MAM2016 — The 4th Annual Eurographics Workshop on Material Appearance Modeling

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss and define open issues in the acquisition and modeling of material appearance. In this workshop we gather researchers and potential users of material appearance models to define what the major challenges and problems are in this area. One output of the workshop will be a document (available through the EG Digital Library — past editions are at http://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/2584) that is intended to help guide future development of material appearance modeling.

As in the previous years, the workshop will include short presentations of position papers. Types of position papers include:

• Submissions  from industrial users or potential users of digital material models. Suitable topics of this type include description of practical applications of digital models and problems that have been encountered. For example, are there some materials that aren’t possible to model with current methods? Do some software systems fail to successfully predict appearance? Are there some desirable editing operations that aren’t possible with current systems?

• Submissions  from researchers on their view of the grand challenges in material appearance. What are the big problems we still need to solve? Are there significant problems that require solution of wave equations that we still can’t handle? Are there problems that require physical property data that we don’t know how to get? Do we need better perceptual models? What are the material appearance modeling problems associated with 3D printing?

• Submissions from all groups describing acquisition systems and performance. Technical papers typically describe the design of systems and initial results. Reports of practical experience with system are needed, including reports on what works well, and what works poorly. This type of “experience” report is needed to move the field forward, but is not eligible for publication in traditional conferences and journals.

• Position papers on other topics in material appearance are also welcome. Positions should be four pages or less in length, using the Style Guide given in egPublStyle-MAM2016.zip. The deadline for submissions is JUNE 6, 2016. Submissions and any questions should be set via email to the workshop organizers:

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Holly Rushmeier This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and Reinhard Klein This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.