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[Susan Gold]

CALL FOR PAPERS

ISMAR2010
The Ninth IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Oct. 13-16, 2010, Seoul, Korea
http://www.ismar10.org
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Important deadlines
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Papers and Posters: May 14, 2010
Workshops Proposal: June 1, 2010
Tutorials: May 17, 2010
Demonstrations: May 17, 2010

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Aims and Scope
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Mixed reality (MR) and augmented reality (AR) allow for the convergence
of real and virtual worlds. The evolution of novel MR/AR user interfaces
is beginning to have significant impact on industry and society.
The field is highly interdisciplinary, bringing together signal  
processing,
computer vision, computer graphics, user interfaces, human factors,  
display
and sensor technologies, and wearable, mobile and ubiquitous computing,
to name just some of the most important influences. MR/AR concepts are
applicable to a wide range of applications. ISMAR and its forerunners  
IWAR,
ISMR and ISAR, have been the premier forums in this vital field since  
1998
(http://www.ismar-conf.org).

This year we are proud to present the 9th IEEE and ACM International
Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2010). The symposium
will be held from October 13th to 16th, 2010, in Seoul, Korea.
We invite you all to participate in this great event for the exchange
of new ideas in this exciting field. As in ISMAR 2009, the traditional
Science & Technology track will be complemented by an Arts, Media and
Humanities track with its unique and separate publication. Both programs
will follow ISMAR’s stringent publication requirements with reviews
being provided by qualified peers from these respective disciplines.

Note that there is only one track for papers (that is no distinction
between
full and short). Thus, papers can be submitted in minimum of four  
pages or
more. The reviews will be done based on the contribution (the length) of
the paper. For example, a paper in six pages will be expected of more
contribution than one with four pages.

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Topics
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MR/AR applications across all areas of personal and professional
activities,
such as:Personal MR/AR information systems, games, applications in
industry,
military, medicine, science, entertainment, architecture, tourism, art,
cultural heritage, education, training etc.

Topics solicited include, but not limited to:

*Science and Technology Track:
sensing, information presentation, user interaction, human factors,
system architecture, and MR/AR applications.

*Arts, Media & Humanities Track:
novel and compelling applications of MR/AR, artistic expression,
experiential media, creative interaction between real and virtual
realities for new experiences, innovative analytical, critical study
of the human condition and digital media.

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Submission of Work
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The followings are the categories of solicited types of work.
For detailed submission and formatting instructions, visit the website
at www.ismar10.org.

*Papers and Posters (All Tracks):
ISMAR 2010 invites paper and poster submissions in the general field of
mixed and augmented reality. Submissions of papers (4 to 10 pages) and
posters (up to 2 pages) will be accepted. Don’t stretch papers
unnecessarily
to adhere to the page limits. Only novel contributions will be accepted.
As a result of the reviewing process, authors may be asked to change and
potentially to reduce the length of their papers (e.g., from long to  
short
papers or posters), requiring a second acceptance process by a shepherd.
All accepted papers in each category will be published in the  
proceedings.
Papers and posters must be formatted according to the IEEE Computer  
Society
TCVG authoring guidelines (http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~vis/Tasks/ 
camera.html) and
submitted electronically as PDF documents. ISMAR uses a single-blind
reviewing process. Thus, authors and affiliations may be mentioned.
Detailed submission instructions will be provided on the web site
(http://www.ismar10.org/) a month before the submission deadline.

*Call for Innovation Workshops
ISMAR 2010 will have a series of workshops the day before the conference
to cover the innovative applications of MR/AR and newly emerging areas
of MR/AR. We invite you to submit proposals to pioneer new areas of
research and application.

*Call for Informative Tutorials
The purpose of the tutorials is to expand the knowledge of the AR/MR
community. Topics can range from introductory for AR/MR novices to
highly technical for AR/MR researchers. We invite individuals or
teams interested in presenting such a tutorial to submit proposals.

