Preface ix Conference Committee xi Animation To Gesture or Not to Gesture: What is the Question? 3(8) N. Badler M. Costa L. Zhao D. Chi An Animation Toolkit Based on Motion Mapping 11(8) M. W. Lee M. G. Lee LaTex Human Motion Planning Based on Recursive Dynamics and Optimal Control Techniques 19(10) G. Huang D. Metaxas J. Lo Hand Gesture Animation from Static Postures Using an Anatomy-Based Model 29(8) H. H. S. Ip S. C. S. Chan M. S. W. Lam Neural Network-based Violinists Hand Animation 37(8) J. Kim F. Cordier N. Magnenat-Thalmann Natural Phenomena I The Digital Ocean 45(10) N. M. Patrikalakis S. L. Abrams J. G. Bellingham W. Cho K. P. Mihanetzis A. R. Robinson H. Schmidt P. C. H. Wariyapola Modeling Murex cabritii Sea Shell with a Structured Implicit Surface Modeler 55(10) C. Galbraith P. Prusinkiewicz B. Wywill Ocean Waves Synthesis using a Spectrum-Based Turbulence Function 65(10) S. Thon J.-M. Dischler D. Ghazanfarpour Natural Phenomena II VISJET---A Computer Ocean Outfall Modelling System 75(6) S. K. B. Cheung D. Y. L Leung W. Wang J. H. W. Lee V. Cheung Visualization of Eclipses and Planetary Conjunction Events: The Interplay between Model Coherence, Scaling and Animation 81(8) W. Oberschelp A. Hornung H. Samulowitz Mathematical Aspects of Graphics I Homological Invariants and HolorGraphic Representations of Topological Structures in Cellular Spaces 89(10) G. Baciu T. L. Kunii Using an Enhanced LBG Algorithm to Reduce the Codebook Error in Vector Quantization 99(6) J. Haber H.-P. Seidel Real-Time Collision Detection and Response for Complex Environments 105(12) B. Geiger Mathematical Aspects of Graphics II A Homotopy Model for Cup Lifting 117(10) K. Ohmori T. L. Kunii X-Machines + L-Systems = XL-Systems 127(10) S. K. Vanak Surface Meshing and Modelling I Local and Global Geometric Methods for Analysis Interrogation, Reconstruction, Modification and Design of Shape 137(16) F.-E. Wolter K.-I. Friese Crack Pattern Simulation Based on 3D Surface Cellular Automaton 153(10) S. Gobron N. Chiba Reconstruction of B-spline Surfaces from Scttered Data Points 163(10) B. F. Gregorski B. Hamann K. I. Joy Surface Meshing and Modelling II SQUEEZE: Fast and Progressive Decompression of Triangle Meshes 173(10) R. Pajarola J. Rossignac Enabling Cuts on Multiresolution Representation 183(12) F. Ganovelli P. Cignoni C. Montani R. Scopigno Multimedia and Motion Capturing I The Challenges of Digital Media: Research Issues and Future Directions 195(6) R. A. Earnshaw Fuzzy-Based Person Tracking in Real-Time 201(8) M. Hoch S. Mann Interactive Human Motion Acquisition from Video Sequences 209(12) J. Y. Zheng S. Suezaki Y. Shiota Multimedia and Motion Capturing II Head Detection and Tracking by 2-D and 3-D Ellipsoid Fitting 221(6) N. Grammalidis M. G. Strintzis Visualization of Dominant Region in Team Games and Its Application to Teamwork Analysis 227(12) T. Taki J. Hasegawa Simulation Simulated Patient for Orthognathic Surgery 239(8) H. H. S. Ip C. S. B. Kot J. Xia Fast and Stable Animation of Cloth with an Approximated Implicit Method 247(10) Y.-M. Kang J.-H. Choi H.-G. Cho C.-J. Park Implementing Fast Cloth Simulation with Collision Response 257(12) P. Volino N. Magnenat Thalmann Rendering Hybridization Techniques for Fast Radiosity Solvers 269(10) M. Leblond F. Rousselle C. Renaud Orientation Lightmaps for Photon Tracing in Complex Environments 279(8) A. Wilkie R. F. Tobler W. Purgathofer Hair Rendering by Jittering and Pseudo Shadow 287(8) W. Kong M. Nakajima Augmented and Virtual Reality Haptics Issues in Virtual Environments 295(8) G. C. Burdea Augmented Reality for Real and Virtual Humans 303(6) S. Balcisoy R. Torre M. Ponder P. Fua D. Thalmann VPARK - A Windows NT Software Platform for a Virtual Networked Amusement Park 309(10) H. Seo C. Joslin U. Berner N. Magnenat-Thalmann M. Jovovic J. Esmerado D. Thalmann I. Palmer Visualization Visualization of Biomedical Processes: Local Quantitative Physiological Functions in Living Human Body 319(6) D. Feng W. Cai Dynamic 3D Maps and Their Texture-Based Design 325(10) J. Dollner K. Hinrichs Molecular Dynamics Visualization with XML and VRML 335(8) B. Arun V. Chandru A. D. Ganguly S. Manohar Visual Simulation of Texture/Non - Texture Image Synthesis 343(10) H. Karam A. E. Hassanien M. Nakajima Author Index 353
