We invite submissions of high-quality videos and multimedia presentations describing
original research addressing the algorithmic solution of geometrically-constrained problems, including supporting mathematics, implementation issues and applications.
The topics of the Symposium reflect the rich diversity of research interests in computational geometry. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: . design and analysis of geometric algorithms and data structures; lower bounds on the computational complexity
of geometric problems; . discrete and combinatorial geometry; discrete differential geometry; computational topology; . implementation of geometric algorithms and data structures; mathematical and numerical issues arising in implementations; experimental evaluation of geometric algorithms and heuristics; . novel algorithmic applications of geometry in computer graphics, geometric modeling, computer-aided design and manufacturing,
scientific computing, geographic information systems, database systems, robotics, computational biology, machine learning, sensor networks, combinatorial optimization, theoretical computer science, graph drawing, economics, pure mathematics, and other fields.
---------------------------- Important Dates ---------------------------- (midnight, Honolulu time) * February
15, 2008: Video and multimedia submissions due * February 29, 2008: Notification of acceptance or rejection of video/multimedia submissions * March 14, 2008: Camera-ready and video/multimedia abstracts due * April 20, 2008: Final versions of video/multimedia presentations due
---------------------------- CALL FOR VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS 17th Annual
Video/Multimedia Review of Computational Geometry ----------------------------
Video and multimedia presentations are sought for the 17th Annual Video and Multimedia Review of Computational Geometry. This review showcases the use of visualization in computational geometry for exposition and education, the use of computational geometry in computer graphics, the visual exploration of geometry in research, and the role of geometry as an interface and a debugging tool in software development. Algorithm animations, visual explanations of structural theorems, descriptions of applications of computational geometry, and demonstrations of software systems are all appropriate. Videos that accompany papers submitted to the technical program committee are encouraged. Potential authors who are in doubt about the appropriateness of their material are encouraged to contact
the PC chair.
Three to five minutes is ideal for most animations and presentations of applications; eight minutes is the upper limit. Submissions of videos in QuickTime MPEG-4 or DivX Version 5 or 6 are encouraged. We also encourage submission of Macromedia Flash, Java applets, and limited forms of other multimedia. These formats must come with a script that will allow them to be distributed in both interactive and canned QT or MPEG movie formats. In case of doubt, please email the Video and Multimedia Program chair. Some suggestions on making videos can be found at http://www-sop.inria.fr/geometrica/team/Monique.Teillaud/SoCG07/video_suggestions.html.
Accepted video and multimedia presentations will have an abstract in the published conference proceedings and
will be available online in various formats in a web proceedings.
Video/Multimedia Submission
We explicitly encourage the submission of multimedia or video presentations that support submitted papers. Submissions of papers and accompanying presentations will be treated as separate submissions: acceptance or rejection of one does not influence acceptance or rejection of the other, and presentations supporting regular
paper submissions still need to be accompanied by a description of (at most) two pages, as described below.
Video and multimedia presentations can also be submitted separately, to arrive by February 15, 2008 (midnight, Honolulu time).
The author(s) should submit a one or two-page description of the material shown in the presentation, and where applicable, the techniques used in the implementation. An email address of
the correspondence author and a URL or ftp address where the presentation can be retrieved must be included. Additional material describing the contents of the presentations, such as the full text of accompanying papers, may also be included. The final descriptions must be formatted according to the guidelines for ACM proceedings; LaTeX style files will be provided to authors of accepted presentations. Submissions should be sent
by e-mail to the Video/Multimedia committee chair: s.fekete_at_tu-bs.de. An acknowledgement of reception will be sent within a few days.
Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection, and given reviewers' comments by February 29, 2008. For each accepted presentation, the final version of the 2-page textual description will be due by March 14, 2008 (electronically) for inclusion in the proceedings. Final versions of
accepted video/multimedia presentations will be due April 20, 2008 in the best format available.
Program Committee * Sándor Fekete (chair; TU Braunschweig) * Christian Knauer (FU Berlin) * Alexander Kröller (TU Braunschweig) * Marcus Magnor (TU Braunschweig) * Joe Mitchell (Stony Brook) * Holger
Theisel (Magdeburg)
* Pankaj K. Agarwal (Duke) * Jeff Erickson (UIUC) * Marc van Kreveld (secretary; Utrecht) * Joseph S. B. Mitchell (Stony Brook) * Günter Rote (chair; FU Berlin)