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EG 2008 John Lansdown award

by Stefanie Behnke

EUROGRAHICS 2008: The John Lansdown Prize for Interactive Digital Art All those working in interactive digital art are invited to submit for this international prize, awarded annually by the Eurographics Association. The first prize has a cash value of 750 Euros and there is 250 Euros for the runner-up. The closing date for submission is 18th January 2008. The criteria for the Award centre on the creative use of the digital medium for interactive art, in any form. The work submitted must have been created within the last two years. Details of the winning entries from the 2007 and 2006 competitions have been published on the Eurographics Web site, http://www.eg.org/about/awards. Background Eurographics presented the John Lansdown Prize for the first time at the Eurographics 2000 conference. The award was renamed the Prize for Interactive Digital Art in 2006, to better describe the kind of entry that the judges are looking for. The prize is dedicated to the memory of Professor John Lansdown, who died in February 1999. In his varied career, John Lansdown was involved in many creative activities, from his first discipline of architecture, through computer graphics to computer-mediated artwork of many forms, culminating in multimedia production. Creativity is an overworked word, but it can be justly applied to John Lansdown's approach to everything he explored, so the criteria for the award centre on the creative use of computers to generate interactive art. The results of the competition will be announced at Eurographics 2008 in Crete in April 2008. A certificate will accompany the cheque. The judges look forward to receiving a stimulating set of submissions and wish all submitters good luck with their research and development work. Judging Criteria The submission awarded first prize will demonstrate innovation in the use of interaction with images, sound and animation. The judges will take into account whether the work looks and sounds "good" and behaves "well", the strength of the underlying ideas and the degree to which the system "works" both conceptually and mechanically, in other words the fitness for purpose of the submission. A successful work will show a significant understanding of the needs, motivations, conceptions and actions of the user. Fundamental characteristics that the judges will expect to find in a successful submission include: * Innovation * Usability * Degree of finish * Technical ingenuity * Coherence * Usefulness * Meeting declared aims * Selectivity or appropriateness * Fertility for development * Awareness of "state of the art" The judges reserve the right to make no award or to award only a second prize if, in their opinion, the standard of work submitted does not reach the high standards of creativity associated with John Lansdown. The judges' decision is final. They may, at their discretion, give private advice or comments to submitters of work on future development, but will not openly discuss their decisions nor respond to direct questioning on the reasons for decisions after the award ceremony. Rules for submission A submission may be made by companies, Universities, Research organisations, individuals -in short anyone- from any country in the world. The work submitted must have been created within the last two years. The work must be submitted on CD-ROM or DVD (five copies). The submission should be accessible using standard software on standard equipment (for example, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer, Adobe Acrobat on PC and/or Macintosh platforms). If specialist plug-ins or Xtras are needed, arrangements to download these should be made clear in the submission. If the work is a web site, a disk copy should be submitted. If the work is an installation, it is acceptable to submit a video describing the work and including a tour through the work. Videos may be submitted on CD-ROM or DVD. Entries that run on mobile devices should also be submitted as video, e.g. by capturing the screens. Submissions should be received by the Chairman of the judges, Nuno Correia, on or before 18th January 2008. Submissions received after this closing time will not be considered. Each submission should contain: * the name, address, telephone, FAX, email and company or university affiliation (when relevant) of a contactable submitter, as well as a signed and dated statement indicating willingness to accept the rules of the competition and for Eurographics to have the right to use extracts from the work for publicity purposes; * the names, addresses and affiliations of any collaborators, plus a signed and dated statement from each indicating their agreement that the work should be submitted to the competition and that they accept the competition rules; * TWO signed copies of the "Licence to Use Agreement" (DOC, PDF). One copy, signed by Eurographics, will be returned to you; * a brief statement (no more than one A4 page) indicating the aims and status of the work (for example, commercial product, joint or individual student project, "proof of concept" development, etc.); * complete operating instructions for the work, to include any special requirements of the operating platform and/or software. Contact details Professor Nuno Correia Eurographics 2008 John Lansdown Award Competition Informatics Department Faculty of Sciences and Technology New Universyty of Lisbon Quinta da Torre, 2829 -516 CAPARICA Portugal Fax: +351 21 2948541 email: nmc(a)di.fct.unl.pt

