Mailing of SIGGRAPH'86 Proceedings Computer Graphics 20(4) The SIGGRAPH'86 issue of the Computer Graphics newsletter (vol. 20, no. 4) was late in arriving this year. The proceedings issue takes much longer to mail than a normal issue because each copy is stuffed into a box to protect it during mailing. This is a manual operation. Once boxed, the proceedings are sent by fourth class mail, which means they sometimes get delayed in the postal system because fourth class mail has a much lower priority. This decision to use fourth class mail is based on financial concerns. The proceedings are very heavy and postage is a non-trivial part of the total expense. By mid-November (1986) many members had received their proceedings issue of the newsletter. Hopefully all members have received the issue by now. Three SIGGRAPH Executive Committee Members Honored Three SIGGRAPH volunteers left the executive committee this year after serving terms as directors. In addition to their elected terms on the executive committee, each was active in a number of other SIGGRAPH activities. Kathy Eastman Hinrichs served as a SIGGRAPH director for one term from 198486. She worked as a member of the courses committee for the SIGGRAPH'80 and '81 conferences and the registration committee for the SIGGRAPH'85 conference. Kathy was co-chair of the courses committee for the SIGGRAPH'83 conference. Ingrid Carlbom served as a SIGGRAPH director for two terms from 198286. She was chair of the courses committee for the SIGGRAPH'80 and '81 conferences and is currently chairing the SIGGRAPH advisory board. Ingrid was a member of GSPC (the Graphics Standards Planning Committee that developed Core) from 197677. Elaine L. Sonderegger served as a SIGGRAPH director for two and one-half terms. Her service on the executive committee dates back to her term as vice chair from 197577. Her first term as a director was from 197880. Her second stint began in 1983 when she was appointed for a half term to fill one of the two new director positions on the expanded executive committee. She was re-elected for a full term and served from 198486. Elaine was a member of GSPC from 197680 and served as SIGGRAPH's representative to the ANSI X3H3 committee from 197984. She was active on the conference site selection committee from 197885 and was treasurer for the SIGGRAPH'85 conference. Elaine served as chair for the SIGGRAPH'82 conference held in Boston. On behalf of the entire ACM SIGGRAPH membership, the executive committee extends its appreciation to these three people for their many efforts for the SIGGRAPH organization. Without volunteers willing to commit their time to SIGGRAPH, the organization cannot function. Nominations for SIGGRAPH Executive Committee The SIGGRAPH election committee (Tom Defanti, Ingrid Carlbom, Laurin Herr) offers up the following candidates for your voting pleasure: Chair: Kellogg Booth and Michael Dearing Vice-chair Operations: Bruce Brown and Steve Cunningham Vice-chair Conference Planning: Ray Elliott and Jim Thomas Treasurer: Wayne Carlson and Dick Phillips Secretary: Bev Acquino and Jim Lipscomb ACM and SIGGRAPH by-laws require that all members of SIGGRAPH be notified of their right to nominate candidates by petition. Members wishing to petition for candidacy must inform ACM headquarters, the SIG area director and the SIGGRAPH secretary of their intention by March 15, 1987. Petitions must be submitted to ACM headquarters for verification by April 15, 1987. Petitions must be signed by 1 percent of the voting membership of SIGGRAPH (this translates to about 120 signatures, the exact number is available from ACM headquarters). The following addresses may be used to inform people of the intent to petition: Laura Carey AMC SIGGRAPH Secretary 2444 W. Kiva Ave. Mesa, AZ 85202 Sig Treu SIG Board Area B Director Department of Computer Science University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Pat Ryan Association for Computing Machinery 11 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036 SIGGRAPH'88 Technical Program Chair Andrew C. Goodrich and Adele Newton, SIGGRAPH '88 co-chairs, announce the appointment of John C. Dill as technical program chair for SIGGRAPH'88. Dill is CAE/CAD Systems Manager at Microtel Pacific Research in Vancouver, B.C. He has been a senior research associate at Cornell University and a senior research scientist at General Motors Research Laboratories. Dill has served on six SIGGRAPH technical program committees and as a director of SIGGRAPH. Other newly appointed SIGGRAPH'88 committee members include: Dick Phillips, Los Alamos National Labs, Panels Mike Bailey, Megatek, Courses Steve van Frank, Lynxys, Treasurer Ines Hardtke, University of Waterloo, Registration Brian Herzog, Ohio State