Conference Chair
Prof. Lizbeth Goodman, SMARTlab – Inclusive Design Research Centre, University College Dublin
Conference Manager
Elysa Kelly, SMARTlab – Inclusive Design Research Centre, University College Dublin
Co- Chair & Chair of Scientific Committee
Prof. Eugene Ch’ng, NVIDIA Joint-Lab on Mixed Reality, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Special Panel Chairs
Assistive Technology for Creative Expression
Prof. Frank Lyons, Assoc. Dean, Ulster University
Animation and Modeling
Dr Justin Magee, Belfast School of Art, Ulster University
Cultural Heritage
Prof. Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem, Chair in Arch., Nottingham Trent Univ.
Organising Committee, Publications and Events team
Dr Shane Keaveney, Dr Anita McKeown, Dr Eleni Mangina, Dr Joe Eyerman, Dr Mick Donegan, Dr Gloria Crispino, Dr Donal Holland, Dr Ken Stanton, Dr Aoife Ahern, Dr Ciaran McNally, Dr Anna Kelly, Dr Aviva Cohen, Dr Anita Yakkundi, Dr Yugos Politis, Dr Nigel Robb, Colin Keogh, Cagri Cubucku, Bo Zhang, Cheryl L’Hirondelle, Elysa Kelly, Frank Gleeson, Mureann O’Sullivan, Stephen Howell, Graham Smith, Pierre Jolivet, Vincent Hyland, Lucy Hunt, Eleanor Bowen, Rick Nassar, Niall Hogan, Niall McAllister, Tara O’Neil, Julie LeMoine, Conor Brennan, John Ryan, et al
Organising Committee, Belfast team
Prof. Frank Lyons, Prof. Greg Maguire, Dr Justin Magee, Dr Kyle Boyd, Dr Brian Bridges, Dr Helen Jackson, Fiona McElroy, Louise Harbinson, Sinead Grant, Karen Reid, Yuanyuan Chen, Janet Coulter, Conann Fitzpatrick, Alison Gault, John Harding, Adrian Hickey, Alan Hook, Liam McComish, Martin McGinn, Alec Parkin, Terry Quigley, Jill Spratt.
Executive Committee
Prof. Alonzo Addison, President, VSMM Society, Berkeley CA, USA
Prof. Gabrielle Guidi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Hyun Seung Yang, KAIST, South Korea
Prof. Maurizio Forte, Duke University, USA
Prof. Michele Russo, La Sapienza University, Italy
Prof. Hal Thwaites (Honorary President, VSMM Society), Sunway University, Malaysia
Prof. Lizbeth Goodman, University College Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Jacki Morie, All These Worlds LLC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Dr. Halina Gottlieb, Digital Heritage Cultural Centre, Sweden
VSMM2017 Scientific Committee
Scientific Committee Chair
Prof. Eugene Ch’ng, NVIDIA Joint-Lab on Mixed Reality, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Special Panel Chair – Assistive Technology for Creative Expression
Prof. Frank Lyons, Assoc. Dean, Ulster University
Special Panel Chair – Animation and Modeling
Prof. Greg Maguire, Belfast School of Art, Ulster University
Special Panel Chair – Cultural Heritage
Prof. Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem, Chair in Arch., Nottingham Trent Univ.
