February 2006 - Infovis

CFP: IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 2006
by Fernanda Viegas 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 2006 Call for Participation http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2006/ We solicit papers, posters, videos, artistic works, and contest entries for InfoVis 2006, the twelfth annual IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization. In addition, we encourage the submission of proposals for InfoVis-related tutorials and workshops to be held during the conference week (see Vis conference web site for details).InfoVis is the primary meeting in the field of information visualization, and is held on October 29 through 31, in conjunction with the IEEE Visualization 2006 (Vis06) conference and the IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology Symposium (VAST06) in Baltimore, Maryland, the week of October 29 through November 3, 2006. Computer-based information visualization, or "infovis", centers around helping people explore or explain data through systems that include static or interactive visual representations. The central design challenge in infovis is designing a cognitively useful spatial mapping of a dataset that is not inherently spatial. There are many possible visual encodings, only a fraction of which are helpful for a given task. We draw on the intellectual history of several traditions, including computer graphics, human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, semiotics, graphic design, statistical graphics, cartography, and art. The synthesis of relevant ideas from these fields is critical for keeping pace with the torrents of data that confront us all. ** New this Year ** InfoVis Art Exhibit Full papers to be published on IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics ** Important Deadlines ** March 21, 2006 Paper Abstracts (mandatory for paper submissions) March 31, 2006 Full Papers April 30, 2006 Tutorial Proposal (Vis06) June 30, 2006 Posters June 30, 2006 Videos June 30, 2006 Art Exhibit Submissions June 30, 2006 Workshop Proposal (Vis 06) August 11, 2006 Contest Entries ------------ PAPERS Abstracts due (mandatory): March 21, 2006 Full papers due: March 31, 2006 Papers can be up to a maximum of eight (8) pages in length, including full-color figures throughout. We encourage the use of digital video to support the submission, particularly if part or all of the work covers interactive techniques. At least one author of an accepted paper must attend the conference to present the work, and authors will also be required to present a very brief one-minute summary of their talk at the opening papers preview session. All papers accepted to the Symposium will also appear in an issue of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). For more information on paper categories (technique, system, design study, valuation, and model) and the review process, see the InfoVis 06 site: http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2006/papers_c.html ------------ INTERACTIVE POSTERS Due: June 30, 2006 The InfoVis Poster Program provides a forum for researchers to present work that is in progress and not sufficiently mature for a regular paper submission quite yet. Posters are typically summaries of ongoing work that authors present to gain feedback from the community about the research. In addition to having a two-page article in the Conference Compendium, authors will create a large poster summarizing their work and will be available to discuss it during the Monday evening conference reception and poster session. Accepted poster summaries will be included electronically on the IEEE Visualization 2006 Conference DVD, placed on the official infovis.org web site, and also distributed in a hardcopy compendium to all symposium and conference attendees. At least one author of an accepted poster must attend the conference to present the work at the evening poster session, and authors will also be required to present a very brief one-minute summary of their work at a posters preview session earlier in that day. For details on format and electronic submission of posters and optional accompanying digital video, see the Submission Instructions: http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2006/posters_c.html ------------ VIDEOS Due: Thursday, June 30, 2005 Videos are an effective way to educate others about new information visualization techniques and concepts. We want to encourage the production of high quality videos, and aim at producing a valuable resource that will stimulate research and that can be used for educational purposes. Videos are submitted as a digital video movie, with maximum size of 100 MB, accompanied by a two (2) page summary of the work. The length of the video should preferably not exceed 5 minutes, but in very special cases exceptions can be made. The size limit is strict however. We encourage original submissions of unpublished work, as well as new submissions showcasing systems, methods and techniques of interest to the information visualization community that have been presented in other venues. Accepted videos will be included electronically on the IEEE Visualization 2005 Conference DVD, shown during the InfoVis symposium, placed on the official infovis.org web site, and the summary will be distributed in a hardcopy compendium to all symposium and conference attendees. At least one author of an accepted video must attend the conference. http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2006/video_c.html ------------ ART EXHIBIT Due: June 30, 2006 Information visualization is traditionally viewed as a tool for data exploration and hypothesis formation. In recent years, however, both the mainstreaming of computer graphics and the democratization of data sources on the Internet have had important repercussions in the field of information visualization. With the ability to create visual representations of data on home computers, artists and designers have greatly expanded the practice of infovis as artistic pursuit. In its first edition, the InfoVis Art Exhibit examines the merging of artistic intention and visualization technique. We are looking for artwork that reveals data patterns in aesthetic, innovative ways. The InfoVis Art Exhibit will consider the following types of work: * interactive CD/DVD-ROM work * interactive web-based work * printed artwork Accepted art submissions will be included electronically on the IEEE Visualization 2005 Conference DVD, shown during the InfoVis symposium, placed on the official infovis.org web site, and the summary will be distributed in a hardcopy compendium to all symposium and conference attendees. For instructions on how to submit your work, see submission page at: http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2006/art_show_c.html ------------ CONTEST Due: August 11, 2006 Contest Dataset and Tasks: http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2006/contest_c.html Following last year's Technology Trends and Industry Analysis data set, a widely analyzed and familiar U.S. Census 2000 data set is the topic of this year's competition. The goal of the contest is to promote the development of benchmarks for information visualization, establish a forum to promote evaluation methods, and encourage creativity and utility. The data set consists of 1% of the results of the U.S. Census 2000, and submissions using the complete set or a selected subset of one or more geographic regions are encouraged, focusing on at least one of the contest tasks. Augmentation of the data set with any publicly available data is allowed. Contest entries are submitted as a two (2) page summary, a video and accompanying materials to one of three categories: academic, industry or student category. All accepted entry materials will be made available online after the conference. At least one author of an accepted entry must attend the conference to present the work. Authors of first place entries will present their work during the main contest session. Authors of second place entries will present their work during the poster session. Duplicate submissions should *not* be made to both the poster and contest categories.

