[General] Cyberworlds 2005. First CFP

[ Apologies if you receive this email in multiple copies ] [ Kindly forward it to your colleagues and students ] 2005 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYBERWORLDS FIRST CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23-25 November 2005, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Organized by: School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University in cooperation with: ACM, ACM SIGGRAPH, SIGART, SIGecom, SIGWEB, SIGGRAPH (Singapore), and Eurographics Association Proudly supported by: SGI and Sun Microsystems Conference web-page: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sce/cw2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyberworlds are information worlds created on cyberspaces either intentionally or spontaneously, with or without visual design. Cyberworlds are closely related to the real world and have a serious impact on it. CW2005 will provide an opportunity for scientists and engineers from around the world to share the latest research, ideas, and developments in these fields. The conference will consist of formal paper sessions, short/poster presentations, panels, tutorials, cyber art exhibition, industrial seminars, and hands-on demonstrations where research groups, artists, and vendors will show the state-of-the-art in the field. The conference will have four parallel tracks including but not limited to the following topics: Track A: - Shared Virtual Worlds - Distributed Virtual Environments - Collaborative Design and Manufacturing Track B: - Information Retrieval and Information Security - Data Mining and Warehousing in Cyberworlds - HCI and Humanised Interfaces in Cyberworlds Track C: - Philosophy, Evolution, and Ethics of Cyberworlds - Business Models in Cyberworlds - Cyberlearning Track D: - Cyberculture and Cyberarts PUBLICATION: The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society. We will accept papers up to 8 pages in length, including figures. To be included in the conference proceedings, at least one author of the accepted paper must register and present the paper at the conference. The best papers will contribute to the special issue of "The Visual Computer". We will also publish the art exhibition catalogue. IMPORTANT DATES (tentative): Abstract: 16 May 2005 (electronic submission through the conference web-page) Paper/tutorial/exhibit submission: 23 May 2005 (electronic submission through the conference web-page) Notice of Acceptance: 1 Aug 2005 Camera-ready paper: 5 Sep 2005 Author's registration: 5 Sep 2005 GENERAL CONFERENCE CHAIRS: Tosiyasu L. Kunii and Seah Hock Soon PROGRAM CHAIR: Alexei Sourin INDUSTRIAL TRACK CHAIR: Tony Chan TUTORIAL CHAIR: Wolfgang Müeller-Wittig PROGRAM COMMITTEE (being formed) Arnold, David, University of Brighton Astheimer, Peter, ITI Techmedia, Glasgow Badler, Norman, University of Pennsylvania Bajaj, Chandrajit, University of Texas at Austin Bebis, George, University of Nevada Brunnett, Guido, University of Chemnitz Chan, Tony, Nanyang Tehnological University Emmanuel, Sabu, Nanyang Technological University Encarnação, José, Fraunhofer IGD Gavrilova, Marina, University of Calgary Gilbert, Arthur Lee, Nanyang Technological University Hagen, Hans, University of Kaiserslautern Hubbold, Roger, University of Manchester Iglesias, Andres, University of Cantabria Jarvis, Ray, Monash University Kim, Myoung-Hee, Ewha Womans University Klimenko, Stanislav, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Kunii, Tosiyau Laurence, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Lee, Yong Tsui, Nanyang Technological University Li, Ling, Curtin University Luciani, Annie, ICA laboratory, INPG, France Ma, Jianhua, Hosei University Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia, University of Geneva Miller, Steven, Singapore Management University Müeller-Wittig, Wolfgang, Nanyang Technological University Myszkowski, Karol, Max Planck Institute Nakajima Masayuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology Ohmori, Kenji, Hosei University Pensyl, William Russell, Nanyang Technological University Rosenblum, Larry, VR Systems and Research, Naval Research Lab Savchenko, Vladimir, Hosei University Seah, Hock Soon, Nanyang Technological University Shih, Timothy, Tamkang University Smith, Roger, Titan Systems Corporation Sourin, Alexei, Nanyang Technological University Sourina, Olga, Nanyang Technological University Straßer, Wolfgang, University of Tübingen Thalmann, Daniel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Urban, Bodo, Fraunhofer IGD Rostock Wentong, Cai, Nanyang Technological University Wyvill, Geoff, University of Otago Xu, Baowen,Southeast University Zara, Jiri, Czech Technical University Zyda, Mike, MOVES Institute Best regards CW2005 Program Chair