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EVA VIENNA 2006
IAPR^ÖTC19 Workshop on Cultural Heritage
in cooperation with
EVA Conferences International
CALL FOR PAPERS
and
CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS (WORKSHOPS)
<http://www.eva-vienna.at>
"Digital Cultural Heritage - Essential for Tourism"
Vienna, Austria
August 27th - August 30th 2006
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Paper submission deadline: March 31st, 2006
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The Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (PRIP) Group of the
Vienna University of Technology and the Austrian Computer Society (OCG)
invites authors and guests to the 1st EVA conference in Vienna,
Austria, August 27th - August 30th, 2006. The Workshop is endorsed by
the TC19 Computer Vision for Cultural Heritage Applications of the
International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR).
The main aim of this first EVA Event in Vienna is to create a forum
for discussions between the cultural heritage research community,
technology researchers and cultural institutions. Our main mission
is to establish new technical tools for experts in the cultural
heritage field. The accompanying motto of this conference is "Digital
Cultural Heritage ^Ö Essential for Tourism". The conference will focus
on image analysis, cultural tourism, speech and communication in cultural
heritage, archaeography, and museum and archaeological applications.
The focus will be on both applied work as well as theoretical advances.
TOPICS OF INTERESTS
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Topics include, but are not limited to:
o Advanced technical tools for experts in the field of cultural heritage
- Computer vision applications in cultural heritage
- Infrared imaging and analysis
- Spectral imaging and analysis
- 2D/3D reconstruction
- Texture modeling
o Cultural tourism
o Speech and communication in cultural heritage
o Archaeography (analysis of historical documents)
o Museum applications
- Presentation of cultural content with multimedia tools
- Design methods for cultural heritage documentation systems
and components
o Archaeological applications
- Reassembly of artifacts from fragments
- Shape representation for free-form modeling (statues, bones, etc.)
- Automated archaeological site recording from video
- Excavation's historical documentation from multimedia data
- Vision-based augmented reality for site exploration
- Shape-based completion for preservation and/or recovery
- 3D object geometry, surface painting and relief matched across
archaeological sites
PAPER SUBMISSION
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Prospective authors are invited to contribute to the conference by
electronically submitting a full paper in English of no more than 6
pages including illustrations, results and references (submissions can
be made at http://www.eva-vienna.at/submission.html). It will also be possible
to publish papers longer than 8 pages, however, an extra page fee
will apply. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three members
of the program committee. The contributions to EVA Vienna 2006 will be published
in the book-series of the Austrian Computer Society. Therefore, submissions
should be in ^Ópdf^Ô format in accordance with the OCG publication guidelines.
Templates for Word and Latex are available
(http://www.ocg.at/publikationen/books/indexengl.html).
For submission the manuscript should not contain the authors' names and
affiliations for double blind reviewing. In addition to the manuscript,
the submission should include a summary page with title, authors' names,
affiliation and address, telephone, fax and e-mail, up to three keywords
and answers to the following questions (please answer each separately):
1. What is the original contribution of this work?
2. Why should this contribution be considered important?
3. What is the most closely related work by others and how does this
work differ?
4. How can other researchers make use of the results of this work?
5. Has this work been presented/submitted elsewhere?
6. Which form of presentation is preferred: Oral or Poster?
WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
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EVA Vienna 2006 provides the option to hold workshops on additional
topics. Workshops will be held on Sunday, August 27th, 2006 and Wednesday,
August 30th, 2006. Proposals for workshops must include a title, an
outline of the workshop and its motivation, contact information for
the organizer, and a short description of the material to be covered.
Proposals for workshops should be submitted to Robert Sablatnig
(sab@prip.tuwien.ac.at)before February 28th, 2006.
IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper submission deadline: March 31st, 2006
Workshop proposal deadline: February 28th, 2006
Notification of Acceptance: May 19th, 2006
Camera ready paper: June 14th, 2006
CO-CHAIRMEN
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Robert Sablatnig, TU Vienna (AT)
and James Helmsley, EVA (UK)
LOCAL ORGANISATION
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Johann Stockinger
Eugen Mühlvenzl
Sandra Leitner
Ernestine Zolda
Paul Kammerer
Martin Kampel
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Adriana Bandiera, University of Lecce (IT)
Benedetto Benedetti, SNS di Pisa (IT)
Jean-Angelo Beraldin, NRC-IT (CAN)
Nadezhda Brakker, Centre PIC (RU)
David Burton Liverpool, John Moores University (UK)
Alan Chalmers, University of Bristol (UK)
David Cooper, Brown University (USA)
Guido-Maria Cortelazzo, University of Padua (IT)
Milena Dobreva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BG)
Sabry El-Hakim, National Research Council (CA)
Aytul Ercil, Sabanci University (TK)
Karl Fröschl, eCommerce Competence Center (AT)
Guy Godin, National Research Council (CA)
Armin Grün, ETH Zurich (CH)
James Hemsley, VASARI (UK)
Martin Kampel, TU Vienna (AT)
Jan Koenderink, Utrecht University (NL)
Christian Lahanier, LRMF (FR)
Anselmo Lastra, University of North Carolina (USA)
Franz Mairinger, Academy of Fine Arts (AT)
Franco Niccolucci, Firenze University (IT)
Robert Sablatnig, TU Vienna (AT)
Giovanna Sansoni, University of Brescia (IT)
Manfred Schreiner, University of Fine Arts (AT)
Werner Schweibenz, Saarland University
Roberto Scopigno, Instituto CNUCE (IT)
Gerd Stanke, GfaI (DE)
Johann Stockinger, OCG (AT)
John Taylor, National Research Council (CA)
Demetri Terzopoulos, New York University (USA)
Virginia Valzano, University of Lecce (IT)
Luc van Gool, K.U.Leuven/ETH Zurich (BE/CH)
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
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eva2006@prip.tuwien.ac.at
Pattern Recognition & Image Processing Group
Institute of Computer Aided Automation
Vienna University of Technology
Favoritenstr. 9 - 183/2
A-1040 Vienna-Austria
Phone: ++43-1-58801-18351
Fax: ++43-1-58801-18392