Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the 21st EUROGRAPHICS Workshop
on Graphics and Cultural Heritage (GCH 2023: <https://www.gch2023.eu/>
https://www.gch2023.eu/). GCH this year is organised from the 4th to the 6th
of September 2023, in the astonishing location of Salento (at Convitto
Palmieri in Lecce, Italy) , and, for the first time, in co-location with
XRSalento (XRSalento 2023); a special interactive session dedicated to XR
for Cultural Heritage will be jointly organised on the 6th of September.
Presentation. GCH 2023 welcomes presentations of new research, projects,
applications and best practices that demonstrate how computer graphics and
digital technologies are impacting cultural heritage research, preservation,
simulation, dissemination and promotion of sustainable cultural tourism.
Focus of this years forum is to present and showcase new developments at
the crossroads of AI technologies with rendering, reconstruction and
advanced user experiences applied to the cultural heritage. Aim of EG GCH is
to foster discussion between AI, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, HCI and
Digital Heritage researchers, in a collaborative environment with cultural
institutions, scholars in the cultural heritage domain and creative
industries. We encourage the community to participate in the panel
discussion on promises and concerns about the adoption of AI and
reconstruction technologies by scientists and practitioners in the field of
Creative Industries and Cultural Heritage. This year's GCH workshop will
open up a new avenue and impact by creating a link between researchers with
innovative ideas and scientific journals.
Publication and Submission. Accepted full papers and short papers will be
published by Eurographics and will be available with open access in the
Eurographics Digital Library (EG GCH:
<https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/452> EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Graphics
and Cultural Heritage ISSN 1811-864X, since 2014: GCH: ISSN 2312-6124).
Accepted papers with a high innovation potential will receive a proposal to
prepare an extended manuscript of their contribution to be submitted to a
scientific journal. This year, GCH has established dedicated agreements with
the following journals that are available to publish manuscripts from the
conference: <https://dl.acm.org/journal/jocch> ACM JOCCH Journal,
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/digital-applications-in-archaeology-a
nd-cultural-heritage> Elsevier DAACH and
<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/heritage> MDPI Heritage (but other journals
might be included). You can submit your work using template and guidelines
you can find in the <https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/GCH_2023> SRM
system (Submission & Review Management), selecting either Eurographics GCH
full paper (max 10 pages), short paper (4 pages) or demo/poster contribution
(2 pages)
Types of Contributions.
1. Full Research papers: original and innovative research (max 10 pages
incl. refs.);
2. Short Papers: research activities, applications or projects (max 4
pages inc. refs.);
3. Posters/Demo: overview of activities or national/international
Interdisciplinary projects (2 pages).
Topics.
Contributions are solicited within the following topics (but not limited
to):
* eXtended Reality Applications for Tangible or Intangible Heritage
* Collaborative interactive eXtended and hybrid environments
* Advanced Image Based Rendering techniques
* General AI technologies beneficial for eXtended Reality CH
environments
* AI-based view synthesis for ad-hoc 2d and 3d reconstruction
AI-based material reconstruction for rendering and presentation
* Digitisation of Cultural Heritage resources, such as 3D scanning,
motion capture, multispectral imaging, X-ray, etc.
* Material acquisition, reconstruction, preservation
* Semantic technologies for digital libraries
* HCI new approaches and emotional / cognitive UX design
* Multi-modal and interactive environments
* Virtual Museums, Digital Technologies and Applications for Museums
* Visualisation, AR, VR, MR
* Spatial and mobile augmentation of physical collections
* Digital fabrication, including 3D printing and smart objects for
tangible interfaces
Social Events Social events will include the trips to discover the
historical city center of Lecce and Otranto, one of the pearls of the
historical cities, facing directly on the Mediterranean Sea.
Important Dates
DEADLINE
NOTIFICATION
CAMERA READY
DEADLINE FOR JOURNAL
2nd NOTIFICATION
Short Papers
May 7th
May 30th
June 30th
June 30th
July 30th*
GCH Full Papers
May 30th
June 30th
July 15th
July 30th
September 5th*
Interactive Demo / Poster
June 30th
July 30th
September 5th
Support. GCH2023 is organised and supported by
<https://www.ispc.cnr.it/en/> CNR ISPC,
<https://www.igd.fraunhofer.de/en.html> Fraunhofer IGD, University of
Salento, and the <http://perceive-horizon.eu> PERCEIVE project.
Holger Graf
Abteilungsleiter / Head of Department
Dep. Virtual and Augmented Reality
Fraunhofer Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung (IGD)
Fraunhoferstraße 5
D-64823 Darmstadt
Tel. +49 6151 155 471
Mob. +49 171 7610 621
e.mail. holger.graf(a)igd.fraunhofer.de
<mailto:holger.graf@igd.fraunhofer.de>
https://www.linkedin.com/in/holger-graf-674393/