February 2013 - Infovis

CFP: LDAV 2013
by Meghan Haley 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Call For Papers IEEE Symposium on Large-Scale Data Analysis and Visualization 2013 (LDAV 2013) October 13-14, 2013 Atlanta, Georgia http://www.ldav.org/ Contact: papers(a)ldav.org Modern large-scale scientific simulations, sensor networks, and experiments are generating enormous datasets, with some projects approaching the multiple exabyte range in the near term. Managing and analyzing large datasets in order to transform them into insight is critical for a variety of disciplines including climate science, nuclear physics, security, materials design, transportation, and urban planning. This is currently referred to as the Big Data Challenge. The tools and approaches needed to mine, analyze, and visualize data at extreme scales can be fully realized only if we have end-to-end solutions, which demands collective, interdisciplinary efforts. The Large Scale Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV) symposium, to be held in conjunction with IEEE VIS 2013, is specifically targeting possible end-to-end solutions. The LDAV symposium will bring together domain scientists, data analysts, visualization researchers, users, designers and artists, to foster common ground for solving both near- and long-term problems. Scope: We are looking for original research contributions on a broad-range of topics related to the collection, analysis, manipulation or visualization of large-scale data. We also welcome position papers on these topics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Innovative approaches combining information visualization, visual analytics, and scientific visualization - Streaming methods for analysis, collection and visualization - Novel, extreme or innovative methods for understanding and interacting with data - Data mining and machine learning techniques for large data analysis - Advanced hardware and system architectures for data handling, analysis or visualization - Hierarchical data storage, retrieval or rendering - Distributed, parallel or multi-threaded approaches - MapReduce-based and Database-related methods, algorithms or approaches - Data collection, management and curation - Collaboration or co-design of data analysis with domain scientists - Application case studies - Topics in cognitive issues specific to manipulating and understanding large data - Industry solutions for Big Data analytics and infrastructure Submission Instructions: Submitted manuscripts may not exceed maximum of eight (8) pages in length, with an optional ninth page that can only contain references. The length of the paper should be proportional to the contributions it makes. We welcome short papers of 4 or 6 pages in length. The manuscripts should be formatted according to guidelines available on the IEEE VIS 2013 site (forthcoming). Submission Site: Go to the submission site (https://precisionconference.com/~vgtc) log in, and select 'Submit to LDAV 2013 Papers'. Important Dates Papers: Paper Registration including Abstract: May 8, 2013 (required), 11:59 PM PST Paper Submission: May 15, 2013 (firm), 11:59 PM PST Author Notification: July 31, 2013 Camera-Ready Deadline: August 21, 2013 Proceedings: The proceedings of the symposium will be published together with the IEEE VIS 2013 proceedings and via the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Best Paper: The LDAV Program Committee will award a Best Papers award to the authors whose submission is deemed the strongest according to the reviewing criteria. This award will be announced at the event. Symposium Chairs: David Rogers, Sandia National Laboratories Claudio Silva, New York University Program Chairs: Berk Geveci, Kitware Inc. Hanspeter Pfister, Harvard University Venkatram Vishwanath, Argonne National Laboratory

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CFP: VIS 2013 (formerly VisWeek)
by Meghan Haley 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

