<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>SIXTH CONFERENCE ON THE PERCEPTUAL REPRESENTATION OF ILLUMINATION, SHAPE AND MATERIALS (PRISM6)<br class=""><div class="">19th-23rd October 2016, Rauischholzhausen Castle, Germany</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">SUBMISSION NOW OPEN!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">CONFIRMED PRESENTERS:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">KEYNOTE: Hidehiko Komatsu (NIPS)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Bart Anderson (Sydney)</div><div class="">Kavita Bala (Cornell)</div><div class="">Pascal Barla (INRIA Bordeaux)</div><div class="">Johannes Burge (UPenn)</div><div class="">Alexei Efros (UC Berkeley)</div><div class="">Jiri Filip (Czech Academy of Sciences)</div><div class="">Bill Geisler (UT Austin)</div><div class="">Julie Harris (St Andrews)</div><div class="">Anya Hurlbert (Newcastle)</div><div class="">Peter Janssen (KU Leuven)</div><div class="">Bobby Klatzky (Carnegie Mellon)</div><div class="">Shin'ya Nishida (NTT Research)</div><div class="">Gaël Obein (LNE-CNAM)</div><div class="">Flip Phillips (Skidmore)</div><div class="">Sylvia Pont (TU Delft)</div><div class="">Holly Rushmeier (Yale)</div><div class="">Ohad Ben Shahar (Ben Gurion)</div><div class="">Romain Vergne (Grenoble)</div><div class="">Greg Ward (Anyhere Software)</div><div class="">Andrew Welchman (Cambridge)</div><div class="">John Winawer (NYU)</div><div class="">Nathan Witthoft (Stanford)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Plus industrial perspectives from:</div><div class="">Thomas Dauser (Audi)</div><div class="">Bill Eibon (PPG)</div><div class="">Frank Maile (Schlenk)</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">LOCATION / TRAVEL:</div><div class="">Rauischholzhausen Castle (<a href="http://schloss.faber-management.de" class="">http://schloss.faber-management.de</a>) 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.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">APPLICATION PROCEDURE:</div><div class="">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 <a href="mailto:roland.w.fleming@psychol.uni-giessen.de" class="">roland.w.fleming@psychol.uni-giessen.de</a> AND to <a href="mailto:matteo.valsecchi@gmail.com" class="">matteo.valsecchi@gmail.com</a>. 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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Additional information will be posted in the coming weeks at: <a href="http://prism-network.eu/events/prism6-final-conference" class="">http://prism-network.eu/events/prism6-final-conference</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>