From: Toni Emerson <"temerson"@hitl.washington.edu> Subject: CFP: Latest Infobahn Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 14:17:30 -0700 Organization: Human Interface Technology Lab [I'm forwarding this to sci.virtual-worlds. This is a mailing list called the "Infobahn". Be sure to check out "Will we define VR before the next millenium?" -T.E.] ------------------------------ The following are some of the latest Infobahn Calls for Participation: --> 1997 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics --> Call date: 25 September 1996 --> VRML 97 --> Call date: 15 October 1996 --> SimTecT 97 Advancing Simulation Technology and Training --> Call date: 27 September 1996 --> Will we define VR before the next millenium? http://www-npsnet.cs.nps.navy.mil/zyda/VRDefined/VRDefined.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 1997 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics April 27-30, 1997 Providence, RI http://www.research.microsoft.com/research/Symp3D.htm Extended abstracts due: Sept. 25, 1996 Acceptance notification: Nov. 11, 1996 Final papers for Proceedings due: Dec. 18, 1996 The focus of the symposium will be on the frontiers of real-time, interactive 3D computer graphics and multimedia. The symposium will consist of formal paper sessions and hands-on demonstrations where research groups and vendors will demonstrate the state-of-the-art in the field. Topics of interest for technical sessions and demonstrations include: * innovative human-machine interface paradigms for navigating, working and playing in complex, real-time graphics environments, including virtual worlds, Web-based systems, and visualization systems; * high-performance 3D graphics architectures, hardware, and software for interacting with virtual worlds and teleoperation systems; * novel sensory I/O devices for "seeing, hearing and feeling in the virtual world"; * perceptual and psychological issues regarding multimodal interaction and operation in complex virtual spaces; * interactive model building tools for shaping, building or sculpting of objects, and the interactive assembly and manipulation of systems of parts; * languages or APIs for specifying geometry and behaviors for interactive and network based applications; * algorithms for animating complex reactive characters; authoring tools for constructing reactive models; * interactive simulations distributed over local and long-haul networks; * software for representing, designing, visualizing and interacting with complex geometry, structure and behavior. Extended abstracts 3 to 5 pages long describing original work should reflect the contents of the final paper and the symposium presentation. Accompanying video tapes where appropriate are strongly recommended. Performance claims should be supported by actual measurements. Full explanations of any special techniques necessary to achieve real-time picture generation and display should be provided. Abstracts should clearly state what has been achieved and how this makes a contribution to the state-of-the-art in interactive 3D graphics. The program committee will review the abstracts and notify the author(s) whether the paper will be accepted as a short or long paper, and whether the presentation will be short or long. Short papers will be 4 pages; long papers may be up to 12 pages. Short presentations will be 15 minutes; long presentations will be up to 25 minutes. Attendance will be limited to 250 participants. Places will be reserved for up to 50 students at reduced registration rates. Sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH Submit 5 copies of an extended abstract by 5:00 PM EDT, Sept. 25, 1996 to: David Zeltzer 1997 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room 36-763, 50 Vassar Street Cambridge MA 02139 Tel.: (617) 253-5995 e-mail: dz@vetrec.mit.edu No fax or e-mail submissions accepted. Requests for registration forms and information should be e-mailed to: Lisa Manekofsky Dept. of Computer Science Brown University Providence RI 02912 (401) 863-7654 Fax: (401) 863-7657 e-mail: ljm@cs.brown.edu Symposium Chair: Andy van Dam, Brown University Program Co-chairs: Michael Cohen, Microsoft David Zeltzer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Program Committee: Fred Brooks, Jr., University of North Carolina Ingrid Carlbom, AT&T Bell Labs Ed Catmull, PIXAR Frank Crow, Interval Research Jessica Hodgins, Georgia Institute of Technology Fred Kitson, Hewlett Packard Marc Levoy, Stanford University Dan Ling, Microsoft Peter Schroder, California Institute of Technology Susumu Tachi, University of Tokyo Michael Zyda, Naval Postgraduate School *********************************************************************** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VRML 97 Call For Participation! February 24-26, 1997 Hyatt Regency, Monterey California, USA http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml97 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Announcing VRML 97, a technical symposium focusing upon the research, technology, and applications of VRML, the Virtual Reality Modeling Language. To be held in Monterey California, Monday-Wednesday February 24-26 1997. VRML 97 will be a 3-day technical forum including courses and in-depth workshop discussions on the first day, followed by paper presentations, panels, exhibits, and demonstrations on the following two days. Technical paper submissions are encouraged. Submissions will be peer reviewed and selected based upon technical merit. Paper submission guidelines will be available soon. Suggested topic areas include 3D