VIS 2013 (formerly VisWeek) http://ieeevis.org/ 8TH IEEE VISUAL ANALYTICS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE 19TH IEEE INFORMATION VISUALIZATION CONFERENCE 24th IEEE SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION CONFERENCE Co-located with BIOLOGICAL DATA VISUALIZATION SYMPOSIUM (BioVis) LARGE-SCALE DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION SYMPOSIUM (LDAV) SYMPOSIUM ON VISUALIZATION FOR CYBER SECURITY (VizSec) -- CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION -- 13 - 18 OCTOBER, 2013 ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA VIS 2013 is the premier forum for advances in scientific and information visualization. The event-packed week brings together researchers and practitioners from academia, government, and industry to explore their shared interests in tools, techniques, and technology. We invite you to participate in IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology, IEEE Information Visualization, and IEEE Scientific Visualization by sharing your research, insights, experience, and enthusiasm. CO-LOCATED SYMPOSIA The 3rd IEEE Symposium on Large-Scale Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV) aims at bringing together domain scientists, data analytics and visualization researchers, and users, and fostering the needed exchange to develop the next-generation data-intensive analysis and visualization technology. Visit ldav.org for more information. The 3rd IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (BioVis) aims at bringing together researchers from the visualization, bioinformatics, and biology communities to establish an interdisciplinary dialogue and to promote the sharing of expertise, between both meeting participants and the communities at large. Visit biovis.net for more information. The 10th International Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec) is a forum that brings together researchers and practitioners from academia, government, and industry to address the needs of the cyber security community through new and insightful visualization and analysis techniques. VizSec will provide an excellent venue for fostering greater exchange and new collaborations on a broad range of security- and privacy-related topics. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library as part of the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series. LOCATION In 2013, IEEE VIS comes to the city of Atlanta, the heart and high-tech center of Georgia and the American south. Atlanta is a dynamic destination for tourism. Nearby is the world's largest indoor aquarium, the Georgia Aquarium, and just a few steps away, the World of Coca-Cola and Centennial Olympic Park. The conference will be located at the downtown Marriott Marquis Hotel, the 3rd largest Marriott in the world. The Marriott is 12 miles north of Atlanta's international airport and the MARTA subway connects the hotel conveniently to the airport. More info on Atlanta tourism can be found here: atlanta-tourism.org and http://www.atlanta.net. IMPORTANT DATES *VIS 2013 Deadlines* March 21, 2013 (Paper Abstracts) March 31, 2013 (Full Papers) May 15, 2013 (Workshops) June 15, 2013 (Tutorials & Panels) June 21, 2013 (PhD Colloquium) June 27, 2013 (Posters) July 31, 2013 (SciVis Contest) Check http://www.ieeevis.org/ for other deadlines and information. *LDAV Deadlines* May 8, 2013 (Paper Abstracts) May 15, 2013 (Full Papers) Check http://www.ldav.org/ for Poster deadlines and information. *BioVis Deadlines* April 30, 2013 (Paper Abstracts) May 7, 2013 (Full Papers) Check http://www.biovis.net/ for Poster and Contest deadlines and information. *VizSec Deadlines* July 8, 2013 (Full Papers) August 23, 2013 (Posters) Check http://www.vizsec.org/ for other deadlines and information. -- Follow us @ieeevisweek and 'like' us on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/VisWeek to keep up with conference activities and announcements. Questions? Email info(a)ieeevis.org *VIS 2013 General Chair* John T. Stasko, Georgia Institute of Technology *VIS 2013 Conference Chairs* Matt Ward, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (VAST) Chris Weaver, University of Oklahoma (InfoVis) Rachael Brady, Cisco Systems (SciVis) *VIS 2013 Paper Chairs* Jason Dykes, City University London (InfoVis) Helwig Hauser, University of Bergen (InfoVis) Jeff Heer, Stanford University (InfoVis) David Laidlaw, Brown University (SciVis) Chris North, Virginia Tech (VAST) Giuseppe Santucci, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (VAST) Han-Wei Shen, The Ohio State University (SciVis) Anders Ynnerman, Linkoping University (SciVis)

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Open Position: PhD candidate (Visual Analytics) @ VUT
by Silvia Miksch (asgaard) 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

Open Position: PhD candidate (Visual Analytics) 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 to work in the following two research projects + EXPAND: EXploratory Visualization of PAtent Network Dynamics: http://www.cvast.tuwien.ac.at/ieg-projects/expand + MobiGuide: Guiding Patients Anytime Everywhere: http://www.cvast.tuwien.ac.at/ieg-projects/mobiguide 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: as soon as possible, but not later than *March 10*, 2013 * Start date: *March 31*, 2013 (negotiable) * Duration: 2,5 years (extension planned) * Working hours: 38,5 hours/week * Salary: according to the standard university regulations (http://www.tuwien.ac.at/fileadmin/t/pers1/downloads/Personalkostensaetze_20…) APPLICATION AND CONTACT Please send your application (with the usual documents including a statement of interest (motivation letter), full CV, list of subjects taken at university plus grades, publications, etc.) by email with the subject “iegJob2013” to Mr. Paolo Federico:federico@ifs.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: http://www.cvast.tuwien.ac.at/ Information Visualization: www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php?title=Information_Visualization

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Call for Papers: International Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec) 2013
by Sophie Engle 24 Feb '13

