Call for Papers

Digitizing Architecture: Formalization & Content

The Fourth International Conference of

The Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design

(ASCAAD 2009)

Organized by

Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture

College of Engineering

University of Bahrain

Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

11-12 May 2009

Theme

CAAD is constantly provoking and raising many potentials, challenges and arguments in academia, practice, and even in the theory of architecture itself. This process starts with the pedagogy of designing and the ongoing questions such as how much of CAAD should be incorporated in teaching, and ends with digital design technologies and the new emerging questions such as how biologically inspired computational processes alter the form of our architecture and the typical design process.

Architecture originates from peoples’ needs and beliefs. The new forms of digital architecture generate debates in terms of various important issues, ranging from emotional and social factors to sustainability and global warming.

The focus area of the conference can be shaped, as follows: considering all these potentials, challenges, and arguments, which we have to benefit from and cope with, are there truly legitimate concerns about the future of our architecture and its content in particular from human and environmental dimensions? Can we develop our own ways of benefiting from the new technology that cater for our environment and culture? Can we still see the form of architecture in the traditional way or should we change our perspectives? In other words the conference concentrates on bridging between the new digital forms and the traditional human content.

Conference Areas

The conference calls for submissions of papers on the following areas including but not limited to the following:

1. 3D Modelling Systems
2. Artificial Life.
3. CAAD Curriculum: education, research and practice
4. Computer-Aided Manufacturing
5. Creative Visualisation
6. Design Methods and Representations
7. Digital Design Tools
8. Digital Fabrication
9. Generative Forms
10. Generative Systems
11. Human-Computer Interaction
12. Information Visualization
13. Intelligent Design and Case Reasoning
14. Parametric Design
15. Shape Grammar
16. Simulation and Virtual Prototyping
17. Synthetic Methods of 3D Visualisation
18. Systems for Collaborative Design
19. Urban City Modelling
20. Virtual Environment and Knowledge Management
21. Virtual Reality
22. Web-Based Design and Networking

Important Dates

First Call for papers Thursday 25 September 2008

Reminder of call for papers before deadline

submission Wednesday 15 October 2008

Deadline for abstracts submission Thursday 20 November 2008

Notification of abstract acceptance Monday 15 December 2008

Full paper submission Friday 30 January 2009

Notification of full paper acceptance Sunday 15 March 2009

Dates of the Conference Monday-Tuesday 11-12 May 2009

Submission and Languages

Two types of papers could be submitted. Long papers that describe well-developed or completed research should be about 16 pages including the images (about 7000 words). Short papers that describe research in progress should be about 7 pages including the images (about 3000 words). All papers (long and short) will undergo international blind reviews and should not contain any information that may identify the author(s) and their institution(s). Abstract submission must be in English with no more than 700 words. Full paper submission could be either in English or Arabic (no translation provided). Submissions should be sent in Word Document Format, using the ASCAAD paper formatting guidelines or template.

Organizing Committee

Dr. Wael Abdelhameed wael.abdelhameed@gmail.com

Dr. Hashim Al-Madani madanihshm@eng.uob.bh

Prof. Dr. Sina Berkoz sberkoz@eng.uob.bh

Dr. Mohamed Al-Koheji alkoheji2000@yahoo.co.uk

Dr. Ali Abdul-Raof alialraouf@yahoo.com

Dr. Mohsen Al-Alawi malalawi@eng.uob.bh

Dr. Ranjith Dayaratne ranjithd1@hotmail.com

Department of

Civil Engineering and

Architecture,

College of Engineering,

University of Bahrain

Scientific Committee

Committee co-chairs:

Dr Wael Abdelhameed Dr Neveen Hamza Dr Amar Bennadji

Assistant Professor

College of Engineering

University of Bahrain

wael.abdelhameed@gmail.com

Lecturer

School of Architecture, Planning and

Landscape

Newcastle University, UK

n.hamza@newcastle.ac.uk

Lecturer

School of Architecture and Built

Environment,

The Robert Gordon University, UK

a.bennadji@rgu.ac.uk

Please visit the conference website http://www.ascaad.org/conference/2009/ for more information

> IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 2009
> March 14-15, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
> (in conjunction with IEEE Virtual Reality 2009)
> 3DUI 2009 - Call for Papers
>
> http://conferences.computer.org/3dui
>
> The IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 2009 is the fourth
> international symposium focused on the topic of 3D UIs and will be held
> to provide an intensive exchange between industrial and academic
> researchers working in various 3DUI research areas and to trigger
> discussions among participants. It builds on successful 3DUI workshops
> in 2004 and 2005, as well as the IEEE 3DUI Symposiums in 2006, 2007 and
> 2008. The symposium will last for two days, and will be followed
> immediately by the IEEE VR conference. The theme of the Symposium will
> cover all areas of 3D UI research. The Symposium themes include, but are
> not limited to, the following topics:
>
> * 3D input devices
> * 3D display devices
> * 3D interaction techniques
> * 3D user interface metaphors
> * 3D UIs for games
> * 3D UIs for CAD
> * Applications of 3D UI techniques
> * Biologically inspired 3D UIs
> * Collaborative 3D interaction
> * Desktop 3D UIs
> * Evaluation methods for 3D UIs
>
> The Symposium solicits high quality papers and tech-notes within the
> scope of 3DUI (see the double-submission policy on the 3DUI www server).
> Papers (up to 8 pages) should describe original and mature research
> results and will typically include some evidence of the validity of the
> presented research. Examples of such evidence may include, but are not
> limited to, a user evaluation, formal proof, or well substantiated
> argumentation. Tech-notes (up to 4 pages) should contain unpublished
> preliminary results of research or design work. Papers and Tech-notes
> should be prepared in IEEE VGTC format
> (http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~vis/Tasks/camera.html) submitted through the
> submission web site in PDF format, and will be reviewed by the program
> committee and external reviewers. Reviewing is double-blind. Accepted
> papers and tech-notes will be published by IEEE in the official
> Symposium proceedings. An International Award Committee will also award
> Best Paper and Best Tech-notes awards, and authors of the best papers
> will be invited to submit an extended version to the a journal. For
> further information and for a detailed statement on double publication,
> please see the Symposium website:
>
>
> Important Dates
> ============
> * Papers, Tech-notes abstract submission due: October 24, 2008
> * Papers, Tech-notes full-version submission due: October 31, 2008
> * Posters, Demos submission due: November 14, 2008
> * Papers, Tech-notes, Posters and Demos notification: December 19, 2008
> * Final camera-ready Papers, Tech-notes, Posters: January 05, 2009
>
> Please understand that the Papers and Tech-notes abstract submission
> due (October 24) is BEFORE the review decision of the IEEE VR 2009
> (November 12) this year, due mainly to a tight reviewing schedule.
>
>
> Keynote Speaker
> ============
> Gordon Kurtenbach, Autodesk
>
>
> Symposium Chairs
> ============
> Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Osaka University, Japan
> Sabine Coquillart, INRIA, France
> Ravin Balakrishnan, University of Toronto, Canada
>
>
> Program Committee (tentative)
> ==============
> Hrvoje Benko, Microsoft Research, USA
> Roland Blach, Fraunhofer IAO, Germany
> Pierre Dragicevic, INRIA, France
> Bernd Froehlich, University of Weimar, Germany
> Tovi Grossman, Autodesk, Canada
> Martin Hachet, Inria, France
> Matthias Harders, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
> Pourang Irani, University of Manitoba, Canada
> Dan Keefe, University of Minnesota, USA
> Ernst Kruijff, TU Graz, Austria
> Joe LaViola, Brown University, USA
> Marcio Pinho, PUCRS, Brazil
> Mary Whitton, UNC Chapel Hill, USA
> Chad Wingrave, Univ. of Florida, USA
> (additional members to be added shortly)
>
>
> Posters Chairs
> ==========
> Raimund Dachselt, University of Magdeburg, Germany
> Pablo Figueroa, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
> Raphael Grasset, HITLabNZ, New Zealand
>
>
> Demo Chair
> ==========
> TBD
>
>
>

