We are pleased to announce the 9th Workshop on Virtual Reality Interaction
and Physical Simulation VRIPHYS 2012. The workshop is hosted by the Graduate
School of Computational Engineering and the Interactive Graphics Systems
Group at the Technical University of Darmstadt and Fraunhofer IGD. It is
organized in cooperation with Eurographics.
VRIPHYS is one of the well-established international conferences in the
field of computer animation and virtual reality. The workshop provides an
opportunity for researches in virtual reality and computer animation to
present and discuss their latest results and to share ideas for potential
directions of future research. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:
- animation, e. g. physically-based, vision-based, knowledge-based and
geometric approaches
- virtual and augmented reality
- planning, learning, optimization for animation
- interfaces for creating and editing animations
- perception in animation
- autonomous characters, group and crowd behavior
- natural phenomena
- mathematical foundations of animation
- haptics
- sound interfaces
- related techniques, e. g. collision detection and contact handling
- applications, e. g. in robotics, medicine, entertainment
A "Best Paper Award" will be given to the author(s) of a full paper
presented at the conference, selected by the Organizing Committee. The "Best
Paper Award" is a TeslaT C2075 computing processor (or similar) sponsored by
NVIDIA.
NEW THIS YEAR: The authors of the two best papers will be invited to submit
an extended version to the journal Computers & Graphics.
Important dates
- Submission: July 20
- Notification: September 7
- Final version: September 21
- Conference: December 6-7
For further information, please visit http://vriphys2012.inrialpes.fr
/// EG VCBM 2012 - Second Call for Papers & Posters
/// Eurographics Visual Computing in Biology and Medicine (EG VCBM)
/// http://www.vcbm.org/
Quick Facts
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* Topics: visualization and image analysis in biology and medicine
* Deadline: June 29, 2012
* Publication: EG published proceedings, three best papers in Computer
Graphics Forum
EG VCBM will be held September 27-28, 2012 in Norrköping, Sweden, and
addresses state-of-the-art visualization and image analysis research
with an application in biology and medicine. EG VCBM solicits the
submission of original application-oriented research papers that advance
the fusion of visualization and image analysis within imaging-based
medicine and biological science. All papers should focus on a well-
defined biological or medical problem, and should demonstrate a
significant innovation or improvement in visual computing.
Covered Topics
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Suggested topics for submissions include, but are not limited to:
* Applications in cardiovascular medicine, radiology, surgery and other
medical disciplines.
* Applications in cell biology, molecular biology, developmental biology
and other biological disciplines.
* Geometry reconstruction from image data, such as microscopic or
radiological data.
* Creation and visual analysis of atlases, databases and ontologies.
* Interactive segmentation and registration.
* Multi-field/multimodal visualization and processing.
* Computer-aided diagnosis and detection.
* Visual analysis of gene sequence and gene expression data.
* Visual analysis of proteomics and interactomics data.
* Processing and analysis of biological pathways and networks.
* Visualization and simulation for surgical training.
* Intra-operative guidance for surgery.
* Perception-based studies with an application in biology or medicine.
Publication
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* EG published conference proceedings.
* Selected papers will be invited to the Computer Graphics Forum (CGF).
Important Dates
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* Paper submission: June 29, 2012.
* Paper notification: July 29, 2012.
* Poster submission: August 10, 2012.
* Poster notification: August 27, 2012.
* Venue: September 27-28, 2012.
VCBM Co-Chairs
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* Timo Ropinski (Linköping University, Sweden)
* Anders Ynnerman (Linköping University, Sweden)
* Charl Botha (Technical University Delft, The Netherlands)
* Jos Roerdink (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Further Information
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* http://www.vcbm.org/
Dear visualization experts,
submissions for the 5th "Karl-Heinz-Höhne Award for Visualization in
Medicine" (in short medvis-award) are now being invited.
<http://www.medvis-award.de> http://www.medvis-award.de
Besides 'glory and honor', the top winners of this biannual competition will
receive in total 1,000.00 EUR, donated by the BrainLAB AG. The price will be
awarded by the working group of Visual Computing in Medicine of the German
society for computer science (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Informatik, GI)
during the annual conference of the German society of computer- and robot-
assisted surgery (curac) in November 2012, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
http://www.curac.org
Please submit innovative results focusing on visualization or user
interaction with a clear benefit for medical diagnosis, planning, education,
assistance in therapy, or for any general improvement of understanding in
medical research.
You will find submission details here:
<http://www.fg-medvis.de/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=medvisaward>
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Applicants should not have completed their doctoral thesis before 2012.
Students or graduates (m/f) with a diploma/master or even an outstanding
bachelor thesis, completed after January 2010, or with up to two
publications (published or to be reviewed) from the field of medical
visualization should be encouraged to submit their work.
