10th VAST International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
7th Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage
(VAST'09)
 
September 22-25 2009,  Malta
http://www.vast2009.org
3rd Call for Papers - Submission Deadlines Extended to 1st June (abstract),  5th June (papers)

Towards a "digital agenda" for the integration of technologies into Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
Nearly every organization whose mission includes promoting access to cultural information, is well aware of the value of digital applications, and digital technologies are finding their way into cultural organizations. Nevertheless, a clear-cut division still exists between humanities researchers, computer science researchers, information scientists, librarians, and campus technologists, which prevents a complete achievement of the  potential represented by the integration of these disciplines. Each community has distinctive practices, lingo, assumptions, and concerns. Understanding technology needs of the humanities, and more specifically of Archaeology, Libraries and Cultural Heritage, has particular relevance to the future of knowledge and education delivery, as well as, to develop shared technology services to enhance humanities research now and in the future.

The main goal of this VAST is to bring together professionals from all fields to start a true dialogue on CH needs and ICT solutions and achieve a true integration of disciplines. This VAST aims at disseminating the idea of a more systematic integration of digital practices in research and education programs for CH, exploring good practices, guidelines and skills development possibilities to structure long-term initiatives and move towards a "digital agenda" for Archaeology, Libraries and CH.

This is why we are seeking contributions that advance the state of the art in the technologies available to support sustainability of human heritage.

- 2/3/4D Data Capture and Processing in CH
- Augmentation of physical collections with digital presentations
- Data Acquisition Technologies
- Digital Libraries
- Digital capture and annotation of intangible heritage (performance, audio, dance, oral)
- Interactive Environments and Applications for CH
- Long term preservation of digital artefacts
- Metadata, classification schema, ontologies and semantic processing
- Multilingual applications, tools and systems for CH
- Multimedia Data Acquisition, Management and Archiving
- Multi-modal interfaces and rendering for CH
- On-site and remotely sensed data collection
- Professional and Ethical Guidelines
- Serious games in CH
- Standards and Documentation
- Storytelling and Design of Heritage Communications
- Tools for Education and Training in CH
- Usability, Effectiveness and Interface Design for CH Applications
- Visualization

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr Zahi Hawass - General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt
Mme. Christiane Naffah - Director of the Research and Restoration Center for France Museums

BEST PAPERS AWARD
The best papers presented at VAST 2009 will be selected for re-submission on a special edition of the upcoming ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH), an online, peer reviewed publication.

**** - UPDATED - (NEW!) VAST-STARs ****
VAST 2009 introduces the "VAST-STate-of-the-Art Reports (VAST-STARs)", inspired by the EG STARs. These are papers providing useful novel overviews of research in the fields of computer graphics, computer science  and related fields that can benefit the multidisciplinary nature of VAST. They are survey papers in what the community considers important areas that have not been covered before or recently. Their aim is to give a detailed account of the principles, algorithms and open problems of a research area, so that an interested reader can quickly become up to speed in this field.  We warmly encourage all colleagues to submit to the VAST-STARs reports. Two VAST-STARs will be selected by peer review and published in the local proceedings together with the short and project papers. The VAST-STARs will be eligible for the best paper award. VAST-STARs authors will present their work with a 60 minute presentation during VAST 2009. We are also happy to announce that the chosen VAST-STARs will be invited to the Springer journal Virtual Reality. ****

PAPER SUBMISSIONS
We are soliciting five types of contributions:

• Full research papers presenting new innovative results. These papers will be published by Eurographics in a high-quality proceedings volume.

• VAST-STARs providing a useful novel overview of research in the fields of computer graphics, computer science  and related fields that can benefit the multidisciplinary nature of VAST.

• Project papers focusing on on-going projects, the description of project organization, use of technology, and lesson learned not innovative technical content. These papers will have an oral presentation and will be included in a "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume. Authors will have the option to present a poster during the breaks to provide more information regarding the project.

• Short papers presenting preliminary ideas and works-in-progress. These papers will have an oral presentation and will be published in the "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume.

• Tutorials and Workshops: half-day and full-day working sessions that provide an opportunity to educate and share on key topics of interest face-to-face. Tutorial submissions will be published in the "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume. Workshops that provide supplemental materials in time for the CD-ROM printing will also be included. All material will be made available on the VAST 2009 website.