> Call for Papers Special Issue of Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual
> Environments
>
> Reflections on the Design and Implementation of Virtual
> Environment Systems
>
> Guest Editors: Anthony Steed, Dirk Reiners, and Marc Latoschik
>
> Virtual environment technologies are now being used by a wide range of
> laboratories, industries, educational establishments and hobbyists
> around the world. With the burgeoning power of home consoles, personal
> computers and mobile devices, we are hardly limited by the power of our
> technology, but we remain limited in the expressive power and ease of
> use of our software. This is not for lack of software; there are
> dozens, perhaps hundreds of virtual environment systems in use today,
> ranging from Open Source tool kits maintained by the community through
> networked game engines, both hobbyist and commercial through to
> fully-fledged "VR" systems with very broad support for devices. However,
> this range of software is also a potential achilles heel: there is a
> huge amount of functional replication in these software, subtle and not
> so subtle architectural differences which make porting a problem, and
> incompatible libraries that can not be exchanged.
>
> In this special issue, we invite the community to reflect on what
> features and design strategies have already or should underpin virtual
> environment systems of the future. We acknowledge that the field is
> broad, and it is not our intention to spark a debate on whether there
> should be a unified architecture for VE systems. We do want to solicit
> frank discussions about what features or conventions in existing
> software have proved their worth.
>
> Thus, topics of interest would include:
> - Comparisons between software architectures or classes of architecture
> - Reports of user experience with software
> - Analyses of reusability of application code
> - Novel taxonomies of VE systems
> - Programming models for VE systems
> - Reflections of expressiveness of interaction description code
> - Issues of code distribution over multiple processors
> - Networking abstracting and issues
> - Frank discussions on the failings or flaws of an existing system
> - Approaches/experience for the integration/interoperability of
> different architectures
> - Extensibility of existing interactive application standards such as
> X3D into the VR realm
>
> We would discourage authors from sending papers that describe new
> software or architectures unless that software and the paper are based
> on a critical analysis of a problem domain and contain critiques of
> existing approaches.
>
> Submission Deadline: January 31, 2009
>
> Please send documents in .pdf form to presence@mit.edu. Email
> attachments are preferred.
>
> Include contact information for the corresponding author in the body of
> the email. Papers should conform to the submission guidelines available
> at http://www.mitpressjournals.org/page/sub/pres
>
> Contact:
> Anthony Steed
> University College London
> Dept. of Computer Science
> Gower Street
> London WC1E 6BT
> United Kingdom
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 4435
> Fax: +44 (0)20 7387 1397
> Email: A.Steed@cs.ucl.ac.uk

Venue: Coventry University

Event theme: "Environment, Cultural Heritage, Health, Smart buildings, V-commerce and Education"

VS-GAMES 2009, Coventry, UK, March 2009

Context

The emergence of serious or non-leisure uses of games technologies and virtual worlds applications has been swift and dramatic over the last five years. As a result, there has been little time to develop the theoretical and academic rigour in the emerging field. This problem has been exacerbated by the largely technological drive of the technologies, with often little time to consider more user-centred approaches to design and use of serious applications of games and virtual world technologies. Another factor affecting the field has been the general aspects of convergence between new technologies, for example augmented reality, mobile technologies, GPS technologies, sensor technologies and social software.

Together this has presented potential for developing new technologies based upon immersive and interactive interfaces and has in parallel produced many unanswered questions in terms of the usage of the formats. As a result there is a clear need to consider new frameworks, theories, methods and design strategies for making serious applications of games and virtual world technologies more effective and useful as part of education, health and training.

Scope

The first International Conference in Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications 2009(technical co-sponsorship with the IEEE Computer Society pending) aims to meet the significant challenges of the cross-disciplinary community that work around these serious application areas by bringing the community together to share case studies of practice, to present new frameworks, methodologies and theories and to begin the process of developing shared cross-disciplinary outputs. In order to achieve this main aim the conference will pioneer new methods for bringing together and supporting communities of practice emerging in themed areas beyond the duration of the conference. Using the conference as an ignition to support a wider aspiration to form and sustain a community of practice around the field. To achieve this, the team at the SGI will use innovative software called Intronetworks, which allows conference participants to create their own profile allowing them to identify like-minded and complementary skilled colleagues.

