CFP: Shape Search for CAD/CAE

[William Regli]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue of Computer Aided Design 

Shape Similarity Detection and Search for CAD/CAE Applications

Guest Editors: 
William C. Regli, Drexel University, USA
Michela Spagnuolo, IMATI-CNR, Genova, Italy

Important Dates:
1 October 2005           Deadline for Submission of Full Papers
1 February 2006          Deadline for Submission of Revised Papers
Summer 2006              Expected Publication

3D CAD data has become the currency of the modern engineering
enterprise. As the industry has matured, CAD models have become
ubiquitous artifacts that provide highfidelity descriptions of
engineered objects as well as capture vital intellectual property and
institutional memory.  Researchers have been developing automated
tools for model classification, indexing and analysis for over 30
years and this work spans many research areas (CAD/CAM, engineering
design, knowledge representation, case-based reasoning, computer
vision, pattern recognition, computational geometry, solid modeling,
shape modeling, and computer graphics). However, recent developments
in shape analysis indicate that it may be a suitable basis to
integrate across disciplines and create new technologies for
harvesting vast quantities of geometry-centric engineering data into
knowledge that can significantly improve product realization.

This special issue of Computer-Aided Design is dedicated to providing
a critical evaluation of shape search technology and its applicability
to different engineering applications. The Guest Editors are
soliciting original manuscripts that highlight recent successes and
define major research challenges. We would particularly like to
receive papers that contribute to understanding of:

 o Multi-level representations for matching and retrieval
 o Algorithms for feature extraction, model 
   decomposition and segmentation
 o Partial and many-to-many matching
 o Matching under uncertainty and noise
 o Representation and capture of engineering semantics
 o Retrieval using engineering semantics
 o Query interfaces and search modalities
 o Classification, indexing, mining of engineering data
 o Integration of CAD search with database and 
   PLM systems
 o Applications, prototypes, and fielded systems
 o Empirical studies, scalability results and benchmarks

For this special issue, Computer Aided Design and the guest
editors strongly encourage potential authors to use models and
datasets that are publicly available. Additionally, authors may
provide online links to models they use in their papers and
experiments. Results presented must be independently verifiable or
reproducible. Datasets appropriate to this issue include those noted
in the CAD "Information for Authors" such as the Drexel Design
Repository (http://www.designrepository.org), the Princeton Shape
Benchmark (http://shape.cs.princeton.edu/benchmark/), and the
AIM at SHAPE repository (http://www.aim-atshape.net:10080/).

All prospective authors are invited to obtain early feedback on
possible submissions by e-mailing an abstract to either of the Guest
Editors (regli at drexel.edu or michela.spagnuolo at ge.imati.cnr.it).

All papers will be rigorously refereed. Submission of a paper to this
special issue of JCAD implies that no strongly similar paper is
already accepted or will be submitted to any other conference or
journal. Authors should consult the "Instructions for Authors", which
are available online and printed at the back of most issues of
Computer-Aided Design, for information about preparation of their
manuscripts.  Papers of an appropriate standard not included in the
special issue may be considered for publication in a regular issue of
Computer-Aided Design.

For this special issue, manuscripts should be submitted through the
Elsevier publication management system for the CAD Journal,
http://ees.elsevier.com/cad/.  If this is your first time using the
system you will need to go to the web page and register as a new
author by clicking the 'Register' link. Once registered you may then
submit your paper by clicking 'Submit New Manuscript' and follow the
instructions. All correspondence between the editor and authors will
be performed by e-mail and paper copies will not be required at the
original submission stage. When submitting a paper for this issue
please choose the article type 'Special Issue---Shape Similarity' from
the drop down menu.


-- 
William C. Regli, Ph.D.     
Drexel University                regli at drexel.edu
Department of Computer Science   http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~regli
College of Engineering           Tel: + 1 (215) 895 - 6827
Philadelphia, PA 19104           Fax: + 1 (215) 895 - 0545


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