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The Sixth International Conference on Computer Animation
		COMPUTER ANIMATION '93

		Geneva, June 16-19, 1993
		University of Geneva
		Battelle, Switzerland
		
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Message de Nadia Magnenat Thalmann,
presidente de Computer Animation '93
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Pour la sixieme annee consecutive, je vous invite a participer a Computer 
Animation qui se tiendra a Geneve, du 16 au 19 juin 1993.

Computer Animation, c'est le colloque scientifique qui reunit les 
specialistes du domaine des logiciels de production d'images, ces images
insolites ou l'on peut voir evoluer des humanoides en devenir, un peu 
hesitant devant leur nouvelle autonomie transmise par leurs createurs 
en chair et en os a coup d'algorithmes de plus en plus sophistiques. 

Computer Animation, c'est l'occasion pour les chercheurs de plusieurs 
nations de comparer leurs resultats, de generer de nouvelles idees et de 
repartir la tete pleine de projets et de nouveaux defis.

Computer Animation, c'est aussi le temps pour le grand public de venir 
voir le Festival du Film par Ordinateur, de faire un voyage dans 
l'imaginaire numerique, d'etre informe, inquiete, fascine par ces 
chefs-d'oeuvres parfois encore maladroits.

Merci de votre participation a Computer Animation '93, merci de votre 
contribution qui fait de cet evenement un reel succes.


Message from Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, 
president of Computer Animation '93
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You are invited to take part in Computer Animation, which will be hold, 
for the sixth year in a row, in Geneva from June 16 to 19, 1993.

Computer Animation is the scientific forum for experts in image-producing
software, artisans of those surprising images where in we can watch 
the evolution of humanoids-in-the-making, somewhat hesitant in being 
confronted with the newly conferred autonomy with which their 
flesh-and-bones creators, using increasingly sophisticated algorithms, 
have endowed them.

Computer Animation is the occasion for researchers from various countries
to compare their results, generate new ideas and to come away with
their brains chock-full of projects and challenges.

Computer Animation is also the opportunity for the public to visit
the Computer Film Festival, to travel in the mathematical imagination,
to be informed, fascinated and even troubled by these masterpieces,
sometimes still a bit awkward.

Thanks jor joining us at Computer Animation '93 and for your contribution
so essential to its success.


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Invited speakers :
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Arie Kaufman is a Professor of Computer Science and the Director of
the Cube project for volume visualization at the State University of
New York at Stony Brook. Currently, he is the chair of 
the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Graphics. 
He has lectured widely and published numerous technical manuscripts 
in volume visualization and computer graphics architectures.

Tosiyasu L. Kunii is currently Professor of Information and Computer 
Science at the University of Tokyo. He authored and edited more than 
32 computer science books, and published more than 120 refereed 
academic/technical papers. Dr. Kunii is Honorary President and 
Founder of the Computer Graphics Society, fellow of IEEE, editor-in-Chief 
of "The Visual Computer".

Gregory M. Nielson is a professor of computer science and adjunct 
professor of  mathematics at Arizona State University. He has lectured 
and published widely on the topics of curve and surface representation 
and design, interactive computer graphics, scattered data interpolation, 
and the analysis and visualization of multivariate data.

Gerhardt Rossbach, studied mathematics and computer science at Heidelberg 
and Karlsruhe. Masters degree in Computer Science from Universitat 
Karlsruhe. Joined Springer-Verlag as an editor for their computer science 
program of books and journals. Started an editorial office for 
Springer in California (1986-1990). Since 1991, responsable for 
Springer-Verlag's computer book program and for new media products 
at Springer.

Andries van Dam, Professor at Brown University is a stimulator and a 
leader in Computer Graphics, as shown by his key role in founding 
SIGGRAPH. He introduced the concept of networks of graphics stations 
and he is the coauthor of the books "Fundamental of Computer 
Graphics� and "Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice".

Lance Williams is a research scientist at the Advanced Technology 
Group at Apple Computer. Feature films credits include "Lensman", 
a japanese animated feature, and "Lawnsmover Man", a science-fiction 
film on the theme of virtual reality. 