24 Feb '13

VIZSEC 2013 (Co-Located with IEEE VIS) October 14, 2013 in Atlanta GA, USA http://www.vizsec.org/ CALL FOR PAPERS The 10th International Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec) is a forum that brings together researchers and practitioners from academia, government, and industry to address the needs of the cyber security community through new and insightful visualization and analysis techniques. VizSec will provide an excellent venue for fostering greater exchange and new collaborations on a broad range of security- and privacy-related topics. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library as part of the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series. Important research problems often lie at the intersection of disparate domains. Our focus is to explore effective, scalable visual interfaces for security domains, where visualization may provide a distinct benefit, including computer forensics, reverse engineering, insider threat detection, cryptography, privacy, preventing 'user assisted' attacks, compliance management, wireless security, secure coding, and penetration testing in addition to traditional network security. Human time and attention are precious resources. We are particularly interested in visualization and interaction techniques that effectively capture human analyst insights so that further processing may be handled by machines, freeing the analyst for other tasks. For example, a malware analyst might use a visualization system to analyze a new piece of malicious software and then facilitate generating a signature for future machine processing. When appropriate, research that incorporates multiple data sources, such as network packet captures, firewall rule sets and logs, DNS logs, web server logs, and/or intrusion detection system logs, is particularly desirable. TECHNICAL PAPERS Full papers offering novel contributions in security visualization are solicited. Papers may present techniques, applications, practical experience, theory, analysis, or experiments and evaluations. We encourage papers on technologies and methods that promise to improve cyber security practices, including, but not limited to: - Situational awareness / understanding - Incident handling including triage, exploration, correlation, and response - Computer forensics - Recording and reporting results of investigation - Reverse engineering and malware analysis - Multiple data source analysis - Analyzing information requirements for computer network defense - Evaluation / User testing of VizSec systems - Criteria for assessing the effectiveness of cyber security visualizations (whether from a security goal perspective or a human factors perspective) - Modeling system and network behavior - Modeling attacker and defender behavior - Studying risk and impact of cyber attacks - Predicting future attacks or targets - Security metrics and education - Software security - Mobile application security - Social networking privacy and security POSTERS Poster submissions may showcase late-breaking results, work in progress, preliminary results, or visual representations relevant to the VizSec community. Accepted poster abstracts will be made available on this website. AWARDS There will be an award for the best paper from the accepted program. The best paper award will be given to the paper judged to have the highest overall quality. A key element of the best paper selection process will be whether the results are believed to be repeatable by other scientists based on the algorithms and data provided in the paper. This award will be chosen by the program committee. DATA If you do not have real-world data to demonstrate your visualization, you may be interested in looking at the VAST 2012 Challenge data. VAST 2011 also had cyber security data if you are looking for additional data. SUBMISSIONS Papers Papers should be at most 8 pages including the bibliography and appendices. Committee members are not required to read the appendices or any pages past the maximum. Submissions not meeting these guidelines will be rejected without consideration of their merits. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the conference, preferably by themselves or by prior arrangement through a delegate. Posters Poster submissions consist of an extended abstract of at most 2 pages including figures and references. Authors must present a corresponding poster during the designated poster session. Poster authors have the opportunity to give a brief oral preview during a plenary "fast forward" session. Formatting The VizSec proceedings will be published by ACM. The ACM SIG Proceedings Templates provides Word and LaTeX templates. (If you are using LaTeX, please use Option 2: LaTeX2e - Tighter Alternate style.) Authors should apply ACM Computing Classification categories and terms. ACM invites authors to submit an image representation of their article. The image must be selected from the article body and can be any of the following: art, graphic, table, figures, etc. (Image files are to be as square as possible, 100x100 ppi and in jpg format.) Authors must supply a caption with the image. The caption length should be no more than 512 characters. Submission Submit papers and poster abstracts using EasyChair: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vizsec2013 IMPORTANT DATES Papers July 8, 2013: Submission for Papers August 16, 2013: Author Notification for Papers August 30, 2013: Camera Ready Submission October 1, 2013: Papers Available in ACM Digital Library Posters August 23, 2013: Abstract Submission for Posters September 15, 2013: Author Notification for Poster COMMITTEE General Chair John Goodall, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Program Chairs Daniel Quist, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California, Davis Publications / Publicity Chair Sophie Engle, University of San Francisco Poster Chair Fabian Fischer, University of Konstanz CONTACT Website: http://www.vizsec.org/ Email: vizsec2013(a)easychair.org Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vizsec

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REMINDER WSCG2013-CfP - Graphics, Visualization, Computer Vision - Plzen Close to Prague
by Vaclav Skala 23 Feb '13

23 Feb '13

>> Please, disseminate INFOVISUALIZATION is a WSCG topic as well <<< Subject: REMINDER WSCG2013-CfP - Graphics, Visualization, Computer Vision - Plzen Close to Prague W S C G ' 2013 21st International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2013 http://www.wscg.eu or http://www.wscg.cz in co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS; SIGGRAPH and ACM listed will be held in Pilsen [Plzen] (http://www.pilsen.eu/en) close to Prague [Praha] the Golden European City, Czech Republic on June 24-27, 2013 Program Co-Chairs ========== Manuel M. Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia & VSB-Technical University, Czech Republic Important dates =============== Abstract submission: March 5, 2013 13:00 GMT (London time) Paper submission: March 15, 2013 13:00 GMT (London time) Poster submission: April 29, 2013 13:00 GMT (London time) Topics included ========== Computer graphics and visualization, computer vision, image processing and pattern recognition, fundamental algorithms, GPU graphics, graphical human computer interfaces, geometric modeling, computer aided geometric design, computational geometry, rendering and virtual reality, animation and multimedia, medical imaging, graphical interaction, object oriented graphics, parallel and distributed graphics, CAD and GIS systems, geometrical algebra and related topics. Accepted and presented papers and posters will be published in the WSCG proceedings with ISBN. The proceedings will be sent for indexing including ISI/Thomson Reuters, Scopus. All papers will be available on-line on WSCG WEB site after the conference with no access restriction for wide dissemination. Selected papers will be published in the Journal of WSCG, Vol.21. ISSN 1213 6972 Organizer and conference office ==================== Prof. Vaclav Skala http://www.VaclavSkala.eu c/o University of West Bohemia, Computer Science Dept., Univerzitni 8, CZ 30614 Plzen, Czech Republic e-mail: skala(a)kiv.zcu.cz Subject: INFO WSCG Conference office =========== Vaclav Skala, Union Agency http://www.unionagency.eu/ Na Mazinach 9, CZ 322 00 Plzen, Czech Republic Feel free to visit http://www.WSCG.eu All papers are available on-line since 1992 (no access restriction) =========== Vaclav Skala http://www.VaclavSkala.eu

