Fw: Announcement: Cyberworlds 2005

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> 2005 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYBERWORLDS
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> FIRST CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
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> 23-25 November 2005, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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> Organized by: School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological
> University
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> in cooperation with: ACM, ACM SIGGRAPH, SIGART, SIGecom, SIGWEB, SIGGRAPH
> (Singapore), and Eurographics Association
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> Proudly supported by: SGI and Sun Microsystems
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> Conference web-page:  http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sce/cw2005
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> Cyberworlds are information worlds created on cyberspaces either
> intentionally or spontaneously, with or without visual design. Cyberworlds
> are closely related to the real world and have a serious impact on it.
> CW2005 will provide an opportunity for scientists and engineers from
around
> the world to share the latest research, ideas, and developments in these
> fields. The conference will consist of formal paper sessions, short/poster
> presentations, panels, tutorials, cyber art exhibition, industrial
seminars,
> and hands-on demonstrations where research groups, artists, and vendors
will
> show the state-of-the-art in the field. The conference will have four
> parallel tracks including but not limited to the following topics:
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> Track A:
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>  - Shared Virtual Worlds
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>  - Distributed Virtual Environments
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>  - Collaborative Design and Manufacturing
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> Track B:
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>  - Information Retrieval and Information Security
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>  - Data Mining and Warehousing in Cyberworlds
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>  - HCI and Humanised Interfaces in Cyberworlds
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> Track C:
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>  - Philosophy, Evolution, and Ethics of Cyberworlds
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>  - Business Models in Cyberworlds
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>  - Cyberlearning
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> Track D:
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>  - Cyberculture and Cyberarts
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> PUBLICATION:
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> The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society.
> We will accept papers up to 8 pages in length, including figures. To be
> included in the conference proceedings, at least one author of the
accepted
> paper must register and present the paper at the conference. The best
papers
> will contribute to the special issue of "The Visual Computer". We will
also
> publish the art exhibition catalogue.
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>
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> IMPORTANT DATES (tentative):
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> Abstract:                                    16 May 2005  (electronic
> submission through the conference web-page)
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> Paper/tutorial/exhibit submission: 23 May 2005  (electronic submission
> through the conference web-page)
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> Notice of Acceptance:                   1 Aug 2005
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> Camera-ready paper:                     5 Sep 2005
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> Author's registration:                      5 Sep 2005
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>
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> GENERAL CONFERENCE CHAIRS: Tosiyasu L. Kunii and Seah Hock Soon
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> PROGRAM CHAIR:                         Alexei Sourin
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> INDUSTRIAL TRACK CHAIR:           Tony Chan
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> TUTORIAL CHAIR:                          Wolfgang Meller-Wittig
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> PROGRAM COMMITTEE (being formed)
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> Arnold, David, University of Brighton
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> Astheimer, Peter, ITI Techmedia, Glasgow
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> Badler, Norman, University of Pennsylvania
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> Bajaj, Chandrajit, University of Texas at Austin
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> Bebis, George, University of Nevada
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> Brunnett, Guido, University of Chemnitz
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> Chan, Tony, Nanyang Tehnological University
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> Emmanuel, Sabu, Nanyang Technological University
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> Encarna?o, Jos, Fraunhofer IGD
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> Gavrilova, Marina, University of Calgary
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> Gilbert, Arthur Lee, Nanyang Technological University
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> Hagen, Hans, University of Kaiserslautern
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> Hubbold, Roger, University of Manchester
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> Iglesias, Andres, University of Cantabria
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> Jarvis, Ray, Monash University
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> Kim, Myoung-Hee, Ewha Womans University
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> Klimenko, Stanislav, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
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> Kunii, Tosiyau Laurence, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
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> Lee, Yong Tsui, Nanyang Technological University
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> Li, Ling, Curtin University
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> Luciani, Annie, ICA laboratory, INPG, France
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> Ma, Jianhua, Hosei University
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> Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia, University of Geneva
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> Miller, Steven, Singapore Management University
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> Meller-Wittig, Wolfgang, Nanyang Technological University
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> Myszkowski, Karol, Max Planck Institute
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> Nakajima Masayuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology
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> Ohmori, Kenji, Hosei University
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> Pensyl, William Russell, Nanyang Technological University
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> Rosenblum, Larry, VR Systems and Research, Naval Research Lab
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> Savchenko, Vladimir, Hosei University
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> Seah, Hock Soon, Nanyang Technological University
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> Shih, Timothy, Tamkang University
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> Smith, Roger, Titan Systems Corporation
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> Sourin, Alexei, Nanyang Technological University
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> Sourina, Olga, Nanyang Technological University
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> Straer, Wolfgang, University of Tbingen
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> Thalmann, Daniel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
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> Urban, Bodo, Fraunhofer IGD Rostock
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> Wentong, Cai, Nanyang Technological University
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> Wyvill, Geoff, University of Otago
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> Xu, Baowen,Southeast University
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> Zara, Jiri, Czech Technical University
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> Zyda, Mike, MOVES Institute
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> Best regards
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> CW2005 Program Chair
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