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Immediate Postdoc position in visual analytics
by David S. Ebert 12 Oct '12

12 Oct '12

Visual Analytics Postdoc Position Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN The Visual analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments (VACCINE) Center at Purdue University invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in visual analytics across a wide spectrum of application areas. The successful candidate will perform research in visual analytics projects, lead research activities in the group, and interface with renowned academic research groups in visual analytics around the world. VACCINE is working closely with collaborators including health and public safety departments, medical doctors, US Coast Guard, TSA, computational scientists, researchers in science, engineering, and economics. The ideal candidate has a Ph.D. with strong research background in visual analytics, geospatial and temporal analysis, statistics, visualization, cognitive science, human computer interaction, computer graphics or a closely related field. Both beginning and senior postdoctoral candidates are encouraged to apply. Excellent oral and written communication skills are mandatory. Starting date is from late Spring 2012. Applications including a CV and a research statement should be sent to Prof. Dr. David Ebert (ebertd(a)purdue.edu <mailto:ebertd@purdeu.edu> ). Sincerely, David ----- - Dr. David S. Ebert, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - - Silicon Valley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering - - Purdue University; 465 Northwestern Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907 - - Director, Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability - - Environments (VACCINE), DHS CCI Center of Excellence - - http://www.VisualAnalytics-CCI.org - - Director, Purdue Visualization and Analytics Center, www.purvac.org - - ebertd(a)purdue.edu http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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CFP - VDA 2013 submission deadline extension
by Wong, Pak C 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Newly extended deadline: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers SPIE 2013 Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis February 4-6, 2013 Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Burlingame, CA http://vda-conference.org Important Dates =============== Paper Submission Deadline: July 31, 2012 Notification: September 28, 2012 Final Manuscripts: November 26, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA) 2013 covers all research and development and application aspects of data visualization and, more recently, visual analytics. Since the first VDA conference was held in 1994, the annual event has grown steadily into a major venue for visualization researchers and practitioners from around the world to present their work and share their experience every year. We invite you to participate by submitting your original research as full paper or a poster. Both paper and poster submissions will be peer reviewed. The paper acceptance rate at VDA 2012 was 48%. Papers presented at this conference will be published in a bound proceedings published by IS&T/SPIE. Papers and posters are solicited on all topics of data visualization, including: * Internet imaging, medical imaging, image processing * Biomedical visualization and applications * Internet, web, and security visualizations * Analysis techniques and data mining * Data exploration using classical and novel approaches * Databases and visualization * High-performance computing and parallel rendering * Tools and applications exemplified by case studies * Virtual environments and data visualization * Information and scientific visualization * Volume and flow visualization * Interaction paradigms and human factors * Big data visualization and analytics Authors of the best papers will be invited to revise and extend their work for publication in a special issue of the journal Information Visualization. Questions regarding paper submission or conference participation should be directed to the conference chairs: * Pak Chung Wong (pak.wong(a)pnnl.gov<mailto:pak.wong@pnnl.gov>), Pacific Northwest National Lab * David L. Kao (david.l.kao(a)nasa.gov<mailto:david.l.kao@nasa.gov>), NASA Ames Research Center * Ming C. Hao (ming_hao(a)hp.com<mailto:ming_hao@hp.com>), Hewlett-Packard Labs * Chaomei Chen (Chaomei.Chen(a)cis.drexel.edu<mailto:Chaomei.Chen@cis.drexel.edu>), Drexel University ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steering Committee ================== * Umeshwar Dayal, Hewlett Packard Laboratories * Robert Erbacher, Northwest Security Institute Conference Chairs ================= * Pak Chung Wong, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory * David Kao, NASA Ames Research Center * Ming C. Hao, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories * Chaomei Chen, Drexel University Conference Co-Chairs ==================== * Christoper G. Healey, North Carolina State University * Mark A. Livingston, Naval Research Laboratory * Thomas Wischgoll, Wright State University * Ian Roberts, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Program Committee ================= * Aidong Lu, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte * Alark Joshi, Boise State Univ. * Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden * Anna Shaverdian, University of Michigan * Barry Becker, Pros * Bob Lewis, Washington State Univ. * Caixia Zhang, Google * Caroline Ziemkiewicz, Brown University * Chad A. Steed, Oak Ridge National Lab. * Chaoli Wang, Michigan Tech University * Dan Keefe, Univ. of Minnesota * Donald A. Pellegrino, Dow Chemical * George Chin, Pacific Northwest National Lab. * Gunther Weber, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory * Guoning Chen, The Univ. of Utah * Guo-Shi Li, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company * Halldor Janetzko, Univ. Konstanz, Germany * Harald Obermaier, University of California, Davis * Jaegul Choo, Georgia Tech * Jian Zhang, IBM China * Jing Yang, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte * Joerg Meyer, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory * John Gerth, Stanford University * Kalpathi R. Subramanian, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte * Lars Linsen, Jacobs Univ. Bremen gGmbH, Germany * Madjid Allili, Bishop's Univ., Canada * Matti T. Gröhn, Ctr. for Scientific Computing, Finland * Ming Jiang, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. * Peter Lindstrom, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. * Remco Chang, Tufts University * Rene Rosenbaum, University of California Davis * Richard May, Pacific Northwest National Lab. * Scott E. Dillard, Google * Shigeo Takahashi, University of Tokyo * Song Zhang, Mississippi State Univ. * Soon Tee Teoh, San Jose State Univ. * Sussan Einakian, The Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville * Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Computer Graphics and E-Learning * Tobias Schreck, Univ. Konstanz, Germany * Tom Malzbender, HP Labs * Yi-Jen Chiang, Polytechnic Institute of NYU * Yingcai Wu, University of California, Davis * Zhanping Liu, Kentucky State University Corporate Sponsors: * Hewlett-Packard (HP) * Kitware, Inc. * Sage Publications

