Participation as Speaker
The deadline for submiting abstracts has passed and the final program is now being finalized. Please contact the organizers for any queries about last minute possibilities for participating as speaker.Call for Contributions
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Cognitive Animation Workshop Tenaya Lodge - Yosemite National Park - June 4,5 2008 More and more scientists are seeking ways to create realistic animated characters that can simulate human movement and interact with the environment autonomously and naturally. In the past decade, computer scientists and engineers have made tremendous advances in the areas of humanoid robotics and character animation. Likewise, cognitive scientists have notable advances in human animation, especially the brain functions that drive motor control and motion perception. The Cognitive Animation Workshop is a forum bringing together leading scientists in the domain of humanoid animation and their applications. We invite submissions of 1-page abstracts for participation at the workshop in two possible categories: (1) 25 minutes talk, or (2) poster or demo presentation. Submissions should be prepared as a 1-page pdf abstract stating the topic of the work to be presented and the desired category of participation. The authors names and affiliations should be included. Submissions should be sent by email to: mkallmann(at)ucmerced(dot)edu. More information at the workshop website: http://graphics.ucmerced.edu/coganim/ IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submission Deadline: April 7, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: April 18, 2008 Workshop Dates: June 4 and 5, 2008 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Demetri Terzopoulos - University of California, Los Angeles Norman Badler - University of Pennsylvania Dana Ballard - Univerity of Texas at Austin Bobby Bodenheimer - Vanderbilt University Victor Zordan - University of California, Riverside Dom Massaro - University of California, Santa Cruz Jeremy Bailenson - Stanford University James Davis - University of California, Santa Cruz Jonathan Winawer - Stanford University Craig Reynolds - Sony Computer Entertainment Ambarish Goswami - Honda Research Michael Spivey - University of California, Merced WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Marcelo Kallmann, UC Merced Teenie Matlock, UC Merced Shawn Newsam, UC Merced Petros Faloutsos, UCLA