SCA 2020

FORMAT

SCA 2020 will employ a similar format as other online conferences where papers will be presented in two stages:

• Every paper will have a pre-recorded, maximum 20-minute video presentation, which will be available on youtube starting a week before the conference
• At least one author from every paper will participate in a live discussion / Q&A session during the virtual conference week. We expect that these sessions will be approximately 30-minutes long, and will include both pre-submitted and live questions, as well as moderated discussion for approximately three-related papers
• Before the Q&A for each paper, we will play a 3 minute video abstract in order to get the discussion started and remind the audience the main ideas, challenges and contributions as well as some highlights of the results

The conference is free for all, but a formal registration is required (COMING SOON).

CONTENT

Authors are asked to submit a maximum 20min video-presentation for each paper and a 3-minute video abstract that captures the main ideas/challenges/contributions as well as some highlights of the results.

We suggest:

• Screen capture slides with audio of the presenter’s voice. We recommend a high-quality microphone and recording in a quiet room
• Please use this title slide for both videos (or available here as an image)
• Inset video speaker is optional
• Do not include copyrighted materials that you do not own

HOSTING

• Upload the video on your own video channel, and fill in this form
• For the video presentation set title to: SCA2020: [Full title] and add all authors names
• For the video abstract set title to: SCA2020 video abstract: [full title] and add all authors names
• Set the description to include all authors names and a link to the SCA2020 web-site
• Set visibility to public

TIMELINE

We recommend uploading the videos by September 27th 2020.

Coming soon

FORMAT

Showcases will be presented live over Zoom in 10 minute presentation slots during an hour long session during which conference attendees will be able to post their comments and questions in the chat. Although there will not be a Q&A session after the presentations, there will be an open discussion period at the end of each day where authors and attendees can discuss all the things presented.

CONTENT

Authors for each submission are asked to prepare a short 10 minute presentation including a live demo or video of their results, and brief explanation of their system. Due to the risk of technical issues preparing pre-recorded content as a back-up is also strongly recommended.

Submit Your Technical Paper

We invite submission of original, high-quality papers on computer animation, broadly defined as computation dealing with time-varying phenomena. Each submission will be refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty, significance, and clarity.

All accepted papers will be published in the journal Computer Graphics Forum. Find the LaTeX template here.

We invite work on a broad range of topics, including:

• 2D, 3D, and N-D animation systems
• Autonomous characters
• Clothing animation and simulation
• Expressive motion / communication
• Facial animation
• Group and crowd behavior
• Intuitive interfaces for creating and editing animations
• Mathematical foundations of animation
• Methods of control and artistic direction of simulations
• Machine learning techniques for animation
• Nature in motion (natural phenomena, plants, clouds, …)
• New time-based art forms on the computer
• Novel time-varying phenomena
• Perceptual metrics and foundations of 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 on related problems in robotics, game development, human-computer interaction, simulation, visualization, computer vision, and others.

Poster Instructions
* Submission via email to sca2020@computationalsciences.org
* SCA will be using the Eurographics / Computer Graphics Forum style
* Submission deadline: August 29
* Notification of acceptance: September 3

Electronic Submission
All poster abstracts should be submitted via email to sca2020@computationalsciences.org by the submission deadline.
Each email message must be less than 25MB. If this is not sufficient for your submission or supplemental materials, you may send your submission in parts as attachments to several emails.
For supplemental materials, links to external websites are allowed.

Submission Instructions
Poster abstracts are permitted to be up to three pages in length (including references, acknowledgements, etc.) and have to be submitted as a singe PDF file. The abstracts should be written and presented in English. Submissions must be camera-ready, with author names and affiliations listed. The review process will be single blind. Supplemental material such as videos may also be submitted electronically and will be made available to reviewers. Please find the LaTeX template here.

Further Information
Poster abstracts will be included in the Eurographics Digital Library.

Poster Chair
Dominik L. Michels, KAUST

Submit Your Showcase

Stunning new game or VFX demo?
Cutting edge research or technical results?
Practical solution to common industry problem?

Submission deadline (already camera ready format with authors): July 23

If you are excited to share new ideas and insights with animation professionals and researchers then SCA Showcase Submissions wants you!

This year SCA is inviting members of the animation community to submit short showcase works to be presented at SCA alongside the latest academic progress. A showcase submission consists of a 1-2 page description along with an image reel, video or demo to highlight the contribution. Each submission will be evaluated by an international committee of animation experts (from both industry and academia) and accepted submissions will be presented at SCA alongside other showcase submissions and state-of-the-art academic research.

Showcase presentations can take any form, from a slide-based talk to a live demo, and will also appear in a summary of the proceedings of the conference.

Find the LaTeX template here!