The term 'Serious Games' covers a broad range of applications from flash-based animations to totally immersive and code driven 3D environments where users interface with large volumes of data through sophisticated and interactive digital interfaces. This shift towards immersive world applications being used to support education, health and training activities mark the beginning of new challenges that offer real scope for collaborative and multi-disciplinary research solutions, and real opportunities for innovative development. We invite researchers, developers, practitioners and decision-makers working with or applying serious games in their communities to present papers in the following two main streams of the conference: games and virtual world applications for serious applications. The conference will explore games and virtual worlds in relation to:

Applications (e.g. case studies, exemplars, practice examples)
Methodologies, theories and frameworks (e.g. participatory design methods, mixed methodologies for data collection and analysis, cross-disciplinary methods)
Evaluation approaches and studies

Aims

The conference aims to ask:

In what ways are games and virtual world applications effective tools?
What cross-disciplinary approaches are emerging to support design, development and implementation of the technologies?
What role does convergence with related technologies mean for the field?
What founding theories and approaches are emerging to support the field?
How and in what ways is the participant becoming the producer of content?
What are the technologies (e.g. applications, platforms, engines) that are most effective in which areas of practice?

Topics of Interest

We are seeking contributions that advance the state of the art in the technologies available to support sustainability of serious games. The following topics in the areas of environment, cultural heritage, health, smart buildings, v-commerce and education are particularly encouraged:

- Game design
- Serious games methodologies
- User-modelling in serious games
- Pervasive gaming
- Interactivity issues
- Game modelling
- Alternate reality games
- Virtual environments
- Augmented reality
- Visualisation techniques
- Human-computer interaction
- Mobile games
- Education and learning
- Case studies in serious

Program Chairs

Sara de Freitas (Serious Games Institute)

Kurt Squire (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Edward Castronova (Indiana University)

Publication Chairs

Genaro Rebolledo-Mendez (Serious Games Institute)

Fotis Liarokapis (Coventry University)

Publicity and Public Relations Chair

Tim Blanchard (Communications Management)

Local Arrangements Chair

Kate Pallister (Coventry University)

Finance Chair

Jacqueline Cawston (Coventry University Enterprises)

For any enquiries, please forward to the Program Committee email address, at:

vs-games09@cad.coventry.ac.uk

Paper Submission

The participants of the conference will be invited to submit papers into the Proceedings using the EasyChair system. Authors should register to the Easy Chair system before submitting their papers (include reference to easy chair). Authors must follow IEEE standards to format the papers accordingly (http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/confstandards/pdfs.html). With the camera ready paper submission for publication, you agree to pay registration fee (or reduced registration fee if your registration form is received on or before the early registration date) and published papers must be presented by at least one of the authors. All accepted paper will appear in the IEEE digital library. In addition the best papers will be selected for a planned special issue of the ‘British Journal of Educational Technology’.

CONFERENCE ORGANISOR

Contact: VS-GAMES Organizer:

t:	024 7615 8201
f:	024 7623 6024
e:	vs-games09@cad.coventry.ac.uk
w:	http://sgandvwconference.net/

Important Dates

Paper submission for full papers 1st November 2008

Paper submission for short papers and posters 15th November 2008

Notification for refereeing feedback 1st December 2008

Camera-ready full papers and tutorials to printer 20th January 2008

Early registration January 2009

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 22, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- NVDA -- NVIDIA today announced the key sponsors for NVISION(R) 08, the premier event for visual computing professionals and enthusiasts. Leading the list of sponsors and key contributors for the conference are Christie Digital Systems, EVGA, HP, Microsoft, and PNY Technologies. NVISION 08 will be held August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley, and will serve as a gathering point to share, learn, and create for this important industry which is redefining all aspects of computing.

"Visual computing is top-of-mind for many HP customers," said Jim Zafarana, vice president, marketing, Workstations Global Business Unit, HP. "Our customers are breaking new ground in video game development, online content creation, animation and production for television and movies and more. HP is delighted to join NVIDIA to bring the NVISION audience the best in visual computing."

"NVIDIA products continue to improve the overall visual experience of Windows Vista and enable applications to take advantage of the visual capabilities Windows Vista brings to computing professionals and enthusiasts alike," said Mike Ybarra, senior director of product management at Microsoft Corporation. "We are excited to be involved in this event and look forward to continuing to work with NVIDIA to deliver enhanced visual/graphic experiences on Windows."

Other NVISION 08 sponsors include Adobe, Antec, ASUS, Autodesk, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, CyberPower, Dassault Systemes, Digital Storm, ECS, GIGABYTE, iGames, Jetway, Maingear, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Morgan Stanley, MSI, Namics Technologies, Newegg.com, OCZ Technology Group, Palit Multimedia, Patriot Memory, Phoenix Precision Technology, Qimonda, RR Donnelley, Softimage, STATS ChipPac, Superworld Electronics, TAGAN, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Thermaltake, TigerDirect.com/CompUSA, ViewSonic, ZOTAC.

