5th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC09) Monte Carlo Resort & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2009 http://www.isvc.net SPECIAL TRACKS (1) 3D Mapping, Modeling and Surface Reconstruction Organizers: Ara Nefian, Carnegie Mellon University/NASA Ames Research Center, USA Michael Broxton, Carnegie Mellon University/NASA Ames Research Center, USA Andres Huertas, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, USA (2) Object Recognition Organizers: Andrea Selinger Salgian, The College of New Jersey, USA Fabien Scalzo, University of Rochester, USA (3) Deformable Models: Theory and Applications Organizers: Demetri Terzopoulos, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Gavriil Tsechpenakis, University of Miami, USA Xiaolei Huang, Lehigh University, USA (4) Visualization Enhanced Data Analysis for Health Applications Organizers: Irene Cheng, University of Alberta, Canada Anthony Maeder, University of Western Sydney, Australia (5) The Future of Rendering for Virtual / Interactive Environments Organizers: Matthias Bues, Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering, Germany Andre Hinkenjann, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany Phlipp Slusallek, DFKI / University of Saarbrcken, Germany Marcelo Knrich Zuffo, Universidade de So Paulo, Brazil (6) Computational Bioimaging Organizers: Joo Manuel R. S. Tavares, University of Porto, Portugal Renato Natal Jorge, University of Porto, Portugal Alexandre Cunha, Caltech, USA (7) Visual Computing for Robotics Organizers: Frederic CHAUSSE, Clermont Universite, France (8) Optimization for Vision, Graphics and Medical Imaging: Theory and Applications Organizers: Nikos Komodakis, University of Crete, Greece Georg Langs, University of Vienna, Austria (9) Semantic Robot Vision Challenge Organizers: Daniel DeMenthon, University of Maryland, USA Paul Rybski, CMU, USA KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Demetri Terzopoulos, UCLA, USA 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 IMPORTANT DATES 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