International Symposium on Visual Computing
ISVC05
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
December 5-7 2005
http://www.isvc05.net
CALL FOR PAPERS
Over the last two decades, considerable progress has been achieved in
the broader area of visual computing, mainly as a result of the
exponential growth of processor speed and memory capacity as well as the
rapid explosion of multimedia and the extensive use of video and
image-based communications over the World Wide Web (WWW). Real time
access and sharing of digital information including text and sound but
also powerful realistic or simulated visuals are now within our
capacity, enabling truly interactive multiparticipant, multimodal and
multimedia communication.
The purpose of the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) is
to provide a common forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and
practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research
findings, ideas, developments and applications in the broader area of
visual computing. The symposium will consist of invited and contributed
presentations dealing with all aspects of visual computing. In addition
to the nain technical program, the symposium will include several
keynote speakers, posters sessions, and special tracks. Proposals for
special tracks are currently solicited and should be submitted to the
program committee chair. All papers accepted will be published in the
symposium proceedings while a selection of best papers will be published
in a special issue of an archival journal.
TOPICS
ISCV seeks papers describing contributions to the state of the art and
state of the practice in the field of visual computing.. The symposium
will be structured around four central areas of visual computing: (1)
computer vision, (2) computer graphics, (3) virtual reality, and (4)
visualization. In particular, we are interested in papers that combine
technologies from two or more of these areas.
****Area 1: Computer Vision****
Computer vision, the study of enabling computers to understand and
interpret visual information from static images and video sequences, is
expanding rapidly throughout the world. During the past ten years,
computer vision has grown from a research area to a widely accepted
technology, capable of providing dramatic increase in productivity and
improving living standard. We are seeking papers covering both the
theory and applications of computer vision. Topics of interest include
all aspects of computer vision including, but not limited, to the
following areas:
- Color and texture
- Segmentation and grouping
- Motion and tracking
- Image-Based Modelling
- 3D reconstruction
- Shape representation and recognition
- Video analysis and event recognition
- Face/gesture analysis and recognition
- Human-computer interfaces
- Medical image analysis
- Image and video retrieval
- Sensors and Systems
- Secure Image/Video Communication
- Image/Video Encoding/Compression
- Applications
****Area 2: Computer Graphics****
Advances and breakthroughs in computer graphics have made visual media
the basis of the modern user interface. It is clear that graphics will
play a dominant role in the way people communicate and interact with
computers in the future. ISVC seeks original research and applied papers
in all areas of computer graphics. Topics of interest include all
aspects of virtual reality including, but not limited, to the following
areas: Geometric Modelling, Geometric Algorithms, Graphics Algorithms, Web
Based Graphics, Computer Animation, Special Effects, Rendering Techniques,
Global Illumination, Volume Graphics, Graphics Architectures, Systems and
Hardware, Applications.
****Area 3: Virtual Reality****
Virtual reality (VR) enables users to experience a three-dimensional
environment generated using computer graphics, and perhaps other sensory
modalities, to provide an environment for enhanced interaction between a
human user and a computer-created world. ISVC seeks original research
and applied papers in all areas of virtual reality, as well as augmented
reality, mixed reality and 3D HCI. Topics of interest include all
aspects of virtual reality including, but not limited, to the following
areas: Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Artificial Reality, Modeling and
Simulation, Real-Time Rendering, Collision detection in VR, Virtual Humans
and Artificial Life, Virtual Environments, Tele-collaboration, VR System
Architecture, Multimodal displays, Projection and Display Systems, Human
Computer Interaction, Integration of VR and Multimedia, Haptics, Human
Factors,Hardware
Devices, Applications.
****Area 4: Visualization****
The field of visualization seeks to determine and present underlying
correlated structures and relationships in both scientific
(computational and medical sciences) and more abstract datasets. The
prime objective of the presentation should be to communicate the
information in a dataset so as to enhance understanding. Topics of
interest include all aspects of visualization including, but not
limited, to the following areas: Information Visualization, Large Scale Data
Set Visualization, Medical Data Visualization, Volume Visuzalization, Vector
and Tensor Visualization, Flow Visualization, Airspace/Terain and Sea-bed
Visualization, Isosurfaces, Rendering Techniques, Visualization Systems,Mesh
Techniques and Compression, Human Factors, Human Perception, Applications.
IMPORTANT DATES
Special track proposals: 03/07/2005
Paper submissions 06/13/2005
Notification of acceptance 08/01/2005
Final camera ready paper 08/29/2005
Advance Registration 08/29/2005
ISVC05 Symposium 12/05-07/2005
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Papers submitted to ISVC 2005 must not have been previously published
and must not be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Manuscripts should not exceed 8 single-spaced, two-column pages,
including figures and tables. The font size should be at least 10 point.
All paper submissions will be handled electronically through our online
web submission system. The submission of your paper must be in PDF file
format. If for some reason you cannot submit your paper through our
web-based submission system, you can email your submission to the
Symposium Chair.
Papers will be reviewed with an emphasis on potential to contribute to
the state of the art in the field. Each paper will receive at least two
blind reviews and should not contain names or other information
revealing authors' identity. Selection criteria include accuracy and
originality of ideas, clarity and significance of results, and
presentation quality. In submitting a paper the author(s) agree that,
upon acceptance, they will prepare the final manuscript in time for
inclusion into the published proceedings and will present the paper at
the symposium. The final manuscript will not be published without
advance registration.
