Last Call for Papers ********************************************************************* GRAPP 2006 International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications Conference dates: 25-28 February, 2006 Setúbal, PORTUGAL http://www.grapp.org/ [in conjunction with VISAPP-2006: Int'l Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications] Submission deadline: November 1, 2005 ********************************************************************* In cooperation with: EUROGRAPHICS - European Association for Computer Graphics ACM/SIGGRAPH GPCG - Grupo Português de Computação Gráfica Sponsored by: Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal. INVITED SPEAKERS **************** Marc Alexa, TU Berlin, Germany. : Laplacian Shape Modeling Ken Perlin, New York University, U.S.A. Peter Robinson, University of Cambridge, U.K. : Video User Interfaces André Gagalowicz, INRIA Rocquencourt, France. SCOPE ******* The International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP) aims at becoming a major point of contact between researchers, engineers and practitioners in Computer Graphics. In the first year of this new venue, we have chosen Interactive Environments for Computer Graphics as the main topic. Indeed, games and virtual environments currently dominate both research and practice in our field. The conference will be structured along four main tracks, covering different aspects related to Computer Graphics, from Modeling to Rendering, including Animation and Interactive Environments. We welcome papers describing original work in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques as well as general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Paper acceptance will be based on quality, relevance to the conference themes and originality. The conference program will include both oral and poster presentations. Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as technical tutorials, dedicated to technical/scientific topics, are also envisaged. Companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in lecturing a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. TOPIC AREAS / CONFERENCE TRACKS ******************************* 1. Geometry and Modelling 2. Rendering 3. Animation and Simulation 4. Interactive Environments Each of these topic areas is expanded below. Papers should address one or more of the topics listed below. Since the list is not exhaustive, other related topics are also allowed. AREA 1: Geometry and Modelling * Geometric Computing - Modelling and Algorithms * Fundamental Methods and Algorithms * Scene and Object Modelling * Solid and Heterogeneous Modelling * Surface Modelling * Modelling of Natural Scenes and Phenomena * Physics-Based Modelling * Multi-Resolution Modelling * Image-Based Modelling * Texture Models, Analysis, and Synthesis * Reflection and Illumination Models * Model Validation * CAGD - CAD/CAM Systems * Graphics Architectures * Sketch-Based Modelling AREA 2: Rendering * Systems and Software Architectures for Rendering * Rendering Algorithms * Real-Time Rendering * Parallel Rendering * Image-Based Rendering * Volume Rendering * Point-Based Rendering. * Lighting and Appearance * Shadows, Translucency and Visibility * Non-Photorealistic Rendering, Painting-like rendering, Drawing * Rendering Hardware AREA 3: Animation and Simulation * Animation Systems * Animation Algorithms and Techniques * Animation Languages * Animation from Motion Capture * Character Animation * Behavioural Animation * Human Figure Animation * Facial Animation * Animation of Particle Systems * Plausible Motion Simulation * Animation and Simulation of Natural Environments * Special Effects * Real-time Visual Simulation AREA 4: Interactive Environments * Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Environments * Distributed Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality * Collaborative Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Environments * Virtual Tours * Virtual Humans and Artificial Life * Real-time Graphics * Graphics in Computer Games * Collision Detection * Graphical Interfaces * Mobile Interfaces * Advanced User Interfaces * Hardware Technologies for Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Environments. IMPORTANT DATES *************** Full paper submission: November 1, 2005 Acceptance notification: December 12, 2005 Full paper camera-ready: December 22, 2005 Early registration deadline: December 22, 2005 Event date: February 25-28, 2006. PAPER SUBMISSION **************** Authors should submit a paper in English of up to 8 A4 pages, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, using the submission procedure indicated below. The guidelines for paper formatting provided at the conference web site must be strictly used for all submitted papers. The submission format is the same as the camera-ready format. Please check and carefully follow the instructions and templates provided. The program committee will review all papers and the contact author (the author that submit the paper) of each paper will be notified of the result, by e-mail. