From cyberoid@u.washington.edu Tue Mar 7 02:27:20 1995 Return-Path: Received: by stein1.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA01282; Tue, 7 Mar 95 02:27:20 -0800 Date: Tue, 7 Mar 95 02:27:20 -0800 From: Robert Jacobson Message-Id: <9503071027.AA01282@stein1.u.washington.edu> X-Sender: cyberoid@stein1.u.washington.edu To: scivw Subject: CONF: Computer Animation'95, Geneva (CH), April 19-21, 1995 [35K] Status: OR Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 09:08:15 +0100 From: Computer Animation'95 ========================== | | | COMPUTER ANIMATION '95 | | | ========================== The 8th International Conference on Computer Animation April 19 - 21, 1995 Geneva Switzerland World Wide Web: http://cuisg13.unige.ch:8100/digimedia/ CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION ======================= CHAIR: Nadia MAGNENAT THALMANN, University of Geneva, Switzerland INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Cochairs: Nadia MAGNENAT THALMANN University of Geneva, Switzerland Daniel THALMANN Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland Norman BADLER University of Pennsylvania, USA Michael COHEN Microsoft, USA Tat-Seng CHUA National University of Singapore David HAUMANN PIXAR, USA Tosiyasu L. KUNII University of Aizu, Japan Gavin MILLER Apple Computers, USA Fred PARKE IBM, USA Alex PENTLAND MIT, USA Larry ROSENBLUM Office Naval Research, USA Sung Yong SHIN KAIST, Korea Peter STUCKI University of Zurich, Switzerland Yasuhito SUENAGA NTT, Japan Demetri TERZOPOULOS University of Toronto, Canada Lance WILLIAMS Apple Computers, USA ORGANIZED BY: DigiMedia University of Geneva Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) IN COOPERATION WITH: Computer Graphics Society (CGS) Swiss National Research Foundation (FNS) Office Federal de la Communication (OFCOM) MESSAGE FROM NADIA MAGNENAT THALMANN University of Geneva ==================================== It is my pleasure to welcome you to the eighth International Conference on Computer Animation. For the second year, this conference is part of a larger conference, DigiMedia, that includes Forum 3D and a Multimedia seminar. The goal of these several conferences held together is to offer the participants a complete view on closely related topics: 3D images, their animation, their integration with sound, text, and the most important, their immediate or long-term use in the economical world. The participants will have access to the top researchers in the world in the Computer Animation Conference. They will debate today's concrete applications while listening to practitioners in the 3D Forum. They will discover, in the Multimedia Seminar, the potential and links related to television. And last but not the least, all the DigiMedia participants will have access to the yearly popular Computer Animation Film Festival which is being held every day during the conference including Saturday, downtown in Uni-Mail. And if you have some time left in the afternoon, do not forget to pay a visit to the Museum in Carouge where there is an exhibition on "Virtual Marilyn". I wish you a warm welcome and a lot of interesting exchanges. Nadia Magnenat Thalmann ============================================================================= INVITED SPEAKERS ================ ANDREW BLAKE is currently on the faculty of the Robotics Research Group in the University of Oxford. His research interests are in Robot Vision and also in human visual psychophysics. He has published a number of papers in vision, a book with A.Zisserman ("Visual Reconstruction", MIT press), and recently edited "Active Vision" with Alan Yuille (MIT Press). He currently serves on the programme committees of the International and European Conferences on Computer Vision and on the editorial boards of "Vision Research", "Image and Vision Computing" and "International Journal of Computer Vision". In 1977, he graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a B.A. Mathematics and Electrical Sciences. After a year as a Kennedy Scholar at MIT and two years in the electronics industry, he studied for a doctorate at the University of Edinburgh which was awarded in 1983. Until 1987 he was a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and a Royal Society Research Fellow. RAE EARNSHAW is Head of Computer Graphics at the University of Leeds. His interests are graphics algorithms, human-computer interface issues, scientific visualization, multimedia, workstations and display technology, CAD/CAM, graphics system building, and education issues. Dr Earnshaw received his PhD from University of Leeds in 1975. He has authored and edited 19 books on graphics algorithms, computer graphics, and associated topics. Dr Earnshaw is Chairman of the Scientific Visualization Group at the University of Leeds, an Editorial Board member of The Visual Computer and IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vice-President of the Computer Graphics Society, and Chair of the British Computer Society Computer Graphics and Displays Group. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, and a member of ACM, IEEE, CGS, and Eurographics. STANISLAV V.KLIMENKO is chief of System Analysis Laboratory at Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEP, Protvino), and Professor of Computer Science at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). Currently he is also the director of "Russian Center of Computing for Physics and Technology". His research interests include Data Analysis for High Energy Physics and Scientific Visualization. Klimenko graduated at MIPT in 1966, and received Doctor degree of Physics-Mathematics Science at IHEP in 1986. Klimenko is on the editorial board of "Computer & Graphics" and of Russian Journals "Programming". He is a member of the EUROGRAPHICS, and a member of the EUROGRAPHICS Executive Board. He received USSR Council of Ministers Award on Science and Technology in 1984. TOSIYASU L. KUNII is President and Professor at the University of Aizu. He is founder of the Computer Graphics Society, editor-in-chief of The Visual Computer and International Journal of Shape Modeling, and associate editor-in-chief of The Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation. Kunii received his BSc, MSc, and DSc degrees in chemistry, all from the University of Tokyo. He is a fellow of IEEE and a member of ACM and the Information Processing Society of Japan. BULENT OZGUC is Professor of Computer Science and the dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. He formerly taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia College of Arts, Middle East Technical University and worked as a member of research staff at the Schlumberger Palo Alto Research Center. For the last fifteen years, he has been active in the field of Computer Graphics and Animation. Ozguc received his B.Arch. and M.Arch degrees in Architecture, both from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, in 1972 and 1973, respectively. He received his M.S. degree in architectural technology from Columbia University, and his Ph.D. degree in a joint program of architecture and computer graphics from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1974 and 1978 respectively. He is a member of ACM Siggraph, IEEE Computer Society and UIA. GURMINDER SINGH is Assistant Program Manager of the Multimedia Systems program at the Institute of Systems Science (ISS), National University of Singapore. At ISS, he directs projects in virtual reality and user interface management systems (UIMSs). Dr. Singh is on the editorial boards of ACM Interactions, ACM-Springer Multimedia Systems, and the Advances in HCI book series published by Ablex. He organized the first Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST'94) conference, jointly sponsored by ACM and ISS. Based on the papers from VRST'94, he is co-editing special issues of CACM and ACM TOCHI. MEL SLATER is Reader in Computer Science, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. He became Head of Department of Computer Science in October 1993. He was Visiting Professor in the Computer Science Division, University of California at Berkeley, for the spring semesters 1991 and 1992. His research and teaching areas are computer graphics and virtual reality. He is principal investigator of the DTI/EPSRC/ London Parallel Applications Centre project Modeling in Virtual Environments, and of the ROPA/EPSRC project Distributed Extensible Virtual Reality Laboratory. He leads the FIVE (Framework for Immersive Virtual Environments) Working Group, funded by ESPRIT Basic Research. ROBERT TRAPPL is professor and head of the Department of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Vienna, Austria, and director of the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Vienna. He holds a PhD in psychology (minor: astronomy), a diploma in sociology, and is "Ingenieur" for electrical engineering. He also enjoys dancing (modern, post-modern, contact improv). PHILIP WILLIS is Professor of Computing and Director of the Centre for Digital Media at the University of Bath. His research has been entirely within colour raster graphics. He is active within Eurographics, where he is an elected Fellow, a member of the Executive Board and one of the two Chief Editors of the academic journal, Computer Graphics Forum. His research interests include computer animation, rendering from two- and three-dimensions, multimedia and virtual reality. ============================================================================= PROGRAMM ======== WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19 Morning: CONFERENCE-WIDE INAUGURAL SESSION 09:45-10:30 Opening addresses 10.30-12.30 Establishing multimedia: convergence or combination? What are the multimedia opportunities, the points of convergence, and the potential for partnerships? - the views of seven leading experts: Chair: Charles S. SWARTZ, UCLA Extension, CA, USA Introduction to DigiMedia by the chairman Industrial European Research perspective Ray EARNSHAW, University of Leeds, UK Nadia MAGNENAT THALMANN, University of Geneva, Switzerland Daniel THALMANN, EPFL, Switzerland Publishers perspective David R. WORLOCK, Electronic Publishing Ltd, UK Broadcasters Perspective Martin FREETH, Senior Producer, BBC Network Television Multimedia Telecommunications perspective Gerard EIMERY, Multimedia Division, France Telecom Computer Industry perspective Mary CALLAGHAN, Oracle, UK Discussion Lunch Afternoon: CONFERENCES 13:30-13:40 Computer Animation Symposium Opening Session 13:40-14:20 Session 1: Invited speaker Robert TRAPPL, University of Vienna Chair: Nadia MAGNENAT THALMANN, University of Geneva, Switzerland What Governs Autonomous Actor ? R. TRAPPL, P. PETTA, S. SCLAROFF, MediaLab, University of Vienna, Austria 14:20-15:00 Session 2: Virtual and Autonomous Actor 1 Chair: Daniel THALMANN, EPFL, Switzerland The ALIVE System Full-body Interaction with Autonomous Agents P. MAES, D. TREVOR, B. BLUMBERG, A. PENTLAND, MIT Media Lab, USA Virtual Actors living in a Real World N. MAGNENAT THALMANN, D. THALMANN, University of Geneva and EPFL, Switzerland Coffee break 15:30-16:10 Session 3: Virtual and Autonomous Actor 2 Chair: Nadia MAGNENAT THALMANN, University of Geneva, Switzerland A Synthetic Mobile Robot P.J. ERARD, C. FUHRER, L. IFF, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland Disney meets Darwin - The Evolution of Funny Animated Figures J. VENTRELLA, MIT Laboratory, Cambridge, USA 16:10-16:30 Session 4: Virtual Reality Chair: Nadia MAGNENAT THALMANN, University of Geneva, Switzerland Motion Planning for Computer Animation and Virtual Reality Applications X. SHENG, University of Bremen, Germany 16:30-17:10 Session 5: Invited speaker: Gurminder SINGH, ISS, National University of Singapore Chair: Daniel THALMANN, EPFL Networked Virtual Worlds G. SINGH, W. PNG, A. WONG, L. SERRA, ISS, National University of Singapore 20:30 - 22:30 Computer Generated Film Festival THURSDAY, APRIL 20 : CONFERENCES 09:00-09:40 Session 6: Invited speaker: Mel SLATER, QMW University of London, UK Chair: Daniel THALMANN, EPFL, Switzerland Creating Animation using Virtual Reality: Thatcherworld - A case Study M. SLATER, M. USOH, R. GEEAS, A. STEED, QMW University of London, UK 09:40-10:20 Session 7: Curves and Trajectories Chair: Tosiyasu L. KUNII, University of Aizu, Japan A C2-continuous B-spline Quaternion Curve Interpolating a Given Sequence of Solid Orientations Myoung-Jun KIM, Myung-Soo KIM, Sung Yong SHIN, KAIST, Taejeon and POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea A New Set of Tools to Describe and Tune Trajectories J.-D. GASCUEL, Ch. LYON, iMAGIS/IMAG, Grenoble, France Coffee Break 10:50-11:30 Session 8: Invited speaker: Andrew BLAKE, University of Oxford, UK Chair: Daniel THALMANN, EPFL, Switzerland Applying Visual Curve Tracking to Graphics A. BLAKE, University of Oxford, UK 11:30-12:10 Session 9: Invited speaker: Tosiyasu L. KUNII, University of Aizu, Japan Chair: Nadia MAGNENAT THALMANN, University of Geneva, Switzerland A Diffusion Model for Computer Animation of Diffuse Ink Painting T. L. KUNII, G. V. NOSOVSKIJ, T. HAYASHI, University of Aizu, Japan Lunch 13:40-14:10 Session 10: Invited speaker: Philip WILLIS, University of Bath, UK Chair: Andrew BLAKE, University of Oxford, UK The Animachine Renderer Ph. WILLIS and T. NETTLESHIP, Center for Digital Media, University of Bath, UK 14:10-15:10 Session 11: Animation Techniques and Tools Chair: Jean-Dominique GASCUEL, iMAGIS/IMAG, Grenoble, France Modelling the Computer Animation Process for Parallel Environments IJ. PALMER, University of Bradford, UK Intelligent Box: A Constructive Visual Software Developpement System for Interactive 3D Graphics Applications Y. OKADA, Y. TANAKA, Hokkaido University, Japan Anigraph - A Data Structure for Computer Animation M. BRAUN, A. FORMELLA, Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany Coffee Break 15:30-16:10 Session 12: Motion Control Chair: Philip WILLIS, University of Bath, UK Quick Tuning of a Reference Locomotion Gait J.-L. NOUGARET, B. ARNALDI, G. HEGRON, A. RAZAVI, IRISA-CNRS, Rennes and Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France Realistic Animation of Legged Running on Rough Terrain J. NAGLE, Stanford Robotics Laboratory, USA 16:10-16:50 Session 13: Invited speaker: Bulent OZGUC, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey Chair: Stas V. KLIMENKO, Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Russia Animating Deformable Models: Different approaches U. GUDUKBAY, B. OZGUC, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey 18:00 - 19:00 Cocktail Offered by the City and the Canton of Geneva FRIDAY, APRIL 21 Morning: CONFERENCES 09:00-09:40 Session 14: Invited speaker: Tosiyasu L. KUNII, University of Aizu, Japan Chair: Daniel THALMANN, EPFL, Switzerland Evaluation of Human Jaw Articulation T. L. KUNII, K. MYSZKOWSKI, O. OKUNEV, H. NISHIDA, Y. SHINAGAWA, M. IBUSUKI, University of Aizu, University of Tokyo, Fifty Limited Company and Sannou Clinic, Japan 09:40-10:00 Session 15: Medical Computer Graphics Chair: Tosiyasu L. KUNII, University of Aizu, Japan Topological Modeling of Human Anatomy Using Medical Data P. KALRA, P. BEYLOT, Ph. GINGINS, N. MAGNENAT THALMANN, P. VOLINO, P. HOFFMEYER, J. FASEL, F. TERRIER, University of Geneva and Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland Coffee Break 10:30-11:10 Session 16: Invited speaker: Stas V. KLIMENKO, Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Russia Chair: Daniel THALMANN, EPFL, Switzerland Visualisation of Complex Phenomena in String Theory S. V. KLIMENKO, I.N. NIKITIN, V.V. TALANOV, Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Russia 11:10-11:50 Session 17: Scientific Vizualisation Chair: Nadia MAGNENAT THALMANN, University of Geneva, Switzerland An Advanced Technique for Meteosat Cloud Animation R.E. MEISNER, S.W. DECH, German Aerospace, Germany Dynamic Simulation of Splashing Fluids J. F. O'BRIEN, J. K. HODGINS, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA 11:50-12:00 Closing session Lunch Afternoon: CONFERENCE-WIDE FORUM 14:30-16:30 FORUM: Visioning the future Chair: Ian Carles STEWART, Partner of Wired, USA Tosiyasu L. KUNII, President of the University of Aizu, Japan Sung Yong SHIN, Professor at KAIST, Taejeon, Korea Alain LE DIBERDER, Director of New Programmes, Canal +, France Carol PETERS, Executive Director, Da Vinci, USA Gurminder SINGH, National Project Director, ISS, National University of Singapore ============================================================================== GENERAL INFORMATION =================== Computer Animation '95 is part of the DigiMedia Conference, second world conference on television and multimedia. Try our World Wide Web pages at : http://cuisg13.unige.ch:8100/digimedia/ CONVENTION LOCATION CICG (Centre International de Conferences de Geneve), 15 rue de Varembe, 1202 Geneva ACCESS TO DIGIMEDIA from Geneva airport : 1. Bus 18 to Palexpo 2. Bus 5 from Palexpo to Vermont (10 min) from Geneva Cornavin station: 1. Bus 5 to Vermont (8 min) SECRETARIAT OF DIGIMEDIA Philippe COEYTAUX, DigiMedia Phone (+41 22) 320 9033 91, bvd de la Cluse, CH-1205 Geneva Fax (+41 22) 320 9075 Evelyne KOHL, MiraLab - University of Geneva Phone (+41 22) 705 7770 24 rue General-Dufour, CH-1211 Geneva 4 Fax (+41 22) 705 7780 REGISTRATION FEES (in CHF) Students 90.- One Person 750.- Five persons or more 600.- per person One day pass (without proceedings) 250.- One author per paper can register to the conference free of charge. These fees cover : - welcome cocktail on Thursday - access to all conferences and panels at DigiMedia '95 - the book "Computer Animation '95" (except for students and one day pass) - admission to the International Computer Generated Film Festival ENTRANCE FEE TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER-GENERATED FILM FESTIVAL Additional admission to the International Computer-Generated Film Festival (Uni-Mail, 102 bvd Carl-Vogt, 1205 Geneva, 20h30) 15.- BOOK Book "Computer Animation '95", published by IEEE Press 80.- REGISTRATION PROCEDURES Prospective participants should complete the registration form (see below) and return it to : Philippe COEYTAUX DigiMedia 91, bvd de la Cluse CH-1205 Geneva Switzerland Fax (+41 22) 320 9075 Registration form without payment will not be taken into consideration. PAYMENT All payments should be made in Swiss Francs by bank transfer (no checks) to Union Bank of Switzerland, Geneva, UNI II 472-319-00D, DigiMedia account number 142.115 or by credit cards (Visa, American Express, Eurocard, Mastercard or Diners Club). DO NOT FORGET TO MENTION YOUR NAME AND THE ACCOUNT NUMBER. CANCELLATIONS AND TRANSFER If you are unable to attend, a replacement is welcome. Full refund will be given for cancellations received before April 5, 1995; 50% refund will be given for cancel-lations received in writing before April 12, 1995. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS Swissair has been appointed official carrier for DigiMedia 95. We kindly ask all participants to contact their nearest Swissair travel agent for assistance with their travel arrangements. REGISTRATION TIME Local registration will start on Wednesday, April 19 from 9:00 to 17:00 in CICG. Late registration is possible on the site. