From: Colin Godfrey To: siggraphdistrib@cs.umb.edu Subject: *CAL* SIGGRAPH/Boston at MERL, Wed Sept 8 Date: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 7:31 PM SIGGRAPH/Boston Meeting Annoucement Site Visit to Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL) Wednesday, 8 September, Cambridge MA Abstract The Boston SIGGRAPH meeting at MERL Sept 8 (6 - 9 pm) will feature a tour of our facilities and numerous demonstrations (7 - 8:30 pm) of our ongoing research. These demonstrations will focus on computer graphics but also include computer vision and work on innovative human computer interfaces. Prominently featured will be the work that led to MERL's 3 papers in this years SIGGRAPH conference "Voice Puppetry: automatically generated facial motions based on a vocal sound track", "FELINE: cost effective, high quality texture mapping", and "VolumePro: real-time volume graphics ray-casting system" as well as our work on distributed virtual environments and surgical simulation. See www.merl.com for a full description of the various research projects at MERL. When Wednesday, 8 September 1999. Networking time at 6:30pm, announcements and feature presentation at 7:00pm. Where Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs Cambridge Research Center 201 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 621-7500 http://www.merl.com Directions Via T Directions to Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs 201 Broadway, from the Kendall Square subway stop on the Red Line. Exit from the subway and then walk directly into the lobby of the Marriott hotel, which is on a courtyard adjacent to the subway exit. Walk straight through the lobby and out the opposite side of the building. The street you are facing is Broadway. Turn left. Walk through 3 traffic lights. 201 broadway is the first building on your right after the third light. We are on the 8th floor. Driving Directions to Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs 201 Broadway, from the intersection of Storrow Drive and Cambridge St. Take the Longfellow bridge over the Charles river to Cambridge. Drive straight on away from the river. You are on Broadway. Go through one traffic light (the Marriot hotel is now on your left). Continue straight through two more traffic lights (you are now passing over some railroad tracks). (Between the first and second of these traffic lights is a parking garage open to the public. Depending on the time of day there may also be on street parking availabe near MERL.) Continue straight through one more light (Mitsubishi is the first building on your right after this light). It says 201 in large numbers on the corner of the building. We are on the eighth floor.