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34. International Conference in Central Europe on 
Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2026

Physical attendance is strongly preferred
In cooperation with the Eurographics Association, ACM and SIGGRAPH listed 
supported by
University of West Bohemia, IFIP TC5 WG 5.10 and NVIDIA (Czech Rep.)

Venue 
Pilsen
(close to Prague), Czech Republic
Expected: Venue 25 - 28 May 2026, submissions: January 31,  2026

Primavera Hotel & Congress Center, Pilsen (Plzen), Czech Republic

Conference Chair
Vaclav Skala
,
University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

Conference Co-Chairs
Agreement pending

Keynote speakers
Agreements pending 

Submissions:

  • Accepted and presented papers will be published with an individual DOI in
    • Computer Science Research Notes [CSRN] CSRN 3601, ISSN 2464-4617;
      the best selected papers will be published in 
      The Journal of WSCG, ISSN 1213-6972, Vol. 34
  • Important dates - submissions: January 31,  2026, venue: 25 - 28 May 2026
  • Read the Author's instructions - https://www.wscg.cz/inpage/authors-instructions/
  • Submission server - http://wscgreg.zcu.cz

    NEWS INFO 

    • 2025-08-23 - Call for Special sessions/workshops open
      Proposal submission: November 31, 2025 (to Vaclav Skala <WSCGconf@gmail.com>)
    • If considering or interested, register your personal data NOW to be kept informed,
      within the submission server:
       http://wscgreg.zcu.cz/
    • 2025-08-21 - WEB pages updated
    • Conference office contact: Vaclav Skala <WSCGconf@gmail.com>

    33. International Conference in Central Europe on 
    Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2025

    to be held in HYBRID mode, but physical attendance is preferred 
    In cooperation with the Eurographics Association, ACM and SIGGRAPH listed 
    Supported by
    University of West Bohemia, IFIP TC5 WG 5.10 and NVIDIA (Czech Rep.)

    Venue 
    Pilsen
    (close to Prague), Czech Republic
    26 - 29 May 2025 

    Primavera Hotel & Congress Center, Pilsen (Plzen), Czech Republic

    Conference Chair
    Vaclav Skala
    ,
    University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic
    University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic

    Conference Co-Chair
    Nadia Magnenat-ThalmannUniversity of Geneva/MIRALab, Geneva, Switzerland
    Dr. Hon. Causa, U. of Ottawa, and U. of Hannover

    Keynote speakers
    Gianmarco Cherchi, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
     Robust Hexahedral Meshing with Grid-based Approaches - Abstract
    Other agreements pending 

    Submissions:

    • Read the Author's instructions - https://www.wscg.cz/inpage/authors-instructions/
    • Submission server - http://wscgreg.zcu.cz
    • Important dates - see below
    • If interested, register your data to be kept informed, within the submission server:
       http://wscgreg.zcu.cz/

      NEWS INFO 

      • WSCG 2026 - 34. Int. Conf. in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2026
        is to be held in late May/early June, Prague/Pilsen;
        Submission expected - January 2026
        Venue expected - late May/early June 2026
         
      • BibTeX records are available at   http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm
      • Papers published in the Journal of WSCG and Computer Science Research Notes with DOIs registered are available at -  ACCESS FREE 
      • Conference PHOTO and Video
      • The conference Program [2025-05-17] is available at
        http://wscg.zcu.cz/wscg2025/2025-Schedule.pdf
      • Self-guided Tour - Pilsen City 
                http://wscg.zcu.cz/Plzen-Grand-Tour.pdf
      • The conference schedule (no changes expected)
        was sent to the corresponding authors on 2025-05-12  12:00
      • Expected schedule 
        • Monday late evening - registration
        • Tuesday - physical presentations & KEYNOTE & COMMON Photo
          registration during breaks
        • Wednesday - physical presentations; Conference DINNER (ticket required)
        • Thursday -  online presentations only
        • REGISTRATION - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday on breaks (on Monday, very late afternoon)
      • Accommodation booking at Primavera is sent to the corresponding authors.
      • Authors are registered automatically based on conference fee payment
        Receipt of the payment will be given at the registration or sent after the conference
        (see https://www.wscg.cz/inpage/registration/)
      • REVIEWS are accessible via the submission server
        (No reviews available for incomplete submissions, e.g., missing PDFs)
      • Final paper and REBUTAL to be uploaded by April 30, 2025
      • Conference fee payment by April 30, 2025
      • Acceptance decision made on April 10, 2025 - info sent to the corresponding authors
      • Deadlines were updated, acceptance notification by April 15, 2025 - apologies.
      • Overlimit pages (max. 4 pages A4  above the limit) additional  fee is applied: 20 EUR/page
      • Deadline EXTENDED to March 17, 2025  !!
        due to server problems & lower submission rate :-)
      • The submission server is working correctly.
      • The submission server is temporarily closed due to an attack, our apologies,
        please, send your contact to the conference office at WSCGconf@gmail.com, and we will contact you.
      • Paper submission open on [2024-10-05] - http://wscgreg.zcu.cz
      • IPC members and Board of Reviewers - please, see CSRN and Journal of WSCG from last year
        in the digital repository - the lists are finalized after the conference.

