[game_edu] Fwd: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] 1ST CFP, GAMEON'2011, August 22-24, 2011, National University of Ireland, Galway, Iraland

[Susan Gold]

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> Subject: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] 1ST CFP, GAMEON'2011, August 22-24, 2011,  

> National University of	Ireland, Galway, Iraland

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> FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

>

> GAMEON'2011

> The 12th annual Simulation and AI in Games Conference

> National University of Ireland

> Galway, Ireland.

> August 22-24, 2011

>

> Games Development Methodology

> Artificial Intelligence

> Learning and Adaptation

> Intelligent/Knowledgeable Agents

> Collaboration & Multi-agent Systems

> Opponent Modelling

> Physics and Simulation/Graphical Simulation

> 3D Scalability

> Facial, Avatar, NPC, 3D in Game Animation

> AI and Simulation Tools for games design

> Game Design

> Rendering Techniques

> Voice Interaction

> Artistic input to game and character design

> Affective Computing and Emotional Gaming

> Storytelling and Natural Language Processing

> Online Gaming - Security Issues in Online Gaming

> MMOG's

> Serious gaming

> Wargaming Aerospace Simulations, Board Games etc....

> Games for training

> Games Applications in education, Government, health, Corporate...

> Games Consoles

> Games Console Design

> Mobile Gaming

> Perceptual User Interfaces for Games

> Poster Session

> Student Session

> Tutorials

> Exhibition

>

> Organised by

> The European Technology Institute

> and Sponsored by

> EUROSIS

> National University of Ireland

> For latest information see:

> www.eurosis.org

> or

> http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/289

> Conference Aim

>

> The aim of the 12th annual European GAMEON® Conference  

> (GAMEON®'2011) on Simulation and AI in Computer Games, is to bring  

> together researchers and games people in order to exchange ideas on  

> programming and programming techniques, which will be beneficial to  

> the gaming industry and academia. Secondly it aims to steer young  

> people into this industry by providing how-to tutorials and giving  

> them the opportunity to show their ideas and demos to the gaming  

> industry. The conference will concentrate mostly on the programming  

> of games, with special emphasis on simulation, AI and fuzzy sets,  

> and physics related computer graphics. Next to that, all of this  

> will be fused in the topic of computer game design in stand-alone  

> and networked games. Software providers will be able to show their  

> latest packages and give hand-on tutorials for the participants.

>

> Companies will also have the opportunity to seek new talent at this  

> unique event.

>

> GAMEON'2011 consists of three core tracks, which cover, Gaming  

> Methodology, Artificial Intelligence and Simulation, while the other  

> tracks cover peripheral technologies closely linked to games design,  

> like 3-D scalability, facial and skeletal animation, 3D in-game  

> animation etc, Mobile Gaming and Gaming Applications...

>

> All submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three members of  

> the International Program Committee. Accepted papers will be  

> published in the conference Proceedings (both print and electronic  

> format), that will be copyrighted and widely disseminated.

>

> Conference Keynotes

>

> TO BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY

>

> Tutorial

> Utilising the Playstation 3 hardware to teach game engineering

>

> Richard Davison (Newcastle University) & Dr. Graham Morgan  

> (Newcastle University)

>

> Contributions to the technical program are solicited in the

> following general areas;

> Conference Themes

>

> The conference will cover three core tracks and a number of  

> peripheral tracks

> Core Tracks

> Game Development Methodology

>

> Game Development Methodology, Game Design and Research Methods,  

> Production Roles, Techniques and Process Management, Social and  

> Technical Interactions in Art and Engineering, Participatory Media  

> and Heterogeneous Development Approaches, Sociotechnical MOG  

> Development, Communities and Sustainability, Business and  

> Requirements Modeling for Game Projects, Software Architecture and  

> Modeling in Games, Interaction Design and Usability in Game  

> Contexts, Play Testing, Gameplay Experience Evaluation

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Artificial Intelligence

>

> Designing (Extensible) AI Engines with Built-in Machine Learning  

> Technologies, Using Adaptive Markov Models, Using Decision and  

> Behaviour Trees, Hierarchical Task Networks, Production Rules and  

> Learning, Using Fuzzy Logic for membership functions and inference  

> procedures, Using Rule Based AI or a Finite State Machine (FSM),  

> Using Fuzzy State Machines (FuSM) or Cascaded FuSMs ,Using  

> Artificial Life and layered AI Techniques, Level-of-Detail AI, Using  

> scripting languages and buddy AI to govern NPC Bots, synthetic  

> characters, or believable agents, Controlling simulated characters  

> (Group Behaviour control, Contect Sensitive behaviours,  

> Computational Behaviour, Unpredictable Behaviour) using f.ex.  

