The computer Graphics Society (CGS) is pleased to announce The COMPUTER
ANIMATION and SOCIAL AGENTS 2006 Conference
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Website: http://casa2006.miralab.unige.ch

MIRALab (University of Geneva, Switzerland) will organize the 19th annual
conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA2006) with the
support of the Computer Graphics Society (CGS). The Conference will be held
at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, 5th - 7th July 2006.

IMPORTANT DATES OF CASA2006:
1) Submission of papers: April 10th 2006
2) Notification to authors: May 2nd 2006
3) Camera ready accepted papers to Wiley: May 12th 2006
4) Conference venue: 5th-7th July 2006 at the University of Geneva (Uni
Dufour)

ALL ACCEPTED PAPERS WILL BE PUBLISHED AS A JOURNAL PAPER IN THE COMPUTER
ANIMATION AND VIRTUAL WORLDS JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY JOHN WILEY
(http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/106562739)

During three days, professionals specialized in almost all fields of
Computer Animation will analyze the state of the art of this topic and share
their ideas, concepts and opinions.

The conference tracks include:

 >>Animation Techniques

:: Motion control
:: Motion capture and retargeting
:: Path planning
:: Physics-based animation
:: Vision techniques in animation
:: Behavioral animation
:: Artificial life
:: Image rendering in animation
:: Deformable Models
:: Facial Animation


 >>Social agents

:: Social agents and avatars
:: Emotions and personality
:: Simulation involving Virtual Humans
:: Autonomous characters and actors
:: A.I. - based animation
:: Social and Conversational agents
:: Interagent communication
:: Modeling of groups and crowds
:: Social behavior
:: Autonomous Virtual Humans in games


 >>Virtual Environnement

:: Medical 3D simulation
:: Simulation involving Virtual Humans
:: Virtual Cultural Heritage
:: Autonomous characters and actors
:: VCE (Virtual Collaborative Environments)
:: A.I. - based animation
:: Virtual reality
:: Interaction with Virtual Humans
:: Augmented Reality
:: Perceptual models
:: Virtual Sensors


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All queries can be sent to:

The CASA2006 Local Committee
Email: casa2006@miralab.unige.ch
Fax: +41 22 379 7780
Website: http://casa2006.miralab.unige.ch