Vicomtech Foundation (https:// <http://www.vicomtech.org/en/>
www.vicomtech.org/en/ ) is an applied R&D Center located in San Sebastian
(Basque Country, Spain) with over 180 researchers -65 Ph.D.-. Our lines of
technological expertise are Visual Computing & Interaction and Artificial
Intelligence.
We are looking for motivated candidates for an interesting and strong
potential position: "Researcher in Computer Graphics for Industry 4.0
applications". Selected candidates will apply most current trends in
Computer graphics to the industrial sector, especially to the fabrication or
manufacturing subsector. In particular, we are looking for individuals with
strong Computational geometry knowledge and experience to support already
running projects and new initiatives in the making.
The candidate should have a good background and knowledge in CAD systems and
open- source initiatives such as OpenCASCADE and fluency in C++ and/or
Python. Also knowledge of virtual and augmented reality technologies
including software and hardware is much welcomed.
Candidates must have a proactive attitude towards applied research, showing
both their technical excellency as well as their research vocation, and a
nigh interest and compromise to understand the needs of clients and
partners, and to develop projects with real application and utility. They
will work in teams with other members of Vicomtech, since the centre works
in a collaborative way by nature.
We are looking for the following profile:
* Education: At least M.Sc. in related fields
* Experience: Experience in any related field will be valued.
Experience in European projects (FP7, H2020) or in industrial projects will
be highly valued.
* Languages: English,Spanish also will be valued.
Will be valued:
Doctoral qualification (Ph.D). Candidates about to finish their Ph.D will
also be taken into account. Interest in research and specialized training,
including the chance -not compulsory- of making a Ph.D.
What we are offering:
Being linked to a dynamic, innovative and leading centre in the fields of
Visual Computing and Artificial Intelligence, both at national and European
levels, with first line national and international clients.
Should you feel identified, please send us your CV to the following e-mail
address, <mailto:jobs@vicomtech.org> jobs(a)vicomtech.org, and take advantage
of the possibility of sharing your future with us.
Eurographics'2022 - Call for Short Papers
in Reims, April 25-29, 2022, https://eg2022.univ-reims.fr/
Authors are invited to submit short papers [4 pages max] that present self-contained, complete, compact works on all areas related to computer graphics, such as rendering, modeling, visualization, animation, simulation, virtual reality, computer vision, computer-aided design, digital fabrication, imaging and computational photography. We particularly invite submissions which present tangible and practically useful improvements to the state of the art, but which are not thematically wide enough to justify an entire full paper. What we would like to see as short papers are individual smart ideas and intriguing findings that might otherwise remain unpublished, due to them standing in isolation – as opposed to falling within the context of some larger scientific endeavour, where they can be easily mentioned in the corresponding publication.
Accepted short papers will be published in the Short Papers digital media proceedings and in the Eurographics Digital Library. Authors of accepted papers will be expected to present their work as an oral presentation at the conference.
Timeline
December 19, 2021
Submission deadline
February 14, 2022
Notification
March 14, 2022
Camera-ready
April 8, 2022
Fast-Forward video due
* All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC
Submission details
Submissions will be made electronically through the Eurographics <https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/EG_2021S> Submission and Review Management (SRM) system. Submitted papers must be anonymous, up to 4 pages in length, and formatted according to the Eurographics Author’s guidelines (short papers LaTeX style package available from the <https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/EG_2021/Instruction> SRM system).
Authors of accepted papers will present a super short summary or a teaser during a fast-forward session. This presentation will be around 25 seconds (exact length to be decided) and shall be augmented by slides. To ensure a smooth organization, they will be asked to prepare a short video of the slides for this purpose, in two versions: one with the spoken text and one without. These FF presentations will be available on the web throughout the conference. Details will be sent to accepted paper authors.
Plagiarism
A submission to the Eurographics Short Papers program should describe an original work of the authors. Authors must not use ideas or content originating from others without properly crediting their original sources. Note that such sources are not limited to peer-reviewed publications but also include patents, textbooks, technical reports, theses, unpublished work posted on arXiv, and other posts on the World Wide Web. Failure to comply with this requirement will be considered plagiarism and result in rejection.
