[General] Cyberworlds 2016 first call for papers

============================================================================ ======= 2016 INTERNATIOINAL CONFERENCE ON CYBERWORLDS (CW2016) Chongqing, China, 28-30 September, 2016 In-cooperation with International Federation for Information Processing and Eurographics Association WEB: <http://www.cyberworlds-conference.org> www.cyberworlds-conference.org CALL FOR PAPERS [please accept our apologies for possible multiple copies] ============================================================================ ======= Created intentionally or spontaneously, cyberworlds are information spaces and communities that immensely augment the way we interact, participate in business and receive information throughout the world. Cyberworlds seriously impact our lives and the evolution of the world economy by taking such forms as social networking services, 3D shared virtual communities and massively multiplayer online role-playing games. CW2016 TOPICS include but are not limited to: - Networked and shared virtual worlds - Virtual collaborative spaces - Shape modeling for cyberworlds - Virtual humans and avatars - Multimodal interaction and rendering - Computer vision for augmented and mixed reality - Cognitive informatics - Brain-computer interfaces - Affective computing - Social computing - Online communities - E-learning in cyberworlds - Multi-user web games - Art and heritage in cyberspace, cyber-museums - Cyberethics and cyberlaws - Cybersecurity - Welfare in cyberworlds - Data mining and warehousing in cyberworlds - Visual analytics in cyberworlds SUBMISSION CATEGORIES include full papers (up to 8 pages), short papers (up to 4 pages), and poster papers (up to 4 pages). The papers must be written in English, carefully proofread, and formatted to IEEE Manuscript Template. Full papers and short papers will be scheduled for oral presentation (25 min full papers, 15 min short papers). Posters/demos will have to be displayed by the authors during the poster session and will also require 1 min fast-forward slide presentation. All three categories of papers will participate in the competition for the Best Paper awards. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS with all accepted papers will be published by IEEE as well as included in IEEE Xplore database and reference databases of all major referencing indexes. SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUES will be organised for all accepted full papers including: - Transactions on Computational Science (Springer, LNCS Journal Subline) - Other journals will be further confirmed The journal papers, with at least 30% of new content and preferably different titles, will be required by 15 December 2016. SPECIAL TRACKS AND SESSIONS will be organized including: - International Workshop on Biometric Security - MetaPlastic Arts, Design and Virtual Worlds KEYNOTE TALKS (confirmed so far): Professor Brian Wyvill (University of Victoria, Canada, Vice-President ACM SIGGRAPH) "A modelling paradigm for artificial and virtual reality environments" REGISTRATION and ORAL PRESENTATION of each paper accepted for the conference will be required to be included in the conference proceedings and special journal issues. More information can be found at <http://www.cyberworlds-conference.org> www.cyberworlds-conference.org CONFERENCE VENUE: The conference will be held in Chongqing, which is a famous historical and cultural city in China, a birthplace of Bayu culture. It has more than 3000 years of recorded history. It is a place of many tourist attractions including UNESCO World Natural Heritage and Cultural Heritage sites. In Chongqing you can enjoy authentic hot Sichuan cuisine. The world famous hot pot is originated from Chongqing. Conference banquet will be held on a boat during cruise by Yangzi and Jialing Rivers. Trip to the scenic Dazu Rock Carving place in Dazu County will be offered on Saturday 31 September. IMPORTANT DATES: Tuesday 1 March Submission system opens Monday 25 April Abstract submission Monday 9 May Papers (Full/Short) submission Friday 17 June Papers (Full/Short) notification Friday 24 June Poster papers submission Monday 27 June Poster papers notification Friday 1 July Author registration Wednesday 20 July Camera-ready papers submisson to IEEE CPS Tuesday 15 December Special journal issues submission MAIN ORGANISERS and CONTACTS: Honorary Chair Tosiyasu L. Kunii (Morpho Inc., Japan) Administrative General Chair Hongbin Xu (Chongqing University of Technology, China) General Chairs Zhigeng Pan (Hangzhou Normal University, China) Wu Yang (Chongqing University of Technology, China) Program Chairs Alexei Sourin (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Zheng Yang (Chongqing University of Technology, China) Best Regards, Alexei Sourin Program Co-Chair of CW2016 cw2016(a)easychair.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++