CGI 2026: Computer Graphics International 2026 London, UK, July 6-10, 2026 |
| Conference website | https://www.cgs-network.org/cgi26/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cgi2026 |
| Submission deadline | March 2, 2026 |
Computer Graphics International (CGI 2026) London, UK | July 06–10, 2026 Co-hosted by Bournemouth University and University of the Arts London https://www.cgs-network.org/cgi26/
CGI is one of the oldest annual international conferences on Computer Graphics in the world. Half a century of influence places the CGI as one of the top conferences on computer graphics and visualization. Researchers are invited to share their experiences and present novel achievements in Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, AI and Machine Learning, Media, as well as Virtual, Augmented and Extended Reality. Previous CGI conferences have been held around the globe including Bournemouth, UK (2012), Hannover, Germany(2013), Sydney, Australia (2014), Strasbourg, France (2015), Heraklion, Greece (2016), Yokohama, Japan (2017), Bintan, Indonesia (2018), Calgary, Canada (2019), Shanghai, China (2023), and Geneva, Switzerland (2024), and Hongkong, China (2025). CGI has been virtual between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID pandemic.
This year, CGI 2026 is organized by the National Centre for Computer Animation at Bournemouth University, co-hosted by the Creative Computing Institute at University of the Arts London, and supported by the Computer Graphics Society (CGS). The Visual Computer Journal (Springer Nature), the official journal of the Computer Graphics Society, is closely associated with the conference.
CGI 2026 invites authors to submit their papers to two different tracks:
1. The first one, the CGI 2026 - The Visual Computer track, welcomes submissions aligned with the scope of The Visual Computer journal (see journal website https://link.springer.com/journal/371). Authors should first submit their full papers via EasyChair for CGI 2026. If conditionally accepted, the paper will then need to be submitted to The Visual Computer journal for final publication.
2. The second track welcomes papers that have broader computer graphics topics, which can be submitted via EasyChair. Accepted papers will be published in the CGI 2026 proceedings as a LNCS Springer book volume. Outstanding papers from this track will be invited for extended publication in The Visual Computer journal or Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds (Wiley) journal.
The main topics of the CGI 2026 conference include, but are not limited to:
· AI-Generated Content (AIGC) · Computer Vision for Graphics · Machine Learning for Graphics · Machine Learning (other than deep learning) · Multimodal Learning · Optimization Methods (other than deep learning) · Generative 3D Modeling · 3D Reconstruction · 3D from Images / Sensors · Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing · Style Transfer and Artistic Rendering · Rendering Techniques · Neural Rendering · 3D Gaussian Splatting · Geometric Computing · Recognition: categorization, detection, retrieval · Scene Analysis and Understanding · Segmentation, Grouping and Shape Analysis · Metaverse (VR/MR/XR) · Shape and Surface Modeling · Physically-Based Modeling · Scientific Visualization · Data for Vision and Graphics · Medical Imaging · Digital Cultural Heritage · Computational Fabrication · Image Processing and Analysis · Global Illumination · Graphical Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) · Digital Humans: face, body, pose, gesture, movement · Saliency Methods · Shape Matching · Sketch-Based Modeling · Robotics and Vision · Stylized Rendering · Textures and Shaders · Computational Photography · Computer Animation · Visual Analytics · Shape Analysis and Image Retrieval · Video: action and event understanding · Video: low-level analysis, motion, and tracking · Graphics, Vision, Language, and Reasoning
IMPORTANT DATES
All deadlines are 23:59 GMT time on the date stated
First Track: Call for papers with final publication in the Visual Computer Journal
Submission Deadline: March 02, 2026
Preliminary Notification to Authors: April 15, 2026
Submission Deadline of Revised Papers: April 20, 2026
Final Notification of Revised Papers: May 12, 2026
Second Track: Call for papers with final publication in LNCS Book published by Springer or in The Visual Computer journal or Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds Journal
Submission Deadline: April 02, 2026
Preliminary Notification to Authors : April 30, 2026
Submission Deadline of Revised Papers: May 12 , 2026
Final Notification of Revised papers: May 25, 2026
Honorary Conference Chairs
· Patrick Bourdot, CNRS, France
· Issei Fujishiro, Keio University , Japan
· Manolya Kavakli-Thorne, University of Aston, U.K.
Conference Chairs
· Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland
· Jian Jun Zhang, Bournemouth University, U.K.
International Program Chairs
· Daniel Thalmann, EPFL, Switzerland
· Jian Chang, Bournemouth University, U.K.
· Nannan Wang, Xidan University, China
· Pietro Zanuttigh, University of Padua, Italy
· Ping Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Local Chairs
· Femi Isiaq, University of the Arts London, U.K.
· Wenshu Zhang, University of the Arts London, U.K.
Publicity Committee
· Xiaosong Yang(Chair) , Bournemouth University, U.K.
· Ping Li, The HongKong Polytechnic University, China
Award Committee
· Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland
· Jian Jun Zhang, Bournemouth University, U.K.
· Jian Chang, Bournemouth University, U.K.
· Jinman Kim, Sydney University, Australia
· Daniel Thalmann, EPFL, Switzerland
· Nannan Wang, Xidan University, China
Contact:
cgi2026@bournemouth.ac.uk