Computer Animation '97 Geneva, Switzerland June 5-6, 1997 The Computer Graphics Society (CGS) is pleased to announce COMPUTER ANIMATION '97 in Geneva. This ninth conference on Computer Animation is organized jointly by the University of Geneva, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and CGS. Call for Papers --------------- Contributions are solicited describing original research results and applications experience to the following areas of computer animation: .Motion control € .Animation for scientific visualization .Keyframe techniques € .Animation in engineering .Motion Capture € .Motion blur and temporal antialiasing .Path planning € .A.I.-based animation .Mechanics-based animation .Robotics and animation .Virtual humans and avatars .Virtual reality .Image rendering in animation .Autonomous characters and actors .Animation languages and systems .Sound and speech synchronization .Behavioral animation € .Vision techniques in animation .Artificial Life € .Special hardware for animation Four copies of full papers in English are due December 1, 1996. Authors will be notified by January 10, 1997. Camera-ready papers are due by February 10, 1997. All accepted papers will appear in a book published by IEEE Computer Society Press. Conference cochairs: Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann (Switzerland) Program Committee: Norman Badler (USA), Tat-Seng Chua (Singapore), Michael Cohen (USA), David Haumann (USA), Tosiyasu L. Kunii (Japan), Gavin Miller (USA), Nadia Magnenat Thalmann (Switzerland), Fred Parke (USA), Alex Pentland (USA), Larry Rosenblum (USA), Sung Yong Shin (Korea), Peter Stücki (Switzerland), Yasuhito Suenaga (Japan), Demetri Terzopoulos (Canada), Daniel Thalmann (Switzerland), Lance Williams (USA) Call for Computer-Generated Films --------------------------------- The Tenth Computer-Generated Film Festival of Geneva will contain a selection of outstanding computer graphic animation. Submit your latest work in computer animation by February 28, 1997. Selected films will be shown on public screening. Several awards including the Award of the City of Geneva will be decerned by an international panel of judges. Films should be submitted in video VHS or preferably UMATIC (PAL or NTSC) or Betacam (PAL only). Please include film credits and complete description of the work. Send papers, films and requests for information to: Professor Nadia Magnenat Thalmann MIRALab, CUI 24 rue du Général-Dufour CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland tel: +41-22-705-7769 fax: +41-22-705-7780 Email: thalmann@cui.unige.ch COMPUTER ANIMATION WEB SITE: http://cawww.unige.ch/