2002 ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry: Call for Papers
Subhash Suri
suri at cs.ucsb.edu
Mon Oct 1 09:53:03 PDT 2001
Call For Papers and Videos
Eighteenth Annual Symposium on
COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY
June 5-7, 2002
[http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~suri/CG2002CFP.html]
[http://www-ma2.upc.es/~geomc/events/socg2002/socg2002.html]
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Sponsored by ACM SIGACT and SIGGRAPH
The Eighteenth Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry, featuring both
theoretical and applied research, and a video review, will be held at
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. We invite
high-quality submissions in the following research areas:
* Geometric algorithms or combinatorial geometry theory;
* Implementation issues or applications of computational geometry.
The accepted papers will be published in the symposium proceedings format by
ACM and distributed at the symposium. The proceedings will also be available
separately for purchase from ACM. A selection of papers from the conference
will be invited to special issues of journals. For the first time this year,
there will be a prize for the best student-authored paper (see below).
The Program Co-Chairs have assembled a committee spanning both theoretical
and applied interests in computational geometry in an effort to encourage
submissions to both a theoretical track and an applied (or experimental)
track of the conference. Topics for the theoretical track include, but are
not limited to design and theoretical analysis of geometric algorithms and
data structures; lower bounds for geometric problems; and discrete and
combinatorial geometry. Topics for the applied track include, but are not
limited to experimental analysis of algorithms and data structures;
mathematical and numerical issues arising from implementations; and novel
uses of computational geometry in other disciplines, such as robotics,
computer graphics, geometric and solid modeling, manufacturing, geographical
information systems, and molecular biology. See below for additional
information on the two tracks.
Paper Submission
Electronic submissions are preferred, but authors may instead mail 8 copies
of an extended abstract to arrive by December 7, 2001 to either of the two
Program Co-Chairs
Subhash Suri Chandrajit Bajaj
Dept. of Computer Science Dept. of Computer Sciences
University of California, Santa University of Texas, Austin
Barbara Austin, TX 78733, USA
Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA Phone: (512) 471-8870
Phone: (805) 893-8856 bajaj at cs.utexas.edu
suri at cs.ucsb.edu
Important Dates
December 7, 2001: Papers due
February 8, 2002: Video submissions due
February 15, 2002: Notification of acceptance or rejection of papers
February 22, 2002: Notification of acceptance or rejection of videos
March 15, 2002: Camera-ready papers and video abstracts due
April 5, 2002: Final versions of videos due
June 5-7, 2001: Symposium
Submission Guidelines
Papers should be submitted in the form of an extended abstract, which begins
with the title of the paper, each author's name, affiliation, and e-mail
address, followed by a succinct statement of the problems and goals that
are considered in the paper, the main results achieved, the significance of
the work in the context of previous research, and a comparison to past
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, using
11 point or larger font and with at least one-inch margins all around. If
the authors consider it absolutely essential to include additional technical
details that do not fit into 10 pages, these details may be added in a
clearly marked appendix that should appear after the body of the paper and
the references; this appendix will not be regarded as a part of the
submission and will be considered only at the program committee's
discretion.
Optionally, authors may also indicate their preference as to which of the
two tracks (theoretical or applied) the submission is targeted; however, the
program committee will exercise its discretion in how best to handle each
submission.
Abstracts in hard copy must be received by December 7, 2001. Abstracts in
electronic form are due by December 7, 5:00 PM PST. These are firm
deadlines: late submissions will not be considered. Authors will be notified
of acceptance or rejection by February 15, 2002. A full version of each
contribution in final form will be due by March 15, 2002 for inclusion in
the proceedings.
Best Student Paper Award
A prize will be given to the author(s) of the best student-authored paper.
The program committee may decline to make the award, or may split it among
more than one paper. A paper is eligible if all of its authors are full-time
students at the time of submission. This must be indicated in the submission
cover letter or (for electronic submissions) during the on-line registration
process.
Conference Chairs
Ferran Hurtado and Vera Sacristán
Program Committee
Pankaj Agarwal (Duke)
Nina Amenta (U of Texas at Austin)
Esther Arkin (SUNY Stony Brook)
Chandrajit Bajaj Co-Chair (U of Texas at Austin)
Jean-Daniel Boissonnat (INRIA)
Siu-Wing Cheng (UST, Hong Kong)
Michael Goodrich (UC Irvine)
John Hershberger (Mentor Graphics)
Marc van Kreveld (Utrecht)
Victor Milenkovic (U of Miami)
Günter Rote (U of Graz)
Jorg-Rudiger Sack (University of Carleton)
Jonathan Shewchuk (UC Berkeley)
Jorge Stolfi (UNICAMP, Brazil)
Subhash Suri Co-Chair (U of California, Santa Barbara)
Steve Vavasis (Cornell University)
Call For Videos
Videos are sought for a video review of computational geometry. 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
submitted to the technical program committee are encouraged.
Video Submission
Authors should send one preview copy of a videotape to the address below by
February 8, 2002. 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 . If
electronic submission is impossible, authors should include five hardcopies
of the accompanying text with their video.
Videotapes and accompanying text should be sent to
Gill Barequet
Faculty of Computer Science
The Technion-IIT
Haifa 32000, Israel
Phone: +972 (4) 829-3219
Fax: +972 (4) 822-1128
E-mail: barequet at cs.technion.ac.il
For customs purposes, it is best to declare a value of $5. If you have
questions, please contact the committee chair.
Notification
Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection, and given reviewers'
comments by February 22, 2002. For each accepted video, the final version of
the textual description will be due by March 15, 2002 for inclusion in the
proceedings. Final versions of accepted videos will be due April 5, 2002 in
the best format available. The accepted videos will be edited onto one tape,
which will be shown at the conference and will be distributed to the
participants.
Video Program Committee
Gill Barequet, Chair (Technion)
Matthew Katz (Ben Gurion)
Subodh Kumar (Johns Hopkins)
Micha Sharir (Tel Aviv)
Ayellet Tal (Technion)
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