Prior Art
Authors are expected to cite, discuss differences and novelty, and compare results, if applicable, with respect to relevant existing publications, provided they have been published in a peer-reviewed venue.
This also applies to patents, which also undergo a professional reviewing process. But what about technical reports, and other non-peer-reviewed publications, such as technical reports or papers posted on arXiv, which we henceforth refer to as pre-publications? With the rapid progress of search engines and the increased perusal of arXiv papers by the scientific community, asking authors to thoroughly compare their work to these pre-publications imposes an unreasonable burden — a seemingly relevant report that is incomplete in its disclosure or validation might appear online shortly before the deadline. Although peer-reviewed publications are certainly not immune to these shortcomings, they have, at least, been judged sufficiently complete and valid by a group of peers. Consequently, authors are not required to discuss and compare their work with recent pre-publications (arXiv, technical reports, theses, etc.), although they must properly cite those that inspired them (see “Plagiarism” above). Nevertheless, we encourage authors to mention all related works they are aware of as good academic practice dictates. Note that with new works posted on arXiv on a daily basis, it is increasingly likely that reviewers might point out similarities between the submitted work and online reports that have been missed by the authors. In this case, authors of conditionally accepted papers should be prepared to cite these pre-publications in their final revision as concurrent work, without the burden of having to detail how their work compares to or differs from these pre-publications.
Double Submission Policy
By submitting a manuscript to the Eurographics Short Papers program, authors acknowledge that the technical contributions they claim have not been previously published or accepted for publication in another peer-reviewed venue, and that no manuscript substantially similar in content is currently under review. Violations constitute grounds for rejection.
Eurographics’2022 Short Papers Chairs
Nuria Pelechano, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain.
David Vanderhaeghe, IRIT, Université de Toulouse, France.
For any question concerning short paper submissions please contact the short papers program co-chairs: chairs-eg2022shorts(a)eg.org <mailto:chairs-eg2022shorts@eg.org>
At University of Bremen we have an open PhD position (full salary)
in visual computing for an interdisciplinary project with art historians,
funded by the DFG.
Title: The Ornamental Logic of the Rococo - Visual Computing Methods for Digital Analysis of Ornamental Structures
More information: https://cgvr.cs.uni-bremen.de/jobs/
Please forward to anybody who might be interested.
Best regards,
G. Zachmann
EG TUTORIALS 2022
Call for contributions
The Eurographics2022 Tutorials Committee invites you to propose tutorials
teaching the technical background of a given subject or demonstrating its
potential creative applications. Tutorials are intended to show what can be
done, but even more importantly, how this is done and what kind of tools can
be used to do it. In a proposal for a tutorial, you should consider that
tutorial attendees come from diverse backgrounds, ranging from research and
development to education and application.
We are soliciting half-day and full-day tutorial proposals at the beginning,
intermediate, or advanced level in all areas pertinent to Computer Graphics.
Half-day tutorials are about three hours, plus a coffee break in the middle.
Full-day tutorials are twice that long, plus two coffee breaks and a longer
lunch break. Full-day tutorials should be motivated by sufficient scientific
material. Tutorial proposals are about 4-5 pages in length, clearly
indicating the audience that is addressed as well as the syllabus of
instruction. They will be reviewed by the tutorial chairs, supported by
external reviewers. The final selection will be based on the quality of the
submission, qualification of the presenters, relevance to the conference
topics, and balance of topics.
Digital support of accepted tutorials will be made available to every
Eurographics registered participant and will also be included in the
Eurographics digital library. Eurographics does not require copyright for
the tutorial notes it publishes. The tutorial speakers may reuse their
material freely. For each accepted tutorial, one free registration is
provided per half-day of that tutorial.
TIMELINE
November 14, 2021 Submission of full tutorial proposals
December 20, 2021 Acceptance/rejection notification
March 27, 2022 Submission of final materials (see course notes
below)
* All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Tutorial proposals (in PDF) should be submitted by using the
<https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/EG_2022TUT> Eurographics Submission
and Review Management (SRMv2).
The submitted proposals should contain the following information:
Presenter(s) details:
* Name(s)
* Institution(s)
* Email address(es)
* URL(s)
Tutorial details:
* Title of the tutorial
* Keywords
* Half or full-day tutorial (either 2×90 minutes or 4×90 minutes)
* A detailed outline of the tutorial.
