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27-04-2007, 10:52 PM
afrigraph 2007
... the 5th International Conference for Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality,
Visualisation and Interaction in Africa ...
Sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH and in association with EUROGRAPHICS.
29 - 31 October 2007
Grahamstown, South Africa
Visit the Afrigraph 2007 Website (http://www.afrigraph.org/) for more
information.
Key-note speaker: Tom Furness
Call for Participation
We invite you to participate in one of the following exciting events to take
place at AFRIGRAPH2007:
· Academic Paper Sessions
· Tutorials
· Art and Animation Gallery
· Poster Session
· Exhibition / Corporate Demo Reels
AFRIGRAPH2007 is to be held at the campus of the beautiful and historic
Rhodes University,
Grahamstown, South Africa. Grahamstown is located at the heart of the wild
region of the Eastern Cape
and is surrounded by wildlife and game lodges containing the Big 5. For more
information regarding
Grahamstown, visit the Grahamstown tourism website
(http://www.grahamstown.co.za/).
The keynote address at AFRIGRAPH2007 will be given by Professor Tom Furness,
the founder of the
Human Interface Technology Lab (HIT Lab) at University of Washington.
Referred to as the
'Grandfather of Virtual Reality' due to his outstanding contribution to the
advancement of this field, Tom
Furness was responsible for the development of a new family of virtual
interfaces that evolved into what
we know today as virtual reality. He pioneered the development of both
virtual displays and headmounted
tracking systems, 3D sound systems and other interfaces. Professor Furness
has been widely
recognized for his outstanding career, he received the Satava Award (with
the HIT Lab) for advances in
medical technology and in 1998 he also received the Discover Award for
Technological Innovation for
his ground-breaking technology: the Virtual Retinal Display. The award is
considered the equivalent of
an Oscar for Science and Engineering.
The AFRIGRAPH2007 Gala Dinner will be an exciting African Adventure to be
held at the Kwantu
Private Game Reserve (http://www.kwantu.co.za/), and will include a guided
game drive, traditional
African Dancing and Storytelling and a five course Afro/Asian dinner.
-----------------------
Academic Papers
AFRIGRAPH 2007 welcomes contributions in the form of full papers or short
papers. The conference
particularly welcomes contributions that focus on Computer Graphics in the
developing world;
addressing the use of Computer Graphics in urban renewal, rural development,
health, education,
environment and the African arts and media.
However, AFRIGRAPH2007 will accept contributions from all areas related to
virtual reality, computer
graphics, visualization and interaction. Topics include (but are not limited
to):
· Rendering
· Parallel algorithms for graphics
· Computer vision for graphics
· Computational Geometry
· Computer animation
· Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality and Presence
· Graphics in the Developing Country Context
· Education and Computer Graphics
· Interactive Application Development
· Special and Visual Effects
· Visualization and Simulation
· Perceptually-based graphics techniques
· Image analysis and processing
· Multimedia
· Medical Imaging
· Computer Aided Design and Prototyping
· 3D Modelling
· Data Acquisition
· Human Computer Interaction
Submission Guidelines
Papers are to be submitted electronically via the Afrigraph web-site. All
contributions must be written
and presented in English. Papers will be reviewed by an International
Programme Committee and the
Conference proceedings will be published by ACM SIGGRAPH and also appear in
the ACM Digital
Library. The best three papers (as decided by the Programme Chairs in
consultation with the
Programme Committee) will be republished in the journal Computer Graphics
Forum. There will also be
an award for the best paper.
Short Papers
Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of no more than 5 A4 pages
in length. These should
represent late breaking results, work in progress or novel results that are
more appropriate to a shorter
format.
Full Papers
Full papers should report research contributions, practice and experience,
or novel applications. They
must be no longer than 10 A4 pages in length.
Tutorials
There is one day devoted to tutorials in the conference program. Tutorials
must be in either a half-day or
full-day format and the proposal should include details of the presenters,
tutorial content, expected level
of required delegate expertise and educational outcomes.
Important dates
Paper and Tutorial submission deadline: 13 July 2007
Notification of acceptance: 10 August 2007
Final version due: 7 September 2007.
International Programme Committee
· Marc Alexa, Technische Universitδt Berlin, Germany
· Shaun Bangay, Rhodes University, South Africa
· Dirk Bartz, University of Leipzig, Germany
· Judy Brown, USA
· Marcello Carrozzino, PERCRO, Italy
· Alan Chalmers, Bristol University, UK
· Sabine Coquillart, INRIA, France
· Kevin Glass, Rhodes University, South Africa
· Alexandre Hardy, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
· Andrzej Lukaszewski, University of Wroclaw, Poland
· Patrick Marais, University of Cape Town, South Africa
· Gary Marsden, University of Cape Town, South Africa
· Majid Mirmehdi, Bristol University, UK
· Karol Myszkowski, Max-Planck-Institut fur Informatik, Germany
· Shaun Nirenstein, NVIDIA, USA
· David Nunez, University of Cape Town, South Africa
· Sumanta Pattanaik, University of Central Florida, USA
· Pierre Poulin, University of Montreal, Canada
· Werner Purgathofer, Technische Universitat Wien, Austria
· Theresa-Marie Rhyne, North Carolina State University, USA
· Holly Rushmeier, Yale University, USA
· Mateu Sbert, University of Girona, Spain
· Hannah Slay, Rhodes University, South Africa
· Jules Tapamo, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
· Alade Tokuta, North Carolina Central University, USA
· Ingo Wald, University of Utah, USA
· Michael Wand, Stanford University, USA
Visit the Afrigraph 2007 Website (http://www.afrigraph.org/) for further
information regarding
submissions.