17 years, 2 months

Smartgraphics 2008 Call for Paper

by Stefanie Behnke

SG08: 8th International Symposium on SMART GRAPHICS http://www.smartgraphics.org/ June 2-4 2008 Rennes, France submission deadline Jan 10, 2008 Graphics become Smart Graphics when their design and implementation are grounded in an understanding of human abilities, activities, and motivations from design experience and the broad spectrum of cognitive and social sciences. When knowledge from these diverse fields is combined with new methods, tools and techniques in AI, HCI and computer graphics, environments are created that (1) engage the user and are esthetically satisfying; (2) participate in human cognition as external or distributed representations; (3) are sensitive to the real-time demands of the interaction in the context of the available informational and computational resources; (4) adapt the form of the output according to a wider set of constraints such as an individual's perceptual, attentive, and motor abilities and the nature of the presentation media and available interaction devices. The International Symposium on Smart Graphics aims at gathering people from the fields of Cognitive Science, Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence and Graphics Design to share experiences and experiments in this new and emerging area of study. *** Come and Join the Smart Graphics Experience *** Smart Graphics 2008 welcomes submissions from researchers and practitioners, as well as artists and graphic designers interested in an interdisciplinary approach to the design of smart interactive visual, auditory, and haptic displays. Submission categories are divided into: * Full papers: these will encompass comprehensive descriptions of original work within the scope of the symposium (limited to 12 pages in Springer LNCS format). * Posters: tentative or preliminary results of research or design work with emphasis on the interdisciplinary evaluation of the ideas (limited to 4 pages in Springer LNCS format). Poster papers will be included in the proceedings. * System demonstrations: short descriptions of research or design work that the authors intend to show and discuss in a demo session at the symposium (limited to 2 pages in Springer LNCS format). System demonstration papers will be included in the proceedings. Smartgraphics specially encourages young researchers to submit their ideas and results. The best full paper and best poster, which first authors are students, will receive a prize. As in previous conferences, proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Note in Computer Science (LNCS) series. This year, we propose a specific emphasis on interaction in virtual reality as well as on constraint techniques in user interfaces. For a full description of the scope of the Symposium, and details of previous events, see the website: http://www.smartgraphics.org For any queries, please use the contact address: (marc.christie at irisa.fr) Submission Categories: Full papers Posters System demonstrations and artwork Important Dates: Jan 10, 2008 (submission deadline) Feb 21, 2007 (notification of results) Mar 13, 2007 (camera ready copy due) Jun 2-4 (Symposium in Rennes, France) ORGANIZERS: Andreas Butz (University of Munich, Germany) Marc Christie (IRISA/INRIA Rennes, France) Brian Fisher (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Antonio Krueger (University of Muenster, Germany) Patrick Olivier (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK) COMMITEE: * Elisabeth Andre (University of Augsburg) * William Bares (Millsaps College) * Marc Cavazza (Teeside University) * Sarah Diamond (Ontario College of Art and Design) * Stephane Donikian (IRISA/INRIA Rennes) * Steven Feiner (Columbia University) * Veronique Gaildrat (IRIT, Paul Sabatier University Toulouse) * Knut Hartmann (University of Magdeburg) * Hiroshi Hosobe (National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo) * Tsvi Kuflik (University of Haifa, Israel) * Rainer Malaka (European Media Lab) * Jun Mitani (University of Tsukuba) * Shigeru Owada (Sony CSL) * W. Bradford Paley (Digital Image Design) * Bernhard Preim (University of Magdeburg) * Thomas Rist (University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg) * Shigeo Takahashi (University of Tokyo) * Takafumi Saito (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) * Lucia Terrenghi (University of Munich) * Massimo Zancanaro (ITC-irst Trento) * Michelle Zhou (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)

17 years, 2 months

John Lansdown Prize 2008, Call for Submissions

by Stefanie Behnke

The John Lansdown Prize for Interactive Digital Art All those working in interactive digital art are invited to submit for this international prize, awarded annually by the Eurographics Association. The first prize has a cash value of 750 Euros and there is 250 Euros for the runner-up. The closing date for submission is 18th January 2008. The criteria for the Award centre on the creative use of the digital medium for interactive art, in any form. The work submitted must have been created within the last two years. Details of the winning entries from the 2007 and 2006 competitions have been published on the Eurographics Web site, http://www.eg.org/about/awards. Background Eurographics presented the John Lansdown Prize for the first time at the Eurographics 2000 conference. The award was renamed the Prize for Interactive Digital Art in 2006, to better describe the kind of entry that the judges are looking for. The prize is dedicated to the memory of Professor John Lansdown, who died in February 1999. In his varied career, John Lansdown was involved in many creative activities, from his first discipline of architecture, through computer graphics to computer-mediated artwork of many forms, culminating in multimedia production. Creativity is an overworked word, but it can be justly applied to John Lansdown's approach to everything he explored, so the criteria for the award centre on the creative use of computers to generate interactive art. The results of the competition will be announced at Eurographics 2008 in Crete in April 2008. A certificate will accompany the cheque. The judges look forward to receiving a stimulating set of submissions and wish all submitters good luck with their research and development work. Judging Criteria The submission awarded first prize will demonstrate innovation in the use of interaction with images, sound and animation. The judges will take into account whether the work looks and sounds "good" and behaves "well", the strength of the underlying ideas and the degree to which the system "works" both conceptually and mechanically, in other words the fitness for purpose of the submission. A successful work will show a significant understanding of the needs, motivations, conceptions and actions of the user. Fundamental characteristics that the judges will expect to find in a successful submission include: * Innovation * Usability * Degree of finish * Technical ingenuity * Coherence * Usefulness * Meeting declared aims * Selectivity or appropriateness * Fertility for development * Awareness of "state of the art" The judges reserve the right to make no award or to award only a second prize if, in their opinion, the standard of work submitted does not reach the high standards of creativity associated with John Lansdown. The judges' decision is final. They may, at their discretion, give private advice or comments to submitters of work on future development, but will not openly discuss their decisions nor respond to direct questioning on the reasons for decisions after the award ceremony. Rules for submission A submission may be made by companies, Universities, Research organisations, individuals -in short anyone- from any country in the world. The work submitted must have been created within the last two years. The work must be submitted on CD-ROM or DVD (five copies). The submission should be accessible using standard software on standard equipment (for example, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer, Adobe Acrobat on PC and/or Macintosh platforms). If specialist plug-ins or Xtras are needed, arrangements to download these should be made clear in the submission. If the work is a web site, a disk copy should be submitted. If the work is an installation, it is acceptable to submit a video describing the work and including a tour through the work. Videos may be submitted on CD-ROM or DVD. Entries that run on mobile devices should also be submitted as video, e.g. by capturing the screens. Submissions should be received by the Chairman of the judges, Nuno Correia, on or before 18th January 2008. Submissions received after this closing time will not be considered. Each submission should contain: * the name, address, telephone, FAX, email and company or university affiliation (when relevant) of a contactable submitter, as well as a signed and dated statement indicating willingness to accept the rules of the competition and for Eurographics to have the right to use extracts from the work for publicity purposes; * the names, addresses and affiliations of any collaborators, plus a signed and dated statement from each indicating their agreement that the work should be submitted to the competition and that they accept the competition rules; * TWO signed copies of the "Licence to Use Agreement" (DOC, PDF). One copy, signed by Eurographics, will be returned to you; * a brief statement (no more than one A4 page) indicating the aims and status of the work (for example, commercial product, joint or individual student project, "proof of concept" development, etc.); * complete operating instructions for the work, to include any special requirements of the operating platform and/or software. Contact details Professor Nuno Correia Eurographics 2008 John Lansdown Award Competition Informatics Department Faculty of Sciences and Technology New Universyty of Lisbon Quinta da Torre, 2829 -516 CAPARICA Portugal Fax: +351 21 2948541 email: nmc(a)di.fct.unl.pt

