by *** CALL FOR PAPERS ***
International Conference on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia '97
(VSMM '97)
in Geneva, Switzerland
http://miralabwww.unige.ch/~vsmm97/
September 10-12, 1997
University of Geneva, Switzerland
The third International Conference on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia
will be held in Geneva on 10-12 September 1997. This conference is
supported by the International Society on Virtual Systems and
MultiMedia(VSMM), the International Federation for Information
Processing(IFIP) and MIRALab-CUI (University of Geneva).
The conference will provide a forum for virtual reality and multimedia,
and an opportunity for academic researchers to exchange up-to-date technological
knowledge and experience. In addition to the technical sessions, plenary and
invited sessions will be organized.
=========================================================================== ****** CONFERENCE TOPICS ****** This year, particular emphasis will be put on multimedia topics MULTIMEDIA Communication and Networking Multimedia system services HUMAN INTERFACE and SENSING Haptic displays Force-feed back models INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND ROBOTICS Telerobotics & Telepresence VR for CAM & CIM,AI APPLICATIONS Medical surgery & supporting systems VR for veterinary medicine MODELING AND THEORY Rapid prototyping Factory modeling & automation =========================================================================== CALL FOR PANELS Proposals for panels on topics related to Virtual Systems and MultiMedia must be =========================================================================== PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Papers submitted should be pertinent to the conference topics. The Conference proceedings will appear in a book published by Springer Verlag. Please submit papers to the following address: Prof. Nadia Magnenat Thalmann or by anonymous ftp (in gzipped PostScript/PDF format) at (In case of submission by ftp, authors are requested to send an email AUTHORS SCHEDULE: April 20, 1997 for manuscripts BEST PAPER AWARD: A best paper Award will be given to authors of outstanding papers. JOURNAL of VISUALIZATION AND COMPUTER ANIMATION special issue: High quality papers related to computer animation and visualization will be =========================================================================== SUPPORTED BY International Society on VSMM(President: Prof. Setsuo Ohsuga, Waseda University) GENERAL COMMITTEE Honorary Committee Chair Thomas B. Sheridan, MIT, USA INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Program Committee Chairs Programm Committee Members LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS Pierre Beylot MIRALab-CUI, University of Geneva, Switzerland SPONSOR: IN-COOPERATION WITH (Tentative): =========================================================================== For further information Laurent Moccozet or VSMM'97 web site at http://miralabwww.unige.ch/~vsmm97/ ===========================================================================
Electronic and Network publishing Distributed multimedia systems
Scientific and multimedia toolkits User models for multimodal interfaces
Storage and compression techniques Digital video
SNHC and MPEG-4 Standards Teleshopping systems
Voice, sound and texts integration Multimedia distance learning
Interactive virtual studios Interactive Television
Virtual sensors Visual interface
Real-time control of Avatars Sound and speech interfaces
3D Measurement Application of computer vision
Tactile sensing Motion analysis and tracking
Intelligent sensors Sensors fusion
Sensitivity Engineering Pattern recognition
2D&3D Scene analysis and Image processing
Intelligent manufacturing system Control and simulation
VR education software(VRES) VR networks
Bioscience VR in psychology
VR in sports VR in agriculture
Artificial social systems
Mathematical modeling Computational geometry
Fuzzy theory Neural network
Artificial life
sent to Prof. N. Magnenat Thalmann(thalm...@cui.unige.ch) before
April 20, 1997.
Four copies of full papers in English are due April 20, 1997. Authors will
be notified by May 31, 1997.
Papers should be around 10 pages single spaced including images, figures,
tables and references.The paper should include the title of the paper, authors
names, affiliations, postal adresses, e-mail and fax number.
Each presentation is expected to be a 20-minute talk.
VSMM'97
MIRALab CUI
24 Rue du General Dufour
CH 1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland
cuirs1.unige.ch (129.194.137.22)
or
cuisg13.unige.ch (129.194.137.17)
to Laurent.Mocco...@cui.unige.ch including the title of the paper,
authors names, affiliations, postal adresses, e-mail and fax number,
together with the name of the file corresponding to their submission.)