... the 5th International Conference for Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality,
Visualisation and Interaction in Africa ...
Sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH and in association with EUROGRAPHICS.
29 - 31 October 2007
Grahamstown, South Africa
Visit the Afrigraph 2007 Website (http://www.afrigraph.org/) for more
information.
Key-note speaker: Tom Furness
Call for Participation
We invite you to participate in one of the following exciting events to take
place at AFRIGRAPH2007:
· Academic Paper Sessions
· Tutorials
· Art and Animation Gallery
· Poster Session
· Exhibition / Corporate Demo Reels
AFRIGRAPH2007 is to be held at the campus of the beautiful and historic
Rhodes University,
Grahamstown, South Africa. Grahamstown is located at the heart of the wild
region of the Eastern Cape
and is surrounded by wildlife and game lodges containing the Big 5. For more
information regarding
Grahamstown, visit the Grahamstown tourism website
(http://www.grahamstown.co.za/).
The keynote address at AFRIGRAPH2007 will be given by Professor Tom Furness,
the founder of the
Human Interface Technology Lab (HIT Lab) at University of Washington.
Referred to as the
'Grandfather of Virtual Reality' due to his outstanding contribution to the
advancement of this field, Tom
Furness was responsible for the development of a new family of virtual
interfaces that evolved into what
we know today as virtual reality. He pioneered the development of both
virtual displays and headmounted
tracking systems, 3D sound systems and other interfaces. Professor Furness
has been widely
recognized for his outstanding career, he received the Satava Award (with
the HIT Lab) for advances in
medical technology and in 1998 he also received the Discover Award for
Technological Innovation for
his ground-breaking technology: the Virtual Retinal Display. The award is
considered the equivalent of
an Oscar for Science and Engineering.
The AFRIGRAPH2007 Gala Dinner will be an exciting African Adventure to be
held at the Kwantu
Private Game Reserve (http://www.kwantu.co.za/), and will include a guided
game drive, traditional
African Dancing and Storytelling and a five course Afro/Asian dinner.
-----------------------
Academic Papers
AFRIGRAPH 2007 welcomes contributions in the form of full papers or short
papers. The conference
particularly welcomes contributions that focus on Computer Graphics in the
developing world;
addressing the use of Computer Graphics in urban renewal, rural development,
health, education,
environment and the African arts and media.
However, AFRIGRAPH2007 will accept contributions from all areas related to
virtual reality, computer
graphics, visualization and interaction. Topics include (but are not limited
to):
· Rendering
· Parallel algorithms for graphics
· Computer vision for graphics
· Computational Geometry
· Computer animation
· Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality and Presence
· Graphics in the Developing Country Context
· Education and Computer Graphics
· Interactive Application Development
· Special and Visual Effects
· Visualization and Simulation
· Perceptually-based graphics techniques
· Image analysis and processing
· Multimedia
· Medical Imaging
· Computer Aided Design and Prototyping
· 3D Modelling
· Data Acquisition
· Human Computer Interaction
Submission Guidelines
Papers are to be submitted electronically via the Afrigraph web-site. All
contributions must be written
and presented in English. Papers will be reviewed by an International
Programme Committee and the
Conference proceedings will be published by ACM SIGGRAPH and also appear in
the ACM Digital
Library. The best three papers (as decided by the Programme Chairs in
consultation with the
Programme Committee) will be republished in the journal Computer Graphics
Forum. There will also be
an award for the best paper.
Short Papers
Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of no more than 5 A4 pages
in length. These should
represent late breaking results, work in progress or novel results that are
more appropriate to a shorter
format.
Full Papers
Full papers should report research contributions, practice and experience,
or novel applications. They
must be no longer than 10 A4 pages in length.
Tutorials
There is one day devoted to tutorials in the conference program. Tutorials
must be in either a half-day or
full-day format and the proposal should include details of the presenters,
tutorial content, expected level
of required delegate expertise and educational outcomes.
Important dates
Paper and Tutorial submission deadline: 13 July 2007
Notification of acceptance: 10 August 2007
Final version due: 7 September 2007.
International Programme Committee
· Marc Alexa, Technische Universitδt Berlin, Germany
· Shaun Bangay, Rhodes University, South Africa
· Dirk Bartz, University of Leipzig, Germany
· Judy Brown, USA
· Marcello Carrozzino, PERCRO, Italy
· Alan Chalmers, Bristol University, UK
· Sabine Coquillart, INRIA, France
· Kevin Glass, Rhodes University, South Africa
· Alexandre Hardy, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
· Andrzej Lukaszewski, University of Wroclaw, Poland
· Patrick Marais, University of Cape Town, South Africa
· Gary Marsden, University of Cape Town, South Africa
· Majid Mirmehdi, Bristol University, UK
· Karol Myszkowski, Max-Planck-Institut fur Informatik, Germany
· Shaun Nirenstein, NVIDIA, USA
· David Nunez, University of Cape Town, South Africa
· Sumanta Pattanaik, University of Central Florida, USA
· Pierre Poulin, University of Montreal, Canada
· Werner Purgathofer, Technische Universitat Wien, Austria
· Theresa-Marie Rhyne, North Carolina State University, USA
· Holly Rushmeier, Yale University, USA
· Mateu Sbert, University of Girona, Spain
· Hannah Slay, Rhodes University, South Africa
· Jules Tapamo, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
· Alade Tokuta, North Carolina Central University, USA
· Ingo Wald, University of Utah, USA
· Michael Wand, Stanford University, USA
Visit the Afrigraph 2007 Website (http://www.afrigraph.org/) for further
information regarding
submissions.