Call for Papers: HAPTEX‘05 - VR Workshop

[Haptex 2005 Workshop]

Call for Papers
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HAPTEX ‘05 - VR Workshop
On Haptic and Tactile Perception of Deformable Objects
December 1-2, 2005
Leibniz Haus, Hanover, Germany
University Of Hanover

Important dates
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Deadline for Submission: June 30, 2005
Notification of Acceptance: August 15, 2005
Deadline for Final Version: August 30, 2005

Within the frame of the EU-HAPTEX project the Welfenlab, University of
Hanover organizes a workshop on haptic and tactile perception. All 
submissions will be peer reviewed. The most interesting contributions to 
the workshop will be published in a special issue of The Visual
Computer after the workshop took place.
For details concerning the workshop and the submission, please see:
http://www.gdv.uni-hannover.de/haptex05

Topics of interest
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• Human-Computer Interaction
• Simulating the touch, the hearing and the vision in virtual worlds
• Multimodal interaction system for presenting deformable materials
• Presenting haptic feedback in multimodal interaction
• Hardware for haptic/tactile interaction in virtual worlds
• Haptic/tactile rendering
• Modeling dynamics of deformable objects for haptic/tactile feedback
• Dynamic simulation of soft tissues/deformable objects including textiles
• Perception of material using haptic feedback
• Applications of haptic/tactile interfaces for soft/deformable objects


Program and Workshop Co-Chairs HAPTEX ’05
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Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann and Franz-Erich Wolter


Program Commitee
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Massimo Bergamasco, PERCRO
Heinrich H. Bülthoff, MPI Tuebingen
Antonio Bicchi, University of Pisa
Martin Buss, TU-Munich
Sabine Coquillart, INRIA
Eddy Flerackers, University of Limburg
Tobias Höllerer, University of California, Santa Barbara
Hiro Iwata, University of Tsukuba
Abderrahmane Kheddar, University of Evry Val d'Essonne
Hyung Seok Kim, University of Geneva
Tadashi Kitamura, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Frederic Fol Leymarie, University of London
Ming Lin, University of North Carolina
Annie Luciani, INPG
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva
Harriet Meinander, University of Tampere
Dimitris Metaxas, Rutgers University
Dinesh Pai, University of North Carolina
Fabio Salsedo, PERCRO
Makoto Sato, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ian Summers, University of Exeter
Hong Tan, Purdue University
Daniel Thalmann, EPFL
Frederic Vexo, EPFL
Pascal Volino, University of Geneva
Alan Wing, University of Birmingham
Franz-Erich Wolter, University of Hanover
Peter Wriggers, University of Hanover


Contact
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For more information, please contact:
Web: http://www.gdv.uni-hannover.de/haptex05
Email: Guido Böttcher <haptex05 at gdv.uni-hannover.de>
Fax: +49 511 - 762 29 14


Guidelines for Submission to HAPTEX’05
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Workshop Proceedings
The deadline for submitting the final version of your paper will be on 
the: 30th of June @ 11.59 CET

Format:
The format for final submission is detailed below – if you have been
successful in having more than one paper accepted please make sure you 
submit in the correct version.
o Description of the required Template can be found here
o The LaTeX Template can be found here
o Example MS Word Document can be found here

Submission:
The following procedure must be observed in order that papers are published
- All papers must be uploaded before 30th of June @ 11.59CET
- Papers must be submitted as PDF Documents only
- Figures and Diagrams should be at least of 300dpi resolution

How to register and submit a paper for HAPTEX '05:
First surf to the webpage
http://www.gdv.uni-hannover.de/haptex05/conftool/, where you select
the option Create new account in the middle of the page.
You will then be presented a form where you have to fill in some
personal information, such as name, address and email, which we need to 
contact you. The required fields are marked with an * asterisk.
Under “Account Information” you select a username and password, which
should be easy to remember for you (in case you forget, you can always 
request a new one which will be sent to the email address you specified).
If you would like to get the account information you entered as a
reminder via email, you can tick the field below.
Finally, you click the “Submit User Data” button near the bottom of the
page. If no errors occurred you are now logged in and can select between 
3 options
1) Edit your personal information under User Data.
2) Submit a paper / poster to the workshop by clicking Submit Contribution.
3) Logout via Logout
To submit your paper select the second option. You will see a formular
where you fill in the necessary data about your contribution. If you 
have problems to find the right “Topic” for your paper, just type in a 
little note in the “Remark / Message to the Conference Chairs“ textbox.
Nevertheless, you have to select at least one of the topics.
If you have filled out everything, click the “Proceed” button.
On the next page you can upload your paper to our server. Click the
“Browse” button and select the file you want to upload. When you have 
selected it, click the “Upload File and Complete Submission” button. Pay 
attention to the format of the file. You can only upload files which
are in PDF or Postscript format and compressed with ZIP or GZIP. Maximum 
file size is 10 MB. You can always upload another version of your paper 
or edit the information later.
If everything went right, you're back to the Overview page, where you
see your submission at the bottom.
If your submission is reviewed, you will get a notice via email and can
then log in to read details and see the review score.


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