[General] DIRK BARTZ PRIZE FOR VISUAL COMPUTING IN MEDICINE 2015, extended deadline

DIRK BARTZ PRIZE FOR VISUAL COMPUTING IN MEDICINE 2015 (EUROGRAPHICS MEDICAL PRIZE) Extended Deadline: 15 January 2015 !!! Notification: 20 February 2015 The deadline for this year's EG Medical Prize has been extended. Take the chance to receive a high-end NVIDIA graphics card, the price money and a free registration for Eurographics 2015 by submitting four pages summarizing your contribution. The Eurographics Association organizes a biannual competition to acknowledge the contribution that computer graphics is playing in the medical field, and to encourage further development. Originally called "Eurographics Medical Prize”, the competition was renamed to "Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine" in 2010 -- in honor of Dirk Bartz who passed away far too early in March 2010. Dirk Bartz was a highly recognized and enthusiastic scientist, teacher and promoter of Visual Computing in Medicine; furthermore, he was an active member of the Eurographics Association and Chair of the EG Medical Prize 2007 and 2009. CALL Submissions for the Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine 2015 are being invited from researchers and developers who can demonstrate that a particular benefit has resulted from the use of computer graphics technology in a medical application that they have produced. Examples of entries could include the use of new data visualization techniques, interaction methods, or virtual/augmented environments. Further information is available at http://www.eurographics2015.ch/eurographics-medical-prize/. WINNERS The top three winning entries of the Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine 2015 will receive a prize and their submission will be published in the "Short Papers and Medical Prize Awards" digital media proceedings of Eurographics 2015. The judging panel will select the winning entry on the basis of its clinical value, the use made of computer graphics, and its novelty. All three winning teams will have an opportunity to briefly present their results at Eurographics 2015, which means that at least one author of each winning team must attend to present the results. See the Hall of Fame http://www.eurographics2015.ch/s/HallOfFame_20141016a.pdf for previous recipients of the prize. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submitted written entries have to be prepared as papers of up to 4 pages and must be formatted according to the Eurographics Medical Prize Guidelines: https://srm.eg.org/SRM_EG2013MED/subinstructions.html. The submission of complementary material like videos, demo applications, and references to additional publications of the authors, theses, etc .... is highly welcome! Submissions will be made electronically through SRMV2 at https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/EG_2015MED. Winning entries will be published in the "Short Papers and Medical Prize Awards" digital media proceedings of Eurographics 2015, and in the EG Digital Library. For any question concerning medical prize submissions please contact the medical prize co-chairs at: chairs-eg2015med(a)eg.org CO-CHAIRS Hans-Christian Hege, Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany Timo Ropinski, Linköping University, Sweden