Computational Aesthetics 2008
http://computational-aesthetics.org
June 18-20, 2008, Lisbon, Portugal

Keynote Speaker: Pat Hanrahan, Stanford, CA and Ernest Edmonds, UT Sydney

Guest talks by David Salesin, Adobe and Turner Whitted, MSR (*)

You are invited to participate in the fourth annual symposium on Computational
Aesthetics that will take place at the Hotel Riviera in Lisbon, Portugal from
18-20 June 2008.

Computational Aesthetics bridges the analytic and synthetic and integrates
aspects of computer science, philosophy, psychology, and the fine & performing
arts.  In particular it focuses on the mathematical and information theoretic
aspects of both connectionist and symbol processing methods by humans and
computers.

Computational Aesthetics seeks to facilitate both the analysis and the
augmentation of creative behaviour.  It investigates the creation of tools that
can enhance the expressive power of the fine and applied arts and furthers our
understanding of aesthetic evaluation, perception and meaning.  Invited talks
will be given by individuals involved in the technical, artistic and theoretical
aspects of this young field to help participants to better understand what
aesthetics is, what computer technology is currently capable of delivering, and
to appreciate what is involved in the creative process.

Technical submissions are invited across the broad range of areas covered by
Computational Aesthetics (for the Call for Participation by experts in the
visual arts, see the website).  Specific examples include, but are not limited to:

•       Computational analysis and modelling of creative behaviour (AI, A-life)
•       Artistic Image Transformation Techniques (colours, edges, patterns, dithering)
•       Image Analogies, Style Transfer Methods
•       Image Style and Salience Analysis (Paintings, Photographs, others)
•       Visualization (perceptual or aesthetics based)
•       Sketching, Simplification techniques (artistic, cognitive)
•       Composition, Visual Balance, Layout
•       Non-Photorealistic Rendering
•       Empirically based Metrics of Aesthetical Attributes
•       Applied Visual Perception (Colour Appearance, Spatial Vision, and other aspects)

Paper Submission:
Submitted papers should present original, unpublished work. The manuscripts must
be written in English, must be formatted according to the EG publication
guidelines, and can be no longer than 8 pages. The accepted technical and art
papers will be presented at the symposium and will appear in the proceedings,
which will be published by Eurographics, distributed by AK Peters and appear in
the Eurographics and ACM Digital Libraries. For more information including paper
formatting and submission guidelines see the website at
http://computational-aesthetics.org

Important dates:
Submission deadline (Full Papers / Short Papers / Panels): March 15 2008
Acceptance notification: April 18, 2008
Artist’s Presentations / Artworks / Performances / Posters / Demo Proposals:
April 15, 2008
Camera-ready deadline: May 2, 2008
Conference: June 18-20, 2008

Conference Chairs:      Joaquim Jorge, INESC-ID, Portugal / Bruce Gooch, Univ.
Victoria, Canada

Program Chairs:
Technical Program:      Douglas Cunningham, Univ. of Tübingen, Germany
       Victoria Interrante, Univ. of Minnesota, USA
Arts Program:   Paul Brown, Univ. Sussex, UK
Jon McCormack, Monash Univ., Australia
Local Arts Chair:       Adérito Marcos, Univ Minho, Portugal

Publicity Chair:        Tobias Isenberg, Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands

(*) To Be Confirmed