SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED PERCEPTION IN GRAPHICS AND VISUALIZATION (APGV) September 30 - October 2 2009 Chania, Crete, Greece The Symposium for Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization APGV unites researchers in the fields of perception, graphics, and visualization. These fields can benefit from the exchange of ideas --- in particular research in computer graphics and visualization can benefit from and contribute to research in perception. Our sixth annual event provides an intimate, immersive forum for exchanging ideas about areas of overlapping interests. For example, one of the impressive achievements of our visual system is the recovery of 3D structure from motion; computer graphics and animation algorithms may provide controls and insights into how this mechanism works. Likewise, determining how to make animated simulations of characters that are undetectable from real humans may rely on insights and research from perception. We invite submissions of original work in the areas described above that broadly meet two goals of our community: Goal 1. Use insights from perception to advance the design of methods for visual, auditory and haptic representation. Examples would include: * applications of insights from perception to the development of algorithms for more efficient, effective, or realistic modeling, rendering, and animation * applications of perception in the design and evaluation of methods for more effective representation and communication of data * computational aesthetics, stylization, and perceptual aspects of non-photorealistic rendering * perceptual issues arising due to fusion of digital imaging, computer vision, and computer graphics techniques * perception-inspired interfaces for immersive activities in virtual worlds Goal 2. Advance and facilitate novel basic perception and cognition research that uses and is relevant to applications in computer graphics and visualization. Examples would include: * perception and visuomotor control in computer games, virtual and augmented environments * fundamental contributions in spatial and temporal vision * integration of empirical perception research with computational models * color vision and color appearance modeling * the influence of attention and eye movements on visual perception and visual memory * statistical learning and perception of natural scenes * perception of shapes, surfaces and materials * visual illusions and perceptual organization having potential to enhance image depiction Important Dates 10 June 2009 Mandatory abstract submission 12 June 2009 Deadline for paper submission 17 July 2009 Notification of paper acceptance 31 July 2009 Final Papers Due 31 July 2009 Poster Submission Deadline 30 September-2 October 2009, Chania, Crete, Greece: Conference Research can be submitted as a long paper (up to 8 pages and a 20 minute talk), a short paper (up to 4 pages + 15 min talk), or as a poster presentation (1 page abstract). Papers that are not accepted will automatically be considered for the poster session. Authors of posters accepted by this route will of course have the option to decline the opportunity to present a poster. Please check the formatting guidelines before submitting your work on http://www.apgv.org. Submissions do not need to be anonymous. All papers will be carefully reviewed by our International Program committee. Papers will be evaluated as submitted, given the limited time between submission and final version. This year, under a new agreement with the ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP) and the ACM Publications Board, the strongest accepted papers will be accepted for "presentation" at APGV and accepted (with revisions) to ACM TAP. These papers will form the ACM TAP "APGV 2009 special issue," and will be given the designation "presented at APGV" as part of their TAP citation. For those papers so selected, we guarantee continuity of reviewers. Should a paper so selected not be adequately revised to the satisfaction of the editors for its final acceptance into TAP, it will revert to the APGV proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Authors of such special issue papers must agree to present the paper at APGV. (As has always been the case, authors of regular APGV papers can still submit to TAP regular issues with appropriate additions.) Authors of accepted papers must prepare a final electronic version of their paper that is "camera-ready". This electronic version will appear in the ACM Digital Library as well as a conference proceedings DVD. Organization: Program Chairs Bobby Bodenheimer, Vanderbilt University Carol O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin Conference Chair Katerina Mania, Technical University of Crete Outreach Chair Betty Mohler, MPI for Biological Cybernetics International Program Committee Martin Banks, University of California, Berkeley Volker Blanz, University of Siegen Marina Blog, University of Bradford Alan Chalmers, University of Warwick Sarah Creem-Regehr, University of Utah Douglas Cunningham, University of Tuebingen James Elder, York University Roland Fleming, MPI for Biological Cybernetics Diego Gutierrez, University of Zaragoza Matthias Harders, ETH Zurich Mary Hayhoe, University of Texas, Austin Christopher G. Healey, North Carolina State University Victoria Interrante, University of Minnesota Roberta Klatzky, Carnegie-Mellon University Joe Kearney, University of Iowa Jonathan Kelly, Vanderbilt University/Iowa State University Michael Langer, McGill University Rafal Mantiuk, University of British Columbia Rachel McDonnell, Trinity College Dublin Gary Meyer, University of Minnesota Ann McNamara, Texas A&M University Betty Mohler, MPI for Biological Cybernetics Karol Myszkowski, MPI Informatik Adar Pelah, University of York Sylvia Pont, Delft University of Technology Erik Reinhard, University of Bristol Bernhard Riecke, Simon Fraser University Veronica Sundstedt, Trinity College Dublin William B. Thompson, University of Utah Christian Wallraven, MPI for Biological Cybernetics Greg Ward, Anywhere Software Andrew Welchman, Birmingham Unversity