> flocking algorithms based on extensible scripting systems, Cognitive  

> Modeling: (combining geometric models and inverse kinematics to  

> simplify key-framing. physical models for animating particles. Bio- 

> mechanical modeling, behavioral modeling), Domain knowledge  

> specification and character instruction, Creating AI Networks using  

> supervised learning and genetic algorithms, and pathfinding, Terrain  

> Reasoning Systems, Real-Time Strategy Models, Using Databases using  

> the winnowing algorithm, Using Multi-user Data Management.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Physics and Simulation

>

> Collision detection, contact resolution and manifold generation  

> (methods Lin-Canny, OBB Trees, I-Collide and Ray Tracing);  

> Calculation optimization between objects; The closest point  

> algorithm by Gilbert Johnson and Keerthi (GJK) between convex and  

> union-of convex objects; Contact equation formulation (point-plane,  

> edge-edge and sphere-plane); LCP (Linear Complementary problems)  

> Based contact resolution; Iterative constraints and penalty methods  

> for contact resolution, Micro-Collisions, Software Object Interaction.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Peripheral Tracks

> 3-D Scalability

>

> MRM (Multi-Resolution Mesh) Technology and the Messiah and Lith Tech  

> Engines; Scalable level of detail-oriented rendering ; Methods for  

> scaling animation quality; Scaling animation quality, new animation  

> steps, on interpolated key-frame animation or key-frame morphing;  

> Bump mapping: emboss-dot product and environment mapped bump map  

> (EMBM).

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Facial Animation

>

> Facial animation for Real-Time, Model Behaviour of 3D Modeling;  

> Modelling the bone structure of faces, facial hair etc...

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Skeletal Animation and Fully-Scaled Rendering

>

> Physical Simulation, 3D Character Animation and physical  

> controllers; Simulation performance; Rigid body physical animation  

> and rigid body dynamics; Polygon Character Design and level of  

> Detail under Technical Constraints; Particle systems, full polygonal  

> models or sprites; Smooth rendered skins, soft skinning, head  

> animations and full body animation (Skin, extrude and boolean,  

> Design, composition and anatomy); Skeletal, skinning, single skin  

> meshes; Creating Character Animation Assets; Real-Time motion  

> Synthesis, Kinematics and Dynamics, Animating the real-time run  

> cycle; T-Buffers and motion blur; Motion Capture Techniques.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> 3-D In-Game Animation

>

> Creating and scaling special effects in Real-Time 3D: environmental  

> weapon effects and general pyrotechnics, software used to produce  

> single frame and animated textures, booth looping and linear, and  

> the pivotal role of alpha channels. Modeling an animation of the  

> geometry needed and the system used to encode additional engine- 

> specific timing and trigger data into the files. The use of the  

> engine particle system and scripting capabilities, Weighted  

> vertices, Streaming SIMD Extension Overview (floating point  

> instruction) ;Pre-rendered cinematics ; Scaling of special effects  

> and texture tricks: particle systems for generating smoke and fire,  

> texture tricks, for volumes, lens flares and onscreen pyrotechnics,  

> Animation Blending.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Modelling of virtual worlds

>

> Due to their complexity and size, virtual worlds used in next-gen  

> games will have to be automatically generated, to a large extent,  

> whether based on real data or fully imaginary. Representing objects  

> and their relations in these worlds needs to take into account more  

> data than simply their geometry or appearance. In addition, most  

> objects in such worlds will typically require a high degree of  

> adaptivity, in order to avoid most current rigid behaviours, as well  

> as to cope with the need for really adaptive game-play in both  

> entertainment and serious games. This theme focuses on tools and  

> methods for achieving such goals.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> AI and Simulation Tools