University, Merchandise Jan Hurst, Local Arrangements John French, User Groups The SIGGRAPH'88 committee looks forward to presenting a great conference July 2529, 1988 in Atlanta, Georgia. SIGGRAPH Activites in Japan Laurin Herr ACM SIGGRAPH Liaison to Japan Laurin Herr, ACM SIGGRAPH's liaison to Japanese computer graphics organizations since 1982, continued his efforts to ``spread the good word'' about ACM SIGGRAPH in Japan during his trip to Tokyo in November 1986. By fostering close relations over the years with a number of leading Japanese computer graphics organizations, ACM SIGGRAPH has gained access to important venues in Japan from which to distribute information about its activities, especially its annual conferences and exhibitions. Typically, there are two surges of information flow about ACM SIGGRAPH every year in Japan. One surge comes during the autumn when the primary focus is getting out the formal ``call for participation'' with its listing of correct addresses and deadlines for the upcoming SIGGRAPH conference. The second surge comes in the spring when the ``advance program'' is distributed to prospective attendees with its full description of the conference, registration instructions and housing forms. During the autumn, the primary venue for such information dissemination is NICOGRAPH, a major Japanese computer graphics conference and exhibition. The smaller computer graphics symposia organized every year by the Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA) also provide an influential forum for informing people in Japan about ACM SIGGRAPH. During the spring, the primary venue for publicizing ACM SIGGRAPH is the annual CG TOKYO conference and exhibition. While held in April every year since its inauguration in 1983/4, this year the schedule for CG TOKYO'87 has been moved to June 2326. A smaller, but still important meeting called CG INTERNATIONAL'87 organized by the Computer Graphics Society is also planned for the spring during the last week in May in the beautiful mountain resort town of Karuizawa. During November 1986, 1000 ACM SIGGRAPH'87 information packets were distributed in Japan, primarily through handouts at the ACM SIGGRAPH booth on the floor of the NICOGRAPH'86 exhibition. Each set used the four-color English language ``1987 Call for Participation'' as a cover, with its Japanese language translation inserted inside together with additional Japanese language materials on ``What is SIGGRAPH?,'' ``How to Become a Member of ACM SIGGRAPH,'' ``How to Order Materials from ACM SIGGRAPH,'' and ``Contents of the SIGGRAPH Video Review (1986).'' The most recent issues of the video review were also shown continuously at the booth to further stimulate interest in SIGGRAPH. In addition, 100 SIGGRAPH'87 posters and 100 SIGGRAPH'87 badges were given away, helping to raise ACM SIGGRAPH's presence in Japan even more. The NICOGRAPH'86 conference attracted 2,100 people to its extensive four-day program. The opening day's symposium on November 11 started at 10 am with a speech entitled, ``A View Towards Problems and Solutions in the CG Industry'' based on MITI's new study of industrial trends and ended in the late afternoon with an international film and video show followed by a reception hosted by the conference organizers. During the following days, there were 12 seminars (bilingual) and 29 technical paper presentations (Japanese only) on a variety of topics. The concurrent exhibition featured 79 companies occupying just under 9,400 sq. ft. of booth space in the Ikebukuro Sunshine City complex. Attendance at the exhibit and associated vendor forums totalled 24,200 according to conference organizers. While NICOGRAPH conferences date back to 1982, NICOGRAPH'86 marked the first time sponsorship came from the Nippon Computer Graphics Association, itself newly established in July 1986 as a reorganized combination of the preexisting Nicograph Association and Japan Computer Graphics Association. The new group has 120 corporate members and 140 individual members. In addition to its annual conference, NICOGRAPH sponsors monthly study meetings and publishes a newsletter for members which often features news from overseas, including SIGGRAPH-related information. The fourth annual JAGDA Computer Graphics Symposium on November 6, 1986 drew 492 attendees for a standing-room only audience at the ABC Kaikan in Tokyo. Presentation topics included PC graphics in small design studios, digital typography, CG for color printing, use of color in computer generated images, videotex design and CAD systems for industrial product designers. The 1986 symposium ended with a showing of new computer animation seen in Dallas at ACM SIGGRAPH'86. Laurin Herr personally announced the SIGGRAPH'87 schedule