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2nd CfP: DLAC: International Workshop on Diagrams, Logic and Cognition (Kolkata, India, Oct 2013)
by James Burton 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Dear colleagues, apologies if you receive multiple copies. ------------------------------ International Workshop on Diagram Logic and Cognition 2013 Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India 28th and 29th October 2013 http://www.cem.brighton.ac.uk/dlac2013/ Our world is increasingly visual, and diagrams are an essential aspect of many of the fields that try to make sense of it. These include demography, cartography, medical imaging, aviation, and so on. In particular, diagrammatic logic is gaining ground in logic and mathematics as an alternative to or when used in parallel with symbolic logics, and recent years have seen the appearance of increasingly expressive diagrammatic systems. Considering the growing interest in reasoning with diagrams in India, a session has been planned on the history, current state-of-the-art and future of diagrammatic logics such as Euler-Venn diagrams, concept diagrams and spider diagrams, to mention a few recent and representative systems. Though our main focus is on the following topics, submissions need not be limited to these. . History of diagrams . Inference in diagrammatic logics . Diagrams and cognition . Aesthetics and visual complexity We invite authors to submit an extended abstract (3-4 pages) via easychair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dlac2013. Accepted authors will then be required to prepare an 8-page paper for inclusion in the proceedings, which will be published online by CEUR (http://ceur-ws.org) As well as the refereed talks, we are delighted to be able to present several keynote speakers, including Dr Gem Stapleton -- see below for details. We also hope to include talks from several other distinguished researchers, whose names will be announced when available. The purpose of the workshop is twofold. Firstly, we want to gain deeper insights into the activities involved in reasoning with diagrammatic systems. The questions under consideration include: how can a modern, highly-expressive diagrammatic logic help with inferential tasks in practice, such as those undertaken in the field of knowledge engineering? What are the advantages and limitations of such a logic when considered for these tasks, and to what extent are any limitations defined by notations, tools, or the nature of the information itself? Answering these questions will lead to more suitable notations and better tools, and has a wide potential impact. Our second purpose, closely related to the first, is cognition. Reasoning through diagrams facilitates inferential tasks for a group of users known as the "visualisers". Recent research in cognitive science has examined the verbaliser-visualiser cognitive style classification. The category of visualiser can be divided into two contrasting groups: those with relatively high or low spatial ability. In recent work, Kozhevnikov has showed visualizers with high spatial ability usually generate abstract images whereas visualizers with low spatial ability tend to generate detailed pictorial images of individual objects. Barbara Tversky claims that when congruent mappings are made, the abstract concept matches the spatial representation, implying that abstract thought has roots in spatial world. The elegance of diagrams needs to be investigated from this perspective and these concepts should be considered in the context of the logic of diagrams. Finally, the use of diagrams as a vehicle of reasoning calls for simplicity, accessibility, visual clarity and expressiveness. Accordingly, our meeting will also focus on the topics of diagram aesthetics and visual complexity. Attendance at the workshop is free, but you will need to register in advance. Accommodation at Jadavpur University can be arranged at a minimal fee by contacting Dr Lopmudra Choudhury (choudhuryl(a)yahoo.com) . Keynote speakers Gem Stapleton on Inference in Diagrammatic Logics (title and abstract to be announced) Dr Gem Stapleton is a Reader in Computer Science at the University of Brighton. She first began research into diagrams during 2001 and has continued working on them ever since. She has published around 70 articles on topics spanning diagrammatic logics, automated reasoning, automated diagram generation and layout, and sketch recognition technologies. Much of this research has been collaborative, with colleagues at the Universities of Auckland, Cambridge and Kent. Her research has been supported by Nokia, who are applying results of her research in practice. Gem has undertaken many roles in the diagrams and visual languages communities, including being the Steering Committee Chair for the Diagrams Conference Series and a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing. . Program Committee Dave Barker Plummer, Stanford University, US Mihir Kumar Chakraborty, Jadavpur University, India Mark Minas, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany Kim Marriott, Monash University, Australia Peter Rodgers, University of Kent, UK Ryo Takemura, Keio University, Japan . Important dates Submission period ends: 2nd July 2013 Notification to authors: 6th August 2013 Registration opens: 6th August 2013 Workshop: 28th and 29th October 2013 The workshop is followed by the annual meeting of The Kolkata Logic Circle, 30th October to 2nd November 2013. If you have any queries, please contact one of the organisers Jim Burton (j.burton(a)brighton.ac.uk) or Lopmudra Choudhury (choudhuryl(a)yahoo.com) -- Dr Jim Burton Lecturer in Computing School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics University of Brighton ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. 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CFP VINCI 2013: 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction
by Robert Biuk-Aghai 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