>

> Silicon Graphics (MAYA, as a game prototyping environment), 3D  

> Programming for Rage Programmable Shaders (Renderman), 3D Studio  

> Max, Scratch, XNA, Delta 3D and other Open Source Games Software.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Design

>

> Game Engine Design and game environment creation; Using rapid  

> prototyping (NEMO-DEV) and generic technology (generic world  

> building engine), portable code; Using Math for Game programming by  

> solving simultaneous Equations; Using Modularity and isolation  

> abstraction, data hiding, functional independence, cohesion and  

> coupling; Using Java as an embedded Game scripting engine ;  

> Procedural content placement, level design, enemy and entity  

> placement; Using Databases in online Games; Programming in Linux, C+ 

> + and Visual Basic ; Programming Web Games in Java Scalable 3D  

> games; Creating large 3D worlds; Creating Multiplayer online Games;  

> Techniques for scaling game content, and approaches to scaling game  

> content; C++ optimization Strategies and Techniques; 3D Engine  

> optimization; Optimizing games for the MIPS RISC Architecture; Game  

> design: User set set according to hard limits, pre-runtime profiling  

> and runtime profiling History of Game Design.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Rendering

>

> Rendering Equations and architectures; Image Based Rendering  

> (polygon counts (throughput) and overdraw (filtrate); Photorealistic  

> rendering using Open GL and Direct 3D ; Multi texture tricks like  

> gloss mapping, dynamic environment mapping, detail texturing and  

> bump mapping Spatial aliasing and Anti-aliasing and accumulation  

> buffers; Setup, Rendering and Transforms ; Full floating point  

> setup ; Perspective-corrected texture mapping, multiple filtering  

> modes, sophisticated texture blending for special effects and  

> effective looking transparency ; Classical local illumination  

> equations and colour theory; Creating Reflections and shadows with  

> stencil buffers and Z-Buffers; Light maps and changing texture  

> coordinates, shadow maps, projected shadow maps; Methods for scaling  

> lighting and shadows, lighting calculations ; Equation on a per  

> pixel basis, pixel path and voxel animation; Procedural Texture  

> Methods and Theory and Real-Time; Procedural Texture Implementation;  

> Parametric Surfaces, Deforming surfaces, Curved surfaces and tri- 

> linear flip-flopping Using NURBS (non-uniform rational B-splines)  

> and other parametric surfaces for representing 3D Geometry; Matrix  

> Manipulations; Methods for scaling geometry using parametric curves  

> and surfaces in relation to polygonal models; Progressive meshes and  

> subdivision surfaces.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> On-line Gaming and and online-gaming security

>

> As online gaming becomes more and more popular security issues now  

> come into the forefront of secure game play using public key  

> cryptography, symmetric key cryptography, digital signatures,  

> authentication and available cryptographic toolkits. If you are  

> designing or working on these issues you can,

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Voice Interaction

>

> Using Intelligent Speech Synthesis Algorithms, Speech Processing,  

> Voice Interaction, Speech Synthesizer; Interaction with AI-NPC's,  

> Voice-Over Net Technology (one to one, and one to many).

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Cognitive Psychology

>

> applied to games, based on player to game interactions and biometric  

> data analysis.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Affective Computing and Emotional Gaming

>

> affective gaming, affective user modeling, player emotion  

> recognition, Developing believable NPC, methods to improve emotional  

> gameplay etc (see Milo soft f.ex.), Games for health, Games for well- 

> being, Persuasive games, Music in games (and affective audio in games)

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Artistic Input

>

> Artistic input to game and character design.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Storytelling

>

> Storytelling and Natural Language Processing.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Game Analysis

>

> techniques, case studies, research etc etc...

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Applications

>

>    * Wargaming methodology and techniques applied to strategic game  

> design using Campaign managers, character generators, terrain  

> generators. Multiplayer wargaming and Web Wargaming

>    * Serious Games applications

>    * Aerospace Simulations, Board Games etc...

