--> "Internet 2001"
IEEE Computer Society Press Call for Papers (for a special topic book)
IEEE Computer Companion Issue Call for Papers
--> Call Date: 8 January 1996
--> ACM Workshop on Applied Computational Geometry
--> Call for Participation: Call Date: 15 December 95
--> Framework for Immersive Virtual Environments
University of London
--> Advance Program: 18 - 19 December 95
************* "INTERNET 2001" CALL FOR PAPERS *********************************
Book Proposal: IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY PRESS
Focus Issue Proposal: IEEE COMPUTER MAGAZINE
"Internet 2001"
Editors: Don Brutzman, Mike Macedonia and Mike Zyda
Advisors: Steve Deering and Ted Lewis
Computer Science Department, Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey California 93943-5118
408.656.2149 voice, 408.656.3679 fax
{brutzman, zyda}@cs.nps.navy.mil, [email protected]
Internet 2001 will be the theme of the August 1996 issue of
COMPUTER and a companion Computer Society Press book. Internet 2001
will provide a comprehensive forward-looking overview of the rapidly
evolving global network of networks. Many articles and books currently
discuss the current state of the Internet. None describe the Internet
at the turn of the century. This special issue and book will provide a
road map to the future, showing where everything is going and the likely
paths to get there. In the special focus issue of COMPUTER we expect to
print two to three dozen single page extended abstracts, each focused on
a single area of interest identified in the accompanying table.
Simultaneously we plan to edit and publish full-length versions of
submitted papers in a companion book through the Computer Society Press.
The review process likely to be highly competitive. We hope to
attract papers of the highest caliber which present crucial concepts and
defining issues. We expect this esserence to enjoy wide distribution and
provide value for years to come.
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o Internet size, connectivity, bandwidth and access
- Who pays, who controls, who can connect, who can't
- Topology and network management, local and global
- Ubiquitous computing, distributed systems, latency
- Digital convergence: computer networking, cable television,
telephony
- Satellite coverage, new technologies, perceived limits to growth
- Connecting everyone to everything
o Routing and Protocols
- Internet Protocol version 7 (IPv7) and beyond
- Low-level protocols, new transmission media
- Wireless networks
- Multicast
- Entity/Application-Layer communication protocols
- High performance networking: B-ISDN, ATM, SONET, etc.
o Information Content and Context: the World-Wide Web (WWW)
- HyperText Markup Language (html)
- HyperText Transfer Protocol (http)
- Virtual Reality Modeling Language (vrml)
- Global databases and digital libraries
- Electronic publishing, content indexing, searching
o Applications in Cyberspace
- Agents and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Cooperative workspaces
- Information appliances, robots, teleoperation
- Virtual environments
o Commerce
- Paying money over the network
- Entertainment
- Enterprise networking
- Virtual corporations
- Information economies
o Security, Privacy and Authentication
- Encryption and Digital Signatures
- Hacking and cracking: individual and global vulnerabilities
o Global and National Information Infrastructure
- Internationalization and connecting the third world
- Education and distance learning
- Conduct of scientific research
- Governmental and social change, democratization and empowerment
- Public health and medicine
o Standards and Internet Development
- Professional societies and standards organizations
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Authors are asked to identify driving forces, key bottlenecks,
notable failures and open challenges in specific subject areas. Each
article will be organized to describe one aspect of the present-day
Internet, where we want it to be in the year 2001, and how we might get
there. Perceived limits to growth and the ability to scale up
indefinitely are of particular interest.
The dsadline for papers is January 8, 1996. Rsserees are also
encouraged to volunteer. Both short (1 magazine page, 900-1000 words)
and long (6-8 manuscript pages, 3300-4400 words) versions of each paper
must be submitted for review. Color figures will be accepted and
reproduced as appropriate. For complete information and to submit
papers, contact Don Brutzman, Mike Macedonia or Mike Zyda, Computer
Science Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California
93943-5118, 408.656.2149/2903 voice, {brutzman, zyda}@cs.nps.navy.mil
and [email protected] for electronic mail. Web page for author
information is http://www.stl.nps.navy.mil/~brutzman/2001
Web site for this Call:
http://www.stl.nps.navy.mil/~brutzman/2001/inet2001.cfp
********** ACM Workshop on Applied Computational Geometry *****************
May 27-28, 1996
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sponsored by: ACM and Army Rssearch Office
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Background
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The core of Computational Geometry (CG) can be enriched by new problem
domains. At the same time, the exposure to various applications will help
in making CG more directly relevant. One way to encourage such interactions
is by organizing special workshops and meetings that involve Computational
Geometers and members of other communities.
