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The SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Workshop on Graphics
Hardware is a highly visible, established international forum for
exchanging experience and knowledge related to computer
graphics hardware. The workshop offers a unique perspective
on graphics hardware by combining discussions and constructive
critique of innovative concepts as well as product-level designs.
The workshop is an inclusive forum for the entire graphics
hardware community and brings together researchers, engineers,
and architects. This year;s workshop will be held in Los
Angeles, California, August 8 and 9, jointly with ACM SIGGRAPH,
following the successful format begun in 1997. 


Attendance and registration
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THE EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JULY 1ST

Attendance is limited to 200 attendees. Preference will be given
to attendees with accepted papers. Other registrations will be
processed in the order they are received. Registration forms and
information about the venue are available on the workshop
web site http://www.merl.com/hwws99/. Please register before July 1
to take advantage of the early registration fees.


New in 1999 - Hot 3D Systems Track
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Proposals are still being accepted for Hot3D Presentations.
We invite industry groups to present their latest and greatest 3D
chips or system designs. Presentations should be technical, rather
than marketing, and should focus on real products and their
performance evaluation. Presentations should last approximately
20-25 minutes. Contributors are requested to send a 1-2 page
abstract of their presentation to the address below by 1 July
1999. Presenters will be asked to submit their presentation slides
in electronic and paper format three weeks prior to the
workshop (by July 15, 1999). Bound copies of the slides will be
prepared for attendees, and presentation slides will be made
available on the workshop web page after the workshop. Please
send hot 3D systems abstracts to the address below: 

   Peter N. Glaskowsky
   MicroDesign Resources
   298 S. Sunnyvale Ave. #101
   Sunnyvale, CA 94086

   Phone: +408-328-3934
   Fax: 408-737-2242
   E-mail: png@mdr.zd.com 


Demonstrations
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Presenters and workshop participants are invited to bring
prototypes or products for demonstration at the workshop.
Demonstrations will be held on Sunday and Monday during
breaks and before and after workshop sessions. We highly
encourage paper authors and industry presenters to demonstrate
their systems at the workshop. Please contact the workshop
chairs to arrange for space or electrical connections that may be
required for your demonstration.


Workshop Location
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The workshop will take place at the Wilshire Grand Hotel &
Centre (formerly Omni Los Angeles), the SIGGRAPH '99
Headquarters Hotel. The conference room is the "Los
Angeles/Golden State" - just like two years ago. It is on the
second floor with all the other conference rooms. The address of
the hotel is:

Wilshire Grand Hotel & Centre 
930 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-688-7777

                        
Maps
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For maps and reservations please refer to the SIGGRAPH '99
web site http://www.siggraph.org/s99/la/index.html
                        

Banquet
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The traditional workshop banquet will take place this year at the
Tower Restaurant, located at the top of the TransAmerica Tower in
downtown LA. The restaurant features Continental French Cuisine
with a magnificent view of Los Angeles. The banquet will begin at
7pm on Sunday, August 8.


Program
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Keynote Speakers

  Patrick M. Hanrahan, Stanford University

  Neil Trevett, 3Dlabs, Inc.


  Sunday, August 8, 1999

  08:30  Opening Session

  09:00  Keynote Talk: Patrick M. Hanrahan, Stanford
         University

  10:30  Session 1: Volume Rendering Accelerators
   
            "A Low-Cost Memory Architecture for
            PCI-based Interactive Volume Rendering"
            M. Meissner, M. Doggett, University of
            Tuebingen, Urs Kanus, DD&T GmbH
   
            "Hybrid Volume and Polygon Rendering with
            Cube Hardware"
            K. Kreeger, A. Kaufman, SUNY Stony Brook
   
            "TriangleCaster - Extensions to 3D-Texturing
            Units for Accelerated Volume Rendering"
            G. Knittel, HP Labs

  12:00  Lunch

  13:00  Session 2: Advanced Mapping Techniques
   
            "Fast Footprint Filtering"
            T. Huettner, W. Strasser, University of Tuebingen
   
            "Antialiased Parameterized Solid Texturing
            Simplified for Consumer-Level Hardware
            Implementation"
            J. Hart, N. Carr, M. Kameya, Washington State
            University
            S. Tibbitts, T. Coleman, Evans and Sutherland
            Computer Corp.
   
            "A Multiresolution Hardware with Displacement
            Mapping"
            S. Gumhold, T. Huettner, University of Tuebingen

  15:30  Hot 3D Session I

  17:00  End of Day 1

  19:00  Workshop Banquet


  Monday, August 9, 1999 

  09:00  Industrial Keynote: Neil Trevett, 3Dlabs

  10:30  Session 3: Visibility
   
            "Optimal Depth Buffer for Low-Cost Graphics
            Hardware"
            E. Lapidous, G. Jiao, Trident Microsystems Inc.
   
            "Adaptive Hierarchical Visibility in a Tiled
            Architecture"
            F. Xie, Stanford University
            M. Shantz, Intel Corporation
   
            "Z3: An Economical Hardware Technique for
            High-Quality Antialiasing and Transparency"
            N. Jouppi, Compaq
            Chun-Fa Chang, UNC Chapel Hill

  12:00  Lunch

  13:30  Session 4: Parallel Rendering and Shading
   
            "Parallel Texture Caching"
            H. Igehy, M. Eldridge, P. Hanrahan, Stanford
            University
   
            "Load Balancing for Multi-Projector Rendering
            Systems
            R. Samanta, J. Zheng, T. Funkhouser, K. Li, J. P.
            Singh, Princeton University
   
            "Texture Shaders"
            M. D. McCool, University of Waterloo
            W. Heidrich, University of Erlangen

  15:00  Coffee Break

  15:30  Hot 3D Session II

  17:00  Best Paper Award and Closing Remarks

  17:30  End of workshop

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