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Wednesday June, 16
One Day Tutorial on Computer Animation
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Contents of the course:

1. Computer Animation Principles
   This course will first present theoretical and practical aspects 
   of computer animation :
	- image key-frame animation 
	- parametric key-frame animation
	- algorithmic animation 

2. Human Animation Concepts
   Emphasis will be placed on 3D computer animation of articulated bodies.
   In particular, we will discuss several important problems to be solved 
   to incorporate realistic human characters in computer-generated films.

3. Clothes and Hair
   Clothes and hair in computer-generated films are often simulated as 
   a part of the body with no autonomous motion. In this course, we will 
   present methods for designing and animating clothes and hair.

4. Walking 
   Finally, we will discuss an individualized walking model and present  
   an innovative way of animating actors at a high level based on  
   the concept of synthetic vision. To simulate this behavior, 
   each synthetic actor uses a synthetic vision as its perception of 
   the world and so as the unique input to its behavioral model.


This course will be presented by :
 - Nadia Magnenat thalmann, MIRALab, University of Geneva
 - Prem Kalra, MIRALab, University of Geneva
 - Hans Martin Werner, MIRALab, University of Geneva
 - Daniel Thalmann, Computer Graphics Lab, EPFL
 - Hans Ruedi Noser, Computer Graphics Lab, EPFL


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Conference - Thursday June 17
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9:30 - 9:45 Opening session

Welcome address, Professor BERNARD LEVRAT, Vice-Rector, University 
of Geneva (Switzerland)

Message from the Computer Animation '93 Chair
Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, University of Geneva (Switzerland)


9:45 - 10:30 Session 1: Keynote Speaker
Andries van Dam, Brown University (USA)

Chair: NADIA MAGNENAT THALMANN, University of Geneva (Switzerland)

Interactive Animation
Andries van DAM, Brown University (USA)


10:30 - 11:15 Session 2: Invited Speaker
Lance Williams, Apple Computer (USA)

Chair: TOSIYASU L. KUNII, University of Tokyo (Japan)

Living Pictures
Lance WILLIAMS, Apple Computer, Cupertino (USA)


Coffee break


11:45 - 13:00 Session 3: Motion Control I

Chair: BRIAN BARSKY, University of California at Berkeley (USA)

Controlling Movement Using Parametric Frame Space Interpolation
Shang GUO, James ROBERGE, Thom GRACE, Illinois Institute of Technology, 
Chicago (USA)

Adaptive Meta Control of Path Planning with HIP
Kim TRANS, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)

Movement Definition from Conceptual Curve Sketches
Olov FAHLANDER, University of Linkoping (Sweden)

Interactive Design of Animation with Knowledge Based Moving Controls
Syuichi SATO, Kunio KONDO, Daisuke OJIRO, Hisashi SATO, Shizuo SHIMADA, 
Mitsuru KANEKO, Saitama University, Urawa (Japan)


Lunch


14:15 - 15:45 Session 4: Visualization and Rendering

Chair: NELSON MAX, Lawrence Livermore Lab (USA)

An Animated Graphics Program for Solving Star-Sensor-Based Satellite 
Attitude Problems
Mark D. PRITT, IBM Federal Systems Company, Gaithersburg (USA)

An HDTV Animation System using a Dedicated Graphics Computer SIGHT-2
Tokiichiro TAKAHASHI, Masaharu YOSHIDA, Tadashi NARUSE, Kei TAKIKAWA, 
NTT Human Interface Laboratories, Tokyo (Japan)

Animation of Water Droplets on a Glass Plate
Kazufumi KANEDA, Takushi KAGAWA, Hideo YAMASHITA, 
Hiroshima University (Japan)

A Tool for Graphically Animating the Execution of Office Tasks
N. DACHOUFFE, University of Namur (Belgium)


15:45 - 16:00 Session 5: Advanced Animation Techniques

Chair: LANCE WILLIAMS, Apple Computer, Cupertino (USA)

Simplex Based Animation
Herve DELINGETTE, Yasuhiko WATANABE, Yasuhito SUENAGA, 
NTT Human Interface Laboratories, Tokyo (Japan)

Animation of a Blooming Flower Using a Family of Complex Functions
Hyoung Seok KIM, Young Bong KIM, Ho Kyung KIM, Hwang Soo KIM, 
Hong Oh KIM, Sung Yong SHIN, Korea Advanced Institute of Science 
and Technology (Republic of Korea)

