SAND 2009 - SAND, Swansea Animation Days, 2009

http://www.smu.ac.uk/sand/SANDPaper09.html

Arranged by the School of Digital Media, Swansea Metropolitan University


After nine successful international conferences for industry and academia, Swansea Animation Days (SAND) is pleased to announce its first call for academic papers on animation, games, and special effects for the conference in 2009.

SAND Paper invites you to submit a research paper on, but not limited to, one of the following topics - please pass this on to your colleagues or students who may be interested:

â?¢ The application, evaluation, or theoretical development of digital visualisation â?“ e.g. procedural animation, motion capture, issues of realism and perception.
â?¢ Issues relating to the uncanny valley concept in relation to the creative, digital industries â?“ e.g. computer games, 3D animation, multimedia.
â?¢ An evaluation of pedagogical approaches for digital media disciplines â?“ e.g. teaching strategies, assessment procedures, and the development of new teaching tools.
â?¢ An investigation of ludological and/or narrative structures in computer and video games.
â?¢ Issues concerning formal, scientific evaluations of game quality.
â?¢ Other topics of particular interest include online communities, new approaches for the creation of 3D art, and the design and contextual analyses of digital visualisation.

Papers should outline original work and clearly describe the method(s) used and its application in the context of creative digital industries and/or visualisation.

Submission Guidelines can be found on the SAND website at:
http://www.smu.ac.uk/sand/SANDPaper09.html

Completed papers must be sent electronically to: barry.ip-AT-smu.ac.uk

Deadlines

Papers: June 29th, 2009
Notification of paper acceptance and reviewersâ?™ comments: September 25th, 2009
Final submission date for revised papers: October 30th, 2009

For information on the forthcoming SAND 2009 conference event, please email: sand-AT-smu.ac.uk or visit the website www.smu.ac.uk/SAND

The SAND 2009 events will be held in Swansea, Wales from 23 â?“ 27 November.