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Visualization and Simulation on Immersive Display Devices

A Special Track of the 4th International Symposium on

Visual Computing (ISVC08) www.isvc.net

December 1 - 3, 2008

Las Vegas, NV

Call for Papers: DEADLINE July 21, 2008

Scope:

The focus of this track is on visualization and simulation efforts with the aid of immersive display devices and interfaces. We believe that immersive technologies can be integral, sometimes irreplaceable, components of the scientific process and ask session presenters to specifically address their findings that concur or differ from this position.

Topics:

The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following areas:

* Non-standard displays
* Interaction methods
* Scientific visualization
* Information visualization
* Interactive simulation
* Data exploration
* Visual analytics

Paper Submission Procedure:

Papers submitted to ISVC 2008 Special Tracks must not have been previously published and must not be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should be submitted in camera-ready format and should not exceed 12 pages, including figures and tables (see http://www.isvc.net for details).

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.

Important Dates:

Paper submissions July 21, 2008

Notification of acceptance September 1, 2008

Final camera ready paper September 15, 2008

Advance Registration September 15, 2008

ISVC08 Symposium December 1-3, 2008

Organizers:

Daniel Coming, Desert Research Institute, USA, Daniel.Coming@dri.edu
Darko Koracin, Desert Research Institute, USA, Darko.Koracin@dri.edu
Laura Monroe, Los Alamos National Lab, USA, lmonroe@lanl.gov
Rachael Brady, Duke University, USA, rbrady@cs.duke.edu

Committee:

Andy Forsberg, Brown University, USA
Bernd Hamann, University of California, Davis, USA
Arie Kaufman, Stony Brook University (SUNY), USA
Phil McDonald, Desert Research Institute, USA
Dave Modl, LANL/LAVA/Worldscape, USA
Patrick O'Leary, Desert Research Institute, USA
Dirk Reiners, LITE, USA
Bill Sherman, Desert Research Institute, USA
Steve Smith, LANL/LAVA/Worldscape, USA
Oliver Staadt, University of Rostock, Germany

ISVC08

4th International Symposium on Visual Computing
December 1-3, 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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.

ISCV seeks papers describing contributions to the state of the art and state of the practice in the broad field of visual computing. In particular, ISVC is structured around four central areas of visual computing: (1) computer vision, (2) computer graphics, (3) virtual reality, and (4) visualization. In particular, we are interested in papers that combine technologies from two or more of these areas.

This is the third in the series of symposia following three successful meetings in 2005, 2006 and 2007. ISVC08 will consist of invited and contributed presentations dealing with all aspects of visual computing. In addition to the main symposium, the symposium will include several keynote presentations, special tracks, and a poster session. Two "best paper awards", each worth of $500, are sponsored by Siemens and Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL). In addition, Informatics Circle of Research Excellence (iCORE) offers a $500 award for the best paper in the special track on Analysis and Visualization of Biomedical Visual Data.

The symposium's proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

About SIGGRAPH 2008

Now in its 35th year, the SIGGRAPH conference is the premier international event on computer graphics and interactive techniques. SIGGRAPH 2008 is expected to draw an estimated 30,000 professionals from six continents to Los Angeles, California.

Who The SIGGRAPH conference attracts the most respected technical and creative minds, focusing on: research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education, and the web from around the globe. SIGGRAPH 2008 is sponsored by The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), an educational and scientific society uniting the world's computing educators, researchers, and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges.

What The SIGGRAPH conference and exhibition is a five-day, fluid, interdisciplinary educational experience including a three-day exhibition that attracts hundreds of exhibitors from around the world. SIGGRAPH is widely recognized as the most prestigious forum for the publication of computer graphics research. In addition to SIGGRAPH's leading-edge technical program, the conference's installations provide close-up views of the latest in digital art, emerging technologies, and hands-on opportunities for creative collaboration.

Additionally, the conference is home to the international SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival, showcasing works from the world's most innovative and accomplished digital film and video creators. Juried and curated content includes outstanding achievements in time-based art, scientific visualization, visual effects, real-time graphics, and narrative shorts. Since 1999, the festival also has been an official qualifying event for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences "Best Animated Short Film" award.

