CAADRIA Announcements

SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 Courses provide invaluable learning opportunities in three formats: tutorials, half-day courses, and full-day courses. Attendees will learn principles and techniques from leading international experts, who present instructional sessions on a comprehensive range of computer graphics and interactive techniques: animation, modeling, rendering, software development, computer-human interaction, entertainment, gaming and scientific visualization.

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Courses Highlights
Title: Geometry Simulation for Feature Films
Presenter: Lee Seunghun, Industrial Light & Magic
Course Overview: This course is to introduce how to make various simulations which use flesh mesh, cloth mesh and rigid body in VFX movie. Through this course you will get an idea that non-programmer artists can make simulation setup from the complex geometries using various techniques.

Title: Introduction to Processing on Android Devices
Presenters: Kim Jihyun, Anyang Public Art Project Foundation
Andres Colubri, Jeju National University
Course Overview: This course introduces the basics aspects of the Processing programming language and environment for the Android platform, as well as some more advanced topics such as OpenGL-accelerated 3D graphics and Android hardware, especially GPS and camera.

Title: “Gimmee Somethin’ to Shoot”: Filming the Cinematics Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Presenter: Jeff Chamberlain
Course Overview: Blizzard Entertainment’s Film Department will be taking an in-depth look at both the artistic and technical aspects of storytelling from 2D concepts to presenting final artistic sequences on screen.

Click here to access the list of available Courses at SIGGRAPH Asia 2010. More Courses will be added within the next weeks.
http://www.siggraph.org/asia2010/content/attendees/courses

Both online group and individual registrations are available from here.
http://www.siggraphasia2010.co.kr/

In addition to familiar categories, SIGGRAPH Asia offers a Courses Pass. With the Courses Pass, you have access to all Courses sessions and Computer Animation Festival screenings (including one Electronic Theater ticket). The Courses Pass also includes admission to the Exhibition and Exhibitor Tech Talks for all three days.

Register as a group and save even more! Group discounts are available for 10 or more people from the same organization.

Click here for more details on discounted rates.
http://www.siggraph.org/asia2010/content/attendees/registration/group-registration

Secure your early bird group registrations before 31 October 2010 to enjoy these special discounts!

Exhibition Updates
This year’s trade exhibition promises to be the region’s largest display of the latest in computer graphics, interactive techniques, and digital media in Asia and is open to all local and international exhibitors and visitors who want to keep abreast with the global industry.

In line with the trends in the Korean digital-media markets, SIGGRAPH Asia 2010’s exhibit profile will highlight technologies in gaming, stereoscopic 3D, and virtual reality in addition to the staple of high end graphic processors, motion capture devices, graphic software, rendering systems, and visual computing.

There are new exhibitors from the region such as Easypano Inc, Stereo VR and SEMO Graphics Inc as well as returning participants such as Academy of Art, Autodesk Asia, ETRI, Fixstars, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Khronos and Silicon Studios to name a few.

Click here to learn more.
http://www.siggraph.org/asia2010/content/exhibitors-sponsors

Contact us if you are interested in exhibiting or exploring exhibitor sponsorship opportunities. All information is available online.

TOKYO GAME SHOW 2010 will be coming on September 16 to 19 at Makuhari Messe!!Visit SIGGRAPH Asia booth:
Tokyo Game Show
Date :16 September 2010
Venue: General Area, Booth No: 3-N30

This article is sponsored by Tokyo Game Show Secretariat.

We have lined up an impressive range of travel and accommodation options to make your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible in Seoul, Korea.

Early bird bookings close on 15 November 2010 so be sure to secure your travel plans early to avoid disappointment!
Online booking is now available at
http://www.siggraph.org/asia2010/content/attendees/travel-housing

Dear All,

We have decided to extend our deadline until Sept 6th due to several requests, and we would like to have you all here in November. Extension also applies for a reduced fee.

I would also like to inform you that this week we´re going to be posting travel and accommodation information, please check our site often.

Best regards,

Leonardo Parra.
SIGraDi 2010.

