[ We apologize for possible duplicates ] ***************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS - CEMVRC 05 in Prague Central European Multimedia and Virtual Reality Conference 8-10 June 2005 (Wednesday to Friday), Prague, Czech Republic Conference website: http://vision.vein.hu/CEMVRC05/ Organized by: Czech Technical University in Prague (Computer Graphics Group) Co-organizer: Czech ACM Chapter in co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS ***************************************************************** The CEMVRC 05 conference is the second in the newly established series of Multimedia and Virtual Reality conferences organized annually in Central Europe. The first conference was held successfully in Veszprem, Hungary, May 2004. The aim of the CEMVRC conferences is to bring together Multimedia and Virtual Reality research, applications, and education results and experience. We are looking for original and unpublished works in the following areas: Advanced user interfaces Augmented reality Distant learning and Multimedia or Virtual Reality (MM/VR) Education with MM/VR Emerging MM technologies Handicapped users and MM/VR Information visualization MM and VR for users with special needs (children, elderly, handicapped, etc.) Rehabilitation and VR Simulation in virtual environment Special interaction techniques Training in virtual environment VR technologies Web-based graphics, MM and VR 3D Reconstruction techniques ... other topics related to Multimedia and Virtual Reality Contributions will be divided into two categories: full papers and posters. Full papers should not exceed 8 pages (for format details, see conference web pages). Posters are expected to be 2 pages long. Both papers and posters will be published by the Czech Technical University Press with an ISBN. Papers and posters will be reviewed in a double-blind process. CONFERENCE CHAIR ***************** Jiri Zara (CZ) Czech Technical University in Prague INVITED SPEAKERS ***************** Dieter Schmalstieg (AT) "The World as a User Interface: Augmented Reality for Ubiquitous Computing". Mel Slater (UK) "TITLE" ... TBD ... INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE ********************************* Bedrich Benes (MX) Roman Berka (CZ) Laszlo Czuni (HU) Andrej Ferko (SK) Vaclav Hlavac(CZ) Andreas Holzinger (AT) Nigel W. John (UK) Attila Kuba (HU) Cecilia Sikne Lanyi (HU) Renate Motschnig (AT) Tomas Pajdla (CZ) Zoltan Poor (HU) Werner Purgathofer (AT) Gerhard Reitmayr (AT) Janos Schanda (HU) Christel Schneider (DE) Paul M. Sharkey (UK) Pavel Slavik (CZ) Jiri Sochor (CZ) Penny Standen (UK) Daniel Thalmann (CH) STEERING COMMITTEE ******************* Andreas Holzinger (AT) Cecilia Sikne Lanyi (HU) Werner Purgathofer (AT) Christel Schneider (DE) Jiri Zara (CZ) **************** IMPORTANT DATES **************** Paper/poster submission - 15 March, 2005 Author notification - 15 April, 2005 Final version due - 30 April, 2005 REGISTRATION FEE **************** 240 EUR (before 1 May 2005) includes: - printed Proceedings - three lunches, refreshments during breaks, welcome toast on Wednesday - social event (tour and dinner on Friday evening) ***************************************************************** Visit http://vision.vein.hu/CEMVRC05/ and mark dates in your calendar! ***************************************************************** Contact information: Jiri Zara Head of the Computer Graphics Group Czech Technical University in Prague Karlovo nam. 13, 121 35 Praha 2, Czech Republic e-mail: zara(a)fel.cvut.cz phone : +(420) 224.357.311 fax : +(420) 224.923.325 WWW : http://www.cgg.cvut.cz/~zara