[General] SMB04 Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces - Deadline 11 June 2004

Call for Papers Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces (co-located with Eurographics 2004) http://sbm04.inesc-id.pt Grenoble, France Aims and Scope Modeling systems possessing great functionality now enable us to create very complicated models. However, computers have yet to become usable at the very early stages of design, where pencil and paper still reign. This is because present-day interfaces require designers to leap large conceptual gaps from their mental models of desired objects to the geometric models that formally express their shape. As computer systems become more sophisticated, alternative input modalities and interface technologies are emerging which may form the basis for a new generation of sketching applications supporting what we may call Calligraphic Interfaces. The purpose of this workshop is to explore novel user inter-faces sketching models. The workshop will build on work done in recent years on modeling, 2D user interfaces and 3D user interfaces. Work in this area, promising as it is, is still far from complete. The workshop will look at means to improve usability of object design systems (including product-design, character-design, or other application areas) through user-centered design approaches, ranging from personal design assistants to media-rich virtual and augmented environments. One direction will focus on handheld and tablet computers for mobile input, combining pen and speech with retrieval of remote product and geometric data using sketches. Another direction will look at creating technical designs from sketches using novel input techniques in 2D and 3D, exploring multiple senso-rial modalities and Intelligent User Interfaces. A third direction will explore the relationship between geometry representation and interaction techniques, especially as a catalyst for new interaction techniques. Authors are invited to submit technical papers in these or related areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - - Multimodal interfaces for sketching - - Intelligent user interfaces and sketching - - Mobile appliances for design input - - Novel input techniques - - Inferring shape from sketches - - Sketching surfaces - - Sketching diagrams - - Usability studies - - NPR and sketching - - Sketching mathematical annotations Submission Procedure (all submissions are electronic) Authors are requested to submit papers, no longer than 10 pages, with the main body set in Eurographics Conference Paper Format. You can download a set of LaTEX style files from http://sbm04.inesc-id.pt/template-sbm04.zip. Each paper should contain title, authors' names and affiliations, abstract, keywords, text, illustrations and references. Detailed guidelines are available through the Workshop Site under instructions for authors. Submissions will be done electronically via email to sbm04-papers(a)inesc-id.pt. We will accept papers in PDF format only. Please contact the conference organizers should you experience any problems with electronic submission. Post-workshop proceedings will be available on-line through the Eurographics Digital Library and in paper book form in the Eurographics Book Series. Selection will be based upon technical and scientific content and relevance to the workshop. Workshop Format The workshop will take place just before the Eurographics'04 Conference (September 1-3, 2004, Grenoble). As such, it will provide a very interesting opportunity for researchers that want to attend / present communications at both events. The workshop will be held in one day, including paper presentation and invited sessions. Participation is open to everyone, not requiring submission of a paper. Important Dates June 11, 2004 Submission deadline July 5, 2004 Notification of acceptance July 26, 2004 Deadline for camera-ready copies August 31, 2004 Workshop Venue and Fees The workshop will be held at INRIA, Grenoble. Workshop participants will be charged a registration fee that includes a workshop proceedings book (printed by Eurographics Press), coffee breaks and a social event in the first evening of the workshop. EG members have a 90+ Euro discount on the workshop fee. Comprehensive information about Grenoble, traveling and accommodation can be found at the workshop Web page. Workshop Co-Chairs Joaquim Armando Pires Jorge, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Eric Galin, INRIA, Local Arrangements Program Chair John F. Hughes, Brown University, Rhode Island, USA ------- End of Forwarded Message