Changes to the Executive Committee and Officers of the Association

On 1 January 2011, chairmanship of the Association passed from Roberto Scopigno to Thomas Ertl. Werner Purgathofer continues as Vice Chairman and is joined by Anders Ynnerman. Other Board positions are unchanged. Our thanks to Roberto for his leadership of the Association over the last two years and our best wishes to Thomas as he starts his two year term as chairman. Roberto will be a Vice Chairman ex officio for a period of one year.

The Executive Committee election ballot for 2011 closed on 30th August 2010. All of the 125 votes received were cast through the electronic ballot system. There was one regional vacancy in region 1 and two in region 3.

The following candidates have been elected:

Sabine Coquillart (region 3)
David Duke (region 1)
Markus Gross (region 3)
Wolfgang Heidrich (region 6)
Roberto Scopigno (region 3)
Hans-Peter Seidel (region 2)
Anders Ynnerman (region 5)

Congratulations to those elected. To those not elected, our thanks to them for standing in the elections and for demonstrating their willingness to serve the Association in this way.

David Duce (Secretary)
31st December 2010

New EUROGRAPHICS Fellows

During EUROGRAPHICS 2010 three new Fellows were elected. The new Fellows are Daniel Cohen-Or, Joaquim Jorge and Vaclav Skala. The full text of the announcement that will appear in Computer Graphics Forum is available here.
Congratulations to all three!

• Daniel Cohen-Or for his scientific contributions to the advancement of computer graphics; his outstanding leadership in the field of computer graphics; his contributions to the Eurographics through the Executive Committee, Awards Committee, programme committee and chairmanship roles.
• Joaquim Jorge for his research leadership in sketch-based interfaces and modelling; his immense contributions to EG activities, particularly the growth of the membership in Portugal; his innovative initiatives in computer graphics education.
• Vaclav Skala for his research in the foundations of computer graphics; his contributions to computer graphics education in the Czech republic; his leadership in establishing and maintaining WSCG; his contribution to Eurographics as a member of the Executive Committee and as an Associate Editor of the Computer Graphics Forum journal.

Eurographics Awards 2010

Today the awards were presented at the opening ceremony of the Eurographics conference.

The winners can be found here.

Tuesday, 4. May 2010, 11:00

In memoriam of Dirk Bartz

Dirk Bartz died on March 28, 2010 while running a half marathon in Berlin. The international computer graphics and visualization community lost a great colleague and friend and expresses the deepest condolences to his family.
Dirk Bartz was born on July 22, 1967 in Simmern/Hundsrück in Germany...
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Honorary Fellow Elected

In tribute to his his contributions to computer graphics, his impact on the field, and his leadership role, Wolfgang Strasser has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Association:

Wolfgang Strasser [Wolfgang Strasser]

Executive Committee Election Results

The Executive Committee election ballot closed on 12^th June. All of the 133 votes received were cast through the electronic ballot system.

There was one regional vacancy in region 1 and one in region 4. The following candidates have been elected to fill those two vacancies.

• David Duce (region 1)
• Pere Brunet (region 4)

The following candidates have been elected to fill the remaining five vacancies.

• Thomas Ertl (region 2)
• Eduard Gröller (region 5)
• Leif Kobbelt (region 2)
• David Luebke (region 6)
• Werner Purgathofer (region 5)

Their three year terms of office commence on 1^st January 2010.

Congratulations to those elected. To those not elected, our thanks to them for standing in the elections and for demonstrating their willingness to serve the Association in this way.

The votes recorded for each candidate are given in the table below.

Member	Region	Votes
Gladimir Baranoski	6	34
Pere Brunet	4	65
David Duce	1	60
Thomas Ertl	2	82
Eduard Groeller	5	55
Jasminka Hasic	5	21
Jan Kautz	1	47
Reinhard Klein	2	43
Leif Kobbelt	2	56
David Luebke	6	56
Luis Paulo Santos	4	40
Renato Pajarola	3	35
Werner Purgathofer	5	73
Anders Ynnerman	5	28

Roberto Scopigno (Chairman),
David Duce (Vice Chairman),
Thomas Ertl (Vice Chairman),
Carlo Vandoni (Secretary)
17^th June 2009

New EUROGRAPHICS Fellows

During EUROGRAPHICS 2009 two new Fellows were elected. The new Fellows are Eduard Gröller and Nigel John. The full text of the announcement that will appear in Computer Graphics Forum is available here. Congratulations to them both!