*Call for Demonstration/Exhibition/Gallery
ISMAR 2010 provides a venue for showing demonstrations of MR/AR to
the community. It can be in the form of a live demo or lab/corporate
exhibition. The Art Gallery presents an opportunity for artists to
present artistic installation.
ISMAR 2010 will accept following four types of demonstrations:
-Laboratory Demonstration
-Research Showcase
-Art, Media and Humanities Showcase
-Innovation Exhibitions

*Tracking Competition
The first event of this kind at ISMAR 08 caught much attention.
Details regarding the tracking task and the rules of competition will
be made available on the web site (Jun 1, 2010).

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Organizing Committee
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*General Chairs
Gerard Kim, Koera University, Korea
Heedong Ko, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

*Science & Technology Program Chairs
Jun Park, Hongik Univerisity, Korea
Vincent Lepetit, EPFL, Switzerland
Tobias Hollerer, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, USA

*Arts, Media and Humanities Program Chairs
Soh Yeong Roh, Art Center Nabi, Korea
Jihong Jeung, Kookmin University, Korea
Raphael Grasset, HIT Lab NZ, New Zealnad

*Award Chairs
Jongil Park, Hangyang University, Korea

*Tutorial Chairs
John Quales, University of Texas, Dallas, USA
Fumihisa Shibata, Ritsmeikan University, Japan
Namgyu Kim, Dongeui University, Korea

*Workshop Chairs
Hirokazu Kato, NAIST, Japan
Christine Perey, Perey Associates, Switzerland
Woontack Woo, GIST, Korea

*Tracking Competition
Sangkeun Lee, Chungang University
Itaru Kitahara, Tsukuba University
Manuel Huber, Technical University of Munchen

*Finance Chair
Sei Jang, Samsung, Korea
Gerard Kim, Korea University

*Corporate Exhibit Chair
Sang-gook Lee, Catholic University, Korea

*Demo Chairs
Jongwon Lee, Sejong University, Korea
Suya Yu, Univ. of Southern California, USA
Christian Sandor, Univ. of South Australia, Australia
Sean White, Nokia Research, USA (Poster/Demo)
Changhoon Park, Hoseo University, Korea

*Publicity Chairs
Sang Chul Ahn, KIST, Korea
Hideo Saito, Keio University, Japan
Christine Perey, Perey Associates, Switzerland
Jung-hee Ryu, KAIST / OlaWorks, Inc., Korea

*Publications Chair
Yoonsang Kim, Korea Polytech University, Korea

*Student Volunteer Chair
Youngho Lee, Mokpo University

*Local Arrangement Chair
Jane Hwang, KIST, Korea

*Steering Committee
Ron Azuma, Nokia Research, USA
Mark Billinghurst, HITLabNZ, New Zealand
Oliver Bimber, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Tom Drummond, Cambridge University, UK
Henry Fuchs, University of North Carolina, Chapell Hill, USA
Raphael Grasset, HITLabNZ, New Zealand
Tobias Hoellerer, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Simon Julier, University College London, UK
Hirokazu Kato, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Gudrun Klinker, TU Munich, Germany
Mark Livingston, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Ulrich Neumann, Univ. of Southern California, USA
Jannick Rolland, Univ. of Rochester, USA
Hideo Saito, Keio University, Japan
Dieter Schmalstieg, Tech. Univ. of Vienna, Austria
Chris Stapleton, Univ. of Central Florida, USA
Haruo Takemura, Osaka University
Bruce Thomas, University of South Australia
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Sang Chul Ahn, Ph.D.
Imaging Media Research Center, KIST
T:+82-2-958-5777
F:+82-2-958-5769
Email: asc at imrc.kist.re.kr
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The Casa Paganini - InfoMus international research center (www.infomus.org 
;www.casapaganini.org) of the University of Genova, Italy, is looking  
for Ph.D. students and post-doc researchers in the field of sound and  
gesture analysis.

Casa Paganini - InfoMus is an International Centre of Excellence for  
research on music, science, and technology (human-computer  
interaction, multimedia, sound and music computing). Casa Pagnanini -  
InfoMus has its premises in a monumental building in the historical  
center of Genova and is endowed with a 250-seat auditorium and museum  
rooms.
This makes it an ideal location to carry out experiments and proof-of- 
concept tests in real-world scenarios (public concerts, installations,  
etc).