Call for Papers VINCI 2013 - 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 17-18 August 2013 http://se.tju.edu.cn/vinci2013 Conference proceedings published by ACM Press and archived in the ACM Digital Library within its International Conference Proceedings Series. The 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI) is a multi-disciplinary conference that provides a forum for researchers, artists, designers, and industrial practitioners to discuss the state of the art in visual communication theories, designs, and applications. VINCI has been previously held in Shanghai, China (VINCI'2008), Sydney, Australia (VINCI'2009), Beijing, China (VINCI'2010), Hong Kong (VINCI'2011), and Hangzhou, China (VINCI'2012). VINCI 2013 will be held on August 17 and 18 in the beautiful city of Tianjin, China. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS We are soliciting high quality research papers reporting on original research as well as system development experiences across a wide spectrum of interests and disciplines, including computer science, design, arts, sociology, anthropology and psychology. We are particularly interested in work that bridges the divide between technology, art and design. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Area 1: Visualization methodologies * Information visualization * Graph drawing and visualization * Cognitive aspects of visual information comprehension * Visual metaphors and symbols * Usability or empirical study of new visual metaphors * Design theory in the digital age * Aesthetics in visual communication and digital media * Interaction methods (touch-based, haptic, vision-based, multi-modality) Area 2: Visualization applications * Visual Analytics * Sketching * Graphical user interface design * Software visualization * Visual approaches to knowledge discovery * Visual programming and modeling languages * Visualization on mobile devices * Animation * Game design Area 3: Visual design & art * Interaction design * Interactive art * Infographie and data-driven art * Virtual actors * Interactive storytelling * Augmented reality and its applications * Computational (or digital) aesthetics * Wearable computers * Ubiquitous / responsive environments * Entertainment technology PAPER SUBMISSION Submissions that address research and development on the above and other related topics are strongly encouraged. The scientific quality of contributed papers will be ensured by a rigorous review process, that will involve all members of the Program Committee. Papers may be up to 10 pages long and should be in ACM archival format. Accepted papers will be published by ACM Press and made available in the ACM Digital Library, as has been the case in previous years. Like VINCI 2010, 2011 and 2012 papers, accepted VINCI 2013 papers will be EI-indexed. Selected papers will be published in special issues of appropriate journals. Papers must be written in English. POSTERS, DEMOS AND VIDEOS VINCI 2013 offers a timely venue for artists, designers, industrial practitioners and researchers to present their ongoing projects, discuss innovative ideas and new problems or applications, and gain feedback from the community about their work. Authors will have a chance to give a short presentation at the demonstration session to discuss work and interact with the audience. Submissions can be made in the following form: * Posters: Submit a two-page paper describing work on topics listed above. Authors of accepted posters are required to bring a large hardcopy poster for display. Posters have no predefined formatting, but the dimensions may not exceed A0 paper size (841mm X 1189mm). Posters are not considered archival publications and thus can have subsequent full papers submitted to other conferences or journals. * Demos: Submit a one-page paper describing the system to be demonstrated. The live demo is limited to 20 minutes. Presenters should provide their own equipment if needed. * Videos: Submit a one-page paper describing a pre-captured movie in standard formats. The video demo is limited to 20 minutes. Presenters can show and narrate the videos. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: April 15, 2013 Notification of decision: May 15, 2013 Camera-ready copy: June 5, 2013 Conference: August 17-18, 2013 GENERAL CHAIRS Jiawan Zhang, Tianjin University, China jwzhang(a)tju.edu.cn Gennaro Costagliola, University of Salerno, Italy gencos(a)unisa.it PROGRAM CHAIR Robert P. Biuk-Aghai, University of Macau, Macau robertb(a)umac.mo PUBLICITY CHAIR Yi Zhang, Tianjin University, China yizhang(a)tju.edu.cn PROGRAM COMMITTEE Stephen Brooks, Dalhousie University, Canada Jian Chen, University of Maryland, USA Li Chen, Tsinghua University, China Shiwei Cheng, Zhejiang University of Technology, China Gennaro Costagliola, Universita di Salerno, Italy Phil Cox, Dalhousie University, Canada Weiwei Cui, Microsoft Research Asia, China Paul Fishwick, University of Florida, USA Scott Hessels, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Masahito Hirakawa, Shimane University, Japan Seok-Hee Hong, University of Sydney, Australia Weidong Huang, CSIRO, Australia Xiaodi Huang, Charles Sturt University, Australia Takayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu University, Japan Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden Jun Kong, North Dakota State University, USA Machiko Kusahara, Waseda University, Japan Aidong Lu, UNC Charlotte, USA Roger Malina, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Quang Vinh Nguyen, University of Western Sydney, Australia Yoshihiro Okada, Kyushu University, Japan Francois Poulet, IRISA, France Lei Ren, Beihang University, China Akihiko Shirai, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan Guanglei Song, eBay, USA Hongzhi Song, South China Agricultural University, China Zhengxing Sun, Nanjing University, China Linmi Tao, Tsinghua University, China Dongxing Teng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Hongan Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Junhu Wang, Griffith University, Australia Xiaoyu Wang, University of North Carolina, USA Yingcai Wu, UC Davis, USA Yu-Bin Yang, Nanjing University, China Xiaoru Yuan, Peking University, China Kang Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Xiaolong Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, USA Ye Zhao, Kent State University, USA Sam Zheng, Siemens Corporate Research, USA