• Eduard Gröller for his broad and high-quality research in visualization and for building up one of the strongest visualization groups in Europe; his leadership in the visualization community as Symposium Co-chair of Eurographics/IEEE VisSym 1999, as member of the steering committee of the Eurographics Working Group on Data Visualization since 2002, as Papers Co-chair of the IEEE Visualization Conference 2005 and 2006, as organizer of the Dagstuhl Seminar on Scientific Visualization 2005 and 2009, and as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions in Visualization and Computer Graphics (2003-2007); his contributions to the Eurographics conferences as coauthor of seven papers, as Program Co-chair in 2006, as Monitoring Officer for EG 2010 and as Conference Co-chair for EG 2011; his contribution to Eurographics as member of the Executive Committee and as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Computer Graphics Forum.
• Nigel John for his research contributions to the field of medical graphics; his contributions to Eurographics conferences, including his roles as co-chair of the EG 2001 and EG 2008 events and national UK chapter events; his promotion of VRML/X3D in the medical graphics community and his engagement in the medical graphics theme of the Web3D Symposium; his contribution to the Eurographics Association through participation in the Executive Committee and chairmanship of the Professional Board.

Chairman's Letter - January 2009

As we enter 2009, chairmanship of the Association passes from David Duce to Roberto Scopigno. So this is a valedictory letter from David and a welcome letter from Roberto. Chairman's Letter

Chairman's Letter - October 2008

Changes to the membership fee structure for 2009, new discounts for individual members who are employees of Organization Members, and some details of future conferences are announced in the Chairman's Letter.

Executive Committee Election Results

The Executive Committee election ballot closed on 15^th May. All of the 132 votes received were cast through the electronic ballot system.

There was one regional vacancy in region 4 and one in region 5. The following candidates have been elected to fill those two vacancies.

• Isabel Navazo (region 4)
• László Szirmay-Kalos (region 5)

The following candidates have been elected to fill the remaining five vacancies.

• Philip Dutré (region 5)
• Dieter Fellner (region 2)
• Torsten Möller (region 6)
• Vaclav Skala (region 5)
• Brian Wyvill (region 6)

Congratulations to those elected. To those not elected, our thanks to them for standing in the elections and for demonstrating their willingness to serve the Association in this way.

David Duce (Chairman),
Thomas Ertl (Vice Chairman),
Roberto Scopigno (Vice Chairman),
Carlo Vandoni (Secretary)
20^th May 2008

New EUROGRAPHICS Fellows

During EUROGRAPHICS 2008 four new Fellows were elected. The new Fellows are Thomas Ertl, Leif Kobbelt, Isabel Navazo and László Szirmay-Kalos. The full text of the announcement that will appear in Computer Grpahics Forum is available here. Congratulations to them all!

• Thomas Ertl for his research contributions to visualization, computer graphicsand human computer interaction; his service to the community as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE TVCG, Vice Chairman of Eurographics, and member of the steering committees of the IEEE Visualization conference and the joint EG/IEEE Visualization Symposium; and his standing as a world class graphics researcher.
• Leif Kobbelt for his research contributions to computer graphics and geometry processing; his contributions towards setting up the symposium on geometry processing series and turning it into a leading international event; his chairmanship of several leading international events.
• Isabel Navazo for her contributions to computer graphics education; contributions to the Eurographics Association and its Spanish Chapter; and her research contributions to computer graphics and geometric modelling.
• László Szirmay-Kalos for his research contributions to computer graphics, especially in the field of Monte Carlo global illumination; his contributions to Eurographics, including his roles as co-chairman of the IPC in the Eurographics '97 event in Budapest (the first time the conference had been held in Eastern Europe), and the Eurographics 2006 event in Vienna; and the establishment of a strong computer graphics group at the Technical University of Budapest.

New EUROGRAPHICS Fellows

During EUROGRAPHICS 2007 the Fellows of the Association made a proposal to the Executive Committee that new Fellows be elected. The proposal was accepted and the names of the new Fellow were announced at the General Assembly. The new Fellows are George Drettakis and Carol O'Sullivan. The contributions which they have made to computer graphics and to EUROGRAPHICS are outlined below together with the reasons for their nomination. Congratulations to them both!

• George Drettakis for his excellent research contributions to computer graphics; his chairmanship of Eurographics events and his contributions to the rendering symposium; his standing as a world class graphics researcher.
• Carol O'Sullivan for her research contributions to computer graphics in perception, virtual humans, crowds, and physically-based animation; her contribution to the development of the Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA); her contribution to the organization of scientific events.