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. Due to space limitations in the Proceedings, the camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be limited to 8 (eight) pages for long oral presentations, 6 (six) for short oral presentations (progress reports) and 4 (four) for poster presentations. If absolutely needed, the number of pages may be increased up to a maximum of 12. However, for each page in excess of the maximum allowed, the author will have to pay an additional fee. Submission procedure: A "double-blind" paper refereeing method will be used. Authors are kindly requested to provide full paper manuscripts, WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors. The manuscript must contain, in its first page, the paper title, an abstract and a list of keywords but NO NAMES OR CONTACT DETAILS WHATSOEVER are to be included in any part of this file. Submissions should be uploaded to the conference website as a ZIP archive containing two files: author(s) information in one and the paper, without any author(s) information, in another. LaTeX/PS/PDF/DOC format are accepted. The web submission facility will automatically send acknowledgement of submission by e-mail to the contact author. Please contact the secretariat if no confirmation is received. If the author is unable to use the web-based procedure then he/she can send the aforementioned zip file by e-mail to the secretariat Authors should also indicate the conference area (including the topics) to which the paper is submitted, using a supplied form. ******************************** PROCEEDINGS AND BOOK PUBLICATION ******************************** All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, in paper and in CD-ROM support. A book including a selection of the best conference papers will be edited and published by Springer. ************************ BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD ************************ An award will be given to the best paper presented by a student (graduate, M.Sc or Ph.D). The organizing committee will decide, based on the feedback provided by the program committee. To qualify for the best student paper award, the student, besides being one of the authors, must present the paper at the conference. ***** VENUE ***** The conference will be held in Setúbal, a town 50-km south of Lisboa, the Portuguese capital. Setúbal and its surroundings are a major touristic place, in Portugal, where the visitor can find anything from ancient historical areas, in Palmela, to pleasurable beaches and modern golf courses, in Troia. Another interesting place in Portugal - Algarve - is less than two hours away from the conference venue. ****************** LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS ****************** The conference venue is located in the campus of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, approximately 5 km away from the town centre; however, free transportation will be provided for delegates who register in the conference recommended hotels. Coffee breaks and lunch meals will be provided at the conference site, for conference participants. ********************************************************** CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS ********************************************************** José Braz, E.S.T. Setúbal, Portugal Miguel Dias, ISCTE, Portugal Adérito Marcos, Universidade do Minho, Portugal ********************************************************** PROGRAM CHAIR ********************************************************** Joaquim Armando Pires Jorge, Technical Institute of Lisbon/UTL, Portugal ********************************************************** PROGRAM COMMITTEE ********************************************************** Sergey V. Ablameyko, United Institute of Informatics Problems, Belarus Marco Agus, CRS4 - Visual Computing, Italy Daniel Aliaga, Purdue University, U.S.A. Ken Anjyo, OLM Digital, Inc., Japan Ghassan Aouad, The University of Salford, U.K. Marco Attene, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies, Italy António Augusto de SoU.S.A., FE Universidade do Porto, Portugal Chandrajit Bajaj, University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. Prashant Banerjee, University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A. Jacob Barhak, University of Michigan, U.S.A. Rafael Bidarra, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Manfred Bogen, Fraunhofer-Institute for Media Communication IMK, Germany Kadi Bouatouch, Université de Rennes, France, France Dino Bouchlaghem, Loughborough University, U.K. Ronan Boulic, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland Willem F. Bronsvoort, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Sam Buss, University of California at San Diego, U.S.A. António Manuel Cardoso da Costa, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal Maria Beatriz Carmo, FC Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Leocadio Casado, Almeria University, Spain Teresa Chambel, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Chun-Fa Chang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Jim X. Chen, George Mason University, U.S.A. Stephen Chenney, University of Wisconsin at Madison, U.S.A. Norishige Chiba, Iwate University, Japan Min-Hyung Choi, University of Colorado at Denver, U.S.A. Jung-Hong Chuang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Ana Paula Cláudio, University of Lisbon, Portugal Nuno Correia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Leila De Floriani, University of Genova, Italy Hervé Delingette, INRIA, France Sasa Divjak, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Stéphane Donikian, IRISA, France Robin Drogemuller, CSIRO, Australia Philip Dutré, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Petr Felkel, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Dieter