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CALL FOR PAPERS -- SCA 2017
ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation
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The 16th annual Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) will be held in Los Angeles, CA, July 28-30, just before Siggraph. The symposium will be hosted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
SCA is the premier forum for innovations in the software and technology of computer animation. It unites researchers and practitioners working on all aspects of time-based phenomena. Our focused, intimate gathering, with single track program and emphasis on community interaction, makes SCA the best venue to exchange research results, get inspired, and set up collaborations. Don’t miss out!
Program
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We already have a number of fantastic invited speakers lined up.
Keynotes:
Hod Lipson, Columbia University
Karen Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology
Invited Talks:
Nils Thuerey, TU Munich
Sergey Levine, UC Berkeley
Andy Nealen, New York University
Hao Li, Pinscreen Inc. & University of Southern California
Simon Clavet, Ubisoft
Papers
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We invite submission of original, high-quality papers on computer animation, broadly defined as computation dealing with time-varying phenomena. Each submission will be refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty, significance, and clarity.
All of the accepted papers will be archived in the EG and ACM digital libraries.Best paper awards will be made this year, and honorable mentions to the top 10% of submissions. We will also recommend a significant portion (up to 12 papers) of the accepted SCA 2017 papers to the TVCG journal and the CGF journal.
We invite work on a broad range of topics, including:
o 2D, 3D, and N-D animation systems
o autonomous characters
o clothing animation and simulation
o expressive motion / communication
o facial animation
o group and crowd behavior
o intuitive interfaces for creating and editing animations
o mathematical foundations of animation
o methods of control and artistic direction of simulations
o nature in motion (natural phenomena, plants, clouds, ...)
o new time-based art forms on the computer
o novel time-varying phenomena
o perceptual metrics for animation
o perceptual foundations of animation
o physical realism / measuring the real world for animation
o physical simulation
o fluid animation
o planning / learning / optimization for animation
o real-time and interactive methods
o camera control methods for computer animation
o sound and speech for animation
as well as on related problems in robotics, game development, human-computer interaction, simulation, visualization, computer vision, and others.
Posters
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We also invite submissions to the poster and demo session, which has traditionally been an integral part of the SCA program. Posters are not formal publications, so work submitted as a poster is still eligible for later publication, and will be exempt from inclusion in the ACM and EG digital libraries. Details regarding submission format will be announced closer to the deadline.
Important Dates
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All deadlines are 23:59 GMT.
Paper Submission: April 14, 2017
Paper Notification: May 19, 2017
Camera-ready Paper: June 9, 2017
Poster Submission: May 27, 2017
Poster Notification: June 16, 2017
Symposium: July 28-30, 2017
For more information, please visit http://sca17.cs.columbia.edu.
We hope to see you in Los Angeles!
Organizers
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o Conference Chairs
Joseph Teran, University of California Los Angeles (USA)
Changxi Zheng, Columbia University (USA)
o Program Chairs
Bernhard Thomaszewski, Disney Research Zurich (Switzerland) and University of Montreal (Canada)
KangKang Yin, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
o Posters Chair:
Rahul Narain, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (USA)