The deadline for submissions will be: July 1st, 2012 (24:00 CET) Please
remind or even encourage _your_ colleagues or students to participate.
With best regards
Dorit Merhof& Stefan Zachow
(medvis-award 2012 co-chairs)
Symposium on Computer Animation 2012
July 29-31 Lausanne, Switzerland
Call for Participation & Poster submissions
The Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) is the premier forum for
innovations in the software and technology of computer animation. With 80
submitted scientific papers SCA 2012 promises to become one of those
memorable SCA events. This year it will be held near Lake Geneva in EPFL
providing a fantastic view on this beautiful region. Three social events
will offer opportunities of extended exchanges within the architectural
landmark of the Rolex Learning Center, the very original wooden shell
structure of the Polydome venue, and finally the historical wineyard castle
of Glérolle on the lakeshore.
And this year SCA will feature keynote presentations by:
* Markus Gross (ETHZ & Disney Research Zurich)
* Karl Grammer (University of Vienna)
Benefit from the early registration fees until June 30th !
http://conferences.inf.ed.ac.uk/sca2012/register.html
Blocked rooms in various hotels are also guaranteed until June 30th.
http://conferences.inf.ed.ac.uk/sca2012/travel.html
The Call for poster and presentation is still open until June 30th.
http://conferences.inf.ed.ac.uk/sca2012/call.html
The SCA poster and demo session is the perfect opportunity for authors to
display late-breaking technical achievements that are not yet ready for
publication as a full paper. The poster session is integrated with the
second social event in the Polydome ; it will be introduced by a
fast-forward session during which all presenters will give a one-minute
description of their work. New this year! A Best Poster award will be
presented to the top poster.
Note that posters are not formal publications, so work submitted as a poster
is still eligible for later publication, and will be exempt from inclusion
in the ACM and Eurographics Digital Libraries.
We encourage any of the following types of poster submissions:
* Up and coming computer animation research
* Technically novel production work
* Work done outside of SCA that would be of interest to the computer
animation community. This includes animation-related works recently accepted
to other conferences such as I3D or NPAR.
* Lab overviews which present a snapshot of the ongoing animation-related
research at a given institution
* Half-baked ideas and negative results
Important Dates
All deadlines are 6pm, US Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).
* 2012 June 25th: Notification of acceptance for SCA papers.
* 2012 June 30th: Deadline for poster submission.
* 2012 June 30th: END of EARLY REGISTRATION and BLOCKED ROOMS
* 2012 July 12th: Notification of acceptance for posters.
* 2012 July 16th: Camera-ready papers and posters due.
* 2012 July 29th-31st: Symposium
http://conferences.inf.ed.ac.uk/sca2012/index.html
3DimPVT 2012 : Call for Papers
Dates:
Paper submission: July 1st (registered BMVC submissions need to be
registered by July 1st and submitted by July 7th, please see
http://www.3dimpvt.org/ for details)
Notification: August 15th
Camera ready: September 1st
Conference: October 13-15
The interest in acquiring and creating 3D representations of the world is
ever increasing. 3DimPVT provides a premier platform for disseminating
research results covering a broad variety of topics in the area of 3D
research in computer vision and graphics, from novel optical sensors, signal
processing, geometric modeling, representation and transmission, to
visualization and applications.
The conference will be held in Zurich, Switzerland. Accepted papers will be
presented in single-track oral and poster sessions. Full details on the
paper format, electronic submission procedure and conference venue are
available on http://www.3dimpvt.org/. This year 3DimPVT will be collocated
with the 3D-TV conference, which follows 3DimPVT in the same venue at ETH
Zurich, allowing participants to attend two conferences on 3D research in
computer vision, graphics and transmission.
In addition, for overseas travelers planning to attend ECCV 2012 in Florence
(Oct. 7-13), Zurich can function as an efficient hub with direct connections
to many places worldwide, as well as three daily flights to Florence.
