General News

New CGF co-chief editor appointed

Oliver Deussen from the University of Konstanz, Germany, was appointed co-chief editor of Computer Graphics Forum for the term 2012-2015. He was selected by a search committee among 10 applicants who responded to an open call. Oliver will take over from Eduard Gröller and he will share responsibility for CGF with Holly Rushmeier. Eurographics is grateful for Edi's service to the journal and wishes Oliver a successful term further advancing Computer Graphics Forum.

Eurographics Executive Committee election results

The ballot for the Executive Committee elections closed on 1 August 2011. The following candidates have been elected: Oliver Deussen, Dieter Fellner, Jan Kautz, Heinrich Mueller, Isabel Navazo, Olga Sorkine and Brian Wyvill. Each will serve for a 3 year term of office commencing 1 January 2012. For more details see here.

New Honorary Fellow elected

During EuroVis 2011 in Bergen, Norway, Frits Post, a pioneer of visualization research in Europe and a long-time member and volunteer of Eurographics, was awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Eurographics association. The citation can be found here.

Affiliation Agreement with ACM SIGGAPH

During SIGGRAPH 2011 in Vancouver the affiliation agreement between ACM SIGGRAPH and Eurographics was renewed for another five years. The agreement sets the frame for joint membership discounts, co-sponsored and in-cooperation events, joint publication activities, promotion of partnered events, and close ties between the executive committees.

US Book Sale Launched

Eurographics is having a clearance sale of stock held in the USA. At very low costs, members resident in the USA or able to use USA shipping addresses, can order copies of older symposia and workshop proceedings while stocks last. For details see here.

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