ph@pixar.UUCP (Paul Heckbert) (12/08/86)
I'm posting the following for Darwyn Peachey. I urge anyone interested in
discussing the field of rendering as a whole to submit a short paper to
this workshop. Do it this week!
-PH
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The following Call for Participation for a Workshop on Rendering Algorithms
and Systems was posted to comp.graphics in late November, but it appears that
it was not distributed throughout the network. It is being reposted with
the following clarifications:
- in view of the short time until the deadline of December 15, all
submissions which are postmarked or sent by December 15 will be considered
"on time" by the program committee. An effort will be made to consider late
submissions which arrive before the selection process is begun.
- the position paper which you submit can consist of a short summary
of your perspective on rendering based on your implementation experience,
a description of your current rendering work, or an analysis of the overall
rendering problem.
Workshop on Rendering Algorithms and Systems
Call for Participation
A limited attendance workshop on rendering algorithms and
systems will be held on Sunday, April 5 and Monday, April 6,
1987 in conjunction with the CHI + GI '87 Conference in
Toronto.
The workshop will begin with the presentation of ``position
papers'' by each participant. Subsequent group discussion
will focus on current practice and promising new techniques
in rendering, with the goal of producing a taxonomic
breakdown of the rendering process, placing current
techniques in context. Discussion will be directed to
determining the relationships (ideal and actual) among the
various sub-problems which must be solved by any rendering
system, for example:
+ modeling and representation
+ hidden-surface algorithms, including scan conversion
+ illumination models and shading
+ system considerations
Individuals wishing to participate in the workshop may
request an invitation by submitting a two to four page
position paper discussing the taxonomy of rendering
techniques, or the relationship of the author's own work to
other rendering techniques.
The workshop report, listing the participants and
summarizing the discussion, will be presented at the
Conference and submitted for publication in the SIGGRAPH
newsletter, Computer Graphics.
Position papers are due no later than December 15, 1986.
Three copies of each paper should be sent to the workshop
organizer:
Darwyn Peachey
Dept. of Computational Science
86 Commerce Building
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
CANADA S7N 0W0
Invited participants will be notified by February 1, 1987
and will be sent copies of the selected position papers and
a final agenda for the workshop.
Questions may be directed to the following addresses:
PHONE: (306) 966-4909
UUCP: {ihnp4,alberta,utcsri}!sask!peachey
BITNET: peacheyd@sask
Due to recent electronic mail problems, ihnp4!alberta!sask!peachey is
the recommended routing for UUCP mail. The best courier services to
Saskatoon are Emery, DHL, and Purolator; NOT Federal Express.