CFP: 4th Int Symposium on Visual Comuting (ISVC08)

CALL FOR PAPERS & SPECIAL TRACKS

4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC08)
Monte Carlo Resort & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
December 1-3, 2008
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 throughout the world to present their latest research
findings, ideas, developments and applications in the broader area of
visual computing. This is the fourth in the series of symposia
following
three very 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 technical
program, the symposium will include several keynote speakers, posters
sessions, and special tracks. 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. Two "best paper
awards",
each worth of $500, are sponsored by Siemens and MERL.

**Topics**

ISCV 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, and (4)
visualization.
In particular, we are interested in papers that combine technologies
from
two or more of these areas.


Steering Committee:

       George Bebis, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
       Richard Boyle, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
       Bharam Parvin, Lawerence Berkeley National Lab, USA
       Darko Koracin, Desert Research Institute, USA

(Area 1) Computer Vision Chairs:

       Paolo Remagnino, Kingston University, UK
       Fatih Porikli, MERL, USA

(Area 2) Computer Graphics Chairs:

        Jorg Peters, University of Florida, USA
        James Klosowski, IBM, USA

(Area 3) Virtual Reality Chairs:

        Laura Arns, Purdue University, USA
        Ka Chun Yu, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, USA

(Area 4) Visualization Chairs:

       Theresa-Marie Rhyme, North Carolina State University, USA
       Laura Monroe, Los Alamos National Labs, USA

Keynote Speakers (confirmed):

       J.K. Aggarwal, University of Texas, USA
       Kelly Geither, University of Texas, USA
       Arie Kaufman, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA
       Gerard Medioni, USC, USA
       Ioannis Pavlidis, University of Houston, USA

Program Committee:

       see http://www.isvc.net/committee.html

** Sponsors:

       University of Nevada, Reno
       NASA Ames Research Center
       Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
       Desert Research Institute
       Siemens
       Hewelett Packard
       IBM Almaden
       Intel
       Ford Motor Company
       DigitalPersona
       MERL
       Equinox Corporation

** Important Dates**

Special track proposals:                4/25 2008
Paper submissions                       7/21 2008
Notification of acceptance              9/1 2008
Final camera ready paper                9/15 2008
Advance Registration                    9/15 2008
ISVC08 Symposium                        12/1-12/3 2008

**Paper Submission**

Papers submitted to ISVC08 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. See
http://www.isvc.net  for details. Papers will be reviewed with an
emphasis
on potential to contribute to the  state of the art in the field. Each
paper will receive at least two blind reviews and should not contain
names or other information revealing authors' identity. Selection
criteria
include accuracy and originality of ideas, clarity and significance of
results, and presentation quality. In submitting a paper the author(s)
agree that, upon acceptance, they will prepare the final manuscript in
time for inclusion into the proceedings and will present the paper at
the
symposium.


**** Call for Special Track Proposals***

Proposals are invited for special tracks on any topic relevant to the
symposium.If you are interested in organizing a special track, please
email a special track proposal to admin@isvc.net by April 25, 2008.
Each
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