sdr@mrmarx.UUCP (Stephen D. Rogers) (03/03/88)
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INTERNATIONAL SUMMER INSTITUTE
"STATE OF THE ART IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS"
Crossmead Conference Centre, Exeter, Devon, UK
4 - 8 July, 1988
CO-SPONSORS:
British Computer Society
Association for Computing Machinery
Computer Graphics Society
CO-CHAIRS:
Prof David F. Rogers, US Naval Academy, USA
Dr Rae A. Earnshaw, University of Leeds, UK
SECRETARIAT:
Mrs F. J. Johnson, Mr B. Booker
Commercial Office, University of Leeds
LEEDS LS2 9JT, UK.
Tel: 0532-459944 or 0532 431751 Ext 7234/7268
International: 44-532-459944
Telex: 556473 (Response is unilds g)
Fax: 0532-420090, or 44-532-420090
EXHIBITION:
Mrs F. J. Johnson, Mr B. Booker, as above
INVITED LECTURERS:
Prof Jack E. Bresenham (Winthrop College, USA)
Dr Frank C. Crow (Xerox PARC, USA)
Mr Roy Hall (Wavefront Technologies Inc, USA)
Prof Gary Meyer (University of Oregon, USA)
Mr Michael J. Muuss (Ballistic Research Lab, USA)
Dr Gunther E. Pfaff (GTS-GRAL, FRG)
Prof Michael J. Pratt (Cranfield, UK)
Dr Malcolm A. Sabin (Fegs Ltd, UK)
Ms Maureen C. Stone (Xerox PARC, USA)
Prof Brian Wyvill (Calgary University, Canada)
OBJECTIVES
International Invited Lecturers will present aspects from the leading
edge of computer graphics, publication systems, modelling and CAD.
The emphasis will be upon a detailed and systematic survey of the
background leading up to current research and development in the field,
together with in-depth coverage of state of the art topics.
Each lecturer is an acknowledged expert in their particular field
and will bring to the Institute the latest information on current
research and developments in their areas. The Institute is therefore
important for all those requiring a detailed and comprehensive update
in the fast moving field of computer graphics and CAD.
There will be also be an Exhibition comprising some key 'state of
the art' products in the market place.
PRE-INSTITUTE TUTORIAL
Professor David Rogers will give a pre-Institute Tutorial on 'Fundamental
Elements of Computer Graphics: A Short Course on Computer Graphics'
on 2-3 July in the same venue. Delegates will be able to register
for either the Tutorial, the Institute, or both.
TECHNICAL PROGRAMME
ALGORITHMS FOR GRAPHICS
Professor Jack E. Bresenham "Rasterizing Algorithms and
(Winthrop College, USA) Attribute Considerations"
ANIMATION
Professor Brian Wyvill "3D Animation and 3D Soft Objects"
(University of Calgary, Canada)
COLOUR IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS - THEORY AND PRACTICE
Professor Gary Meyer "Image Synthesis and Colour Vision"
(University of Oregon, USA)
ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING
Ms Maureen C. Stone "Digital Printing and Publishing"
(Xerox PARC, USA)
GRAPHICS STANDARDS - LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
Dr Gunther E. Pfaff "State of the Art and Trends in
(GTS-GRAL GmbH, FRG) Graphics Standards"
STATE OF THE ART IN IMAGE GENERATION
Dr Frank C. Crow "Antialiasing and Texture Mapping"
(Xerox PARC, USA)
Mr Roy Hall "Algorithms for Realistic
(Wavefront Technologies Inc, USA) Image Generation"
MODELLING AND CAD/CAM
Professor Mike J. Pratt "Modelling for CAD/CAM/CIM"
(Cranfield Institute of Tech, UK)
Dr Malcolm A. Sabin "Sculptured Surfaces -
(Fegs Ltd, UK) History, Definitions, Applications"
NETWORKING, WORKSTATIONS, AND DISTRIBUTED GRAPHICS
Mr Michael J. Muuss "Networked Graphics"
(Ballistic Research Lab, USA)
PRE-INSTITUTE TUTORIAL
Professor David F. Rogers, a pioneer in the field of Computer Graphics
and CAD/CAM, is presenting an intensive 2-day course on 'Fundamental
Elements of Computer Graphics: A Short Course on Computer Graphics'
in connection with the Institute. The course is a unique opportunity
to develop the fundamental background required to understand and use
the vast body of material available in Computer Graphics. The course
covers the fundamental techniques for creation, manipulation, and
display of the geometric forms used in Computer Graphics. It
should be particularly interesting to teachers of Computer Graphics or
commercial users or developers of Computer Graphics systems. It is
especially recommended to those who are attending The State of the Art
in Computer Graphics Institute and are new to the field of Computer
Graphics.
