Call for Papers - ACM Symp. on Computational Geometry

Thu Oct 8 13:11:27 PDT 1998

                  CALL FOR PAPERS

           Fifteenth Annual ACM Symposium on
                 COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY

                   June 13--16, 1999
                 Miami Beach, Florida

          http://www.cs.miami.edu/events/SCG99/

            Sponsored by ACM SIGACT & SIGGRAPH

The 1999 ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, featuring
an applied track, a theoretical track, and a video review,
will be held at the Radisson Deauville Resort in Miami Beach, Florida.
We invite submissions that address
  applications of geometric computing, for the applied track, or
  fundamental problems of geometric computing, for the theoretical track.
During the conference, sessions of presentations will alternate between
the two tracks, rather than being in parallel.  The proceedings,
with the papers of both tracks, will be distributed at the symposium
and will subsequently be available for purchase from ACM.  A selection
of papers will be invited to special issues of journals.
The conference will accept electronic submissions of postscript files;
guidelines will be available via the conference homepage, given above.

Topics for the applied track include, but are not limited to
  experimental analysis of algorithms and data structures;
  robotics and virtual worlds;
  computer graphics, simulation and visualization;
  image processing;
  geometric and solid modeling;
  computer aided geometric design;
  manufacturing;
  geographical information systems.
Electronic submissions are preferred, but authors may instead
mail 14 copies of an extended abstract to arrive by December 4, 1998 to:

  John Canny 
  Computer Science Division 
  529 Soda Hall 
  Berkeley, CA 94720-1776
  Phone:  (510) 642-9955 
  jfc at cs.berkeley.edu

Topics for the theoretical track include, but are not limited to: 
  theoretical analysis of geometric algorithms and data structures;
  discrete and combinatorial geometry;
  mathematical and numerical issues arising from implementations.
Electronic submissions are preferred, but authors may instead
mail 8 copies of an extended abstract to arrive by December 4, 1998 to:

  Marshall Bern
  Xerox PARC 
  3333 Coyote Hill Road
  Palo Alto, CA  94304-1314
  Phone:  (650) 812-4443
  bern at parc.xerox.com

Important Dates

  December 4, 1998: Extended abstract due, both tracks
  February 13, 1999: Video submissions due
  February 15, 1999: Notification of acceptance or rejection of papers
  March 1, 1999: Notification of acceptance or rejection of videos 
  March 15, 1999: Camera-ready papers due
  April 15, 1999: Final versions of videos due
  June 13-16, 1999: Symposium

Papers that primarily address practical issues  
and implementation experience, even if not tied to
a particular application domain, should be submitted to
the applied track.  Papers that primarily prove theorems 
should be submitted to the theoretical track.
Most experimental work should be submitted to the 
applied track; an exception would be experiments
in support of mathematical investigations.
Submissions to one track may be forwarded
to the other for consideration, unless the authors have explicitly
stated interest in one track only.

An extended abstract sent to a program committee
should begin with a succinct statement of the problems and goals of
the paper, the main results, and the significance of the work in the
context of previous research. The abstract should provide sufficient detail to
allow the program committee to evaluate the validity, quality, and
relevance of the contribution. The entire extended abstract should not
exceed 10 pages at a reasonable font size.
An optional appendix may be included, but this
will be used at the program committee's discretion.

Abstracts in hard copy must be received by December 4, 1998, or
postmarked by November 27 and sent airmail.  Electronic submissions are
also due December 4.  These are firm deadlines: late submissions will
not be considered.  Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection
by February 15, 1999.  A full version of each  contribution in final
form will be due by March 15, 1999 for inclusion in the proceedings.

          Conference Chair: Victor Milenkovic (U Miami)
                      vjm at cs.miami.edu

Applied Track Program Committee:

  Pankaj Agarwal (Duke)
  Nina Amenta (U Texas)
  Amy Briggs (Middlebury College)
  John Canny, Chair (Berkeley)
  David Dobkin (Princeton)
  Dan Halperin (Tel Aviv)
  Yan-Bin Jia (Carnegie-Mellon)
  Lydia Kavraki (Rice)
  Jean-Claude Latombe (Stanford)
  Dinesh Pai (U British Columbia)
  Jonathan Shewchuk (Berkeley)
  Jack Snoeyink (U British Columbia)
  Frank van der Stappen (Utrecht)

Theoretical track Program Committee:

  Marshall Bern, Chair (Xerox PARC)
  Herve Bronnimann (INRIA Sophia-Antipolis)
  Timothy Chan (U Miami)
  David Eppstein (UC-Irvine)
  Bernd Gaertner (ETH Zuerich)
  Jacob E. Goodman (City College, CUNY)
  Anna Lubiw (U Waterloo)

                       CALL FOR VIDEOS

      8th Annual Video Review of Computational Geometry

Background: This video review showcases the use of visualization in
computational geometry for exposition and education, as an interface
and a debugging tool in software development, and for the visual
exploration of geometry in research. Algorithm animations, visual
explanations of structural theorems, descriptions of applications of
computational geometry, and demonstrations of software systems are all
appropriate. Videos that accompany papers or communications submitted
to the technical program committee are encouraged.

Submissions: Authors should send one preview copy of a videotape to the
address below by February 13, 1999. The videotape should be at most eight
minutes long (three to five minutes, preferred), and be in VHS NTSC
or VHS PAL format.

Each video tape must be accompanied by
a one- or two-page description of the material
shown in the video, and where applicable, the techniques used
in the implementation.
Please format
descriptions following the guidelines for ACM proceedings.
Additional material describing the contents of the videos, such as the full
text of accompanying papers, may also be included.

Textual material may be submitted electronically by e-mailing either
the URL of a PostScript file (preferred) or the PostScript file
itself to jeffe at cs.uiuc.edu.
If electronic submission is impossible, authors should include
5 hardcopies of the accompanying text with their video.

Videotapes and accompanying text should be sent to:

  Jeff Erickson
  Department of Computer Science
  University of Illinois
  1304 W. Springfield Ave.
  Urbana, IL   61801
  Phone:  (217) 333-6769

For customs purposes, it is best to declare a value of $5. If you have
questions, please contact the committee chair at 
jeffe at cs.uiuc.edu or (217) 333-6769.

Notification: Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection, and
given reviewers' comments by March 1, 1999. For each accepted
video, the final version of the textual description will be due by
March 15, 1999 for inclusion in the proceedings. Final versions of
accepted videos will be due April 15, 1999 in the best format
available. The accepted videos will be edited onto one tape, which
will be shown at the conference, distributed to the participants, and
available from ACM after the conference.

Video Program Committee:

  Danny Chen (Notre Dame)
  Jeff Erickson, Chair (U Illinois)
  John Sullivan (U Illinois)
  Subhash Suri (Washington U)
  Shang-Hua Teng (U Illinois)

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