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Open Position: PhD candidate at the Information Engineering Group, Vienna University of Technology, Austria (Information Visualization and Visual Analytics)
by Silvia Miksch (asgaard) 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Open Position: PhD candidate at the Information Engineering Group, Vienna University of Technology, Austria ********************************************************************************************** The Information Engineering Group, at the Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems of the Vienna University of Technology, is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate in the field of Information Visualization and Visual Analytics. RESPONSIBILITIES The successful applicant will * perform research in the field of Information Visualization and Visual Analytics * design new techniques and implement interactive prototypes * write and review scientific publications * participate in scientific and consulting projects * work within a creative, highly motivated, and international team REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS * university degree (bachelor or master) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or an equivalent university study * experience in programming (preferably Java, Javascript, C++, or similar) * knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: Visual Analytics, Information Visualization, Computer Graphics, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Mining * abilities to work as an independent and flexible researcher in interdisciplinary teams * fluency in the English language both orally and in written form DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS * knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: Graph Theory, Social Network Analysis, Business Process Management, Medical Informatics * (for international applicants) basic proficiency in German or willingness to learn DATES * Application deadline: August 15, 2012 * Start date: October 1, 2012 (negotiable) * Duration: 3 years APPLICATION AND CONTACT Please send your application (with the usual documents including a statement of interest, full CV, list of subjects taken at university plus grades, publications, etc.) by email with the subject "iegJob1201" to Mr. Paolo Federico:federico@cvast.tuwien.ac.at The Vienna University of Technology aims for enhancing the number of women in scientific positions and therefore particularly invites women to apply. We encourage sending your application in electronic form. Applicants are not entitled to claim reimbursement of traveling expenses and/or other costs caused by the application procedures. If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Silvia Miksch: miksch(a)ifs.tuwien.ac.at MORE INFO Vienna University of Technology:www.tuwien.ac.at Institute for Software Technology and Interactive Systems: www.isis.tuwien.ac.at Information Engineering Group: ieg.ifs.tuwien.ac.at Information Visualization: www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php?title=Information_Visualization

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RS/Postdoc position available (visual analytics)
by John Stasko 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