The work to be developed is linked to EU-funded research projects to  
be carried out in conjunction with a number of partners at a European  
level. Projects concern:
- The study of creative communication within groups of people from the  
perspective of music ensemble performance and audience experience.
- The extraction and analysis of expressive movement, audio, and  
physiological multi-layer features using real-time, synchronized,  
multi-modal feature extraction techniques.
- The development of computational models of expressive gesture and  
expressive social interaction.
- The development of cross-modal techniques for search and retrieval  
of audiovisual material from multimodal queries.
- The development of techniques and prototypes of multimodal  
interfaces for supporting music learning by children.
- The development of techniques and prototypes for active experience  
of audiovisual content, including mobile contexts.

Among the foreseen tasks/duties to be carried out by Casa Paganini -  
InfoMus as part of the projects, those to be developed by the  
successful applicants will include:
- Development/implementation of multi-modal data acquisition and/or  
synchronization techniques.
- Development/implementation of algorithms for the analysis of sound  
and gesture signals in a cross-modal perspective.
- Development/implementation of algorithms for the analysis of social  
interaction in groups.
- Contribution to the technological platform of the project, based on  
the EyesWeb XMI platform (www.eyesweb.org).
- Contribution to a database/repository of multi-modal data recorded  
from real musical performance scenarios.
- Writing of deliverables and of technical reports.

Requirements:
- Computer Science / Electrical Engineering (or related) degree.
- Excellent programming skills in C++ / scripting.
- Experience in computer vision and signal processing applied to  
movement and gesture analysis.
- Experience on techniques for musical sound description is appreciated.
- Previous experience with gesture/motion analysis is preferred.
- Enthusiastic attitude towards approaching new research challenges.
- Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
- Proficiency in English language.
- Knowledge of system administration and maintenance of on-line  
databases and/or of mobile platforms is welcome.

Positions are full-time, on-site in Genova, Italy.
The duration of Ph.D. studentship in Italy is three years.
Post-doc positions have a duration of one year and can be extended for  
a second year.
Traveling and attendance to project meetings or international  
workshops might be required from time to time.
The working language in our Lab is English.
Previous experience in similar working environments will be valued.

Interested people should send a curriculum (including possible  
publications) as well as an introduction letter to:
infomus-calls at infomus.org
Before any decision is made, selected candidates will be invited for a  
short stay in Genova (major costs refunded).

Deadline: June 15, 2010.

Please note that according to the Italian national regulation,  
independently from any possible evaluation by Casa Paganini - InfoMus  
staff members, candidates will need to formally apply for a position  
at the University of Genova and will therefore be subject to a  
competitive examination, to be carried out by the University of Genova  
in fall 2010.
The starting date for the positions is expected to be January 1, 2011.
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   The 9th International Workshop on Network and Systems Support for  
Games
                        November 16 and 17, 2010
                             Taipei, Taiwan

                     http://netgames2010.ntpu.edu.tw/


OVERVIEW
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The 9th Annual Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games  
(NetGames 2010)
will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, on November 16-17, 2010. The NetGames  
workshop
brings together researchers and developers from academia and industry  
to present
new research in understanding networked games of today and in enabling  
the next
generation of future networked games. Submissions are sought in any  
area related
to networked games. In particular, topics of interest include (but are  
not
limited to):

  - Artificial intelligence
  - Augmented physical systems
  - Cheat detection and prevention
  - Experiences on large-scale gaming system design and implementation
  - Impact of online game growth on network infrastructure
  - Input devices, haptics and accessibility
  - Latency issues and lag compensation techniques
  - Messaging and conferencing in games
  - Mobile and resource-constrained systems
  - Network measurement and traffic modeling
  - Network protocol design
  - Networks of sensors and actuators
  - Operating system enhancements, service platforms, and middleware
  - P2P & scalable system architectures
  - Quality of service and content adaptation
  - Security, authentication, accounting and digital rights management
  - System benchmarking, performance evaluation, and provisioning
  - User and usability studies
  - User behavior and social network in games
  - User-generated content authoring and management
  - Virtualization technology applied to games
  - Results that reproduce (or refute) previous published results


SUBMISSIONS
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NetGames 2010 welcomes submissions of full papers, as well as extended  
abstracts
reporting work-in-progress. Full papers must be no longer than 6 pages  
(inclusive
of all figures, references and appendices). Extended abstracts must be  
no longer
than 2 pages, and will be presented as Posters in an interactive  
setting.

