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Computer Games, Multimedia & Allied Technology 08
03 Anson Road, Springleaf Tower
#32-00 Spore 079909
Tel: +65 62361530
Fax: +65 6438 8085
Email: info@cgames.com.sg
 
 
    FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
   
International Conference and Industry Symposium on
Computer Games; Animation, Multimedia, IPTV & Edutainment


28th-30th April 2008

Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre SINGAPORE


SCOPE

The evidently expanding Global and Asian Gaming industry defines the need for the Computer Games, Multimedia & Allied Technology 08 conference at Singapore. The conference provides a platform for the international gaming community experts to discuss and deliberate with their Asian counterparts on the state-of-the-art, new research results, perspectives of future developments, and innovative applications relevant to games development and related areas. The conference shall strive to shed light on the inherent sociological and design differences between the East and the West while exploring the challenges faced by the Asian Gaming industry. The conference also provides an opportunity to the international and regional Gaming studios, Game production companies and Allied technology and service providers to showcase their technology, products and services at the concurrent industry symposium.



VENUE FOR COMPUTERS GAMES & ALLIED TECHNOLOGY 08

Computer games model many interesting real-world problems and provide a fun, scalable, virtual environment for technological interplay. The conference venue at Singapore provides a similar fun, diverse but real-world environment for the gaming community to interact and connect. Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre serves as the Conference venue.

Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, also referred as the Asia's Convention City, is a self contained Convention venue which no other facility can match. The precinct surrounding Suntec Singapore forms a unique, self-contained and fully integrated convention city, adjacent to the Central Business District (CBD), and only 20 minutes from Changi International Airport Singapore.





KNOW THE LATEST RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS TRENDS AT TECHNICAL SESSIONS

The session list is indicative of the key areas of discussion but is not restrictive, and suggestions from the gaming community for additional specific sessions are welcome and can be communicated to the Conference secretariat at info@cgames.com.sg

• Gaming - Mobile, PC, Online, Console
• Aesthetic Approaches to Game Design & Development
• Storytelling and Narrative Landscapes
• Design Documentation
• Games Simulations and Dynamic Models
• Interactive Simulations
• Tools and Systems for Games and Virtual Reality
• Intelligent Agents and Gamebots
• Gaming – Hardware and Accessories
• Graphics & Visualisation
• Texture and Shader Programming
• Stereographics in Real Time
• Cinematography
• Sound Design and Music Systems
• Multichanel Audio
• Audio Techniques for Racing Games
• Media Theory
• Interactive Dynamic Response for Games
• Mapping the Mental Space of Game Genres
• Cultural and Media Studies on Computer Games
• Experiential Spatiality in Games
• Player Behavior and Consumer Demographics
• Game Development Contract Outsourcing
• Project Funding and Financing
• Social/Humanities Aspects of Games
• Cheat Codes -To Cheat or Not to Cheat
• Mobile and Multiuser Games
• IPTV and Service Convergence
• Pay-As-You-Play and IPTV
• Academic Courses for Game Design &  Development
• Multiuser Virtual Environments (Muves) in Education
• Learning to Play or Learning through Play
• Game Security
• Games and Intellectual Property Rights
• Laws, Regulations, Certifications and Policies for
  Gaming
• Censorship of Video Games Content
• Artificial Intelligence
• Art, Design and New Media
• Education, Training, and Edutainment Technologies
• Human Factors of Games
• Sound and Music



KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Computer Games and Allied Technology 08 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Authors should submit a complete paper in English of up to 8 A4 pages, using the submission procedure indicated below. The program committee will review all papers and the contact author of each paper will be notified of the result, by email. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. Authors must also indicate the conference track to which the paper is submitted. The paper must be carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling.


Paper Submission Procedure
1. A "blind" paper evaluation method will be used. To facilitate that, the authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the full paper, WITHOUT any reference to the authors. The manuscript must contain, in its first page, the paper title, an abstract and list of keywords but NO NAMES OR CONTACT DETAILS WHATSOEVER are to be included in any part of this file.

