CCCG 2017

Submission Information

• Submission deadline: 4 May 2017, 23:59 AoE (Extended)
• Notification: 9 June 2017
• Final version due: 3 July 2017

Submission Details

Submissions should not exceed six pages, and must be prepared with LaTeX, using the CCCG 2017 LaTeX template. Submissions will be accepted only through EasyChair. Authors who feel that additional details are necessary should include a clearly marked appendix, which will be read at the discretion of the Program Committee. Simultaneous submission to another conference or journal is not allowed. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their papers at the conference. Failure to do so will result in removal of the paper from the proceedings.

Scope

The Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (CCCG) focuses on the design of efficient algorithms, the development of software, and the study of the mathematical foundations of computational problems whose formulations involve geometric constraints. The field of computational geometry is motivated by problems from a broad range of application areas, as diverse as computer graphics and animation, computer vision, computer-aided design and manufacturing, geographic information systems, pattern recognition, wireless communications, robotics, protein folding, urban planning, graph drawing, or statistical analysis, to name just a few. Authors are invited to submit papers describing original research of theoretical or practical significance in computational, combinatorial and discrete geometry, as well as related areas.

Audience

CCCG is an international forum, accessible to a broad community of researchers, to disseminate and discuss new theoretical and applied results in discrete and computational geometry. The intended audience for this conference includes graduate and undergraduate students, researchers in the area, and members of industry whose work involves geometric computation.

Proceedings

Proceedings will be published online. There will be no paper proceedings. A special issue of papers selected from CCCG 2017 is planned for the journal Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications.

Registration Information

Registration includes the full conference program, refreshment breaks, and a banquet ticket. Additional banquet tickets can be purchased during the registration process for $100 each. Accommodation must be arranged separately. All participants and accompanying persons are invited to a reception on the evening of July 25th.

Registration Fees

Registration will be available until the end of the conference. The early registration rate applies until July 11th, after which the prices increase. On-site registration fees may be higher still, at the discretion of the organising committee.

Program

The conference begins with a welcome reception at Play food & wine, starting at 6pm on Tuesday July 25. The talks are held over the next three days (July 26 - 28) in the Tory Building on the Carleton University campus. Each day starts with an invited talk at 9am. On Wednesday afternoon, there is an open problem session, followed by the business meeting. The banquet will be held on Wednesday evening at 6pm in Richcraft Hall, also located on the Carleton University campus. The conference ends around noon on Friday.

Invited Speakers

Travel Information

Getting to Ottawa

For most visitors, the easiest way to reach Ottawa will be to fly to Ottawa International Airport (YOW). There are many domestic flights to Ottawa each day, and a few international ones, mainly from the US. The airport is about 20 minutes from downtown by taxi (~$30), or 50 minutes by bus (route 97, $3.40).

The second closest international airport is Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL). This is about 2 hours from Ottawa by car, bus (Greyhound, ~$25), or train (VIA Rail, ~$40). Flying to Montréal can be cheaper because there are some budget airlines that offer international flights to Montréal without the possibility of connecting to Ottawa.

Ottawa is also accessible by car (highway 417 runs straight through downtown and is part of the Trans-Canada Highway), train (see VIA Rail for tickets; note that the train station is a little out of the way), and bus (see Greyhound for tickets; the bus station is fairly central).

Accommodations

The nearest accomodation option is at Carleton's campus residences. They offer simple rooms at the following rates:

They have free WiFi, but parking costs extra. Check-in is any time after 3:00pm and check-out is by 11:00am. To reserve, please call +1 (613) 520-5609 or send an email to summer.reservations@carleton.ca. There is no group rate for CCCG 2017.

For those who prefer to stay somewhere else, Ottawa is home to many hotels, hostels, and B&B's. Good search engines for these types of accommodation include TripAdvisor, Airbnb, Hotels.com, and Booking.com.

