[net.lsi] Graphics Conference

dfr@usna.UUCP (03/18/86)

For all of you interested in computer graphics

                Summer Institute
       State-of-the-Art in Computer Graphics
                Stirling Scotland 
              29 June - 4 July 1986

Sponsors:	IFIP, Computer Graphics Society of Japan
		BCS Computer Graphics and Displays Group
		Eurographics
		in cooperation with the ACM

Co-Chairs:	Professor David F. Rogers, US Naval Academy, USA
		Dr. Rae A. Earnshaw, University of Leeds, UK

Further info:	Contact Mrs. F. J. Johnson, Conference Officer
		Commercial Office
		University of Leeds
		Leeds LS2 9JT
		England
		Tele: 0532 459944 or 0532 431751 Ext. 7234/7268

		or over the net
	
		uucp: decvax!brl-bmd!usna!dfr
		arpa: dfr@usna

A group of outstanding international experts will present 1.5-3 hr lectures
on selected topics in computer graphics. 

Lecturer:				Topic

Human-Computer Interface:

	Prof. P. Purcell (MIT, USA)		Voice and Gusture Input
	Prof. B Shackel (HUSSAT, UK)	Human Factors of Input and Output
					 Devices
	Dr. Tom Stewart (Systems	Human Computer Interaction & Research
		Concepts Ltd, UK)	 and Development in User Interfaces
	R. D. Parslow (Unicom, UK)	Vision and Visualization in 3D

Curves and Surfaces:

	Prof. Brian A. Barsky (UCB,	Beta-Splines and Surfaces
                USA)

Image Generation:

	Roy Hall (Wavefront 		Illumination Models and Color
	      	Technologies, USA)	 Reproduction
	Mike Kaplan (Visual Engr., USA)	State of the Art in Ray Tracing

Electronic Documents:

	Prof. Peter J. Brown		Screen-Based Documentation
	Mrs. Heather Brown		Document Structures for Integrated
	   	(U of Kent, UK)		 Text and Graphics

Graphics Standards:

	Prof. J. L. Encarnacao		Research & Development Issues
		TH Darmstadt, FRG)	 and GKS: Workstations

Workstations:

	Z. Molnar (Silicon Graphics	Advanced Engineering and Scientific
		Inc. USA)		 Graphics Workstations

Modelling and CAD/CAM:

	Prof. T. L. Kunii (Univ. of	CAD and Graphics Communications
		Tokyo, Japan)		 Networks
	Prof. A. Robin Forrest		Geometric Computing Environments
		Univ. East Anglia, UK)
	Mike Muuss (BRL, USA)		Preparation and Analysis of Solid
					 Models
	Dr. John R. Woodwark		European Research in Solid
		(IBM, UK)		 Modelling

Graphics and Design:

	R. John Lansdown (System	Design for Graphics & Graphics
		Simulation Ltd. UK)	 for Design
	
Innovation and Application:

	Prof. Henry Fuchs		VLSI for Graphics
		(UNC, USA)
	Dr. Adrian L. Thomas		Specialised Hardware for Computer
		(Univ. of Sussex, UK)	 Graphics
	Dr. Alistair C. Kilgour		Polygon Processing for VLSI Pattern
		(Univ. of Glasgow, UK)	 Matching

Raster Graphics:

	Jack Bresenham (IBM, USA)	Implementation Ambiguities in
					Raster Graphics