* A statement on the necessary background and potential target
audience for the tutorial.
* A brief resume of the presenter(s) indicating their background in
the area the tutorial addresses.
* If a (similar) tutorial was previously held, indicate the location
(i.e., which conference), date, and the number of attendees. Please provide
information highlighting changes, improvements, and/or why the tutorial
should be held again in this form.
COURSE NOTES
Sample course notes, although not required in the submission, are highly
encouraged to accompany the tutorial proposals. Notes may include original
text, formatted according to the Eurographics publication guidelines,
reprints of earlier papers (subject to copyright approval), slides, videos,
software, datasets, and any other material the authors consider useful. The
acceptance of tutorial proposals is contingent upon the final submission of
complete course notes. Upon acceptance of the tutorial, additional material
should be submitted using the same link in the SRM system as for submitting
the proposal.
All course notes of accepted tutorials will be distributed to conference
participants electronically.
EUROGRAPHICS TUTORIAL CHAIRS
Stefanie Hahmann, LJK-INRIA, Grenoble INP, France
Gustavo Patow, ViRVIG-UdG, Universitat de Girona, Spain
For any questions concerning tutorial submissions please contact the
tutorial co-chairs: chairs-eg2022tut(a)eg.org <mailto:chairs-eg2022tut@eg.org>
Dear friends and colleagues,
At the Chair of Computer Graphics at the Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology/Germany we have a fully funded PhD student position in the
area of realtime raytracing acceleration structures for next generation
mobile GPUs. Our goal is to develop prototypes of robust, efficient and
compact data structures with a later hardware implementation in mind
(which is carried out by the industry partner).
Applicants should hold a Master degree in computer science, visual
computing, applied mathematics, or a related field. The ideal candidates
will have experience in one or more of the following subject areas:
computer graphics, optimization/low-level aspects of (parallel)
algorithms and data structures, strong programming skills, and fun in
pushing the limits.
Please forward this announcement to potentially interested candidates,
I'm happy to answer questions and provide more details on the project.
Thank you!
Best,
Carsten Dachsbacher
https://cg.ivd.kit.edu/
Dear Visual Computing Researchers,
this years purely online Symposium on Vision, Modeling and Visualization
(https://vmv2021.inf.tu-dresden.de) organized from Dresden, Germany on Mo 27
& Tue 28th of September has free registration and features
- four paper sessions and three keynotes by Tim Dwyer, Martin Marinov and
Siyu Tang,
- strategy workshop with breakout sessions on Visual Computing for Future,
- social event with live concert, as well as
- best paper and quiz based participation award.
Please register (https://vmv2021.inf.tu-dresden.de/registration) until this
Friday 24th of September.
Best wishes
Stefan Gumhold (General Chair)
Björn Andres, Marcel Campen, Michael Sedlmair (Program Chairs)
EG STARs 2022
Call for contributions
State-of-the-Art Reports (STARs) provide an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of a special topic of current interest related to Computer Graphics. We welcome submissions on all topics relevant to EUROGRAPHICS, and particularly encourage STARs on topics that have not been covered in any recent edition. STAR reports on cross-sectional, multi-disciplinary areas are also highly welcomed. A STAR can also address the use of Computer Graphics techniques in a different scientific discipline or in industrial practice. For examples of suitable STAR topics, please refer to the EUROGRAPHICS digital library. A list of recent STARs can be found <https://sites.google.com/site/drminchen/cgf-info/cgf-stars> here.
Accepted STARs will be published in a special issue of Computer Graphics Forum, which appears right before the EUROGRAPHICS conference. The journal status of the proceedings requires a two-stage review process with conditional acceptance after the first round and final acceptance based on the revised submissions. Submissions needing a major revision will be transferred to the standard submission track of Computer Graphics Forum.
At EUROGRAPHICS 2022, the authors of a STAR will be given 90 minutes to present the report at a level that allows non-experts in the particular domain to follow the presentation.
We do not impose strict maximum lengths for these submissions. However, it is recommended that papers be up to 20 pages excluding references and the authors’ short bios, to conform to the general recommendation for CGF survey papers.