FODAVA: Seeking a Research Scientist/Postdoctoral Researcher The FODAVA (Foundations of Data Analysis and Visual Analytics) Center at Georgia Tech is seeking a Research Scientist to join our team. For candidates holding a doctoral degree, this position could become a postdoctoral researcher. Enormous amounts of data are being generated every day in health care, computational biology, homeland security, commerce, and many other areas. Analyzing these massive and complex data sets is essential to achieve new discoveries, but is extremely difficult. An emerging research field known as data and visual analytics is concerned with synthesizing information and deriving insight from massive, dynamic, ambiguous and possibly conflicting digital data for increased understanding and effective decision making. The FODAVA research initiative is dedicated to both defining the foundations of the data and visual analytics fields and advancing the state-of-the-art. Established in 2008, the FODAVA initiative is a collaborative effort funded jointly by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). For further information about the Center, please seehttp://fodava.gatech.edu/. We are seeking a Research Scientist (RS) to join our group and assist with ongoing research. The position will involve work on two main projects. First, the RS will contribute to the Jigsaw project (http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/ii/jigsaw) for visual analytics and sensemaking on document collections. Second, the RS will assist in the design and development of a visual analytics system for document discovery based on the fundamental data analytic theory and methods we have developed. In addition to these two projects, there will be opportunities for the RS to collaborate on other ongoing research as well as to initiate new projects. Georgia Tech faculty are dedicated to working with the successful applicant in mentoring and career growth. The ideal candidate should have at least an MS in a related discipline or a BS with equivalent experience. We also welcome candidates with a recently earned PhD who are seeking a postdoctoral research position. Prior work in areas such as visual analytics, data analysis, data mining, machine learning, and/or HCI will be extremely useful. Candidates also should have strong software engineering and programming skills (knowledge of Java and Swing is a must) and good verbal, writing, and communication skills. This is a one year position, beginning immediately, with a potential renewal of a second year. To apply, please send a brief cover letter describing your background and interests, as well as a your current CV/resume, to Ms. Lometa Mitchell (lometa(a)cc.gatech.edu) Please direct informal questions about the position to Prof. Haesun Park (hpark(a)cc.gatech.edu) and/or Prof. John Stasko (stasko(a)cc.gatech.edu) We will review applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Workshop on Aesthetic Data Visualization @NordiCHI2012
by John Stasko 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

Call for Papers Workshop on Aesthetic Data Visualization: Tools & Challenges for Interaction Designers at NordiCHI 2012 October 14th, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark http://datavis.hkjung.com/ Data visualization has been a big interest among interaction designers thanks to the advances of visualization authoring tools. With the tools including programming languages, visualization generation websites, and open source libraries, interaction designers can easily create data visualization harnessing their prototyping skills and aesthetic sensibility. However, there still exist some technical and methodological challenges for interaction designers in jumping into the scene. At the workshop, we will discuss new roles of designers in this interdisciplinary field, and the ways of using and enhancing visualization tools to support designers. We encourage experts in the intersection of data visualization and interaction design to share their experiences in designing interactive visualizations in both industry and academic contexts. Important Dates • Paper submission deadline: Monday, August 6th, 2012 • Paper notification: Friday, August 24th, 2012 • Camera-ready submission: Friday, August 31st, 2012 • Workshop: Sunday, October 14th, 2012 Topics Discussions in this workshop will include, but not limited to, following topics: • Theories, models, and principles of design-oriented data visualization • Aesthetic quality of interactive data visualization • Survey of current tools for data visualization • Current and envisioned roles of designers in visualization-related research collaboration. • Case studies of data visualization by graphic, communication, or interaction designers, including descriptive design process and challenges faced • Methods to teach data visualization to graphic or interaction design students Submissions All submissions should follow CHI extended abstracts format 2 or 4 pages. All papers should be submitted via an email to junghg(a)uc.edu by August 6th. Submissions do NOT need to be anonymized. For more information please visit the workshop web page at http://datavis.hkjung.com/ or email junghg(a)uc.edu or tanykim(a)gatech.edu. Regards, Heekyoung Jung, University of Cincinnati, junghg(a)uc.edu Tanyoung Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology, tanykim(a)gatech.edu