      The WSCG 2025 conference

      • Physical attendance is preferred.
      • Online presentation is possible, especially for participants from distant countries
        [Asia, Africa, Australia, South America] - online paper presentation is mandatory.
      • Opportunity to organize symposia and workshops on the site and via video-conferencing.

      Accepted and presented papers with individual DOI will be published in:

      • Journal of WSCG, ISSN 1213-6972 - the best selected papers
      • Computer Science Research Notes (CSRN), ISSN 2464-4617 - as the conference proceedings
        Both will be sent for indexing WoS/ISI/Clarivate, Scopus, EI Compendex, Google Scholar, and other prestigious indexes.


      Help us as a WSCG REVIEWER (PhD REQUIRED or research record) 

      1. Register yourself at https://wscgreg.zcu.cz first,  and then login again and check your data

      2. AND send an email to WSCGconf@gmail.com with the subject: "WSCG reviewer" and include in the message
        (use ";" as a separator - ALL in one line )
        First (Given) name;Last (Family) name;email address;ORCID;Research ID [Web of Science/ISI];Scopus Author ID;URL of your research WEB page
        >> ORCID list of publications MUST be open to the public (conf. office evaluates it).

      How to prepare a review


      WSCG 2025 - SUBMISSIONS 

      • Read How to get your paper accepted and the Instructions for Authors page.
      • Abstract and paper submission only via https://wscgreg.zcu.cz .
        no e-mail paper submission will be accepted. 
      • Anonymous and affiliated FULL paper versions (no extended abstract)
        with the
        Copyright Transfer Form (CTF) 
        It MUST be submitted before the submission date.
      • "Pay to publish" strategy submission is NOT acceptable; the not-presented paper will not be published.
      • All co-authors MUST be registered with the WSCG submission server with a VALID email.
      • At least one author has to present the paper online at the conference.
        Journal of WSCG and Computer Science Research Notes [CSRN]
        will be produced AFTER the conference.

      Important Dates

      Workshop or special session proposal December 10, 2024 (acceptance decision by January 10, 2025)
      via e-mail to WSCGconf@gmail.com     subj."WSCG workshop - proposed name"
      Submissions via server ONLY
      Abstract submission 

      https://wscgreg.zcu.cz
      January 30, 2025 (recommended)

      Submissions via server ONLY
        by 21:00 GMT(London, U.K.)
      Paper submission (formatted full text)
      Via submission server ONLY

      February 28, 2025  March 17, 2025  EXTENDED
      Full (20 mins.), Short (15 mins.) papers, (up to 10 pages A4)
      February
       28, 2025  March 17, 2025  EXTENDED
      Posters* (up to 4 pages A4)

      Acceptance decision (expected) March 30, 2025   April 15, 2025  April 30, 2025
      Final version submission
      April 20 2025   April 25, 2025
      Conference fee payment
      April 30, 2025 - via bank transfer
      Venue

      May 26, 2025 - late afternoon registration only
      May 27 - 29, 2025 -
      Technical sessions

       


      * Poster MUST be presented orally - in the presence or online.

      Main topics (but not limited to)

      • Computer graphics
      • Scientific visualization
      • Medical visualization
      • Computer vision
      • Image processing
      • Pattern recognition
      • GPU graphics
      • Rendering and animation
      • Virtual reality
      • Haptic systems
      • Medical imaging
      • Graphical human-computer interfaces
      • Graphical interaction
      • Computational photography
      • Data compression for graphics
      • Image-based rendering
      • Physically based modeling
      • Mathematical methods for graphics and vision
      • Geometric modeling
      • Shape analysis
      • Shape modelling
      • Shape retrieval
      • Surface and volume parameterization
      • Parallel graphics
      • CAD, CAGD and GIS systems
      Related applications and topics. 

      All papers accepted and presented will be available online at the WSCG WEB site with no access restriction [http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm].

