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:

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.
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)
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



Computer Vision for Graphics
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

Thanks.
Xiaosong

Prof Xiaosong Yang
Professor and Associate Head of School for The National Centre for Computer Animation
Programme Leader of MSc Artificial Intelligence for Media
UKCGE Recognised Research Supervisor (UK Council for Graduate Education)
National Centre for Computer Animation
Faculty of Media and Communication
Bournemouth University
Poole, UK
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