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE English ============================================================================= REGISTRATION FORM ================= Computer Animation (DIGIMEDIA) '95 Geneva, Switzerland, April 19 - 21, 1995 Name ___________________________________________________________ Firstname ______________________________________________________ Company ________________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________________ Zip Code _____________ Country ________________________________ City ___________________________________________________________ Phone _________________________ Fax ____________________________ E-mail _________________________________________________________ Registration fees (in CHF) Please tick Conference (April 19 - 21) _______ 1 person (750.-) _______ 5 persons or more (600.- per person) _______ (please fill out one registration form per person) students (90.-) _______ One day only (250.-) 19 April _______ 20 April _______ 21 April _______ All payments should be made in Swiss Francs (mention your name and account number) by bank transfer (no checks) to Union Bank of Switzerland, Geneva, UNI II 472-319-00D, DigiMedia account number 142.115 or by credit cards. Bank transfer ______ or Credit card ______ (Visa, Euro/Master, American Express, Diners) Card Number ___________________ Expiry Date ______________ Date _________________________ Signature ______________________________ The registration form is to be returned to : Philippe COEYTAUX, DigiMedia, 91 bvd de la Cluse, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland. Fax: (+41 22) 320 9075 ============================================================================== HOTEL RESERVATION ================= Hotel reservation for Computer Animation '95 (Geneva, April 19 - 21) should be made immediately to : Hotel room rate in Swiss Francs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holiday Inn Crown Plaza * * * * Single 150.- 26, voie de Moens Double 180.- 1218 Grand-Saconnex / Geneva Breakfast (American buffet) 25.- Tel (+41 22) 791 0011 Fax (+41 22) 798 9273 Airport area, shuttle Penta * * * * Single 135.- 75 - 77, av. Louis-Casai Double 170.- 1216 Cointrin / Geneva Breakfast included Tel (+41 22) 798 4700 Fax (+41 22) 798 7758 Airport area, shuttle Les Nations* * * * Single 123.- 62, rue du Grand-Pre Double 180.- 1202 Geneva Breakfast included Tel (+41 22) 734 3003 Fax (+41 22) 734 3884 Conference building area Bernina* * * Single 105.- 22, Place de Cornavin Double 145.- Case Postale 2168 Breakfast included 1211 Geneva 2 Additional taxes: 1.20 per person and per day Tel (+41 22) 731 4950 Fax (+41 22) 732 7359 Railway station area ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This rate is only possible if you mention DigiMedia while making your reservation. Rooms are reserved until April 8, 1995. All prices are in Swiss Francs per room per night including services and taxes, unless otherwise specified. All rooms have a private bathroom or a shower. Shuttle means free shuttle from and to the airport. ============================================================================= HOTEL RESERVATION REGISTRATION FORM =================================== Please send this form directly to the hotel you have chosen from the above list. Hotel __________________________________________________________ Fax __________________________________________________________ Please reserve a single / double room at special DigiMedia rate for ___ nights Expected arrival date ________________________ Time ___________________ Expected departure date ______________________ Time ___________________ Name ___________________________________________________________ Firstname ______________________________________________________ Company ________________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________________ Zip Code _____________ Country ________________________________ City ___________________________________________________________ Phone ________________________ Fax ____________________________ Date _________________________ Signature ______________________ If you have difficulties to book any of these hotels, please contact Philippe COEYTAUX (phone +41 22/320 9033, fax +41 22/320 9075) ============================================================================== _________________________________________________________________________ | Computer Animation '95 | | Yves REY | | email : ca95@cui.unige.ch fax : (+41 22) 705.77.80 | _________________________________________________________________________