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Third Workshop in Virtual Reality Interactions and Physical Simulations
(VRIPHYS '06)
Móstoles, Madrid, Spain, 6th-7th November

(http://www.vriphys.org/workshops/vriphys06/)

INTRODUCTION
This is the third edition of the workshop and this year it is hosted by the Rey
Juan Carlos University. The workshop is organized in cooperation with
Eurographics.

As in previous editions (vriphys04, vriphys05), the goal is to attract high
level research papers in the domains of dynamic simulation and physical
interaction in virtual reality environments. We also welcome papers showing
on-going research with promising results and new technology with applications
related. We particularly encourage works in the medical domain due to its
strong ties to the workshop topics.

TOPICS
Submissions are invited in (but not limited to) the following areas:

    * Collision detection techniques
    * Deformable objects (e.g. biomechanical modeling of soft and hard tissues)
    * Physical standards for assessing deformable objects (e.g. performance
metrics & validation of medical simulators)
    * Natural phenomena modeling (hair, fluids, ...)
    * Geometric algorithms for physical simulation
    * Haptic interactions & virtual reality interfaces
    * Physically based dynamics (video games, medical simulators)

The workshop seeks to be an international forum for researchers and students to
provide a propitious environment for sharing results and exchanging new
concepts on these fields.

SUBMISSION
Camera ready submission:

Papers are allowed 6 to 10 pages and formatted according to the EG publication
guidelines for workshop submission. For double-blind reviewing, the anonymous
submission version should be used. Accepted papers will be presented orally at
the workshop and appear in the proceedings.

The works must be formatted in pdf and should include the following data:

    * Abstract of not more than 150 words.
    * Three to five keywords.

The 2 best papers will be published in the 2nd issue of year 2007 (April) in the
Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (JVCIR). JCR Impact
Factor : 0.9

DEADLINES

    * Papers due: July 3rd
    * Notification of acceptance: September 18th
    * Deadline for camera-ready version: October 9th
    * Conference: November 6th, 7th


COMMITTEE
Workshop chairs:

    * Cesar Mendoza (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
    * Isabel Navazo (Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya)

Local chair:

    * Luis Pastor Pérez (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)

International Program Committee

    * Bedrich Benes (Department of Computer Graphics Technology. Purdue
University)
    * Christophe Chaillou (INRIA Futurs France)
    * Stephane Cotin (CIMIT USA)
    * Paolo Dario (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy)
    * Hervé Delinguette (INRIA, Sofia Antipolis, France)
    * John Dingliana (Trinity College, Ireland)
    * Francois Faure (INRIA Rhone-Alpes France)
    * Fabio Ganovelli (CNR, Italy)
    * Cesar Mendoza (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
    * Philippe Meseure (SIC France)
    * Min-Hyung Choi (The University of Colorado, Denver)
    * Matthias Müller-Fischer (AGEIA Inc.)
    * Isabel Navazo (Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya)
    * Victor Ng-Thow-Hing (Honda Research Institute, USA)
    * Carol O'Sullivan (Trinity College, Ireland)
    * Isaac Rudomin (ITESM, CEM, Mexico)
    * Riccardo Scateni (Università di Cagliari, Italy)
    * Roberto Scopigno (CNR Italy)
    * Marco Tarini (Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy)

Local Organization :

    * Sofia Bayona (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
    * José Miguel Espadero (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
    * Marcos García (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
    * Carolina Gómez (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
    * Susana Mata (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
    * Angela Mendoza (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
    * David Miraut (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
    * Oscar Robles (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
    * Angel Rodríguez (Politecnical University of Madrid, Spain)
    * José Luis Bosque (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
    * José San Martín (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
    * Pablo Toharia (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)