Call for
Papers
Eurographics Workshop on Natural Phenomena
Vienna, Austria,
September 5, 2006
Aims and Scope
Synthesizing realistic natural
scenes is a challenging and important problem
in computer graphics. The
challenge stems not only from the complexity and
diversity of objects and
natural phenomena interacting together, but also
from the huge amount of
small details that should be modeled to obtain
realistic models and
physically plausible simulations. Therefore, there is
still a need for
interactive modeling and simulation techniques capable for
handling complex
synthetic sceneries. The purpose of this workshop is to
explore novel
techniques for modeling, animating, simulating and rendering
complex natural
phenomena.
The workshop will build on work done in recent years including
simulating
aging and weathering of synthetic objects, plant modeling,
ecosystem
simulation, gaseous phenomena and liquid flows. It will focus
on
non-concious or inanimate nature like rock, trees, oceans, wind,
meadows
(animals and humans as part of nature should be excluded). Work in
this
area, promising as it is, is still far from complete.
Authors are
invited to submit technical papers in these or related areas.
Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to:
- Plant structure modeling
-
Ecosystem simulation
- Gaseous phenomena (clouds, fog .)
- Simulating
liquid flows
- Modeling fire and smoke
- Aging and weathering
- Terrain
modeling
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. 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. 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'06
Conference
(September 5, Vienna, Austria) to encourage a broad range of
participants.
As such, it will provide a very interesting opportunity for
researchers that
want to attend or 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
May 18, 2006 Submission deadline
June
18, 2006 Notification of acceptance
July 8, 2006 Deadline for camera-ready
copies
September 5, 2006 Workshop (one full
day)