Sunil Hadap (Sunil.Hadap++at++cui.unige.ch)
Sun, 18 Jul 1999 12:04:54 +0200
June 19-23, 2000, Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.miralab.unige.ch/cgi2000/
The Computer Graphics Society (CGS) is proud to announce its 14th
annual conference CGI 2000 organized by MIRALab, University of Geneva,
Switzerland. CGI 2000 looks forward to scientists coming together to
eagerly visualize changes that occur through time and allow a better
comprehension of our daily world and nature.
___________________________________________________Conference Topics__
- Visual simulation of environmental issues:
water, ground, forests, mountains, and air pollution
- Visual simulation of population through time:
overpopulation, aging, and evolution of human body, migration
- Visual simulation of human habits through time:
dresses, beauty concept, individual and group behavior
- Visual simulation of architecture at times and future
- Visual simulation of plants, animals of the past, present and future
- Visual simulation of the making of molecules and products
- Visual simulation of any biological processes
- Visual simulation of transportation systems and their evolution
- Visualization of medical organs through time
- Visual simulation of past, present and future celebrities and
methodology to create virtual humans
- Visualization of heavens, demons, famous ghosts or prophets
- Visualization of our comprehension of the world at a certain period
- Visualization of the planet system with its various interpretations
through time
_____________________________________________________Important Dates__
October 10, 1999 - Conference papers submission, Workshop proposals
and Tutorial proposals due
October 30, 1999 - Announcement of accepted CGI 2000 Workshops
December 10, 1999 - Announcement of accepted Conference papers and
Tutorials
June 19, 2000 - CGI 2000 Tutorials
June 20-21, 2000 - CGI 2000 Workshops, workshops will be half-day,
full-day, or two-days.
June 20-23, 2000 - CGI 2000 Conference
_____________________________________________________Call for Papers__
submission date October 10, 1999
Authors are requested to submit original papers that present research
results related to the conference topics. Papers are limited to
8 pages (single line spacing) including all figures. The submission
of PAL VHS video (up to 5 minutes in length) to accompany the paper is
strongly recommended. Accepted papers will be included in the
conference proceedings; videos will be included in the conference
video proceedings. Proceedings will be published by IEEE Press.
A "Best CGI 2000 Paper Award" will be given to the paper that provides
excellent visual techniques to give meaningful comprehension of our
world. Selected papers of the conference will be published for a
special issue of the Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation,
published by John Wiley.
It is required that one of the accepted paper's author register and
present the paper in the conference.
Please submit 5 copies of all materials (hard copy) should be sent to:
Professor Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
MIRALab, CUI
24, rue du General Dufour
CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
__________________________________________________Call for Workshops__
submission date October 10, 1999
The Program Committee invites proposals for CGI 2000 Workshops. The
workshops are intended to provide opportunities for in-depth meetings
and informal discussions on the main themes of CGI 2000. The topics
listed above provide an indication of the types of issues that might
be addressed by workshops, though other related topics are welcome.
Potential Workshop organizers should submit the following information:
- Title of the proposed workshop
- Description of the workshop, including a strategy for recruiting
and selecting papers and participants
- List of workshop organizers
- The name, address, e-mail address, phone number, and fax number of
the person to contact
- Estimated number of participants and if possible, a list of
tentatively confirmed attendees
- A list of previously organized related workshops by any of the
organizers. This is to help the workshop chair to put the workshop
in context (previous experience with workshops is not required).
- Length (half -day/full-day/two-days) and suggested format.
The workshop organizers will be responsible for:
- Producing a call-for-participation and distributing it.
- Selecting workshop participants. A list of participants should be
submitted to the CGI 2000 Organizing Committee by May 15, 2000.
- Producing the workshop notes. If camera ready copy of the notes is
submitted to the CGI 2000 Committee by May 1, 2000, the CGI 2000
Committee will produce copies of the workshop notes.
NOTE: The workshop participants are required to register for the
CGI 2000 main conference. Workshop registration will be handled by the
CGI 2000 Committee along with the main conference registration.
Please submits the proposal (hardcopy or via email) to:
Professor Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
MIRALab, CUI
24, rue du General Dufour
CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Email: Nadia.Thalmann++at++cui.unige.ch
__________________________________________________Call for Tutorials__
submission date October 10, 1999
The program committee invites proposals for the tutorial program, to
be held on June 19, 2000. Tutorials will be offered on a variety of
aspects of topics related to the main conference themes. The above
list
is by not exclusive. Other related topics will be considered, but
should be in correspondence with the general direction of the
conference. The distribution of tutorial course notes can be arranged
for distribution with CGI 2000 Committee.
Person interested in presenting a tutorial should submit a proposal
containing the following information:
- Tutorial title
- A brief description of the tutorial, suitable for inclusion in the
conference registration brochure.
- A detailed outline of the tutorial
- A clear statement of the necessary background and the potential
target audience for the tutorial
- A description of why the tutorial topic is of interest to a
substantial part of the CGI 2000 audience
- A brief resume of the presenter(s), which should include:
- Name , Postal address, Phone and fax numbers, Email address
- Background in the tutorial area (teaching experience, brief CV).
NOTE: The tutorial attendees are required to register for the CGI 2000
main conference. Tutorial registration will be handled by the CGI 2000
Committee along with the main conference registration.
Please submits the proposal (hardcopy or via email) to:
Professor Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
MIRALab, CUI
24, rue du General Dufour
CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Email: Nadia.Thalmann++at++cui.unige.ch
________________________________________________Conference Committee__
Honorary Chair:
T.L. Kunii, Hosei University, Japan
Conference Chairs:
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Tat-Seng Chua, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Program Chairs:
Rae Earnshaw, University of Bradford, U.K
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Daniel Thalmann, EPFL, Switzerland
Local organization chair:
Igor Pandzic, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Program Committee (tentative):
Yannis Aloimonos, University of Maryland, USA
Eric Badiqué, European Commission
Norman I. Badler, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Chandrajit Bajaj, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Massimo Bergamasco, SSSA, Italy
Hanspeter Bieri, University of Bern, Switzerland
Bruce Blumberg, MIT, USA
Jean-Daniel Boissonnat, INRIA, France
Ronan Boulic, EPFL, Switzerland
Beat Bruderlin, Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
Pere Brunet, Polytechnical University of Catalonia, Spain
Tolga Capin, EPFL, Switzerland
Tat-Seng Chua, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Sabine Coquillart, INRIA, France
Gershon Elber, Institute of Technology, Israel
Jose L. Encarnacao, IGD, Germany
Bianca Falcidieno, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
Gerald Farin, Arizona State University, USA
Dieter Fellner, TU Braunschweig, Germany
David Dagan Feng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong-Kong
Andrej Ferko, Comenius University, Slovakia
Eddy Flerackers, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Belgium
Pascal Fua, EPFL, Switzerland
Martin Goebel, GMD, Germany
Markus Gross, ETH, Switzerland
Hans Hagen, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Christoph M. Hoffmann, Purdue University, USA
Bob Hopgood, Rutherford Lab. UK
Horace H. S. Ip, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Huw Jones, Middlesex University, UK
Conference Committee (continued)
Kenneth I. Joy, University of California Davis, USA
Prem Kalra, Indian institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Myung-Soo Kim, POSTECH, Korea
Tosiyasu L. Kunii, Hosei University, Monolith Co. Ltd., Japan
Dinesh Manocha, University of North Carolina, USA
Dimitris Metaxas, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Laurent Moccozet, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Heinrich Mueller, University of Dortmund, Germany
Eihachiro Nakamae, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Japan
Joern Ostermann, AT&T Labs Research, USA
Igor Pandzic, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Rick Parent, Ohio State University, USA
Nicholas M. Patrikalakis, MIT, USA
Leslie Piegl, University of South Florida, USA
Werner Purgathofer, Technische Universitaet Wien, Austria
Ari Rappoport, The Hebrew University, Israel
Lawrence J. Rosenblum, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Jarek Rossignac, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Harold P. Santo, GRASP, Portugal
Dietmar Saupe, University of Leipzig, Germany
Hans-Peter Seidel, Universitaet Erlangen, Germany
Carlo Sequin, University of California, USA
Gil Shin, Seoul National University, Korea
Sung Yong Shin, KAIST, Korea
Yoshihisa Shinagawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Martin Sperka, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Wolfgang Strasser, Universitaet Tuebingen, Germany
Seth Teller, MIT, USA
Demetri Terzopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada
Godfried T. Toussaint, McGill University, Canada
Kees van Overveld, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Frank Van Reeth, Limburg University Center, Belgium
Pascal Volino, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Phil Willis,University of Bath, UK
Franz-Erich Wolter, University of Hanover, Germany
Anthony C. Woo, University of Washington, USA
John R. Woodwark, Information Geometers Ltd., UK
Yin Wu, Mitsubishi Lab, USA
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