ICM98-CL10 (97/03/18): VideoMath Festival: CALL FOR VIDEOS
TO ALL MATHEMATICIANS WHO HAVE PRELIMINARILY PREREGISTERED FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS 1998 IN BERLIN
Tenth Circular Letter, March 18, 1997
Subject: ICM98-CL10: VideoMath Festival: CALL FOR VIDEOS
Dear colleague:
In an effort to reach out to the general public, the ICM98
organizers are going to offer - in addition to the scientific
program - several cultural activities related to mathematics
that are attractive not only for ICM98 attendees. One of the
events in the planning process is the
VideoMath Festival.
Short high-quality videos on mathematical topics will be
combined into a film of about two hours length and shown
in the movie theater of the Urania, a center for popular
science presentations in Berlin.
Please find below the
CALL FOR VIDEOS
for the VideoMath Festival. Consider preparing an entry
and let your colleagues interested in mathematical movies
know about this project. More information can be found
under the URL:
http://www-sfb288.math.tu-berlin.de/VideoMath/
Best regards
Martin Groetschel
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CALL FOR VIDEOS
VideoMath Festival
at the
International Congress of Mathematicians 1998 (ICM'98)
Berlin (Germany)
August 18-27, 1998
The International Congresses of Mathematicians, taking place about
every four years since 1897, belong to the most important mathematical
events in the world. One distinguishing feature, among others, is the
award of the Fields Medals and the Nevanlinna Prize (the "mathematical
Nobel Prizes") during the opening ceremony.
The ICM'98 will take place in Berlin, Germany, from August 18 to 27,
1998. It will be accompanied by a number of cultural events. One of
these events will be the VideoMath Festival, a public presentation of
a collection of outstanding mathematical videos.
The festival is planned to attract a broad audience: ICM attendees,
students, teachers, and the proverbial man-in-the-street with an
inclination towards mathematics. Performances are open to the public
and will take place during the period of the conference. The Urania
building, a center for popular science located in downtown Berlin,
will host the VideoMath Festival as well as other cultural events in
the wake of ICM'98.
The collection of videos to be presented will be selected by a program
committee. The video pieces chosen will be integrated into a feature
film of up to two hours length. For more information about the
VideoMath Festival see:
http://www-sfb288.math.tu-berlin.de/VideoMath/
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
The program committee currently consists of
Thomas Banchoff Mathematics Dept., Brown University,
Providence, USA
Peter Deuflhard Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik,
Berlin, Germany
George Francis Mathematics Dept. and NCSA,
Urbana-Champaign, USA
Herbert W. Franke Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
David Hoffman Mathematical Sciences Research Institute,
Berkeley, USA
Heinz-Otto Peitgen Fachbereich Mathematik, Universitaet Bremen,
Germany
Ulrich Pinkall Fachbereich Mathematik, Technische Universitaet
Berlin, Germany.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
The organizing committee for the VideoMath Festival consists of
Hans-Christian Hege Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik
Berlin, Germany
Email: hege@zib.de
Konrad Polthier Fachbereich Mathematik, Technische
Universitaet Berlin, Germany
Email: konrad@sfb288.math.tu-berlin.de
CALL FOR VIDEOS
Entries for the VideoMath Festival are encouraged from all areas of
mathematical visualization. The submissions should appeal to a general
but educated public. They should also meet highest standards with
respect to mathematical content, visualization techniques, artistic
design and technical quality. We strongly recommend to make the work
interesting for a broad audience by selecting an appropriate subject,
and by using visual elements, suitable text or narration.
The program committee, a group of internationally renowned
mathematicians and computer graphics experts, will evaluate the entries
and select a number of contributions according to quality and thematic
balance. These will be spliced together for the final tape. To
facilitate adequate judgement, a submission may include additional
notes to the jury on the mathematical content of the work, new
techniques that have been used, or a brief statement describing the
artistic concept of the work.
VIDEO SUBMISSION
Submissions should be sent to
ICM'98 -- VideoMath Festival
c/o Ms. Saida Grase
Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum (ZIB)
Takustr. 7
D-14195 Berlin
Germany
Email: video-math@zib.de
and must be received by
April 3, 1998 (Deadline for Submission of Video).
Submissions that arrive after this deadline will not be considered.
Please consider that customs delays of up to two weeks can occur.
The following guidelines have been developed to guarantee high
quality. Submissions that do not follow these guidelines will be
returned without review.
Each entry must include:
1. A completed and signed submission form for each (!) entry. We
will use the information on this form for publication if your
submission is selected. Do not fax the form. Submission forms
will be available under the Web address given above.
2. A jury version of your work on Betacam-SP (NTSC or PAL)
videotape. We will accept also S-VHS and VHS (NTSC or PAL) for
judging the work. However, we strongly recommend to submit work
in Betacam-SP. Accepted work for the demo reel should be
delivered in a quality equal or higher than Betacam-SP.
3. Notes to the jury (optionally).
To give many good pieces a spot on the video, a contribution should
have a length of 3-8 minutes, and under no circumstances exceed 10
minutes. The editors reserve the right to request a shorter version of
an accepted contribution.
Label both, the videotape and its container, with the contact person's
name, affiliation, address, telephone number, e-mail address, the
title(s) of the piece(s), and the running time(s). If a videotape
contains more than one entry, each one must be separated by color bars
and 10 seconds of black. Send originals only if you have more than
one first-generation tape. The organizers take no responsibility for
safe arrival of your entry and will not track its shipment. Customs
labels should bear the words: "Educational material with no
commercial value" and in German: "Lehrmaterial ohne kommerziellen
Wert". We will not pay any customs fees, duties, or tariffs incurred
by your submission.
UPON ACCEPTANCE
Contributors of accepted video pieces should provide final versions
recorded on the highest quality equipment available to them:
preferably Betacam-SP, Digital Betacam or D1. Credits must not exceed
15 seconds. Videos shown in the VideoMath Festival will be mastered
on Digital Betacam and projected in component RGB.
Final versions must be received by
June 5, 1998 (Deadline for Submission of Final Version).
Final versions that differ significantly from their jury-accepted
versions will not be shown.
It is the contributor's responsibility to secure any necessary
permissions and licenses for visual and audio material contained in
entries for the ICM VideoMath Festival. Contributors are encouraged to
use original music composed by the producer, a colleague, or a friend.
If, however, a commercial soundtrack is used, small performing rights
licenses must be secured for the public performance of any copyrighted
musical composition.
The final version of every accepted video must be accompanied by a
short text and, if possible, pictures explaining the content of the
contribution. On the basis of this material a program booklet will be
produced to be handed out to the audience.
PRODUCTION OF A MASTER TAPE
The final pieces will be mastered on Digital Betacam in a
professional studio. Appropriate trailers will be produced and
additional music pieces will be composed by a musician. The
whole production will be supervised by a professional computer
animator and well-known artist.
If a sufficient number of contributors is interested (mark on
submission form) it is planned to prepare a second master tape for
sale. The video would be available at the ICM'98.
DEADLINES
Submission of Video by April 3, 1998
Submission of Final Version by June 5, 1998
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