PAPER PUBLICATION
This is a fully refereed symposium. All the papers accepted to the
symposium will be published in the symposium proceedings. A selection of
best papers will be published in a special issue of an archival journal.
SPECIAL TRACKS
Proposals are invited for special tracks on any topic relevant to the
symposium. The special tracks are intended to stimulate in-depth
discussions in special areas relevant to the symposium theme. The track
organizers will coordinate the review process for their session papers.
The symposium proceedings will include all papers from the special
sessions. Authors contributing to special sessions are required to
register for the symposium. If you are interested in organizing an
special track please, follow the procedure outlined below:
1. Submit a proposal to the symposium general chair by March 7, 2005.
A special track proposal should contain a title, a description of
the scope, and an initial special track committee.
2. Editorial comments will be made by the symposium general chair by
March 14, 2005.
3. Upon approval, recruit authors for the track and review papers for
appropriate topic/contents.
4. Session chair(s) submit accepted track papers to the symposium
general chair by August 1, 2005
COMMITTEES
General Symposium Chair:
George Bebis, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
(Area 1) Computer Vision Chairs:
George Bebis, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Bahram Parvin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
(Area 2) Computer Graphics Chairs:
Ramesh Raskar, MERL
Lijun Yin, Binghamton University, USA
(Area 3) Virtual Reality Chairs:
Reinhold Behringer, Rockwell Scientific, USA
Richard Boyle, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
(Area 4) Visualization Chairs:
Paolo Cignoni, ISTI - CNR, Italy
Darko Koracin, Desert Research Institute, USA
Publicity/Website Chair:
Ali Erol, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Local Arrangements Chair:
Kostas Veropoulos, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Publications Chair:
Juxian Wang, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Aggarwal, J. K., University of Texas, Austin
Allmen, Mark, Perceptek
Argyros, Antonis, ICS-FORTH
Belyaev, Alexander, Max-Planck-Institute
Bieri, Hanspeter, University of Bern
Billinghurst, Mark, University of Canterbury
Bourbakis, Nikolaos, ITRI Wrght State University
Brajovic, Vladimir, CMU
Coquillart, Sabine, INRIA
Davis, James, Ohio State University
Oliveira, Manuel, Univ. Fed. do Rio Grande do Sul
Foresti, GianLuca, University of Udine
Georgescu, Bogdan, Siemens
Gong, Shaogang, University of London
Hamidzadeh, Babak, The Library of Congress
Hammoud, Riad, Delphi Corp.
Haritaoglu, Ismail, IBM Almaden
He, Xiangjian, University of Technology
Heyden, Anders, Malmo University
Jorge, Joaquim, University of Lisbon
Kamath, Chandrika, LLNL
Teoh, Eam Khwang, Nanyang Tech. U.
Klette, Reinhard, Auckland University
Kollias, Stefanos, Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens
Maeder, Anthony, CSIRO ICT Centre
Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia, University of Geneva
Maltoni, Davide, University of Bologna
Medasani, Swarup, HRL
Meenakshisundaram, Gopi, UC-Irvine
Nefian, Ara, Intel
Nicolescu, Mircea, University of Nevada, Reno
Palanque, Philippe, University of Paul Sabatier
Paragios, Nikos, Ecole Nat. des Ponts et Chaussees
Pavlidis, Ioannis, University of Houston
Pollefeys, Marc, University of North Carolina
Prabhakar, Salil, DigitalPersona
Regazzoni, Carlo, University of Genoa
Remagnino, Paolo, Kingston University London
Roerdink, Jos, University of Groningen
Selinger, Andrea, Equinox Corp.
Skourikhine, Alexei, Los Alamos National Lab
Sommerer, Christa, ATR
Sourin, Alexei, Nanyang Tech. U.
Strintzis, Michael, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Sutherland, Karen, Augsburg College
Tan, Tieniu, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tobin, Kenneth, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Toussaint, Godfried, McGill University
Trivedi, Mohan, UC-San Diego
Trucco, Emanuele, Heriot-Watt University
Turk, Matthew, UC-Santa Barbara
Twombly, Xander, NASA Ames Research Center
Verri, Alessandro, University of Genova
Wang, Yunhong, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wong, Kenneth, University of Hong Kong
ABOUT THE LOCATION -- Lake Tahoe, Nevada
ISVC05 will take place in the beatiful Lake Tahoe which provides easy
access from either Reno/Lake Tahoe International Airport (about 45min
driving time) or from Sacramento International Airport (about 90min
driving time). A shuttle service is available to and from Reno/Lake
Tahoe International Airport. Lake Tahoe is often referred to as the
perfect year round vacation destination with terrific weather and
breathtaking scenery. Split down the middle by the California and Nevada
border, Lake Tahoe area boasts of over 300 days of warm sunshine,
world-class skiing and snowboarding, casinos and of course, the famous
blue Lake Tahoe itself. The close-by metropolitan area of Reno offers
endless opportunities for arts and culture, gaming, shopping, bowling,
parks, citywide events, festivals, and history museums.