[General] Summer School on Interactive Shape Modeling

The European Network of Excellence AIM@SHAPE (http://www.aimatshape.net/) is organizing a Summer School on Interactive Shape Modeling (http://www.interactiveshapemodeling.net/) taking place July 8th-12th in Darmstadt, Germany. Speakers include researchers from within the network (Alexis Angelidis, Marie-Paule Cani, Stefanie Hahmann, Jean-Claude Leon) as well as the following set of outstanding shape creators: - Sarah Frisken, Tufts, Inventor of Kizamu - Takeo Igarashi, Tokyo, Inventor of Teddy - Steven Schkolne, Calarts, drawing in free space with his hands - Karan Singh, Toronto, Creator of Ryan (Academy Award, Best Animated Short 2004) - Denis Zorin, NYU, Subdivision and Multiresolution Techniques Together they will present the state-of-the-art in digital modeling techniques, both in commercial software and academic research to Phd students or practioners in graphics. The goal is to impart the audience with an understanding of the big open questions as well as the skills to engineer recent research in interactive shape modeling applications. For more information please see http://www.interactiveshapemodeling.net/ If appropriate, please forward this information to other interested parties. Marc Alexa, DGM, TU Darmstadt http://www.dgm.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de