We invite work on a broad range of topics, including:

• 2D, 3D, and N-D animation systems

• animation systems

• autonomous characters

• clothing animation and simulation

• expressive motion / communication

• facial animation

• group and crowd behavior

• intuitive interfaces for creating and editing animations

• mathematical foundations of animation

• methods of control and artistic direction of simulations

• nature in motion (natural phenomena, plants, clouds, …)

• new time-based art forms on the computer

• novel time-varying phenomena

• perceptual metrics for animation

• perceptual foundations of animation

• physical realism / measuring the real world for animation

• planning / learning / optimization for animation

• real-time and interactive methods

• sound and speech for animation