2. The contact author will then use the Computer Games & Allied Technology 08 web-based submission facility available at the conference web site, http://www.Cgames.com.sg to enter the contact information of all paper authors plus the file indicated in point 1, above. The facility will automatically send a submission acknowledgement, by email, to the author indicated as "contact author". Please contact the secretariat if no acknowledgement is received.

If the author is unable to use the web-based procedure then he/she can send the paper by e-mail to the secretariat attaching an additional file containing: the title,author(s), affiliation(s), contact details, a list of keywords and an abstract. Authors must also indicate the conference area (including the topics), to which the paper is submitted.

The camera-ready format will be enforced only for accepted papers, but authors are encouraged to use it also for paper submissions, in order to reduce extra work later. Please follow the templates below :
Rich Text Format (RTF) and MS Word.

Due to space limitations in the Proceedings, the camera-ready version will be limited to 8 (eight) pages for full papers and 6 (six) for short papers (progress reports) If necessary, the number of pages may be increased up to a maximum of 12 (long presentations) and 8 (short presentations) at an additional cost which will be borne by the Author.

For editing on submissions of paper, please visit http://www.cgames.com.sg/php/author/edit.php

For re-uploading of paper, please visit http://www.cgames.com.sg/php/author/upload.php?t=reup

PROCEEDINGS
The accepted papers for the Computer Games, Multimedia and Allied Technology 08 will be included in a book of Conference proceedings, provided the presenter is registered by the due date. The Conference proceedings would also be available in electronic form (CD-ROM).The CD-ROM proceedings will be distributed to every attendee at the conference venue. Extra copies of the Conference proceedings would be available during the Conference days at the Secretariat at an additional cost.

PRESENTATIONS
Accepted Papers would be presented in the assigned technical sessions by the pre-registered authors as an oral presentation. In the absence of a pre-registered author any other registered Co-Author for that paper can make the oral presentation. Incase the first author or the Co-authors are unable to make the oral presentation they may delegate other academic expert deemed suitable to present and defend the paper and inform the Secretariat accordingly by 24th March 2008. Each oral presentation in the regular session will have 20 min. for the regular papers and 30 min. for the invited papers including the time taken for possible discussions.

PRE-REGISTRATIONS

The presenting authors of each accepted regular and invited papers will have to be registered by the 12th April 2008.

For queries regarding submission, write to:
E-mail: submission@cgames.com.sg or
visit the conference website at http://www.Cgames.com.sg


IMPORTANT DEADLINES FOR Computer Games, Multimedia & Allied Technology 08
First Call for Papers
8th December 2007
Abstract Submission Deadline
8th March 2008
Author Notification
15th March 2008
Full Paper Submission Deadline
5th April 2008
Author Registration
12th April 2008
Early Bird Registration
23rd March 2008
*Late Abstract Submission Deadline 15th March 2008
Conference Dates
28th -30th April 2008


All accepted & registering authors can avail early bird registration discount till 12th April 08

* Late abstract submission , send email request for special consideration to submission@cgames.com.sg  

                                                                                     



THE TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE FOR COMPUTER GAMES,MULTIMEDIA &
ALLIED TECHNOLOGY 08
The Conference Program Comittee for Computer Games, Multimedia & Allied Technology 08 has support from Academic Experts from various Universities around the world.
Conference Chair
Professor the Hon. Stephen Martin
Deputy Vice Chancellor
Curtin University of Technology , Australia
Brief Bio

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Dr. Abdul Hanan Abdullah
Dean,
Department of Computer Systems and Communication
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Brief Bio
Major General (Retd.) Dr. R K Bagga (AVSM)
International Institute of Information Technology,
Hyderabad India
Brief Bio
Professor Peter Comninos
Department of computer animation, Bournemouth Unversity
Director of the National Centre for Computer Animation,

Managing Director, CGAL Software Ltd
Brief Bio
  Professor M.P. Gupta, PhD
Chair IT Group & Coordinator, Center for Excellence in E-gov Department of Management Studies,
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Brief Bio
Dr. Matthew Holton
School of Computing
University of Teesside UK

