[net.graphics] 3D Computer Graphics Course

ack@glasgow.UUCP (Alistair Kilgour) (06/20/84)

    Advanced Course on 3D Computer Graphics
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An advanced course on 3D computer graphics, sponsored jointly by SERC in the
UK and the CREST-ITG committee of the EEC, is being held at the University of
Glasgow from Mon 27th August to Fri 7th Sept 1984. Speakers include Ed Catmull
Rob Cook, Frank Crow, Turner Whitted, David Clark and Robin Forrest. Topics
covered will be 3d viewing and modelling transformations, solid modelling,
design and display of curves and surfaces, TV technology for graphics, colour
specification and control, anti-aliasing, illumination and shading, animation,
stochastic modelling and high performance graphics hardware.

The course fee is 360 pounds, and meals and accommodation cost 260 pounds.
Fee scholarships are available for well-qualified candidates from universities
colleges or research institutes,and there are also a limited number of travel
scholarships for delegates from EEC countries other than the UK.

For course brochure and application form write to
   Mr R Hurley, CREST Course Secretariat, CEP Consultants Ltd,
   26 Albany Street, Edinburgh EH1 3QH.  (Tel 031-557 2478).

For further information contact
   Alistair Kilgour, CREST Course Director, Dept of Computing Science,
   University of Glasgow, 14 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK.
   (Tel 041-339 8855 ext 7458)
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sysman@glasgow.UUCP (08/16/84)

Applications will be considered for a few more days for the Advanced
Course on 3D Computer Graphics to be held at the University of Glasgow
from 27th August to 7th September. This course will be given by some of
the foremost authorities in the field, including Ed Catmull and Rob Cook
from Lucasfilm, Frank Crow of Xerox PARC, Turner Whitted of Bell Labs,
David Clark of London Univ, Paul ten Hagen of the CWI, Amsterdam and Robin
Forrest of East Anglia.

The course is sponsored by the UK Science and Research Council and the
Scientific and Technical Research Committee of the EEC. Scholarships
are available to suitable candidates from the EEC - why not try your luck.

Fees are 360 UK pounds for the course and 260 for board and lodging.

Applicants from EEC countries other than the UK may be eligible for travel
and subsistence grants, while UK applicants sponsored by the SERC may be
able to claim their costs from the SERC.

Applications should be sent to
Mr R. Hurley
CEP Consultants Ltd
26 Albany St
Edinburgh EH1 3QH
Scotland
tel +44 31 5572478

Enquiries about the content of the course can be made to
Alistair Kilgour
Computing Science Dept
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Scotland
tel +44 41 3398855 ext 7458
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