Electronic submissions of STARs are mandatory and will be conducted using the Submission and Review Management System. Papers must be written in English and prepared according to this year's template, which can be found at the <https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/EG_2022STARs> Submission and Review Management (SRMv2) system. STARs must be formatted according to the Eurographics Computer Graphics Forum guidelines. The publication guidelines and LaTeX templates are available on SRMv2. For any question, please contact us at <mailto:tchairs-eg2022stars@eg.org> chairs-eg2022stars(a)eg.org
EG STARs 2022 Chairs: Daniel Meneveaux, Giuseppe Patanè
Timeline
October 22, 2021
STAR abstract submission deadline
October 29, 2021
Full STAR submission deadline
December 17, 2021
First review notification
February 11, 2022
Revised STAR submission
March 4, 2022
Second review notification
March 21, 2022
Camera-ready
April 8, 2022
Video due
This is the last call for registration to EG VCBM 2021! The workshop will
run from Wednesday to Friday next week, and the only way to get access to
the live streams and Discord is to register for free via
<https://conferences.eg.org/vcbm2021/> https://conferences.eg.org/vcbm2021/.
We are looking forward to seeing you virtually there!
VCBM 2021 organizational team
Call for Full Papers
The EUROGRAPHICS 2022 Full Papers Program will showcase innovative
research in Computer Graphics and related areas. We invite submissions
of new ideas and encourage all forms of research creativity and
originality. We are interested in the practice, experience, novel
applications, technological, system, or theoretical papers, with the
ambition of setting the standard in the field and stimulating future
trends.
Accepted full papers will be presented at EUROGRAPHICS 2022 and
published in a special issue of the Eurographics journal Computer
Graphics Forum; the submissions will undergo a double-blind two-step
review process. We encourage submissions from all areas related to
computer graphics, including but not limited to rendering, modeling,
animation, simulation, visualization, virtual and augmented reality,
display technology, image processing, computational imaging,
computational fabrication, human-computer interaction, and deep learning
techniques applied to graphics problems. Eurographics Full Papers will
be published in the EG Digital Library. Also, Gold Open Access will be
available with an extra publication fee that includes open access fee
and support through the EG Digital Library.
Eurographics 2022 will be hosted in Reims on April 25th-29th, 2022.
Located in the heart of the city, the Reims Convention Centre is a
privileged site with a contemporary design. Open onto a landscaped park,
the Convention Center also offers participants the opportunity to walk
to the TGV Centre station, the main hotels, the pedestrian area, shops,
and restaurants.
Participants of Eurographics 2022 will be able to attend presentations
of the latest advances in computer graphics and imaging from the
research and industry experts. It is also going to be a great
opportunity to meet with international researchers in the domain and
socialize around the conference social events.
More information on Eurographics 2022 is available at
https://eg2022.univ-reims.fr/.
Timeline
Sep. 26, 2021 Preliminary abstract due (required for any further
submission)
Oct. 3, 2021 Full paper due
Nov. 17, 2021 Reviews available rebuttal start
Nov. 24, 2021 Rebuttal due
Dec. 9, 2021 Notification to Authors
Jan. 17, 2022 Revised version due
Feb. 3, 2022 Final notification
Feb. 17, 2022 Camera-ready version due
Apr. 25, 2022 Conference in Reims, France
* All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC
Submission dates
A preliminary abstract is due by 23:59 UTC, September 26, 2021, and the
full paper deadline is 23:59 UTC, October 3, 2021. Note that a full
paper can only be submitted if an abstract has been submitted by the
abstract deadline.
Submission details
Electronic submission of all papers is mandatory and will be conducted
using the Submission and Review Management (SRMv2) system. Papers must
be written in English, must be anonymized, and must be formatted
according to the Eurographics Computer Graphics Forum guidelines. The
publication guidelines and LaTeX templates are available on SRMv2.
Accepted papers must be presented orally in English at Eurographics
2022. Review of full papers is based on a double-blind reviewing
approach, so please be sure to remove all personal data (such as
authors, affiliations, etc.) from your submission. References to your
own work should be made in the third person to maintain anonymity.
Reviewers are asked to keep confidential all materials sent to them for
evaluation.