17 years, 3 months

CFP SBIM 2008: Fifth Eurographics workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling

by Stefanie Behnke

CALL FOR PAPERS SBIM 2008 Fifth Eurographics workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling June 11-13, Annecy, France http://www.eg.org/sbm co-located with NPAR 2008 and the Annecy Animation Film Festival Important Dates March 15, 2008 Paper Deadline April 20, 2008 Notification of Decisions May 2, 2008 Final Papers Due June 11-13, 2008 Conference Dates Call for Papers Although computers are indispensable tools, pencil and paper still reign in the early stages of design in domains such as engineering, architectural design and in the entertainment industry, from 3D animation to video games. Enabled by advances in pen-based computer hardware, digital sketch-based interfaces are emerging as a way to combine the quick and intuitive feel of paper with the advantages of digital technology. However, fully realizing the potential of these sketch-based systems requires effective user interface design and underlying algorithms to analyse the input. Interpreting the users' sketches as advanced 2D or 3D models is a fascinating research area that builds on human perception, shape recognition and geometric modeling techniques. In addition to sketching from scratch, many tasks related to modeling, editing and control can be made more efficient through systems that allow the user to annotate existing data, from text and diagrams to images, videos or 3D shapes. The workshop will explore models, algorithms and technologies needed to enable effective sketch-based interfaces. It will investigate novel methods for classification and recognition of hand-drawn shapes, and the ways of using these techniques for creating or editing digital models, from text and 2D diagrams to 3D shapes. Likewise, the workshop will explore the application of sketch-based interfaces to domains as diverse as 3D computer graphics and animation, CAD, diagram editing, note taking, etc. Finally, the workshop will welcome empirical user studies aimed at clarifying the nature of sketch-based interfaces and comparing them to other interaction techniques. Created in 2004, SBIM provides a unique venue for researchers and students interested in sketch-based techniques to interact with one another, share lessons learned, show new results and discuss open issues. This year, the workshop will be held in Annecy, France, a friendly little town surrounded by the beautiful French Alps. It will take place during the famous Annecy Animation Film Festival and be held back to back with NPAR'2008 (the premier conference for techniques in expressive rendering and animation), encouraging participation in both events. The two-days workshop will include paper presentations (single track), coffee breaks, a social event and invited talks. All are welcome to attend the workshop; submission of a paper is not required for attendance. The proceedings will be published in the EG Workshop series and made available online through the Eurographics Digital Library. Authors are invited to submit original papers on topics in pen-based 2D and 3D modeling, sketch recognition, and pen-based interface design, including, but not limited to: * Multimodal interfaces for sketching * Novel sketch input devices * Novel pen-based interaction techniques * Low level ink processing and pen stroke segmentation * Sketch parsing, classification and recognition * Sketch-based interfaces for CAD systems * Sketch-based modeling and editing of 3D shapes * Sketch-based control of animations * Sketch-based interfaces for other applications (surface editing, diagram creation, mathematical annotations, games, etc.) * Rendering techniques for sketch-based systems (NPR) * Sketches for Medical and Volume data editing * Sketch-based retrieval of multimedia information * Usability studies of sketch-based systems * Studies of the impact of sketching on creativity and design The workshop is small and provides plenty of time for interaction, so authors of workshop papers are strongly encouraged to provide demos. Submission Information Authors are requested to submit original research papers, no longer than 8 pages, with the main body set in Eurographics Conference Paper Format. All submissions are electronic. You can get more information and download a set of LaTeX style files (starting early 2008) from the workshop web site: http://www.eg.org/sbm Please contact the program chairs (alvarado(a)cs.hmc.edu or marie-paule.cani(a)inrialpes.fr) with any submission questions. Conference Organization Chairs: General chair: Karan Singh Paper co-chairs: Christine Alvarado & Marie-Paule Cani EG SBIM working group chair: Joaquim Jorge Program Committee: Marc Alexa, Technical University of Berlin, Germany Ken Anjyo, OLM Digital, Japan Loic Barthes, University of Toulouse, France Alexandra Bartolo, University of Malta Ronen Barzel, ACM siggraph, USA Bill Baxter, OLM Digital, Japan Daniel Cohen-Or, Tel Aviv University, Israel Mario Costa Sousa, University of Calgary, Canada Randall Davis, MIT, USA Oliver Deussen, Konstanz University, Germany Julie Dorsey, Yale University, USA Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Adam Finkelstein, Princeton University, USA Andrew Forsberg, Brown University, USA Ken Forbus, Northwestern University, USA Xavier Granier, University of Bordeaux, France Cindy Grimm, Washington University in St Louis, USA Mark Gross, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University, USA Takeo Igarashi, University of Tokyo, Japan Joaquim Jorge, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal Prem Kalra, IIT-Delhi, India Burak Kara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA James Landay, University of Washington, USA Edward Lank, Univeristy of Waterloo, Canada Joseph LaViola Jr., University of Central Florida, USA Jean-Claude Leon, INP Grenoble, France M. Gopi, University of California, Irvine, USA Beryl Plimmer, University of Auckland, New Zealand Shengfeng Qin, Brunel University, UK Karthik Ramani, Purdue University, USA Eric Saund, PARC, USA Metin Sezgin, University of Cambridge, UK Michael Shilman, Microsoft Research, USA Tom Stahovich, University of California, Riverside, USA Michiel van de Panne, University of British Columbia, Canada Xin Wang, Microsoft Research, USA Liu Wenyin, City University of Hong Kong Brian Wyvill, University of Victoria, Canada Bob Zeleznik, Brown University, USA Sun Zhengxing, Nanjing University, China

