============================================================= ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS ============================================================= VSMM09: 15th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia Vision or Reality? Computer Technology and Science in Art, Cultural Heritage, Entertainment and Education Vienna, Austria, September 9-12, 2009 General Chair: Robert Sablatnig General Co-chair: Martin Kampel Papers due: April 7, 2009 ============================================================= SCOPE VSMM09 - International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia aims to bring together researchers in the fields of Computer Vision, Multimedia Technologies, Cultural Heritage, Image Processing, Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition and the Digital Documentation/Preservation in Cultural Heritage. The conference addresses recent advances in theory, methodologies and applications. VSMM09 focuses on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research concerning both Cultural Heritage and Computer Science and the use of new technologies for representation, documentation, preservation, archiving and communication of CH knowledge. The scope includes every phase of CH information technology: Initial Data Capture/Digitization, Information/Data Processing, Reconstruction, Visualization and Documentation. The scientific program includes workshops, invited speakers and fully refereed contributions that are published in the IEEE conference proceedings. The VSMM series is organized annually, details can be found at http://www.vsmm2008.org/ ============================================================= MAIN TOPICS • Computer Vision & Virtual Reality • Art and Entertainment • Cultural Heritage Applications • Education in Cultural Heritage For a detailed list of topics please refer to the web site http://www.vsmm2009.org/. ============================================================= PAPER SUBMISSION Authors are invited to submit full papers showing original research contributions. The conference proceedings will be published as IEEE Conference Proceedings. Only electronic submission in pdf format will be accepted through the conference paper submission web page. Each paper will be blind-reviewed by at least three members of the program committee, and will be accepted based on its originality, significance and clarity. Papers should describe original and unpublished work on the topics of the conference, must be written in English, and the length should not exceed 6 pages in IEEE double column, single space format (including figures and tables). In addition to traditional conference paper and workshop proposals, VSMM09 encourages innovative submissions including movies, interactive or immersive designs and simulations, theatre, and installations. In this case a submission of a one page summary/abstract is mandatory, abstracts will be published in a separate book of abstracts proceeding. Authors may elect to not be peer reviewed. Non peer reviewed abstracts and presentation proposals will be selected on their suitability and quality by the program committee. Please see the conference web site for details. ============================================================= WORKSHOP PROPOSAL Proposals for workshops are welcome, there is the option that all papers of the workshop will go through the normal review process or they are published in the Book of Abstracts only (no peer reviewing). The proposed workshops must include a title, information on the scope, contact information for the workshop chair(s) and their short bio’s and a list of authors already contacted or to be contacted and peer reviewed/unreviewed option. Proposals should be submitted to the conference chairs no later than April 7, 2009. ============================================================= IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission deadline: April 7, 2009 Workshop proposals deadline: April 7, 2009 Author Notification: June 3, 2009 Abstract, Installations etc.: June 30, 2009 Camera-ready version: June 17, 2009 ============================================================= Please find the call for papers and more information at the Webpage http://www.vsmm2009.org/ CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT ====================== vsmm-vienna@prip.tuwien.ac.at Pattern Recognition & Image Processing Group Institute of Computer Aided Automation Vienna University of Technology Favoritenstr. 9 - 183/2 A-1040 Vienna-Austria Phone: ++43-1-58801-18351 Fax: ++43-1-58801-18392