Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine 2015

The Eurographics Association organizes a biannual competition to acknowledge the contribution that computer graphics is playing in the medical field, and to encourage further development. Originally called "Eurographics Medical Prize”, the competition was renamed to “Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine” in 2010 — in honor of Dirk Bartz who passed away far too early in March 2010.
Dirk Bartz was a highly recognized and enthusiastic scientist, teacher and promoter of Visual Computing in Medicine. Furthermore, he was an active member of the Eurographics Association and Chair of the EG Medical Prize 2007 and 2009.

Call

Submissions for the Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine 2015 are being invited from researchers and developers who can demonstrate that a particular benefit has resulted from the use of computer graphics technology in a medical application that they have produced. Examples of entries could include the use of new data visualization techniques, interaction methods, or virtual/augmented environments.

Winning Entries and Prices

The top three winning entries of the Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine 2015 will receive a prize and their submission will be published in the ‘Short Papers and Medical Prize Awards’ digital media proceedings. The judging panel will select the winning entry on the basis of its clinical value, use made of computer graphics, and novelty. To see previous awardees please refer to the hall of fame.
All three winning teams will have an opportunity to briefly present their results at Eurographics 2015, which means that at least one author of each winning team must attend to present the results.

Furthermore, the winning team will be awarded with a NVIDIA Tesla K40 sponsored by NVIDIA.

Important Dates

Extended Submission Deadline: January 15, 2015
Notification: February 20, 2015
Submission of Final Short Papers: March 20, 2015

Submission guidelines

Submitted written entries have to be presented as papers of up to 4 pages and must be formatted according to the Eurographics Guidelines. The submission of complementary material like videos, demo applications, and references to additional publications of the authors, theses, etc. is highly welcome!
Submissions will be made electronically through the SRM submission system. Winning entries will be published in the ‘Short Papers and Medical Prize Awards’ digital media proceedings, and the EG Digital Library.
For any question concerning medical prize submissions please contact the medical prize co-chairs.

Co-chairs

Hans‐Christian Hege, Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany
Timo Ropinski, Ulm University, Germany

The complete Dirk Bartz Prize International Program Committee is listed in the section organization.