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CFP IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology Symposium
by Dr. David S. Ebert 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

Call for Participation IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology 2006 October 31 - Nov 2, 2006 http://conferences.computer.org/vast/vast2006/ Approaching Deadline: Paper Submission Deadline- March 31, 2006 IEEE VAST 2006 is the first international symposium dedicated to the advances in visual analytics science and technology. The scope of the symposium, co-located with the annual IEEE Visualization 2006 Conference and the IEEE InfoVis Symposium, is based on the research agenda which has been recently published in the book Illuminating the Path: The Research and Development Agenda for Visual Analytics, J. J. Thomas and K. A. Cook, editors, IEEE CS Press. We invite you to participate by submitting your original research and joining us in Baltimore, Maryland, October 31 - November 2, 2006. Visual Analytics is the science of analytical reasoning supported by the highly interactive visual interface. People use visual analytics tools and techniques to synthesize information; derive insight from massive, dynamic, and often conflicting data; detect the expected and discover the unexpected; provide timely, defensible, and understandable assessments; and communicate assessments effectively for action. The issues stimulating this body of research provide a grand challenge in science: turning information overload into the opportunity of the decade. Visual analytics requires interdisciplinary science beyond traditional scientific and information visualization to include statistics, mathematics, knowledge representation, management and discovery technologies, cognitive and perceptual sciences, decision sciences, and more. Submission should help develop and/or apply the science of Visual Analytics, clearly showing an interdisciplinary approach. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to - Visual representations and interaction techniques including the principles for depicting information, new visual paradigms, statistical graphics, geospatial visualizations, the science of interaction, and approaches for generating visual analytic visualization and interactions, - Data management and knowledge representation including scalable data representations for high volume and stream data, statistical and semantic signatures, and synthesis of information from diverse data sources, - Analytical reasoning including the human analytic discourse, knowledge discovery methods, perception and cognition, and collaborative visual analytics, - Presentation, production, and dissimilation methods including methods and tools for capturing the analytics process, and story telling for specific and varying audiences, and - Evaluation methods, security & privacy, interoperability, and technology practice & experience, as far as they contribute to the science of visual analytics. For questions, send email to: vast(a)vis.computer.org. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee. Conference Chairs: Pak Chung Wong, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Daniel Keim University of Constant, Germany Co-located with IEEE VAST 2006 are: IEEE Vis 2006 IEEE Visualization Conference (Vis 2006) October 29 - November 3 2006 http://vis.computer.org/vis2006/ IEEE InfoVis 2006 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization October 29 - 31, 2006 http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2006 The combined Vis 2006 conference and InfoVis symposium make this week in Baltimore the place to be to participate in this rapidly expanding field. - Dr. David S. Ebert, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ---- - Purdue University; 465 Northwestern Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907 --- -------- ebertd(a)purdue.edu or http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Workshop on InfoVis Evaluation @ AVI 2006
by Enrico Bertini 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

