Connectionists: PRISM6 Conference on Illumination, Shape and Materials: 19-23 Oct 2016

[Roland Fleming]

SIXTH CONFERENCE ON THE PERCEPTUAL REPRESENTATION OF ILLUMINATION, SHAPE AND MATERIALS (PRISM6)
19th-23rd October 2016, Rauischholzhausen Castle, Germany

SUBMISSION NOW OPEN!

Applicants are invited to submit an abstract to take part in the 6th (and final) Conference on the Perceptual Representation of Illumination, Shape and Materials.

The goal of the meetings is to bring together researchers from different fields to present their latest research related to the perception of shape, shading and materials, and more broadly to discuss important emerging areas at the intersection between psychology, neuroscience, machine learning, computer graphics, industry and design.

CONFIRMED PRESENTERS:

KEYNOTE: Hidehiko Komatsu (NIPS)

Bart Anderson (Sydney)
Kavita Bala (Cornell)
Pascal Barla (INRIA Bordeaux)
Johannes Burge (UPenn)
Alexei Efros (UC Berkeley)
Jiri Filip (Czech Academy of Sciences)
Bill Geisler (UT Austin)
Julie Harris (St Andrews)
Anya Hurlbert (Newcastle)
Peter Janssen (KU Leuven)
Bobby Klatzky (Carnegie Mellon)
Shin'ya Nishida (NTT Research)
Gaël Obein (LNE-CNAM)
Flip Phillips (Skidmore)
Sylvia Pont (TU Delft)
Holly Rushmeier (Yale)
Ohad Ben Shahar (Ben Gurion)
Romain Vergne (Grenoble)
Greg Ward (Anyhere Software)
Andrew Welchman (Cambridge)
John Winawer (NYU)
Nathan Witthoft (Stanford)

Plus industrial perspectives from:
Thomas Dauser (Audi)
Bill Eibon (PPG)
Frank Maile (Schlenk)


LOCATION / TRAVEL:
Rauischholzhausen Castle (http://schloss.faber-management.de <http://schloss.faber-management.de/>) is a splendid residence, owned by the University of Giessen, with scenic gardens, creaky spiral staircases and a nice beer cellar.  Full board and lodging are included in the price.  The closest airport is Frankfurt (FRA), the closest train station is Marburg.  We’ll arrange some shuttles directly from the airport, but if you are coming in from Marburg, we recommend just catching a taxi.  Further travel details will be given to participants.  On Saturday afternoon, there will a sightseeing trip for visitors.


APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Participation, which includes food board and lodging, costs 750 Euros.  To apply, please submit a max 1-page abstract as a PDF or Word File to roland.w.fleming at psychol.uni-giessen.de <mailto:roland.w.fleming at psychol.uni-giessen.de> AND to matteo.valsecchi at gmail.com <mailto:matteo.valsecchi at gmail.com>.  The top two abstracts will be asked to present a 15 minute talk, the remaining accepted abstracts will present posters (size A0).  The deadline is 31st July 2016, but please note that place is extremely limited and it is possible that will not be able to accept everyone, so it is better to submit sooner than later.

Additional information will be posted in the coming weeks at: http://prism-network.eu/events/prism6-final-conference <http://prism-network.eu/events/prism6-final-conference>

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