Dining suggestions

Here, you will find some options for lunch and dinner during the conference. Since everybody has a different preference and budget, rather than recommending specific restaurants, you should use, for example, TripAdvisor to make your final choices.

Lunch

Unfortunately, the choices on the Carleton campus are rather limited. If you want to have lunch on campus, there is an all-you-can-eat buffet on the third floor of Residence Commons, or several options in the University Centre:

• Oliver's is a pub on the first floor. They mainly serve burgers.
• Mike's Place is a pub on the second floor. They serve Indian-style food.
• The Food Court is also on the second floor. There, you can get pizza, poutine, and sandwiches.
• Bakers is a restaurant on the fourth floor. They have a small lunch menu with good variety.
• Rooster's is also on the fourth floor. You can get different types of pitas, bagels, and omelettes.

If you prefer to have lunch off-campus, here are two options, both of which are close to the Carleton campus:

• Preston Street (“Little Italy”): Besides Italian restaurants, you can go for Thai, Korean, Greek, or Japanese food. Pub Italia is a good place to enjoy good beer. From the Carleton campus, you can either walk there along the Rideau Canal, or take the O-Train towards Bayview and get off at Carling.
• Bank Street–Glebe–Lansdowne Park: From the Carleton campus, you can either walk there, or take bus 7 and get off at the Lansdowne stop. In this part of town, you will find a large selection of restaurants. The Craft Beer Market has a large beer selection.

Dinner

Both Preston Street and the Bank Street–Glebe–Lansdowne Park area are good choices for having dinner. If you prefer to have dinner in downtown Ottawa, you can take bus 4 or 7 from the Carleton campus and get off at the Rideau Centre. Alternatively, you can walk along the Rideau Canal until you reach the Chateau Laurier, which takes a little over an hour. All options below are within walking distance from the Rideau Centre.

• ByWard Market: This is the busiest part of downtown Ottawa. You will find a large variety of restaurants and pubs serving, among others, Italian, Indian, and Japanese food. If you are into good beer, you may check out Brothers and Vineyards Wine Bar and Bistro.
• Elgin Street: On this street, you will find a good variety of restaurants and pubs. The Elgin Beer Project has a large selection of local beers.
• Sparks Street: This is a very boring street, but it has two good options for good beer and decent food. The Bier Markt has a large selection of excellent beers. The 3 Brewers is a brewpub (and part of a chain with pubs throughout Canada).

Things to do in Ottawa

La Machine

During CCCG, Ottawa is host to a larger-than-life street theatre performance, called La Machine. The two protagonists – a giant spider and dragon-horse hybrid – will roam through the heart of the capital in a show entitled “The Spirit of the Dragon-Horse, With Stolen Wings”.

Ottawa Welcomes the World

In light of Canada's 150th anniversary, Ottawa is hosting over 45 international cultural showcases throughout the year at Landsdowne park. Each showcase features music, dance, food, traditional beverages, and more specific to that country or region:

• On Friday July 28, it is Thailand's turn to impress with authentic Thai cuisine, exhilarating Muay Thai demonstrations, captivating Thai dances, traditional Thai massage, and unique Thai handcrafts.
• The very next day, Saturday July 29, will exhibit the very best of Lithuanian culture, including folk dancing, choral singing, original gastronomy, folk art how-to demonstrations, a painting exhibition, and more.

Tourist attractions

Besides these special events, Ottawa is also home to world-class museums, historic landmarks, and excellent opportunities for outdoor exercise and adventure.

About CCCG 2017

The Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (CCCG) focuses on the mathematics of discrete geometry from a computational point of view. Abstracting and studying the geometric problems that underlie important applications of computing (such as geographic information systems, computer-aided design, simulation, robotics, solid modelling, big data, and computer graphics) leads not only to new mathematical results, but also to improvements in these application areas. Despite its international following, CCCG maintains the informality of a smaller workshop and attracts a large number of students.

Program Committee

Local Organisers

Contact

For inquiries, send an email to cccg2017@cccg.ca.

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