CFP: ISMAR 6th IEEE and ACM Inetrnational Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality

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ISMAR 2007 Call for Papers/Posters/Workshops
*** 6th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
*** Tue, Nov. 13 to Fri, Nov. 16, 2007
*** Nara-Ken New Public Hall at Nara, Japan
*** http://www.ismar07.org/

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== ALL ONLINE SUBMISSIONS DUE ==
== Friday, June 1, 9pm US Pacific Time Zone. == ================================================

*** AIMS AND SCOPE ***

Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) allow the creation of fascinating new types of user interfaces, and are beginning to show significant impact on industry and society. The field is highly interdisciplinary, bringing together signal processing, computer vision, computer graphics, user interfaces, human factors, wearable computing, mobile computing, computer networks, displays, sensors, to name just some of the most important influences. MR/AR concepts are applicable to a wide range of applications.

Since 1998, ISMAR and its forerunner events have been the premier forums in this vital field (http://www.augmented-reality.org/iwar/). This year we are proud to present the 6th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2007). The symposium will be held on Nov. 13-16, 2007, in historical Nara, Japan. We invite you all to participate in this great event for the exchange of new ideas in this exciting field!

*** CONFERENCE TOPICS ***

ISMAR07 invites submissions in the general field of Mixed and Augmented Reality. Topics include, but are not limited to:

MR/AR applications
* personal MR/AR information systems
* industrial and military MR/AR applications
* medical MR/AR applications
* MR/AR for entertainment
* MR/AR for architecture
* MR/AR for art, cultural heritage, or education and training

Sensors
* position and orientation tracking technology
* calibration methods
* sensor fusion
* vision-based registration and tracking
* acquisition of 3D scene descriptions

System architecture
* wearable and mobile computing
* distributed and collaborative MR/AR
* display hardware
* performance issues (real-time approaches)

User interaction
* interaction techniques for MR/AR
* collaborative MR/AR
* multimodal input and output

Information presentation
* real-time rendering
* photorealistic rendering
* object overlay and spatial layout techniques
* aural, haptic and olfactory augmentation
* mediated and diminished reality
* display and view management

Human factors
* usability studies and experiments
* acceptance of MR/AR technology
* social implications

*** IMPORTANT DATES ***
Submission deadline: June 1, 9pm PST
Acceptance notification: August 17
Camera ready due: September 14
Conference dates: November 13-16

*** CALL FOR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS ***

The ISMAR 2007 Organizing Committee is recruiting student volunteers for various supporting roles during the conference. Detailed information can be found at the conference website:
http://www.ismar07.org/call-for-student-volunteers

Interested students should send an application to the student volunteer chair via email:

Tomohiro Kuroda
sv[at]ismar07.org

Application opening: July 1, 2007
Application deadline: Aug 31, 2007
Acceptance notification: Sep 14, 2007

*** CONFERENCE CHAIRS/COMMITTEES ***

General Chairs
Haruo Takemura, Osaka University, Japan, takemura[at]cmc.osaka-u.ac.jp

Program Chairs
Tom Drummond, University of Cambridge, UK, twd20[at]eng.cam.ac.uk
Hirokazu Kato, Osaka University, Japan, kato[at]sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp
Mark A. Livingston, Naval Research Laboratory, USA, markl[at]ait.nrl.navy.mil

Area Chairs
Ron Azuma, HRL Laboratories, USA
Oliver Bimber, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany
Steve Feiner, Columbia University, USA
Hong Hua, University of Arizona, USA
Yoshinari Kameda, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Osaka University, Japan
Gudrun Klinker, TU Munich, Germany
Vincent Lepetit, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
David Mizell, Cray Inc., USA
Hideo Saito, Keio University, Japan
Dieter Schmalstieg, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Bruce Thomas, University of South Australia, Australia

ISMAR steering committee
Ron Azuma, HRL Laboratories, USA
Reinhold Behringer, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Mark Billinghurst, HITLabNZ, New Zealand
Steve Feiner, Columbia University, USA
Gudrun Klinker, TU Munich, Germany
David Mizell, Cray Research, USA
Stefan Mueller, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Nassir Navab, TU Munich, Germany
Ulrich Neumann, University of Southern California, USA
Jannick Rolland, University of Central Florida, USA
Dieter Schmalstieg, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Didier Stricker, Fraunhofer IGD, Germany
Haruo Takemura, Osaka University, Japan
Hideyuki Tamura, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Naokazu Yokoya, Nara Institute of Science & Technology, Japan

*** SPONSORS ***

Conference sponsors:
IEEE, ACM and VRSJ (Virtual Reality Society of Japan)

In cooperation with (tentative):
Eurographics
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers
The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Human Interface Society
The Robotics Society of Japan


If you have any further questions about submissions, contact kato[at]sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

* Tom Drummond
* Hirokazu Kato
* Mark A. Livingston
ISMAR 2007 Program Co-Chairs