1. What is CGF Cover Contest?
Each year, Computer Graphics Forum changes the graphical image which appears on its cover. This is an opportunity for researchers to show the world the most advanced computer graphics technology. There is also a 200 euro Prize (*) for the winner, though the biggest prize is of course that the winning image will appear on the cover of all eight CGF issues in the coming year, including the conference issues for Eurographics, EuroVis, EGSR, SGP and PG. The CGF editorial board serves as the judging panel for the competition, except that members with potential conflicts of interest will not take part in the voting.
(*) may be subject to local taxes
2. How can I enter the contest?
The latest call for the CGF Cover Contest is at http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/cgf/. Typically the call will open at the beginning of November each year, and close on 30 November. The process involves the completion of a simple form with the image to be submitted. Each image must have been produced with the aid of computer graphics and the authors or CGF must own the copyright of the image.
3. Can I submit an image that has already been published in a paper? If so, does it matter if it is a EG/CGF publication or not?
If the image is part of a paper that appeared or will appear in Computer Graphics Forum, the authors have already transferred the copyright to CGF and such a submission will be OK. If the paper is not a CGF publication, there will normally be concerns about the copyright. In most cases, researchers who enter the contest make a great effort in designing new scenes that best showcase their advanced techniques.
4. What is the Graphics Replicability Stamp?
The Graphics Replicability Stamp is an initiative organised by an independent group of volunteers who wish to help the computer graphics community by enabling the sharing of code and data as a community resource for non-commercial use. CGF endorses this initiative and encourages its authors to participate if their work is appropriate for data and code sharing. Further information about this initiative can be found at http://www.replicabilitystamp.org/.
5. How can I enter my paper for this award?
When a paper is accepted for publication by CGF, the authors of the paper will be informed about the graphics replicability stamp through the notification letter. Authors will be pointed to the CGF web page for the graphics replicability stamp and a generic application form. The application process is lightweight. The authors who wish to enter their paper for the award will give some meta-information about their paper and indicate a link to a public Git repository with the source code and instructions on how to compile and replicate the results. The code should compile on a vanilla installation of one of the major operating systems (Linux, MacOSX, or Windows), have a license that allows non-commercial usage, and depend only on libraries that are free for academic or research purposes. The code quality will not be evaluated, but it should reproduce the data used to generate every resulting figure shown in the paper.
The Award organizer may contact CGF or the partner conference concerned for further details. When the decision is made by the Graphics Replicability Stamp team, the team will inform the authors as well as CGF about the award. CGF will include all awardee papers in the CGF web page for the graphics replicability stamp.