Scientific Committee
| Prof. | Alonzo | Addison | President, VSMM Society | USA |
| Dr. | Alessandro | Artusi | Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Informatics, University of Girona | Spain |
| Dr. | Camille | Baker | Reader in Digital Communication Design, University for the Creative Arts | UK |
| Ms. | Adriana | Bandiera | University of Salento | Italy |
| Dr. | Jean-Yves | Blaise | Sr. Researcher, French National Research Council (MAP, CNRS) | France |
| Prof. | Monica | Bordegoni | School of Design, Polytechnic of Milan | Italy |
| Dr. | Kyle | Boyd | Ulster University | UK |
| Dr. | Brian | Bridges | Ulster University | UK |
| Dr. | Holger | Briel | School of Film and TV Arts, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University | China |
| Mr. | Paul | Bryan | Dept. of Archaeology, University of York | UK |
| Dr. | Marco | Callieri | Visual Computing Lab, Inst. for Computer Science & Technologies, Italian National Research Council (ISTI-CNR) | Italy |
| Dr. | Henry | Chapman | University of Birmingham | UK |
| Dr. | Ali | Cheshmehzangi | Dept. of Architecture, University of Nottingham Ningbo China | China |
| Dr. | Paolo | Cignoni | Inst. for Computer Science & Technologies, Italian National Research Council (ISTI-CNR) | Italy |
| Dr. | Antonio | Cisterni | Reseacher, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Pisa | Italy |
| Dr. | Sue | Cobb | Human Factors Research Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham | UK |
| Prof. | Michael | Cohen | Professor, Computer Arts Lab, University of Aizu | Japan |
| Mrs. | Janet | Coulter | Ulster University | UK |
| Prof. | Andrea | D’Andrea | Interdept. Center for Archeology, University of Naples “L’Orientale” | Italy |
| Prof. | Marc | Daniel | Dept. of Computer Science, University of Aix-Marseille | France |
| Mr. | Matteo | Dellepiane | Visual Computing Lab, Inst. for Computer Science & Technologies, Italian National Research Council (ISTI-CNR) | Italy |
| Dr. | Julie | Digne | Lab. of Computer Science in Image & Information Systems, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) | France |
| Dr. | Denise | Doyle | University of Wolverhampton | UK |
| Dr. | Pierre | Drap | Lab. of Information Sciences & Systems, Aix-Marseille University | France |
| Dr. | George | Drettakis | Sr. Researcher, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis | France |
| Dr. | Steven | Fai | Assoc. Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism, Faculty of Engineering & Design, Carleton University | Canada |
| Prof. | Mercedes | Farjas | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETSI topografía, Geodesia y Cartografía | Spain |
| Dr. | Isabelle | Fassecalvet | Assistant Professor, Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Architecture of Marseille | France |
| Dr. | Francesco | Ferrise | Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan | Italy |
| Ms. | Lisa | Fischer | Director, Digital Initiatives, Preservation Virginia | USA |
| Dr. | Julian | Flores | Inst. of Technological Research, University of Santiago de Compostela | Spain |
| Prof. | Mariano | Flores-Gutiérrez | Dept. of Fine Arts, University of Murcia | Spain |
| Prof. | Dieter | Fritsch | Inst. for Photogrammetry, University of Stuttgart | Germany |
| Dr. | Francesco | Gabellone | Researcher, Inst. for Archaeological & Monumental Heritage, Italian National Research Council (IBAM-CNR) | Italy |
| Prof. | Vince | Gaffney | University of Bradford | UK |
| Dr. | Fabio | Ganovelli | Inst. of Information Science & Technologies, Italian National Research Council (ISTI-CNR) | Italy |
| Mrs. | Alison | Gault | Ulster University | UK |
| Prof. | Lizbeth | Goodman | Professor & Director, SMARTlab, University College Dublin | Ireland |
| Prof. | Pierre | Grussenmeyer | Dept. of Surveying and Civil Engineering, INSA Strasbourg, Graduate School of Science and Technology | France |
| Prof. | François | Guena | School of Architecture of Paris La Villette | France |
| Dr. | Antonela | Guidazzoli | Head of Visual Information Lab, CINECA | Italy |
| Prof. | Gabriele | Guidi | Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan | Italy |
| Prof. | Gilles | Halin | University of Lorraine (UFR Mathematics & Informatics) & Deputy Director, UMR n°3495 CNRS/MCC | France |
| Dr. | Susan | Hazan | Curator of New Media and Head of Internet Office, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem | Israel |
| Dr. | Lynne | Heller | OCAD University | Canada |
| Dr. | Sorin | Hermon | Assoc. Professor, The Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC), The Cyprus Institute | Cyprus |
| Dr | Luis | Hernandez-Munoz | Birmingham City University | UK |
| Dr. | Alan | Hook | Ulster University | UK |
| Dr. | Perla | Innocenti | Honorary Research Fellow, School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow | UK |
