====================================================================== EVA VIENNA 2008 "Digital Cultural Heritage - Essential for Tourism" http://www.eva-vienna.at CALL FOR PAPERS and CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS (WORKSHOPS) Vienna, Austria August 25th - August 28th 2008 IAPR-TC19 Workshop on Computer Vision for Cultural Heritage in cooperation with EVA Conferences International ====================================================================== Paper submission deadline: April 7th, 2008 ====================================================================== Following the successful 1st EVA conference in Vienna in 2006, the Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (PRIP) Group of the Vienna University of Technology and the Austrian Computer Society (OCG) invites authors and guests to the 2nd EVA conference in Vienna, Austria, August 25th - August 28th, 2008. The conference is endorsed by the TC19 Computer Vision for Cultural Heritage Applications of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR). The main aim of this EVA Event in Vienna is to create a forum for discussions between the cultural heritage research community, technology researchers and cultural institutions. Our mission is to establish new technical tools for experts in the cultural heritage field. The accompanying motto of this conference is "Digital Cultural Heritage - Essential for Tourism". The conference will focus on image analysis, cultural tourism, speech and communication in cultural heritage, archaeography, and museum and archaeological applications. The focus will be on both applied work as well as theoretical advances. Workshop Proposals ------------------ EVA Vienna 2008 provides the option to hold workshops on additional topics. Workshops will be held on Monday, August 25th, 2008 and Thursday, August 28th, 2008. Proposals for workshops must include a title, an outline of the workshop and its motivation, contact information for the organizer, and a short description of the material to be covered. Proposals for workshops should be submitted to Robert Sablatnig (sab[at]prip.tuwien.ac.at) before March 10th, 2008. Topics (include, but are not limited to) ------ - Advanced technical tools for experts in the field of cultural heritage - Computer vision applications in cultural - Infrared imaging and analysis - Spectral imaging and analysis - 2D/3D reconstruction - Texture modeling - Cultural tourism - Speech and communication in cultural heritage - Archaeography (analysis of historical documents) - Museum applications - Presentation of cultural content with multimedia tools - Design methods for cultural heritage documentation systems and components - Archaeological applications - Reassembly of artifacts from fragments - Shape representation for free-form modeling (statues, bones, etc.) - Automated archaeological site recording from video - Excavation's historical documentation from multimedia data - Vision-based augmented reality for site exploration - Shape-based completion for preservation and/or recovery - 3D object geometry, surface painting and relief matched across archaelogical sites Paper Submission ---------------- Prospective authors are invited to contribute to the conference by electronically submitting a full paper in English of no more than 6 pages including illustrations, results and references. Layout instructions and the electronic submission procedure are located at http://www.eva-vienna.at/first_submission.php. It will also be possible to publish papers longer than 8 pages, however, an extra page fee will apply. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. The contributions to EVA Vienna 2008 will be published in the book-series of the Austrian Computer Society. Therefore, submissions should be in pdf format in accordance with the OCG publication guidelines, see: http://www.ocg.at/publikationen/books/indexengl.html. For submission the manuscript should not contain the authors' names and affiliations for double blind reviewing. In addition to the manuscript, the submission should include a summary page with title, authors' names, affiliation and address, telephone, fax and e-mail, up to three keywords and answers to the following questions (please answer each separately): 1. What is the original contribution of this work? 2. Why should this contribution be considered important? 3. What is the most closely related work by others and how does this work differ? 4. How can other researchers make use of the results of this work? 5. Has this work been presented/submitted elsewhere? 6. Which form of presentation is preferred: Oral or Poster? Important Dates --------------- Paper submission deadline: April 7th, 2008 Workshop proposal deadline: March 10th, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: May 19th, 2008 Camera ready paper: June 16th, 2008 Best Student Paper Award ------------------------ The Best Student Paper Award will be given to the author of the best paper written solely or primarily by a student appearing in the workshop proceedings. The award includes a plaque and a prize to the student author. Students at all levels are invited to submit papers, however all papers submitted should be original manuscripts (not previously published) and should not be submitted to other publications or groups while they are being considered for the best student paper. Eligibility for this award is indicated during the paper submission process. The ranking of student papers to determine the winner is based on four equal parts of (a) significance of the research, (b) clarity of the written paper, (c) clarity of the presentation, and (d) reviewers' average ranking. The paper must be presented by a student (or students) to be eligible for the award. The program committee's decision will be final with respect to best paper selection. Program Committee ----------------- Adriana Bandiera University of Salento (Lecce,Italy) J-Angelo Beraldin National Research Council Canada (Canada) Nadezhda Brakker Centre PIC (Russia) Vito Cappellini Universita degli Studi di Firenze (Italy) Milena Dobreva HATII, University of Glasgow (Bulgaria) Sabry El-Hakim National Research Council (Canada) Aytul Ercil Sabanci (Turkey) Karl Froeschl eCommerce Competence Center (Austria) Guy Godin National Research Council (Canada) Armin Gruen ETH Zurich (CH) James Hemsley EVA Conferences (UK) Martin Kampel TU-Wien (Austria) Kok-Lim Low National University of Singapore (SG) Kirk Martinez University of Southampton (UK) Vinod Nautiyal HNB GARHWAL UNIVERSITY (India) Sylvia Pont Universiteit Utrecht (NL) Robert Sablatnig TU-Wien (Austria) Martin Sauerbier ETH Zurich (CH) Manfred Schreiner University of Fine Arts (Austria) Werner Schweibenz Saarland University (Germany) Gerd Stanke GFaI (Germany) Demetri Terzopoulos University of California, Los Angeles (USA) Daniel Thalmann EPFL (CH) Virginia Valzano University of Salento (Italy) Co-Chairmen ----------- Robert Sablatnig, TU Vienna (AT) and James Helmsley, EVA (UK) Local Organization ------------------ Johann Stockinger Eugen Mühlvenzl Sandra Pillis Ernestine Zolda Paul Kammerer Martin Kampel Contact ------- Pattern Recognition & Image Processing Group Institute of Computer Aided Automation Vienna University of Technology Favoritenstr. 9 - 183/2 A-1040 Vienna-Austria Email: eva2008[at]prip.tuwien.ac.at Phone: ++43-1-58801-18351 Fax: ++43-1-58801-18392