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

Special workshop (details available soon)

  • Mobile Robotics, Autonomous Vehicle, and Smart Mobility
  • CAD systems and Virtual reality
  • Meshless methods for computer graphics and visualization
  • other 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
      see wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm for recent publications
  • Important dates - submissions: February 28,  2026, venue: 25 - 28 May 2026
    (recommendation ONLY: Abstract - February 15, 2026)
  • Read the Author's instructions - https://www.wscg.cz/inpage/authors-instructions/
  • Submission server - http://wscgreg.zcu.cz

    NEWS INFO 

    • 2025-10-31 - Paper submission gate open
      http://wscgreg.zcu.cz/
    • 2025-08-23 - Call for Special sessions/workshops open
      Proposal submission: January 15, 2026 (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>

        The WSCG 2026 conference

        • Physical attendance is expected.
        • Online presentation is possible 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.
          See  http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm for recent publications


        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 2026 - 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 January 15, 2026 (acceptance decision by January 31, 2026)
        via e-mail to WSCGconf@gmail.com     subj."WSCG workshop - proposed name"
        Submissions via server ONLY
          by 21:00 GMT(London, U.K.)
        Paper submission (formatted full text)
        Via submission server ONLY

        Full (20 mins.), Short (15 mins.) papers, (up to 10 pages A4)
        February 28, 2026

        Posters* (up to 4 pages A4) with oral presentation
        (will be included in Computer Science Research Notes - CSRN)
        March 15, 2026

        Acceptance decision (expected) April 15, 2026
        Final version submission
        April 25, 2026
        Conference fee payment
        April 30, 2026 - via bank transfer
        Venue

        May 25, 2026 late afternoon registration only (18:00 - 21:00)
        May 26 - 28, 2026 -
        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.


        CONFERENCE DINNER

        • Conference dinner is to be held (expected) on Wednesday, May 26or 27, 2026
          (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 on Tuesday, but BEFORE 10:00 in the morning.
        • The raffle (tombola), where you can win valuable gifts, is a traditional part of this event. 

        Additional information - to be updated

        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 

        University of Defence
        Brno, Czech Republic

         

         

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

        WSCG Accommodation Booking - recommended - NOT VALID YET
        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


         

        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 2026
        UnionAgency@volny.cz  subj. WSCG 2026

         

        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


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

        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.)

        Conference Co-Chairs
        Vaclav Skala
        ,
        University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic
        University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic
        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

          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%

          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]