmental Earth Sciences (EES)
based on the best contributions to the workshop.
Dates
- Short Paper Submission: March 8, 2013
- Notification to Authors: April 19, 2013
- Final Version Submission: May 3, 2013
- Workshop: June 17-18, 2013
- EES Topical Issue Submission: August 31, 2013
Submission
The workshop solicits short papers of 4 pages (one additional page for
references is permitted) addressing visualization and visual data
integration
in environmental research. Submissions must be made through the
workshop?s electronic submission system via the website:
<https://precisionconference.com/~envirvis13>
https://precisionconference.com/~envirvis13
Workshop Chairs
Olaf Kolditz, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Karsten Rink, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Gerik Scheuermann, University of Leipzig, Germany