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3rd ACM International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in<BR>
Entertainment and Arts<BR>
DIMEA 2008<BR>
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In cooperation with ACM SIGCHI<BR>
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10-12 September 2008<BR>
Athens Information Technology (AIT), Athens, Greece<BR>
Conference Web site: <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.dimea2008.org">http://www.dimea2008.org</a><BR>
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Register Early to benefit from favourable prices up to 11th of July!<BR>
Industrial Exhibitors to register their interest up to 15th of July!<BR>
Workshops and Tutorials participation to be registered up to 21st of July!<BR>
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The 3rd ACM International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in<BR>
Entertainment and Arts (DIMEA 2008), that will take place on September<BR>
10-12, 2008, at Athens Information Technology's premises in Athens, Greece,<BR>
focuses on the presentation of societal, business and technological advances<BR>
and research results related with digital interactive media in<BR>
entertainment, art and creative technologies.<BR>
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A significant number of high quality technical papers as well as digital<BR>
artworks and demos have been selected, after peer review, for presentation<BR>
and demonstration during the conference. These will be included in the<BR>
conference proceedings and in the ACM Digital library.<BR>
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Innovations, new research approaches and practices will be presented in<BR>
focused technical sessions, which will offer a wide coverage of the DIMEA<BR>
2008 scientific and technological areas, as well as be exhibited and<BR>
demonstrated during its Digital Art Exhibition hosting digital interactive<BR>
rich-media works in art and entertainment, co-located and run in parallel<BR>
with the technical sessions. The exhibition will be open to all interested<BR>
visitors during September 10-14, 2008.<BR>
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DIMEA 2008 will thus bring together academics, technologists, artists,<BR>
designers, and industry representatives from all over the world, to meet,<BR>
discuss and share opinions and practices.<BR>
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Keynote Speakers<BR>
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Dr. Roberto Cencioni, Head of Unit INFSO.E2 Content and Knowledge, European<BR>
Commission<BR>
Prof. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Miralab, University of Geneva, Switzerland<BR>
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Advance Program, Events<BR>
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The Advance Conference Program will shortly be published at the conference<BR>
web site, including both regular focused technical sessions with oral<BR>
presentations in the Technical track of the conference, as well as<BR>
demonstrations of art works in the Digital Art Exhibition track.<BR>
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The list of accepted submissions in both conference tracks is published at<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.dimea2008.org">http://www.dimea2008.org</a></U></FONT> under Accepted Submissions.<BR>
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The conference program is further complemented with a number of relevant<BR>
events, listed below:<BR>
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***Special Sessions***<BR>
1. Mobile Mixed Reality Games, Organizers: Wolfgang Broll, Fraunhofer FIT,<BR>
Germany and Anne-Kathrin Braun, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany<BR>
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2. User Centric and Personalised Multimedia Service Platforms, Organizers:<BR>
Nikolaos Chr. Papaoulakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece<BR>
and John Soldatos, Athens Information Technology, Greece<BR>
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***Technical Workshop, 11th September***<BR>
Pervasive Awareness applications: addressing their Aesthetic and Ludic<BR>
aspects<BR>
Organizers: Monica Divitini, NTNU, Sweden and Irene Mavrommati, CTI, Greece<BR>
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***Tutorials to be offered, 10th September (based on participation)***<BR>
1. Inside and Outside the UpStage: Live Participative On-line Cyberformance,<BR>
Tutorial speakers: Miljana Perice, University of Arts Belgrade, Serbia and<BR>
Helen Varley Jamieson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia<BR>
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2. Authoring Tools for Web Comic, Tutorial speakers: Symeon Retalis, Petros<BR>
Georgiakakis, M. Boloudakis, J. Arapoglo, University of Pireaus, University<BR>
of Pireaus, Department of Technology Education and Digital Systems,<BR>
CoSy-LLab: Computer Supported Learning Engineering Laboratory, Greece<BR>
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3. User Experience Design for Interactive TV, Tutorial speakers:<BR>
Konstantinos Chorianopoulos, Ionian University, Greece, and Pablo Cesar,<BR>
CWI, the Netherlands<BR>
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4. Developing a videogame: from concept to your TV, Tutorial speakers:<BR>
Kostas Anagnostou, Ionian University, Greece<BR>
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5. Developing play tacticts in the Web 2.0 era, Tutorial speakers: Daphne<BR>
Dragona, Ilias Marmaras, New media artists, Greece<BR>
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***Hands-on Workshops to be offered, 12th September (based on<BR>
participation)***<BR>
1. Employment of tilted hemispherical projection surface for creating large<BR>
audience immersive environment, Organizers: Vaggelis Christodoulou,<BR>
Foundation of the Hellenic World, Greece and Abraham Onasiadis, Foundation<BR>
of the Hellenic World, Greece<BR>
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2. Sketchtools, Organizers: Matt Cottam, Jasper Speicher, Katie Wray,<BR>
Tellart LLC, USA<BR>
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3. Encyclopedia as a creative platform, Organizers: Eleni Glinou,<BR>
Technological Institute of Athens, Greece and Katerina Antonaki, Digital<BR>
artist<BR>
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Industrial Exhibitors Call<BR>
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Industrial Exhibitions establish the link between research and the market,<BR>
