Call for Papers, BCS, 23-26 April 2001
British Computer Society
National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, UK
23-26 April 2001
Call for Submissions
"INTELLIGENT AGENTS, MOBILE MEDIA, INTERNET, AND APPLICATIONS"
Honorary Conference Co-Chair: Professor Eddy Flerackers (EDM, Belgium)
The British Computer Society Computer Graphics & Displays Group will
hold an international two day meeting on this theme to take place in
the UK, 23-26 April 2001. A book based on, but not restricted to,
papers presented at the event will be published after the meeting.
Intelligent media creation is a major challenge. Tools and
techniques for the automatic and semi-automatic generation
and access to digital content is the next goal for the information
society. This is relevant to the applications domains of
interactive TV, games, Internet worlds, education environments,
cultural heritage, tourism, performing arts, fine art, training,
publishing, advertising, medicine, and simulation.
Topics to be covered may include (and are not limited to) the following -
# Computer animation # Cultural heritage
# Computer games engines # Web and Internet worlds
# AI techniques # Educational environments
# Online communities # Audio and video
# Integrating vision and graphics # 3D capture modelling
# Modelling natural phenomena # Genetic algorithms
# Virtual humans # Distributed virtual environments
# Mobile computing # Digital entertainment systems
# Intelligent agents # Artificial life
# Simulated systems # Populating distributed worlds
# High-level descriptions for media # Security and protection of assets
# Virtual sets # Augmented reality
# New languages for content description # Content indexing and retrieval
# Digital ontology # Narrative generation
# Media servers # Content, structure and aesthetics
# Intelligent multimedia # Dialogue capture
Other areas of interest will also be considered by the editors.
Call for Papers, Panels, and Courses
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Selection of papers for presentation at the meeting will be by invitation
or by review of extended abstracts (up to 4 pages). Chapters for the
book will be selected by review of full papers. Papers can be research,
experiments/trials, social implication/philosophical aspects, applications.
Papers are invited which describe original research in these areas as well
as applications.
Please send three paper copies or one e-mail copy of an abstract giving
a title, a description of the paper content, the name(s) and affiliation(s)
of author(s), a contact address (e-mail and/or postal), telephone and/or
FAX number. If a paper is accepted for the meeting, one of the authors
will be expected to attend to present it. In this case Conference fees
will be waived for the presenter.
The meeting will be preceded by two days of Courses and an exhibition
display will be mounted to run concurrently with the programme. Course
Proposals (for 23-24 April) and Panel Proposals for the Conference
(25-26 April) are also invited. The event will take place at the
National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, UK.
The Museum has recently undergone a £16 million redevelopment and has
moved from the current traditional displays to interactive multimedia
and graphics environments. Further information is at -
http://www.nmpft.org.uk/
The Conference is being designed specifically to capitalise on the
new Museum and the new kinds of content being generated by digital
technology. Publicity for the Conference will be sent out worldwide.
Important dates:
# Receipt of abstracts 1 December 2000
# Agreement on draft programme 1 January 2001
(Notifications to authors)
# Final programme confirmation 15 January 2001
# Receipt of papers for meeting 1 February 2001
# Receipt of final papers for book 1 April 2001
(Illustrations and electronic text)
# Meeting 25-26 April 2001
# Acceptance of final book format 30 April 2001
Contact Addresses:
Co-Chairs
Please send all submissions to the first named person below. Queries can
be addressed to any of the Co-Chairs.
Prof R. A. Earnshaw Prof Huw Jones
Electronic Imaging and Media Communications Centre for Electronic Arts
University of Bradford Middlesex University
BRADFORD BD7 1DP Cat Hill
U.K. BARNET EN4 8HT
Tel: 44-(0)-1274-234001 U.K.
Fax: 44-(0)-1274-233727 Tel: 020-8411-5296
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Prof John A. Vince Roy Middleton
National Centre for Computer Animation University of Edinburgh
School of Media Arts and Communication The Kings Buildings
University of Bournemouth Mayfield Road
POOLE EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ
Dorset BH12 5BB, UK UK
Tel: 44-(0)-1202-595345 Tel: 44-(0)-131-650-4994
Fax: 44-(0)-1202-595530 Fax: 44-(0)-131-650-6552
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