Authors must submit their papers in PDF and use single-spaced, double  
column IEEE
conference format. Full papers must not exceed SIX pages (including  
all figures,
references and appendices). Short papers and demonstrations must not  
exceed TWO
pages. Reviews will be single-blind, authors must include their names  
and
affiliations on the first page. Papers will be judged on their  
relevance,
technical content and correctness, and the clarity of presentation of  
the research.
Papers should not be under review at another venue nor previously  
published
elsewhere.

All accepted papers of NetGames 2010 will be published in the workshop  
proceedings.
Submission of a paper for review will be considered your agreement  
that at least
one author will register and attend if your paper is accepted.


COMMITTEE
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Steering Committee:
Maha Abdallah (University of Paris 6, France)
Grenville Armitage (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Adrian Cheok (National University of Singapore)
Mark Claypool (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Wu-chang Feng (Portland State University, USA)
Tristan Henderson (University of St Andrews, UK)
Sugih Jamin (University of Michigan, USA)
Anees Shaikh (IBM Watson Research, USA)
Lars Wolf (Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany)

Honorary General Chair:
Chung-Weun Hou (President of National Taipei University, Taiwan)

General Chairs:
Adrian Cheok (Keio University, Japan &
   National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Jiung-Yao Huang (National Taipei University, Taiwan)
Yutaka Ishibashi (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)

Program Chairs:
Kuan-Ta Chen (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Henry Been-Lirn Duh (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Jehn-Ruey Jiang (National Central University, Taiwan)

Publication Chairs:
Maha Abdallah (University of Paris 6, France)
Shun-Yun Hu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Publicity Chair:
Tainchi Lu (National Chiayi University, Taiwan)

Local Organizing Chair:
Shu-Shen Wai (National Taipei University, Taiwan)

Technical Program Committee:
Maha Abdallah (University of Paris 6, France)
Sharad Agarwal (Microsoft Research, USA)
Grenville Armitage (Swinburne University, Australia)
Mark Claypool (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Varvello Matteo (Alcatel-Lucent, USA)
Wu-chang Feng (Portland State University, USA)
Wu-chi Feng (Portland State University, USA)
Stefano Ferretti (University di Bologna, Italy)
Tobias Fritsch (Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany)
Carsten Griwodz (University of Oslo, Norway)
Pal Halvorsen (University of Oslo, Norway)
Tristan Henderson (University of St Andrews, UK)
Shun-Yun Hu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Polly Huang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
John Miller (Microsoft Research, UK)
Wei Tsang Ooi (National University of Singapore)
Marius Preda (Institute TELECOM, France)
Farzad Safaei (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Travis Schluessler (Intel Corporation, USA)
Shervin Shirmohammadi (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Ruck Thawonmas (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
Lars Wolf (Technische University Braunschweig, Germany)
Roger Zimmermann (National University of Singapore, Singapore)


Important DATES
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Paper registration:       July 19, 2010
Paper submission:         July 26, 2010
Author notification:      September 24, 2010
Camera ready submission:  October 15, 2010
Workshop Dates:           November 16-17, 2010
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A three-year post-doctoral research position within
computational/artificial intelligence and games (particularly user
modelling and procedural content generation) is available at the Center
for Computer Games Research (http://game.itu.dk/)
at the IT University of Copenhagen.

Application Deadline: May 17, 2010

Further details about the position:
http://www1.itu.dk/graphics/ITU-library/Intranet/Personale/Stillingsopslag/VIP/Stillingsopslag%202010/Stillingsannonce%20Post%20doc%20SIREN%20201004.pdf

ITU Vacancies
http://www.itu.dk/vacancies

Potential candidates are welcome to contact Georgios Yannakakis
(yannakakis at itu.dk) for questions, clarifications and further details.

-- 
Georgios N. Yannakakis
Associate Professor
IT University of Copenhagen

Tel. +45 7218 5078
Fax. +45 7218 5001
Email: yannakakis at itu.dk
Web: http://www.itu.dk/~yannakakis/
Addr. Room 4B05, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, DK-2300 Copenhagen S

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-- 
Susan Gold
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!
- J. G. Ballard







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