Where Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

When Conference: 11-15 August (Monday through Friday)
Exhibition: 12-14 August (Tuesday through Thursday)
Why To inspire the computer graphic and interactive techniques community to converse, innovate, educate, and collaborate at the crossroads of science, art, and technology.

Hello everyone.

As you may recall Doug Bowman ran a Siggraph BOF a few years ago on 3D user interfaces that was very successful (I believe we had about 50 people
attend).

This year, I am going to run a similar BOF at SIGGRAPH on 3D Spatial Interfaces in Video Games. As I am sure you are all aware, 3D UIs are becoming more and more prominent in video games (Wii, EyeToy, etc...). This represents a great opportunity for 3DUI and AR/VR
researchers to explore innovative approaches to video game interaction. My goal is to bring together both researchers and game developers/designers to one location to discuss interesting issues related to 3DUI in games and let people present their work in the area.

The BOF will take place on Wednesday, August 13th from 9am to 10:30am in room 307 in the Los Angeles convention center.

A significant portion of the BOF will be devoted to brief (5-minute) informal presentations on current 3DUI-related research projects, applications, and/or products related to 3DUI in games.

IMPORTANT: If you would like to present something at the BOF, please send me an email with the following information: your name, your organization, your email address, title of your presentation, 2-3 sentence description of your presentation, and URL for more information (if available). I will put all of this information on a handout that will be given to each participant in the BOF.

We will have standard AV equipment at the meeting (projector and screen). You can also bring demonstrations on a laptop if you wish - there will be a time for demos near the end of the BOF (anyone can bring a demo - not just presenters).

Please forward this notice to anyone you think might be interested who is not on these mailing lists.

Please use my UCF email address (jjl@cs.ucf.edu) when responding.

Thanks,

Joe

Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Research)
Brown University, Dept. of Computer Science, Box 1910, Providence, RI 02912
Phone: 401-863-7662 Fax: 401-863-7657 URL: www.cs.brown.edu/people/jjl

ICAT 2008: 18th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence

December 1-3, 2008
Keio University, Yokohama, Japan

http://icat2008.hvrl.ics.keio.ac.jp

[Co-located with ACM ACE2008 (Advanced Computer Entertainment)]

CALL FOR PAPERS

ICAT is the oldest international conference on Virtual Reality and Telexistence.
The organizing committee cordially invites you to submit your technical work and
experimental results in Virtual Reality science and technology to this conference.

Main themes
- Artificial Reality / Virtual Reality
- Teleoperation / Telexistence /Telepresence
- Augmented Reality / Mixed Reality
- Motion Tracking
- Real Time Computer Simulation
- Ubiquitous / Wearable Computing
- Visual and Auditory Displays
- Anthropomorphic Intelligent Robotics
- Software Architecture for VR
- Immersive Projection Technology
- Tools for Modelling VR Systems
- Haptics
- VR Input and Output Devices
- Evaluation of VR Techniques and Systems
- Retro-reflective Projection Technology
- Distributed and Collaborative VR Systems
- Medical Visualization
- Virtual Medicine and Health Science
- Real-time graphic manipulation
- Non-formal learning in Virtual Environments
- Industrial applications
- Serious Gaming
- Virtual Heritage
- Multisensory Environments and Media Art
- Interactive Art and Entertainment
- Human Factors of VR
- Multimodal Human Interfaces
- VR Interaction and Navigation Techniques
- Artificial Life& Virtual Reality
- Innovative Applications of VR
- Communication with Realistic Sensations
- Advanced Visualization and Interactivity

Important dates

paper submission dead-line : June 30, 2008
acceptance notification : August 31, 2008
ICAT 2008 conference : December 1-3, 2008

Committee

General Chair:
Hideo Saito (Keio University)

Program Co-Chairs:
Yasuyuki Yanagida (Meijo University)
Robert Lindeman (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs:
Kenichi Okada (Keio University)
Masahiko Inami (Keio University)

Publication Chair:
Tetsuro Ogi (Keio University)

Demonstration Chair:
Tsuyoshi Moriyama (Tokyo Polytechnic University)

Publicity Chair:
Vincent Nozick (Keio University)

Organized by The Virtual Reality Society of Japan (VRSJ).

More Information:
web : http://icat2008.hvrl.ics.keio.ac.jp
email : icat2008@ozawa.ics.keio.ac.jp