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PhD/postdoc position available in genome visualization at Leuven University (Belgium)
by Jan Aerts 26 May '11

26 May '11

**Background** The last decade has seen a tremendous evolution in the field of clinical genetics. However, although new high-throughput DNA sequencing techniques have opened the door for routinely identifying genome variations that might contribute to a given disease, there are still several bottlenecks that stand in the way of widespread application in the clinic. Several of these issues can be (partly) solved with data visualization techniques. Geneticists rely heavily on genome browsers to investigate genetic variation in their genomic context (see e.g. http://www.ensembl.org and http://genome.ucsc.edu; visualization expert Ben Fry created http://bit.ly/lBK6wR) Although of priceless use, these browsers all have the significant drawback that they can only display data relative to a so-called "reference". It is also impossible for them to show rearranged chromosomes as they appear in for example cancer. **Aim** Within this project, we will build a new interactive genome browser that is capable of displaying so-called structural genomic variation and is able to display patient data relative to actual control (healthy) data rather than a theoretical reference. This visualization will include several features. First of all, it will be possible to visualize the differences in chromosome structure between individuals. This will be based on a directed graph, and might be inspired by the ABySS-Explorer tool by Nielsen et al (http://bit.ly/iZhLi1) Secondly, the tool will enable any path through this graph to be considered as the "reference", so that depictions resembling the genome browsers such as http://bit.ly/l6W0dV can be created. Thirdly, it will be possible to simultaneously look at high resolution while still maintaining the context of the whole chromosome. Finally, this tool will be able to visualize different levels of uncertainty in the data. **Profile** The ideal candidate for this position holds a MSc or PhD degree related to data visualization. He/she should be eager to learn about genomics and variation in the human genome. He/she will collaborate with PhD students and postdocs both at ESAT and the University Hospital in Leuven, as well as with clinical geneticists and international collaborators. The position requires good analytical skills and knowledge of programming languages such as java, ruby or perl. Knowledge of data visualization frameworks such as Processing (http://www.processing.org) and/or Protovis ( http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/) are a significant plus. We offer a competitive package and a fun, dynamic environment connected to a top-notch consortium of young leading scientists in human genetics and cancer. The University of Leuven is one of Europe‚Äôs leading research universities, with English as the working language for research. Leuven is one of Europe‚Äôs most beautiful university towns, just outside Brussels, at the heart of Europe. To apply for this position, please send your CV together with a photograph and - if possible - some examples of your work to Prof Jan Aerts ( jan.aerts(a)esat.kuleuven.be) The deadline for this application is 30th June 2011. Please do not hesitate to forward this message to any interested parties. ================================= Dr Jan Aerts Assistant Professor Faculty of Engineering - ESAT/SCD Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 bus 2446 3001 Leuven-Heverlee (Belgium)

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CFP: Visual Analysis of Massive Data (HICSS 45 minitrack)
by John Goodall 25 May '11

25 May '11

Visual Analysis of Massive Data for Decision Support and Operational Management ** http://bit.ly/hicss45 ** Hawaii International Conference for Systems Sciences 45 Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii / January 4-7 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions due June 15, 2011 Submission information: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_45/apahome45.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This minitrack builds upon earlier HICSS minitracks on visual analytics, mobile computing, and digital media at scale. It seeks to define commonalities between analytical methods that utilize interactive visualization to cope with challenges posed by data, platform, and application. These include: -Processing massive data from data archives and real-time data streams. -Need for predictive and real-time analytics and operations management, -Mobile device limitations: battery, processing capacity, screens and interactivity. -Need to coordinate across multiple roles and tasks within and across organizations. -Interoperability of mobile, desktop, tabletop, wall, and virtual environments Innovations in computers, graphical displays and sensors give us the capability to generate, process, and visualize data from real-time data streams and massive data archives. Advanced data analysis approaches generate new algorithms, applications, and communication protocols optimized for platforms that include supercomputers and low-wattage mobile computers. Innovations in computer graphics and human-information interaction provide the basis for novel interactive visualization systems that can support the innate human ability to characterize, analyze, and manipulate information in complex interactive visual and multimodal environments across a multitude of devices, from mobile phones to supercomputers. Taken in isolation, both algorithmic "data sciences" approaches and human-centered "visual analytics" human-computer interface methods hold great promise for operationalizing massive datasets and streaming data in support of a broad range of human activities. Applications in basic scientific research, business analytics, health sciences, environmental science and engineering R&D explore the implications of these methods for advancement of knowledge and strategic planning. Applications in coordination, command and control of complex human activities such as disaster relief, law enforcement, and anti-terrorism add the constraints of real-time performance and distribution of planning to the challenges faced. We invite mathematical, computational, cognitive, and organizational perspectives on the use of advanced data processing and interactive visualization approaches to understanding and controlling complex systems across a range of human endeavors. We also invite participation from researchers who are looking at scaling issues and multi-scale issues, whether these scales refer to the time of decision making, the form-factor and operational constraints of mobile devices, the number of decision makers or the more traditional notion of multi-scale simulation and real-world scales of data. We are particularly interested in papers that report on an effective synthesis of algorithms and visualization with an impact on decision-making and/or coordination of operations, as evidenced by either realist simulations or adoption in a concrete mission. This minitrack seeks to bring together researchers and problem owners working in these areas to present research methods and findings and to discuss their approaches and ideas to advance the state-of-the-art for this class of complex "wicked" problems. SUBMIT INQUIRIES TO: David Ebert Purdue University Email: ebert(a)purdue.edu Brian Fisher Simon Fraser University Email: bfisher(a)sfu.ca John Goodall, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Email: jgoodall(a)ornl.gov Paul Kantor Rutgers University Email: paul.kantor(a)rutgers.edu