      Accepted and presented full, communication, short papers and posters will be published in the
      Computer Science Research Notes {CSRN] and in Journal of WSCG proceedings with ISSN in an electronic form
      after the conference and will be available from the WSCG site (http://www.wscg.eu) for download - access free.
      All papers will receive individual DOI.

      The best-selected papers will be published in the regular Journal of WSCG
      (see http://www.WSCG.eu => Digital Library or http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm).

      Publications

      • Journal of WSCG [ISSN 1213-6980 (online), ISSN 1213-6972 (hardcopy), ISSN 1213-6964 (CD version)]
      • WSCG proceedings within the Computer Science Research Notes (CSRN) series [ISSN 2464-4617]

      after assigning individual DOIs, papers will be sent for indexing to Tompson Reuters/WoS-ISI, SCOPUS, INSPEC
      and others for citation indexing and other purposes.  


      Workshops and Special Sessions 

      Session: Research Activities and Research Funding

      The session aims to put together people interested in common research activities leading to the submission of grant proposals to the European Union and NSF (US) or other granting bodies. It would be reasonable to know where to apply and what project profile would suit, including a suggestion of the submitting (main leader) institution.


      Propose your workshop / special session 

      Send proposal to: WSCGconf@gmail.com  Subj. WSCG workshop

      Submission should contain: Proposer(s) name, affiliation(s), Workshop/Session title, short abstract (max. 250 words) with the motivation and list of related fields (max. 5 keywords), estimated number (but not overestimated) of papers.
      Organizers (together) can have up to 3 papers within the workshop or 2 papers within the session submissions, but the IPC might require their independent evaluation. 

      The workshop/session organizer is responsible for collecting papers and papers reviewing and accepting decisions. The IPC will have the right to decide whether to accept the final version of the publication. The minimum number of presented papers in a session is 5, for a workshop, the minimum number of presented papers is 8 up to 10.


      Workshops already proposed and accepted for the WSCG 2025 conference:


      Additional information

      Travelling Instructions
      (to be updated)
      How to get your paper accepted IPC members&Board of Reviewers
       (After the reviewing period)
      Check the correctness of your @mail
      and operating system settings
      Form for VISA Application Support
      (not valid)
      Czech/EU VISA Application
      information of Foreign Affairs

      Supporting organizations

      University of West Bohemia
      Plzen, Czech Republic

      NVIDIA, Czech Republic
      http://www.nvidia.com

      Center of Computer Graphics and Visualization,
      Univ. of West Bohemia 

      Acceptance ratio

        Papers
      submitted
      Reviewed
      after
      desktop reject
      Full papers
      includes
      J WSCG
      Short papers Posters
      2020 96 77  45  0 0
      [%]
      Ratio
      80,2%  46,9%  0% 0%
      2019 127 94 38 10 1
      [%] Ratio 74,0% 29,9% 7,9% 0,8%
      2018 148 101 24 24 12
      [%] Ratio 68,2% 16,2% 16,2% 8,1%
      2017 135 102 34 47 19
      [%] Ratio 75,6% 25,2% 34,8% 14,1%
      2016 163 149 20 47 26
      [%] Ratio 91,4% 12,3% 28,8% 16,0%

      http://wscg.zcu.cz/wscg2014/images/Primavera-Hotel.jpg

      WSCG Accommodation Booking - recommended
      INFO sent to the corresponding authors

      Primavera Hotel & Congress Centre (venue)
      (http://www.primaverahotel.cz/)

      Special offer for WSCG 2025 attendees

      • Single Standard:  
      • Single Superior:   
      • Double Standard: 
      • Double Superior: 

      The price per room/night incl. buffet breakfast, VAT and local fees.
      The payment: cash or by credit card.
      To guarantee the reservation, we need the credit card details and expiration date. If we do not receive any guarantee of your reservation.
      Note that your reservation can be canceled by the hotel.

      The hotel can send a proforma invoice as well.

      Cancellation conditions:

      • 30 days and more before arrival – no charges
      • 29 - 15 days before arrival  – 20 % from the price of cancelled rooms
      • 14 – 5 days before arrival  – 50 % from the price of cancelled rooms
      • 4 – 0 days before arrival, no-show   – 100 % from the price of cancelled rooms

      We recommend that you select Primavera Hotel &Congress Center.

      The hotel is near a public transport trolleybus No.13 and No.10 stops.
      Trolleybus stop name BRUCNA
      10 mins. from/to the City center.