The Tutorial will be based on the two books: "Mathematical Elements for
Computer Graphics", D. F. Rogers and J. A. Adams (McGraw-Hill) and
"Procedural Elements for Computer Graphics", D. F. Rogers (McGraw-Hill)
and will include an overview of computer graphics, types of graphics
devices, CRT and video basics, hardware and software. Representation
of points and lines, transformations, combined operations.
Raster scan graphics, line drawing, scan conversion, frame buffers,
edge fill, seed fill, antialiasing, halftoning. Three dimensional
transformations and projections, affine and perspective geometry,
axonometric projections. 2D and 3D clipping, hidden lines and hidden
surfaces, Warnock, z-buffer, list priority, and scan line
algorithms, visible surface ray tracing. Rendering, illumination
models, ray tracing.
The Tutorial will run from 9 am on Saturday 2 July to 5.30 pm on
Sunday 3 July. Residential accommodation is available on Friday
night and Saturday night. Delegates can register for either
the Tutorial, the Institute, or both. In anticipation
that a number of individuals may already have copies of Professor
Rogers' books and in an effort to eliminate unnecessary costs to
the participants, the cost of the course books is not included in
the course tuition. These books may be ordered separately as indicated
on the Booking Form.
VENUE
Crossmead Conference Centre is situated in Exeter, two miles from
the city centre. In over 6 acres of landscaped grounds it provides
a uniquely peaceful environment. Being on a hill it has views
over the city and cathedral, yet is close to rail and motorway (M5)
access. There is a fast rail service (under 2 hours) to London, and
there is also an airport with flights to British and Continental
cities.
Exeter is in close proximity to the coast and also the superb
Devon countryside.
Graceful rooms and comfortable furnishings provide an ideal
conference environment. The licensed bars and terrace allow delegates
to unwind in relaxed surroundings. All bedrooms are close
carpeted and furnished as singles but can be converted to twins
on request. Fresh vegetables and fruit, grown on the estate,
are used whenever possible.
The principal lecture room incorporates Barco computerised
projection television together with video recorders/monitors and is
an integral part of the Crossmead Centre.
AUDIENCE
This Institute is important for all those requiring a concentrated and
in-depth update on the current state of the art in this fast-moving field
and to all those with specialist interests in the topics given above.
This is a once-only opportunity in Europe to hear leading international
experts speak on current developments in their field. Take advantage of
this unique opportunity NOW! The fully residential nature of the
Institute allows ample opportunity for full discussion and
interaction with the speakers outside the formal lecture sessions.
Indeed, one of the principal benefits of an Institute such as this
is the unique opportunity for informal personal and round-table
discussion, and the establishment of personal and professional
contacts among scientists from different countries.
EXHIBITION AND VENDOR FORUM
There will be an exhibition of selected state of the art products
in the area of computer graphics together with exposition of
the important aspects of these developments.
DELEGATE APPLICATIONS
Applications are now invited on the Booking Form (or photocopy thereof).
The number of places is limited, so early application is advised.
Advance registration is required in order to reserve a place.
Please note that payment with booking is possible, or you may
request an Invoice to be issued for the appropriate amount.
Invoices must be paid before the Institute, and places will only be
confirmed on receipt of payment. Note also that Bookings
received before 1 May 1988 will qualify for the 'Early Bird'
Registration Fee. Delegates may register for the Institute
and/or the Pre-Institute Tutorial. Cheques should be made
payable to 'BCS SUMMER INSTITUTE'. Only cheques or banker's drafts in
sterling will be accepted. Delegates from other countries who wish to
use their own currency are advised to purchase a sterling bank
draft from a bank in their own country (this will be made out
in sterling on a UK bank) and forward this with their Booking
Form. If you have any queries about payment, please contact the
Secretariat. Eurocheques are only accepted up to the value of #200
for each cheque. (Please note all monetary amounts are in pounds
sterling. The `#' is an attempt to represent the pounds sterling
currency symbol.)
COSTS
The Registration Fee for the Institute includes copies of all
materials distributed prior to, and during the Institute.
The Registration Fee for the Pre-Institute Tutorial does not
include printed materials; the two textbooks indicated earlier
will be used and may be purchased at cost as an extra. (Please
note all monetary amounts are in pounds sterling. The `#' is an
attempt to represent the pounds sterling currency symbol.)
Ordinary ACM, BCS or ACM, BCS or Tutorial
Rate CGS members CGS Student 2-3 July
'Early Bird' #325 #275 #225 #75
After 1 May #375 #325 #275 #95
Delegates who register after 1 June may be asked to join a
Waiting List. It is therefore in your interests to apply as
early as possible.