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CFP DATAVIEW'11 - Second International Workshop on Data Visualization and Integration on the Web
by Alessandro Bozzon 15 May '11

15 May '11

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call, it has been posted to several relevant mailing lists. Please redistribute within your own group or among colleagues, thank you!] [CALL FOR PAPERS] Second International Workshop on Data Visualization and Integration on the Web (Dataview'11) co-located with ECOWS'11 9th IEEE European Conference on Web Services 14 September 2011 - Lugano, Switzerland Workshop website: http://dataview.como.polimi.it IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2011 Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2011 Camera ready papers: August 12, 2011 Workshop date: September 14, 2011 GOALS AND TOPICS ---------------- Recent years witnessed a proliferation of data providers available on the Web, especially in the form of Web services. This trend is associated with the increasing availability of a wide spectrum of high-level data integration tools - such as mash-up platforms - that enabled users to develop novel applications and business scenarios. As the richness and value of data increases, applications must provide users with visualizations and interaction paradigms that leverage properties such as the underlying data relationships, source type, provenance, and quality. This is a major change of paradigm with respect to traditional document integration and navigation, as the interaction with data object repositories proved to be a challenging task for application developers. To address these issues, cross fertilization between different disciplines is mandatory: existing approaches for Web service engineering, integration and composition should be merged with data visualization and interaction methodologies with the purpose of identifying the best interaction and visualization paradigms for data-centric Web Services. Topics of interest are related to the context of data-centric Web Services and include, but are not limited to: * Data-centric Web Service integration * Visualization of integrated heterogeneous data on the Web * Interfaces for Web-scale and large-scale data search and exploration * Linked Data visualization and exploration * Taxonomies and ontologies for data visualization * Lightweight (semantic) metadata or knowledge integration * Conceptual models for data visualization and exploration * Data visualization for next-generation mobile Web-services * Studies on quality, usability, effectiveness of data visualization techniques * Innovative uses of tag clouds * Ambient information displays * Data visualization for large screens and interactive tablets * Augmented reality and cross-media interfaces * Visualizations for multimodal interaction Tools for Web data visualizations * Relevant Web Service Applications: Search, Semantic Web, Social Web and Web 2.0, Adaptive and personalized Web applications, SaaS, Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, Enterprise 2.0 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND PROCEEDINGS ------------------------------------- Papers should explore open research problems, as well as provide advances in the areas of the workshop's core topics. Papers submitted to DATAVIeW ‘11 must not have been accepted for publication elsewhere or be under review for another workshop or conference. All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three PC members. * Full research and experience papers (maximum length: 8 pages) * Short Papers (maximum length: 5 pages) * Position Statements (maximum length: 3 pages) Paper submissions will have to be formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and are to be submitted electronically in PDF format via EasyChair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dataview2011) All submissions will be peer-reviewed by members of the international program committee. Paper acceptance will be based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of presentation. Workshop papers will be published as CEUR-WS Proceedings. At least one author of an accepted paper must register and participate in the workshop. Registration is subject to the terms, conditions and procedure of the main ECOWS conference to be found on their website (http://ecows2011.inf.usi.ch/) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- Sara Comai ( Politecnico di Milano, Italy, sara.comai(a)polimi.it) Moira Norrie ( ETH Zurich, Switzerland, norrie(a)inf.ethz.ch) Alessandro Bozzon ( Politecnico di Milano, Italy, bozzon(a)elet.polimi.it) PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- Marco Brambilla - Politecnico di Milano, Italy Fabio†Casati - Universita degli studi di Trento, Italy Martin Gaedke - Chemnitz University of Technology Irene Celino - CEFRIEL, Italy Suzanne Little - Knowledge Media Institute, UK Flavio De Paoli - Universit‡ di Milano, Italy Michael Grossniklaus - Portland State University Roberto De Virgilio - Universita degli studi Roma Tre, Italy Schahram Dustdar - TU Wien, Austria Marcello Lieda - Khalifa University Juan Carlos Preciado - Universidad de Extremadura, Spain Giovanni Toffetti Carughi - UCL, UK Marco Winckler - University Paul Sabatier, France Emanuele Della Valle - Politecnico di Milano, Italy Beat Signer - Vrije Universiteit Brussel ------------------------------------------------- Alessandro Bozzon, Ph.D Politecnico di Milano Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione Via Giuseppe Ponzio, 34/5 - 20133 Milano - Italy tel: +39.02.2399.7341 fax: +39.02.2399.7321 bozzon(a)elet.polimi.it alessandro.bozzon(a)polimi.it http://home.dei.polimi.it/bozzon http://www.google.com/profiles/aleboz ------------------------------------------------- Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.

