7th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC'11) Monte Carlo Resort & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada September 26-28, 2011 http://www.isvc.net The purpose of the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) is to provide a common forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in visual computing. ISCV seeks papers describing contributions to the state of the art and practice in the four central areas of visual computing: (1) computer vision, (2) computer graphics, (3) virtual reality, and (4) visualization. For a list of specific topics, please see http://www.isvc.net *** Keynote Speakers *** Thomas Huang, Beckman Inst., UIUC, USA Klaus Mueller, SUNY-Stony Brook, USA Dorin Comaniciu, Siemens, USA Fei-Fei Li, Stanford University, USA Robert Geist, Clemson University, USA *** ISVC'11 Special Tracks *** ST1: 3D Mapping, Modeling and Surface Reconstruction Organizers: Nefian Ara, Carnegie Mellon University/NASA Ames Research Center, USA Edwards Laurence, NASA Ames Research Center, USA Huertas Andres, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, USA ST2: Best Practices in Teaching Visual Computing Organizers: Albu Alexandra Branzan, University of Victoria, Canada Bebis George, University of Nevada, Reno, USA ST3: Immersive Visualization Organizers: Sherman Bill, Indiana University, USA Wernert Eric, Indiana University, USA O'Leary Patrick, University of Calgary, Canada Coming Daniel, Desert Research Institute, USA ST4: Computational Bioimaging Organizers: Tavares Joćo Manuel R. S., University of Porto, Portugal Natal Jorge Renato, University of Porto, Portugal Cunha Alexandre, Caltech, USA ST5: Interactive Visualization in Novel and Heterogeneous Display Organizers: Rosenbaum Rene, University of California, Davis, USA Tominski Christian, University of Rostock, Germany *** Computer Vision Chairs *** Song Wang, Univ of South Carolina, USA Kyungnam (Ken) Kim, HRL Laboratories, USA *** Computer Graphics Chairs *** Bedrich Benes, Purdue University, USA Kenneth Moreland, Sandia National Lab, USA *** Virtual Reality Chairs *** Christof Borst, Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA Stephen DiVerdi, Adobe, USA *** Visualization Chairs *** Yi-Jen Chiang, Polytechnic Institute of NY, US Jiang Ming, Lawrence Livermore Nat Lab, USA *** Important Dates *** Special track proposals: March 14, 2011 Paper submissions May 20, 2011 Notification of acceptance June 27, 2011 Final camera ready paper July 15, 2011 Advance Registration July 15, 2011 ISVC'11 Symposium September 26-28, 2011