EDUTAINMENT'2006 - Call for submissions

International Conference on E-learning and Games - Call for submissions (papers, tutorials & workshops)

*Edutainment'2006*
International Conference on E-learning and Games
April 16-18, 2006
Zhejiang University, China
http://www.cad.zju.edu.cn/vrmm/edutainment
mailto:edutainment06@cad.zju.edu.cn


*INTRODUCTION*
Edutainment'2006 is an international conference on research and
development on E-Learning and digital entertainment. The main purpose of
the conference is the discussion, information and opinions exchange on
development and use of such systems. It will provide a very interesting
opportunity for researchers that want to attend or present
communications at these events. The conference will include plenary
invited talks, workshops, tutorials, paper presentation tracks and panel
discussions.
Participation is open to everyone, not requiring submission of a paper.
The conference is sponsored by Zhejiang University, and China Society of
Image and Graphics. It is co-sponsored by EUROGRAPHICS (pending), and
IFIP SG on Entertainment Computing (pending).
Edutainment'2006 will be hosted by the Digital Entertainment and
Animation Center, Zhejiang University, China. The Proceedings will be
published by Springer as Lecture Notes on Computer Science (SCI indexed).
*CALL FOR PARTICIPATION*
Edutainment'2006 will present traditional technical sessions in the
respective areas with a lineup of plenary sessions, invited talks,
tutorials, poster sessions, workshops, and exhibits.

*Papers*
Papers related to the following topics are solicited. However, any paper
dealing with a pioneered or significant development in animation,
virtual reality and multimedia is also encouraged.

l E-Learning Platforms and Tools
l Learning Resource Management
l Practice and Experience Sharing
l E-Learning Standards
l Mobile learning
l Education and remote classrooms
l Effectiveness of VR for education
l Life Long Learning
l Collaborative Environments
l Remote Group Simulations
l Collaborative Learning
l Virtual Reality in Education
l Game Design and Development
l Game Engine Development and Customization
l Game AI and Artificial Life
l Game Physics
l Game Rendering/Animations
l Virtual Characters/Agents
l Online/Mobile Game/Video Game
l Storytelling and Game Narrative
l Affective Interaction in Games
l Digital Museum
l Digital Heritage
l Animation techniques
l Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality
Papers should describe original and unpublished work about the above or
closely related topics and should not exceed 10 pages single-spaced in
length including images, figures, tables and references.
Each paper should also include the title of the paper, authors'
names,affiliations, postal addresses, e-mail addresses and the contact
person for the paper.
*Important dates*
Submission Deadline: Nov. 15, 2005.
Notification of acceptance: Dec. 20,2005
Camera-ready papers: Jan. 15, 2005
Conference: April 16-18, 2006
*Tutorials & Workshops*
Submit a proposal that describes the scope of the tutorial of workshop
you plan to conduct. The proposal must include a description of the
objectives, duration, experience level and prerequisites of the intended
audience, an about 200-word abstract, outline of the content and the
organizer's vita. Be sure to include the contact persons, affiliations,
addresses, telephone numbers, and email address. Proposals should be
around 3 pages single spaced in length (not including the organizer's
vita) and submitted by email to the tutorial chairs or workshop chairs
by Oct. 10,2005. Tutorials and workshops can be half a day or a full day.
Workshop participants are furthermore expected to submit a one-page
position paper within the scope of the particular workshop they intend
to attend.

*Workshop Chairs*
Miguel Encarnação, The IMEDIA Academy, USA [me@imedia.edu]
Adrian David Cheok, NTU, Singapore [adriancheok@mixedrealitylab.org]

*Tutorial Chairs*
Stefan Goebel, ZGDV, Germany [stefan.goebel@zgdv.de]
Yiyu Cai, NTU, Singapore [myyCai@ntu.edu.sg]

*Information*
All inquiries about the submission of a paper, panel, tutorial, or
workshop proposals should be made to:
Edutainment'2006 Conference Secretariat
edutainment06@cad.zju.edu.cn
State Key Lab of CAD&CG,
Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310027
TEL: 86-571-88206681-509;
Fax: 86-571-88206680;
E-mail: zgpan@cad.zju.edu.cn


*Conference Committees*

*Conference Honorary Chairs*
Yunhe PAN, Zhejiang University, China
Judith Brown, ACM SIGGRAPH, USA
John Staudhammer, IEEE, USA

*Conference Chairs*
Jiaoying Shi, Zhejiang University, China
José Encarnação, INI-GraphicsNet, Germany
Steve Cunningham, NSF, USA

*Program Chairs*
Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Holger Diener, Fraunhofer IGD, Rostock, Germany
Zhigeng Pan, Zhejiang University, China

*Workshop Chairs*
Miguel Encarnação, The IMEDIA Academy, USA
Adrian David Cheok, NTU, Singapore

*Tutorial Chairs*
Stefan Goebel, ZGDV, Germany
Yiyu Cai, NTU, Singapore

*Publicity Chairs*
Wolfgang Müller-Wittig, CAMT, NTU, Singapore
Rynson Lau, City University of Hong Kong, China
Martin Goebel, Germany

*Financial Chair:*
Mingmin Zhang, Zhejiang University, China

*Organizing Co-chairs:*
Xiaogang Jin, Zhejiang University, China
Yi Li, Nanjing Normal University, China
Jiajun Bu, Zhejiang University, China

*International Program Committee*
*Co-chairs*
Ruth Aylett, UK
Holger Diener, Germany
Zhigeng Pan, China

*Members*
Isabel Machado Alexandre, Portugal
Elizabeth Andre, Germany
Steffi Beckhaus, Germany
Judy Brown, USA
Mark Billinghurst, New Zealand
Yiyu Cai, Singapore
Nuno Correia, Portugal
Adrian David Cheok, Singapore
Sanjay G. Dhande,India
Stepahne Donikian, France
Miguel Encarnação, USA
Bernd Froehlich, Germany
Lisa Gjedde, Denmark
Gernot Goebbels, Germany
Stefan Goebel, Germany
Martin Goebel, Germany
Masahiko INAMI, Japan
Xiaogang Jin, China
Hirokazu Kato, Japan
Christian Knöpfle, Germany
Yong-Moo KWON, Korea
Rynson Lau, HK, China
Jong Weon Lee, Korea
Sandy Louchart, UK
Maic Masuch, Germany
Wolfgang Müller-Wittig, Singapore
Ryohei Nakatsu, Japan
Stéphane Natkin, France
Malcolm Padmore, UK
Ana Paiva, Portugal
Edmond Prakash, Singapore
G.W.M.Rauterberg, Netherlands
Abdennour El Rhalibi, UK
Paul Richard, France
I-Fan Shen, China
Kurt Squire, USA
Peter Stephenson, USA
Mohd Shahrizal Sunar, Malaysia
Franco Tecchia, Itlay
Naoko Tosa, Japan
Ming Hsin Tsai, Taiwan, China
Frederic Vexo, Switzerland
Yangsheng Wang, China
Kok-Wai Wong, Australia
Ruigang Yang, USA
Gino Yu, HK, China