Thursday, 20. September 2007, 10:00

Eurographics Awards 2007

Today the awards were presented at the opening ceremony of the Eurographics conference.

Outstanding Technical Contributions Award 2007:

• George Drettakis [Laudatio George Drettakis]

Young Researcher Award 2007:

• Mario Botsch [Laudatio Mario Botsch]
• Jan Kautz [Laudatio Jan Kautz]

Wednesday, 5. September 2007, 11:10

SIGRAD, Swedish Chapter of Eurographics

June 2007. We are pleased to announce that SIGRAD, the special interest group for computer graphics in Sweden has become the latest local chapter of the Eurographics Association. The official name will be "SIGRAD, Swedish Chapter of Eurographics".

Eurographics 2008 - Crete - 14-18 APRIL 2008

Now that the deadline for full papers for Eurographics 2007 has passed it is time to start thinking about writing a full paper for Eurographics 2008.

As announced at the General Assembly in Vienna, the conference is moving to a spring-time slot (February to April period) with paper submission deadline in late September/early October. In making this decision the Executive Committee canvased a wide spectrum of interested parties and concluded that this change would be in the best interests of the research community so that the submission deadlines for Eurographics and ACM SIGGRAPH conferences are now widely separated. This change is for a three year trial period, starting in 2008.

We are delighted to announce that Eurographics 2008 will be held from 14 - 18 APRIL 2008 in Crete. The event is organized by the Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas (FORTH), one of the largest research organisations in Greece, whose activities span a wide range of areas including molecular biology, biomedical engineering, computer science and robotics. The co-chairs of the event are Panos Trahanias (FORTH Institute of Computer Science), Costantine Stephanidis (FORTH Institute of Computer Science) and Nigel John (University of Wales, Bangor, UK). The IPC Programme Chairs are George Drettakis (INRIA) and Roberto Scopigno (ISTI Pisa).

As well as the conference dates, please note NOW in your diaries the key deadlines for full papers:

• Deadline for Abstracts: Sept. 21st
• Paper deadline: Sept 26th
• Notification of decisions: Nov 19th

The conference web site is under construction at http://www.ics.forth.gr/eg2008 - please monitor this for news of the event, details of the venue and the full composition of the organising committee which will be announced shortly.

David Duce (Eurographics Chairman 2007-)
Hans-Peter Seidel (Eurographics Chairman 2005-6)

Honorary Fellow Elected

In tribute to his lifelong contributions to computer graphics, and to
the founding, shaping and continuing development of the Eurographics
Association, the Executive Committee elected as a Honorary Fellow:

• Carlo Enrico Vandoni [Laudatio Carlo Enrico Vandoni]

Monday, 12. February 2007, 11:55

New Fellows Elected

Three new fellows were elected at the Executive Committee meeting during Eurographics 2006:

• David Duke for his contributions to the development of Computer Graphics Forum, to the organisation of scientific events, and his research contributions to computer graphics and visualization through his work on the boundaries of HCI, formal methods, cognitive science and graphics/visualization.
• Markus Gross for his research contributions at the interface between computer graphics, mathematics and algorithmics; his contribution to raising the quality the EG conference, and raising the profile of European CG research worldwide through his chairmanship of PCs of world-leading conferences; and his contribution to the emergence of point-based graphics as a distinct field within computer graphics, and to the promotion of that through the Eurographics point-based graphics symposium.
• Roberto Scopigno for his research contributions to computer graphics in multiresolution data modeling, surface reconstruction, 3D data scanning, visualization and rendering; his contribution to the development of Computer Graphics Forum; and his contribution to the organisation of scientific events.

Wednesday, 04. October 2006, 11:33

Honorary Fellows Elected

In tribute to their lifelong contributions to computer graphics, and to
the founding, shaping and continuing development of the Eurographics
Association, the Executive Committee elected three Honorary Fellows:

• José Luis Encarnação [Laudatio José Luis Encarnação]
• Bob Hopgood [Lauditio Bob Hopgood]

Friday, 23. June 2006, 10:21

EG 2005 Medical Prize Announced

The winner of the second Eurographics Medical Prize was announced during the
EG2005 conference. The results are as follows:

First – and winner of the €500 Prize sponsored by Immersion Medical:

*A Virtual Reality Toolkit for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Myocardial Infarctions*
John Ryan, Carol O’Sullivan, Chris Bell and Niall Mulvihill
Image Synthesis Group, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Department of Physiology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Department of Cardiology, St James’ Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Second:

*MEDARPA - An Augmented Reality System for Supporting Minimally Invasive Interventions*
Stefan Wesarg, Bernd Schwald, Helmut Seibert, Pawel Zogal, Michael Schnaider,
Georgios Sakas
Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany
Computer Graphics Center (ZGDV), Darmstadt, Germany
MedCom GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany

Third:

*The AngioVis ToolBox*
Matúš Straka, Miloš Šramek, Alexandra La Cruz, Eduard Gröller Arnold Köchl and
Dominik Fleischmann
Commission for Scientific Visualization, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna University of Technology
Department of Angiography and Interventional Radiology, Vienna Medical University
Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center

The quality of all entries received for the Medical Prize was very high and
it was a difficult task to select an overall winner. The judges decision was
based on the use made of computer graphics, the novelty, and the clinical potential.

Tuesday, 13. September 2005, 23:01

Eurographics and SIGGRAPH renew Affiliation Agreement for the next three years

During the EG2005 conference, the existing Affiliation Agreement between
Eurographics and ACM SIGGRAPH was renewed for a further three years.
Attendees at the Annual General Meeting witnessed the signing of the
agreement by G. Scott Owen, representing SIGGRAPH, and Hans-Peter Seidel
and David Duce, representing Eurographics. The agreement ensures
continued close cooperation between the two organisations.
Tuesday, 13. September 2005, 22:51

New Fellows Elected

Two new fellows were elected at the Executive Committee meeting
during Eurographics 2005:

• Marie-Paule Cani [http://www.eg.org/EG_Member_Home_3235] for her contributions to research in physically-based simulation of natural phenomena, and to the Association through her chairmanship of the French Chapter and support
  for the conference and workshop programmes.
• Francois Sillion [http://www.eg.org/EG_Member_Home_3119] for his contributions to research in rendering, and to the rendering agenda within Eurographics through his chairmanship of the Rendering Working Group.

Monday, 12. September 2005, 17:40

Eurographics Canadian Chapter launched

A new Chapter of the Eurographics Association was launched on Tuesday
2nd August. The first President of the Canadian Chapter is Brian Wyvill
(University of Calgary), with secretary Wolfgang Heidrich and treasurer
Alla Sheffer, both from the University of British Columbia. Eurographics
congratulates our members in Canada for this initiative and looks
forward to working with the new Chapter.
Friday, 5. August 2005, 15:47

25 Years of Eurographics - Let's celebrate!

We have planned various activities throughout the year, reaching a grand finish in Dublin 2005. Read more about this and about history on the special website for the 25th birthday of the EG.
Wednesday, 20. April 2005, 17:05

Executive Committee Elections 2005

Electronic Election has started.
Please login. If you are member of the Association, do not forget to cast your votes at Executive Committee Elections 2005
Monday, 7. February 2005, 12:02

CGF Vol. 23

Computer Graphics Forum (CGF) Vol. 23 Issue 4 now available in EG Digital Library (for members with electronic subscription only).
Monday, 10. January 2005, 11:11

CGF Vol. 5 retrodigitized

Due to retro digitization of Volume 5 of CGF all issues of Computer Graphics Forum back to 1986 are now available in the EG DL.
Monday, 11. October 2004, 11:16

25 years of Eurographics

The first version of the EG@25 Website is online. Please contact the webmaster if you have additional information or scans of the missing posters.
Tuesday, 31. August 2004, 09:26

Latest Members' letter

Read the July 2004 Members' letter (for members only, please login!).
Tuesday, 20. July 2004, 08:57

Closed: Executive Committee Elections 2004

Electronic Election has started.
Please login. If you are member of the Association, do not forget to cast your votes at Executive Committee Elections 2004

Friday, 5. March 2004, 11:24

CGEMS Launched

The Computer Graphics Educational Materials Source is an emerging
online refereed repository for curricular materials related to Computer
Graphics. CGEMS is a joint Eurographics/SIGGRAPH project to join the
world-wide community of educators in building a reference source for
high-quality teaching materials.
You can find further details by visiting the server at CGEMS.
Please go and check out the call for contents.

More information on Eurographics Educational Activities can be found at
the website of the Eurographics Education Board.
Thursday, 15. January 2004, 09:25

Retro Digitization of Eurographics Proceedings 1987

Eurographics Proceedings 1987 now available in EG Digital Library!
Friday, 9. January 2004, 14:36

CGF Vol. 7 retrodigitized

Due to retro digitization of Volume 7 of CGF all issues of Computer Graphics Forum back to 1988 are now available in the EG DL.
Tuesday, 23. September 2003, 12:43