All types of submissions will be reviewed and feedback given to the authors. See detailed information on the VAST 2009 website under Submissions.

COMMITTEES
Event Committee: Kurt Debattista (University of Warwick), Sandro Spina (University of Malta)
Program Committee: Cinzia Perlingieri (University of California at Berkeley), Denis Pitzalis (The Cyprus Institute, STARC)
Local Organisational Committee: Sandro Spina (University of Malta), Chris Porter (University of Malta), Keith Bugeja (University of Warwick).
VAST-STARs Committee: Fotis Liarokapis (Coventry University - UK), Michael Ashley (University of California at Berkeley)

ISC

Achille Felicetti PIN, University of Florence
Aderito Marcos,  Universidade do Minho
Alan Chalmers, University of Warwick
Alan Smeaton, Dublin City University
Alberto Proenca, Universidade do Minho
Bianca Falcidieno, CNR
Daniel Pletinckx, Visual Dimension
Daniel Thalmann, Virtual Reality Lab
David Arnold, University of Brighton
Erik Champion, Massey University New Zealand,
Eva Pietroni, CNR
Eva Zányi, University of Warwick
Fotis Liarokapis, Coventry University
Graeme Earle, University of Southampton
Holly Rushmeier, Yale University
Jean Angelo Beraldin, National Research Council
Juan Barcelo, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Karina Rodriguez-Echavarria, University of Brighton
Kriste Sibul, ICOM-CC
Luis Paulo Santos, Universidade do Minho
Maria Theodoridou, FORTH - Institute of Computer Science
Marinos Ioannides, The Cyprus Institute - STARC
Mercedes Farjas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Michael Ashley, University of California at Berkeley
Milena Dobreva, CDLR, University of Strathclyde
Nadia Thalmann, MIRALAB
Paolo Cignoni, ISTI - CNR
Robert Sablatnig, Vienna University of Technology
Roberto Scopigno, ISTI-CNR
Sofia Pescarin, CNR
Stephen Stead, Paveprime Ltd
Sven Havemann, Graz University of Technology
Vittore Casarosa, CNR
 

 
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission (full/project/short/workshops/tutorials/VAST-STARs): 1st June 2009 (23:59 PTZ)
Paper submission (full/project/short/workshops/tutorials/VAST-STARs): 5th June 2009 (23:59 PTZ)
Author notification: 28th June 2009
Camera-ready copies: 5th July 2009

CONTACTS
Conference Web Site: http://www.vast2009.org/
Event Chairs: Kurt Debattista, Sandro Spina - org_committee<at>vast2009.org
Program Chairs: Cinzia Perlingieri, Denis Pitzalis - prog_committee<at>vast2009.org
General Info/Organisation/Logistics: Sandro Spina - info<at>vast2009.org

 
  
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10th VAST International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
7th Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage
(VAST'09)
 
September 22-25 2009,  Malta
http://www.vast2009.org
2nd Call for Papers - Paper Submission Deadlines extended

Towards a "digital agenda" for the integration of technologies into Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
Nearly every organization whose mission includes promoting access to cultural information, is well aware of the value of digital applications, and digital technologies are finding their way into cultural organizations. Nevertheless, a clear-cut division still exists between humanities researchers, computer science researchers, information scientists, librarians, and campus technologists, which prevents a complete achievement of the  potential represented by the integration of these disciplines. Each community has distinctive practices, lingo, assumptions, and concerns. Understanding technology needs of the humanities, and more specifically of Archaeology, Libraries and Cultural Heritage, has particular relevance to the future of knowledge and education delivery, as well as, to develop shared technology services to enhance humanities research now and in the future.

The main goal of this VAST is to bring together professionals from all fields to start a true dialogue on CH needs and ICT solutions and achieve a true integration of disciplines. This VAST aims at disseminating the idea of a more systematic integration of digital practices in research and education programs for CH, exploring good practices, guidelines and skills development possibilities to structure long-term initiatives and move towards a "digital agenda" for Archaeology, Libraries and CH.

This is why we are seeking contributions that advance the state of the art in the technologies available to support sustainability of human heritage.