Interference Detection between Curved Objects for Computer Animation
Ming C. LIN, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
Dinesh MANOCHA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA)

An Integrated Computer Animation Environment
Minako M. HAYASHI, Keiji NEMOTO, Yosuke TAKASHIMA, NEC Corporation, 
Kawasaki (Japan)

Virtual Walker and its Application for Plant Construction
Manabu KOBAYASHI, NK-EXA Company, Kawasaki (Japan)


17:30 - 19:00 Cocktail

This reception is hosted by the city of Geneva. It will take place at 
the Palais Eynard, 4 rue de la Croix-Rouge (near the main University 
building).



Conference - Friday June,18
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9:00 - 9:45  Session 6: Invited Speaker
Tosiyasu L. Kunii, University of Tokyo (Japan)

Chair: DANIEL THALMANN, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne 
       (Switzerland)

Constraint-Based Hand Animation
Jintae LEE, Tosiyasu L. KUNII, University of Tokyo (Japan)


9:45 - 11:15  Session 7: Motion Control II

Chair: TOKI TAKAHASHI, NTT (Japan)

Keyframe Animation of Articulated Figures Using Partial Dynamics
Kiyoshi ARAI, Hitachi (Japan)

Legged Locomotion using HIDDS
Stephania LOIZIDOU, Gordon J. CLAPWORTHY, University of North London (UK)

Efficient Generation of Whip-like Throwing and Striking Motions
Joseph K. KEARNEY, Dinkar BHAT, Bevra PRASAD, Samuel YUAN, 
University of Iowa (USA)

Route Planning in Animation Using a Language Interpreter
A. CAVUSOGLU, A. L. THOMAS, University of Sussex (UK)


Coffee break


11:45 - 13:00  Session 8: Invited speaker
Gerhardt Rossbach, Springer-Verlag (Germany)

Chair: MASA INAKAGE, Tokyo (Japan)

Towards the Digital Textbook
Gerhardt ROSSBACH, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany)


Lunch


14:00 - 15:30  Session 9: Human Animation

Chair: NADIA MAGNENAT THALMANN, University of Geneva (Switzerland)

Hair Animation with Collision Detection
Tsuneya KURIHARA, Ken-Ichi ANJYO, Hitachi (Japan) 
Daniel THALMANN, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
(Switzerland)

Modeling Coarticulation in Synthetic Visual Speech
Michael M. COHEN, Dominic MASSARO, University of California, 
Santa Cruz (USA)

Facial Animation
Manjula PATEL, University of Bath (UK)

AnthroPI: A Dynamics-Based Modeller for Computer Animation
Stephania LOIZIDOU, Gordon J. CLAPWORTHY, University of North London (UK)


Coffee break


16:00 - 16:45  Session 10: Rendering

Chair: GEOFF WYVILL, University of Otago (New Zealand)

Polyhedral Rendering for Motion Blur
Keith M. GOSS, Brunel University, Uxbridge (UK)

Reflections in a Spherical Cavity
Kevin G. SUFFERN, Scott HOPWOOD, Iain SINCLAIR, University of 
Technology, Sidney (Australia)


16:45 - 17:00  Closing session



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General Information:
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Convention location
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Battelle, Building A  (near the cafeteria), 7 route de Drize, 
CH-1227 Carouge, Geneva

Access to Battelle
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from Geneva airport: 1. Bus 18 up to stop BACHET (25 min)
		     2. Tramway 12 up to stop RONDEAU (3 min)
from Geneva Cornavin station: 1. Bus 4 or 5 up to stop BEL AIR (5 min)
			      2. Tramway 12 up to stop RONDEAU (20 min)

Secretariat
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Evelyne Kohl, Centre Universitaire d'Informatique, University of Geneva, 
24 rue General-Dufour, CH - 1211 Geneva 4
Tel (+41 22) 705 77 70, Fax (+41 22) 320 29 27

Registration fees (in SFr)
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I) Tutorial (June 16) 

payment received	by May 31	after May 31

Participants		  250.-		    300.-
Student			  100.-		    150.-

These fees cover :
- participation to the selected tutorials
- welcome cocktail on Thursday
- tutorial notes
- coffee breaks

