From felger@igd.fhg.de Tue Dec 6 16:12:14 1994 Return-Path: Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA24510; Tue, 6 Dec 94 16:12:14 -0800 Received: from fhg.de by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA24969; Tue, 6 Dec 94 16:12:01 -0800 From: felger@igd.fhg.de Received: by fhg.de (mail-gw.fhg.de) with PRESMTP; Wed, 7 Dec 94 01:11:58 +0100 from FHG-GATEWAY Received: by fhg.de (mail-gw.fhg.de) with SMTP; Wed, 7 Dec 94 01:11:05 +0100 from igd.igd.fhg.de Received: by igd.igd.fhg.de; Tue, 6 Dec 94 23:13:03 +0100 Received: by testy.igd.fhg.de (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA12772; Tue, 6 Dec 94 23:09:27 +0100 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 94 23:09:27 +0100 Message-Id: <9412062209.AA12772@testy.igd.fhg.de> To: graphics-request@scri1.scri.fsu.edu, scivw@media.mit.edu, scivw@u.washington.edu Subject: EVENT: CFP: Int. Workshop on VR & Sci.Vis. (China, April 1995) Cc: felger@igd.fhg.de, vr@igd.fhg.de X-Status: Status: OR ---------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Contributions Call for Contributions ---------------------------------------------------------------- International Workshop on Virtual Reality and Scientific Visualization ---------> Collaborative Environments <------------- 23-26 April, 1995, Hangzhou, China Supported by Chinese State Education Commission Chinese National Science Foundation (NFSC) National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Naval Research (ONR) State Science & Technology Commission of China (SSTCC) In Cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH EUROGRAPHICS IFIP WG 5.10 AIM and SCOPE: Scientific Visualization has been an advanced research topic in Computer Graphics for several years. Demanding realtime in visual presention of complex data set and interactive handling of these amounts of data, Scientific Visualization has demanded substantial research which now is contributing to R&D in Virtual Reality (VR). Virtual Environments (VE) have been constructed and successfully demonstrated during recent years. Realtime in simulation, interaction and presentation has been achieved even for complex Virtual Worlds. The use of collaboration techniques in Scientific Visualization and Virtual Environments as a 'future' human-machine interface for human conversations, discussions and decision making is now under investigation in so called 'cooperative applications'. Advanced Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) in construction, engineering and prototyping require the implemention and evaluation of experimental interfaces based on Virtual Environments. The aim of this international workshop is to identify the state of the art in collaborative Visualizations and VEs, to discuss problems and solutions related to multi-user applications and to develop technical and social prospectives for future human communication build on Virtual Environments. Topics to be discussed during the workshop will include: - cooperative scientific visualization, - intuitive and direct interaction with complex data sets, - realtime in distributed multi user VEs, - collaborative applications in virtual envronments, - simultaneous walk throughs, - consistency and synchronization of virtual worlds. WORKSHOP FORMAT: Participation will be limited to about 40 persons to encourage intensive interaction. The format of the workshop will include numerous exchange opportunities, and problem sessions may be for- med for further discussion. Invited international experts will contribute their work experience to the workshop. Advanced developments will be presented, and novel techniques in communica- tion will be discussed. Examples of work and results will be demonstrated at the State Key Lab, and potential collaborations will be discussed. Hangzhou (near Shanghai) provides an ideal geographical location and a suitable Computer Graphics laboratory for interaction between American, Asian and European researchers in VEs. Selection of participants will take place on the basis of position papers indicating the R&D lines for coexistence and collaboration in SciVis and VEs. The position papers will be reviewed by an international programme committee. Final Papers will appear in a partcipants edition of the workshop proceedings or in a book. SCHEDULE: deadline for position papers: February 10th, 1995 proposals for demonstrators: February 10th, 1995 notification of acceptance: March 1st, 1995 full papers: April 10th, 1995 WORKSHOP CHAIRPERSONS: Shi Jiaoying (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China) Martin Goe”bel (Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstad, Germanyt) INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS: J. Brown (USA) J.L. Encarnacao (Germany) INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: P. Astheimer (Germany) S. Bryson (USA) H.J. Bullinger (Germany) L. Fahlen (Sweden) S. Feiner (USA) W. Felger (Germany) M. Hirose (Japan) R. Hubbold (UK) R.B. Loftin (USA) S. Li (China) S. Lui (China) H. Ko (S. Korea) J. Nomura (Japan) Q. Pen (China) L. Rosenblum (USA) M. Slater (UK) G. Singh (Singapore) R. Stone (UK) D. Thalmann (Switzerland) G. Weets (Belgium) Contributions should be sent to: Professor Shi Jiaoying CAD/CAM National Lab Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China Tel: +86 571 5172244 ext. 3050 Fax: +86 571 7951358 email: cs_shijy@zunet.ihep.ac.cn Dr. Martin Goe”bel Demonstration Centre for Virtual Reality Fraunhofer Computer Graphics Institute (IGD) Wilhelminenstrasse 7 D-64283 Darmstadt Germany Tel: +49 6151 155 124 Fax: +49 6151 155 399 email: goebel@igd.fhg.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------