and ``call for participation'' from the stage as part of his commentary on the video show. Inquiries were directed to the JAGDA secretariat who had been provided with a number of SIGGRAPH'87 bilingual information packets. JAGDA has a total membership of 1,491 designers throughout Japan. For further information about Japanese computer graphics, please contact Laurin Herr, c/o Pacific Interface Inc., 60 West 76 Street #5H, New York, NY 10023, (212)877-9159. Call for Dissertation Abstracts in Computer Graphics Jeffrey J. McConnell Canisius College 2001 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14208 (716) 883-7000 ext. 414 mcconnel@canisius.bitmat mcconnel@canisius.csnet SIGGRAPH would like to publish a yearly compendium of master's thesis and doctoral dissertation abstracts in Computer Graphics. The compendium will be published in the January issue of Computer Graphics, and each succeeding year will contain those abstracts submitted in the preceding 12-month period. The first year will include any abstracts from recent theses and dissertations. All submissions should indicate the level of the abstract (master's thesis or doctoral dissertation), the institution at which the work was done, the thesis or dissertation advisor, the institutional address and any information necessary to order copies of the thesis. Electronic copy of this submission is preferred. The deadline for submissions for the 1988 list is September 15, 1987. For further information or to make a submission, contact Jeffrey J. McConnell at the addresses above. Eurocal'87 To Be Held The European Conference on Computer Algebra, the 1987 International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebratic Computation, will be held at the Karl-Marx University in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic, June 25, 1987. Eurocal'87 is held under the patronage of SAME (Symbolic and Algebratic Manipulation in Europe). Abstracts will be published in the SIGSAM Bulletin. Main topics of the conference will include the following: · symbolic, algebraic and analytic algorithms · automated theorem proving, automatic programming · computational geometry · languages and systems for symbolic computation · applications of symbolic computation to science, engineering and education Papers were due January 15, 1987. For more information, contact: Wolfgang Lassner, conference chairman Mathematics Section Karl-Marx University Leipzig 7010 German Democratic Republic (37)41-719-2476 telex: 051350 IFIP INTERACT'87 Call for Videotapes Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Stuttgart, West Germany 14 September 1987 Videotapes are a major attraction at a conference on human-computer interaction since many aspects of interactive systems are better communicated by this medium than by traditional lectures. Tapes that illustrate concepts and research in human-computer interaction are solicited. Tapes showing original research, tutorials and demonstrations of interesting systems are all appropriate. Tapes may run any length of time between 5 minutes and 30 minutes, but submissions will be evaluated on their importance in relation to their length. Videotapes are accepted in both U-matic and VHS format with U-matic being the preferred tape format. The video signal encoding must be either PAL (used in most of Western Europe) or NTSC (used in North America) with PAL being the preferred video standard. The technical quality of the video production will also be an evaluation criterion when deciding whether or not to accept a tape for showing at the conference. Each videotape should be accompanied by a one-page description which should be submitted in six copies, one of which is camera-ready for reprinting for distribution to conference participants. This text should outline the main points of interest in the videotape and include names and affiliations of the contributors to the work being shown. It should also include references to any published papers describing this work. Videotapes may be accepted even though they have been shown at earlier conferences. As a service to conference participants, the videotape description must list those earlier conferences where the tape has been shown. Submission must be received no later than May 1, 1987 by: Jakob Nielsen, video chair Technical University of Denmark Department of Computer Science DK-2800 Lyngby Copenhagen Denmark Telephone: International access +45-1-38 23 20 (or +45-2-88 15 66) Electronic mail: BITnet/EARN: datjn@neuvm1 ArpaNet/CSnet: datjn%neuvm1.bitnet@csnet-relay It will be assumed that the person submitting a videotape has already taken care of getting any clearance which may be necessary for public showing of the tape. 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