- 2/3/4D Data Capture and Processing in CH
- Augmentation of physical collections with digital presentations
- Data Acquisition Technologies
- Digital Libraries
- Digital capture and annotation of intangible heritage (performance, audio, dance, oral)
- Interactive Environments and Applications for CH
- Long term preservation of digital artefacts
- Metadata, classification schema, ontologies and semantic processing
- Multilingual applications, tools and systems for CH
- Multimedia Data Acquisition, Management and Archiving
- Multi-modal interfaces and rendering for CH
- On-site and remotely sensed data collection
- Professional and Ethical Guidelines
- Serious games in CH
- Standards and Documentation
- Storytelling and Design of Heritage Communications
- Tools for Education and Training in CH
- Usability, Effectiveness and Interface Design for CH Applications
- Visualization

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Archeology: Dr Zahi Hawass - General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt
Museums: Mme. Christiane Naffah - Director of the Research and Restoration Center for France Museums

BEST PAPERS AWARD
The best papers presented at VAST 2009 will be selected for re-submission on a special edition of the upcoming ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH), an online, peer reviewed publication.

**** - UPDATED - (NEW!) VAST-STARs ****
VAST 2009 introduces the "VAST-STate-of-the-Art Reports (VAST-STARs)", inspired by the EG STARs. These are papers providing useful novel overviews of research in the fields of computer graphics, computer science  and related fields that can benefit the multidisciplinary nature of VAST. They are survey papers in what the community considers important areas that have not been covered before or recently. Their aim is to give a detailed account of the principles, algorithms and open problems of a research area, so that an interested reader can quickly become up to speed in this field.  We warmly encourage all colleagues to submit to the VAST-STARs reports. Two VAST-STARs will be selected by peer review and published in the local proceedings together with the short and project papers. The VAST-STARs will be eligible for the best paper award. VAST-STARs authors will present their work with a 60 minute presentation during VAST 2009. We are also happy to announce that the chosen VAST-STARs will be invited to the Springer journal Virtual Reality. ****

PAPER SUBMISSIONS
We are soliciting five types of contributions:

• Full research papers presenting new innovative results. These papers will be published by Eurographics in a high-quality proceedings volume.

• VAST-STARs providing a useful novel overview of research in the fields of computer graphics, computer science  and related fields that can benefit the multidisciplinary nature of VAST.

• Project papers focusing on on-going projects, the description of project organization, use of technology, and lesson learned not innovative technical content. These papers will have an oral presentation and will be included in a "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume. Authors will have the option to present a poster during the breaks to provide more information regarding the project.

• Short papers presenting preliminary ideas and works-in-progress. These papers will have an oral presentation and will be published in the "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume.

• Tutorials and Workshops: half-day and full-day working sessions that provide an opportunity to educate and share on key topics of interest face-to-face. Tutorial submissions will be published in the "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume. Workshops that provide supplemental materials in time for the CD-ROM printing will also be included. All material will be made available on the VAST 2009 website.

All types of submissions will be reviewed and feedback given to the authors. See detailed information on the VAST 2009 website under Submissions.

COMMITTEES
Event Committee: Kurt Debattista (University of Warwick), Sandro Spina (University of Malta)
Program Committee: Cinzia Perlingieri (University of California at Berkeley), Denis Pitzalis (The Cyprus Institute, STARC)
Local Organisational Committee: Sandro Spina (University of Malta), Chris Porter (University of Malta), Keith Bugeja (University of Warwick).
VAST-STARs Committee: Fotis Liarokapis (Coventry University - UK), Michael Ashley (University of California at Berkeley)

ISC
Achille Felicetti (PIN - University of Florence)
Aderito Marcos (Universidade do Minho - Portugal)
Alan Chalmers (University of Warwick - UK)
Alan Smeaton (Dublin City University - Ireland)
Alberto Proenca (Universidade do Minho - Portugal)
Bianca Falcidieno (CNR - Italy)
Daniel Pletinckx (Visual Dimension - Belgium)
Daniel Thalmann (Virtual Reality Lab - Switzerland)
David Arnold (University of Brighton - UK)
Erik Champion (Massey University - New Zealand)
Eva Pietroni (CNR-ITABC - ITALY)
Eva Zányi (University of Warwick - UK)
Fotis Liarokapis (Coventry University - UK)
Graeme Earle (University of Southampton)
Holly Rushmeier (Yale University - USA)
Isabelle Bloch (ENST - France)
Kriste Sibul (ICOM-CC - Estonia)
Jean Angelo Beraldin (National Research Council - Canada)
Juan Barcelo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Spain)
Maria Theodoridou (FORTH - Institute of Computer Science - Greece)
Michael Ashley (University of California at Berkeley)
Milena Dobreva  (Institute of Mathematics and Informatics - Bulgaria)
Karina Rodriguez-Echavarria (University of Brighton - UK)
Luis Paulo Santos (Universidade do Minho - Portugal)
Mercedes Farjas (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Spain)
Nadia Thalmann (MIRALAB - Switzerland)
Paolo Cignoni (ISTI - CNR -Italy)
Robert Sablatnig (Vienna University of Technology - Austria)
Roberto Scopigno (ISTI-CNR - Italy)
Sofia Pescarin (CNR - Italy)
Stephen Stead (Paveprime Ltd - UK)
Vittore Casarosa (CNR - Italy)

