2005 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYBERWORLDS 23-25 November 2005, Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore. http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sce/cw2005 organized by: School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University in cooperation with: EUROGRAPHICS, ACM, ACM SIGGRAPH, SIGWEB, SIGecom, SIGART, SIGGRAPH (Singapore) CALL FOR PAPERS Paper submission: 23 May 2005 Cyberworlds are information worlds created on cyberspaces either intentionally or spontaneously, with or without visual design. Cyberworlds are closely related to the real world and have a serious impact on it. The conference will have four parallel tracks including but not limited to the following topics: A1: Shared Virtual Worlds A2: Distributed Virtual Environments A3: Collaborative Design and Manufacturing B1: Information Retrieval and Information Security B2: Data Mining and Warehousing in Cyberworlds B3: HCI and Humanised Interfaces in Cyberworlds C1: Philosophy, Evolution, and Ethics of Cyberworlds C2: Business Models in Cyberworlds D1: Cyberlearning D2: Cyberculture and Cyberarts CW2005 will provide an opportunity for scientists and engineers from around the world to share the latest research, ideas, and developments in these fields. The conference will consist of full paper sessions, short presentations, panels, tutorials, cyber art exhibition, industrial seminars, and hands-on demonstrations where research groups, vendors, and artists will show the state-of-the-art in the field. There will be also 3 workshops organised in parallel with the main conference program: - 1st International Workshop on Cultural Heritage and Edutainment in Virtual Environments (CHEVE 2005) http://www.camtech.ntu.edu.sg/cyworld2005/index.html - 2nd International Workshop on Web Computing in Cyberworlds (WCCW 2005) http://cse.seu.edu.cn/people/bwxu/chinese/main/Materials/CallForPapers/wccw… - 2nd International Workshop on Language Understanding and Agents for Real World Interaction (LUAR 2005) http://titech.serveftp.com/index.htm PUBLICATION: The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society. We will accept papers up to 8 pages in length, including figures. To be included in the conference proceedings, at least one author of the accepted paper must register and present the paper at the conference. The best papers will contribute to the special issue of "The Visual Computer". Other special issues of journal are being discussed. Previous Conferences: CW2002, CW2003, CW2004 (the proceedings are published by IEEE CS) IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission: 23 May 2005 Notice of Acceptance: 1 Aug 2005 Camera-ready paper: 5 Sep 2005 Author's registration: 5 Sep 2005 CYBER ART EXHIBITION: The details of the submission procedure will be available soon. Contact the Cyber Art Exhibition Chair Russell Pensyl wrpensyl(a)ntu.edu.sg TUTORIALS Contact the Tutorial Chair Wolfgang Müeller-Wittig askwmwittig(a)ntu.edu.sg if you have a tutorial proposal. INDUSTRIAL SEMINARS and EXHIBITION: Key industrialists are invited to share their experience in creating and applying cyberworlds to solve practical problems. Major research labs, industrial companies and other institutions are invited to set up an exhibition to present their group, the work and projects to the conference participants. Please email your proposals and requests to cyberworlds(a)ntu.edu.sg or call +65 6790-4292. Best Regards, Alexei Sourin Program Chair CW2005