Edutainment 2007

The 2nd International Conference of E-Learning and Games

CUHK, Hong Kong, 11-13 June 2007

URL: http://www2.acae.cuhk.edu.hk/~edutainment2007/

Submission Deadline: December 10, 2006

Call for Papers

Organizer: The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Sponsors: VR Committee, China Society of Image and Graphics

Co-Sponsors:

The International Journal of Virtual Reality

Microsoft-CUHK Joint Laboratory for Human-centric Computing and Interface Technologies

KC Wong Education Foundation

IFIP SG 16 on Entertainment Computing (pending)

Eurographics (pending)

Edutainment 2007 is the 2nd International Conference on E-learning and Games,
which is an international forum for researchers to share their latest research output on
the development and application of e-learning and digital entertainment systems.

Edutainment 2007 will be held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in June 11-13,
2007. The conference will include plenary invited talks, workshops, tutorials, paper
presentation tracks and panel discussions.

Papers accepted in the conference will be published as a volume in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (SCI Expanded), Springer. Selected papers of high quality will be published by the international journal - Simulation & Gaming and Computing in Science & Engineering (pending). All the submitted papers should be written in English, and will be reviewed by international reviewers. Three to six keynote speakers will be invited

Edutainment 2007 will cover a range of topics including:

E-Learning Platforms and Tools	Game Design and Development
Learning Resource Management	Game Engine Development and Customization
Practice and Experience Sharing	Game AI and Articial Life
E-Learning Standards	Game Physics
Mobile Learning	Game Rendering/Animations
Education and Remote Classrooms	Virtual Characters/Agents
Effectiveness of Virtual Reality for Education	Online/Mobile Game/ Video Game
Life Long Learning	Storytelling and Game Narrative
Collaborative Environments	Active Interaction in Games
Remote Group Simulations	Digital Museum
Collaborative Learning	Digital Heritage
Virtual Reality in Education	Animation Techniques
Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality	Vision and Imaging Technology in Games
and any other researches dealing with a pioneered or signi‑cant development in animation, virtual reality and multimedia.

Important Dates

Due of Submission	December 10, 2006
Due of Review	February 15, 2007
Due of Acceptance	March 1, 2007
Due of Camera-ready	March 15, 2007
Conference	June 11 ¨C 13, 2007

Organization

Honorary chairs
Jos¨¦ L. Encarnação	Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Yeung Yam	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Ruth Aylett	Heriot-Watt University, UK
Conference chairs:
Kin-chuen Hui	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Zhigeng Pan	Zhejiang University, China
L. Miguel Encarnação	The IMEDIA Academy, USA
Program chairs:
(E-Learning Track)
Ronald Chi-kit Chung	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Stefan Goebel	ZGDV, Germany
(Game and animation Track)
Charlie C.L. Wang	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Xiaogang Jin	Zhejiang University, China
Publicity Co-chairs
Jim X. Chen	George Mason University, USA
Maiga Chang	Chung-Yuan Christian University, China
Gerry J. Kim	POSTECH, Korea
Workshop Co-chairs
Holger Diener	Fraunhofer IGD, Germany
Fong-Lok Lee	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Ryohei Nakatsu	Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Tutorial Co-chairs
Woontack Woo	KJIST, Korea
Lars Kjelldahl	KTH, Sweden
Nuno Correia	New University of Lisbon, Portugue
Publication Co-Chairs
Li Li	Hangzhou Dianzi University, China
Eric C.-L. Li	The City University of Hong Kong, China
Organizing Co-chairs
K. M. Yu	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Yanghseng Wang	Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhiyang Yao	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Yi Li	Nanjing Normal University, China
Executive Committee Members:
Ruth Aylett	Heriot-Watt University, UK
Jim X. Chen	George Mason University, USA
Stefan Goebel	ZGDV, Germany
Kin-chuen Hui	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Xiaogang Jin	Zhejiang University, China
Zhigeng Pan	Zhejiang University, China
Charlie C.L. Wang	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
International Program Committee (tentative):
Isabel Machado Alexandre	University Campus of Lisbon, Portgual
Elizabeth Andre	University of Ulm, Germany
Ruth Aylett	Heroit-Watt University, UK
Steffi Beckhaus	University of Hamburg, Germany
Mark Billinghurst	Human Interface Technology, New Zealand
Paul Brna	University of Glasgow, UK
Gloria Brown-Simmons	University of California in Irvine, USA
Yiyu Cai	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Tak-Wai Chan	National Central University, Taiwan
Maiga Chang	Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
Yam San Chee	National Institute of Education, Singapore
Jim X.Chen	Georage Masnion University, USA
Adrian David Cheok	National University of Singapore
Carola Conle	University of Toronto, Canada
Nuno Correia	Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Holger Diener	The Fraunhofer Insitute for Computer Graphics in Rostock, Germany
Stepahne Donikian	Universit¨¦ de Rennes, France
Miguel Encarnação	The ICPNM Academy, USA
Bernd Froehlich	Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
Lisa Gjedde	Danish University of Education, Danmarks
Gernot Goebbels	fleXilution, Germany
Martin Goebel	German National Research Center for Information Technology
Stefan Goebel	The Computer Graphics Center in Darmstardt, Germany
Lynne Hall	University of Sunderland, UK
Kin-chuen Hui	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Masahiko Inami	The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Woochun Jun	Seoul National University of Education, Korea
Hirokazu Kato