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        Fourth Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing
                 in cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH

            Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, June 26-28 2006
                 http://www.geometryprocessing.org


Program Co-Chairs:
   * Alla Sheffer, University of British Columbia
   * Konrad Polthier, Zuse Institute Berlin

Organizing Co-Chairs:
   * Riccardo Scateni, Università di Cagliari
   * Roberto Scopigno, ISTI-CNR Pisa


CALL FOR PAPERS:
   The Symposium on Geometry Processing is the premier venue for
   disseminating new research ideas and cutting-edge results in
   computerized processing of geometric models. In this emerging
   area, concepts from applied mathematics, computer science,
   and engineering are used to design efficient algorithms for
   acquisition, reconstruction, manipulation, simulation and
   transmission of complex 3D models. Applications of geometry
   processing algorithms cover a wide range of areas from multimedia,
   entertainment, and classical computer-aided design, to bio-medical
   computing, reverse engineering, and scientific computing.

   We are now inviting submissions related to, but not limited to,
   the following topics in geometry processing:

   - geometry and topology representations
   - compression of static or animated geometry
   - surface and volume parameterization
   - approximation and meshing
   - reverse engineering
   - simplification and level of detail
   - smoothing and denoising
   - computational geometry
   - multiresolution shape analysis and synthesis
   - geometric aspects of rendering and other fields
   - interactive techniques
   - animation and simulation


PROCEEDINGS:
   The proceedings of the symposium will be published in the
   Eurographics Proceedings Series, in cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH.
   NEW: proceedings will be full-color throughout (to be confirmed).


INVITED SPEAKERS:
   In addition to the technical paper presentations the conference
   will have two distinguished invited speakers:

   * Markus Gross, ETH Zurich
   * Ron Kimmel, Technion.


INDUSTRY PANEL:
   NEW: the industry panel will be a new conference feature where
   representatives of major companies actively involved in geometry
   processing and its application will present and discuss the most
   challenging research problems in the work of their companies.
   This year's panelists are:

   * Richard Huddy (ATI)
   * David Bonner (Dassault Systems)
   * Rasmus Tamstorf (Disney)
   * Olivier Paugam (Mental Images)


POSTER SESSION:
   A posters session will provide an additional informative look into
   ongoing research. Papers with obvious potential but which missed
   the threshold may be invited to be presented as posters during the
   symposium. Two page abstracts of the posters will be published in
   a separate volume distributed to the symposium participants.


IMPORTANT DATES:
   * Electronic abstract submission deadline: April 19, 2006
   * Electronic paper submission deadline:    April 26, 2006 PMT
   * Author notification:                     May 17, 2006
   * Camera ready copy deadline:              May 24, 2006

   * Symposium:                               June 26-28, 2006


SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

   Details of the all-electronic submission procedure are available
   on the official SGP website: http://www.geometryprocessing.org

   Authors are requested to submit an abstract of their paper (in
   plain text format) by April 19, 2006.  The abstract submission
   should contain the names and institutions of all the authors,
   contact information of one contact author (name, e-mail, postal
   address, phone and fax numbers), and the working title and
   abstract of the submission.

   Submitted manuscripts should be prepared for double-blind review,
   and should be original work, not concurrently submitted to any
   other venue. The length of a submitted paper should typically not
   exceed 10 pages, formatted in the proper publication style (LaTeX
   files available online). A submission can also be accompanied by
   electronic supplementary material (e.g. video).

   Submitted papers will be carefully reviewed by members of the
   Program Committee (see list online and on attached flier) and
   selected external reviewers.