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International graphics conference at Goa
23rd Jan 1999 Frederick Noronha @bom2.vsnl.net.in
>From Times Computing/ToI-Bombay: **************************** Visual computing treat in Goa The verdant, salubrious coastal state of Goa, with its idyllic palm-fringed beaches, has always been a visual delight. Come February, Goa will play host to visual treats of a completely different kind: The International Conference on Visual Computing (ICVC99) will be held at the Cidade de Goa beach resort from February 23-29, 1999. Renowned world experts in several areas of visual computing are slated to present papers and speak at the conference. The ten themes of the conference will include digital story telling, 3D geometry, animation, image-based modelling and rendering, Web-based graphics, virtual environments, and applications in education and training. Commenting on the importance of the conference, NCST associate director S P Mudur, who is also the program chair for ICVC99, says that the next era will be dubbed the era of visual computing. “All leading computer hardware and software manufacturers have predicted this to be the most important technology of the coming decade. Technological developments that enable computing with visuals are making possible a new revolution,” says Mudur. “This new revolution is about real-time access and sharing of digital information consisting not only of texts and sounds but powerful realistic or imagined visuals and explorable 3D worlds, enabling truly interactive multiparticipant, multisensory, multimodal and multimedia communication.” The conference has attracted some of the biggest names in visual computing from all over the world. Oscar award-winning researcher Ken Perlin, known for his contributions in the development of mathematical techniques for generation of special effects; and Jose Encarnacao, a SIGGRAPH award-winner in Web-based graphics and tele-collaboration, will be among the star speakers at ICVC99. For participation details, call NCST on 6201606 or e-mail [email protected]. ========
