Fourth Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling (SBIM\'07)
http://www.eg.org/sbm

University of California
Riverside, CA, USA
Thursday August 2 - Friday August 3, 2007

Aims and Scope

Most computer user interfaces continue to be based on the keyboard and
mouse.  These are good for typing and pointing, but they lack the
naturalness, transparency, and ease-of-use of basic low-tech pencil
and paper.  Modern pen computing hardware--in principle--enables fluid
drawing, sketching, and direct manipulation of both text and
graphics. To realize this potential requires effective user interface
designs and underlying algorithms to support them.

This workshop will explore techniques and technologies needed to
enable sketch-based interfaces.  The foci will be on methods for
recognition of hand-drawn shapes and interpretation of diagrams and
sketches, and on applications of sketch-based interfaces to a variety
of domains such as 2D/3D graphics, CAD, diagram editing, and
note-taking. Empirical usability studies aimed at clarifying the
nature of sketch-based interfaces and comparing pen input to other
interaction techniques are also welcome.

The workshop is being held in cooperation with Eurographics and
ACM/SIGGRAPH, hence results and insights will be shared by researchers
from around the globe.  The workshop dates of August 2-3 are just
prior to SIGGRAPH.  The workshop location is Riverside, California,
1.5 hours by car from the SIGGRAPH venue in San Diego.

The two-day workshop will include paper presentations (single track),
a breakout session, coffee breaks, a conference dinner, and invited
talks.  There will be a demo session in which participants have an
opportunity to demonstrate their systems and try out those of the
other participants. All are welcome to attend the workshop; submission
of a paper is not required for attendance. The proceedings will be
published in the EG Workshop series and made available online through
the Eurographics Digital Library.  Summaries of previous Sketch-Based
Interfaces and Modeling Workshops can be explored at
http://www.eg.org/sbm.

Authors are invited to submit technical papers on topics including,
but not limited to:

*	Low level ink processing 
*	Sketch segmentation
*	Classification and recognition of hand-drawn sketches
*	Multimodal interfaces for sketching
*	Novel sketch input devices
*	Rendering techniques for sketch-based interfaces (NPR)
*	Usability studies of sketch-based systems
*	Sketch-based interfaces for 2D/3D computer graphics (modeling,
	animation, games, etc.)
*	Sketch-based CAD systems
*	Sketch-based interfaces for other applications (diagram editing,
	math, etc.)
*	Sketch-based retrieval of multimedia Information
 
Authors of workshop papers are encouraged to provide demos. We also invite:

*	demos of rough ideas and work in progress.
*	demos that present and critique commercial pen computing software
*	demos of games and other novel applications making creative use of
	sketch interfaces

 
Submission Procedure 

Authors are requested to submit papers, no longer than 10 pages, with
the main body set in Eurographics Conference Paper Format. All
submissions are electronic. You can download a set of LaTeX style
files from the EG Conference Manager (MCP) (http://www.eg.org/sbm).

Each paper should contain title, authors\' names and affiliations,
abstract, keywords, text, illustrations, and references. Detailed
guidelines will be available through the Workshop Site
(http://www.eg.org/sbm) under instructions for authors. Submissions
will be done electronically via the EG Conference Manager
(MCP). Papers will be accepted in PDF format only. Please contact the
conference organizers should you experience any problems with
electronic submission. Proceedings will be available on-line through
the Eurographics Digital Library and in paper book form in the
Eurographics Book Series. Paper selection will be based on technical
and scientific content and relevance to the workshop.

Those interested in providing a demo should submit a one-page abstract
of the proposed demo. If possible, the abstract should include a URL
for a video, screen images, etc.


Special Issue: Computers & Graphics

Revised and expanded versions of selected workshop papers will be featured
in a special issue of the Computers and Graphics Journal (Elsevier) in 2008.

 
Important Workshop Dates 

*	Deadline for paper submissions: May 1, 2007
*	Notification of acceptance: June 8, 2007

Organization

Workshop Chairs 

Thomas Stahovich, University of California, Riverside, CA (stahov@engr.ucr.edu)
Christine Alvarado, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA (alvarado@cs.hmc.edu)


Program Chairs
Michiel van de Panne, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
(van@cs.ubc.ca)
Eric Saund, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Palo Alto, CA (saund@parc.com)

EG SBIM Working Group Chair

Joaquim Jorge, Technical University of Lisboa, Portugal
(jaj@rtr.inesc-id.pt)