17 years, 3 months

3IA'2008, 2nd Call for Papers and Participation

by Stefanie Behnke

---------------------------------------------------------------- S O R R Y F O R D U P L I C A T E S ! ! ! ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3IA'2008 CONFERENCE THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Athens (GREECE), May 30 - 31, 2008 THE ONLY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN COOPERATION WITH EUROGRAPHICS 1ST CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION The 3IA International Conference on Computer Graphics is the only International Conference on Intelligent Computer Graphics. The aim of this Conference is to present the current state of research of Computer Graphics researchers who use Artificial Intelligence techniques. The eleventh 3IA International Conference (3IA'2008) will take place in May 2008, in Athens (GREECE). TOPICS : Under the title "Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence", several themes could be covered by the authors of papers. The following list gives an idea of possible themes : - Artificial intelligence techniques in scene modeling. - Declarative techniques in scene modeling. - Artificial intelligence techniques in rendering. - Artificial intelligence techniques in construction of geometric figures. - Animation and artificial intelligence. - Behavioural animation. - Design of intelligent graphic interfaces. - Scene properties description techniques. - Intelligent methods of exploring virtual worlds. - Computer graphics and learning. - Combination of classical and AI techniques. - Application of AI techniques in CAD and GIS. - Intelligent visualisation. - Intelligent collaborative design. - Semantics-based approaches in design. - Decision support systems in design. - Intelligent computational aesthetics. - Intelligent CG applications in bioinformatics and medical informatics. - ... GENERAL CHAIR OF THE CONFERENCE : Dimitri PLEMENOS, Emeritus Professor Universite de Limoges Faculte des Sciences MSI Laboratory 83, rue d'Isle 87000 LIMOGES phone : (+ 33) 5 55 43 69 74, (+33) 5 55 43 69 76 fax : (+33) 5 55 43 69 77 E-mail : plemenos(a)unilim.fr plemenos(a)numericable.com CONFERENCE E-mail : 3ia(a)teiath.gr CONFERENCE Web site : http://3ia.teiath.gr INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE : Yury BAYAKOVSKY (Russia) Christian BOHN (Germany) Rene CAUBET (France), Giovanni DE PAOLI (Canada) Jean-Francois DUFOURD (France), Yves DUTHEN (France) Eugene FIUME (Canada), Marina GAVRILOVA (Canada) Djamchid GHAZANFARPOUR (France), Gerard HEGRON (France), Andres IGLESIAS (Spain), Andrey IONES (USA) Prem KALRA (India), Stanislav KLIMENKO (Russia), Ivana KOLINGEROVA (Czech Republic), Jean-Claude LAFON (France), Nadia MAGNENAT-THALMANN (Switzerland), Michel MERIAUX (France), Georges MIAOULIS (Greece), Zhigeng PAN (China), Bernard PEROCHE (France), Pascal LIENHARDT (France), Dimitri PLEMENOS (France), Xavier PUEYO (Spain), Mateu SBERT (Spain), Vaclav SKALA (Czech Republic), Daniel THALMANN (Switzerland), Nikolaos VASSILAS (Greece), Jiri ZARA (Czech Republic). LOCAL CHAIR Georges MIAOULIS e-mail: gmiaoul(a)teiath.gr ORGANISING COMMITTEE : Dimitri PLEMENOS (France), Georges MIAOULIS (Greece), Nikolaos VASSILAS (Greece), Jean DRAGONAS (Greece), Giola DIONYSSOPOULOU (Greece), Georges BARDIS (Greece), Vassilios GOLFINOPOULOS (Greece), Dimitrios MAKRIS (Greece), Jean XYDAS (Greece), Christos YIAKOUMETTIS (Greece), Suzanne SIMONET (France). IMPORTANT DATES : Return of the intention form: today. Paper submission deadline: February 4, 2008. Paper acceptance notification: March 20, 2008. Short paper submission deadline: March 27, 2008. Short paper acceptance notification: April 7, 2008 Final papers due : April 15, 2008. HOW TO SUBMIT PAPERS : Papers should be sent as attached PDF files by e-mail to the general Chair of the Conference. It is also possible to submit a paper in PDF format by ftp. In this case, please use the following information: ftp: 3ia-ftp.teiath.gr username: 3ia2008 password: dep0t (the "o" of "depot" is a "0") GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING PAPERS: Maximal length: 12 pages Font to use: times Characters size: 12 pt for text, 18 pt bold for title, 14 pt bold for section titles and 12 pt bold for sub-section titles. Paper format: two-column A4 format REGISTRATION FEES: 190 Euros (Students: 120 Euros) including: - the proceedings of the conference, - two lunches in the university canteen, - a dinner in a restaurant Friday evening. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Participation Form for the 3IA'2008 conference (to be retourned to the general chair of the conference: plemenos(a)unilim.fr or plemenos(a)numericable.com) Name: Professional address: Phone number: E-mail: I intend to participate to the 3IA'2008 conference in Athens (Greece). --- --- I intend to submit a paper : yes I I no I I --- --- Title of the paper: Do not send money for the moment. You will be informed later on the mode of payment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- I--------------------------------------------------------------I I Dimitri PLEMENOS I PHONE: (+33) 5 55 43 69 74 I I Universite de LIMOGES I FAX: (+33) 5 55 43 69 77 I I Laboratoire XLIM I E-MAIL: plemenos(a)unilim.fr I I 83,rue d'Isle I http://msi.unilim.fr/~plemenos/ I I 87000 LIMOGES - FRANCE I I I--------------------------------------------------------------I

