The 18th annual Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) will take place in sunny Los Angeles, California from July 26 to July 28, 2019, immediately before SIGGRAPH. For almost two decades now, SCA has been the premier forum for presenting innovations in the theory and practice of computer animation. Bringing together academic and industrial researchers and practitioners working in all aspects of time-based phenomena, SCA provides an intimate setting that encourages community interaction, promotes the exchange of research results, inspires future ideas, and establishes new collaborations. Conditionally accepted regular papers will undergo a second round of revision and will, upon approval, appear in the new journal Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (PACMCGIT). Best Paper Awards will be given to excellent submissions that push the leading edge. New this year, we are also excited to introduce SCA Sketches, which provides a forum to present and discuss your late-breaking, innovative, and thought-provoking animation ideas and work-in-progress at SCA.
SCA 2019 will also feature an exciting lineup of keynote and invited speakers, which so far includes:
- Uri Ascher, UBC (Keynote)
- Etienne Vouga, UT Austin
- Melina Skouras, Inria Grenoble Rhône-Alpes
- Mridul Aanjaneya, Rutgers
- Chenfanfu Jiang, University of Pennsylvania
- Steve Tonneau, University of Edinburgh
We invite work on a broad range of animation topics, including:
- 2D, 3D, and N-D animation systems
- Autonomous characters
- Clothing and hair animation and simulation
- Expressive motion / communication
- Facial animation
- Fabrication of dynamic objects and characters
- Group and crowd behavior
- Intuitive interfaces for creating and editing animations
- Mathematical foundations of animation
- Methods of control and artistic direction of simulations
- Nature in motion (natural phenomena, plants, clouds, …)
- New time-based art forms on the computer
- Novel time-varying phenomena
- Perceptual foundations and metrics for animation
- Physical realism / measuring the real world for animation
- Physical simulation
- Fluid animation
- Planning / learning / optimization for animation
- Real-time and interactive methods
- Camera control methods for computer animation
- Sound and speech for animation
- as well as related problems and techniques in robotics, game development, human-computer interaction, simulation, visualization, computer vision, and beyond.
Regular
Papers:
We invite submissions of original, high-quality papers on
computer animation, broadly defined as computation dealing with time-varying
phenomena. Each submission should be 7-10 pages in length (excluding
references) and will be reviewed by an international program committee for
technical quality, novelty, significance, and clarity. All conditionally
accepted regular papers will be guaranteed a presentation slot and to appear in
the SCA proceedings. They will then undergo a thorough second round of revision
and review, and (conditional on final acceptance) be published in the new
journal Proceedings of the ACM in Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
(PACMCGIT). In the case that a paper fails to pass the second review round,
authors retain the option to withdraw the paper or exclude it from the
conference/proceedings, if requested.
Posters:
As in previous years, the poster (1-2 pages) session will be
an integral part of the SCA program. The poster session will be held prior to
the reception Friday evening and will follow a posters fast-forward session
during which all presenters will have the opportunity to give a one-minute
description of their work. Posters will be included in the conference
proceedings and the ACM and EG digital libraries.
Sketches (NEW!):
We also invite sketch submissions (in 2-4 pages) for quick
dissemination of fresh, compact ideas. These submissions will also undergo a
full review by the program committee, but with greater emphasis placed on
novelty and potential future impact over polish or completeness. Accepted
submissions will be presented during the symposium. Sketches can be freely published
in other venues because they will not be archived in any journal, conference
proceedings, or digital libraries. We hope that feedback from reviewers and
attendees will help to improve your work for a future paper submission!
Important Dates:
Regular Papers:
- Paper Submission: April 5, 2019 – 23:59 UTC
- Notification of Acceptance: May 2, 2019
- Paper Revised Version: May 23, 2019
- Paper Final Notification: June 7, 2019
- Camera-Ready Paper: June 12, 2019
Sketches & Posters:
- Sketch/Poster Submission: May 8, 2019 – 23:59 UTC
- Notification of Acceptance: May 23, 2019
Symposium:
- July 26-28, 2019
Organization:
Conference Co-Chairs:
- Sung-Hee Lee, KAIST
- Craig Schroeder, UC Riverside
Program Co-Chairs:
- Christopher Batty, University of Waterloo
- Jin Huang, Zhejiang University
Posters Chair:
- Tamar Shinar, UC Riverside