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CFP - SPIE 2013 Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis
by Wong, Pak C 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Call for Papers SPIE 2013 Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis February 4-6, 2013 Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Burlingame, CA http://vda-conference.org Important Dates =============== Paper Submission Deadline: July 23, 2012 Notification: September 28, 2012 Final Manuscripts: November 26, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA) 2013 covers all research and development and application aspects of data visualization and, more recently, visual analytics. Since the first VDA conference was held in 1994, the annual event has grown steadily into a major venue for visualization researchers and practitioners from around the world to present their work and share their experience every year. We invite you to participate by submitting your original research as full paper or a poster. Both paper and poster submissions will be peer reviewed. The paper acceptance rate at VDA 2012 was 48%. Papers presented at this conference will be published in a bound proceedings published by IS&T/SPIE. Papers and posters are solicited on all topics of data visualization, including: * Internet imaging, medical imaging, image processing * Biomedical visualization and applications * Internet, web, and security visualizations * Analysis techniques and data mining * Data exploration using classical and novel approaches * Databases and visualization * High-performance computing and parallel rendering * Tools and applications exemplified by case studies * Virtual environments and data visualization * Information and scientific visualization * Volume and flow visualization * Interaction paradigms and human factors * Big data visualization and analytics Authors of the best papers will be invited to revise and extend their work for publication in a special issue of the journal Information Visualization. Questions regarding paper submission or conference participation should be directed to the conference chairs: * Pak Chung Wong (pak.wong(a)pnnl.gov<mailto:pak.wong@pnnl.gov>), Pacific Northwest National Lab * David L. Kao (david.l.kao(a)nasa.gov<mailto:david.l.kao@nasa.gov>), NASA Ames Research Center * Ming C. Hao (ming_hao(a)hp.com<mailto:ming_hao@hp.com>), Hewlett-Packard Labs * Chaomei Chen (Chaomei.Chen(a)cis.drexel.edu<mailto:Chaomei.Chen@cis.drexel.edu>), Drexel University ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steering Committee ================== * Umeshwar Dayal, Hewlett Packard Laboratories * Robert Erbacher, Northwest Security Institute Conference Chairs ================= * Pak Chung Wong, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory * David Kao, NASA Ames Research Center * Ming C. Hao, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories * Chaomei Chen, Drexel University Conference Co-Chairs ==================== * Christoper G. Healey, North Carolina State University * Mark A. Livingston, Naval Research Laboratory * Thomas Wischgoll, Wright State University * Ian Roberts, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Program Committee ================= * Aidong Lu, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte * Alark Joshi, Boise State Univ. * Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden * Anna Shaverdian, University of Michigan * Barry Becker, Pros * Bob Lewis, Washington State Univ. * Caixia Zhang, Google * Caroline Ziemkiewicz, Brown University * Chad A. Steed, Oak Ridge National Lab. * Chaoli Wang, Michigan Tech University * Dan Keefe, Univ. of Minnesota * Donald A. Pellegrino, Dow Chemical * George Chin, Pacific Northwest National Lab. * Gunther Weber, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory * Guoning Chen, The Univ. of Utah * Guo-Shi Li, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company * Halldor Janetzko, Univ. Konstanz, Germany * Harald Obermaier, University of California, Davis * Jaegul Choo, Georgia Tech * Jian Zhang, IBM China * Jing Yang, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte * Joerg Meyer, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory * John Gerth, Stanford University * Kalpathi R. Subramanian, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte * Lars Linsen, Jacobs Univ. Bremen gGmbH, Germany * Madjid Allili, Bishop's Univ., Canada * Matti T. Gröhn, Ctr. for Scientific Computing, Finland * Ming Jiang, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. * Peter Lindstrom, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. * Remco Chang, Tufts University * Rene Rosenbaum, University of California Davis * Richard May, Pacific Northwest National Lab. * Scott E. Dillard, Google * Shigeo Takahashi, University of Tokyo * Song Zhang, Mississippi State Univ. * Soon Tee Teoh, San Jose State Univ. * Sussan Einakian, The Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville * Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Computer Graphics and E-Learning * Tobias Schreck, Univ. Konstanz, Germany * Tom Malzbender, HP Labs * Yi-Jen Chiang, Polytechnic Institute of NYU * Yingcai Wu, University of California, Davis * Zhanping Liu, Kentucky State University Corporate Sponsors: * Hewlett-Packard (HP) * Kitware, Inc. * Sage Publications

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Cfp: ACM ITS, Workshops, demos, posters, DC
by Petra Isenberg 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

/Haven't had the time to submit a paper? There are still plenty of ways to participate in ITS 2012!/ Call for Participation: Workshops, demos, posters, and doctoral symposium ACM Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces 2012 "Surfaces Every Day" ---------------------------- November 11-14, 2012 Cambridge, MA, USA http://its2012conf.org/ Twitter: @its_2012 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ITS-2012/201803849895141 ------------------------------ *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: WORKSHOPS* TS 2012 is a premier venue for presenting research in the design and use of new and emerging tabletop and interactive surface technologies. Workshops organizers will select a topic of interest and manage submissions and reviews for proposals (workshop participants should submit their proposals by October 1). Authors are welcome to submit any topic of interest, some suggestions include: * Multitouch on mobile devices * Large (wall-sized) surfaces * Surfaces in public spaces, workplaces, homes * Surfaces in domain specific environments (e.g. safety critical, education, games) * Information or Scientific Visualization on Tabletops * Works in progress * ... and other exciting topics! The workshop chairs are looking for leaders in interactive surface topics to run workshops that will last 4 hours in length and occur the day before the conference starts. We request a short 1-2 page proposal in the ITS posters format. For submission details visit: its2012conf.org/participationTutorials.html Please submit your proposal and questions to the tutorial chairs by *July 31, 5pm pacific standard time (PDT)*. *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: DEMOS * The ITS demo session provides an interactive forum for authors to present research prototypes and work-in-progress to conference attendees and receive feedback from the leading experts in interactive surface research. Both independent demonstrations and those accompanying accepted papers and posters are welcome. At the conference, we want the ITS participants to literally get in touch with your demos with the goal of having lively discussion and a hands-on experience. Demo proposals should be submitted through our online system in the form of: * a video of up to 3 minutes length * a 2-page extended abstract that will be published in the ACM DL (Latex template, Word template) and * a supplemental text document describing the necessary spatial and technical requirements for your demo (template will be made available soon). Please submit your video and PDF documents through the conference submission system by August 7, 2012. For specific queries, please contact: demos(a)its2012conf.org *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: POSTERS * We invite researchers and practitioners to submit their work to the poster category of ITS 2012. Posters provide an interactive forum for authors to present research prototypes and works in progress to conference attendees. Posters provide the opportunity for researchers to get feedback on early-stage work, and to discuss potential collaborations in an informal setting during the conference. Submissions should be in the form of a 4-page extended abstract. The posters themselves will not be submitted with the abstracts - instead they should be brought to the conference by the author. The abstracts will be published in the main conference proceedings and will be included in the conference USB memory stick. They will also be placed in the ACM Digital Library, where they will remain accessible to thousands of researchers and practitioners worldwide. Important Dates * August 7, 5 p.m. PDT: Submission deadline * September 10: Notification to authors * September 20: Camera Ready version due *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM * The ITS Doctoral Symposium is a forum in which Ph.D. students can meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced Tabletop researchers in an informal and interactive setting. We will give preference to applicants beyond the proposal stage and well into their dissertation research. Each applicant should provide a short written paper (no more than six pages in ACM landscape format). This paper should describe ongoing work and might summarize the student's full dissertation work, or highlight a particular part in depth. In addition, each student is asked to present a poster describing his or her work to the full conference. Doctoral Symposium papers will be published in the ITS conference companion distributed at the conference.*Accepted authors will have free registration to the conference*. The Doctoral Symposium will take place at the conference venue on Sunday, November 11, 2011 (for accepted authors only!). Submission details * Doctoral Symposium Submission Template * August 7, 5 p.m. PDT: Submission deadline * August 24: Notification to authors * September 20: Camera Ready version due * Submit proposals to: doctoralsymposium(a)its2012conf.org -- Petra Isenberg, PhD Research Scientist AVIZ group | INRIA Saclay Île-de-France phone: +33 16 91 54 249 |http://www.aviz.fr/~isenberg/

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