[General] FINAL REMINDER: SCA paper submission deadline is in less than one week!

====================================================== FINAL REMINDER: SCA paper submission deadline is in less than one week! The submission website is live at: <https://srm.eg.org/SRM_SCA2013> https://srm.eg.org/SRM_SCA2013 ====================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS -- SCA 2013 ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation <http://sca2013.cs.tamu.edu/> http://sca2013.cs.tamu.edu/ ====================================================== The 12th annual Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) will take place in sunny Anaheim, California from July 19-21, immediately before SIGGRAPH. For more than a decade, SCA has been the premier forum for innovations in the software and technology of computer animation. Bringing together researchers and practitioners working in all aspects of time-based phenomena, SCA's focused, single track program creates an intimate setting that encourages community interaction, promotes the exchange of research results, inspires new ideas, and establishes new collaborations. There will be Best Paper Awards, and top papers will also be invited to have extended versions appear in a TVCG Special Issue. REGULAR PAPERS: We invite submissions of original, high-quality papers on computer animation, broadly defined as computation dealing with time-varying phenomena. Each submission should be 7-10 pages in length, and will be reviewed by an international program committee for technical quality, novelty, significance, and clarity. All of the accepted regular papers will be archived in the EG and ACM digital libraries. SHORT PAPERS: Continuing the highly successful short papers track from last year, we also invite 4-6 page submissions for quick dissemination of fresh, compact ideas. These papers will undergo the same rigorous review process as regular papers, appear in the electronic proceedings, and be archived in the EG and ACM digital libraries. We invite work on a broad range of topics, including: o 2D, 3D, and N-D animation systems o autonomous characters o clothing animation and simulation o expressive motion / communication o facial animation o group and crowd behavior o intuitive interfaces for creating and editing animations o mathematical foundations of animation o methods of control and artistic direction of simulations o nature in motion (natural phenomena, plants, clouds, ...) o new time-based art forms on the computer o novel time-varying phenomena o perceptual metrics for animation o perceptual foundations of animation o physical realism / measuring the real world for animation o physical simulation o fluid animation o planning / learning / optimization for animation o real-time and interactive methods o camera control methods for computer animation o sound and speech for animation as well as on related problems in robotics, game development, human-computer interaction, simulation, visualization, computer vision, and others. POSTERS: We also invite submissions to the poster and demo session, which has traditionally been an integral part of the SCA program. There will be a posters fast-forward session during which all presenters will have the opportunity to give a one-minute description of their work. Posters are not formal publications, so work submitted as a poster is still eligible for later publication, and will be exempt from inclusion in the ACM and EG digital libraries. Details regarding submission format will be announced closer to the deadline. Important Dates: April 16: Paper submission deadline May 12: Notification of conditionally accepted papers May 24: Camera-ready papers due May 31: Poster submission deadline June 3: Notification of accepted posters June 14: Camera-ready posters due July 19-21: Symposium All deadlines are 6 PM, US Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) All papers will be reviewed carefully by the International Program Committee members. Given the limited time between submission and final version, papers will be evaluated as submitted. Please check the conference web page for regular updates and more information: <http://sca2013.cs.tamu.edu/> http://sca2013.cs.tamu.edu/ See you in Anaheim! Conference Co-Chairs: Jinxiang Chai, Texas A&M University Yizhou Yu, University of Hong Kong Program Chairs: Theodore Kim, University of California, Santa Barbara Robert Sumner, Disney Research, Zurich Poster Chairs: Ladislav Kavan, University of Pennsylvania Bernhard Thomaszewski, Disney Research, Zurich