One of the first efforts in bringing together researchers in both
applied fields and Computational Geometry was the
NSF Workshop on Manufacturing and Computational Geometry. This
workshop was held at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
New York University, on April 1-2, 1994. The meeting agenda
included discussion on current trends in the two communities,
identification of mutual interests and proposal for future
joint activities. The workshop signifies the first step
in steering the Computational Geometers' attention
towards manufacturing applications. In January 1995, International
Computational Geometry Software Workshop was held at the Geometry Center
at the University of Minnesota to discuss the current state of the art
in geometric software and its applications.
Although both workshops have generated new insights in making CG
more applicable to other areas, the nature of both meetings was
by invitation only. This limits the number of participants
and those who may benefit from the discussions. In addition, the
cultivation of a "geometric-engineering" subcommunity that understands
both the theory and applications is slow. Continuing efforts with increasing
participation will be needed to realize this new culture of
"geometric-engineering".
The 1996 Symposium on Computational Geometry will be held from
May 23 to 26, in conjunction with the 2nd Federated Computing Rssearch
Conferences (FCRC) in Philadelphia. The present workshop will be
held immediately following the ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry.
Objectives and Scope
--------------------
The objectives of this workshop include the following:
(1) To review the state-of-art research in computational geometry and
its related application areas (modeling, robotics, computer graphics,
manufacturing, vision, synthetic environments, CAD/CAM, GIS). To
demonstrate current capabilities and/or achievements in
research worldwide.
(2) To highlight critical issues that remain unsolved in technology
transfer from computational geometry to other more applied fields.
To identify areas of research interests where theory can advance
the state of technology and/or where the application can provide
the impetus for basic scientific development.
(3) To create a forum for discussion on how to address these critical
issues with a constructive evaluation on research focus towards a
"multidisciplinary" coordinated effort for collaboration. This should lead
to more effective technology transfer from computational geometry,
as well as better advancement in the applied technology.
(4) To provide insights for future research directions and potential follow-up
applications workshops.
Program
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The workshop program will consist of invited presentations given by
renowned researchers in manufacturing, vision, robotics, graphics, GIS and
computational geometry. In addition there will be contributed presentations and
panel sessions on geometry software, geometric applications and funding
directions. We expect a significant participation from various funding
agencies, industry, research and government labs in addition to researchers
from academia.
Call for Participation
------------------------
We invite submissions of abstracts for contributed presentations to be given
at the workshop. We welcome survey of geometric algorithms in other
applied fields and their relevance to computational geometry,
description of geometric applications, novel techniques in geometric
computing, development experiences in applied geometry, critics
on the state of arts, and key issues in technology transfer, etc.
The submission will be evaluated on its scientific
merits, technical contents, and relevance to the objectives of the
workshop. The list of suggested topics include:
-- Applications of Computational Geometry;
-- Geometric Algorithms for Computer Graphics;
-- Computer-Aided Design, Solid Modeling, Mesh Generation;
-- Geographic Information Systems;
-- Computational Robotics and Machine Vision;
-- Manufacturing and Geometry;
-- Geometry for Molecular Modeling;
-- Robustness Issues in Geometric Computing
-- Geometric Software Libraries
Please send an extended abstract (up to 6 pages) to:
Dinesh Manocha
Department of Computer Science
Sitterson Hall, CB #3175
University of N. Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
U.S.A.
We encourage electronic submissions to [email protected]. The abstract should
be a latex, ascii or Postscript file. Submissions should arrive by
** 15 December **, 1995. The abstracts will be reviewed by the program
committee and authors will be notified of acceptance by ** 19 January, 1996**.
We encourage abstracts describing applications, experiences and issues in
technology transfer. The extended abstracts will be published in the workshop
proceedings and distributed to all the participants.