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ESANN 2013: program
by Michel Verleysen 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

We apologize for possible duplicates of this message sent to distribution lists. ESANN 2013: European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning Bruges, Belgium, 24-25-26 April 2013 <http://www.esann.org/> http://www.esann.org/ Preliminary program The preliminary program of the ESANN 2013 conference is now available on the Web: <http://www.esann.org/> http://www.esann.org/ For those of you who maintain WWW pages including lists of related machine learning and artificial neural networks sites: we would appreciate if you could add the above URL to your list; thank you very much! For 21 years the ESANN conference has become a major event in the field of neural computation and machine learning. ESANN is a selective conference focusing on fundamental aspects of artificial neural networks, machine learning, statistical information processing and computational intelligence. Mathematical foundations, algorithms and tools, and applications are covered. The titles of the sessions are: - Machine Learning Methods for Processing and Analysis of Hyperspectral Data - Recurrent networks and modeling - Dimensionality reduction - Image, signal and time series analysis - Feature selection - Reinforcement learning, control and optimization - Machine Learning for multimedia applications - Clustering - Regression and forecasting - Developments in kernel design - Human Activity and Motion Disorder Recognition: towards smarter Interactive Cognitive Environments - Human activity recognition competition - Classification - Sparsity for interpretation and visualization in inference models The program of the conference can be found at <http://www.esann.org/> http://www.esann.org/, together with practical information about the conference venue, registration, etc. Other information can be obtained by sending an e-mail to <mailto:esann@uclouvain.be> esann(a)uclouvain.be. Venue ------ The conference will be held in Bruges (also called "Venice of the North"), one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Europe. Bruges can be reached by train from Brussels in less than one hour (frequent trains). Designated as the "Venice of the North", the city has preserved all the charms of the medieval heritage. Its centre, which is inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list, is in itself a real open air museum. Steering and local committee ---------------------------- François Blayo Ipseite (CH) Gianluca Bontempi Univ. Libre Bruxelles (B) Marie Cottrell Univ. Paris I (F) Jeanny Hérault INPG Grenoble (F) Mia Loccufier Univ. Gent (B) Bernard Manderick Vrije Univ. Brussel (B) Jean-Pierre Peters FUNDP Namur (B) Joos Vandewalle KUL Leuven (B) Michel Verleysen UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B) Louis Wehenkel Univ. Liège (B) Scientific committee -------------------- Cecilio Angulo Univ. Polit. de Catalunya (E) Aluizio Araújo Univ. Federal de Pernambuco (Brazil) Miguel Atencia Univ. Malaga (E) Michael Aupetit CEA (F) Michael Biehl University of Groningen (NL) Martin Bogdan Univ. Leipzig (D) Hervé Bourlard IDIAP Martigny (CH) Charles Bouveyron Univ. Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (F) Antonio Braga Federal Univ. of Minas Gerais (Brazil) Joan Cabestany Univ. Polit. de Catalunya (E) Stéphane Canu Inst. Nat. Sciences App. (F) Sylvain Chevallier University of Versailles (F) Valentina Colla Scuola Sup. Sant'Anna Pisa (I) Nigel Crook Oxford Brookes University (UK) Holk Cruse Universität Bielefeld (D) Giovanni Da San Martino Univ. of Padova (I) Bernard de Baets Univ. Gent (B) Kris De Brabanter K. U. Leuven (B) Massimo De Gregorio Istituto di Cibernetica-CNR (I) Dante Del Corso Politecnico di Torino (I) Wlodek Duch Nicholas Copernicus Univ. (PL) Marc Duranton CEA Saclay (F) Richard Duro Univ. Coruna (E) Deniz Erdogmus Oregon Health & Science Univ. (USA) Anibal Figueiras-Vidal Univ. Carlos III Madrid (E) Jean-Claude Fort Université Paris Descartes (F) Felipe M. G. França Univ. Federal Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Leonardo Franco Univ. Malaga (E) Damien François Université catholique de Louvain (B) Colin Fyfe Univ. Paisley (UK) João Gama Univ. do Porto (P) Manjunath Gandhi Jacobs University (D) Luis Gonzalez Abril University of Sevilla (E) Marco Gori Univ. Siena (I) Bernard Gosselin Univ. Mons (B) Manuel Grana UPV San Sebastian (E) Barbara Hammer Bielefeld Univ. (D) Martin Hasler EPFL Lausanne (CH) Verena Heidrich-Meisner CAU Kiel (D) Tom Heskes Univ. Nijmegen (NL) Katerina Hlavackova-Schindler Univ. Life Sci. & Natural Resources (A) Christian Igel Univ. Copenhagen (DK) Jose Jerez Univ. Malaga (E) Gonzalo Joya Univ. Malaga (E) Christian Jutten INPG Grenoble (F) Juha Karhunen Aalto Univ. (FIN) Stefanos Kollias National Tech. Univ. Athens (GR) Jouko Lampinen Aalto Univ. (FIN) Petr Lansky Acad. of Sci. of the Czech Rep. (CZ) Beatrice Lazzerini Univ. Pisa (I) John Lee Univ. cat Louvain (B) Amaury Lendasse Aalto Univ. (FIN) Priscila M. V. Lima Univ. Fed. Rural Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Paulo Lisboa Liverpool John Moores Univ. (UK) José D. Martín Univ. of Valencia (E) Erzsebet Merenyi Rice Univ. (USA) David Meunier Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (F) Anke Meyer-Bäse Florida State university (USA) Yoan Miche Aalto Univ. (FIN) Alessio Micheli University of Pisa (I) Erkki Oja Aalto Univ. (FIN) Tjeerd olde Scheper Oxford Brookes University (UK) Madalina Olteanu Univ. Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (F) Gilles Pagès Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) (F) Hélène Paugam-Moisy INRIA Saclay (F) Kristiaan Pelckmans Uppsala University (SE) Gadi Pinkas The Center for Acad. Studies (Israel) Alberto Prieto Universitad de Granada (E) Jose Principe Univ. of Florida (USA) Didier Puzenat Univ. Antilles-Guyane (F) John Quinn Makerere Univ., Kampala (Uganda) Sébastien Rebecchi INRIA Saclay (F) Jean-Pierre Rospars INRA Versailles (F) Fabrice Rossi Univ. Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (F) Ulrich Rückert Bielefeld University (D) David Saad Aston Univ. (UK) Francisco Sandoval Univ.Malaga (E) Jose Santos Reyes Univ. Coruna (E) Frank-Michael Schleif Univ. Bielefeld (D) Benjamin Schrauwen Univ. Gent (B) Udo Seiffert Fraunhofer-Institute IFF Magdeburg (D) Jochen Steil Univ. Bielefeld (D) Johan Suykens K. U. Leuven (B) Peter Tino Univ. of Birmingham (UK) Claude Touzet Univ. Provence (F) Thiago Turchetti Maia Vetta Group (Brazil) Marc Van Hulle K. U. Leuven (B) Alfredo Vellido Polytechnic University of Catalonia (E) Thomas Villmann Univ. Apllied Sciences Mittweida (D) Willem Waegeman Univ. Gent (B) Heiko Wersing Honda Research Institute Europe (D) Axel Wismüller Univ. of Rochester, New York (USA) Dietlind Zühlke Fraunhofer Inst. for App. Information (D) ======================================================== ESANN - European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning <http://www.esann.org/> http://www.esann.org/ * For submissions of papers, reviews, registrations: Michel Verleysen Univ. Cath. de Louvain - Machine Learning Group 3, pl. du Levant - B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium tel: +32 10 47 25 51 - fax: + 32 10 47 25 98 <mailto:esann@uclouvain.be> mailto:esann@uclouvain.be * Conference secretariat d-side conference services 24 av. L. Mommaerts - B-1140 Evere - Belgium tel: + 32 2 730 06 11 - fax: + 32 2 730 06 00 <mailto:esann@uclouvain.be> mailto:esann@uclouvain.be =======================================================