17 years, 3 months

Edutainment 2008: The 3rd International Conference on E-learning and Game

by Stefanie Behnke

The 3rd International Conference on E-learning and Game Edutainment 2008 (Nanjing, China) June 25-27, 2008 CALL FOR PARTICIPATIONS About Edutainment 2008 Edutainment 2008 is the third International Conference on E-learning and Games, which is an international forum for researchers to share their latest research output on the development and application of e-learning and digital entertainment systems. Edutainment 2008 will be held at Nanjing Normal University in June 25-27, 2008. The conference will include plenary invited talks, workshops, tutorials, paper presentation tracks and panel discussions. Three to six keynote speakers will be invited. Call for Papers Edutainment 2008 will cover a range of topics including: E-Learning Platforms and Tools; Learning Resource Management; Practice and Experience Sharing; E-Learning Standards; Mobile Learning; Education and Remote Classrooms; Effectiveness of Virtual Reality for Education; Life Long Learning; Collaborative Environments; Remote Group Simulations; Collaborative Learning; Virtual Reality in Education; Game Design and Development; Game Engine Development and Customization; Game AI and Artificial Life; Game Physics; Game Rendering/Animations; Virtual Characters/Agents; Online/Mobile Game/ Video Game; Storytelling and Game Narrative; Affective Interaction in Games; Digital Museum; Digital Heritage; Animation Techniques; Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality; Vision and Imaging Technology in Games; Synergies between Digital TV and Edutainment; and any other researches dealing with a pioneered or significant development in animation, virtual reality and multimedia. Papers accepted in the conference will be published as a volume in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer. Selected papers of high quality will be published by some international journals (IEEE CiSE, The International Journal of Virtual Reality, et al.). The conference will have tutorial and workshop sessions conducted by international researchers. Important Date: Due of Submission December 10, 2007 Due of Review February 15, 2008 Due of Acceptance March 1, 2008 Due of Camera-ready March 15, 2008 Conference June 25-27, 2008 Conference Website: http://edutainment2008.eegame.cn Sponsors: VR Committee, CSIG Zhejiang University, China Co-Sponsors: NSFC, China Organizer: Edu-game Research Center of Nanjing Normal University, China Conference Honorary Co-chairs: Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University, UK Newton Lee, ACM Computers in Entertainment, USA Yongzhong Song, Nanjing Normal University, China Conference co-chairs: Zhigeng Pan, Zhejiang University, China Jim Chen, George Mason University, USA Ryohei Nakatsu, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan Invited speakers: Adrian David Cheok, NUS, Singapore Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Yangsheng Wang, CAS Institute of Automation, China André Gagalowicz, INRIA, France Program co-chairs: Xiaopeng Zhang, CAS Institute of Automation, China Abdennour El Rhalibi, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Woontack Woo, GIST, Korea Workshop chair: Harold Thwaites, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia Publicity co-chairs: Fong-Lok Lee, CUHK, China Jorge Posada, VICOMTech, Spain Gloria Brown Simmons, USA Publication Chair: Mingyong Pang, Nanjing Normal University, China Financial Co-Chairs: Huimin Shi, Nanjing Normal University, China Mingmin Zhang, Zhejiang University, China Organizing Co-chairs: Yi Li, Nanjing Normal University, China Zhengxin Sun, Nanjing University, China Jun Feng, Hohai University, China General Secretary: Ruwei Yun, Nanjing Normal University, China Executive Committee: Zhigeng Pan, Zhejiang University, China Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University, UK Jim Chen, George Mason University, USA Hyun-seng Yang, KAIST, Korea Yi Li, Nanjing Normal University, China Xiaopeng Zhang, CAS Institute of Automation, China Adrian David Cheok, NUS, Singapore Ryohei Nakatsu, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan International Program Committee: Abdennour El Rhalibi Liverpool John Moores University, UK Sangchul Ahn Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Isabel Machado Alexandre University Campus of Lisbon, Portgual Elisabeth Andre University of Ulm, Germany Dominique Archambault University Pierre et Marie Curie, France Ruth Aylett Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, UK Leandro Balladares National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico Christian Bauckhage Deutsche Telekom, Germany Rafael Bidarra Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Paul Brna University of Glasgow, UK Gloria Brown-Simmons University of California in Irvine, USA Eliya Buyukkaya University of Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris 6), France Yiyu Cai Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Christophe Chaillou ALCOVE, INRIA Futurs, France Tak-Wai Chan National Central University, Taiwan, China Maiga Chang Athabasca University, Canada Yam San Chee National Institute of Education, Singapore Jim X. Chen Georage Masnion University, USA Nuno Correia Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Jinshi Cui Peking University, China Akshay Darbari Tata Elxsi Limited, India Stepahne Donikian Université de Rennes, France Stephen Downes National Research Council Canada, Canada Guangzheng Fei Communication University of China, China Paul Fergus Liverpool John Moores University, UK Bernd Froehlich Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany Marco Furini University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy Lisa Gjedde Danish University of Education, Denmark Martin Goebel fleXilution, Germany Michael Haller Upper Austria University, Austria Wenfeng Hu Communication University of China, China KinChuen Hui The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Wijnand IJsselsteijn Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Manjunath Iyer Philips Electronics, India Marc Jaeger Digiplant, INRIA, France Posada Jorge VICOMTech, Spain Bill Kapralos University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Börje Karlsson PUC-Rio, Brazil Mike Katchabaw University of Western Ontario, Canada Gerard Jounghyun Kim Korea University, Korea Sehwan Kim Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, USA Mona Laroussi Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France Fong-Lok Lee The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Sang-goog Lee Catholic University of Korea, Korea Jongweon Lee Sejong University, Korea Xin Li DigiPen University in Seattle, USA Craig Lindley University of Gotland, Sweden Kwan-Liu Ma Professor in Visualization, UC Davis, USA Bruce Maxim University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Wolfgang Mueller University of Education Weingarten, Germany Stéphane Natkin Conservatoire National Des Arts Et Métiers, France Yoshihiro Okada Kyushu University, Japan Chunhong Pan CAS Institute of Automation, China Zhigeng Pan Zhejiang University, China Jun Park Hongik University, Korea Daniël Pletinckx Visual Dimension, Belgium Edmond C. Prakash Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Marc Price BBC Research, UK Matthias Rauterberg Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands Theresa-Marie Rhyne North Carolina State University, USA Albert Skip Rizzo University of Southern California, USA Marco Roccetti University of Bologna, Italy Cecilia Sik Lanyi University of Pannonia, Hungary Ulrike Spierling University of Applied Sciences in Erfurt, Germany Gerard Subsol The National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control, France Mohd Shahrizal Sunar Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia Kim Hua Tan Nottingham University Business School, UK Ruck Thawonmas Ritsumeikan University, Japan Harold Thwaites Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia Jaap Van Den Herik University of Maastricht, The Netherlands Frederic Vexo Ecoles Polytechniques Fédérale in Lausanne, Switzerland Yangsheng Wang CAS Institute of Automation, China Charlie Wang The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Toyohide Watanabe Nagoya University, Japan Kevin Kok-Wai Wong Murdoch University, Austria Woontack Woo GIST, Korea Hongping Yan INRIA PARIS-Rocquencourt, France Xiaopeng Zhang CAS Institute of Automation, China

