Mid-west graphics conference

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2003 schedule

Mid-west graphics conference (aka Flatgraph) 2004

Tentative date: November 5-7, 2004, at Northwestern University. Paper submission deadline will be the week before. More details soon!

Organizers: Bruce and Amy Gooch, Ben Watson, and Jack Tumblin

Why a work shop?

The idea behind the workshop is to give students in the mid-west (both graduate and undergraduate) a chance to present their ideas to other students and faculty in an informal setting. There's a growing number of universities in the mid-west that have graphics faculty, and we feel a stronger sense of community among us would be helpful to everyone.

Suggested attendees:

Students who are not presenting, but are contemplating research in graphics, are encouraged to attend.

Workshop goals:

  1. Give students experience in presenting and getting feedback on research.
  2. Introduce students to their peers and other faculty (this was one of the biggest pluses of the "Gang of 5" NSF Science and Technology center).
  3. Give faculty a chance to talk with their peers.
  4. Recruitment of undergraduates, especially students in the mid-west area who are at universities that do not have graduate-level graphics programs.
  5. Paper biopsies for rejected or nearly-finished papers.
  6. Foster potential collaborations.

Workshop format:

Students who are presenting will submit a draft of their project in its current state. These drafts will be distributed to workshop attendees, but will not be published and are treated as confidential. The work does not need to be finished - it just needs to be far enough along that people can make meaningful comments. We may or may not have the submissions pass through a committee for approval.

The workshop will be 2-3 days (Friday night, Saturday, and part of Sunday), depending on the number of students who want to give talks. Students will have between 10 and 20 minutes hour to present their work, plus 10 minutes for discussion. Sessions have 3-4 talks, with long breaks between.

Each paper will be reviewed by another student. The reviewer is responsible for providing feed back to the authors, leading the conference discussion, and formulating questions.