Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 09:31:37 +0200 From: Ivan Herman To: general@eg.org Subject: Workshop Call for Participation *************************************************************** Call for Participation The 1998 Eurographics/Siggraph Workshop on Graphics Hardware August 31 & September 1, 1998 Lisbon, Portugal Submission deadline: April 15, 1998 Conference Web Page: http://www.merl.com/hwws98/ *************************************************************** In collaboration with Eurographics and ACM (final approval pending) With support from: - S3 - Mitsubishi Electric - Silicon Graphics - IBM - Hewlett-Packard The Eurographics Hardware Workshop is an established international forum for exchanging experience and knowledge related to computer graphics hardware. The workshop provides a setting for discussions and constructive critique of new ideas and novel approaches to problems in graphics hardware. The workshop is attended by leading researchers and practitioners in the field. Following last year's format, the workshop will be in cooperation with Eurographics and ACM Siggraph. The program committee invites high-quality contributions to all aspects of computer graphics hardware describing either proven and tested solutions or novel ideas and concepts. Possible topics include: * Graphics hardware accelerators * Graphics hardware simulators * Performance measurement * Pixel operations and deep frame buffer techniques * Multi-processor architectures for graphics * PC Graphics hardware * Shared and distributed memory models * Load balancing in graphics systems * Expansion and acceleration of shading models * Space, screen, and model partitioning * Photorealism support * Media processors * Video support and multimedia * Exploitation of new memory technologies for 3D graphics New in 1998 Best Paper Award: An award of US$500 will be given to the authors of the paper considered to be the outstanding paper presented at the workshop. The award is based on the accuracy, originality, and importance of the technical concept, the quality and readability of the manuscript, as well as the content and delivery of the verbal presentation. To qualify for this award, one or more of the principal authors must be enrolled at the workshop and actually present the paper. The winner will be chosen by the organization committee based on audience feedback and will be announced at the end of the workshop. Poster Exhibition: The purpose of the poster exhibition is to give the graphics hardware community the opportunity for presenting in-progress technical material. Posters also provide a direct forum for information exchange between authors and viewers. Posters will be installed outside of the conference room and will be left up during the entire duration of the workshop. Submissions will be reviewed by the program committee. Accepted posters will be displayed whether or not the authors are registered at the workshop. A poster session, where authors can informally present their work, will take place during an extended coffee break on Monday. Authors can optionally submit modified black-and-white versions of the posters, edited for letter size format, for publication in the proceedings. Demonstrations: The workshop on graphics hardware is a unique opportunity to present prototypes and products to computer graphics experts. We invite demonstrations of graphics hardware, software, and integrated systems. Demonstrations will be held on Monday and Tuesday during the workshop. We highly encourage paper and poster authors to demonstrate their systems at the workshop. Schedule: April 15: Deadline for submissions May 6: Notification of acceptance May 27: Camera-ready copies due from authors August 31 - September 1: Workshop Submissions (due April 15, 1998) Authors are requested to send six copies of their full paper (up to 10 typeset pages or 20 double-spaced pages) or their posters (1 page, proceedings version) by April 15, 1998, to: Hanspeter Pfister Mitsubishi Electric, ITA 201 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A. Phone: +617-621-7566 Fax: +617-621-7550 E-mail: pfister@merl.com An electronic abstract of each submission must be sent to pfister@merl.com. Accepted papers and posters will be included in the conference proceedings. Papers will only be accepted if one or more of the principal authors are enrolled at the workshop and actually present the paper. Accepted posters will be displayed whether or not the authors are registered at the workshop. Committee Workshop Chairs: Arie Kaufman SUNY Stony Brook Wolfgang Strasser University of Tuebingen Program Chairs: Gunter Knittel Hewlett Packard Laboratories Hanspeter Pfister Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab Local Arrangements: Mario Rui Gomes IST/Inesc, Portugal Publicity: Barthold Lichtenbelt Dynamic Pictures International Program Committee: A. Barkans, Microsoft (USA) M. Cox, MRJ/NASA Ames, Intel Corporation (USA) F.C. Crow, Interval Research (USA) N. England, University of North Carolina (USA) H. Fuchs, University of North Carolina (USA) P. Hanrahan, Stanford University (USA) A. Kaufman, SUNY Stony Brook (USA) F. Kitson, HP Labs (USA) G. Knittel, HP Labs (USA) A.A.M. Kuijk, CWI (Netherlands) P. Lacroute, Silicon Graphics (USA) P. Leray, CCETT (France) P. Lister, Sussex University (UK) R. Maenner, University of Mannheim (Germany) T. Malzbender, HP Labs (USA) M. Meriaux, University of Poitiers (France) S. Molnar, Integrated Device Technology (USA) C. Narayanaswami, IBM Research (USA) U. Neumann, University of Southern California (USA) F.J. Peters, Philips Research (Netherlands) H. Pfister, Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab (USA) A. Schilling, University of Tuebingen (Germany) B.-O. Schneider, IBM Research (USA) C. Shaw, University of Regina (Canada) W. Strasser, University of Tuebingen (Germany) J. Torborg, Microsoft (USA) R. Yagel, Silicon Graphics Biomedical (Israel)