[We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message.] Eurographics
2017 Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization (EGPGV 2017) Call for
Papers
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June 12-13, 2017, Barcelona, Spain
Co-located with EuroVis 2017
<http://www.vis.uni-stuttgart.de/egpgv/egpgv2017/>
http://www.vis.uni-stuttgart.de/egpgv/egpgv2017/
Dear colleagues,
The importance of parallel computing is increasing rapidly with the
ubiquitous availability of multi-core CPUs, GPUs, and cluster systems.
Computationally demanding and data-intensive applications in graphics and
visualization are strongly affected by this trend and require novel
efficient parallel solutions. The aim of this symposium is to foster the
exchange of experiences and knowledge exploiting and defining new trends in
parallel graphics and visualization.
The proceedings of the EGPGV Symposium will be published in the Eurographics
Proceedings Series and in the Eurographics Digital Library. Best papers from
the EGPGV symposium will be invited to submit an extended journal version to
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
Focusing on parallel computing, the symposium seeks papers on graphics and
visualization techniques, data structures, algorithms, and systems for:
- large-data
- HPC and cloud environments
- (multi-)GPU computing, and heterogeneous, hybrid architectures
- shared and/or distributed memory architectures
- out-of-core
The symposium topics include:
- computationally and data intensive rendering
- scientific visualization (volume rendering, flow, and tensor
visualization)
- information visualization and visual analytics
- in-situ analytics and in-situ visualization
- simulations for virtual environments (physics-based animation, collision
detection, acoustics)
- mesh processing, level-of-detail, and geometric methods
- visual computing (image- and video-based rendering, image processing and
exploitation, segmentation)
- scheduling, memory management, and data coherence
- distributed, parallel, or multi-threaded approaches
- mapReduce-based and database-related methods, algorithms or approaches,
query based visualization
- advanced hardware for data handling or visualization
- large and high resolution displays, virtual environments
- scientific, engineering, and industrial applications
Submission types
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You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works. Two types
of submissions are accepted, as follows.
Full papers
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Full papers are expected to be eight to ten (8-10) pages in length, with the
final length appropriate to the contribution of the paper. Submissions are
to be formatted along the Eurographics paper publication guidelines.
We expect that full paper submissions will clearly discuss the novel and
significant contributions as well as related work in the field. Authors must
highlight how their contributions differ and advance the state of the art in
parallel graphics and visualization. The full paper and all supplementary
material, if any, must be submitted via the PCS online system.
Short papers
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This year we introduce a new type of submission: short papers. Short papers
target the same interest topics as full papers, but are maximally 4 pages in
length. As such, they typically address novel ideas or work in progress
which has not been sufficiently solidly validated as for full papers. Short
papers can also target use-cases and applications of parallel graphics and
visualization, presentation of parallel graphics and visualization tools and
systems, industry success stories, and showcases of applications making use
of parallel graphics and visualization. The short paper track thus broadens
the visualization showcase track that was present in earlier editions of
EGPGV. Short papers and their supplementary material, if any, must be
submitted via the PCS online system.
Accepted papers (both full and short) will appear in the symposium
proceedings and be published via the Eurographics Digital Library.
Submission process
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Papers are accepted when submitted via the PCS system
(
precisionconference.com). Additional details with respect to the submission
process will be announced shortly on
egpgv.org/egpgv2017
Reviewing process
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Both paper types (full and short) will be reviewed by at least three members
of the International Program Committee (IPC), in a single review pass. Full
papers deemed insufficient in terms of the contribution level expected for a
full paper, but presenting otherwise interesting, novel, and valuable
results, can be selected by the IPC to be accepted as short papers. The
review process is not double blind; we leave it to the latitude of the
authors whether they want to disclose their identity in their submissions.
Important Dates
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Papers Submission: March 6, 2017
Author Notification: April 20, 2017
Camera-Ready Submission: April 27, 2017
Symposium: June 12-13, 2017
Symposium Chair
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Fernando Cucchietti, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
Program Chairs
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Alexandru Telea, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Janine Bennett, Sandia National Laboratories, USA