Brief Bio
  Dr. Khalil El-Khatib
Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Business and Information Technology,
University of Ontario Institute of Technology Canada
Brief Bio
Professor Andy Koronios
Head, School of Computer & Information Science
Division of Information Technology Engineering & Environment
University of South Australia

Brief Bio
  Professor Robert Moreton
Dean
School of Computing and Information Technology ,
University of Wolverhampton
Brief Bio
Dr. Ann Latham
Associate Dean
School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wolverhampton
Brief Bio
  Dr Simon Stobart
Assistant Dean
School of Computing,
University of Teesside, UK
Brief Bio
Professor Wei Sun
Dean,
College of Software,
Beihang University (BUAA) Beijing, China
Brief Bio
  Dr. Margaret Tan
Associate Professor
Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Brief Bio
Dr. Andreas Uhl
Assistant Professor,
Institut für Scientific Computing Salzburg Austria
Brief Bio
Editor-In-Chief

Dr. Edmond Prakash

Head , Game AI Lab (GAIL)
Department of Computing and Mathematics,
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Brief Bio
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL
Dr. R.Radhakrishnan Vice Chancellor, Anna University Coimbatore, India
Mr. Leandro Balladares Computer Research Center of National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
Dr. Rafael Bidarra  Department of Mediamatics ,Computer Graphics & CAD/CAM Group, Delft University of Technology, The Netherland
Mr. Geoff Brindle Senior Lecturer, Dept. of computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University UK
Dr. Maiga Chang Assistant Professor ,School of Computing and Information Systems ,Athabasca University, Canada
Mr. Akshay Darbari Specialist at Tata Elxsi Limited Core, Committee Member at Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Bangalore Steering Committee at SIGGRAPH Asia ,Editorial Board at International Journal of Virtual Reality (IJVR)
Ms. Stephane Donikian Senior Research Scientist IRISA/INRIA Campus de Beaulieu, France
Dr Paul Fergus Liverpool John Moores University UK
Dr. Wijnand IJsselsteijn Human-Technology Interaction Group, Department of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Dr. Lisa Gjedde Dept. for Curriculum Research, Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitetsskole / School of Education , Aarhus University, Denmark
Professor Craig Lindley Institution for Technology, Art and New Media, University of Gotland Sweden
Prof. Robert Newman Associate Dean, School of Computing and IT, University of Wolverhampton, UK
Dr. Sureswaran Ramadass Associate Professor,Director of NAV6, Center of Excellence, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Dr. Magy Seif El-Nasr Assistant Professor, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University Canada
Ms. MaryJo Swenson Vice President, Novell USA
Dr. Daniel Tan Tiong Hok Director, Centre for Educational Development, Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Professor Harold Thwaites  Dean, Faculty of Creative Multimedia ,Chair - Center for VR & Immersive Technology Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Associate Professor Kevin K.W. Wong School of Information Technology, Murdoch University, Australia
Mr. David Wortley Director, The Serious Games Institute, Coventry University UK
Dr. Yam San Chee Associate Professor, Learning Sciences Lab, National Institute of Education, Singapore
 
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIR
Mr. Anton Ravindran
Chairman, Internet Industry Association of Singapore
Group CEO, Knowledge Window Asia Pacific, Genovate Solutions Pte. Ltd and RapidStart Pte. Ltd
INDUSTRY ADVISORY PANEL
Mr. Peter Coroneos
CEO , Internet Industry Association Australia, Australia
  Mr. Claude Comair
President & Founder
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Mr. Julian Quinn
Vice President Asia Pacific
Adobe
  Dr. Manoo Ordeedolchest
Former President of Software Industry Promotion Agency
(SIPA), Thailand
Mr. K. C. Neoh
Chairman & CEO Catalyst Asia, Former CEO, Atos Origin
  Ms. MaryJo Swenson
Vice President, Novell USA
Mr. Roman Tuma
Regional Director, Oracle Asean, India & North Asia
  Mr. Danny Wilson
President & CEO, Pixelmetrix
     
   
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