WORKSHOP WWW HOMEPAGE
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Updated meeting information, a preliminary schedule, registration
details, and further information about the workshop is available via
the World Wide Web at URL:
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~geom/wacg96.html
Invited Speakers
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Prof. Herbert Edelsbrunner (Univ. of Illinoi, U-C),
Prof. Christoph Hoffmann (Purdue Univ.),
Prof. Dan Huttonlocher (Cornell Univ.),
Prof. Joseph Mitchell (SUNY Stony Brook),
Prof. Tony Woo (Univ. of Washington),
Prof. Chee Yap (New York Univ.).
Program Co-Chairs
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Ming C. Lin (Army Rssearch Office and UNC Chapel Hill)
Dinesh Manocha (UNC Chapel Hill)
Program Committee
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David Dobkin (Princeton University)
Leo Guibas (Stanford University)
Joe Mitchell (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Chee Yap (New York University)
Important dates
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* Rsceipt of abstracts 15 December 1995
* Abstract Notification 19 January 1996
* Rsceipts of final version 1 March 1996
* Workshop 27-28 May 1996
************* Framework for Immersive Virtual Environments: FIVE *************
The advance programme of the Conference "FIVE '95" can be found on
http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~mel/Five/programme.html
A text version follows below:
Framework for Immersive Virtual Environments: FIVE
ESPRIT Working Group 9122
FIVE '95
Conference of the FIVE Working Group
Provisional Programme
QMW, University of London, 18-19 December, 1995
This conference is in collaboration with Presence: Teleoperators
and Virtual Environments (MIT Press). Authors of the best papers
presented at this conference will be invited to submit full
papers for consideration as articles in a special issue of
PRESENCE after a further review process. FIVE is supported by the
European Commission ESPRIT programme.
The conference is also sponsored by IFIP Working Group 5.10.
The FIVE Working Group was started in May 1995, with European
Union ESPRIT funding. Its mission is to study and provide an
integrated framework across a number of domains at the foundation
of Immersive Virtual Environments (IVEs). The Conference has
three major aims: first is to advance fundamental scientific
research at foundations of IVEs; second, to bring the research of
the Working Group to a wider audience; third, to invite
researchers from other institutes to present their work, to open
a dialogue leading to future collaborative exchanges.
The conference has keynote contributions from the FIVE group
members and also an invited keynote talk from Steven Ellis, of
NASA Ames Rssearch Centre.
The Conference is truly international, with papers from the
following countries:
France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, USA
The conference will have an intensive but informal workshop style
atmosphere, and for this reason there will be a maximum of 50
participants. Places will be available strictly according to
order of receipt of applications.
Day 1 (18th December)
Session 1 GENERAL ISSUES
11.00-11.40 FIVE Paper
Mel Slater and Sylvia Wilbur, University of London, UK
Framework for Immersive Virtual Environments
11.40 - 12.00 FIVE Paper
G. Brelstaff, University of Bristol, UK
Visual Displays for Virtual Environments - A Rsview
12.00-12.30 Contributed Paper
Jolanda Tromp, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Presence, Telepresence and Immersion: The Cognitive Factors of
Embodiment and Interaction in Virtual Environments
12.30-1.00 Contributed Paper
Dave Snowdon, Chris Greenhalgh, Steve Benford, The University of
Nottingham, UK
What You See is Not What I See: Subjectivity in Virtual
Environments
1.00-2.00 LIGHT LUNCH
Session 2 INTERACTIVITY
2.00-2.30 FIVE paper
Massimo Bergamasco, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa, Italy
Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of Tactile Feedback
Systems for Virtual Environment Applications
2.30-3.00 Contributed Paper
Marc Cavazza, Jean-Benoit Bonne, Didier Pernel, Xavier Pouteau,
Cyril Prunet, Thomson-CSF, Laboratoire Central de Rscherches,
France.
