SCF 2019

About

The 4th annual ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication brings together experts from academia and industry who develop and use computational tools for the creation of physical things. The meeting exists to provide a venue for participants to discuss cutting-edge results and build cross-domain collaborations and connections.

Attendees and presenters come from backgrounds including architecture, computer science, mechanical engineering, human-computer interaction, biology, materials science, robotics, and applied math.

Previous years: 2018, 2017, 2016.

Call for Submissions

Technical Papers

Submissions: Closed (deadline was April 19, 2019, 23:59 GMT; notifications were April 26, 2019)
Camera Ready: May 6, 2019
Submission Web Page: EasyChair for SCF'19 (select "Technical Papers")

The Symposium on Computational Fabrication invites the submission of high-quality, previously unpublished, novel technical work in computational fabrication.

Papers may be up to twelve pages (including references) in ACM proceedings ("sigconf") format. Submissions should be anonymized for double-blind review.

Accepted papers will be given a 15 minute presentation slot at the conference and will be archived in the ACM Digital Library.

Posters, Demos, and Short Talks

Submission Deadline: June 3, 2019 (23:59 GMT)
Notification: June 7, 2019
Camera Ready: June 10, 2019
Submission Web Page: EasyChair for SCF'19 (select "Posters, Demos, and Short Talks")

SCF also welcomes posters, demos and short talks (3-5 minutes). They can be either an overview of previously published work or on-going research.

Authors should submit a one-page, non-anonymous abstract (in ACM proceedings ("sigconf") format) for jurying. If submitting a poster, submitting a draft poster image is also encouraged.

Poster templates are optional suggestions, presenters are free to use their own designs. Individual posters must be 30 inches (77 cm) x 40 inches (102 cm). Foam poster boards of the same size will be available for mounting posters. For accepted posters, presenters must bring their printed poster to the venue.

Submissions will be juried, and submitted materials will NOT be archived in the ACM Digital Library in order to allow the submission of early work without limiting future publication opportunities.

Keynotes

SCF features a wide range of invited keynotes along with technical paper presentations and short research overviews. Keynote speakers will be posted in this section as they are confirmed.

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  Material Science
  Eran Sharon
  Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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  Architecture
  Stefana Parascho
  Princeton University
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  Biology
  Carlos Olguin
  LogicInk
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  Biology
  Mitch Heinrich
  Bolt Threads
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  Robotics
  Rob Shepherd
  Cornell University
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  Robotics
  Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio
  Yale University
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  Graphics
  Sylvain Lefebvre
  INRIA
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  Mechanical Engineering
  Rayne Zheng
  Virginia Tech
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  Design
  Jessica Rosenkrantz
  Nervous System
• 
  Design
  Jesse Louis-Rosenberg
  Nervous System
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  Graphics
  Bernhard Thomaszewski
  University of Montreal
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  Design
  Fabienne Serriere
  KnitYak
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  HCI
  Laura Devendorf
  University of Colorado

Conference Registration

To take advantage of membership pricing when you register, you must first be an ACM, ACM SIGGRAPH or ACM SIGCHI member. Credits will not be given if you become a member after registering for SCF 2018. To become a member, visit ACM, ACM SIGGRAPH or ACM SIGCHI websites.

Accommodations

Carnegie Mellon maintains a list of nearby (and not-so-nearby) hotels; please check maps before booking.

Schedule

Phipps Conservatory is a beautiful botanical garden next to the Carnegie Mellon campus. We encourage you to visit and explore. It is open every day from 9:30am-5pm. If you tell the clerk at the admissions desk that you are part of the group attending the SCF dessert event on the 17th, they will check your name and give you a ticket. (We are also holding our dessert reception at Phipps, but only a small portion will be open during that event.)

Proceedings

Location

The main conference (including the registration) is in the Gates and Hillman Centers on CMU Campus. If you ask CMU students for directions, the building is generally known as "Gates" or "GHC".

Uber/Lyft: Pittsburgh is Uber/Lyft friendly, and you can type in this address "4902 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213". You will be dropped on the main road - Forbes Avenue. Then you will have to walk a bit inside the campus, using your GPS or looking for a building like this.

Parking: Campus visitor parking locations and rates are listed here.

Organizers

General Chairs

• 
  James McCann
  Carnegie Mellon
• 
  Lining Yao
  Carnegie Mellon

Area Chairs

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  Architecture
  Maria Yablonina
  University of Stuttgart
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  HCI
  Bjoern Hartmann
  UC Berkeley
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  Graphics
  Takeo Igarashi
  University of Tokyo
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  Robotics
  Kirstin Petersen
  Cornell University
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  Materials Science
  Shu Yang
  University of Pennsylvania
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  Biology
  Shawn Douglas
  UC San Francisco

Program Chairs

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  Late Breaking
  Nadya Peek
  University of Washington
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  Posters
  Vidya Narayanan
  Carnegie Mellon

Steering Committee

• 
  Wojciech Matusik
  MIT CSAIL
• 
  Bernd Bickel
  IST Austria
• 
  Daniela Rus
  MIT CSAIL
• 
  Stefanie Mueller
  MIT CSAIL
• 
  Stelian Coros
  ETH Zurich
• 
  Robert MacCurdy
  University of Colorado, Boulder
• 
  David Levin
  University of Toronto

Logistics

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  Web Chair
  Local Co-Chair
  Ticha Sethapakdi
  Carnegie Mellon
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  Local Co-Chair
  Michael L. Rivera
  Carnegie Mellon
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  Publicity Chair
  Guanyun Wang
  Carnegie Mellon

Sponsors