There is no maximum length imposed on papers. However, papers should
only be as long as they need to be, but not longer. Reviewers might rank
submissions perceived as being either repetitive or unnecessarily long
lower than they would score concisely written papers.
Authors of accepted papers will present a very short summary or a teaser
during a fast-forward session. This presentation will be around 25
seconds and can be augmented by slides. To ensure a smooth organization,
they will be asked to prepare a short video of the slides for this
purpose, in two versions: one with the spoken text and one without.
Details will be sent to accepted paper authors.
Plagiarism
A submission to the Eurographics Full Papers program should describe the
original work of the authors. Authors must not use ideas or content
originating from others without properly crediting their original
sources. Note that such sources are not limited to peer-reviewed
publications but also include patents, textbooks, technical reports,
theses, unpublished work posted on arXiv, and other posts on the World
Wide Web. Failure to comply with this requirement will be considered
plagiarism and result in rejection.
Prior Art
Authors are expected to cite, discuss differences and novelty, and
compare results, if applicable, with respect to relevant existing
publications, provided they have been published in a peer-reviewed
venue. This also applies to patents, which also undergo a professional
reviewing process. But what about technical reports, and other
non-peer-reviewed publications, such as technical reports or papers
posted on arXiv, which we henceforth refer to as pre-publications? With
the rapid progress of search engines and the increased perusal of arXiv
papers by the scientific community, asking authors to thoroughly compare
their work to these pre-publications imposes an unreasonable burden — a
seemingly relevant report that is incomplete in its disclosure or
validation might appear online shortly before the deadline. Although
peer-reviewed publications are certainly not immune to these
shortcomings, they have, at least, been judged sufficiently complete and
valid by a group of peers. Consequently, authors are not required to
discuss and compare their work with recent prepublications (arXiv,
technical reports, theses, etc.), although they must properly cite those
that inspired them (see “Plagiarism” above). Nevertheless, we encourage
authors to mention all related works they are aware of as good academic
practice dictates. Note that with new works posted on arXiv on a daily
basis, it is increasingly likely that reviewers might point out
similarities between the submitted work and online reports that have
been missed by the authors. In this case, authors of conditionally
accepted papers should be prepared to cite these pre-publications in
their final revision as concurrent work, without the burden of having to
detail how their work compares to or differs from these
pre-publications. When authors cite previous work that they have
authored, the citation should be in the third person to preserve
anonymity. There are, however, situations where such prior work should
not be cited. This is the case if these prior works correspond to
prepublications of the submission (arXiv), with largely similar content.
In this case, it must be ensured that no publicity related to the
publication is available on the web.
arXiv policy
As authors, putting a submission on a repository like arXiv is allowed,
either before submission or during the review cycle. There is no penalty
for publishing a submission as a prepublication. However, if there are
largely overlapping prepublications of the same authors that are
available online at the time of submission (arXiv), earlier or largely
similar versions of the submission should not be cited in the submission
because this would identify the authors. This is consistent with the
submission guidelines at SIGGRAPH and CVPR/ECCV/ICCV. If an author is
applying for jobs during the review cycle, it is allowed, as an
exception, to list a submission as ‘under review at Eurographics’ in the
author’s CV.
After submission, the authors should try to preserve the anonymity of
the submission. Authors must not discuss the submitted research with
social or regular media that includes blogs and news articles, as well
as publicize via media segments of universities and/or research
institutes. Please do not advertise the work on social media or list it
on web pages as ‘under review at Eurographics’.
Double Submission Policy
By submitting a manuscript to the Eurographics Full Papers program,
authors acknowledge that the technical contributions they claim have not
been previously published or accepted for publication in another
peer-reviewed venue and that no manuscript substantially similar in
content is currently under review. Violations constitute grounds for
rejection.
Re-submitted Material
For papers that have previously been reviewed by other venues and have
been rejected or withdrawn, the authors are encouraged to provide a
cover letter to describe the history of the paper (however, this does
not imply reviewer continuity). This cover letter can also answer the
comments made in the previous reviews, by either listing the changes
that were made to comply with them or discussing/rebutting/clarifying
some elements if need be. Though not mandatory, this procedure is
strongly encouraged. The cover letter has to be submitted through SRM as
an ‘Additional Attachment’ (see the last section of the SRM upload form
for details).
