-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: VAST-conference 2004 - Call for Papers (3) Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:50:21 +0100 From: Paul S. Ell paul.ell@QUB.AC.UK Reply-To: H-Net Network for The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative H-ECAI@H-NET.MSU.EDU To: H-ECAI@H-NET.MSU.EDU

From: Kim Carl [mailto:kcarl@berkeley.edu] Sent: 29 July 2004 11:48 PM To: h-ecai@h-net.msu.edu Subject: VAST-conference 2004 - Call for Papers (3)

VAST 2004

The 5th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.

* Incorporating: Second Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage (http://www.eg.orgwww.eg.org)

This year's VAST Symposium will be dedicated to the theme:

Interdisciplinarity or "The Best of Both Worlds":

The Grand Challenge for Cultural Heritage Informatics in the 21st Century

Following the discussions of previous VAST Symposia and the first Eurographics Symposium on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, the 2004 VAST Symposium will focus on the interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary research interests including those of monuments, sites and museums as manifest in the EPOCH Network, covering every phase of the cultural heritage informatics, from initial data capture to information processing, and the dissemination of results to the scientific community and the general public. In addition, the wider legal and ethical responsibilities of Cultural Informatics (set out in the draft ICOMOS-Ename Charter) will be discussed.

Researchers in this field who are interested in participating in this Symposium are invited to submit papers on original work addressing on the following subjects or related themes:

* Data Capture and Processing

* Data Management

* Standards and Documentation

* Innovative Graphics Applications and Techniques

* Digital Reconstructions and Visualisation

* Archaeological Analysis and Interpretive Design

* Interactive Environments and applications

* The Economics of Cultural Informatics and Tourism

* Story-telling and design of heritage communications

* Novel internet applications in heritage

* Usability, effectiveness and interface design for heritage applications

* Cultural Informatics Education and Training

* Professional and Ethical Guidelines

Two types of presentations will be included in the symposium - presentations of full research papers, which will be refereed and included in a high-quality proceedings volume to be published by Eurographics, and presentations of work-in-progress which may be presented in shorter sessions and will be separately identified when published. Both types of submission will be reviewed and feedback given to the authors.

In addition we expect to have space available for live showcases. If you have a system which you wish to be included in the showcase area, please email mailto:vast2004@enamecenter.orgvast2004@enamecenter.org.

International Program Committee

will be available on the the http://www.enamecenter.org/pages/events_conference_2004.htmlVAST2004 Website within the coming days.

Co-chairs

Yiorgos Chrysanthou, University of Cyprus Kevin Cain, Insight Ltd. Neil Silberman, Ename Center Franco Niccolucci, PIN, Italy

Organisation

The Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation, and the Flemish Heritage Institute (VIOE) are hosting this conference. Conference chair is Daniel Pletinckx, Ename Center. Please address all enquiries to Eva Roels (mailto:vast2004@enamecenter.orgvast2004@enamecenter.org, +32 55 23 24 47).

Important dates Full Papers due - September 12th 2004 Notification of Refereeing results - October 1st 2004 Revised papers due - October 22nd 2004 Work in Progress/short papers due - September 24th 2004 Notification of acceptance of Work in progress/short papers - October 15th 2004 Final Version short papers due - October 29th 2004 Proposals for showcases - September 12th 2004 Early bird date for registrations - November 5th 2004 Event - December 7th-10th 2004

Submissions of full and work in progress papers: The Electronic Submission Procedure is available through following links: http://egonline.cg.cs.tu-bs.de/MCP_vast04/mcp/subInstructions.htmlFull Papers http://egonline.cg.cs.tu-bs.de/MCP_vast04s/mcp/subInstructions.htmlShort Papers

Authors are strongly recommended to use these style guides when preparing their submissions in order to avoid difficulties for accepted papers during the production cycle. Only if you are not able to use this procedure you can sent your paper in a word-file to the VAST2004 secretariat.

Length of papers: Full papers: max. 10 pages. Work in progress/short papers: max. 2 pages

Very soon you will find details on the http://www.enamecenter.org/pages/events_conference_2004.htmlVAST2004 Website concerning the scientific program. It will also contain general information about registration, continuously updated with more details.

Sponsers http://www.epoch-net.orgEPOCH Network http://www.eg.orgEurographics (In co-operation status with ACM SIGGRAPH is being sought and was enjoyed by VAST2003) http://www.iapr.orgIAPR-TC19 http://www.monument.vlaanderen.be/vioe/nl/index.htmlVIOE

If you have additional questions, please contact the organizing committee at mailto:vast2004@enamecenter.orgvast2004@enamecenter.org

Regards, Eva Roels VAST2004 Secretariat