>    * Games for training

>    * Games Console Design

>    * Gaming with Robots

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Handheld Gaming Devices - Mobile Gaming

>

> Gaming with I-Toy, WII and other handheld devices such as phones,  

> Virtual Sat-Nav Gaming. Focusing on the man-machine interaction part.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

> Perceptual User Interfaces for Games

>

> Humans communicate using speech, gesture, and body motion, yet  

> today's computers do not use this valuable information. Instead,  

> computers force users to sit at a typewriter keyboard, stare at a TV- 

> like display, and learn an endless set of arcane commands -- often  

> leading to frustration, inefficiencies, and disuse.

>

> The idea behind PUI is that a computer system "hears" users' voice  

> commands and "sees" their gestures and body positions. Interactions  

> are natural, more like human-to-human interactions. PUI use here  

> machine perception to allow users to interact with computergames and  

> within computer gaming environments. By reading gestures, motions  

> and speech we should be able to in a much more natural way interact  

> with the games.

>

> But sensor systems deliver only raw position and pose information.  

> For interface use, these are not the desired quantities?we need to  

> understand the abstractions appropriate for a natural interface and  

> consider how the various perceptual input degrees of freedom should  

> relate to available commands and options.

>

> Submit your proposal here.

>

> POSTER SESSION

>

> The poster session only features work in progress. Next to the

> actual poster presentation, these submissions also feature as short

> papers in the Proceedings.

>

> STUDENTS SESSION

>

> This session is for students who want to present their work in

> progress or part of their doctoral thesis as a paper. Student papers

> are denoted by the fact that only the name of the student appears on

> the paper as an author. They are published as short papers in the

> Proceedings.

>

> DIVERSE ACTIVITIES

>

> For demonstrations or video sessions, please contact EUROSIS.

> Partners for projects session(s) will be organised by EUROSIS to

> give potential project teams or individuals the opportunity to

> present their research in order to link up with fellow researchers

> for future research projects. Those wishing to participate in this

> session need to send a proposal to EUROSIS.

>

> EXHIBITION

>

> A special exhibition will be held during the conference focused on

> gaming applications. For more information please contact EUROSIS for

> further details. Email: Philippe.Geril at eurosis.org

>

> DEADLINES AND REQUIREMENTS

>

> Send all submissions in an ELECTRONIC FORM ONLY in (zipped)

> Microsoft Word format, or PDF format indicating the

> designated track and type of submission (full paper or an extended

> abstract) to the EUROSIS (Philippe.Geril at eurosis.org).

> Please provide your name, affiliation, full mailing address,

> telephone / fax number and Email address on all submissions as well.

> For submissions please put in the subject of your Email the

> following indications: GAMEON'2011 and designated track or USE THE

> ONLINE SUBMISSION FORM.

>

> Only original papers, which have not been published elsewhere, will

> be accepted for publication

> Journal Publication

>

> Only accepted and presented extended papers are eligible for journal  

> publication in any of the journals listed here.

> Quality Control

>

> In order to ensure the quality of the proceedings, Thomson-Reuters  

> ISI and INSPEC will receive the listing of the actually presented  

> papers, next to the copies of the Proceedings.

> All EUROSIS Proceedings are ISI-Thomson Reuters and INSPEC referenced.

>

> REGISTRATION FEES

> Registration Fees

> Author

>

> EUROSIS members

>

> Other Participants

> Pre-registration before August 5, 2011 	? 495 	? 495 	? 555

> Registration after August 5, 2011 	Pre-registration required 	? 545  

> 	? 595

>

> The registration fee includes one copy of the Conference

> Proceedings, coffee and tea during the breaks, all lunches, a

> welcome cocktail and a conference dinner.

>

> SOCIAL PROGRAMME

>

> More info to follow

>

> PAPER SUBMISSION TYPES

>

> FULL PAPER (including abstract, conclusions, diagrams, references)

> During review, the submitted full papers can be accepted as a

> regular 5 page paper. If excellent, full papers can be accepted by

> the program committee as an extended (8-page) paper. Each submission

> will be reviewed by at least three members of the GAMEON'2011  

> International

> Program Committee.

