Eurographics .:: European Association for Computer Graphics

During EUROGRAPHICS 2010 three new Fellows were elected. The new Fellows are Daniel Cohen-Or, Joaquim Jorge and Vaclav Skala. The full text of the announcement that will appear in Computer Graphics Forum is available here.
Congratulations to all three!

• Daniel Cohen-Or for his scientific contributions to the advancement of computer graphics; his outstanding leadership in the field of computer graphics; his contributions to the Eurographics through the Executive Committee, Awards Committee, programme committee and chairmanship roles.
• Joaquim Jorge for his research leadership in sketch-based interfaces and modelling; his immense contributions to EG activities, particularly the growth of the membership in Portugal; his innovative initiatives in computer graphics education.
• Vaclav Skala for his research in the foundations of computer graphics; his contributions to computer graphics education in the Czech republic; his leadership in establishing and maintaining WSCG; his contribution to Eurographics as a member of the Executive Committee and as an Associate Editor of the Computer Graphics Forum journal.

The Executive Committee election ballot closed on 12^th June. All of the 133 votes received were cast through the electronic ballot system.

There was one regional vacancy in region 1 and one in region 4. The following candidates have been elected to fill those two vacancies.

In tribute to his his contributions to computer graphics, his impact on the field, and his leadership role, Wolfgang Strasser has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Association: Wolfgang Strasser

The Executive Committee election ballot closed on 12^th June. All of the 133 votes received were cast through the electronic ballot system.

There was one regional vacancy in region 1 and one in region 4. The following candidates have been elected to fill those two vacancies.

 

• David Duce (region 1)
• Pere Brunet (region 4)

The following candidates have been elected to fill the remaining five vacancies.

• Thomas Ertl (region 2)
• Eduard Gröller (region 5)
• Leif Kobbelt (region 2)
• David Luebke (region 6)
• Werner Purgathofer (region 5)

Their three year terms of office commence on 1^st January 2010.

Congratulations to those elected. To those not elected, our thanks to them for standing in the elections and for demonstrating their willingness to serve the Association in this way.

The votes recorded for each candidate are given in the table below.

 

Member	Region	Votes
Gladimir Baranoski	6	34
Pere Brunet	4	65
David Duce	1	60
Thomas Ertl	2	82
Eduard Groeller	5	55
Jasminka Hasic	5	21
Jan Kautz	1	47
Reinhard Klein	2	43
Leif Kobbelt	2	56
David Luebke	6	56
Luis Paulo Santos	4	40
Renato Pajarola	3	35
Werner Purgathofer	5	73
Anders Ynnerman	5	28

Roberto Scopigno (Chairman),
David Duce (Vice Chairman),
Thomas Ertl (Vice Chairman),
Carlo Vandoni (Secretary)
17^th June 2009

During EUROGRAPHICS 2009 two new Fellows were elected. The new Fellows are Eduard Gröller and Nigel John. The full text of the announcement that will appear in Computer Graphics Forum is available here. Congratulations to them both!

• Eduard Gröller for his broad and high-quality research in visualization and for building up one of the strongest visualization groups in Europe; his leadership in the visualization community as Symposium Co-chair of Eurographics/IEEE VisSym 1999, as member of the steering committee of the Eurographics Working Group on Data Visualization since 2002, as Papers Co-chair of the IEEE Visualization Conference 2005 and 2006, as organizer of the Dagstuhl Seminar on Scientific Visualization 2005 and 2009, and as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions in Visualization and Computer Graphics (2003-2007); his contributions to the Eurographics conferences as coauthor of seven papers, as Program Co-chair in 2006, as Monitoring Officer for EG 2010 and as Conference Co-chair for EG 2011; his contribution to Eurographics as member of the Executive Committee and as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Computer Graphics Forum.
• Nigel John for his research contributions to the field of medical graphics; his contributions to Eurographics conferences, including his roles as co-chair of the EG 2001 and EG 2008 events and national UK chapter events; his promotion of VRML/X3D in the medical graphics community and his engagement in the medical graphics theme of the Web3D Symposium; his contribution to the Eurographics Association through participation in the Executive Committee and chairmanship of the Professional Board.

As we enter 2009, chairmanship of the Association passes from David Duce to Roberto Scopigno. So this is a valedictory letter from David and a welcome letter from Roberto. Chairman's Letter

Changes to the membership fee structure for 2009, new discounts for individual members who are employees of Organization Members, and some details of future conferences are announced in the Chairman's Letter.

The Executive Committee election ballot closed on 15^th May. All of the 132 votes received were cast through the electronic ballot system.

There was one regional vacancy in region 4 and one in region 5. The following candidates have been elected to fill those two vacancies.

 

• Isabel Navazo (region 4)
• László Szirmay-Kalos (region 5)

The following candidates have been elected to fill the remaining five vacancies.

• Philip Dutré (region 5)
• Dieter Fellner (region 2)
• Torsten Möller (region 6)
• Vaclav Skala (region 5)
• Brian Wyvill (region 6)

Congratulations to those elected. To those not elected, our thanks to them for standing in the elections and for demonstrating their willingness to serve the Association in this way.

David Duce (Chairman),
Thomas Ertl (Vice Chairman),
Roberto Scopigno (Vice Chairman),
Carlo Vandoni (Secretary)
20^th May 2008