| Artist | Doug | Jarvis | Second Front and the Noxious Sector Arts Collective | Canada |
| Prof. | Elisabeth | Jerem | Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Hungary |
| Prof. | Yvonne | Jung | Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD & University of Fulda | Germany |
| Dr. | Martin | Kampel | Computer Vision Lab, Inst. of Computer Aided Automation, Faculty of Informatics, Technical University of Vienna | Austria |
| Dr. | Shane | Keaveney | SMARTlab, University College Dublin | Ireland |
| Prof. | Sarah | Kenderdine | Professor, EPFL | Switzerland |
| Mr. | Colin | Keogh | SMARTlab,University College Dublin | Ireland |
| Prof. | Min | Kim | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) | South Korea |
| Dr. | Florent | Lafarge | Researcher, INRIA Sophia Antipolis | France |
| Dr. | Hasup | Lee | Research Fellow, VR Lab, Konkuk University | South Korea |
| Prof. | Chien-Sing | Lee | Sunway University | Malaysia |
| Prof. | Jose Luis | Lerma | Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) | Spain |
| Dr. | Fotis | Liarokapis | Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University | Czech Republic |
| Dr. | Victor Manual | López-Menchero | University of Castilla-La Mancha | Spain |
| Prof. | Genevieve | Lucet | Inst. of Aesthetic Research, Nat’l Autonomous Univ. of Mexico | Mexico |
| Dr. | Eleni | Mangina | University College Dublin | Ireland |
| Prof. | Ricardo | Marroquim | Systems Engineering and Computer Science Program (PESC), COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| Dr. | Ciaran | McNally | University College Dublin | Ireland |
| Dr. | Justin | Magee | Research Director for Art & Design, University of Ulster | UK |
| Prof. | Javier | Melero | University of Granada | Spain |
| Prof. | Jacki | Morie | All These Worlds, LLC | USA |
| Dr. | Michela | Mortara | IMATI, Italian National Research Council (IMATI-CNR) | Italy |
| Prof. | Pierre | Mourad | University of Washington | USA |
| Prof. | Wolfgang | Neubauer | Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology | Austria |
| Dr. | Gianpaolo | Palma | Visual Computing Lab, Inst. of Information Science & Technologies, Italian National Research Council (ISTI-CNR) | Italy |
| Prof. | Jean-Philippe | Pernot | Arts et Métiers ParisTech | France |
| Dr. | Dr. Sofia | Pescarin | Inst. for Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage, Italian National Research Council (itabc-CNR) | Italy |
| Mr. | Daniel | Pletinckx | Director, Visual Dimension bvba | Belgium |
| Dr. | Yurgos | Politis | University College Dublin | Ireland |
| Dr. | Terry | Quigley | Ulster University | UK |
| Dr. | Romain | Raffin | Aix-Marseille University | France |
| Prof. | Matthias | Rauterberg | University of Technology | The Netherlands |
| Dr. | Alejandro | Ribes | Principal Research Scientist, Electricite de France Lab | France |
| Dr. | Nigel | Robb | SMARTlab, University College Dublin | Ireland |
| Prof. | Maria | Roussou | Dept. of Informatics & Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Greece |
| Prof. | Robert | Sablatnig | Professor & Head of Computer Vision Lab, Technical University of Vienna | Austria |
| Prof. | Fathi | Saleh | Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | Egypt |
| Dr. | Donald | Sanders | President at Learning Sites, Inc. & the Institute for the Visualization of History, Inc | USA |
| Prof. | Mario | Santana | Assoc. Prof of Architectural Conservation & Sustainability, Carleton University | Canada |
| Dr. | Pasuqale | Savino | Sr. Researcher, Multimedia Networked Info. Systems Lab, Italian National Research Council | Italy |
| Mr. | Roberto | Scopigno | Research Director, Inst. for Computer Science and Technologies, Italian National Research Council (ISTI-CNR) | Italy |
| Dr. | Michela | Spagnuolo | Research Director, IMATI, Italian National Research Council (IMATI-CNR) | Italy |
| Mr. | Stephen | Stead | Director, PavePrime Ltd | UK |
| Dr. | Andre | Stork | Inst. for Graphical Data Processing (IGD), Fraunhofer Institute | Germany |
| Dr. | Simon | Su | US Army | USA |
| Prof. | Harold | Thwaites | Professor & Dean, Sunway University | Malaysia |
| Dr. | Corey | Toler Franklin | Computer & Information Science & Engineering Dept., University of Florida | USA |
| Prof. | Juan Carlos | Torres | VR Lab, Dept of Computer Science, Univ. of Granada | Spain |
| Dr. | Krzysztof | Walczak | Dept. of Information Technology, Poznań University of Economics & Business | Poland |
| Dr. | Martin | White | Reader in Computer Science, University of Sussex | UK |
| Dr. | Sandra | Woolley | Sr. Lecturer, School of Computing & Informatics, Keele University | UK |
| Dr. | Anita | Yakkundi | SMARTlab, University College Dublin | Ireland |
| Dr. | Hafizuddin | Yusuf | Lecturer, Multimedia University | Malaysia |
| Ms. | Bo | Zhang | SMARTlab, University College Dublin | Ireland |