CALL FOR PAPERS, SPECIAL TRACKS AND DEMOS 5th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC09) Monte Carlo Resort & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2009 http://www.isvc.net KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Larry Davis, University of Maryland, USA Pietro Pernona, Caltech, USA Rakesh (Teddy) Kumar, Sarnoff Corporation, USA Tao Ju, Washington University, USA Nassir Navab, Technical University of Munich, Germany Thomas Ertl, University of Stuttgart, Germany (pending) IMPORTANT DATES Special track proposals March 16, 2009 Paper submissions July 10, 2009 Notification of acceptance August 31, 2009 Final camera ready paper September 14, 2009 Advance Registration September 14, 2009 Demo Applications October 5, 2009 ISVC09 Symposium Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2009 SCOPE & TOPICS The purpose of the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) is to provide a common forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the broader area of visual computing. ISVC09 will consist of invited and contributed presentations dealing with all aspects of visual computing. In addition to the main technical program, the symposium will include keynote talks, a posters session, special tracks, and demos. ISCV09 seeks papers describing contributions to the state of the art and state of the practice in the field of visual computing. The symposium is structured around the four central areas of visual computing: (1) computer vision (2) computer graphics (3) virtual reality (4) visualization We are particularly interested in papers that combine technologies from two or more of these areas. For a complete list of topics, please see http://www.isvc.net/cfp.html CALL FOR SPECIAL TRACKS Proposals are invited for special tracks on any topic relevant to the symposium. All papers accepted in a special track will be published in the symposium proceedings. Special track proposal should include the following information: 1. Title 2. Scope and Topics 3. Names of organizers and contact information 4. Initial special track committee 5. Anticipated number of papers. If you are interested in organizing a special track, please see http://www.isvc.net/tracks.html or contact Fatih Porikli, Special Tracks Chair (fatih@merl.com) CALL FOR DEMOS Applications are invited for demonstrations. Demonstrations are intended to give researchers the opportunity to showcase live demonstrations of their contributions. Demonstrations need not be limited only to papers that have been presented at ISVC. The organizing committee encourages researchers to demonstrate the effectiveness of methods described in papers presented in past conferences and in other venues, as long as they fall within the broad context of ISVC. For further information, please see http://www.isvc.net/demos.html or contact Paolo Remagnino, Demos Chair (p.remagnino@kingston.ac.uk) AREA CHAIRS (Area 1) Computer Vision Chairs Kuno Yoshinori, Saitama University, Japan Wang Junxian, Microsoft, USA (Area 2) Computer Graphics Chairs Pajarola Renato, University of Zurich, Switzerland Lindstrom Peter,Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA (Area 3) Virtual Reality Chairs Hinkenjann Andre, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany Encarnacao L. Miguel, Humana Inc, USA (Area 4) Visualization Chairs Silva Claudio, University of Utah, USA Daniel Coming, Desert Research Institute, USA Program Commitee: see http://www.isvc.net/committee.html PAPER PUBLICATION This is a fully refereed symposium. All papers accepted will appear in the symposium proceedings which will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Papers submitted to ISVC09 must not have been previously published and must not be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. A complete paper should be submitted in camera-ready format. The length should match that intended for final publication. The page limit is 10-12 pages; see http://www.isvc.net/author.html for additional information. BEST PAPER AWARD A $500 "best paper award" will be sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL). SPONSORS UNR, NASA, LBNL, DRI, Ford, Intel, DigitalPersona HP, Equinox, IBM, MERL, iCore LOCATION Las Vegas has plenty to offer, from luxurious spas to quirky museums, fantastic shows to hiking in the beautiful desert: there.s something for everyone. Since 1945, lavishly decorated resort hotels and gambling casinos offering top-name entertainment have entertained tourists and locals alike. The Las Vegas Strip, a 4 mile section of Las Vegas Boulevard South, hosts many of the largest hotel, casino and resort properties in the world (see http://www.isvc.net/local.html)