Eurographics UK 1998 Conference

Draft Programme

Day One

9.15 Opening Invited Lecture
Roger Stevens Building - Lecture Theatre 15
Chair: Rob Fletcher 		"Perceptual Interfaces"
Professor David Hogg
University of Leeds
10.15 Coffee
10.45 Parallel Streams

Stream 1: Refereed Papers (30 mins per presentation)
Lecture Theatre 15
Chair: Nigel John

"Voxels - the Resurfaced Treasure Troves on Computer Graphics"
A. Leu and M. Chen
University of Wales, Swansea

"Surface Reconstruction for Teeth"
M. R. Goetz and A. M. Day
University of East Anglia

"Verifying the 4-axis Wire EDM Toolpath"
W. Dyke and W. T. Hewitt
University of Manchester

Stream 2: Short Presentations (20 mins per presentation)
Lecture Theatre 16
Chair: Min Chen

"Modelling and Rendering for Scene of Crime Reconstruction: A Case Study"
T.L.J. Howard et al
University of Manchester

"Modal Analysis: A Physical Model for Virtual Environments?"
P. M. Chapman and D. P. M. Wills
University of Hull

"Using 3D Spaces for Awareness Co-ordination in CSCW"
A. Huxor
Middlesex University

"Collaborative Visualization and Exploration of Meteorological Radar Data Using Web"
A. Holt et al
University of Essex
12.15 Lunch
(12.30 - 13.00) Birds of Feather Meetings
13.45

Invited Speaker
Lecture Theatre 15
Chair: Roy Middleton

 "From X to Z via Y: The Fusion of Image Analysis and Synthetic Graphics"
Dr John Patterson
University of Glasgow
14.30 Parallel Streams

Stream 1: Short Presentations (20 mins per presentation)
Lecture Theatre 15
Chair: Helen Morphet

"Fractal Dimension and Equine Bone"
S. G. Hoggar et al
Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge

"Enabling Technologies for Empirical Modelling in Graphics"
J. Allderidge et al
University of Warwick

"Specialised Constraints for an Inverse Kinematics Animation Systems Applied to Articulated Figures"
N. Madhavapeddy et al
The Queen's University of Belfast

Stream 2: Short Presentations(20 mins per presentation)
Lecture Theatre 16
Chair: Huw Jones

"Conflict Neutralization on Binary Space Partitioning"
A. James & A. M. Day
University of East Anglia

"Evolutionary Models of Space"
H. Jackson, P. Coates
University of East London

"Soft Tissue Modelling - An Integrated Structural and Functional Approach"
N. Briggs et al, University of Salford
B. Brown and R Hose, University of Sheffield
15.30 Tea
16.00 Parallel Streams

Stream 1: Refereed Papers (30 mins per presentation)
Lecture Theatre 15
Chair: Anne Mumford

"Plugging Graphics Into Distributed Multimedia"
D. J. Duke, University of York
I. Herman, CWI

"Collaborative Research Within a Sustainable Community: Interactive Multi User VRML and Visualization"
S. Lovegrove
University of Leeds

"Distributed Co-operative Visualization - The MANICORAL Approach"
D. A. Duce et al
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory		 Stream 2: Rendering Session - Refereed Papers (30 mins per presentation)
Lecture Theatre 16
Chair: Peter Hall

"Art in the Pipeline "
S.M.F. Treavett
University of Wales, Swansea

"Iterative Generation of 3D Models from a Set of Images"
D.P. Gibson et al
University of Bristol

"Drawing by Example"
P. Hall
Cardiff University of Wales
18.45 Conference Dinner
Tetley's Brewery Wharf		 Bus leaves from Parkinson Building at 18.45

Day Two

9.30 Parallel Streams

Stream 1 - Short Presentations (20 mins per presentation)
Lecture Theatre 15
Chair: Nigel John

"Strategies for Internet-Aware Computer Simulations in Education"
N. Vicars-Harris & J. J. Leary
University of Brighton

"Developing Parallel Visualization Modules Using Vipar"
S. Larkin, A. Grant et al
University of Manchester

Stream 2 - Rendering - Short Presentations (20 mins per presentation)
Lecture Theatre 16
Chair: Huw Jones

"Drawing, KIKI and AI"
S. Mealing
University of Plymouth

"Effects of Spatial and Temporal Mis-registration in Augmented Virtual Environments"
R.S. Kalawsky, University of Loughboroughand
E. Tatham, University of Coventry
10.10 Coffee
10.45 Parallel Streams

Stream 1: Refereed Papers (30 mins per presentation)
Lecture Theatre 15
Chair: Roy Middleton

"An Investigation into the Application of a Virtual Environment for Fire Evacuation Mission Rehearsal Training"
N. Higgett et al
School of Design and Manufacture, De Montfort University

"Modelling the Growth Process of Trees"
H. Jones, P. Briggs
Middlesex University

"Interactive Constraint-Based Virtual Prototyping"
M. Thompson et al
University of Leeds

Stream 2: Short Presentations(20 mins per presentation)
Lecture Theatre 16
Chair: Malcolm Austen

"Inclusion of Occluding Contours within Artistic Sketches of Surfaces"
M. Visvaligngam and J. C. Whelan
The University of Hull

"A Concurrent Dataflow Algorithm for Ray Tracing"
J. Nebel
University of Glasgow

"Accuracy in Contour Drawing"
A. Lopes and K. W.Brodlie
University of Leeds

"Geometry of Quadrant-Changes for Conic Rendering"
E. Banissi
South Bank University
12.15 AGM
Lecture Theatre 15
Chair: Rob Fletcher
12.30 Lunch
13.45 Ken Brodlie Prize
Lecture Theatre 15
14.00 Invited Speaker
Lecture Theatre 15
Chair: Rob Fletcher		 "Experiences of building Virtual Working Environments on the Web "
Professor Peter Dew
University of Leeds
14.45 Closing Invited Speaker
Lecture Theatre 15
Chair: Rob Fletcher		 "Challenges for the Web in being the Global Information System for the 21st Century"
Professor Bob Hopgood
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
15.30 End Bus leaves for Leeds Station