Chairs:
General chair: Marc Pollefeys, ETH
Program chairs: Jan-Michael Frahm, UNC
Olga Sorkine, ETH
Publication chair: Enrique Dunn, UNC
Local chairs: Ama'l Delaunoy, ETH Zurich
Susanne Keller, ETH Zurich
Web chair: Ama'l Delaunoy, ETH Zurich
Demo &
Industrial liaison chair: Andrea Fossati, ETH Zurich
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 and change detection
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
Robotics
3D television
3D tele-immersion
Forensics and security
Program Committee:
Daniel Aliaga
Peter Allen
Roland Angst
Ilya Baran
Adrien Bartoli
Jean-Charles Bazin
Horst Bischof
Tamy Boubekeur
Pierre Boulanger
Edmond Boyer
Michael Brown
Umberto Castellani
Rama Chellappa
Baoquan Chen
Brian Clipp
Carsten Dachsbacher
Kostas Daniliidis
Andrew Davison
Edilson de Aguiar
Amael Delaunoy
Frank Dellaert
Emlar Eisemann
Peter Eisert
Robert Fisher
Wolfgang Foerstner
Jean-Sebastien Franco
Yasutaka Furukawa
David Gallup
Pierre Georgel
Guy D. Godin
Michael Goesele
Radek Grzeszczuk
Li Guan
Diego Gutierrez
David Harmon
Alexander Hornung
Ivo Ihrke
Ladislav Kavan
Seon Joo Kim
Ron Kimmel
Reinhard Klein
Leif Kobbelt
Reinhard Koch
Kevin Koeser
Jochen Lang
Bastian Leibe
Feng Liu
Ligang Liu
Marcus Magnor
Gerard Medioni
Philippos Mordohai
Richard Newcombe
Tomas Pajdla
Daniele Panozzo
Tiberiu Popa
Voicu Popescu
Rahul Raguram
Bodo Rosenhahn
Sebastien Roy
Holly Rushmeier
Radim Sara
Pradeep Sen
Andrei Sharf
Alla Sheffer
Yaser Sheik
Sudipta Sinha
Noah Snavely
Oliver Staadt
Marc Stamminger
Ioannis Stamos
Jurgen Sturm
Gabriel Taubin
Holger Theisel
Christian Theobalt
Luiz Velho
Michael Wand
Ofir Weber
Changchang Wu
Ruigang Yang
Christopher Zach
Guofeng Zhang
Li Zhang
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
to the first German Virtual Heritage School - Year 2012
GNSS 2012 – German National Summer School on “Developing VR and AR Apps” for the digital cultural heritage
Saalburg, Germany, 3-7 September 2012
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This is the first edition of the german national summer school conducted by the Fraunhofer IGD. The school introduces participants to the new field on web deployment of VR and web based AR Applications ("VR/AR Apps") as well as related topics on applied CG technology in the area of virtual and augmented digital heritage, 3D reconstruction, technological tools dedicated to processing and integration into web front ends, ported to mobile smartphones and registered with the physical world. The students will learn basic concepts on 3D documentation, capturing, tracking and reconstruction technologies required for online/offline and mobile virtual museums. The topics to be addressed are:
▪ Virtual Reality on the web (VR Apps) – HTML 5 embedding of interactive 3D graphics, X3DOM, 3D event handling and routing, interaction and advanced visualisation techniques within web browsers, online virtual museums (www.x3dom.org)
▪ Augmented Reality (AR Apps) – capturing, registration, analysis-by-synthesis techniques, extensions to browser front-ends, remote tracking and advanced feature based registration methods (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSWxrDrvDy8)
▪ 3D Documentation – basic technologies on digitisation, pre- and postprocessing as well as 3D annotation and metadata handling for 3D digital assets (e.g. http://www.3dcoform.eu/x3domCatalogue// <http://www.3dcoform.eu/x3domCatalogue/> )
Participants will gain practical experiences on developing compelling and sophisticated 3D interactive applications for the web as well as mobile platforms. Minimal requirements are basic experiences with modern Web Design technologies i.e. HTML 5, Javascript, CSS3. The programme consists of 8 theoretical blocks on the diverse technologies as well as 6 practical afternoon blocks in which students will get "hands-on" experiences on VR/AR web app development.
The approach aims to leverage 3 key factors:
1) intensive lectures on 3D documentation, acquisition as well as presentation in the field of VR/AR;
2) intensive exchange for students and teachers living in the same environment;
3) multidisciplinary approach.
Professionals from CH institutions (cultural foundations, museums), young researchers and students in the area of applied CG are invited to submit their application to attend the school. A limited number of scholarships is available and will be allocated through a competitive evaluation by the scientific committee. Applications and registrations should be done through:
http://v-must.net/schools/german-virtual-heritage-school/
The schedule of this call is as follows:
15 May 2012 Open Call 1 – Registration for Applications
25 June 2012 Close of Call and Deadline for Application (Formal required documents are sent by applicants)
25 June 2012 Begin of Evaluation and Selection of Applicants
11 July 2012 Notification of Acceptance
25 July 2012 Registration of selected applicants & Payment of Fees
3rd – 7th September 2012 German Virtual Heritage School
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CALL FOR PAPERS
17th International Workshop on
Vision, Modeling and Visualization
VMV 2012
November 12 - 14, 2012
Magdeburg, Germany
Paper Submission Deadline: June 25, 2012
vc.cs.ovgu.de/vmv2012
In Cooperation with
Eurographics Association
The VMV workshop is Germany's premium workshop covering the fields of
computer vision, computer graphics, visualization, and visual analytics as
well. It offers researchers the opportunity to discuss a wide range of
different topics within an open, international and interdisciplinary
ambiance.