*** Call for Papers *** ---------------------------- BELIV’06 - AVI 2006 Workshop ---------------------------- BEyond time and errors: novel evaLuation methods for Information Visualization Held in conjunction with *AVI Advanced Visual Interfaces* International Working Conference May, 23 2006 - Venice, ITALY WORKSHOP WEBSITE http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~beliv06 DESCRIPTION Controlled experiments remain the workhorse of evaluation but there is a growing sense that information visualization systems need new methods of evaluation, from longitudinal field studies, insight based evaluation and other metrics adapted to the perceptual aspects of visualization as well as the exploratory nature of discovery. We solicit position and research papers discussing proposed new information visualization evaluation methods e.g. new ways of conducting user studies, definition and assessment of infovis effectiveness through the formal characterization of perceptual and cognitive tasks and insights, definition of quality criteria and metrics. Case study and survey papers are also welcomed when clearly presenting general guidelines, practical advices, and lessons learned. DATES Deadline for submissions: March 12, 2006 Notification of acceptance: March 27, 2006 Camera ready papers due: April 24, 2006 Workshop: May 23, 2006 HOW TO PARTICIPATE We solicit position and research papers up to 6 pages (less is fine). All the submissions should be formatted according to the guidelines used for the papers of the main conference. Suitable templates can be downloaded from: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Submission should be either in PDF (preferred) or Word format and uploaded to the review system accessible from the following url: http://www.programchair.com/BELIV06/. For any questions contact Enrico Bertini at: bertini(a)dis.uniroma1.it. ******************************** Accepted papers will be revised after the workshop and published in the ACM Digital Library ******************************** A possible outcome of the workshop is to organize a special issue on the topic for the Information Visualization Journal. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics include, but are not limited to: • Utility characterization and evaluation • Quality criteria • Metrics • Insight characterization • Synthetic data set generation • Taxonomies of tasks • Benchmark development and repositories • Longitudinal case studies • Adoption ORGANIZERS Enrico Bertini Dip. di Informatica e Sistemistica University of Rome “La Sapienza” bertini(a)dis.uniroma1.it Catherine Plaisant HCIL/UMIACS University of Maryland plaisant(a)cs.umd.edu Giuseppe Santucci Dip. di Informatica e Sistemistica University of Rome “La Sapienza” santucci(a)dis.uniroma1.it PROGRAM COMMITTEE Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Margaret Burnett (Oregon State University, USA) Tiziana Catarci (University of Rome, Italy) Chaomei Chen (Drexel University, USA) Luca Chittaro (University of Udine, Italy) Maria Francesca Costabile (University of Bari, Italy) Mary Czerwinski (Microsoft Research, USA) Alan Dix (University of Lancaster, UK) Jean Daniel Fekete (INRIA, France) George Grinstein (UMass, USA) Stephen Kimani (University of Rome, Italy) Chris North (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA) George Robertson (Microsoft Research, USA) Ben Shneiderman (Maryland University, USA) John Stasko (Georgia Tech, USA)

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