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Dear graphics workers,

             The Graphics Industry in Australia

I have been asked to write an article reviewing the Computer Graphics industry
"state-of-the-art" in Australia. The article can consider technical, business,
application and market conditions.  The article will appear in a special issue
of the SIGGRAPH Quarterly "Computer Graphics" which will review the
"state-of-the-art" of the Computer Graphics industry world-wide.  The issue is
scheduled for May 1996.

Two other graphics researchers/practitioners have agreed to co-author this
article, Dr Binh Pham and Dr Ken Tsui, in an effort to get a complete a
coverage as we can of Australian graphics industry.

This is an opportunity to promote awareness of the Australian graphics
industry more broadly.  The final article will be about 2000 words.

We are thus gathering information on who's doing what in the computer graphics
industry in Australia.  We are looking for condensed information under the
broad headings of:

 - Market and business conditions (size, main areas of focus, etc)

 - Applications areas

 - Technical capabilities

 - Research activity

 - current needs (eg shortage of practitioners, graphics experience, etc)

 - other factors of importance

We would be pleased to receive information by email, mail, fax, or phone, and
would be very happy to receive suggestions on how best to present the
material.  We plan to include a list of industry groups and their focus with
the survey.  We will need to receive the material by 31st December to meet the
deadline for the article.

We would like to encourage researchers to participate in this information
gathering, and hope that we can use it to help build links between industry
and researchers also.  We can make the information available on a Web server.

If you are working in the field, know of a source of summary information along
these lines, know someone who has done somethin similar, or have a relevant
mailing list, please contact any of the names below.

Thanks, Phil Robertson
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Contacts:

        Dr Phil Robertson
        CSIRO Division of Information Technology
        GPO Box 664 Canberra ACT 2601
        phil.robertson@dit.csiro.au
        (06) 216 7087 ph
        (06) 216 7007 fax
or
        Dr Ken Tsui
        CSIRO Division of Information Technology
        GPO Box 664 Canberra ACT 2601
        ken.tsui@dit.csiro.au
        (06) 216 7065
or
        Dr Binh Pham
        School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences
        University of Ballarat
        GPO Box 663 Ballarat VIC 3552
        Ph (053) 279286
        Fax (053) 279289
        binh@ballarat.edu.au


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phil.robertson@dit.csiro.au                   Manager, R&D Strategies
CSIRO Division of Information Technology
GPO Box 664, Canberra, ACT 2601, AUSTRALIA    tel:  +61 (0)6 216 7087
CSIT Building, North Road                     fax:  +61 (0)6 216 7007
Australian National University, ACTON, ACT
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