International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications / Call for submissions

GRAPP2006 International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications / Call for submissions

CALL FOR PAPERS
International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications
http://www.grapp.org

in collaboration with EUROGRAPHICS and CPCG
sponsored by the Polytechnic Institute of Setubal (PORTUGAL)
organized by the Institute for Information Systems and Technologies, Control and Communication (INSTICC)
[co-located with the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications http://www.visapp.org]

Venue: Polytechnic Institute of Setubal (PORTUGAL)
http://www.grapp.org/Local_Information.htm

Important dates:
Full paper submission: November 1, 2005
Acceptance notification: December 12, 2005
Final paper submission and registration: December 22, 2005
Conference: 25-28 February, 2006

Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Peter Robinson, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Dr. Ken Perlin, New York University, U.S.A.
(list not yet complete)

The conference has a double-blind review process and all the accepted papers will be published in the proceedings under an ISBN. Furthermore, we will have the best papers of the conference published in a book, by Springer.

-------------------------
Conference main topic areas:

AREA 1: GEOMETRY AND MODELING
- Geometric Computing
- Modeling and Algorithms
- Fundamental Methods and Algorithms
- Scene and Object Modeling
- Solid and Heterogeneous Modeling
- Surface Modeling
- Modeling of Natural Scenes and Phenomena
- Physics-Based Modeling
- Multi-Resolution Modeling
- Image-Based Modeling
- Texture Models, Analysis, and Synthesis
- Reflection and Illumination Models
- Model Validation
- CAGD
- CAD/CAM Systems
- Graphics Architectures
- Sketch-Based Modelling

AREA 2: RENDERING
- Systems and Software Architectures for Rendering
- Rendering Algorithms
- Real-Time Rendering
- Parallel Rendering
- Image-Based Rendering
- Volume Rendering
- Point-Based Rendering
- Lighting and Appearance
- Shadows, Translucency and Visibility
- Non-Photorealistic Rendering, Painting-like rendering, Drawing
- Rendering Hardware

AREA 3: ANIMATION AND SIMULATION
- Animation Systems
- Animation Algorithms and Techniques
- Animation Languages
- Animation from Motion Capture
- Character Animation
- Behavioural Animation
- Human Figure Animation
- Facial Animation
- Animation of Particle Systems
- Plausible Motion Simulation
- Animation and Simulation of Natural Environments
- Special Effects
- Real-time Visual Simulation

AREA 4: INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS
- Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Environments
- Distributed Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality
- Collaborative Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Environments
- Virtual Tours
- Virtual Humans and Artificial Life
- Real-time Graphics
- Graphics in Computer Games
- Collision Detection
- Graphical Interfaces
- Mobile Interfaces
- Advanced User Interfaces
- Hardware Technologies for Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Environments


BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
An award will be given to the best paper presented by a student (graduate, M.Sc or Ph.D). The organizing committee will decide, based on the feedback provided by the program committee. To qualify for the best student paper award, the student, besides being one of the authors, must present the paper at the conference site.

-----------------------
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
José Braz, E.S.T. Setúbal, Portugal
Miguel Dias, ISCTE, Portugal
Adérito Marcos, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

PROGRAM CHAIR
Joaquim Armando Pires Jorge, Technical Institute of Lisbon/UTL, Portugal

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Sergey V. Ablameyko, United Institute of Informatics Problems, Belarus
Marco Agus, CRS4 - Visual Computing, Italy
Marco Attene, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies, Italy
Chandrajit Bajaj, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Prashant Banerjee , University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Manfred Bogen, Fraunhofer-Institute for Media Communication IMK , Germany
Ronan Boulic, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Willem Frederik Bronsvoort, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Samuel R. Buss, University of California at San Diego, USA
Beatriz Carmo, FC Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Chun-Fa Chang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Jim X. Chen, George Mason University, USA
Stephen Chenney, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA
Norishige Chiba, Iwate University, Japan
Min-Hyung Choi, University of Colorado at Denver, USA
Jung-Hong Chuang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Nuno Correia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Sasa Divjak , University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Philip Dutré, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Petr Felkel, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Dieter W. Fellner, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
Jieqing Feng, Zhejiang University, China
Inmaculada G. Fernández, Universidad de Almería, Spain
Anath Fischer, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Andre Gagalowicz, INRIA, France
Stephane Garchery, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Andrew Glassner, Coyote Wind, USA
Enrico Gobbetti, CRS4 - Visual Computing, Italy
Michael Goesele, Max-Planck-Institut Informatik, Germany
Alain Grumbach, École Nationale Supérieure des Télecommunications, France
James Kwangjune Hahn, George Washington University, USA
Andreas Holzinger, Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Austria
Roger Hubbold, University of Manchester, UK
Insung Ihm, Sogang University, Korea
Erik Jansen, Delft Univesity of Technology, The Netherlands
Andrew Johnson, UIC - University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Kenneth I. Joy, University of California at Davis, USA
Craig S. Kaplan, University of Waterloo, Canada
HyungSeok Kim, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Anselmo Lastra, University of North Carolina, USA
Angela Lee, University of Salford, UK
Heinz Lemke, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Francisco López, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Steve Maddock, University of Sheffield, UK
Marcus Magnor, MPI Informatik, Germany
Stephen Mann, University of Waterloo, Canada
Miguel G. Megías , University of Granada, Spain
Claudio Montani, Italian National Research Council, Italy
Matthias Müller-Fischer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
Ken Museth, Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden
Gennadiy Nikishkov, University of Aizu, Japan
Marc Olano, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
Victor Ostromoukhov, University of Montreal, Canada
Carol O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Ming Ouhyoung, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Sumanta N. Pattanaik, University of Central Florida, USA
João M. Pereira, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
João P. Pereira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Portugal
Nikos Platis, University of Athens, Greece
Werner Purgathofer, Technische Umiversitat Wien, Austria
Daniela M. Romano, University of Sheffield, UK
Próspero dos Santos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Tan Tiow Seng, National University of Singapore, Singapore
A. Augusto de Sousa, FEUP/INESC Porto, Portugal
Oliver Staadt, University of California at Davis, USA
José C. Teixeira, FCT Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Holger Theisel, MPI Informatik, Germany
Alain Tremeau, Universite Jean Monnet, France
Anna Ursyn, University of Northern Colorado, USA
Luiz Velho, Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Brazil
Andreas Weber, University of Bonn, Germany
Burkhard Wünsche, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Brian Wyvill, University of Calgary, Canada
Shi-Nine Yang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Jan Zabrodzki, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Alan K. Zundel, Brigham Young University, USA

(List not yet complete)