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission (full/project/short/workshops/tutorials/VAST-STARs): 25th May 2009 (23:59 PTZ)
Paper submission (full/project/short/workshops/tutorials/VAST-STARs): 29th May 2009 (23:59 PTZ)
Author notification: 28th June 2009
Camera-ready copies: 5th July 2009

CONTACTS
Conference Web Site: http://www.vast2009.org/
Event Chairs: Kurt Debattista, Sandro Spina - org_committee<at>vast2009.org
Program Chairs: Cinzia Perlingieri, Denis Pitzalis - prog_committee<at>vast2009.org
General Info/Organisation/Logistics: Sandro Spina - info<at>vast2009.org

 
 
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10th VAST International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
7th Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage
(VAST'09)
 
September 22-25 2009,  Malta
http://www.vast2009.org

Towards a "digital agenda" for the integration of technologies into Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
Nearly every organization whose mission includes promoting access to cultural information, is well aware of the value of digital applications, and digital technologies are finding their way into cultural organizations. Nevertheless, a clear-cut division still exists between humanities researchers, computer science researchers, information scientists, librarians, and campus technologists, which prevents a complete achievement of the  potential represented by the integration of these disciplines. Each community has distinctive practices, lingo, assumptions, and concerns. Understanding technology needs of the humanities, and more specifically of Archaeology, Libraries and Cultural Heritage, has particular relevance to the future of knowledge and education delivery, as well as, to develop shared technology services to enhance humanities research now and in the future.

The main goal of this VAST is to bring together professionals from all fields to start a true dialogue on CH needs and ICT solutions and achieve a true integration of disciplines. This VAST aims at disseminating the idea of a more systematic integration of digital practices in research and education programs for CH, exploring good practices, guidelines and skills development possibilities to structure long-term initiatives and move towards a "digital agenda" for Archaeology, Libraries and CH.

This is why we are seeking contributions that advance the state of the art in the technologies available to support sustainability of human heritage.

- 2/3/4D Data Capture and Processing in CH
- Augmentation of physical collections with digital presentations
- Data Acquisition Technologies
- Digital Libraries
- Digital capture and annotation of intangible heritage (performance, audio, dance, oral)
- Interactive Environments and Applications for CH
- Long term preservation of digital artefacts
- Metadata, classification schema, ontologies and semantic processing
- Multilingual applications, tools and systems for CH
- Multimedia Data Acquisition, Management and Archiving
- Multi-modal interfaces and rendering for CH
- On-site and remotely sensed data collection
- Professional and Ethical Guidelines
- Serious games in CH
- Standards and Documentation
- Storytelling and Design of Heritage Communications
- Tools for Education and Training in CH
- Usability, Effectiveness and Interface Design for CH Applications
- Visualization

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Archeology: Dr Zahi Hawass - General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt
Museums: Mme. Christiane Naffah - Director of the Research and Restoration Center for France Museums

BEST PAPERS AWARD
The best papers presented at VAST 2009 will be selected for re-submission on a special edition of the upcoming ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH), an online, peer reviewed publication.

(NEW!) VAST-STARs
VAST 2009 introduces the "VAST-STate-of-the-Art Reports (VAST-STARs)", inspired by the EG STARs. These are papers providing useful novel overviews of research in the fields of computer graphics, computer science  and related fields that can benefit the multidisciplinary nature of VAST. They are survey papers in what the community considers important areas that have not been covered before or recently. Their aim is to give a detailed account of the principles, algorithms and open problems of a research area, so that an interested reader can quickly become up to speed in this field.  We warmly encourage all colleagues to submit to the VAST-STARs reports. The VAST-STARs will be eligible for the best paper award. Two VAST-STARs will be selected by peer review and published in the local proceedings together with the short and project papers.  VAST-STARs authors will present their work with a 60 minute presentation during VAST 2009.