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CFP: 1st IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT 2013)
by Jonas Trümper 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

*** apologies for cross-posting *** Call for Papers: IEEE VISSOFT 2013 ---------------------------------- Location: Eindhoven, NL Date: September 27-28, 2013 Website: http://icsm2013.tue.nl/VISSOFT/ *** Paper submission deadline: May 6, 2013 *** The first IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT 2013) follows six editions of the IEEE International Workshop on Visualizing Software for Understanding and Analysis (VISSOFT) and five editions of the ACM Symposium on Software Visualization (SOFTVIS). In 2013, these two events will be united in a single top-tier conference on software visualization which is co-located with ICSM 2013. Software Visualization is a broad research area encompassing techniques that assist in a range of software engineering activities, such as, specification, design, programming, testing, maintenance, reverse engineering and reengineering. Covered methods contain the development and evaluation of approaches for visually analyzing software and software systems, including their structure, execution behavior, and evolution. In this conference, we focus on visualization techniques that target aspects of software maintenance and evolution, program comprehension, reverse engineering, and reengineering, i.e., how visualization helps programmers to understand, analyze, and evolve software. We aim to gather tool developers, users and researchers from software engineering, information visualization, and human-computer interaction to discuss theoretical foundations, algorithms, techniques, tools, and applications related to software visualization. We seek theoretical, as well as practical papers on applications, techniques, tools, case studies, and empirical studies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Program visualization * Visual software analytics * Network visualizations in software engineering * Visualization of software documentations * Visualization of parallel programs * Visualization-based software in computer science and software engineering education * Visualization of workflow and business processes * Integration of software visualization tools and development environments * Visualization of web services * Visualization of software evolution * Visualization of database schemes * Protocol and log visualization (security, trust) * Graph algorithms for software visualization * Visual debugging * Software visualization on the internet * Empirical evaluation of software visualization * Visualization to support program comprehension Papers are solicited that present original, unpublished research results and will be rigorously reviewed by an international program committee. In addition to full papers, VISSOFT features a New Ideas or Emerging Results (NIER) track and a tool demo track related to the same list of topics suggested above. All accepted submissions will appear in the conference proceedings and the IEEE Digital Library. More information on how to submit a paper including paper formatting as well as more information on the NIER and tool demo tracks can be found here: http://icsm2013.tue.nl/VISSOFT/ Important Dates --------------- * Full Paper submission deadline: May 6, 2013 * Author notification: June 17, 2013 * Camera ready paper deadline: July 12, 2013S * Deadline for submissions to NIER and tool demo tracks: June 28, 2013 * Notification for NIER and tool demo tracks: July 18, 2013 Organizers ---------- * General Chair Alexandru C. Telea, University of Groningen, NL * Program Co-Chairs Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, SE Andrian Marcus, Wayne State University, MI, USA * Publicity & Web Chair Jonas Trümper, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Univ. of Potsdam, DE * NIER & Tool Demo Track Co-Chairs Stephan Diehl, University of Trier, DE James A. Jones, University of California, Irvine, USA Programm Committee ------------------ Wim De Pauw, IBM Research, USA Stephan Diehl, University of Trier, Germany Jürgen Döllner, Hasso Plattner Institut, Germany Carsten Görg, University of Colorado Denver, USA James A. Jones, University of California Irvine, USA Michael Kaufmann, University of Tuebingen, Germany Holger Kienle, University of Victoria, Canada Stephen Kobourov, University of Arizona, USA Eileen Kraemer, University of Georgia, USA Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland Bongshin Lee, Microsoft Research, USA Claus Lewerentz, BTU Cottbus, Germany Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California Davis, USA Jonathan Maletic, Kent State University, USA Hausi Müller, University of Victoria, Canada Emerson Murphy-Hill, North Carolina State University, USA Helen Purchase, University of Glasgow, UK Steven P. Reiss, Brown University, USA Houari Sahraoui, Université de Montréal, Canada Bonita Sharif, Youngstown State University, USA Margaret-Anne Storey, University of Victoria, CA Jarke J. van Wijk, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands Robert Walker, University of Calgary, USA Kang Zhang, University of Texas, Dallas USA

