This volume contains 31 papers presented at the Geometric Modeling and Processing 2004 international conference, 11 poster papers, and three invited contributions from distinguished researchers surveying large portions of the field or charting current trends. Papers on the subjects of surfaces and curves, interpolation and approximation, shape representation, mesh editing and processing, meshes and subdivision, geometric processing of volume data, solid and surface reconstruction, and reverse engineering and industrial applications are included, as well as a number of miscellaneous others. Numerous illustrations, including some in color are included. Of interest mainly to academic researchers or serious professionals. There is no subject index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)