Call for Papers

GraDiFab2017 - Eurographics Workshop on

Graphics for Digital Fabrication in the Arts and Culture

5th-6th July, 2017 at University College London, UK.

Co-located with the Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing

Workshop URL:          www.gradifab.org

Abstract deadline:     May 12th, 2017

Submissions deadline:  May 19th, 2017

***Aims and scope***

Digital fabrication technologies comprise of a combination of

programmable tools, processes, materials and equipment. They allow

the creation of physical objects of complexities not achievable by

traditional manufacturing processes. Artists and other professionals

in the Arts and Culture sector are experimenting with innovative

technical solutions which can support their creative processes.

The research of the computer graphics community has the potential

to impact on these communities by offering skills, techniques,

tools and infrastructure.

In its second edition, the workshop aims to bring together communities

working on aspects related to computer graphics and digital fabrication

for Arts and Culture. The intended audience involves practitioners and

experts from a wide range of areas such as computer graphics, additive

manufacturing, computer aided design, materials, human computer

interaction as well as end users.

Topics include are (but are not limited to) the following:

- Artistic processes and cultural applications of digital fabrication

- 3D printing and fabrication – algorithms and applications

- Digital fabrication for museums and art galleries

- 3D acquisition – algorithms and applications

- Complex art shapes – processes, algorithms, examples

- Reproduction of complex materials

- Fabrication at different scales from nano to large scales

- Fabrication of flexible materials

- Digital fabrication using innovative materials and technologies

- User applications in arts and culture

***Submission contributions***

We invite submissions of different types:

- Research papers: reporting relevant research. Page limit is 10.

- Project reports: discussing current projects or experiences from

  practitioners in the area of arts and culture. Reports should

  address creative processes and requirements for new technologies.

  Page limit is 4.

- Posters: reporting related initiatives where digital fabrication is

  being (or is intended to be) used and where the author will benefit

  with interaction with the wider community. Two-page abstract for

  review.

Paper and reports submission via:

  https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/GraDiFab_2017/

Poster submission via email to: chairs-gradifab2017@eg.org

***Presentation & publication***

Submission will be reviewed by the Programme Chairs and the

International Programme Committee. Successful submissions will be

presented at the workshop. Accepted posters will be exhibited during

the workshop as an A1 poster.

All accepted research contributions will be published by the European

Association of Computer Graphics (Eurographics). They will also be

made available in the Eurographics Digital Library Archive.

***Important dates***

- Abstract deadline for papers and reports:   May 12th, 2017

- Submission deadline for contributions:      May 19th, 2017

- Poster submission:                                           June 1st, 2017

- Notification of acceptance:                 June 9th, 2017

- Camera-ready deadline:                      June 16th, 2017

- Workshop:                                   July 5th-6th, 2017

***Program Chairs***

Ergun Akleman (Texas A&M University)

Konrad Polthier (Freie Universitaet Berlin)

***Organizers***

Asla Medeiros e Sá (Getulio Vargas Foundation)

Karina Rodriguez Echavarria (University of Brighton)

Nico Pietroni (ISTI-CNR)

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