September 2012 - Infovis

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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Last Call for Papers: PacificVis 2013
by PacificVis2013 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

The PacificVis 2013 paper submission deadline is approaching! Two days are left for submitting your papers (see the cfp below). Call for Papers (Apologies for receiving multiple copies) IEEE PacificVis 2013 Sydney, Australia, February 27 to March 1, 2013 Paper submission deadline: September 26, 2012, 11:59pm (PDT) http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~pvis2013/ ----------------------------------------------- The 6th PacificVis Symposium (Pacific Visualization) will be held in Sydney, Australia from February 27 to March 1, 2013. PacificVis is an IEEE sponsored international visualization symposium held in the Asia-Pacific region, with the objective to foster greater exchange between visualization researchers and practitioners, and to draw more researchers in the Asia-Pacific region to enter this rapidly growing area of research. PacificVis is a unified visualization conference, welcoming all areas of visualization research such as: information, scientific, graph, security, software and bio- visualization. Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished research and practical applications in all areas of visualization. We encourage papers in any new, novel, and exciting research area that pertains to visualization. Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: September 26, 2012, 11:59pm (PDT) Notification of acceptance: November 21, 2012 Camera-ready papers due: December 7, 2012 Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: Visualization application areas such as but not limited to: * statistical graphics and mathematics * financial, security and business visualization * physical sciences and engineering * earth, space, and environmental sciences * geographic/geospatial/ terrain visualization * molecular, biomedical, bioinformatics and medical visualization * text, documents and software visualization * social, ambient and information sciences * education and everyday visualization * multimedia (image/video/music) visualization * any other non-spatial data or spatial data that is visualized with a new spatial mapping Data focused visualization research: * high-dimensional data and dimensionality reduction and data compression * multidimensional multi-field, multi-modal, multi-resolution and multi-variate data * causality and uncertainty data * time series, time varying, streaming and flow data * scalar, vector and tensor fields * regular and unstructured grids * point-based data * large scale data (petabytes, ...) Technique focused visualization research: * volume modeling and rendering * extraction of surfaces * topology-based and geometry-based techniques * glyph-based techniques * integrating spatial and non-spatial data visualization * machine-learning approaches Graph and network visualization research: * design and experimentation of graph drawing algorithms * techniques, interfaces and interaction methods for graphs, trees, and other relational data * visualization of graphs and networks in application areas (e.g., social sciences, biology, geography, software engineering, circuit design, business intelligence) * interfaces and interaction techniques for graph and network visualizations * Benchmarks and experimental analysis for graph visualization systems and user interfaces Interaction focused visualization research: * icon- and glyph-based * focus + context * animation * zooming and navigation * linking + brushing * coordinated multiple views * view-dependent visualization * data labeling, editing and annotation * collaborative, co-located and distributed * manipulation and deformation * visual data mining and visual knowledge discovery Empirical and comprehension focused visualization research * visual design and aesthetics * cognition and perception issues * cognitive studies on graph drawing readability and user interaction * presentation, dissemination and storytelling * design studies, case studies and focus groups * task and requirements analysis * metrics and benchmarks * evaluations of all types: qualitative, quantitative, laboratory, field, and usability studies * validation and verification * perception theory including such factors as color texture, scene, motion perception, perceptual cognition System focused visualization research * novel algorithms and mathematics * mobile and ubiquitous * taxonomies and models * methodologies, discussions and frameworks * visual design, visualization system and toolkit design * illustrative visualization * data warehousing, database visualization and data mining * collaborative and distributed visualization * mathematical theories for visualization Hardware, Display and Interaction Technology * large and high-res displays * stereo displays * mobile and ubiquitous environments * immersive and virtual environments * multimodal input (touch, haptics, voice, etc. ) * hardware acceleration * GPUs and multi-core architectures * CPU and GPU clusters * distributed systems, grid and cloud environments * volume graphics hardware The papers should be original and not previously published. Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the workshop topics. All accepted papers will be published by IEEE and also included in the IEEE Digital Library. Authors of selected research papers of outstanding quality will be invited to submit an extended version to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. Submission URL: https://precisionconference.com/~vgtc/ Papers Format : Original unpublished papers of up to 8 pages (two-column, single-spaced, 10 point font, including figures, tables and references) are invited. Manuscripts must be written in English, and follow the formatting guidelines here: http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~vis/Track/pacvis.html Should you have any question please don't hesitate contacting us. Contact Email: pvis2013(a)it.usyd.edu.au Program Co-Chairs: Sheelagh Carpendale, University of Calgary Wei Chen, Zhejiang University Seokhee Hong, University of Sydney

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Visual Analytics Center Managing Director position vacancy
by David S. Ebert 22 Sep '12

22 Sep '12

VACCINE Managing Director (Visual Analytics for Command, Control and Interoperability Environments) Purdue University - West Lafayette Campus Discovery Park Job Number: 1201494 VACCINE Center URL: <http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/vaccine/> http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/vaccine/ Description Serve as the Managing Director of the Department of Homeland Security designated Center of Excellence (Visualization Sciences Lead) in Command, Control and Interoperability responsible for all aspects of the day to day operations. The Managing Director will have project management responsibilities, will help identify research and funding opportunities, lead international faculty teams, and build strong, collaborative relationships with international, federal, state, and local government agencies, and corporate affiliate continually providing status of center accomplishments, goals and objectives. Required Qualifications: * Master's degree in management, homeland security, computer science/engineering, public safety, public transportation, emergency response or related fields. * Five significant years of experience in managing large, interdisciplinary and diverse projects. * Experience building and leading collaborative teams between government entities, corporate affiliates, and multi-institutional partners. * Experience working and collaborating with faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and post doctoral fellows. * Experience managing complex budgets. * Experience managing an administrative staff. * Strong communication (oral and written) skills with ability in public speaking to a wide variety of groups. * Excellent organizational skills with ability to manage and execute multiple tasks, work under deadlines, and manage international teams of technical, professional and clerical personnel. * Computer proficient in up-to-date software and applications; strong reporting skills. * Knowledge of internet and web-based interfaces. * Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with public and private corporations and businesses and government agencies. * Ability to effectively interact with university administration, faculty, staff, students and post docs. * Knowledge of the business development lifecycle including transitioning research into commercial products. Preferred Qualifications: * Purdue experience. * Experience working with any one of the federal, state, and local government agencies that includes DHS, DoD, CDC, TSA and/or Armed Forces. * Experience identifying and collaborating with corporate partners. * Knowledge of transitioning research deliverables into commercial products. * Knowledge of various government policies and procedures and of public safety, health, and emergency management processes. Additional Information: . A background check is required for employment in this position. . FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible for Overtime) . Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contributions Immediately. . Purdue University is an equal opportunity/equal access/affirmative action employer Apply Online: <http://purdue.taleo.net/careersection/wl/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=165160> http://purdue.taleo.net/careersection/wl/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=165160 by October 5, 2012. - 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: SIGRAD 2012 submission deadline extension
by Andreas Kerren 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

The submission deadline for SIGRAD 2012 has been extended to September 13, 2012. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *** apologies for cross-posting *** Call for Papers: SIGRAD 2012 – Interactive Visual Analysis of Data ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Location: Växjö, Sweden Date: November 29-30, 2012 Web site: http://cs.lnu.se/sigrad2012/ *** EXTENDED paper submission deadline: September 13, 2012 *** SIGRAD, the Swedish Chapter of Eurographics, invites contributions to the conference SIGRAD 2012 with the presentation of high-quality visualization and computer graphics research. Papers accepted for SIGRAD 2012 are published by Linköping University E-Press both in an electronic and printed proceedings. Submissions may be full research papers or short papers which may describe proven and tested solutions, novel ideas, work-in-progress or recent results. More information on how to submit a paper can be found at * http://cs.lnu.se/sigrad2012/ The selected theme of this year's conference is "Interactive Visual Analysis of Data". However, we also invite papers on other aspects of interactive computer graphics and visualization. Thus, topics for submissions include but are not limited to the following areas: * Information Visualization and Scientific Visualization * Visual Analytics, Visual Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery * Large Data Visualization including Streaming Data, Temporal Data, Text and Documents, Networks, ... * Geo-spatial Data in Visualizations * Visualization Taxonomies and Models * Visualization Systems and Software Architectures * Collaborative Visualization * Human-Computer Interaction for Visualization and Computer Graphics * Augmented and Virtual Reality * Solutions and Algorithms for Virtual/Augmented Reality Applications * Real-time Rendering * Procedural Methods and Texture Synthesis * Parallel Graphics Algorithms * Evaluation and User Studies * Training and Education * Teaching Interaction, Computer Graphics and Visualization * Applications Areas of Visualizations, such as Biology, Physical Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Business Analytics, Software Engineering, ... Invited Talks ------------- * Keynote: "Parallel Coordinates ... are better than they look!" by Alfred Inselberg, Tel Aviv University, Israel * Capstone: "Why Watson and SPSS Are IBM’s Big Data Yin and Yang" by Steen Christoffersen, IBM Business Analytics, Denmark SIGRAD 2012 Co-Chairs --------------------- * Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden * Stefan Seipel, University of Gävle, Sweden International Program Committee ------------------------------- * Achim Ebert, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany * Thomas Ertl, University of Stuttgart, Germany * Morten Fjeld, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden * Eduard Gröller, Vienna University of Technology, Austria * Hellwig Hauser, University of Bergen, Norway * Kai-Mikael Jää-Aro, Vizrt Ardendo, Sweden * Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden * Lars Kjelldahl, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden * Jörn Kohlhammer, Fraunhofer IGD, Germany * Martin Kraus, Aalborg University, Denmark * Robert S Laramee, Swansea University, UK * Thomas Larsson, Mälardalen University, Sweden * Emmanuel Pietriga, INRIA & CIRIC, France * Helen Purchase, University of Glasgow, UK * Timo Ropinski, Linköping University, Sweden * Gerik Scheuermann, University of Leipzig, Germany * Tobias Schreck, University of Konstanz, Germany * Falk Schreiber, IPK Gatersleben and MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany * Heidrun Schumann, University of Rostock, Germany * Stefan Seipel, University of Gävle, Sweden * Jarke J. Van Wijk, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands * Daniel Weiskopf, University of Stuttgart, Germany * Rüdiger Westermann, TU Munich, Germany * Kai Xu, Middlesex University, UK Important Dates --------------- * Paper submission deadline: September 13, 2012 (extended) * Author notification: October 10, 2012 * Camera-ready paper deadline: November 1, 2012 If you have any questions, please contact the conference organizers: sigrad2012(a)easychair.org

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BioVis 2012: Early Registration Deadline on Sep. 7
by Goerg, Carsten 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

BioVis 2012 (http://www.biovis.net) promises two full days of exciting talks on cutting-edge research in biological data visualization. The program includes sessions on systems biology and omics data, neurobiology, cellular data and molecular pathways as well as a poster and demo session. A keynote by Christof Koch (Caltech & Allen Brain Institute) and challenges talks by Inna Dubchak (LNBL) and Valerie Daggett (University of Washington) will be among the highlights of the symposium. BioVis 2012 will take place in Seattle, WA on October 14th and 15th as part of the IEEE VisWeek conference. The early registration deadline is September 7th.

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VisWeek 2012 Early Registration
by Meghan Haley 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

Early Registration for VisWeek closes Friday, September 7th Register now to get the early registration price for VisWeek (www.visweek.org) This year’s forum is better than ever with · Three Conferences: SciVis, InfoVis, and VAST · Two Symposia: BioVis (http://www.biovis.net/biovis/2012/about/) and LDAV (http://www.ldav.org/) · Six Workshops: (http://www.visweek.org/visweek/2012/workshop-session/all/all) Including VisSec, VAST Challenge, and BELIV · Nine Tutorials: (http://www.visweek.org/visweek/2012/tutorial-session/all/all) · Over 150 papers and 100 posters from the venues, including 23 TVCG article presentations · Exhibitors, Panels, Art Show, and more Attendance to all venues is included in the registration fee. Purchase the full week pass to see everything offered.

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Two Postdoctoral Positions at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies
by Evan A. Suma 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Apologies for cross-posting. Please feel free to disseminate: *--- Postdoctoral Position in Visualization at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies ---* The MxR Lab at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies is seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate who can essentially serve as a Product Designer specializing in the field of data visualization / visual analytics. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in computer science or related field and a research background in the areas of scientific visualization, information visualization, or visual analytics, but also must have great client relationship skills, be highly empathic, and be adept at client need finding. Effort will be on a new project that focuses on innovative ways for users to interact with scientific data visualization. The position is expected to be funded for at least two years, with an initial one-year appointment and the possibility of renewal for subsequent years. Some travel to DC to spend extended time with local researchers will be required as well. Responsibilities will include: - Designing novel visualizations and interaction techniques for immersive tablet-based displays - Developing visualization applications and supporting software for mobile platforms - Conducting user studies, analyzing data, and publishing results - Acting as a liaison between ICT and other contracting organizations - Providing support for other contracting organizations in integrating existing visualization applications with tablet devices Please note that this position is contingent on expected funding. How to apply: Email a cover letter and CV (including list of publications and contact information for 3-5 references) to David Nelson (dnelson(a)ict.usc.edu) and Evan Suma (suma(a)ict.usc.edu) * --- Postdoctoral Position in User State Sensing at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies ---* The MxR Lab at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for a project in user state sensing. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in computer science or a related field and a research background in computer vision, machine learning, 3D user interfaces, virtual environments, virtual humans, or a similar area. This position is funded by a project that involves assessing the user's psychological state through verbal and nonverbal behavior during interactions with virtual humans, based primarily on data collected through video and depth cameras. Specific responsibilities will include: - Designing and prototyping sensing methodologies to inform model's of the user's psychological state - Developing software libraries that facilitate user state sensing - Collaborating with other divisions of the ICT to contribute to an integrated sensing framework - Conducting user studies, analyzing data, and publishing results The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is located in the heart of downtown L.A. and is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. As an employee of USC, you will be a part of a world-class research university and a member of the "Trojan Family," which is comprised of the faculty, students and staff that make the university what it is. Initial appointment will be for one year with the possibility of renewal for subsequent years. Please direct all inquiries to Evan Suma (suma(a)ict.usc.edu) Applicants can apply online at: http://jobs.usc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=66028 -- Evan A. Suma, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate Institute for Creative Technologies University of Southern California www.evansuma.com

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