Call for Papers – Afrigraph 2006 4th International Conference on Virtual Reality, Computer Graphics, 4th International Conference on Virtual Reality, Computer Graphics, Co-located with CHI-SA 2006 Place: Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa Date of Conference: 25-27 January 2006 AFRIGRAPH2006 is the 4th International Conference on Virtual Reality, Computer Graphics, Visualization and Interaction in Africa. AG2006 is organized by the African Graphics Association (AFRIGRAPH) and is sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH and in cooperation with EUROGRAPHICS. AFRIGRAPH 2006 welcomes contributions in the form of full papers or short papers. The conference particularly welcomes contributions that focus on Computer Graphics in the developing world; addressing the use of Computer Graphics in urban renewal, rural development, health, education, environment and the African arts and media. However, AFRIGRAPH2006 will accept contributions from all areas related to virtual reality, computer graphics, visualization and interaction. Topics include (but are not limited to): Rendering Parallel Algorithms for Graphics Computer Vision for Graphics Computational Geometry Computer Animation Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality and Presence Graphics in the Developing Country Context Education and Computer Graphics Interactive Application Development Special and Visual Effects Visualization and Simulation Perceptually-based graphics techniques Image Analysis and Processing Multimedia Medical Imaging Computer Aided Design and Prototyping 3D Modelling Data Acquisition We recommend that papers in the area of Human-Computer Interaction be submitted to CHI-SA 2006 (http://www.chi-sa.org.za/) which will be co-located with Afrigraph 2006. Submission Guidelines: Papers are to be submitted electronically via the Afrigraph web-site (http://www.afrigraph.org). All contributions must be written and presented in English. Papers will be reviewed by an International Programme Committee and the Conference proceedings will be published by ACM SIGGRAPH and also appear in the ACM Digital Library. The best three papers (as decided by the Programme Chairs in consultation with the Programme Committee) will be republished in the journal Computer Graphics Forum. There will also be an award for the best paper. Short Papers Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of no more than 5 A4 pages in length. These should represent late breaking results, work in progress or novel results that are more appropriate to a shorter format. Full Papers Full papers should report research contributions, practice and experience, or novel applications. They must be no longer than 10 A4 pages in length. Tutorials There is one day devoted to tutorials and exhibitions in the conference program. Tutorials must be in either a half-day or full-day format and the proposal should include details of the presenters, tutorial content, expected level of required delegate expertise and educational outcomes. Important dates Paper and Tutorial submission deadline: 30 September 2005 Notification of acceptance: 31 October 2005 Final version due: 14 November 2005 International Programme Committee Wolfgang Strasser (programme co-chair) James Gain (programme co-chair) Shaun Bangay Judy Brown Marcello Carrozzino Alan Chalmers Yiorgos Chrysanthou Sabine Coquillart Neil Dodgson Stephane Donikian Philip Dutre Tom Ertl Reinhard Klein Andrzej Lukaszewski Katerina Mania Patrick Marais Gary Marsden Majid Mirmehdi Karol Myszkowski Shaun Nirenstein David Nunez Sumanta Pattanaik Pierre Poulin Werner Purgathofer Eric Reinhard Theresa-Marie Rhyne Holly Rushmeier Mateu Sbert Nan Schaller Ariel Shamir Alade Tokuta E-mail: afrigraph@cs.uct.ac.za URL: http://www.afrigraph.org