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GAMES 2006 Congress ****
International Digital Games
Conference
(iDig
2006)
September 26-28,
2006
Portalegre,
Portugal
First Call for Papers
In the scope of the GAMES 2006 Congress,
the
first International Digital Games Conference
(iDiG Conference) aims
to promote excellence in
research, creativity, and innovation in games
related areas. It constitutes a privileged forum
to foment
interdisciplinary collaboration and
cooperation between industry and
academia.
The goal of the conference is to get everyone
related to
digital games together to promote a
comprehensive discussion of game issues
and share visions of future gaming.
Papers containing ongoing research or
fresh
results are most welcome. Both full papers (up to
12 pages) and
short papers (up to 4 pages) can be submitted to the conference.
Topics
of interest for submission include, but are not limited
to:
. Game Concept
Design
. Storytelling and Game
Narrative
. Game
Criticism
. Game Programming &
Engine
. Game Rendering &
Animations
. Computer
Vision
. Audio &
Music
. Visual
Arts
. Game AI & Artificial
Life
. Game
Physics
. Networking
Games
. Online
Games
. Mobile
Games
. Affective Interaction in Games
& Virtual Reality
. Business &
Project Management
All proposals will follow a process of blind
peer-review by the Scientific Committee on the
basis of its originality,
technical quality,
style and clarity of presentation, and in its
relevance to the field. Prospective authors are
expected to present
their paper at the conference.
At the present moment, the conference
organization is working on an agreement with a
major scientific
publisher for the proceedings.
IMPORTANT
DATES:
Full Paper Submission
Deadline: 9, June
Short
Paper Submission Deadline: 30,
June
Notification of
Acceptance (full papers): 21,
July
Notification of
Acceptance (short papers): 28,
July
Final Paper Submission
(both short and full): 4, August
CONFERENCE
CHAIRS:
José Dionísio,
Instituto Superior Técnico
António Ramires Fernandes, Universidade do Minho
STEERING
COMMITTEE:
John Sutherland,
Abertay University
Frans
Mäyrä, University of Tempere /
DiGRA
Stephane Natkin,
CNAM
Paulo Gomes, Instituto
Politécnico de Portalegre /
APROJE
A. Augusto de Sousa,
Universidade do Porto /
APROJE
Luis Teixeira,
Universidade Católica Portuguesa / APROJE
SCIENTIFIC
COMMITTEE:
Adérito Marcos,
Universidade do Minho,
Portugal
Alan Chalmers,
Bristol University, UK
Ann
DeMarle, Champlain College,
US
António Coelho,
Universidade do Porto,
Portugal
Bary W. Pollack,
Sierra Nevada College, US
Brian Winn, Michigan State University,
US
Catherine Pelachaud,
Univesity of Paris 8, France
Cécile Le Prado, ENJMIN,
France
David Adrian Cheock,
Mixed reality laboratory / NTU,
Singapure
Didier Stricker,
Fraunhofer IGD, Germany
Dmitri Williams, University of Illinois,
US
Frank Schoeffel, VRCOM,
Germany
Gabriel Zachmann,
Bonn University, Germany
Gastão Marques, Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre,
Portugal
Gerber Ramalho,
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco,
Brazil
Glyn Heatley, Algoma
University College, Canada
Gonzalo Frasca, TU University of Copenhague,
Denmark
Janet H. Murray,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
US
Jesper Juul, TU
University of Copenhague,
Denmark
Jesse Schell,
Carnegie Mellon University,
US
João Madeiras Pereira,
Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC,
Portugal
John Sutherland,
Abertay University, UK
José
Creissac Campos, Universidade do Minho,
Portugal
José Miguel Salles
Dias, ISCTE / MICROSOFT,
Portugal
Katherine Isbister,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
US
Lee Sheldon,
Anti-LinearLogic, US
Leonard
Paul, Vancouver Film School / Electronic Arts,
Canada
Licinio Roque,
Universidade de Coimbra,
Portugal
Luís Filipe B.
Teixeira, Universidade Lusofona,
Portugal
Luis Filipe
Marcelino, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Portugal
Luís Paulo Santos,
Universidade do Minho,
Portugal
Manuel Próspero dos
Santos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Portugal
Marcos Fernández
Marín, Valencia University / ARTEC,
Spain
Mark H. Overmars,
Utrecht University,
Netherland
Mauro Figueiredo,
Universidade do Algarve,
Portugal
Mehdi Qas,
Univesity of Wolverhampton,
UK
Nelson Zagalo,
Universidade de Aveiro,
Portugal
Pascal Estraillier,
Université de la Rochelle,
France
Peter Astheimer,
Glasgow ITI University, UK
Philippe Martins, Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre,
Portugal
Rafael Bidarra,
Delft University of Technology,
Netherland
Raquel Morais,
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Portugal
Rui Bastos, NVIDIA,
US
Stephan Gruenvogel,
University of Berlin,
Germany
Stephane Natkin,
ENJMIN / CNAM, France
Stephen Jacobs, Rochester Institute of Technology,
US
Susan Gold, Sierra Nevada
College, US
Tony Manninen,
University of Oulu, Finland
Verónica Orvalho, Dynamic Simulation Lab,
Argentine
Veronica Zammito,
Angry Machine, US
Yansheng
Wang, Chinese Academy of Science, China
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