May 31, 1997 for the notification
Selection will be made at the conference based on technical content.
The winners will be chosen by the conference committee members in consultation
with the members of VSMM.
selected for a special issue of the Journal of Visualization and Computer
Animation, published by John Wiley.
International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP),
Working Group 5.10 on Computer Graphics and Virtual Worlds
MIRALab-CUI, University of Geneva
General Committee Chair Nadia Magnenat Thalmann University of Geneva, Switzerland
General Committee Vice-Chairs
Scott S. Fisher Telepresence
Research, USA
Hiroshi Harashima University of
Tokyo, Japan
Robert J. Stone VR Solutions, UK
for Europe Nadia Magnenat Thalmann University of Geneva, Switzerland
for Asia Takeo Ojika Gifu University, Japan
for America David Zeltzer David Sarnoff Research Center, USA
Massimo Bergamasco Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Italy
Tat-Seng Chua National University of Singapore,
Singapore
Rae A. Earnshaw University of Bradford, UK
Ole Henrik Ellestad Norsk Regnesentral, NO
Jose L. Encarnacao Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Graphische
Datenverarbeitung, Germany
Scott S. Fisher Telepresence Research Corp., USA
Eddy Flerackers Limburg University Center, Belgium
Jean-Guy Fontaine Laboratoire de Robotique de Paris,France
Mark W. Green University Alberta, Canada
Charles Grimsdale Director of Division Ltd, UK
Hiroshi Harashima University of Tokyo, Japan
Michitaka Hirose University of Tokyo, Japan
Young Whan Kim Korean Telecom, South Korea
Tohru Ifukube Hokkaido University, Japan
Takeo Kanade Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Stanislav Klimenko Institute for High Energy Physics,
Russia
Myron Krueger Artificial Reality Corp., USA
Tosiyasu L. Kunii University of Aizu, Japan
Nadia Magnenat Thalmann University of Geneva, Switzerland
Hermann Maurer University of Graz, Austria
Makoto Nonaka President of FISA, USA
Junji Nomura Matsusita Electric Works LTD, Japan
Setsuo Ohsuga Waseda University, Japan
Takeo Ojika Gifu University, Japan
Alex Pentland MediaLab MIT, USA
Werner Purgathofer Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Larry Rosenblum Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Joachim Sauter ART+COM, Germany
Hans-Peter Seidel Erlangen University, Germany
Luis Serra National University of Singapore,
Singapore
Sung Yong Shin Korea Advanced Institute of
Science & Technology(KAIST), South Korea
Mel Slater University of College London, UK
Robert J. Stone VR Solutions Ltd, UK
Yasuhito Suenaga Nagoya University, Japan
Susumu Tachi University of Tokyo, Japan
Zesheng Tang Tsinghua University, R. P. China
Demetri Terzopoulos University of Toronto, Canada
Daniel Thalmann Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Switzerland
Hal Thwaites Concordia University, Canada
Junichiro Toriwaki Nagoya University, Japan
Jiaxin Wang University of Tsinghua, R. P. China
Kaye Wohn Korea Advanced Institute of Sciences &
Technology(KAIST), South Korea
Franz-Heinrich Wolter University of Hannover, Germany
Kazuhiko Yamamoto Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
David Zeltzer David Sarnoff Research Center, USA
Laurent Moccozet MIRALab-CUI, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Veronique Willi MIRALab-CUI, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Gifu Research and Development Foundation (GRDF)
* The Swiss Informaticians Society
* The Computer Graphics Society (CGS)
* Eurographics
* VR News, USA and Europe
* The Virtual Reality Society of Japan
* The British Computer Graphics Society
* Virtual System Laboratory of Gifu University
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MIRALab CUI
24 Rue du General Dufour
CH 1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland
tel: +41-22 705.77.64
fax: +41-22 705.77.80
e-mail: Laurent.Mocco...@cui.unige.ch