CALL FOR PAPERS

			3DTV CONFERENCE 2008
			   THE TRUE VISION
	 CAPTURE, TRANSMISSION AND DISPLAY OF 3D VIDEO
	28-30 MAY 2008, HOTEL DEDEMAN, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
		      (http://www.3dtv-con.org)



Following the conference of 2007, the second 3DTV Conference will be
held in Istanbul, Turkey in May, 2008. The aim of 3DTV-Con is to bring 
researchers from different locations together and provide an opportunity
for them to share research results, discuss the current problems and 
exchange ideas.

The conference involves a wide range of research fields such as capturing
3D scenery, 3D image processing, data transmission and 3D displays. You 
are cordially invited to attend 3DTV-Con 2008 and submit papers reporting 
your work related to the conference themes listed below.



CONFERENCE TOPICS

3D Capture and Processing:

- 3D time-varying scene capture technology
- Multi-camera recording
- 3D photography algorithms
- Dense stereo and 3D reconstruction
- Synchronization and calibration of camera arrays
- 3D view registration
- Multi-view geometry and calibration
- Holographic camera techniques
- 3D motion analysis and tracking
- Surface modeling for 3D scenes
- Multi-view image and 3D data processing
- Integral imaging techniques


3D Transmission:

- Systems, architecture and transmission in 3D
- 3D streaming
- Error-related issues and handling of 3D video
- Hologram compression
- Multi-view video coding
- 3D mesh compression
- Multiple description coding for 3D
- Signal processing for diffraction and holographic 3DTV


3D Visualization:

- 3D mesh representation
- Texture and point representation
- Object-based representation and segmentation
- Volume representation
- 3D motion animation
- Stereoscopic display techniques
- Holographic display technology
- Reduced parallax systems
- Underlying optics and VLSI technology
- Projection and display technology for 3D videos
- Integral imaging techniques
- Human factors


3D Applications:

- 3D imaging in virtual heritage and virtual archaeology
- 3D teleimmersion and remote collaboration
- Augmented reality and virtual environments
- 3D television, cinema, games and entertainment
- Underlying technologies for 3DTV
- Medical and biomedical applications
- 3D content-based retrieval and recognition
- 3D watermarking



PAPER SUBMISSION

Contributors are invited to submit full papers electronically using the 
online submission interface, following the instructions at 
http://www.3dtv-con.org. Papers should be in Adobe PDF format, written 
in English, with no more than four pages including figures, with a font 
size of 11. Conference proceedings will be published online by IEEE Xplore.



IMPORTANT DATES

Special sessions and tutorials proposals deadline:	14 December 2007
Regular paper submission deadline:			11 January 2008
Notification of paper acceptance:			29 February 2008
Camera-ready paper submission deadline:			21 March 2008
Conference:						28-30 May 2008



GENERAL CO-CHAIRS

A. Aydin Alatan, Middle East Technical University, TR
Ugur Gudukbay, Bilkent University, TR


ADVISORY BOARD

Joern Ostermann, Leibniz University of Hannover, DE
Aljoscha Smolic, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, DE
A. Murat Tekalp, Koý University, TR
Levent Onural, Bilkent University, TR
John Watson, University of Aberdeen, UK
Thomas Sikora, Technische Universitaet Berlin, DE


FINANCE CHAIR

Tarik Reyhan, Bilkent University, TR 


PUBLICATION CHAIR

Tolga K. Capin, Bilkent University, TR 


PUBLICITY CHAIR

Georgios Triantafyllidis, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, GR
Gozde Bozdagi Akar, Middle East Technical University, TR


INDUSTRY LIAISON

Ismo Rakkolainen, FogScreen, FI 
Matt Cowan, RealD, USA


AMERICAN LIAISON

Kostas Danilidis, University of Pennsylvania, USA 


FAR EAST LIAISON

Kiyoharu Aizawa, University of Tokyo, JP
Jinwoong Kim, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), KR


SPECIAL SESSIONS AND TUTORIALS CHAIR

Philip Benzie, University of Aberdeen, UK 
Atanas Gotchev, Tampere University of Technology, FI


WEBMASTERS

Engin Turetken, Middle East Technical University, TR
Ayse Kucukyilmaz, Bilkent University, TR


The Conference is sponsored by 

 - European Union 6th Framework Program 3DTV Network of Excellence Project,
 - Middle East Technical University, 
 - Bilkent University, 
 - Information Society Technologies, 
 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 
 - European Association for Signal and Image Processing (EURASIP), and
 - MPEG Industry Forum.