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Interface Designer/Info Viz wanted in Berlin!
by Johannes Landstorfer 13 May '11

13 May '11

Hello everyone! The IxDS-Interaction Design Studios in Berlin are looking for 2 freelance Junior Designers (experienced students or graduates) You can find all details here http://www.ixds.de/blog/ixds-is-hiring-interface-designer-info-viz-gesucht/ Hope to hear from you soon! Johannes or translated here: // Tasks We have several projects where we need your support, with tasks such as - Qualitative user studies (interviews/observations) - Concept creation following CoDesgin methods (concepts for graphical and physical interfaces, as well as data visualisation) - Implementation as prototypes, in collaboration with our software developers and - User tests You should bring some initial understanding of most of the tasks above and sophisticated skills for interface design and/or data visualisation. Of course, the multi-disciplinary team of IxDS will support us. // Timeframe The projects will start during the next weeks and go on for a couple of months (one until November). On average, you will need 2-3 days of time per week. If everything works out well, we would like to continue working with you on a regular basis. We are ready to answer all questions you might have, please feel free to ask. If you apply, please attach some relevant samples of your work. // Contact Johannes Landstorfer, work(a)ixds.de -- Designer IxDS — Interaction Design Studios GmbH Brunnenstr. 7d, 10119 Berlin +49 (0)30 275 77 662 +49 (0)176 2425 4998 http://www.ixds.de Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg HRB 118950 Geschäftsführer André Knörig

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new book - The Map Reader
by martin dodge 10 May '11

10 May '11

Hello Please excuse this bit of self-promotion but I just wanted to flag a new book I've co-edited that is about to be published by Wiley. I thought the The Map Reader might be of relevance to some of the people on this list. The volume excerpts over 50 key pieces of scholarly writing on cartographic representation and mapping practice from the last few decades, along with five new interpretative essays. It has been co-edited with Rob Kitchin and Chris Perkins. This pdf gives some more detail on The Map Reader, with the table of contents listing the extensive range of material included, our preface explaining the purpose of the book and the first interpretative essay, http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/m.dodge/Map_Reader_promotional.… Details are also given on the Wiley promotional webpage, http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470742836.html Also, through the Wiley e-book library service you can look at the six colour plates in the book for free (although they are large pdf files, so quite slow to download) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470979587 And of course it can be ordered from bookshops, including Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Map-Reader-Theories-Cartographic-Representation/dp/… 42836 While we appreciate its an expensive academic book and likely beyond an impulse individual purchase, it is a nicely produced hardback volume that we hope will find a role as a valuable reference and source of ideas for researchers and students. Many thanks cheers Martin --- Martin Dodge Geography School of Environment and Development, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom. Homepage: http://www.cybergeography.org/martin/martin.html Blog: http://cyberbadger.blogspot.com/

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