17 years, 3 months

Eurographics 2008 Workshop on 3D object retrieval

by Stefanie Behnke

Eurographics 2008 Workshop on 3D object retrieval (http://www.iit.demokritos.gr/~egw3dor/) April 15, 2008 Crete, GREECE 3D object representations have become an integral part of modern computer graphics applications, such as computer-aided design, game development and film production. At the same time, 3D data have become very common in domains such as computer vision, computational geometry, molecular biology and medicine. The rapid evolution in graphics hardware and software development, in particular the availability of low cost 3D scanners, has greatly facilitated 3D model acquisition, creation and manipulation, giving the opportunity to experience applications using 3D models to a large user community. As the number of 3D models is continuously growing fast the problem of creating new 3D models has shifted to the problem of searching for existing 3D models. Thereupon, the development of efficient search mechanisms is required for the effective retrieval of 3D objects from large repositories, both of a single class (such as human faces) and across classes. The aim of this workshop is to stimulate researchers from different fields (computer vision, computer graphics, machine learning and human-computer interaction) who work on the common goal of 3D object retrieval, to present state-of-the-art work in the field and thus provide a cross-fertilization ground that will stimulate discussions on the next steps in this important research area. Topics Topics of interest include but are not limited to : o Invariant 2D / 3D feature extraction o Biologically inspired 3D representations o Mesh segmentation o Relevance feedback o Active learning o Ontology-driven search o Generative / Discriminative approaches in 3D object categorization o Indexing methodologies o Applications in Multimedia industry, CAD industry, Games industry, Biometrics, e-Science, e-Learning, Medicine, Culture. o Benchmarking issues The proceedings of the Workshop will be published in the Eurographics Proceedings Series and on the Eurographics Digital Library. The authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions for publication in a peer-reviewed Journal. Important Dates Submission deadline: Monday, January 7th, 2008 (24:00 GMT) Notification of acceptance: Monday, February 11th, 2008 Camera-ready papers deadline: Monday, February 25th, 2008 Workshop: Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 (one full day) Organisation Workshop Chairs Ioannis Pratikakis ( IIT / NCSR 'Demokritos', Greece ) Theoharis Theoharis ( University of Athens, Greece ) Programme Chairs Stavros Perantonis ( IIT / NCSR 'Demokritos', Greece ) Nikolaos Sapidis (University of the Aegean, Greece ) Michela Spagnuolo ( IMATI / CNR, Italy ) Daniel Thalmann (EPFL, Switzerland ) EG Proceedings Editors Ioannis Pratikakis ( IIT / NCSR 'Demokritos', Greece ) Michela Spagnuolo ( IMATI / CNR, Italy ) Theoharis Theoharis ( University of Athens, Greece ) International Programme Committee Philipos Azariadis (University of the Aegean, Greece ) Alberto Del Bimbo (University of Florence, Italy ) Petros Daras (Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece ) Bianca Falcidieno (IMATI / CNR, Italy ) Dieter W. Fellner (Fraunhofer IGD, Germany ) Thomas Funkhouser (Princeton University, USA ) John Illingworth (University of Surrey, UK); Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann ( University of Geneva, Switzerland ) Nikos Paragios (Ecole Centrale de Paris, France) Nicholas Patrikalakis (MIT, USA) Karthik Ramani (Purdue University, USA ) Marcos Rodrigues (University of Sheffield, UK) Dietmar Saupe (University of Konstanz, Germany) Ariel Shamir (Efi Arazi School of Computer Science, Israel) Ayellet Tal (Technion Institute of Technology, Israel) Theodore Trafalis (University of Oklahoma, USA) Dimitrios Tzovaras (Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece ) Remco Veltkamp (Utrecht University, Netherlands) Titus Zaharia (Institut National des Telecommunications, France)

