{"id":4672,"date":"2018-06-14T08:51:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T14:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/?p=4672"},"modified":"2018-06-18T17:34:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T23:34:12","slug":"one-week-to-go-submit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/one-week-to-go-submit\/","title":{"rendered":"One week to go… Submit!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ray Tracing Gems<\/em><\/a>\u00a0early proposals deadline is June 21, a week away (the final deadline is October 15th). Submit a one-page proposal by June 21 and there’s the extra incentive<\/a> offered by NVIDIA, a Titan V graphics card to the top five proposals (which I finally\u00a0looked up<\/a> – if you don’t want it, trade it in for a nice used car). Anyway, call for proposals for the book is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While some initial impetus for making such a book is the new DXR\/VKRT APIs, we want the book to be broader than just this area, e.g.,\u00a0 ray tracing methods\u00a0using various hardware platforms and software, summaries of the state of the art, best practices, etc. In the spirit of Graphics Gems<\/a>, GPU Gems<\/a>,<\/em> and the Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques<\/a><\/em>, I see our book as a way to inform readers about implementation details and other elements that normally don’t make it into papers. For example, if you have a technique that\u00a0was not long enough, or too technically involved, to publish in a journal article, now is your chance. Mathematics journals publish short results<\/a> all the time – computer graphics journals, not so much.<\/p>\n

I would also like to see summaries for various facets of the field of ray tracing.\u00a0For example, I think of Larry Gritz’s article “The Importance of Being Linear”<\/a> from GPU Gems 3<\/em>\u00a0as a great example of this type of article. It is\u00a0about\u00a0gamma correction – not a new topic by any stretch\u00a0– but its wonderful and thoughtful exposition reached many readers and did a great service for our field. I still point it out to this day, especially\u00a0since it is\u00a0open access (a goal for Ray Tracing Gems<\/em>, too).<\/p>\n

You can submit more than one proposal – the more\u00a0the better, and short proposals are fine (encouraged, in fact). That said, no “Efficient Radiosity for Daylight Simulation in Closed Environments”<\/a>\u00a0papers, please; that’s been done<\/a> (if that paper doesn’t ring a bell, you owe it to yourself to read the classic WARNING: Beware of VIDEA!<\/a><\/em> page). In return, we promise fair reviewing and not to roll the die<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/em>\u00a0a proposal is\u00a0just a one-page or less summary\u00a0of some idea for a paper, and can be written in any format you like: Word, PDF, plain text, etc. Proposals are not required, either by June 21 or after. They’re useful to us, though, as a way to see what’s coming, let each prospective contributor know if it’s a good topic, and possibly connect like-minded writers together. Also, a proposal that “wins” on June 21 does not mean the paper itself will automatically be accepted – each\u00a0article\u00a0submitted will be judged on its merits. The main thing is the paper itself, due October 15th. Send proposals to raytracinggems@nvidia.com – we look forward to what you all contribute!<\/p>\n

\"Monument<\/a>

Monument to the Anonymous Peer Reviewer<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ray Tracing Gems\u00a0early proposals deadline is June 21, a week away (the final deadline is October 15th). Submit a one-page proposal by June 21 and there’s the extra incentive offered by NVIDIA, a Titan V graphics card to the top five proposals (which I finally\u00a0looked up – if you don’t want it, trade it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[590,55],"class_list":["post-4672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book","tag-book","tag-ray-tracing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4672"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4694,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672\/revisions\/4694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}