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CfP: 10th International Conference on BioMedical Visualization (MediViz) Deadline March 15, 2013
by Urska Cvek 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

10th International Conference on BioMedical Visualization (MediViz) ***** http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/MediViz2013 ***** MediViz 2013: July 16, 2013 * IV 2013: July 15-18, 2013 University of London * London * UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper submission deadline: March 15, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Call for papers and participation Organized as part of the 2013 International Information Visualisation Conference, the 10th International Conference on BioMedical Visualization (MediViz) is a forum for the presentation of original papers in visualization theory and applications to biomedical and biomolecular data and processes. The symposium covers all aspects of visualization and issues affecting interaction with large and complex data sets. We encourage the submission of papers covering new techniques, old techniques applied in novel ways, new methods, interesting applications and in-depth surveys. Peer-reviewed papers will be published in conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society, with ISBN number, and will be indexed by IEEE Xplore and other major bibliographical search engines. ** Example application topics include, but are not limited to - Nucleotide and protein sequence alignment and search - Protein structure, function, sequence analysis - Signaling pathways, biochemical networks - Gene regulation, expression, identification and networks - DNA, RNA structure, function, sequence analysis - Biochemical and cellular simulations and models - Structural, functional and comparative genomics - Biomarkers - Drug design - Computer aided diagnosis - Biomedical informatics - Health informatics - Electronic health records - Epidemiology - Clinical trials ** Examples of visualization topics as applied to the above include, but are not limited to: - Interaction - Human factors - Data exploration - Visualization and databases - Graphs and networks - Information retrieval - Annotation and labeling - Temporal data - Visualization of predictive or uncertainty data - Identification of correlated and anomalous relationships in disparate data sets - Computer graphics and rendering for biomedical visualization - Visual analytics - Text and semantic visualizations - Toolkits and systems - Comparative Methods / User studies / Surveys ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: 15 March 2013 - Submission of papers through online submission system 5 May 2013 - Submission of camera-ready accepted submission 5 May 2013 - Early registration ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MediViz 2013: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/MediViz2013 Submission procedures: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/PAPERS.htm IV 2013: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013 Urska Cvek, Sc.D. Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport Email: ucvek (AT) lsus (DOT) edu Georges Grinstein, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Lowell Email: grinstein (AT) cs (DOT) uml (DOT) edu Heimo Mueller, Ph.D. Medizinische Universitaet Graz Email: heimo (DOT) mueller (AT) medunigraz (DOT) at Marjan Trutschl, Sc.D. Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport Email: mtrutsch (AT) lsus (DOT) edu ** Instructions for Authors Reviewing is applied to all submitted papers. Authors are invited to upload full original papers to the conference online submission system by March 15, 2013. Electronic submissions (PDF) are preferred and should be formatted according to the instructions for papers at http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/PAPERS.htm. The final manuscripts for full papers are expected to be no more than 6 pages - up to 4 excess pages may be purchased with the cost set by the publisher at 30GBP per page. With the camera ready paper submission for publication, you agree to pay the registration fee (or reduced registration fee, if your registration form is received on or before the early registration date) and published papers must be presented by at least one of the authors.

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