CALL FOR PAPERS 3DTV CONFERENCE 2008 THE TRUE VISION CAPTURE, TRANSMISSION AND DISPLAY OF 3D VIDEO 28-30 MAY 2008, HOTEL DEDEMAN, ISTANBUL, TURKEY (http://www.3dtv-con.org) Following the conference of 2007, the second 3DTV Conference will be held in Istanbul, Turkey in May, 2008. The aim of 3DTV-Con is to bring researchers from different locations together and provide an opportunity for them to share research results, discuss the current problems and exchange ideas. The conference involves a wide range of research fields such as capturing 3D scenery, 3D image processing, data transmission and 3D displays. You are cordially invited to attend 3DTV-Con 2008 and submit papers reporting your work related to the conference themes listed below. CONFERENCE TOPICS 3D Capture and Processing: - 3D time-varying scene capture technology - Multi-camera recording - 3D photography algorithms - Dense stereo and 3D reconstruction - Synchronization and calibration of camera arrays - 3D view registration - Multi-view geometry and calibration - Holographic camera techniques - 3D motion analysis and tracking - Surface modeling for 3D scenes - Multi-view image and 3D data processing - Integral imaging techniques 3D Transmission: - Systems, architecture and transmission in 3D - 3D streaming - Error-related issues and handling of 3D video - Hologram compression - Multi-view video coding - 3D mesh compression - Multiple description coding for 3D - Signal processing for diffraction and holographic 3DTV 3D Visualization: - 3D mesh representation - Texture and point representation - Object-based representation and segmentation - Volume representation - 3D motion animation - Stereoscopic display techniques - Holographic display technology - Reduced parallax systems - Underlying optics and VLSI technology - Projection and display technology for 3D videos - Integral imaging techniques - Human factors 3D Applications: - 3D imaging in virtual heritage and virtual archaeology - 3D teleimmersion and remote collaboration - Augmented reality and virtual environments - 3D television, cinema, games and entertainment - Underlying technologies for 3DTV - Medical and biomedical applications - 3D content-based retrieval and recognition - 3D watermarking PAPER SUBMISSION Contributors are invited to submit full papers electronically using the online submission interface, following the instructions at http://www.3dtv-con.org. Papers should be in Adobe PDF format, written in English, with no more than four pages including figures, with a font size of 11. Conference proceedings will be published online by IEEE Xplore. IMPORTANT DATES Special sessions and tutorials proposals deadline: 14 December 2007 Regular paper submission deadline: 11 January 2008 Notification of paper acceptance: 29 February 2008 Camera-ready paper submission deadline: 21 March 2008 Conference: 28-30 May 2008 GENERAL CO-CHAIRS A. Aydin Alatan, Middle East Technical University, TR Ugur Gudukbay, Bilkent University, TR ADVISORY BOARD Joern Ostermann, Leibniz University of Hannover, DE Aljoscha Smolic, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, DE A. Murat Tekalp, Koý University, TR Levent Onural, Bilkent University, TR John Watson, University of Aberdeen, UK Thomas Sikora, Technische Universitaet Berlin, DE FINANCE CHAIR Tarik Reyhan, Bilkent University, TR PUBLICATION CHAIR Tolga K. Capin, Bilkent University, TR PUBLICITY CHAIR Georgios Triantafyllidis, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, GR Gozde Bozdagi Akar, Middle East Technical University, TR INDUSTRY LIAISON Ismo Rakkolainen, FogScreen, FI Matt Cowan, RealD, USA AMERICAN LIAISON Kostas Danilidis, University of Pennsylvania, USA FAR EAST LIAISON Kiyoharu Aizawa, University of Tokyo, JP Jinwoong Kim, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), KR SPECIAL SESSIONS AND TUTORIALS CHAIR Philip Benzie, University of Aberdeen, UK Atanas Gotchev, Tampere University of Technology, FI WEBMASTERS Engin Turetken, Middle East Technical University, TR Ayse Kucukyilmaz, Bilkent University, TR The Conference is sponsored by - European Union 6th Framework Program 3DTV Network of Excellence Project, - Middle East Technical University, - Bilkent University, - Information Society Technologies, - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), - European Association for Signal and Image Processing (EURASIP), and - MPEG Industry Forum.