just in case you don't get this already. m "J.C.Roberts" wrote: > Call for Participation and Announcement... > > SPIE 2000 Conference on > Visual Data Exploration and Analysis, VII (EI10) > > San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA > January 23-28, 2000 > > --------------------------------------------- > Visual Data Exploration and Analysis, VII (EI10) > > o 2 page extended abstracts. > o Abstracts for this conference are due by 28 June 1999. > o Manuscripts are due by 27 December 1999. > o Post-Meeting Proceedings. > > Conference Chairs: Robert F. Erbacher, Univ. of Idaho; Philip C. Chen, > Future, Inc.; Jonathan C. Roberts, Univ. of Kent (UK); Craig M. > Wittenbrink, Hewlett-Packard Co. > > Program Committee: Georges G. Grinstein, Univ. of Massachusetts/Lowell; > Matti Groehn, Helsinki Univ. of Technology (Finland); Hans-Georg Pagendarm, > German Aerospace Research Establishment DLR (Germany); Alex Pang, Univ. of > California/Santa Cruz; Philip K. Robertson, Canon Information Systems > Research Australia; Christopher D. Shaw, Univ. of Regina (Canada) > > Visualization is rapidly becoming an important field in the analysis and > understanding of data. The rate at which data is generated and captured is > increasing daily with new technological improvements. The techniques used > to aid domain scientists in understanding this data must see a > corresponding improvement. Dissemination of new techniques and experiences > is imperative to increasing the use and scope of visualization. > > This two-day conference runs concurrently with many other SPIE and IS&T > conferences (many in related areas of interest to the visualization > scientist) and extensive exhibits. Papers are sought covering all aspects > of visualization. Work in progress papers are > acceptable. Example topics include, but are not limited to: > > * data exploration (classical and novel approaches) > * information and scientific visualization > * volume and flow visualization > * Internet and web-based technologies > * analysis techniques and data mining > * virtual environments and data visualization > * databases and visualization > * high performance computing and visualization (parallel rendering) > * perceptual issues (including auditorial representations of data) > * interaction paradigms and human factors > * applications (medical applications, financial applications, etc.) > * tools and applications (including case studies). > > The papers from this conference will be published in a bound Proceedings > available from SPIE. Authors of the best papers in the conference will have > their names forwarded to the Journal of Electronic Imaging for possible > submission and review of an extended version of their paper. Authors may > also potentially have their papers included in a special issue of the > Journal on Electronic Imaging focusing on visualization. Additional > information can be found at: > http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~erbacher/SPIE/SPIE_Conference.html > > IS&T/SPIE's Symposium on ELECTRONIC IMAGING 2000: > Science and Technology > > Abstract (approx. 500 words) Due Date: 28 June 1999 > Manuscript Due Date: 27 December 1999 > Final Summary (200 words) Due Date: 22 November 1999 > > Instructions for Submitting Abstracts > > * All authors are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to submit their > abstracts by the due date using the Web form located at URL: > www.spie.org/info/ei/ > > If World-Wide Web access is not available, please choose only one > of the following options and send by the due date: > > * E-MAIL each abstract separately to: [log in to unmask] in > ASCII text (not encoded) format. IMPORTANT: to ensure receipt > and proper processing of your abstract, the Subject line must > include only the following: > > SUBJECT: EI10, ERBACHER, CHEN, ROBERTS, WITTENBRINK > > * or MAIL three copies of your abstract to: > IS&T/SPIE EI 2000 > SPIE, P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010 USA > Shipping Address: 1000 20th St., Bellingham, WA 98225 USA > Telephone 360/676-3290 > > * or FAX one copy to SPIE at 360/647-1445 (send each abstract > separately). > > Your abstract must include all of the following: > 1. SUBMIT TO: EI10, ERBACHER, CHEN, ROBERTS, WITTENBRINK > > 2. SUBMIT EACH ABSTRACT TO ONE CONFERENCE > ONLY. > Visual Data Exploration and Analysis VII > > 3. ABSTRACT TITLE > > 4. AUTHOR LISTING (principal author first) > First(given)name Last(family)name, Affiliation, > > Mailing address, telephone, fax, and email address. > > 5. PRESENTATION > Indicate your preference for "Oral Presentation" or "Poster > Presentation." Placement is subject to chairs' discretion. > > 6. ABSTRACT TEXT > Two-page extended abstract. > > 7. KEYWORDS > List a maximum of five keywords. > > 8. BRIEF BIOGRAPHY (of principal author) > Approximately 50 words. > > Conditions of Acceptance > > * Authors are expected to secure registration fees and travel and > accommodation funding, through their sponsoring organizations > before submitting abstracts. > > * Only original material should be submitted. > > * Commercial papers, descriptions of papers, with no > research/development content, and papers where supporting data or > a technical description cannot be given for proprietary reasons will > not be accepted for presentation in this symposium. > > * Abstracts should contain enough detail to clearly convey the > approach and the results of the research. > > * Government and company clearance to present and publish > should be final at the time of submittal. > > * Applicants will be notified of acceptance by mail no later than 1 > November 1999. Early notification of acceptance will be placed on > the SPIE Web site the week of 27 September 1999 at: > www.spie.org/info/ei/ > > Paper Review > To ensure a high-quality conference, all abstracts and Proceedings > of SPIE papers will be reviewed by the Conference Chairs for > technical merit and content. > > Publishing Policy > Manuscript due dates must be strictly observed. Whether the > conference volume will be published before or after the meeting, > late manuscripts run the risk of not being published in the > Proceedings of SPIE. The objective of this policy is to better serve > the conference participants and the technical community at large. > Your cooperation is appreciated by all. > > Final Summary > Accepted authors will receive instructions for submission of the > 200-word Final Summary in their author kit. The Final Summaries > will be published and available at the meeting. > > Oral or Poster Presentation > Accepted authors will receive instructions for Oral and Poster > presentations in their author kit. All Oral and Poster presentations > are included in the Proceedings of SPIE and require a manuscript. > > Proceedings of SPIE > These conferences will result in volumes published in the > Proceedings of SPIE that can be ordered through the Advance > Technical Program. Camera-ready manuscripts are required of all > accepted applicants and must be submitted in English by 27 > December 1999. Copyright to the manuscript is expected to be > released for publication in the Proceedings of SPIE. Note: If an > author does not attend the meeting and make a presentation, the > chair may choose not to publish the author's manuscript in the > conference volume. Papers published are indexed in leading > scientific databases including INSPEC, Compendex Plus, Physics > Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, International Aerospace Abstracts, > and Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings. > > Participant Registration Fee > Authors and coauthors are accorded a reduced symposium > registration fee. -- Mischa-------------------------------- ----Weiss-Lijn--------------------------- -----------reach me at---------------- [log in to unmask] -------------or for ucl 0171 419 3876 -----------and for my mobile 0797 9951197 ---Virtual Environments and Graphics Group --http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/M.Weiss-Lijn/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%