SIGRADI Bogota’ 2010
http://sigradi2010.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/sigradi/2010

The New Structuralism
Design, Engineering and Architectural Technologies
Editors:  Rivka Oxman and Robert Oxman

AD – Architectural Design
July/August 2010   John Wiley & Sons  136 pages

Today the convergence of design, engineering and architectural technologies are breeding a new material practice in architecture. In this pioneering publication, this important shift is fully defined as a highly dynamic synthesis of emerging principles of spatial, structural and material ordering integrated through the application of materialisation and fabrication technologies. Providing the foundations for a new theory of structuring in architecture, The New Structuralism has broad implications for the way we both conceive and undertake architectural design, as its impact starts to emanate not only across education internationally, but also through architectural research and practice.

Based upon this pioneering issue of AD, The New Structuralism will be the subject of a symposium sponsored by the Chair of Architecture and Digital Fabrication. The symposium will be held at the Architekturforum in Zu”rich on the 7th of October 2010 between the hours 14:00 and 19:30.

The purpose of the symposium is to present and discuss the emerging relationships between architectural design, design engineering and fabrication design.  Proposing these emerging relationships as an important new paradigm of design, The New Structuralism will provide a forum for thought and discussion regarding this emerging integration of design disciplines and technologies.

Among the speakers who will participate are:  Martin Bechthold (Harvard); Klaus Bollinger/Manfred Grohmann/Oliver Tessmann (B+G, Frankfurt); John Chilton (NTU); Fabio Gramazio/Matthias Kohler (ETHZ); Wolf Mangelsdorf (Buro Happold); Julio Martinez Calzon/Carlos Castanon (MC2 Engr., Madrid); Neri Oxman (MIT); Rivka Oxman (IIT); Robert Oxman (IIT); Helmut Pottman (TU Wien); Nina Rappaport (Yale); Fabian Scheurer (DESIGNTOPRODUCTION); Yves Weinand/Markus Hudert (EPFL)

New Structuralism Symposium Flyer

CALL for Participation
International Conference EuroMed2010

Dedicated to Digital Heritage and Digital Libraries
www.euromed2010.eu

You are kindly invited to the 3rd International Conference EuroMed2010 (www.euromed2010.eu) which will provide an opportunity to exchange research results, opinions, experiences and proposals on the best practice and hi-tech virtual, multimedia, and Information and Communications Technologies to document, preserve, manage and communicate Cultural Heritage (CH). In the long tradition of the EuroMed2010 Activities, this cross-disciplinary event brings together computer scientists,archaeologists, architects, librarians, archivists, software developers, game designers, historians, surveyors, museologists, and engineers from across the globe around this year’s common theme of technology applied to heritage.

To be held at the 5-star Amathus Beach Hotel in Limassol, Cyprus, the Conference is supported by a Scientific Committee of more than 100 renowned professionals for a blind peer review of all submitted papers. The main goal of the event is not only to illustrate the programs underway but also excellent work wherever it is located and however it is supported, in order to promote a common approach to the tasks of e-documentation of World Heritage. To reach this ambitious goal the topics covered will include experiences in the use of innovative recording technologies & methods and how to take best advantage to integrate the results obtained to build up new tools and/or experiences as well as improved methodologies for documenting, managing, and communicating heritage. Furthermore, regional capacities in Cultural Heritage and IT will be facilitated in advancing their know-how through the exchange of information and generation of new ideas and cooperations, where the world meets th e finger prints of several ancient civilizations on earth.

