Topics include:

• animation, e. g. physically-based, vision-based, knowledge-based and geometric approaches
• virtual and augmented reality
• planning, learning, optimization for animation
• interfaces for creating and editing animations
• perception in animation
• autonomous characters, group and crowd behavior
• natural phenomena
• mathematical foundations of animation
• haptics
• sound interfaces
• related techniques, e. g. collision detection and contact handling
• applications, e. g. in robotics, medicine, entertainment