Eurographics Workshop on Natural Phenomena
Munich, Germany, March 29, 2009
Workshop Chairs
Eric Galin, F
Jens Schneider, D

Program Chairs
Ming Lin, USA
Michael Jones, UK
Eric Galin, F

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 
conscious 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 and rain
- Modeling fire and smoke
- Aging and weathering
- Terrain modeling

Workshop Format

The workshop will take place just before the Eurographics\'09 Conference 
(March 29, Munich, Germany) 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

December 16, 2008 Submission deadline
January 30, 2009 Notification of acceptance
February 14, 2009 Deadline for camera-ready copies
March 29, 2009 Workshop (one full day)

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