The conference is in cooperation with:

The European Digital Library Foundation (Europeana) and the European Commission Projects:
1.MINERVA+ (http://www.minervaeurope.org/whatis/minervaplus.htm)
2.MICHAEL+ (http://www.michael-culture.org/en/home)
3.The EU Member States’ Expert Group on Digitization and Digital Preservation. (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/mseg/index_en.htm)
4.ATHENA (http://www.athenaeurope.org/)
5.EuroepeanaLocal (http://www.europeanalocal.eu/)
6.Carrare (http://www.carare.eu/)

Topics:
The EuroMed2010 event will focus on interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary research concerning both cutting edge Cultural Heritage Informatics and use of technology for the representation, documentation, preservation, archiving and communication of CH knowledge. The scope includes every phase of CH information technology: initial data capture/digitization, information/data processing, reconstruction, visualization, preservation and documentation as well as dissemination of results to the scientific and Cultural Heritage communities and to the general public (Multilingual, Multimedia Digital Library). We are also interested in aspects of the wider legal and ethical responsibilities of Cultural Heritage Informatics. Research subjects parallel the interests of UNESCO, European Commission, ICOMOS/ISPRS, CIPA, ICOMOS, ICIP, and EuroMed including culturally significant monuments, artifacts and sites as well as the activities of museums, libraries, archives, and organi zations involved with their care. Those researchers who wish to participate in this event are invited to submit papers on original and unpublished work addressing the following subjects:

Documentation, Recording, and Monitoring

1.3D Data Acquisition Technologies & Processing (incl. Photogrammetry & 3D Laserscanning)
2.Photographic and image-based recording (digital, panoramic, HDR, satellite, aerial)
3.Scanning and automated archiving
4.On-site and remotely sensed data collection
5.ICT assistance in monitoring and restoration.

Data Mapping, Management, Processing, and Analysis

1.2D and 3D GIS in Cultural Heritage
2.Multimedia, Multilingua, Data Management and Archiving
3.CAD and FEM based Digital Reconstructions and 3D Modelling
4.Construction and indexing of large scale Multimedia/Multilingua Encyclopaedias in Heritage
5.Standards, Metadata, Ontologies and Semantic Processing in Cultural Heritage
6.Long term availability of content and its long term accessibility
7.Legal issues: Water-Marking, Orphan Works, Copyrights and IPR
8.Authentication, Accreditation and Digital Rights Management
9.Effective IC-Technologies for the creation, management and reuse of content and knowledge

Visualization, Interpretation and Presentation

1.Virtual Museum Applications (e-Museums and e-Exhibitions) and/or Portals of Culture
2.Visualisation Techniques (desktop, Virtual and Augmented Reality)
3.Reproduction Techniques and Rapid Prototyping in CH
4.Game Technologies in Cultural Heritage
5.Virtual Reality in Archaeology and Historical Research
6.Computer Animation for CH Applications and Virtual Heritage
7.Non-Photorealistic Rendering of CH Data
8.Digital/Virtual Documentation of Archaeological Excavations
9.Novel Internet-based Cultural Heritage Applications
10.Usability, Effectiveness and Interface Design for CH Applications
11.Innovative Graphics Applications and Techniques
12.Interactive Environments and Applications
13.e-Libraries and e-Archives in Cultural Heritage
14.National Digital Libraries as cross-domain systems
15.Storytelling and authoring tools, e-Learning in Cultural Heritage
16.Tools for Education, Documentation and Training in CH
17.Archaeological Analysis and Interpretive Design
18.Professional and Ethical Guidelines
19.The Economics of Cultural Informatics and Tourism

Venue:
EuroMed2010 will be held in Limassol, Cyprus at the renowned Amathus Beach Hotel, a 5-star world class resort and one of The Leading Hotels of the World. Special rates for attendees and their families have been arranged and are available on the conference website:www.euromed2010.eu.

Registration:
The deadline for the early registration is the 10th of September 2010. The conference registration is on-line under http://www.euromed2010.eu/registration-info-and-form/

Travelling to Cyprus:
All the information related to your travel to Cyprus are available on-line and can be found under the link:  http://www.euromed2010.eu/travelling-to-cyprus/

Cyprus Airways is the official carrier of the conference and is offering to all the registered participants 15% discount to all the flights from/to Cyprus.

Regards,
Marinos Ioannides (CY) and Dieter Fellner (DE)
www.euromed2010.eu
Email: chairman@euromed2010.eu