>

> EXTENDED ABSTRACT (at least five pages)

> Participants may also submit a 5 page extended abstract for a

> regular (5 pages) or short (3 pages) paper or poster, which will be

> reviewed by the International Program Committee. All accepted papers

> will be published in the GAMEON'2011 Conference Proceedings.

>

> SHORT ABSTRACT (at least three pages)

> Participants may also submit a 3 page abstract for a short paper or

> poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program

> Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the GAMEON'2011

> Conference Proceedings.

>

> ONE PAGE ABSTRACTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

>

> CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS

> Philippe Geril

> EUROSIS-ETI

> European Simulation Office

> Greenbridge NV

> Wetenschapspark 1

> Plassendale 1

> B-8400 Ostend Belgium

> Tel: +32.59.255330

> Fax: +32.59.255339

> Email: philippe.geril at eurosis.org

>

> OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD

>

> The 2011 GAMEON Conference Committee will select the Outstanding  

> Paper of the Conference. The author of this paper will be awarded a  

> free registration for a EUROSIS conference. Only papers SUBMITTED AS  

> FULL papers will be eligible for the Outstanding Paper Award.

>

> LANGUAGE

>

> The official conference language for all papers and presentations is

> English

>

> IMPORTANT DEADLINES

>

> EARLY BIRD SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MAY 1ST, 2011

> SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 1ST, 2011

> LATE SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 20TH, 2011

> NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION: JULY 1ST, 2011

> Authors provide camera-ready manuscript: AUGUST 5TH, 2011

> CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY, IRELAND:  

> AUGUST 22-24,2011

>

> VENUE

>

> The conference will be held in the coastal city of Galway on the  

> Western Atlantic coast of Ireland. The venue itself will be the  

> National University of Ireland (http://www.nuigalway.ie), probably  

> in the IT Building of the University.

>

> REPLY CARD

> First Name:

> Surname:

> Occupation and/or Title:

> Affiliation:

> Mailing Address

> Zip code: City: Country.

> Telephone: Fax:

> E-Mail:

> Yes, I intend to attend the GAMEON 2011:

> [ ] Presenting a paper, by submitting a full paper

> [ ] Presenting a short paper (by submitting an extended abstract)

> [ ] Participating in the industrial program

> [ ] Organizing a vendor session

> [ ] Proposing a panel discussion (please mention names of

> panellists)

> [ ] Contributing to the exhibition

> [ ] Without presenting a paper

> The provisional title of my paper / exhibited tool is:

> With the following highlights:

> The paper belongs to the category (please tick only one):

> [ ] Games Development Methodology

> [ ] Artificial Intelligence

> [ ] Learning and Adaptation

> [ ] Intelligent/Knowledgeable Agents

> [ ] Collaboration & Multi-agent Systems

> [ ] Opponent Modelling

> [ ] Physics and Simulation/Graphical Simulation

> [ ] 3D Scalability

> [ ] Facial, Avatar, NPC, 3D in Game Animation

> [ ] AI and Simulation Tools for games design

> [ ] Game Design

> [ ] Rendering Techniques

> [ ] Voice Interaction

> [ ] Artistic input to game and character design

> [ ] Affective Computing and Emotional Gaming

> [ ] Storytelling and Natural Language Processing

> [ ] Online Gaming - Security Issues in Online Gaming

> [ ] MMOG's

> [ ] Serious gaming

> [ ] Wargaming Aerospace Simulations, Board Games etc....

> [ ] Games for training

> [ ] Games Applications in education, Government, health, Corporate...

> [ ] Games Consoles

> [ ] Games Console Design

> [ ] Mobile Gaming

> [ ] Perceptual User Interfaces for Games

> [ ] Poster Session

> [ ] Student Session

> [ ] Tutorials

> [ ] Exhibition

> Other colleague(s) interested in the topics of the conference

> is/are:

> Name:

> Address:

> Name:

> Address:

>

> Please send or fax this card immediately to:

> Philippe Geril, EUROSIS-ETI

> Greenbridge NV

> Wetenschapspark 1

> Plassendale 1

> B-8400 Ostend Belgium

> Tel: +32.59.255330

> Fax: +32.59.255339

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







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