graphics, networking, content, behaviors, interfaces, modeling, simulation, multi-user environments and standards. Questions about paper submission can be directed to: * vrml97-papers@sdsc.edu Course, workshop and panel ideas are encouraged and should be submitted to: * vrml97-courses@sdsc.edu * vrml97-workshops@sdsc.edu * vrml97-panels@sdsc.edu Date Activity ---------------- ----------------------------------------------------- September 15, Early registration opens and the registration forms 1996 go on-line October 15, Paper submissions due, Course, workshop, and panel 1996 proposals due November 15, Paper reviews complete, authors notified of 1996 acceptance, review comments returned to authors, and advance program goes on-line December 15, Early registration closes, late registration opens, 1996 paper camera-ready copy due February 15, Late registration closes 1997 February 24, On-site registration opens, VRML 97 courses and 1997 workshops all-day February 25-26, VRML 97 papers, panels, demonstrations, and exhibits 1997 all-day --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS SimTecT 97 Advancing Simulation Technology and Training 17-20th March, 1997 Rydges (Lakeside) Hotel, Canberra, ACT AUSTRALIA http://www.cse.rmit.edu.au/simtect About SimTecT 97 The Simulation Technology and Training Conference (SimTecT 97) will be held at the Rydges (Lakeside) Hotel, in Canberra, Australia in March 1997. This conference will bring together key people from industry, academia and government agencies to explore current and future developments in simulation and training. Until relatively recently, the benefits of computer-generated environments were only available to a few highly specialised users. However, these benefits are now available not just for the training of specialist skills needed to control complex systems, but also for training everyday skills, such as driving a car. The highly successful SimTecT 96 was held in Melbourne, Australia. Lt Col Dave Bartlett, one of the keynote speakers from the US Defence Modelling and Simulation Office (DMSO), said that "it was one of the best conferences I have attended in the last 10 years". SimTecT 97 will discuss the way forward in simulation technology and training, as well as recent innovations which have vastly improved the technologies used to generate "virtual worlds". Current developments in simulation technology include visual displays, computer generated imagery, C3I, digital battlefield, haptic devices (force feedback), three- dimensional sound, and software tools enabling complex database and synthetic environments to be developed easily. With the dramatic advances in computing power and the accompanying reductions in cost, simulation is now being applied in a wide range of expanding application areas. Abstract submissions Authors are invited to submit one page abstracts describing both theoretical and practical work in any area of simulation technology and training (including commercial, medical, mining and military areas) by Friday 27th September, 1996. Authors whose abstracts are accepted will be invited to submit full papers by Monday 16th December 1996. The final papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Classified papers will not be accepted. Accepted papers must have unlimited distribution and made available to conference organisers for reprinting. A broader range of topics will be considered (as compared to SimTecT 96); these include, but are not limited to: advanced and prototype systems case studies commercial accreditation commercial/industrial applications computer generated forces (CGF) databases fidelity of visual, motion, auditory and other sensory cues interoperability (DIS, HLA, etc.) scientific visualisation simulator and operator interfaces training effectiveness training methodologies and transfer verification, validation and accreditation (VV&A) virtual reality Abstracts must be received by the conference programme committee before or on Friday, 27th September, 1996. Full papers will be required by Monday 16th December, 1996. Send all submissions to : Mr Paul Beckett SimTecT 97 Department of Computer Systems Engineering RMIT 2476 V GPO Melbourne, Victoria 3001 AUSTRALIA Email: pbeckett@rmit.edu.au Phone: + 61 3 9660 5301 Fax: + 61 3 9660 5340 Important dates 27th September, 1996, Deadline for abstract proposals 11th October, 1996 Notification of abstract acceptance 16th December, 1996 Camera ready and electronic copy of full paper 17th - 19th March, 1997 Conference sessions 17th - 19th March, 1997 Trade Exhibition 20th March, 1997 Workshop/Tutorial sessions Further Information The organising committee of SimTecT 97, under the auspices of the Simulation Industry Association of Australia (SIAA), consists of the following members: Mr Paul Beckett, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Ms Jennifer Briggs, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, (DSTO) Mr Peter Hill, Wormald Technology Mr Dennis Macdonald, CSC Australia Dr Mather Mason, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, (DSTO) Mr Michael McKenzie, CAE Electronics (AUS) Mr Ray Page, Nicoll- Cooke Associates Dr Sabrina Sestito, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, (DSTO) Mr Kevin Smith, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Prof Tom Triggs, Monash University Mr Grant Tudor, Adacel Pty Ltd Further information about SimTecT 97 can be obtained by looking at http://www.cse.rmit.edu.au/simtect or by contacting Ms Jennifer Briggs as follows: Email : jennifer.briggs@dsto.defence.gov.au Phone : + 61 3 9626 7364 Fax: + 61 3 9626 7084