Virtual Environments for Command and Control Applications
3.00-3.30 Contributed Paper
Andy Colebourne and Tom Rodden, Lancaster University, UK
VR-MOG: A Toolkit for building shared virtual worlds
3.30-4.00 FIVE paper
Holger Strauss and Jens Blauert, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany
Virtual Auditory Environments
4.00-4.15 BREAK
Session 3 VIRTUAL WORLDS
4.15-5.15 FIVE paper
Tolga K. Capin, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Igor Sunday Pandzic, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Daniel Thalmann, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Laussane,
Switzerland
Virtual Humans for Representing Participants in Immersive Virtual
Environments
5.15-5.45 Contributed Paper
J.J. Fang, D.E.R. Clark, J.E.L. Simmons, Heriot-Watt University, UK
An Accurate Collision Detection Method for Virtual Assembly and
Locking
Session 4
7.00 DINNER TALK, FIVE paper
R. Gregory, University of Bristol, UK
Title to be Announced
DAY 2
Session 5
9.00-10.00 KEYNOTE
S. Ellis, NASA Ames Rssearch Center, California, USA
Title to be Announced
10.00-10.30 Contributed Paper
Alan Murta, University of Manchester
Vertical Axis Awareness in 3D Environments
10.30-10.45 BREAK
Session 6 RENDERING
10.45-11.15 FIVE paper
R. D. Schraft, J. Neugebauer, Thomas Flaig, R. Dainghaus
Fraunhoffer-Institut for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation
(IPA), Stuttgart, Germany.
A Fuzzy Controlled Rendering System for Virtual Reality Systems
Optimised by Genetic Algorithms
11.15-11.45 Contributed Paper
Martin Reddy, University of Edinburgh, UK
A Perceptual Framework for Optimising Visual Detail in Virtual
Environments
11.45-12.15 Contributed Paper
Benjamin Watson, Neff Walker, Larry Hodges, Georgia Institute of
Technology, USA
A User Study Evaluating Level of Detail Degradation in the
Periphery of Head- Mounted Displays
12.15-12.45 Contributed Paper
R. Sen, R.B. Yates, N.A. Thacker, University of Sheffield, UK
Virtual Reality Based on Cost-Benefit Analysis
12.45-2.00 LUNCH and PANEL DISCUSSION
Led by Malcolm George, University of London.
Session 7 HEALTH AND SAFETY
2.00-2.30 Contributed Paper
Sue Cobb, Sarah Nichols, John R. Wilson, University of
Nottingham, UK.
Health and Safety Implications of Virtual Reality: In search of
an experimental methodology
2.30-3.00 Contributed Paper
Robert S. Kennedy, D. Susan Lanham, Julie M. Drexler, Catherine
J. Massey, Essex Corporation, Orlando Florida, USA
Cybersickness in Several Flight Simulators and VR Devices: A
Comparison of Incidences, Symptom Profiles, Measurement
Techniques, and Suggestions for Research.
3.00-3.30 Contributed Paper
Peter H. Lassig, University of Leipzig, Germany
Jens-Uwe Molski, doppeldecker VR design GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
Simulation of the eye-hsad system combined with hsad-mounted
display - contributing to the problem of self-motion and
cybersickness
3.30-3.45 BREAK
Session 8 INDUSTRY AND THE FUTURE
3.45-4.45 INDUSTRIAL PANEL SESSION
Pierre duPont, Division Limited, Bristol UK
The Future of VR in the Real World
4.45-5.15 FIVE Paper
Pierre duPont, DIVISION Ltd, Bristol UK
The Future of VR in the Real World: Fundamental Problems for
Rssearch
5.15-5.30 Closing Rsmarks
FIVE Group
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Application Form
Notes
* Conference Fee 100 pounds sterling.
* Full-time registered students may pay a reduced fee of 50 pounds on
production of a valid student identification card.
* First authors of papers and principal investigators of the FIVE Working
Group do not have to pay any fee.
* All prospective attendees will receive details of hotel accommodation in
London.
* This fee is aimed at covering the costs of the conference and catering.
* The fee includes essreshments and lunch on both days, and the evening
dinner for the 18th December.
* The conference fee must be payable in pounds sterling, by cheque or
international money order to Queen Mary and Westfield College.
* Payment may be made by Visa or MasterCard.
Please fill in this form but print it out and post or fax it to the address
below.
I wish to attend the FIVE Conference.
Name:
Email:
Phone:
Fax:
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Special Food Requirements (Vegetarian?)
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OR
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Please return with payment to
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Department of Computer Science,
Queen Mary and Westfield College,
Mile End Road,
London E1 4NS,
UK.
email: [email protected]
Fax: +44 (0)181 980 6533
For inquiries about the technical content of the Conference please mailto
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