Authors are encouraged to submit their recent research results, practice and
experience reports, or novel applications relating to the topics of the VMV
2012 Workshop. Topics may relate to any area in Computer Graphics, Computer
Vision and Visualization.
A non-exclusive list containing the topic scope of the conference is listed
below:
Animation
Applications (medicine, robotics, communications, ) Computational
Photography Dynamic 3D Acquisition and Processing Geometric Modeling GPGPU
Graphics & Perception Illumination and Reflectance Modeling Image and Video
Coding Video Processing Image-based Modeling and Rendering Information
Visualization Interaction with High-Dimensional Data Medical Image
Processing and Visualization Motion Capture and Tracking Multi-Sensor Fusion
Non-Photorealistic Rendering Object Recognition Realistic Rendering
Real-time Rendering Scientific Visualization Statistical Methods, Learning
Time of Flight, Kinect Imaging Virtual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality Visual
Analytics Visual Interfaces Visualization in Biology
Invited Speakers:
Leif Kobbelt
(Computer Graphics and Multimedia, RWTH Aachen)
Torsten Möller
(Visualization, Computer Graphics, and Image Processing, SFU Vancouver)
Bernt Schiele
(Computer Vision and Multimodal Computing, MPI Saarbrücken)
co-located events:
- GI-Meeting Graphische Datenverarbeitung (Leitungsgremium GDV)
- Workshop of the DFG-SPP 1335 "Scalable Visual Analytics"
Important Dates:
25.06.2012: Paper submission deadline
22.08.2012: Acceptance notification
22.09.2012: Camera ready version
22.09.2012: Early bird registration
12.-14.11.2012: VMV Workshop 2012
Conference Email:
- <mailto:vmv@ovgu.de> vmv(a)ovgu.de
Conference Website:
- vc.cs.ovgu.de/vmv2012
Conference Chairs:
Thorsten Grosch
Bernhard Preim
Holger Theisel
Klaus-Dietz Toennies
Local Organization:
Petra Specht
Call for participation:
This year the Eurographics Symposium on Rendering and High Performance
Graphics will be collocated in Paris - that is 5 days of Computer Graphics!
HPG will run from the 25th to the 27th, while EGSR runs from the 27th to the
29th.
EGSR 2012 is the 23rd annual event in the series of very successful
Eurographics Symposia on Rendering and Eurographics Workshops on Rendering.
At this prestigious event, many international researchers gather to present
cutting-edge technology and algorithms in the field of computer graphics.
Please register on <http://www.telecom-paristech.fr/EGSR2012/>
www.telecom-paristech.fr/EGSR2012/.
The early bird deadline still runs until today.
We hope to see you soon in the city of lights!
Best regards,
Elmar Eisemann and Tamy Boubekeur
**** EURORVVV 2012 ****
1st EuroVis Workshop on Reproducibility, Verification, and Validation in
Visualization
June 5th, 2012
Vienna, Austria
<http://www.eurorvvv.org/> http://www.eurorvvv.org/
This year EuroVis will not only be accompanied by EuroVA but also by a new
workshop, the EuroRVVV: EuroVis Workshop on Reproducibility, Verification,
and Validation in Visualization. This workshop will concentrate on recent
and future developments related to the reproducibility of newly developed
visualization approaches, the verification of visualization and
data-processing systems, the validation of visualization paradigms, and the
effective incorporation of all these aspects into visualizations.
*** REGISTRATION
The EuroRVVV is sponsored by EuroVis and the registration at either EuroVis
or EuroVA includes the entrance to EuroRVVV. See
<http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/eurovis2012/registration/>
http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/eurovis2012/registration/ for details.
*** PROGRAM
The program ( <http://www.eurorvvv.org/program/>
http://www.eurorvvv.org/program/ ) includes three invited talks, two from
the vis community and one from a cognitive psychologist, in the early
morning. The second session will be a panel to discuss possibilities for
establishing a "Badge of Honor" for reproducibility with the community and a
group of highly acknowledged panelists.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Vienna!
Britta Weber and Paul Rosenthal
Workshop Co-chairs
Call for participation:
The final program of Expressive'2012, the joint symposium on Computational
Aesthetics (CAe), Non-photorealistic Animation and Rendering (NPAR) and
Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling (SBIM), is now online!
Online registration is open. Please visit:
<http://cae-sbim-npar-2012.inrialpes.fr/>
http://cae-sbim-npar-2012.inrialpes.fr/
We are looking forwards seeing you in Annecy!
Marie-Paule Cani and Beryl Plimmer
Co-chairs of Expressive'2012