Conference Accommodation is residential at Crossmead Centre and
includes full board, English breakfast, lunch, dinner, and coffees
and teas from dinner on Sunday (evening) 3 July to breakfast on
Saturday 9 July. The rate includes two Receptions and two
Banquets, and a local sight-seeing visit. Single Room occupancy
and full board is #170 plus VAT (i.e. #195.50). Twin accommodation
is available on application.
The Accommodation rate for the Pre-Institute Tutorial includes
dinner on Friday (evening) 1 July to tea on Sunday (afternoon)
3 July and is #75 (includes VAT).
CANCELLATION AND SUBSTITUTION
Substitutions can be made at any time. If you have to cancel
your registration and accommodation reservation, you may do
so with full refund (less 10% administration charge) up to
1 June 1988. After 1 June, fees are non-returnable, unless
a substitute can be found from the Waiting List. The Committee
reserve the right to make programme changes without notice,
if required.
INVITED LECTURERS
Professor Jack E. Bresenham, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, USA
Jack Bresenham is Professor of Computer Science at Winthrop
College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA. His work in computer
graphics dates from 1962. His research interest is incremental
algorithms for raster graphics. Prior to joining the faculty at
Winthrop, Dr. Bresenham spent twenty-seven years working at
various IBM development laboratories and headquarters. From 1981
through 1984 he worked on the IBM 3270 PC/GX graphic workstation
project in Hursley, England. Since 1985 he has been a member
of the X3H3.3 CGI graphics standards committee. He is a member
of ACM, IEEE, Sigma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi.
Dr Frank C. Crow, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, USA
Frank Crow is with the Imaging Area in the Computer Science
Laboratory at Xerox PARC. Previously he taught at Ohio State
University and the University of Texas. He has spent considerable
effort on developing algorithms for realistic image synthesis,
and on systems and architectures for realizing them. He has a
longstanding interest in parallel algorithms and architectures
for computer display.
Mr Roy Hall, Wavefront Technologies Inc, Santa Barbara, USA
Roy Hall graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institure
in 1976 with a B. Architecture and a B.S. Civil Engineering.
He was introduced to computer graphics as a design tool for
finite element analysis of large deflection tensile
and inflated structures. He graduated from Cornell
in 1983 with an M.S. from the Program of Computer Graphics
where he concentrated on realistic image synthesis.
Mr. Hall has written image generation systems for Robert Abel &
Associates, Vertigo Computer Imagery, and Wavefront Technologies
were he is currently Director of Software Development.
He has published in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications and
in The Visual Computer, and is a member of ACM and IEEE.
He has lectured at numerous conferences on the subjects of
rendering, realism, illumination models, and color science
as applied to computer graphics.
He is currently completing a book discussing color and illumination
in computer graphics.
Professor Gary W. Meyer, University of Oregon, USA
Gary Meyer is an assistant professor of computer and information
science at the University of Oregon. He is particularly interested in
the visual perceptual issues that are involved in both the
interpretation of computer generated displays and the production of
realistic images. His research has involved color monitor
calibration, the reproduction of perceptually uniform color spaces,
the efficient synthesis of color for realistic images, and the
perceptual comparison of real scenes with computer generated pictures.
Professor Meyer has received the Bachelor of Science degree from the
University of Michigan and the Master of Science degree from Stanford
University. He was employed by Bell Telephone Laboratories prior to
receiving his Ph.D. degree while studying at the Cornell University
Program of Computer Graphics. He is a member of ACM, IEEE, SID,
SMPTE, and OSA.
Mr Michael J. Muuss, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Maryland, USA
Michael Muuss has 15 years of experience in working with advanced
computer systems. Since 1981, he has been leading the Ballistic
Research Laboratory's (BRL) Advanced Computer Systems Team in research
projects concerning Networking, Graphics, CAD/CAE, Operating Systems,
Parallel Architectures, and Command and Control. He is the principal
architect of BRL's second-generation constructive solid geometry based
CAD system, which is now in use at over 150 sites, and the primary
author of the model editor "MGED" and the advanced ray-tracing package
"RT". He is the architect for both processing and communications within
BRLNET, BRL's extensive campus network of computers ranging from
workstations through super-minicomputers up to a Cray X-M/P48 and
Cray-2.
Dr Gunther E. Pfaff, GTS-GRAL GmbH, Federal Republic of Germany
Gunther Pfaff, Diplom Informatiker, born October 12, 1951
completed his studies in computer science at the Technical
University of Darmstadt in 1979 with a diploma degree. After
that he worked for five years as a research assistant in the
area of interactive graphics systems with Prof Encarnacao,
University of Darmstadt, where in 1984 he received a PhD in
this subject.