W. Fellner, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany Jieqing Feng, Zhejiang University, China Anath Fischer, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Andre Gagalowicz, INRIA, France Aphrodite Galata, University of Manchester, U.K. Manuel Gamito, University of Sheffield, U.K. Stephane Garchery, University of Geneva, Switzerland Inmaculada García Fernández, Universidad de Almería, Spain Marina L. Gavrilova, University of Calgary, Canada Miguel Gea Megias, University of Granada, Spain Andrew Glassner, Coyote Wind, Seattle, U.S.A. Enrico Gobbetti, CRS4 - Visual Computing, Italy Michael Goesele, Max-Planck-Institut Informatik, Germany Abel Gomes, UBI Portugal, Portugal Eduard Gröller, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Alain Grumbach, École Nationale Supérieure des Télecommunications, France Helwig Hauer, VRVis, Austria Andreas Holzinger, Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Austria Toby Howard, Manchester University, U.K. Roger Hubbold, University of Manchester, U.K. Insung Ihm, Sogang University, Korea Jiri Janacek, Institute of Physiology ASCR, Czech Republic Frederik Jansen, Delft Univesity of Technology, The Netherlands Andrew Johnson, UIC - University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A. Kenneth I. Joy, University of California at Davis, U.S.A. Craig S. Kaplan, University of Waterloo, Canada Ladislav Kavan, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic HyungSeok Kim, University of Geneva, Switzerland James Kwangjune Hahn, George Washington University, U.S.A. David H. Laidlaw, Brown University, Providence, U.S.A. Anselmo Lastra, University of North Carolina, U.S.A. Angela Lee, University of Salford, U.K. Heinz Lemke, Technical University of Berlin, Germany Thomas E. Linehan, University of Texas at Dallas, U.S.A. Steve Maddock, University of Sheffield, U.K. Joaquim Madeira, Univ. Aveiro, Portugal João Madeiras Pereira, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Marcus Magnor, MPI Informatik, Germany Stephen Mann, University of Waterloo, Canada Laurent Moccozet, University of Geneva, Switzerland Claudio Montani, Italian National Research Council, Italy Matthias Müller-Fischer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland Ken Museth, Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden Laszlo Neumann, University of Girona, Spain Gennadiy Nikishkov, University of Aizu, Japan Alexander K. Nischelwitzer, Graz University of Applied Sciences, Austria Marc Olano, University of Maryland Baltimore County, U.S.A. Victor OstromoU.K.hov, University of Montreal, Canada Carol O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Ming Ouhyoung, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Zhigeng Pan, Zhejiang University, China Alexander A. Pasko, Hosey University, Japan Sumanta N. Pattanaik, University of Central Florida, U.S.A. Francisco J. Perales López, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain João Paulo Pereira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Portugal Steve Pettifer, University of Manchester, U.K. Nikos Platis, University of Athens, Greece Voicu Popescu, Purdue University, U.S.A. Manuel Próspero dos Santos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Enrico Puppo, University of Genova, Italy Werner Purgathofer, Technische Umiversitat Wien, Austria Jordi Regincós Isern, Univ. Girona, Spain Daniela M. Romano, University of Sheffield, U.K. Terry Scott, University of North Carolina, U.S.A. Oliver Staadt, University of California at Davis, U.S.A. Ayellet Tal, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel José Carlos de Gouveia Teixeira, FCT Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Matthias Teschner, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany Holger Theisel, MPI Informatik, Germany Tan Tiow Seng, National University of Singapore, Singapore Walid Tizani, University of Nottingham, U.K. Alain Tremeau, Universite Jean Monnet, France Anna Ursyn, University of Northern Colorado, U.S.A. Rene van Oostrum, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands Luiz Velho, Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Brazil Max Viergever, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands Andreas Weber, University of Bonn, Germany Burkhard Wuensche, University of Auckland, New Zeland Brian Wyvill, University of Calgary, Canada Shi-Nine Yang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Jan Zabrodzki, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Alan K. Zundel, Brigham Young University, U.S.A. (List not yet complete) ****************** LOCAL ORGANIZATION ****************** This conference is organized by INSTICC - the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication in collaboration with: - - Eurographics - European Association for Computer Graphics. - - GPCG - Grupo Português de Computação Gráfica. - - Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal. Any inquiries should be addressed to the conference secretariat below, preferably by email. ******* CONTACT ******* GRAPP Secretariat Address: Av. D.Manuel I, 27A 2º Esq. 2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal Tel.: +351 265 520 185 Fax: +351 265 520 186 e-mail: secretariat(a)grapp.org ************************************************************************** GRAPP 2006 - International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (http://www.grapp.org) *************************************************************************