October 2008 - Infovis

new InfoVis-related book
by stasko＠cc.gatech.edu 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hi everyone, I'd like to put in a quick plug for a book that may be of interest to infovis researchers. It's titled "Information Visualization: Human-Centered Issues and Perspectives" and is the result of a summer 2007 Dagstuhl seminar. After the meeting, a number of the attendees put together some chapters related to main discussion topics there at the seminar. What's most interesting is that the chapters reflect many meta-topics in infovis and are more overview-ish in nature (value of infovis, teaching, evaluation, paper writing, etc.) and you normally wouldn't find these papers in typical journals or conferences. Chapters 1 The Value of Information Visualization (J.-D. Fekete, J.J. van Wijk, J.T. Stasko, and C. North) 2 Evaluating Information Visualization (S. Carpendale) 3 Theoretical Foundations of Information Visualization (H.C. Purchase, N. Andrienko, T.J. Jankun-Kelly, and M. Ward) 4 Teaching Information Visualization (A. Kerren, J.T. Stasko, and J. Dykes) 5 Creation and Collaboration: Engaging New Audiences for Information Visualization (J. Heer, F. van Ham, S. Carpendale, C. Weaver, and P. Isenberg) 6 Process and Pitfalls in Writing Information Visualization Research Papers (T. Munzner) 7 Visual Analytics: Definition, Process, and Challenges (D. Keim, G. Andrienko, J.-D. Fekete, C. Görg, J. Kohlhammer, and G. Melançon) For more info about the book, please see http://www.springer.com/computer/user+interfaces/book/978-3-540-70955-8 http://books.google.com/books?q=isbn:978-3-540-70955-8&hl=en --John Stasko

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PhD position available at INRIA Bordeaux
by Guy Melançon - INRIA 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Please forward to all possible interested person ----------------- The INRIA GRAVITÉ project in collaboration with LaBRI (CNRS) is offering a PhD position focusing on the visual and interactive exploration of semantic networks. **The PhD project takes place within the ANR TANGUY project headed by Thalès Communications and in collaboration with Xerox (XRCE Grenoble) and the law firm FIDAL. The project aims at designing a methodology to support the incremental construction and easy use of semantic networks. The development of a (prototype) system should help law experts to deal with large document collections from which potential facts have to be identified, extracted, organized and ultimately validated or annotated. Starting from valid pieces of information extracted from text document (Xerox expertise), our goal is to offer adapted mechanisms to visualize, navigate and annotate all this information. The construction of a network of facts should follow from semantic proximity between pieces of information or from users’ knowledge. As a consequence, the interactive navigation of the network can exploit available results in graph visualization which is at the heart of our INRIA team. For more information and to apply, either email Guy.Melancon(a)inria.fr or go to INRIA's website. Go to the URL http://www.inria.fr/travailler/mrted/en/doc/index.html and then search for jobs in Bordeaux. -- Guy Melançon INRIA Bordeaux -- Sud-Ouest CNRS UMR 5800 LaBRI Campus Université Bordeaux I 351 Cours de la libération 33405 Talence Cedex France Tel. +33 540 008 881 Fax +33 540 006 669 Bureau 269

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Open Position: Visualization Research Scientist at Agilent Laboratories
by robert_kincaid＠agilent.com 11 Oct '08

11 Oct '08

Requisition ID: 2027836 Job Title : Research Scientist, Visualization Location: Santa Clara, CA Relocation Benefits: Yes PLEASE NOTE: Members of Agilent Labs will be at IEEE VisWeek 2008 (Oct. 19-24). While at the conference, please check the conference job bulletin board for further contact information if you would like to talk with us there. You can also apply directly by going to our web site at http://www.agilent.com/go/jobs. Agilent Laboratories is a world-leading industrial research center whose purpose is to power Agilent Technologies' growth through breakthrough technologies. Labs focuses on Agilent's future to ensure leadership in Agilent's existing businesses and to provide technology foundations that can create new businesses for the company going forward. We are conducting applied research into information visualization and visual analytic tools that enable scientists and engineers to analyze and interpret large amounts of measurement data in a variety of domains including, biology, chemistry, electronic test and measurement and operational support systems. This position is for a research scientist that will define and build compelling, leading-edge experimental software systems that will pave the way for exciting new Agilent products addressing these measurement domains. Areas of possible focus include: - Visual integration of diverse data at multiple levels of abstraction and from multiple, linked perspectives. - Information exploration tools that enable the user to interpret data coming from multiple measurement platforms. - Intuitive user navigation of large and possibly disjoint data sets. - Graphical presentation of complex data and derived information, including non-structured information such as scientific text. - Multi-modal interaction - augmentation of the visual channel w/ sonification, haptic interfaces. - Representation of information over multiple spatial and/or temporal dimensions. - Collaborative sensemaking - information sharing, presentation, annotation. - Modeling/simulation/prediction. - Representing uncertainty - visualizing contradictory information, alternatives, imprecision. QUALIFICATIONS - PhD or equivalent research experience in computer science, mathematics or related field. - A minimum of 3-5 years postgraduate experience (academic or industrial) and a demonstrated record of scientific contribution and publication - Demonstrated success in envisioning, creating, leading and pursuing broad, independently initiated strategic projects in information visualization and/or visual analytics. - Outstanding software development skills, particularly in exploratory prototyping, including fluency in object-oriented programming and user interface programming, preferably in Java, C++ and/or C#. - A history of strong contribution in working with scalable systems, very large datasets and integrating software tools into larger systems to solve complex problems. - Flexibility in applying skills to new problem domains with the cooperation of appropriate domain experts. - Excellent leadership, teamwork, problem solving and communication skills. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Demonstrated experience in information visualization and/or visual analytics applications applied to areas such as bioinformatics, chemical analysis, electronic test and measurement. - Familiarity with web development technologies (Ajax, Rails, Media Wiki, XML). - Experience in information retrieval and human-computer interaction technologies, particularly in understanding how user(s) needs are determined and corresponding prototypes developed and evaluated. - Experience with stochastic/statistical analysis methods, and data mining technologies. Agilent will not sponsor work authorization for this position

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