[General] Call DIRK BARTZ PRIZE FOR VISUAL COMPUTING IN MEDICINE 2013

DIRK BARTZ PRIZE FOR VISUAL COMPUTING IN MEDICINE 2013 (EUROGRAPHICS MEDICAL PRIZE) Submission Deadline: 26 November 2012 Notification: 16 January 2013 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. In 2010 the Eurographics Medical Prize was renamed to honor 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. Dirk Bartz 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 2013 are now 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. Instructions for submission can be found at https://srm.eg.org/SRM_EG2013MED WINNERS The top three winning entries of the Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine 2013 will receive a prize and their submission will be published in the “Short and Areas Papers and Medical Prize Awards” proceedings. The judging panel will select the winning entries on the basis of their clinical value, use made of computer graphics, and novelty. All three winning teams will have an opportunity to briefly present their results at Eurographics 2013 in Girona (Spain), 6-10 May, which means that at least one author of each winning team must attend to present the results. See the Hall of Fame http://www.eg.org/images/stories/awards/dirk_bartz_price/halloffame_2012052… for previous recipients of the prize.   PROGRAM COMMITTEE Cristian Lorenz, Philips Hamburg, Germany Charl Botha, TU Delft, Netherlands Jürgen Meixensberger, Universität Leipzig Bernhard Preim, Universität Magdeburg, Germany Timo Ropinski, Linköping University, Sweden Nigel W. John, Bangor University, United Kingdom Jorge Juan Olsina Kissler, Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova, Spain Valentina Puntmann, King's College London, United Kingdom Michael Meissner, Omnyx, United States Katja Bühler, VRVis Center for Virtual Reality and Visualization Research, Austria Co-Chairs Hans-Christian Hege, Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany Anna Vilanova, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands