Extention CYBERWORLD 05, VAST2005 & HAPTEX '05 CALLS FOR PAPERS

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EXTENTION DEADLINE
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2005 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYBERWORLDS
23-25 November 2005, Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore.
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sce/cw2005
By numerous requests, paper submission to the conference and three associated workshops is extended till 5 June 2005 24:00 GMT. This is the firm dateline which will not be extended any further.

Those authors who already submitted papers, may use these extra 10 days to further improve them and re-upload using the URL sent to you before.
Please also make sure that the papers are formatted according to the IEEE 2-column format and all the fonts are embedded. The reviewing will commence on 7 June and any corrections after this date will not be allowed.

Best Regards,
Alexei Sourin
Program Chair CW2005

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VAST2005 CALL FOR PAPERS
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VAST2005 is the 6th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage and incorporates the Third Eurographics Symposium on Graphics and Cultural Heritage (EGSGH 2005). Additional symposium information can be found at:

http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/vast05/

The symposium will take place in Pisa, Italy, during November 8-11, 2005.

Important Dates are:

- Abstract submission - July 8th
- Paper submission (full/short) - July 15th
- Review assignments sent to reviewers - July 22th
- Reviews deadline - Sept. 1st
- Notification of refereeing results - Sept. 16th
- Camera ready papers to printer - Oct. 3rd
- Conference - Nov.8th

Vast2005 continues the discussions of previous VAST and Eurographics on Graphics and Cultural Heritage (CH) Symposia. The 2005 VAST Symposium will focus on interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary research concerning both innovative CH informatics and use of technology for the representation and communication of CH knowledge. The scope includes every phase of CH
informatics: initial data capture, information processing, dissemination of results to the scientific community and the general public, and the wider legal and ethical responsibilities of Cultural Informatics.

Research subjects parallel the interests of the EPOCH EU Network (http://www.epoch-net.org/), including culturally significant artifacts and sites as well as the activities of museums, libraries, archives, and organizations involved with their care.

Those researchers who wish to participate in the VAST2005 Symposium are invited to submit papers on original work addressing the following subjects or related
themes:

* Multimedia Data Acquisition, Management and Archiving
* 3D Data Capture and Processing
* CAD-based Digital Reconstructions
* Visualization (desktop, VR, AR)
* Computer Animation for CH Applications
* Non-Photorealistic Rendering of CH Data
* Novel Internet-based CH Applications
* Usability, Effectiveness and Interface Design for
CH Applications

* Innovative Graphics Applications and Techniques
* Interactive Environments and Applications
* Virtual Museum Applications
* Story-telling and Design of Heritage Communications
* Archaeological Analysis and Interpretive Design
* Tools for Education and Training in CH

* Standards and Documentation
* The Economics of Cultural Informatics and Tourism
* Professional and Ethical Guidelines


We are soliciting three types of contributions:

- Full research papers presenting new innovative results. These papers will be published by Eurographics in a high-quality proceedings volume.

- Project papers focusing on the description of project organization, use of technology, and lesson learned -- not innovative technical content. These papers will have a full-length oral presentation and will be included in a "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume.

- Short papers presenting preliminary ideas and works-in-progress. These papers will have a short oral presentation and be available as posters in conference breaks. They will be published in the "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume.

All types of submissions will be reviewed and feedback given to the authors.

In addition, space will be available for "Live Showcases". If you have a system you wish included in the showcase area, please contact the organizers.


International Program Committee Co-chairs are:

Mark Mudge, Cultural Heritage Imaging, San Francisco, CA, USA

Nick Ryan, Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Roberto Scopigno, CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy

The IPC Member list is available on the VAST2005 website, http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/vast05/committee.php

The Conference Organizing Chair is Fabio Ganovelli, CNR-ISTI.

The Venue is ISTI (Institute for Information Science and Technology), an Institute of the Italian C.N.R. (National Research Council) located at v.
Moruzzi 1, 56126 Pisa, Italy.


Submissions of full, short and project papers should be made via the
VAST2005
website, http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/vast05/submissions.php

EG proceedings style guides are available on the site. To avoid difficulties during the production cycle, authors are strongly recommended to use them when preparing their submissions.

Looking forward to see you in Pisa!



Roberto Scopigno

Visual Computing Laboratory
Istituto Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione (ISTI) - National Research Council (CNR) Area della Ricerca CNR di Pisa Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa ITALY
phone: +39 050 315 2929 cell: +39 348 396 6819
fax: +39 050 313 8091 (G3) +39 050 313 8092 (G4)
email: roberto.scopigno@isti.cnr.it
web: http://vcg.isti.cnr.it

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HAPTEX '05 - VR Workshop CALL FOR PAPERS
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Call for Papers:
HAPTEX '05 - VR Workshop
in Hanover, Germany

On Haptic and Tactile Perception of Deformable Objects

December 1-2, 2005
Leibniz Haus, Hanover, Germany


Important dates:

Deadline for Submission: June 30 2005
Notification of Acceptance: August 15 2005
Deadline for Final Version: August 30 2005

Within the framework of the EU-HAPTEX project the Welfenlab, University of Hanover organizes a workshop on haptic and tactile perception. All submissions will be peer reviewed. The most interesting contributions to the workshop will be published in a special issue of The Visual Computer after the workshop took place.

For details concerning the workshop and the submission, please see:
http://www.gdv.uni-hannover.de/haptex05


Topics of interest:
- Hardware for haptic/tactile interaction in Virtual worlds
- Multimodal interaction system for presenting deformable materials
- Modeling dynamics of deformable objects for haptic/tactile feedback
- Dynamic simulation of soft tissues/deformable objects including textiles
- Simulating the touching, the hearing and the visual of the virtual world
- Haptic/tactile rendering
- Presenting haptic feedback in multimodal interaction
- Perception of material using haptic feedback
- Application of Haptic/Tactile interface for soft/deformable objects
- Human computing interaction

Program and Workshop Co-Chairs HAPTEX '05:
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Franz-Erich Wolter

Program Committee:
Massimo Bergamasco, PERCRO
Heinrich Bülthoff, MPI-Tuebingen
Antonio Bicchi, University of Pisa
Sabine Coquillart, INRIA
Eddy Flerackers, University of Limburg
Tobias Höllerer, University of California Hiroo Iwata, University of Tsukuba Abderrahmane Kheddar, University of Evry Val d'Essonne HyungSeok Kim, University of Geneva Tadashi Kitamura, Kyushu Institute of Technology Frederic Fol Leymarie, University of London Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva Harriet Meinander, University of Tampere Ming Lin, University of North Carolina Annie Luciani, INPG Fabio Salsedo, PERCRO Makoto Sato, Tokyo Institute of Technology Ian Summers, University of Exeter Hong Tan, Purdue University Daniel Thalmann, EPFL Frederic Vexo, EPFL Pascal Volino, University of Geneva Alan Wing, University of Birmingham Peter Wriggers, University of Hanover Franz-Erich Wolter, University of Hanover


For more information, please contact:

Web: http://www.gdv.uni-hannover.de/haptex05
Email: Guido Böttcher <boettch@gdv.uni-hannover.de>
Phone: +49 511 - 762 29 14
Fax: +49 511 - 762 29 11