allowing for fast adoption of research results by the industry and an<BR>
opportunity for industry representatives and researchers to meet and discuss<BR>
on collaboration prospects. The published Call for Industrial Exhibitions,<BR>
available at <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.dimea2008.org">http://www.dimea2008.org</a></U></FONT> under Other Calls, welcomes all<BR>
interested industrial representatives to announce their interest up to 15th<BR>
of July.<BR>
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Sponsors Call<BR>
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The opportunity to sponsor DIMEA 2008 is still open!<BR>
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Sponsorship offers an effective way of demonstrating your interest in and<BR>
commitment to digital interactive media technologies and their impact in<BR>
diverse applications fields spanning the entertainment and art areas.<BR>
Corporate sponsorship can offer companies publicity and the ability to<BR>
influence current and future leaders in digital interactive media<BR>
technologies research and development. We will recognize and acknowledge the<BR>
generosity of all of our sponsors on the DIMEA 2008 website<BR>
(www.dimea2008.org ) and in the conference program (to be available in print<BR>
and on-line).<BR>
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Please send an e-mail to <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>sots@ait.edu.gr</U></FONT> , <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>kpro@ait.edu.gr</U></FONT> , <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>mpal@ait.edu.gr<BR>
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like to pledge your sponsorship. More details can be found at:<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.dimea2008.org">http://www.dimea2008.org</a></U></FONT> under Other Calls<BR>
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We are looking forward to welcoming you in Athens in September!<BR>
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The DIMEA 2008 Conference Co-chairs,<BR>
Sofia Tsekeridou, Athens Information Technology, Greece<BR>
Adrian David Cheok, ACM SIGCHI Singapore, National University of Singapore,<BR>
Singapore<BR>
Konstantinos Giannakis, InExDe, Greece<BR>
John Karigiannis, InExDe, Greece<BR>
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DIMEA 2008 Organizers<BR>
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Athens Information Technology - AIT<BR>
ACM SIGCHI, Singapore Chapter<BR>
InExDe<BR>
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DIMEA 2008 Sponsors<BR>
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Corporate Sponsors<BR>
INTRALOT<BR>
INTRACOM IT Services<BR>
Sponsors<BR>
Telmaco<BR>
Technical Sponsors<BR>
Multimedia Tools and Applications Journal, Springer<BR>
ACM Computers in Entertainment Journal<BR>
Communication Sponsors<BR>
PC Magazine<BR>
°Ú·ÊðÛÙ·— + Web Design<BR>
ICTplus<BR>
onLine<BR>
Creative Sponsor<BR>
Linakis + Associates<BR>
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Dr. Sofia Tsekeridou<BR>
Assistant Professor<BR>
Athens Information Technology - AIT<BR>
Multimedia, Knowledge and Web Technologies Group<BR>
Building B7, 0.8 km Markopoulo Ave., P.O. Box 68,<BR>
PEANIA 190 02, Athens, Greece<BR>
Tel: +30 210 6682804 (Int.: 5804)<BR>
Fax: +30 210 6682703<BR>
E-mail: <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>sots@ait.edu.gr<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%">Special issue of the<BR>
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International Journal of Computer Games Technology<BR>
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on<BR>
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*Game Technology for Training and Education*<BR>
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The special issue 'Game Technology for Training and Education' will<BR>
focus on technical aspects of the development and application of games<BR>
in training and education, so-called serious games.<BR>
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Though many excellent papers and journal articles currently address<BR>
serious games and elaborate on many relations between learning and<BR>
games, they are often oriented towards specific game design<BR>
methodologies and/or pedagogical motivations. We believe that, besides<BR>
all those developments, serious games can also achieve much progress<BR>
and innovation from developing, combining, and deploying game<BR>
technology in novel ways. Therefore, this special issue will be<BR>
devoted to technical topics including, but not limited to, the following:<BR>
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* Game engine development and customization<BR>
* Game AI<BR>
* Game rendering, physics, and animation<BR>
* Game user interfaces<BR>
* Modeling and simulation techniques<BR>
* Virtual characters/agents<BR>
* Vision and imaging technology in games<BR>
* Virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality<BR>
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Submission of manuscripts is welcome on any of the above technical <BR>
topics, as long as they clearly relate, influence or apply to serious <BR>
games.<BR>
Prospective authors should follow the International Journal of <BR>
Computer Games Technology manuscript format described at the journal <BR>
site, as well as be acquainted with Hindawi's APC policy (please refer <BR>
to <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijcgt/)">http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijcgt/)</a></U></FONT>.<BR>
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Authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript <BR>
through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at <BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://mts.hindawi.com">http://mts.hindawi.com</a></U></FONT>, according to the following timetable:<BR>
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Manuscript Due September 1, 2008<BR>
First Round of Reviews December 1, 2008<BR>
Publication Date March 1, 2009<BR>
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For any questions or clarifications, feel free to contact one of the <BR>
Guest Editors:<BR>
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* Rafael Bidarra, Computer Graphics and CAD/CAM Group, Faculty of<BR>
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Delft<BR>
University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands<BR>
* Xiaopeng Zhang, National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition,<BR>
Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080,<BR>
China<BR>
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