Call for Papers

Eurographics Workshop on Natural Phenomena
http://egwnp.liris.cnrs.fr
Dublin, Ireland

Aims and Scope

Synthesizing realistic natural scenes is a challenging and important problem
in computer
graphics. The challenge stems not only from the complexity and diversity of
objects and
natural phenomena interacting together, but also from the huge amount of
small details that
should be modeled to obtain realistic models and physically plausible
simulations. Therefore,
there is still a need for interactive modeling and simulation techniques
capable for handling
complex synthetic sceneries.

The purpose of this workshop is to explore novel techniques for modeling,
animating, simulating
and rendering complex natural phenomena. The workshop will build on work
done in recent
years including simulating aging and weathering of synthetic objects, plant
modeling, ecosystem
simulation, gaseous phenomena and liquid flows. It will focus on
non-concious or inanimate nature
like rock, trees, oceans, wind, meadows (animals and humans as part of
nature should be excluded).
Work in this area, promising as it is, is still far from complete.

Authors are invited to submit technical papers in these or related areas.
Topics of interest include,
but are not limited to:
- Plant structure modeling
- Ecosystem simulation
- Gaseous phenomena (clouds, fog .)
- Simulating liquid flows
- Modeling fire and smoke
- Aging and weathering
- Terrain modeling

Submission Procedure (all submissions are electronic)

Authors are requested to submit papers, no longer than 10 pages, with the
main body set in
Eurographics Conference Paper Format. You can download a set of LaTeX style
files from
http://egwnp.liris.cnrs.fr. Each paper should contain title, authors' names
and affiliations, abstract,
keywords, text, illustrations and references. Detailed guidelines are
available through the Workshop
Site. We will accept papers in PDF format only. Please contact the
conference organizers should
you experience any problems with electronic submission.

Post-workshop proceedings will be available on-line through the Eurographics
Digital Library
and in paper book form in the Eurographics Book Series. Selection will be
based upon technical
and scientific content and relevance to the workshop.

Workshop Format

The workshop will take place just before the Eurographics'05 Conference
(August 30, Dublin, Ireland)
to encourage a broad range of participants. As such, it will provide a very
interesting opportunity for
researchers that want to attend or present communications at both events.
The workshop will be held
in one day, including paper presentation and invited sessions. Participation
is open to everyone, not
requiring submission of a paper.

Important Dates

May 2, 2005 Submission deadline
June 15, 2005 Notification of acceptance
July 8, 2005 Deadline for camera-ready copies
August 30, 2005 Workshop (one full day)

Workshop Chair

Eric Galin, France

Program Chair

Pierre Poulin, Canada

International Program Committee

M.-P. Cani, F
N. Chiba, J
O. Deussen, D
J. Dorsey, USA
D. Ebert, USA
R. Fedkiw, USA
E. Galin, F
J. O'Brien, USA
P. Poulin, CA
P. Prunsinkiewicz, CA
J. Stam, USA
F. Neyret, F
J.-M. Dischler, F
B. Wyvill, CA

For more information, please contact eric.galin@liris.cnrs.fr.