From - Mon Mar 1 11:33:39 2004 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:09:33 +0100 Subject: Point-Based Graphics Symposium Call for Participation From: CfP * Please excuse any duplicates * Symposium on Point-Based Graphics CALL FOR PARTICIPATION June 2-4, 2004 ETH Zurich, Switzerland http://www.point-graphics.org/ Co-sponsored by Eurographics and the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Visualization and Graphics In cooperation with ACM / SIGGRAPH Submission system is now online: http://www.point-graphics.org/submission.html Point primitives have experienced a major "renaissance" in recent years, and considerable research has been devoted to the efficient representation, modeling, processing, and rendering of point-sampled geometry. There are two main reasons for this new interest in points: On one hand, we have witnessed a dramatic increase in the polygonal complexity of computer graphics models. The overhead of managing, processing, and manipulating very large polygonal-mesh connectivity information has led many leading researchers to question the future utility of polygons as the fundamental graphics primitive. On the other hand, modern 3D digital photography and 3D scanning systems acquire both geometry and appearance of complex, real-world objects. These techniques generate huge volumes of point samples, which constitute discrete building blocks of 3D object geometry and appearance - much as pixels are the digital elements for images. Important dates: April 7, Electronic abstract submission April 9, Electronic paper submission May 10, Author notification May 17, Camera ready copy Topics: We are inviting submissions related, but not limited to, the following topics: * Data acquisition * Surface reconstruction * Representation of point-sampled geometry * Sampling, approximation, and interpolation * Digital geometry processing of point models * Transmission and compression of point-sampled geometry * Geometric modeling using point primitives * Rendering algorithms and rendering architectures for point primitives * Animation and morphing of point-sampled geometry * Hybrid representations and algorithms Please see http://www.point-graphics.org/ for more information about procedures for submitting your papers. Invited Speakers: Invited talks will be held by Leonard McMillan, Turner Whitted, and Leif Kobbelt. The best papers will be selected for a Special Issue of Computers & Graphics Journal on Point-Based Graphics. Conference Chairs: Markus Gross, ETH Zurich Hanspeter Pfister, MERL Papers Chairs: Marc Alexa, TU Darmstadt Szymon Rusinkiewicz, Princeton University Publicity Chairs: Mark Pauly, Stanford University Matthias Zwicker, MIT Issei Fujishiro, Ochanomizu University Local Arrangements Chair: Richard Keiser, ETH Zurich Papers Committee: Daniel Aliaga Nina Amenta Kavita Bala Frederic Cazals Baoquan Chen Daniel Cohen-Or Oliver Deussen Tamal Dey George Drettakis Fredo Durand Philip Dutre David Ebert Herbert Edelsbrunner Henry Fuchs Issei Fujishiro Joachim Giesen Leonidas Guibas Markus Gross Hans-Christian Hege Arie Kaufmann Leif Kobbelt Anselmo Lastra Wojciech Matusik Nelson Max Leonard McMillan Klaus Mueller Torsten Moller Tomoyuki Nishita Renato Pajarola Mark Pauly Hanspeter Pfister Werner Purgathofer Penny Rheingans Alyn Rockwood Dietmar Saupe Bengt-Olaf Schneider Peter Schroeder Hans-Peter Seidel Claudio Silva Oliver Staadt Marc Stamminger Wolfgang Strasser Amitabh Varshney Luiz Velho Henrik Wann Jensen Turner Whitted Matthias Zwicker