Fifth IFIP WG5.2 Workshop on
Geometric Modeling in Computer-Aided Design

May 18th - 23rd, 1996
Airlie, Virginia, U.S.A.

*** FINAL PROGRAM now available ***

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The Workshop is intended to offer a window on state-of-the-art research and development in geometric modeling, product modeling and their applications. One intention is to explore the interface between geometric design and its supporting activities, including earlier stages of design. The presentation sessions will evaluate recent advances, determine significant trends and establish future directions.

This meeting continues the series of IFIP WG5.2 Workshops held in previous years in Rensselaerville, New York. It is being sponsored by NIST and the U.S. Office of Naval Research. The Workshop will be held at the Airlie Conference Center, in a rural location in Virginia, not far from Dulles airport serving Washington, DC.

Tentative session topics include:

Surface, solid and nonmanifold modeling
Parametric and variational/constraint-based modeling
Feature modeling, feature recognition, feature-based reasoning
Assembly modeling, including tolerance representation
Physically based modeling for design
Design/analysis issues
Computer aids to preliminary design
Function/form interface in design
Capture of design rationale
Role of geometry in engineering ontologies
Design for manufacture, assembly, maintenance etc.
Process planning for manufacture and assembly
Rapid and virtual prototyping
Simulation as a design tool
Integration of design and manufacturing planning
Standards relating to any of the above topics
Participants are invited to submit a brief summary (about 500 words) of their proposed contribution (presentation of work in progress is acceptable) by 30th November 1995 to the workshop coordinator (contact details below). Contributions will be reviewed for suitability, and notification of acceptance given by 31st December 1995. Following the Workshop, papers based on the presentations will be solicited. These will be reviewed for inclusion in the Proceedings, which will be published in book form in the IFIP Conference Series.

Conference Co-chairs:

Michael J. Pratt, NIST
Ram D. Sriram, NIST
Michael J. Wozny, NIST

International Program Committee:

Dave Anderson, Purdue University, USA
Cecil Armstrong, Queens University Belfast, UK
David Brown, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
Umberto Cugini, University of Parma, Italy*
Rida Farouki, University of Michigan, USA
David Field, General Motors Research Labs, USA
Susan Finger, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Franca Giannini, National Research Council, Italy
Hans Grabowski, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Christoph Hoffmann, Purdue University, USA
Pradeep Khosla, ARPA, USA
Fumihiko Kimura, Tokyo University, Japan
Torsten Kjellberg, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Jean-Claude Latombe, Stanford University, USA
Martti Mantyla, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Kenneth Preiss, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Fritz Prinz, Stanford University, USA
Dieter Roller, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Malcolm Sabin, Numerical Geometry Ltd., UK
Tamas Varady, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

* to be confirmed
Registration details will be circulated shortly. Meanwhile, send Abstracts and technical queries to: 

Dr Michael J. Pratt,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Manufacturing Systems Integration Division,
Building 220, Room A127,                     Tel. (301) 975-3951
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001,                 Fax  (301) 258-9749
U.S.A.                                 e-mail pratt@cme.nist.gov
             http://elib.cme.nist.gov/msid/staff/pratt.mike.html
Prospective participants with an interest in process planning (including assembly planning) may like to combine attendance at Airlie with participation in a Process Planning Workshop being organized by NIST, which will probably be held on the Thursday and Friday preceding the Airlie meeting. This will also be held in the Washington area, possibly at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. For further details of the NIST Process Planning Workshop contact Bill Regli (regli@cme.nist.gov).

dcb@cs.wpi.edu; Fri Sep 1 19:01:51 EDT 1995