      Plzen [Pilsen] public transport scheme:
      http://www.pmdp.cz/Files/pmdp/Doprava/MHDdenni-20120401.png

      Please, see the Travelling instructions - how to reach the hotel or Primavera-MAP   

      Primavera Hotel and Congress Centrum
      (http://www.primaverahotel.cz/)
      Nepomucka 1058/128 
      CZ 326 00 Plzen
      Tel.: +420-378 020 500
      Fax: +420-378 020 501
      GSM: +420-603 113 853

      CONFERENCE DINNER

      • Conference dinner is to be held (expected) on Wednesday, May 27 or 28, 2025
        (not included in the conference fee). 
      • Dinner tickets are available at the registration desk at a "symbolic" donated price of approx. 10-15 EUR,
        accompanying person 15-20 EUR.
        To be ordered at the registration desk
        on Monday or Tuesday, but BEFORE 10:00 morning.
      • The raffle (tombola), where you can win valuable gifts, is a traditional part of this event. 

       

      Recommended activities before/after the conference 

      Plzen city offers many very historical places and opportunities to visit

      or you can spent additional days visiting (all places are easy to reach by coaches - approx. 60 mins.):

      CONTACT

      Conference office
      Vaclav Skala - Union Agency
      Na Mazinach 9

      CZ 325 00 Plzen - Radcice
      Czech Republic
      wscgconf@gmail.com subj. WSCG 2025
      UnionAgency@volny.cz  subj. WSCG 2025

       

      Organiser & Chair
      prof. Vaclav Skala

      c/o University of West Bohemia
      Faculty of Applied Sciences
      Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
      Univerzitni 8, CZ 306 14 Plzen, Czech Republic
      http://www.VaclavSkala.eu


      REPOSITORY

      All WSCG proceedings are available via
      http://www.wscg.eu => Digital repository since 1992


      WSCG 2024

      32. International Conference in Central Europe on 
      Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2024

      In cooperation with the Eurographics Association, ACM and SIGGRAPH listed 
      Supported by
      University of West Bohemia, IFIP TC5 WG 5.10 and NVIDIA (Czech Rep.)

      Venue 
      Pilsen
      (close to Prague), Czech Republic, June 3-6, 2024 (expected)
      Primavera Hotel & Congress Center, Pilsen (Plzen), Czech Republic

      Conference Chair
      Vaclav Skala
       [0000-0001-8886-4281]
      c/o University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

      Conference Co-Chairs

      Burkhard Wunsche, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
      Samsul,A.A. Karim, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
      Tanupriya Choudhury, University of Petroleum and Energy, Dehradun, India

      Keynote speakers
      Marina L. Gavrilova. Biometric Technologies Laboratory & The SPARCS Laboratory
      University of Calgary, Canada

      WSCG 2023 video - 
      wscg.zcu.cz/wscg2023/Records/wscg2023.MOV - download and play


      WSCG 2023

      31. International Conference in Central Europe on 
      Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2023

      Greetings of WSCG 2023 attendee - video
      wscg.zcu.cz/wscg2023/Records/wscg2023.MOV
       (copy the address to your browser)

      Venue 
      Pilsen
      (close to Prague), Czech Republic, May 15-19, 2023 
      Primavera Congress Center, Pilsen (Plzen), Czech Republic

      Conference Chair
      Vaclav Skala
      , c/o University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

      Keynote speakers
      Sudhanshu Kumar Semwal: Raytracing Renaissance: An elegant framework for modeling light at Multiple Scales
      University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS), USA
      Werner Benger: Illustrating Geometric Algebra and Differential Geometry in 5D Color Space
      AirborneHydroMapping GmbH, Austria, Louisiana State University, USA


      WSCG 2022

      30. International Conference in Central Europe on 
      Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2022

      Due to CoVid situation the event was held using video-conferencing

      Conference Chair
      Vaclav Skala
      , University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

      Conference  papers [PDF] & BibTex records

      Papers published in the Journal of WSCG and in the Computer Science Research Notes (CSRN) are available via WSCG Digital repository:


      WSCG 2021

      29. International Conference in Central Europe on 
      Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2021

      Due to CoVid situation the event was held using video-conferencing

      Conference Chair
      Vaclav Skala
      , University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

      Conference  papers [PDF]

      Papers published in the Journal of WSCG and in the Computer Science Research Notes (CSRN) are available via WSCG Digital repository:


      WSCG 2020

      28. International Conference in Central Europe on 
      Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2020

      Due to CoVid situation the event was held using video-conferencing

      Conference Chair
      Vaclav Skala
      , University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

      Conference schedule with presentations and papers [PDF]

      Papers published in the Journal of WSCG and in the Computer Science Research Notes (CSRN) are available via WSCG Digital repository:


      WSCG 2019

      27. International Conference in Central Europe on 
      Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2019

      Conference Chair
      Vaclav Skala
      , University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic


      WSCG 2019 Attendees (click on for full resolution)
      Greetings of the WSCG 2019 attendee - video [131 MB]

      Papers published in the Journal of WSCG and in the Computer Science Research Notes (CSRN) are available via WSCG Digital repository:


      WSCG 2018

      26. International Conference in Central Europe on 
      Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2018

      Conference Chair
      Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

      Keynote talk
      Faramarz SamavatiFrom Geometric Modeling to Digital Earth, University of Calgary, Canada


      WSCG 2018 Attendees (click on for full resolution)
      Greetings of the WSCG 2018 attendee - video [108 MB]

      Photos for download & Courtesy of

       Vaclav Skala (soon)

       Matea Zilak

      Ashkerov Mikhail

      Conference Session Chairs
       Francisco Feito, Alexandar Rikalovic, Alexandre Benoit, Jonathan Metzgar, Pavel Vlasanek, Tapio Takala, Markus Friedrich, Alvin Jude, Joel Ilao, Michal Smolik, Vaclav Skala, Faramaz Samavati, Sidonia Lefkovits, Anders Hast

      Papers published in the Journal of WSCG and in the Computer Science Research Notes (CSRN) are available via WSCG Digital repository:


      WSCG 2017

      25. International Conference in Central Europe on 
      Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2017

      Conference Co-Chairs
      Paul Bourke, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
      Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

      Keynote speaker
      Alexandru C. TeleaImage-based information visualization (or how to unify SciVis and InfoVis) 
      Institute Johann Bernoulli, Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands

      WSCG 2017 Attendees

      Greetings of the WSCG attendee - video [207 MB]
      Photos - WSCG2017, Dinner, Trip to Prague [572 MB]

      Acceptance ratio 2017
      Submitted: 161 (after "desktop" rejection)
      Accepted: Full papers (incl. Journal of WSCG): 34 ( 21,1%), Short papers: 47 (14.9%), Posters: 19 (11.8%)

      Papers published in the Journal of WSCG and in the Computer Science Research Notes (CSRN) are available via WSCG Digital repository:


      WSCG 2016

      24. International Conference in Central Europe on 
      Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2016

      GraVisMa 2016 and HCI-Europe 2016 were part of the WSCG 2016

      Conference Co-chairs
      Zhigeng Pan, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
      Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

      Acceptance ratio
      Submitted
      : 149 (after "desktop" rejection)
      Accepted: Full papers (incl. Journal of WSCG): 20, Short papers: 47, Posters: 26   

      WSCG 2016 Attendees

      Greetings of the WSCG attendee - video [150MB] 
      Photos and Videos WSCG 2016 & Trip to Prague - ZIPed [1.1 GB]
      Plzen City Grand Tour - HTM format


      WSCG 2015

      23. International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2015

      Conference Co-Chairs

      Marina L. Gavrilova, University of Calgary, Canada
      Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic

      Keynote speakers
      Marina L. GavrilovaComputational Intelligence in Pattern Recognition, University of Calgary, Canada


      Full papers acceptance ratio 33,81%

      WSCG 2015 Attendees


      WSCG 2014
      22. International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision

      Keynote speakers

      Manuel M.Oliveira: Performing High-Dimensional Filtering in Low-Dimensional Spaces, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
      RECORD [ZIP 74MB]

      Tino Weinkauf: Flow maps - Benefits, Problems, Future Research, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrucken, Germany
      RECORD [ZIP 97MB]

      Brian A. Barsky: Simulating Human Vision and Correcting Visual Aberrations with Computational Light Field Displays, University of California, Berkeley
      NO RECORD [not recorded]

       
      CLICK ON to download image in FULL resolution

       WSCG 2014 Photos

      WSCG 2014 - 1
      [ZIP 398 KB]

      WSCG 2014 - 2
      [ZIP 347 KB]
      WSCG 2014 - 3
      [ZIP 348 KB]
      WSCG 2014 - 4
      [ZIP 353 KB]
      WSCG 2014 - 5
      [ZIP 506KB]

      WSCG 2013
      21. International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2013

      CLICK ON to download image in FULL resolution

      WSCG 2013 Photos

      Photo-set-1 [280MB] Photo-set-2 [491MB] Photo-set-3 [296MB]

      Additional photos made by attendees

      Yu Weng WSCG1 [16.1 MB] WSCG2 [15.5MB] WSCG3 [11.6MB]