Call for Papers =============== HAPTEX ‘05 - VR Workshop On Haptic and Tactile Perception of Deformable Objects December 1-2, 2005 Leibniz Haus, Hanover, Germany University Of Hanover Important dates =============== Deadline for Submission: June 30, 2005 Notification of Acceptance: August 15, 2005 Deadline for Final Version: August 30, 2005 Within the frame of the EU-HAPTEX project the Welfenlab, University of Hanover organizes a workshop on haptic and tactile perception. All submissions will be peer reviewed. The most interesting contributions to the workshop will be published in a special issue of The Visual Computer after the workshop took place. For details concerning the workshop and the submission, please see: http://www.gdv.uni-hannover.de/haptex05 Topics of interest ================== • Human-Computer Interaction • Simulating the touch, the hearing and the vision in virtual worlds • Multimodal interaction system for presenting deformable materials • Presenting haptic feedback in multimodal interaction • Hardware for haptic/tactile interaction in virtual worlds • Haptic/tactile rendering • Modeling dynamics of deformable objects for haptic/tactile feedback • Dynamic simulation of soft tissues/deformable objects including textiles • Perception of material using haptic feedback • Applications of haptic/tactile interfaces for soft/deformable objects Program and Workshop Co-Chairs HAPTEX ’05 ========================================= Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann and Franz-Erich Wolter Program Commitee ================ Massimo Bergamasco, PERCRO Heinrich H. Bülthoff, MPI Tuebingen Antonio Bicchi, University of Pisa Martin Buss, TU-Munich Sabine Coquillart, INRIA Eddy Flerackers, University of Limburg Tobias Höllerer, University of California, Santa Barbara Hiro Iwata, University of Tsukuba Abderrahmane Kheddar, University of Evry Val d'Essonne Hyung Seok Kim, University of Geneva Tadashi Kitamura, Kyushu Institute of Technology Frederic Fol Leymarie, University of London Ming Lin, University of North Carolina Annie Luciani, INPG Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva Harriet Meinander, University of Tampere Dimitris Metaxas, Rutgers University Dinesh Pai, University of North Carolina Fabio Salsedo, PERCRO Makoto Sato, Tokyo Institute of Technology Ian Summers, University of Exeter Hong Tan, Purdue University Daniel Thalmann, EPFL Frederic Vexo, EPFL Pascal Volino, University of Geneva Alan Wing, University of Birmingham Franz-Erich Wolter, University of Hanover Peter Wriggers, University of Hanover Contact ======= For more information, please contact: Web: http://www.gdv.uni-hannover.de/haptex05 Email: Guido Böttcher Fax: +49 511 - 762 29 14 Guidelines for Submission to HAPTEX’05 ====================================== Workshop Proceedings The deadline for submitting the final version of your paper will be on the: 30th of June @ 11.59 CET Format: The format for final submission is detailed below – if you have been successful in having more than one paper accepted please make sure you submit in the correct version. o Description of the required Template can be found here o The LaTeX Template can be found here o Example MS Word Document can be found here Submission: The following procedure must be observed in order that papers are published - All papers must be uploaded before 30th of June @ 11.59CET - Papers must be submitted as PDF Documents only - Figures and Diagrams should be at least of 300dpi resolution How to register and submit a paper for HAPTEX '05: First surf to the webpage http://www.gdv.uni-hannover.de/haptex05/conftool/, where you select the option Create new account in the middle of the page. You will then be presented a form where you have to fill in some personal information, such as name, address and email, which we need to contact you. The required fields are marked with an * asterisk. Under “Account Information” you select a username and password, which should be easy to remember for you (in case you forget, you can always request a new one which will be sent to the email address you specified). If you would like to get the account information you entered as a reminder via email, you can tick the field below. Finally, you click the “Submit User Data” button near the bottom of the page. If no errors occurred you are now logged in and can select between 3 options 1) Edit your personal information under User Data. 2) Submit a paper / poster to the workshop by clicking Submit Contribution. 3) Logout via Logout To submit your paper select the second option. You will see a formular where you fill in the necessary data about your contribution. If you have problems to find the right “Topic” for your paper, just type in a little note in the “Remark / Message to the Conference Chairs“ textbox. Nevertheless, you have to select at least one of the topics. If you have filled out everything, click the “Proceed” button. On the next page you can upload your paper to our server. Click the “Browse” button and select the file you want to upload. When you have selected it, click the “Upload File and Complete Submission” button. Pay attention to the format of the file. You can only upload files which are in PDF or Postscript format and compressed with ZIP or GZIP. Maximum file size is 10 MB. You can always upload another version of your paper or edit the information later. If everything went right, you're back to the Overview page, where you see your submission at the bottom. If your submission is reviewed, you will get a notice via email and can then log in to read details and see the review score.