17 years, 3 months

CFP 5th Int Conf on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects

by Stefanie Behnke

Call for Papers 5th International Conf. on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects Puerto de Andratx, Mallorca, Spain 9-11 July, 2008 http://dmi.uib.es/~ugiv/AMDO2008 Email: amdo(a)uib.es printable flyer: http://dmi.uib.es/~ugiv/AMDO2008/Docs/CallforPapersAmdo2008v5.pdf CORE TOPICS Track 1: Computer Graphics (Human Modelling & Animation) Track 2: Human Motion (Analysis, Tracking, 3D Reconstruction & Recognition) Track 3: Multimodal User Interaction (VR & AR, Speech, Biometrics) Track 4: Advanced Multimedia Systems (Standards, Indexed Video Contents) The International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), the Spanish Association for Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis (AERFAI) and the Mathematics and Computer Science Department of UIB are organising the fifth international conference AMDO 2008 that will take place in Puerto de Andratx, Mallorca. This conference is the natural evolution of AMDO's previous workshops. The new goal of this conference is to promote interaction and collaboration among researchers working directly in the areas covered by the main tracks. The new perceptual user interfaces and the emerging technologies increase the relation between areas involved with human-computer interaction. The new perspective of the AMDO 2008 conference will be to strengthen the relationship between the many areas that have as key point the study of the human body using computer technologies as the main tool. It is a great opportunity to encourage links between research in the areas of computer vision, computer graphics, advanced multimedia applications and multimodal interfaces that share common problems and frequently use similar techniques or tools. In this particular edition the related topics are divided in several parallel tracks, including the topics above proposed. AMDO 2008 will consist of three days of lecture sessions, both regular and invited presentations, a poster session and international tutorials. The conference fee (approx. 450,00 euro) includes a social program (conference dinner, coffee breaks, snacks and cultural activities). Students and IAPR members can register at a reduced fee. PAPER SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS Papers should describe original and unpublished work about the above or closely related topics. Please submit your paper electronically at our website (see URL above) using the software provided. All submissions should be in Adobe Acrobat (pdf). The AMDO2008 secretariat must receive your paper before February 22, 2008, 17:00 GMT (London time). Up to 10 A4 pages will be considered. All papers submitted will be subjected to a blind review process by at least three members of the program committee. The initial paper must not provide names and affiliation, and should include a title, a 150-word abstract, keywords and paper manuscript. Accepted papers will appear in the LNCS Springer-Verlag international proceedings that will be published and distributed to all participants at the workshop. For more details and news, visit our web page: dmi.uib.es/~ugiv/AMDO2008 N.B. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and to present the communication at the conference, if accepted. IMPORTANT DEADLINES: Submission of papers February 22, 2008 Notification of acceptance March 31, 2008 Camera-ready April 30, 2008 Early registration May 31, 2008 Late registration June 1 2008 V AMDO Conference 2008 9-11th July 2008 PLACE: Hotel Mon Port ****, Puerto de Andratx, Mallorca, Spain http://www.hotelmonport.com

