Call for Papers

Eurographics Workshop on Natural Phenomena

Vienna, Austria, September 5, 2006

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. Each paper should
contain title, authors' names and affiliations, abstract, keywords, text,
illustrations and references. Detailed guidelines are available through the
Workshop Site under instructions for authors. Submissions will be done
electronically. 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'06 Conference
(September 5, Vienna, Austria) 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 18, 2006 Submission deadline
June 18, 2006 Notification of acceptance
July 8, 2006 Deadline for camera-ready copies
September 5, 2006 Workshop (one full day)