PAPER SUBMISSIONS
We are soliciting five types of contributions:

• Full research papers presenting new innovative results. These papers will be published by Eurographics in a high-quality proceedings volume.

• VAST-STARs providing a useful novel overview of research in the fields of computer graphics, computer science  and related fields that can benefit the multidisciplinary nature of VAST.

• Project papers focusing on on-going projects, the description of project organization, use of technology, and lesson learned not innovative technical content. These papers will have an oral presentation and will be included in a "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume. Authors will have the option to present a poster during the breaks to provide more information regarding the project.

• Short papers presenting preliminary ideas and works-in-progress. These papers will have an oral presentation and will be published in the "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume.

• Tutorials and Workshops: half-day and full-day working sessions that provide an opportunity to educate and share on key topics of interest face-to-face. Tutorial submissions will be published in the "Projects & Short Papers" proceedings volume. Workshops that provide supplemental materials in time for the CD-ROM printing will also be included. All material will be made available on the VAST 2009 website.

All types of submissions will be reviewed and feedback given to the authors. See detailed information on the VAST 2009 website under Submissions.

COMMITTEES
Event Committee: Kurt Debattista (University of Warwick), Sandro Spina (University of Malta)
Program Committee: Cinzia Perlingieri (University of California at Berkeley), Denis Pitzalis (The Cyprus Institute, STARC)
Local Organisational Committee: Sandro Spina (University of Malta), Chris Porter (University of Malta), Keith Bugeja (University of Warwick).
VAST-STARs Committee: Fotis Liarokapis (Coventry University - UK), Michael Ashley (University of California at Berkeley)

ISC
Achille Felicetti (PIN - University of Florence)
Aderito Marcos (Universidade do Minho - Portugal)
Alan Chalmers (University of Warwick - UK)
Alan Smeaton (Dublin City University - Ireland)
Alberto Proenca (Universidade do Minho - Portugal)
Bianca Falcidieno (CNR - Italy)
Daniel Pletinckx (Visual Dimension - Belgium)
Daniel Thalmann (Virtual Reality Lab - Switzerland)
David Arnold (University of Brighton - UK)
Erik Champion (Massey University - New Zealand)
Eva Pietroni (CNR-ITABC - ITALY)
Eva Zányi (University of Warwick - UK)
Fotis Liarokapis (Coventry University - UK)
Graeme Earle (University of Southampton)
Holly Rushmeier (Yale University - USA)
Isabelle Bloch (ENST - France)
Kriste Sibul (ICOM-CC - Estonia)
Jean Angelo Beraldin (National Research Council - Canada)
Juan Barcelo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Spain)
Maria Theodoridou (FORTH - Institute of Computer Science - Greece)
Michael Ashley (University of California at Berkeley)
Milena Dobreva  (Institute of Mathematics and Informatics - Bulgaria)
Karina Rodriguez-Echavarria (University of Brighton - UK)
Luis Paulo Santos (Universidade do Minho - Portugal)
Mercedes Farjas (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Spain)
Nadia Thalmann (MIRALAB - Switzerland)
Paolo Cignoni (ISTI - CNR -Italy)
Robert Sablatnig (Vienna University of Technology - Austria)
Roberto Scopigno (ISTI-CNR - Italy)
Sofia Pescarin (CNR - Italy)
Stephen Stead (Paveprime Ltd - UK)
Vittore Casarosa (CNR - Italy)

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission (full/project/short/workshops/tutorials/VAST-STARs): 12th May 2009 (23:59 PTZ)
Paper submission for full papers and short papers: 15th May 2009 (23:59 PTZ)
Author notification: 21st June 2009
Camera-ready: 28th June 2009

CONTACTS
Conference Web Site: http://www.vast2009.org/
Event Chairs: Kurt Debattista, Sandro Spina - org_committee<at>vast2009.org
Program Chairs: Cinzia Perlingieri, Denis Pitzalis - prog_committee<at>vast2009.org
General Info/Organisation/Logistics: Sandro Spina - info<at>vast2009.org