[General] STAG 2021 Smart Tools and Applications in Graphics - conference and grad school

STAG 2021 International Conference, October 26-29 o Graduate school: October 26-27, 2021 o Conference: October 28-29, 2021 Website: <https://conference.stag2021.it/> https://conference.stag2021.it/ Paper submission: September 12, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are pleased to invite you to submit your contribution to STAG 2021! STAG aims to offer a forum for discussing novel ideas and results in Computer Graphics and Visual Computing. We welcome papers addressing both theoretical and application-oriented aspects of research, as well as papers describing open libraries and tools. STAG also encourages dialogue and cross-fertilization between different fields, including Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, and Topological Data Analysis. Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished research papers, in the form of either long or short papers. * Long papers (not exceeding 10 pages in length, excluding references) will undergo a double-blind reviewing process. Accepted long papers will be included in the STAG proceedings, published in the <https://diglib.eg.org/> Eurographics Digital Library and indexed by Scopus. The authors of selected best papers from the conference will be invited to submit extended versions to a Special Issue of the <https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-graphics> Computers & Graphics Journal (Elsevier). * Short papers (not exceeding 5 pages in length, excluding references) are expected to present ongoing research, possibly not mature enough for publication, but worth discussing with the community. The authors of accepted short papers will present their research in a dedicated session during the conference. The aim is to make the conference a meeting place between younger and experienced researchers in Computers Graphics. Additional details about the submission can be found <https://conference.stag2021.it/submission> here. We also are pleased to invite you to the STAG 2021 <https://conference.stag2021.it/school/> Graduate School. Following the tradition of STAG, the colocated Graduate School features several lectures in various topics in the field, held by world-class experts and lead researchers in the respective discipline. This year, we are very pleased to host Rana Hanocka, Chris Wojtan, Nicholas Sharp, and Tim Weyrich as our grad school speakers. Don't miss this occasion! The school is addressed to PhD and postgraduate students, with an interest in Computer Graphics. The grad school will be held remotely and registration is mandatory. All the details can be found <https://conference.stag2021.it/attend/> here. Finally, STAG will host the EG-Italy thesis award ceremony. Instructions for nominations of PhD, MSc and BSc thesis here: <https://conference.stag2021.it/awards/> https://conference.stag2021.it/awards/ Important dates: * Paper submission: September 12, 2021 * Notification: October 7, 2021 * Camera ready: October 19, 2021 * PhD, MSc, BSc Thesis Award nomination: August 31, 2021 * Registration of speakers: October 19, 2021 * Registration of participants: October 22, 2021 * Conference days: o Graduate school: October 26-27, 2021 o Conference: October 28-29, 2021 Check the <https://conference.stag2021.it/> conference website for news and updates! Stay tuned! With kind regards, The Program and Event Chairs Daniela Giorgi, Patrizio Frosini, Emanuele Rodolà and Simone Melzi -- Daniela Giorgi Senior Researcher Visual Computing Lab Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione CNR - Area della Ricerca di Pisa Via G. Moruzzi, 1 I-56124 Pisa, Italy Tel +39 0503152608 email: <mailto:daniela.giorgi@isti.cnr.it> daniela.giorgi(a)isti.cnr.it web: <http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/~giorgi/> http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/~giorgi/