Fourth International Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization and Transmission

第四届三维数据处理、可视化与传输国际研讨会（3DPVT’08）将于2008年6月18日至20日在美国乔治亚州亚特兰大召开。研讨会的目标是将来自不同社区的主要研究人员、学生和行业代表聚集在一起，展示他们的研究成果，并讨论3D数据处理、可视化和传输方面的最新进展。其范围包括3D传感器技术、计算机视觉、计算机图形学、增强和虚拟现实、医学成像、视频和几何压缩、触觉、3D电视、游戏和娱乐等领域。组织委员会由乔治亚理工学院的总主席Frank Dellaert （PI）和Jarek Rossignec领导，项目联合主席Stefan Gumhold（德累斯顿理工大学）、Jana Kosecka（乔治梅森大学）和Oliver Staadt（罗斯托克大学计算机科学研究所）。随着最近传感器技术和处理能力的进步，各种形式的3D数据已经开始在许多科学领域和日常生活中发挥更大的作用。3DPVT是一个展示和出版高质量研究和应用论文的场所，包括其评审和邀请项目。其主题领域虽然多样化，但为富有成效的合作提供了相当大的机会。此外，组委会还确定了三位杰出的研究人员作为主题演讲嘉宾，他们将阐述每个领域的进展和挑战，促进多学科研究和合作。总之，3DPVT的目标是促进思想的传播，并使自己成为多学科背景下的主要会议，在迄今尚未探索的方向上进行新的研究。会议的一个重要的更广泛的方面是，通过国家科学基金会的资助，增加了学生的参与。参加多学科会议对初级研究人员来说是一次宝贵的教育经历，他们可以通过接触与自己直接相关但可能来自不同学科的工作而获得更多收获。为了实现这一目标，组委会努力使学生的注册费用尽可能低，我们不会让学生负担受邀项目的费用。此外，还有两种机制旨在进一步提高学生的参与度：(1)由项目主席选出的优秀论文的美国学生作者将获得旅行奖。(2)美国学生可以申请免注册费，以吸引可能无法参加的美国学生。遴选工作将由总主席进行，并将着眼于扩大代表人数不足的群体以及必须远道而来参加专题讨论会的群体的参与。

AbstractFourth International Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization and Transmission (3DPVT '08)The Fourth International Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization and Transmission (3DPVT) will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, between the 18 and 20 of June. The goal of the symposium is to bring together leading researchers from the different communities that work with 3D data, students and representatives of the industry to present their research and discuss the state of the art in the processing, visualization and transmission of 3D data. The scope includes the fields of 3D sensor technology, computer vision, computer graphics, augmented and virtual reality, medical imaging, video and geometry compression, haptics, 3D television, games and entertainment. The organizing committee is lead by the general chairs Frank Dellaert (the PI) and Jarek Rossignec, both at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the program co-chairs Stefan Gumhold (University of Technology Dresden), Jana Kosecka (George Mason University), and Oliver Staadt (Institute of Computer Science, University of Rostock).With the recent advances in sensor technology and processing capabilities, 3D data in various forms have begun playing a bigger role in numerous fields of science and everyday life. 3DPVT is a venue for the presentation and publication of high-quality research and application papers in both its refereed and invited programs. While diverse, its topic areas present considerable opportunities for productive collaborations. In addition, the organizing committee has confirmed three distinguished researchers to participate as keynote speakers, who will illustrate the progress and the challenges in each area and promote multi-disciplinary research and collaboration. In summary, the goal for 3DPVT is to contribute in the spreading of ideas and establish itself as a leading conference in a multi-disciplinary context, leading to new research in hitherto unexplored directions.An important broader aspect of the conference is the increased student participation made possible through NSF funding. Attending multidisciplinary conferences is a valuable educational experience for junior researches, who have arguably more to gain by being exposed to work that is directly related to their own but comes from potentially very different disciplines. In order to achieve this, the organizing committee has strived to keep student registration costs as low as possible and we will not burden students with the cost of the invited program. In addition, two mechanisms are intended to further increase student participation: (1) travel awards will be given to US student authors of outstanding papers, chosen by the program chairs. (2) US students will be able to apply for the registration fee waiver, in the hope of drawing in US students that might otherwise not be able to attend. Selection will be done by the general chairs and will be done with an eye towards broadening participation from underrepresented groups as well as those having to travel further to attend the symposium.