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			   CALL FOR PAPERS

	The 1st International Workshop on Super Visualization
			       (IWSV08)

    In conjunction with the 22nd ACM International Conference on
			    Supercomputing

			     June 7, 2008
		 Island of Kos - Aegean Sea - Greece
		http://itolab.is.ocha.ac.jp/IWSV2008/


Supercomputing has been the major drive of the field of visualization.
Visualization enables scientists to make sense of the vast amount of
data generated by their massively parallel simulations. The recent
advancement of GPU, Cell processors, and multi-core technologies
suggests new approaches to interactive graphics and visualization,
leading to another wave of active research and development in visual
supercomputing.  The first International Workshop on Super
Visualization (IWSV08) aims at fostering exchange between
visualization, graphics and HPC researchers to accelerate the
development of visualization technologies for meeting the forthcoming
challenges.


Scope:
IWSV focuses on topics including, but are not limited to:
+ Large-scale simulation and visualization
+ Real-time and/or interactive visualization
+ Huge scale information visualization
+ Innovative volume visualization
+ High resolution visualization
+ Super photo-realistic rendering
+ Grid based visualization
+ Massively parallel volume visualization
+ GPU based visualization
+ Visual computing using cell processors
+ Cluster based graphics and visualization
+ Graphics and visualization using heterogeneous system of GPUs,  
cells, and multi-core CPUs.


PAPER SUBMISSION:
We solicit submissions of papers presenting advanced prototypes,
systems, algorithms, tools and environments for \"Super Visualization\".
General survey papers indicating future directions of \"Super
Visualization\" are also interested. Each paper is limited to 8 pages
in ACM format.

Publications:
All accepted papers will be included in workshop CD-ROM to be handed
to the attendees. After the workshop, a hardcopy proceedings will be
published by ACM or Springer LNCS. A small number of authors will be
invited to submit an extended version of their papers to a special
issue of Scientific Programming (IOS Press).

Important Dates:
	1-page abstract submission deadline           March 31, 2008
	First stage  author notification              April 10, 2008
	Paper submission deadline                     May    7. 2008
	Final stage author notification (tentative)   May   21. 2008
	Camera-ready version deadline                 May   28, 2008
	Final camera ready for the post-proceedings   July  31, 2008


Organization:
General Chair	Kazuki Joe, Nara Women\'s U, Japan
Program Chair	Koji Koyamada, Kyoto U, Japan
Publication Chair   Issei Fujishiro, Tohoku U, Japan
Web Chair	Takayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu U, Japan

PC members:
   Takayuki Aoki, Tokyo Institute of Techology, Japan
   Kadi Bouatouch, U de Rennes, France
   Hans-Christian Hege, Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany
   Akio Doi, Iwate Prefectural U, Japan
   David Ellsworth, NASA Ames, USA
   Takayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu U, Japan
   Kazufumi Kaneda, Hiroshima U, Japan
   Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Osaka U, Japan
   Hiroaki Kobayashi, Tohoku U, Japan
   Wilfrid Lefer, U of Pau, France
   Kwan-Liu Ma, U of California at Davis, USA
   Xiaoyang Mao U of Yamanashi, Japan
   Hideo Miyachi, Kubota Graphics Technology Inc., Japan
   Patrick McCormick, Los Alamos National Lab., USA
   Kenneth Moreland, Sandia National Lab, USA
   Shinichiro Mori, Fukui U, Japan
   Kazunori Nozaki, Osaka U, Japan
   Kenji Ono, RIKEN, Japan
   Tom Peterka, Argonne National Lab., USA
   Takafumi Saito, Tokyo U of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
   Mariko Sasakura, Okayama U, Japan
   Han-Wei Shen, Ohio State U., USA
   Shigeo Takahashi, U of Tokyo, Japan

Supporting Organizations:
	+ SGI Japan Ltd.
	+ Kubota Graphics Technologies Inc.

[INFORMATION]
For general information about  the workshop, please contact Prof. Kazuki
Joe of Nara Women\'s University (joe@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp).