Latest Virtual Environments Calls for Participations

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Fri, 12 May 1995 20:35:33 -0700


Here are the latest sets of Calls for Virtual Environments:

--> A faculty position in virtual environments.

--> A very interesting looking Postdoc Faculty Position in VR.

--> FIVE'95 Framework for Immersive Virtual Environments
-- Call date 15 May 95

Please respond to the addresses in the Calls and not to this site.


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The Naval Postgraduate School Dept. of Computer Science is looking for faculty
candidates at all levels, in all areas. We are particularly interested in
candidates in all aspects of virtual environments. We currently have
no applicants. Send vita to:

Ted Lewis, Chair of Department
Department of Computer Science, Code CS
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California 93943-5118
[email protected]


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Postdoctoral or Research Faculty Position in Virtual Reality

We are looking for an exceptionally able PhD (or equivalent experience)
computer scientist to join our group in the development and application
of virtual reality to education in the sciences. Our group has a
history going back 30 years of computer animated film production and
the use of virtual reality. We are building the "Virtual Explorer", a
virtual reality adventure environment, a space and time vehicle to
explore and manipulate the alien worlds of the quantum mechanics of
chemical reactions, the molecular biology of human cells, the
cosmological evolution of the universe. On our high end multiprocessor
Silicon Graphics system, we are developing "blow them away"
demonstrations using multiscreen stereo, spatialized sound, and haptic
interfaces, but will also port to coming "commodity" level 3D graphics
platforms for wider usage. We have excellent long term funding. The
position could be Post-doctoral or Research Faculty level, depending
upon ability and experience. Salary commensurate with ability and
experience. For more information and a description of current group
activities and personnel see our World Wide Web site,
http://www-wilson.ucsd.edu/. To apply, please send a cv, a statement of
work experience and goals, and have at least one letter of reference
sent to Prof. Kent R. Wilson, Department of Chemistry 0339, University
of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0339. Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.


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FIVE'95
Framework for Immersive Virtual Environments

FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE FIVE GROUP

VENUE:
Queen Mary & Westfield College,
University of London.
18-19th December 1995

URL http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~mel/Five/conference.html

FIVE is a European group of leading researchers in Virtual Environments,
aiming to construct a coherent and distinctive paradigm for study and
advancement of immersive VEs. The group is funded by the European ESPRIT
programme. The work of FIVE will be presented at the conference. Papers are
invited from researchers in the field contributing to the foundations of
Virtual Reality.

PROGRAM:

* Day 1 involves presentations from the key researchers of the Working
Group, including a keynote talk by a Group representative.

* Day 2 is introduced by a Keynote Speaker, from outside the Group, Dr
Steven Ellis of NASA Ames Research Centre, and the University of California
at Berkeley.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline for submission of papers: 15 May 1995
Papers reviewed by: 15 June 1995
Acceptance to be notified by: 30 June 1995

Accepted papers are to be published in the conference proceedings.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
Submissions should be 6 COPIES of between 10-16 double spaced (A4 or US
Letter) sides. Author's name, affiliation, contact information, and 150-200
word abstract should be included on the title page. Send to:
Sylvia Wilbur
Dept of Computer Science, Tel: +44.171.975 5202
Queen Mary & Westfield College, Fax: +44.181.980 6533
Mile End Road, Email: [email protected]
London E1 4NS, UK

Conference Organising Committee:
Mel Slater Queen Mary & Westfield College, Computer Sci. London, UK
Sylvia Wilbur Queen Mary & Westfield College, Computer Sci.
London, UK.
Malcolm George Queen Mary & Westfield College, Basic Medical Sci,
London,UK.
Thomas Flaig IPA, Fraunhofer Institute, Stuttgart, Germany
Daniel Thalmann EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Nadia Thalmann MIRALab, University of Geneva,Switzerland
Hilmar Lehnart AEA, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Michael Bednarzyk AEA, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Massimo Bergamasco PERCRO, Scuola Superiore S. Anna
John Green DIVISION, Bristol, UK
Richard Gregory University of Bristol.
Gavin Brelstaff University of Bristol.