Dr Pfaff is an active member of the DIN and ISO committees on
graphics standards as well as a member of Eurographics and
ACM-SIGGRAPH. He has co-authored and edited several books and
published many papers in the area of computer graphics and given
lectures and tutorials at international level at SIGGRAPH,
Eurographics, IFIP, BCS, GI, CAMP, CAPE and others.
Since 1985 Dr Pfaff has been a partner and Managing Director of
GTS-GRAL GmbH and is in charge of research and development and
international product marketing.
Professor Michael J. Pratt, Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK
Mike Pratt is Professor of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) at
Cranfield Institute of Technology, U.K. His specialisation in
CAE grew out of an interest in applications of geometry in the
early 1970's. He has written many research papers and is part
author of several books including (with I. D. Faux) 'Computational
Geometry for Design and Manufacture'. Current research interests
include curve and surface modelling, engineering applications of
solid modelling (with particular emphasis on the use of form
features) and CAD data exchange. He recently spent six months
as a Visiting Fellow at the General Electric Corporate R & D
Center, Schenectady, N.Y. working on representations of form
features. He is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society,
the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, the British
Computer Society and the Eurographics Association.
Dr Malcolm A. Sabin, Fegs Ltd, Cambridge, UK
Malcolm Sabin has been active in the applications of computer graphics
since the mid-1960's, when he wrote a sculptured surface software
system still in use today. Since then he has been concerned with
part programming systems and control software
for numerically controlled machine tools, and with mesh generation
for finite element analysis. He has been Chairman of the BCS CAD
Specialist Group, and a member of IFIP WG 5.2. He is now on the
Editorial Boards of CAD, CAGD, and Computer Journal. He consults
for SERC and CAE, and retains his technical interests in the
numerical representation of shape, being particularly interested
in methods for the interrogation of parametric and recursive-division
surfaces. He is Technical Director of Fegs Ltd.
Ms Maureen A. Stone, Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, USA
Maureen Stone is a member of the research staff of the Xerox Palo Alto
Research Center, Palo Alto, California, USA. Her research interests are
color, especially color reproduction, interactive graphics and spline
curves. She has been an employee of the Xerox Corporation since
graduating in 1978 with a MS/CS from the California Institute of
Technology. Prior to attending Caltech, she was a student and research
assistant in the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of
Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. The projects she is involved in at Xerox
focus on interactive document creation, digital printing and electronic
publishing, She is a member of ACM, and was the SIGGRAPH' 87 Technical
Program Chair.
Professor Brian Wyvill, University of Calgary, Canada
Brian Wyvill received his PhD from the University of Bradford
in 1975 and continued his interest in computer animation as a
Research Fellow at the Royal College of Art. He is now an
Associate Professor at the University of Calgary where he leads
the Graphicsland animation research team, and has been extensively
involved in the design of the JADE graphics system and the Ray
Tracing Machine. His research interests include hierarchical graphics
systems, algorithms for synthesizing visual images, animation and
man-machine interface design. Current interests include "soft"
objects, motion control and recursive data structures for computer
animation. He is a member of ACM, CGS, SIGGRAPH, and is on the
Editorial Board of the Visual Computer.
CO-CHAIRS:
Professor David F. Rogers, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, USA
David Rogers is Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the U.S. Naval
Academy.
He is the author of three textbooks, including "Mathematical Elements
for Computer Graphics" and "Procedural Elements for Computer Graphics",
and an internationally respected teacher and researcher in computer
graphics.
He is the founder and former Director of the Computer Aided Design/
Interactive Graphics Group at the U.S. Naval Academy. He is the editor
of Computers & Education. He is a member of the Editorial Board of The
Visual Computer. Dr. Rogers was co-chairman of both ICCAS '82 and the
International Program Committee for Computer Graphics Tokyo '85 and '86.
He regularly serves on the Technical Committees of SIGGRAPH, ICCAS and
CG International.
Dr Rae A. Earnshaw, University of Leeds, UK
Rae Earnshaw is Head of Computer Graphics at the University of Leeds,
with interests in graphics algorithms, integrated graphics and text,
display technology, CAD/CAM, and human-computer interface issues.
He has been a Visiting Professor at IIT, Chicago, USA, Northwestern
Polytechnical University, China, and George Washington University,
Washington DC, USA. He was a Co-Chair of the BCS/ACM International
Summer Institute on "State of the Art in Computer Graphics"
held in Scotland in 1986, and a Director of the NATO ASI on
"Theoretical Foundations of Computer Graphics and CAD" held in
Italy in 1987.
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STATE OF THE ART IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS
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Ordinary ACM, BCS or ACM, BCS or Tutorial
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'Early Bird' #325 |_| #275 |_| #225 |_| #75 |_|
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