ACM Workshop on Applied Computational Geometry May 27-28, 1996 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sponsored by: ACM and Army Research Office CALL FOR PARTICIPATION BACKGROUND The core of Computational Geometry (CG) can be enriched by new problem domains. At the same time, the exposure to various applications will help in making CG more directly relevant. One way to encourage such interactions is by organizing special workshops and meetings that involve Computational Geometers and members of other communities. One of the first efforts in bringing together researchers in both applied fields and Computational Geometry was the NSF Workshop on Manufacturing and Computational Geometry. This workshop was held at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, on April 1-2, 1994. The meeting agenda included discussion on current trends in the two communities, identification of mutual interests and proposal for future joint activities. The workshop signifies the first step in steering the Computational Geometers' attention towards manufacturing applications. In January 1995, International Computational Geometry Software Workshop was held at the Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota to discuss the current state of the art in geometric software and its applications. Although both workshops have generated new insights in making CG more applicable to other areas, the nature of both meetings was by invitation only. This limits the number of participants and those who may benefit from the discussions. In addition, the cultivation of a "geometric-engineering" subcommunity that understands both the theory and applications is slow. Continuing efforts with increasing participation will be needed to realize this new culture of "geometric-engineering". The 1996 Symposium on Computational Geometry will be held from May 23 to 26, in conjunction with the 2nd Federated Computing Research Conferences (FCRC) in Philadelphia. The present workshop will be held immediately following the ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry. OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE The objectives of this workshop include the following: (1) To review the state-of-art research in computational geometry and its related application areas (modeling, robotics, computer graphics, manufacturing, vision, synthetic environments, CAD/CAM, GIS). To demonstrate current capabilities and/or achievements in research worldwide. (2) To highlight critical issues that remain unsolved in technology transfer from computational geometry to other more applied fields. To identify areas of research interests where theory can advance the state of technology and/or where the application can provide the impetus for basic scientific development. (3) To create a forum for discussion on how to address these critical issues with a constructive evaluation on research focus towards a "multidisciplinary" coordinated effort for collaboration. This should lead to more effective technology transfer from computational geometry, as well as better advancement in the applied technology. (4) To provide insights for future research directions and potential follow-up applications workshops. PROGRAM The workshop program will consist of invited presentations given by renowned researchers in manufacturing, vision, robotics, graphics, GIS and computational geometry. In addition there will be contributed presentations and panel sessions on geometry software, geometric applications and funding directions. We expect a significant participation from various funding agencies, industry, research and government labs in addition to researchers >from academia. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION We invite submissions of abstracts for contributed presentations to be given at the workshop. We welcome survey of geometric algorithms in other applied fields and their relevance to computational geometry, description of geometric applications, novel techniques in geometric computing, development experiences in applied geometry, critics on the state of arts, and key issues in technology transfer, etc. The submission will be evaluated on its scientific merits, technical contents, and relevance to the objectives of the workshop. The list of suggested topics include: -- Applications of Computational Geometry; -- Geometric Algorithms for Computer Graphics; -- Computer-Aided Design, Solid Modeling, Mesh Generation; -- Geographic Information Systems; -- Computational Robotics and Machine Vision; -- Manufacturing and Geometry; -- Geometry for Molecular Modeling; -- Robustness Issues in Geometric Computing -- Geometric Software Libraries Please send an extended abstract (up to 6 pages) to: Dinesh Manocha Department of Computer Science Sitterson Hall, CB #3175 University of N. Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175 U.S.A. We encourage electronic submissions to geom@cs.unc.edu. The abstract should be a latex, ascii or Postscript file. Submissions should arrive by ** 15 December **, 1995. The abstracts will be reviewed by the program committee and authors will be notified of acceptance by ** 19 January, 1996**. We encourage abstracts describing applications, experiences and issues in technology transfer. The extended abstracts will be published in the workshop proceedings and distributed to all the participants. WORKSHOP WWW HOMEPAGE Updated meeting information, a preliminary schedule, registration details, and further information about the workshop is available via the World Wide Web at URL INVITED SPEAKERS Prof. Herbert Edelsbrunner (Univ. of Illinoi, U-C), Prof. Christoph Hoffmann (Purdue Univ.), Prof. Dan Huttonlocher (Cornell Univ.), Prof. Joseph Mitchell (SUNY Stony Brook), Prof. Tony Woo (Univ. of Washington), Prof. Chee Yap (New York Univ.). PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Ming C. Lin (Army Research Office and UNC Chapel Hill) Dinesh Manocha (UNC Chapel Hill) PROGRAM COMMITTEE David Dobkin (Princeton University) Leo Guibas (Stanford University) Joe Mitchell (SUNY, Stony Brook) Chee Yap (New York University) IMPORTANT DATES * Receipt of abstracts 15 December 1995 * Abstract Notification 19 January 1996 * Receipts of final version 1 March 1996 * Workshop 27-28 May 1996 Dinesh Manocha Tel : 919-9621749 Department of Computer Science Fax : 919-9621799 CB #3175, Sitterson Hall WWW University of N. Carolina INTERNET: manocha@cs.unc.edu Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175