peter@usenix.UUCP (Peter Salus) (09/03/87)
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Fourth USENIX Computer Graphics Workshop
October 8-9, 1987
Boston Marriott Cambridge - Cambridge, MA
Get you hotel reservations soon! October is "leaf time" in New England.
Call the Marriott toll free (1-800-228-9290) before September 16 and tell the
Reservation Desk that you are a USENIX Conference attendee. $115/night,
single or double.
USENIX is sponsoring its 4th Annual limited enrollment workshop on current
and future developments in computer graphics and related topics. The program
is as follows:
Wednesday night, 7:30 - 11:30, No-host Reception
Thursday 9:30 - 10:00 AM: Coffee
Session I (10:00 - noon)
More Music Software for UNIX
--Michael Hawley (MIT)
An Integrated Package for Viewing and Editing 3D Microworlds -
Cliff Brett, Steve Pieper & David Zeltzer (MIT)
A System for Algorithm Animation -
B. Kernighan and John Bentley (Bell Labs)
noon - 1:30 PM, Lunch break
Session II (1:30 - 3:00 PM)
Distributed Computation for Computer Animation -
John W. Peterson (Utah)
Ray tracing on the Connection Machine System - Hubert C. Delaney (MIT)
3:00 - 3:30 PM, coffee break
Session III (3:30 - 5:00 PM)
Hairy Brushes -
Steve Strassman (MIT)
Dynamics for Everyone -
Jane Wilhelms (UCSC)
It's all done with Smoke and Mirrors - The FaceSaver Project -
David Yost & Lou Katz (Consultants)
Friday 9:30 - 10:00 AM: Coffee
Session IV (10:00 - noon)
The BRL CAD Package -
Michael John Muuss & Phillip Dykstra (BRL)
The Definition and Ray-tracing of B-Spline Objects in a Combinatorial
Solid Geometry Modeling System -
Paul R. Stay (BRL)
REMRT - A Network Distributed and Parallel Ray-Tracer -
Michael John Muuss (BRL)
noon - 1:30 PM, Lunch break
Session V (1:30 - 3:00 PM)
Description and discussion of work in progress by conference participants
3:00 - 3:30 PM, coffee break
Session VI (3:30 - 5:00 PM)
Paint System and Real Time Issues Panel:
Real-time - Donald Day (CCAC)
Images of Arbitrary Size and Shape - Ken Knowlton & Lou Katz (Consultants)
Inadequate image memory - Steve Upstill (Pixar)
The Workshop will be structured to facilitate in-depth discussions of
technical issues and will have presentations in a number of formats with
ample time for questions and responses. It is expected that attendees will
participate actively in the program.
A visit to the MIT Media Laboratory is planned for Thursday evening.
A Conference Proceedings will be produced from material submitted to the
Program chairman and received by August 28, 1987.
Attendees are encouraged to submit a one-page precis of their research.
Committee:
Reidar J. Bornholdt (Columbia University)
Tom Duff (Bell Laboratories) -- Program Chair
Michael Hawley (MIT)
Lou Katz (Metron Computerware) -- General Chair
REGISTER NOW!
For registration and hotel information, contact:
USENIX Conference Office
213-592-3243
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