II) Presentations (June 17-18)

payment received	by May 31	after May 31

Students		  120.-		    180.-
Member CGS, IEEE, British Computer Society, Eurographics, IFIP WG 5.10
			  390.-		    460.-
Others			  420.-		    490.-
One day(without proceed)  290.-		    290.-

These fees cover :
- welcome cocktail on Thursday
- access to all talks 
- the book "Computer Animation '93", with full integrated color 
  (except for beneficiaries of student price and one day pass)
- coffee breaks
- admission to the International Computer-Generated Film Festival

The registration to one day pass includes :
- welcome cocktail on Thursday
- attendance to any talk and panel during the selected day
- coffee breaks
- admission to the International Computer-Generated Film Festival

III) Entrance fee to the International Computer-Generated Film Festival

Admission to the International Computer-Generated Film Festival	12.-

IV) Book (full integrated color)

Book  "Computer Animation '93"	250.-


Registration procedures:
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Prospective participants should complete the enclosed registration form 
and return it to :
    Evelyne Kohl
    University of Geneva 
    Centre Universitaire d'Informatique
    24, rue General-Dufour
    CH-1211 Geneva 4 (Switzerland)
    Fax : (+41 22) 320 29 27

Registration form without payment will not be taken into account.


Payment
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All payments should be made in Swiss Francs.
For Switzerland : by  CCP 12-9778-3, University of Geneva, Fondations 
Universitaires, for deposit to CGI account number 118176
For other countries : by bank transfer only (no check, no credit cards) 
to Union Bank of Switzerland, Geneva, UNI II 472-319-00D, CGI account 
number 118176
Don't forget to mention your name and the account number.


Registration time
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Local registration will start on Wednesday, June 16 from 8:00 to 17:30 
in Battelle


Official language
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English 

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Computer Animation - Hotel
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Hotel reservation for Computer Animation '93 (Geneva, June 16 - 19) 
should be made immediately to : 

    Yves REY
    MIRALab - CUI
    University of Geneva
    24, rue General-Dufour
    CH - 1211 Geneva 4
    Fax : (+41 22) 320.29.27
    E-mail : rey@cui.unige.ch

Hotel					Prices in Swiss Francs
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TIFFANY  * * * *			Single	150.-
downtown, rue de l'Arquebuse 18		Double	210.-
CH-1204 Geneva				(including breakfast)
Tel	(+41 22) 329 33 11
Fax 	(+41 22) 320 89 91

LE GRENIL * * *				Single	80.-
downtown, 7, av. Sainte Clotilde, 	Double	100.-
CH-1205 Geneva				(including breakfast)
Tel 	(+41 22) 328 30 55
Fax	(+41 22) 321 60 10


All prices are in Swiss Francs per room per night including services and 
taxes. All rooms have a private bathroom or a shower.

Please indicate to Yves REY :

- your name
- your address (including phone, fax and e-mail)
- accompanying persons
- your arrival date
- number of nights
- credit card number

Give name of the credit card, card number and expiration date. Participants
are responsible for paying their own hotel account before departure. 
Make your reservation before May 31.

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Computer Animation - Organization
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Conference Chair: Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, University of Geneva, 
Switzerland

International Program Committee
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Norman Badler	    University of Pennsylvania, USA
Eugene Fiume	    University of Toronto, Canada
David Haumann	    IBM, Yorkton Heights, USA
Michael Kass	    Apple Computers, USA
Tosiyasu L. Kunii   University of Aizu, Japan
Gavin Miller	    Apple Computers, USA
Nadia Thalmann	    University of Geneva, Switzerland
Fred Parke	    IBM, Austin, USA
Alex Pentland	    MIT, USA
Peter Stucki	    University of Zurich, Switzerland
Demetri Terzopoulos University of Toronto, Canada
Daniel Thalmann	    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology


Organized by: Computer Graphics Society
	      University of Geneva
	      Swiss Federal Institute of Technology


In Cooperation with: IEEE Computer Society
		     British Computer Society
		     Eurographics
		     IFIP WG  5.10
		     Swiss National Research Foundation (FNS)