*** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *** ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation 2008 July 7-9, 2008 Dublin, Ireland Conference Chairs: Eugene Fiume (University of Toronto) Jerry Tessendorf (Rhythm & Hues Studios) Program Chairs: Markus Gross (ETH Zurich) Doug James (Cornell University) Symposium's web site: http://gv2.cs.tcd.ie/sca08 After six very successful symposia, SCA has become the leading forum for dissemination of the latest research results in computer animation. The goal of SCA'08 is to provide an opportunity for researchers in computer animation to interact, share new results, show live demonstrations of their work, and discuss emerging directions for the field. Keynote presentations will also be given by leaders from the animation community: * Markus Kurtz (Rhythm and Hues Studios) * Jos Stam (Autodesk) A full proceedings will be published at the time of the Symposium and will appear in the EG and ACM digital libraries. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * autonomous characters * physically based animation (fluids, solids, ...) * facial animation * real-time animation, animation for games * group and crowd behavior * expressive motion / communication * nonphotorealistic animation * physical realism / measuring the real world for animation * nature in motion (natural phenomena, plants, clouds, ...) * planning / learning / optimization for animation * intuitive interfaces for creating and editing animations * sound and speech for animation * perceptual metrics for animation * mathematical foundations of animation * 2D animation systems * new time-based art forms on the computer Important Dates Apr 18, 2008: Deadline for paper submissions Apr 25, 2008: Deadline for submission of scientific and industry posters May 16, 2008: Notification of acceptance for papers and posters May 23, 2008: Deadline for camera-ready lab posters and posters invited from papers May 30, 2008: Notification of acceptance for lab and invited posters May 30, 2008: Camera-ready papers due Jul 7-9 2008: Symposium *** NOTE: STUDENT TRAVEL BURSARIES AVAILABLE *** Thanks to a significant donation from Science Foundation Ireland, all students are eligible to apply for travel bursaries to help defray travel costs. More details on the website. ==================================================== Full Papers Paper submissions must be anonymous, should not exceed 10 A4 pages, and should be formatted according to the EG publication style. Papers should be written and presented in English. Authors must include a declaration stating that the main contribution claimed in their paper has not previously appeared in, and is not currently submitted to, any other conference or journal. To be considered for review, all papers must be submitted electronically through the SCA submission website: http://egmcp1.cgv.tugraz.at/SRM_SCA08 Full submission instructions and templates are available there. Supplementary material such as videos may also be submitted electronically and will be made available to reviewers. All papers will be reviewed carefully by the International Program Committee members. Given the limited time between submission and final version, papers will be evaluated as submitted. Authors of accepted papers will be responsible for preparing a final camera-ready electronic version of their paper. In addition to the printed proceedings, a DVD-ROM will be published with supplemental materials. If an author submits supplemental materials for review with their paper, that material (or a revised version) must also be provided by the authors for inclusion on the DVD-ROM. Authors of some rejected papers with high potential will be invited to submit their work to the combined posters and demos sessions. ==================================================== Posters and Demos A poster and demo presentation is the perfect opportunity for authors to display and discuss late-breaking technical achievements that are either not ready or not suitable for publication as full papers. The poster and demo session will be an integral part of the SCA program, with specific time allotted for poster presenters and symposium participants to view and discuss the work. A pamphlet containing summaries of the posters will be distributed to all participants, and all presenters will have the opportunity to give a one-minute description of their work during a poster fast-forward session. This year, there are two deadlines for different types of posters. The first is for scientific and industry posters. This deadline is near to the time of the paper deadline, as these posters will be reviewed by the International Program Committee members. The second deadline is for invited and lab posters. Eligibility Poster presentations are not formal publications, so work submitted as a poster is still eligible for later publication in a journal or conference proceedings. We encourage any of the following types of poster submissions: * Up and coming computer animation research * Technically novel production work * Work done outside of SCA that would be of interest to the computer animation community. This includes animation-related works recently accepted to other conferences such as I3D or NPAR, or the SIGGRAPH Sketches program. * Lab overviews which present a snapshot of the ongoing animation-related research at a given institution. Please note that in order to maintain the quality of discussions and interactivity at the poster session, there must be at least one dedicated presenter for each poster. Format The submission for a poster should consist of a summary of no more than 2 pages in length. Each submission must be saved as PDF and formatted according to the EG publication style. Submissions must be camera-ready. This means that author names must be present in the submission. The review process will be single blind. Supplementary Materials The submission of supplementary materials is not required; however, a draft of the poster in PDF format is encouraged. For the final presentation, videos and interactive demonstrations are also highly encouraged. We will provide electrical outlets and tables so that authors can display such demonstrations using their own equipment. Electronic Submission All PDF poster summaries should be submitted via email to SCA2008.Posters(a)gmail.com by the deadline. Due to GMails limits, each email message must be less than 10MB. If this is not sufficient for your submission or supplemental materials, you may send your submission in parts as attachments to several emails. For supplemental materials, links to external websites are also allowable. Fast Forward Slide Authors of accepted posters will be required to provide a PowerPoint slide describing their work for the poster fast forward presentation session. Details about preparation of the slide will be provided later via email to accepted presenters. -- Prof. Carol O'Sullivan GV2: Graphics, Vision and Visualisation group Computer Science Dept, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. Phone +353 1 8961220, Fax: +353 1 8963677 http://gv2.cs.tcd.ie, http://isg.cs.tcd.ie/cosulliv/ Dean of Graduate Studies, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland Phone +353 1 896 1561 www.tcd.ie/graduate_studies