FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS --

SIACG 2011 – Ibero-American Symposium in Computer Graphics

website:http://ise.ualg.pt/SIACG2011

1 - 3 June 2011
Faro, Portugal


Dear Colleague,


The purpose of SIACG is to promote the international cooperation between researchers and professionals in Computer Graphics from the different communities of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America. This symposium is the fifth of similar events organized every other year and alternating between Europe and South America.
Organized by University of Algarve, Eurographics Portuguese Chapter and Eurographics Spanish Chapter in Cooperation.


Authors are invited to submit papers from all areas related to computer graphics, multimedia and hardware, for review by the international Program Committee. Both research and applications papers are of interest to SIACG’2011.
Those papers which are accepted and presented orally at the symposium by one of the authors will appear in the SIACG'2011 proceedings.


Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
• Computer Graphics Systems and Hardware
• Visualization
• Computer Animation
• Rendering Techniques and Global Illumination
• Real-Time Rendering
• Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality
• Computer Human Interface
• Computational Geometry
• Geometric Computing and Solid Modeling
• Game Design and Engine Development
• Virtual Humans and Artificial Life
• 3D Reconstruction
• GPU Programming
• Graphics and Multimedia
• Computer Graphics in Arts, Education, Engineering, Entertainment,
Medicine and Science
• Computer Graphics for Mobile Applications
• Image Processing
• Interactive Environments
• Software and Web accessibility
• CAGD/CAD/CAM Systems
• Multimedia Design
• Digital and Interactive Art
• Educational Strategies in Computer Graphics
• Digital Interfaces and Emotional Expressivity in Multimedia Communication.
• Graphics & Perception
• Computational Photography

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission: (extended): February 7, 2011
Notification of acceptance: March 11, 2011
Final version: March 25, 2011
Symposium: 2-3 June 2011

COMMITEES
General Conference Co-Chairs:
Beatriz Sousa Santos (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal) Xavier Pueyo (Universidad de Girona, Spain)

International Program Committee Co-Chairs:
Frutuoso Silva (Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal) Diego Gutierrez (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain) Jorge Ernesto Rodríguez (Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela)

Organizing Committee Chair
Mauro Figueiredo, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal (mfiguei@ualg.pt)

Local Organizing Committee
Mauro Figueiredo, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal José Rodrigues, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal João Rodrigues, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Roberto Lam, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 8 pages or short papers of up to 4 pages in PDF format. Papers must be written in English, although presentations can be delivered in Portuguese, Spanish or English.
The program committee, composed of internationally renowned experts, will review the submissions.

Authors of the best papers will be invited to prepare a journal version which will be submitted by the SIACG's program committee to an international journal.

Proceedings indexed by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index* *awaiting the confirmation of indexation