17 years, 4 months

3IA'2008 1st call for papers and participation

by Stefanie Behnke

---------------------------------------------------------------- S O R R Y F O R D U P L I C A T E S ! ! ! ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3IA'2008 CONFERENCE THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Athens (GREECE), May 30 - 31, 2008 THE ONLY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN COOPERATION WITH EUROGRAPHICS 1ST CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION The 3IA International Conference on Computer Graphics is the only International Conference on Intelligent Computer Graphics. The aim of this Conference is to present the current state of research of Computer Graphics researchers who use Artificial Intelligence techniques. The eleventh 3IA International Conference (3IA'2008) will take place in May 2008, in Athens (GREECE). TOPICS : Under the title "Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence", several themes could be covered by the authors of papers. The following list gives an idea of possible themes : - Artificial intelligence techniques in scene modeling. - Declarative techniques in scene modeling. - Artificial intelligence techniques in rendering. - Artificial intelligence techniques in construction of geometric figures. - Animation and artificial intelligence. - Behavioural animation. - Design of intelligent graphic interfaces. - Scene properties description techniques. - Intelligent methods of exploring virtual worlds. - Computer graphics and learning. - Combination of classical and AI techniques. - Application of AI techniques in CAD and GIS. - Intelligent visualisation. - Intelligent collaborative design. - Semantics-based approaches in design. - Decision support systems in design. - Intelligent computational aesthetics. - Intelligent CG applications in bioinformatics and medical informatics. - ... GENERAL CHAIR OF THE CONFERENCE : Dimitri PLEMENOS, Emeritus Professor Universite de Limoges Faculte des Sciences MSI Laboratory 83, rue d'Isle 87000 LIMOGES phone : (+ 33) 5 55 43 69 74, (+33) 5 55 43 69 76 fax : (+33) 5 55 43 69 77 E-mail : plemenos(a)unilim.fr plemenos(a)numericable.com CONFERENCE E-mail : 3ia(a)teiath.gr CONFERENCE Web site : http://3ia.teiath.gr INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE : Yury BAYAKOVSKY (Russia) Christian BOHN (Germany) Rene CAUBET (France), Giovanni DE PAOLI (Canada) Jean-Francois DUFOURD (France), Yves DUTHEN (France) Eugene FIUME (Canada), Marina GAVRILOVA (Canada) Djamchid GHAZANFARPOUR (France), Gerard HEGRON (France), Andres IGLESIAS (Spain), Andrey IONES (USA) Prem KALRA (India), Stanislav KLIMENKO (Russia), Ivana KOLINGEROVA (Czech Republic), Jean-Claude LAFON (France), Nadia MAGNENAT-THALMANN (Switzerland), Michel MERIAUX (France), Georges MIAOULIS (Greece), Zhigeng PAN (China), Bernard PEROCHE (France), Pascal LIENHARDT (France), Dimitri PLEMENOS (France), Xavier PUEYO (Spain), Mateu SBERT (Spain), Vaclav SKALA (Czech Republic), Daniel THALMANN (Switzerland), Nikolaos VASSILAS (Greece), Jiri ZARA (Czech Republic). LOCAL CHAIR Georges MIAOULIS e-mail: gmiaoul(a)teiath.gr ORGANISING COMMITTEE : Dimitri PLEMENOS (France), Georges MIAOULIS (Greece), Nikolaos VASSILAS (Greece), Jean DRAGONAS (Greece), Giola DIONYSSOPOULOU (Greece), Georges BARDIS (Greece), Vassilios GOLFINOPOULOS (Greece), Dimitrios MAKRIS (Greece), Jean XYDAS (Greece), Christos GIAKOUMETTIS (Greece), Suzanne SIMONET (France). IMPORTANT DATES : Return of the intention form: today. Paper submission deadline: February 4, 2008. Paper acceptance notification: March 20, 2008. Short paper submission deadline: March 27, 2008. Short paper acceptance notification: April 7, 2008 Final papers due : April 15, 2008. HOW TO SUBMIT PAPERS : Papers should be sent as attached PDF files by e-mail to the general Chair of the Conference. It is also possible to submit a paper in PDF format by ftp. In this case, please use the following information: ftp: 3ia-ftp.teiath.gr username: 3ia2008 password: dep0t (the "o" of "depot" is a "0") GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING PAPERS: Maximal length: 12 pages Font to use: times Characters size: 12 pt for text, 18 pt bold for title, 14 pt bold for section titles and 12 pt bold for sub-section titles. Paper format: two-column A4 format REGISTRATION FEES: 190 Euros (Students: 120 Euros) including: - the proceedings of the conference, - two lunches in the university canteen, - a dinner in a restaurant Friday evening. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Participation Form for the 3IA'2008 conference (to be retourned to the general chair of the conference: plemenos(a)unilim.fr or plemenos(a)numericable.com) Name: Professional address: Phone number: E-mail: I intend to participate to the 3IA'2008 conference in Athens (Greece). --- --- I intend to submit a paper : yes I I no I I --- --- Title of the paper: Do not send money for the moment. You will be informed later on the mode of payment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- I--------------------------------------------------------------I I Dimitri PLEMENOS I PHONE: (+33) 5 55 43 69 74 I I Universite de LIMOGES I FAX: (+33) 5 55 43 69 77 I I Laboratoire XLIM I E-MAIL: plemenos(a)unilim.fr I I 83,rue d'Isle I http://msi.unilim.fr/~plemenos/ I I 87000 LIMOGES - FRANCE I I I--------------------------------------------------------------I

17 years, 4 months

EG PGV 2008 - Call for Papers

by Stefanie Behnke

================================================================== Eurographics 2008 Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization (EGPGV'08) April 14-15, 2008, Crete, Greece Co-located with Eurographics '08 http://vidi.cs.ucdavis.edu/EGPGV08 ================================================================== --------------- Call for Papers --------------- Aims and Scope of the Symposium ------------------------------- Following the success of previous EGPGV symposia, we are happy to announce the 8th Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization. The new generation of parallel architectures introduce many exciting research opportunities. The extreme-scale of these new parallel systems redefines the scalability problem of many graphics and visualization applications. The aim of this symposium is to foster greater exchange of experiences and knowledge of parallel and distributed computing and its application to all aspects of computer graphics and data visualization. Topics of interest include but not limited to: - Cluster based graphics and visualization - Efficient graphics and visualization for shared and distributed memory systems - Parallel and distributed systems for large and high resolution displays - Parallel and distributed systems for photo-realistic rendering - Parallel volume rendering - Data coherence in graphics algorithms - Large data set visualization - Realistic rendering of large models - Large scale simulations and graphics rendering - Graphics and visualization in Grid environments - Parallel simulations for interactive applications - Parallelism within GPU architectures - GPU and GPGPU clusters - Parallel graphics and visualization on multi-core CPUs and other parallel architectures The EGPGV Symposium is co-located with the Eurographics Annual Conference, which will take place from April 14-18. Eurographics Annual Conference web page: http://www.ics.forth.gr/eg2008/ Paper Submission and Important Dates ------------------------------------ The proceedings of the Symposium will be published in the Eurographics Proceedings Series and on the Eurographics Digital Library. The authors of up to three of the best papers of the Symposium will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. Paper submission: December 10, 2007 Author notification: February 15, 2008 Camera-ready paper: February 29, 2008 Organizers ---------- Symposium Chair Daniel Weiskopf, Universitaet Stuttgart Program Chairs Jean Favre, Swiss National Supercomputing Center Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California at Davis ---------------------------------------------------------- Web Page: http://vidi.cs.ucdavis.edu/EGPGV08 For further questions please contact: egpgv08(a)visus.uni-stuttgart.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Note that this email list is used for the conference-calls for the IEEE Visualization conference, and similar events. For removal or duplicates, please reply to this email address with your respective email address and the keyword "remove" and add "duplicate", if it is just for the removal of an unused email address. (The relevant email address is in the TO-field of the email header.) If your email is a question about the conference, the submission, or related topics, please contact the respective conference co-chairs.

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