Graphics Replicability Stamp Initiative
Authors who are willing to go one step further toward replicability of
their contributed algorithm and provide a complete open-source
implementation can get additional recognition via submission to the
Graphics Replicability Stamp Initiative (see
http://www.replicabilitystamp.org/). All articles published in the
Computer Graphics Forum are eligible to apply for the stamp.
Rebuttal, Notification, Publication, and Prizes
• The reviews will be made available to the authors on November 17,
2021. During a rebuttal period from November 17 to November 24, 2021,
authors will be able to submit a brief document to address any factual
errors or clarify any issues raised by reviews.
• The date for notification of the results of the first round of the
review process is December 9, 2021.
• Revised versions of papers conditionally accepted in the first round
must be submitted by January 17, 2022.
• The final notification of the outcome of the second reviewing round
will be made on February 3, 2022.
• The camera-ready version of accepted papers will be due on February
17, 2022.
• From all accepted and presented papers, an international jury will
select the best papers. The best paper will receive the Günter Enderle
Award, including a cash prize of €1,000, presented at Eurographics 2022.
Eurographics 2022 Full Papers Chairs
Min H. Kim, KAIST, South Korea
Raphaëlle Chaine, LIRIS, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, France
For any questions concerning full paper submissions, please do not
hesitate to contact the papers program co-chairs via
chairs-eg2022full(a)eg.org.
---PhD position in Image Processing in Cryo Electron Tomography (MPI of
Biophysics, Frankfurt)---
The Image Processing group
(https://www.biophys.mpg.de/molecular-sociology/image_processing) at Max
Planck Institute of Biophysics (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) aims to
facilitate in situ structural analysis by developing novel algorithms for
cryo electron tomography and subtomogram averaging. Our method development
focuses on integrating contextual information provided either directly
within the tomogram or by other sources (molecular dynamics, mass
spectrometry) into subtomogram averaging routines (for examples, see our
latest work on in situ structural analysis of Sars-CoV-2:
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abd5223).
We seek to recruit a PhD Candidate (f/m/d) in Image Processing.
Applicants should hold a Master degree in computer science, visual
computing, applied mathematics, physics, biophysics, or a related field.
The ideal candidates will have experience in one or more of the following
subject areas:
- image processing
- computer graphics (especially geometry/topology)
- applied mathematics
- strong programming skills in some object-oriented language (C++, Python)
Applications should contain a short motivation explaining your interest in
and fit to the position, a CV including contact information for at least
one reference and transcript of records. Please send applications to
Beata.Turonova(a)biophys.mpg.de by September 30, 2021. Applications received
after September 30 will be considered in the case the position will not be
filled by then.
Please forward this announcement to potentially interested candidates.
---Postdoctoral position at MPI of Biophysics (Frankfurt am Main) funded
by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative---
The Departments of Molecular Sociology (Beck and Turonova Labs) and
Theoretical Biophysics (Hummer Lab) study the structure and function of
macromolecular assemblies with a focus on in situ structural biology and
molecular modeling (for examples, see our latest work on in situ
structural analysis of Sars-CoV-2; DOI:
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abd5223). Funded by a
recent award from the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation, we seek to recruit a
postdoc (f/m/d) in image processing for a project in Visual Proteomics
that aims to detect macromolecular species in cryo electron tomograms.
Applicants should hold a PhD degree in computer science, image processing,
computer vision, visual computing, applied mathematics, physics, or
related field. The ideal candidates will have experience in one or more of
the following subject areas:
- image processing
- computer graphics
- pattern recognition
- computational geometry
- computer vision
- strong programming skills in OOP (C++, Python)
Applications should contain a cover letter explaining your interest in and
fit to the position, a CV including contact information for at least two
references and a list of your publications. Please send applications to
Beata.Turonova(a)biophys.mpg.de by September 30, 2021.
For more detail, please refer to these websites:
https://www.biophys.mpg.de/molecular-sociology/image_processinghttps://chanzuckerberg.com/science/programs-resources/imaging/frontiers/esta
blishing-experimental-model-systems-for-visual-proteomics/
Please forward this announcement to potentially interested candidates.