January 2016 - Infovis

Vinci 2016 CALL FOR PAPERS
by jie.li＠tju.edu.cn 10 May '16

10 May '16

CALL FOR PAPERS =============== The 9th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI 2016) (vinci-conf.org) Dallas, Texas, USA, 24-26 September 2016 ======================================== Visual communication through graphical or sign languages has long been conducted among human beings of different backgrounds or cultures, and in recent decades between human and machine. In today's digital world, visual information is typically encoded with various metaphors commonly used in daily life to facilitate rapid comprehension and easy analysis during the communication process. Visual information communication generally encompasses information visualization, graphical user-interfaces, visual analytics, and visual languages. Visual information is increasingly being used to facilitate human-human communication through the Internet and mobile devices. The Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI) (vinci-conf.org) is the premier international forum for researchers and industrial practitioners to discuss the state-of-the-art in visual communication theories, designs, and applications. The 9th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI '16) will be held on 24-26 September 2016, in Dallas, TX, USA, in the heart of the complex of over 600 major multinational technology corporations, with 47 non-stop flights to international destinations. Papers can be submitted as full papers, short papers and posters. All accepted papers will be published by ACM Press and made available in the ACM Digital Library (EI indexed). Authors of a number of selected full papers of high quality will be invited to submit revised versions of their works to a special issue of the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (Elsevier, SCI indexed). In addition, revised versions of selected best papers in art and design will be invited for subsequent publication in a special issue of Leonardo (MIT Press, AHCI indexed). 1. SCOPES AND TOPICS ==================== We solicit original, unpublished research papers that focus on all aspects of visual information communication and interaction, either via images, computer graphics, animations, virtual reality, web, or other media. Research papers may address cognitive and design aspects, underlying theories, taxonomies, implementation work, tool support, and case studies. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: = Cognitive aspects of visual information comprehension = Empirical studies of novel visual metaphors = Visual interaction through multimodality = Visual approaches for knowledge discovery = Computational aesthetics = Visual analytics = Graph drawing and (multivariate) network visualization = Information visualization = Graphical user interface design = Aesthetics in visual communication = Influence of visual arts and design = Visual modeling languages and UML = Visual communication metaphors = Visual programming languages = Visualization on mobile devices = Applications like SoftVis, BioVis, GeoVis, ... = Sketching = Human-computer interaction 2. PAPER SUBMISSION =================== Submissions that address research and development, as well as experience reports and tool demonstrations on the above and other related topics are strongly encouraged. Papers can be submitted as full papers, short papers and posters. Each submitted symposium paper will be peer-reviewed by at least three International Program Committee members. All accepted papers and posters will appear in the proceedings of VINCI’2016 published by ACM Press and made available in the ACM Digital Library (EI indexed). Moreover, authors of a number of selected full papers of high quality will be invited to prepare revised versions of their work for submission to a special issue of the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (Elsevier; SCI indexed). In addition, it is planned that revised versions of selected best papers in art and design will be invited for the subsequent publication in a special issue of Leonardo (MIT Press; AHCI indexed). Research papers and experience reports of up to ten (10), short papers of up to four (4), and tool demonstrations or posters of up to two (2) ACM double-column pages should be submitted through https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vinci2016. Detailed information on the electronic submission can be found on the conference web page.. 3. WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ========================== VINCI '16 is also soliciting proposals for full-day or half-day workshops and tutorials on topics that address areas of interest to the community. Proposals should not be longer than a maximum of 2 pages. In particular, workshop proposals should include: 1) The title and a brief description of the specific issues that the workshop will address, the reasons why the workshop is of interest in these times, and the main research areas involved. 2) Contact information of the workshop chairs, their competence in the proposed topic(s) and previous experience in chairing scientific events. 3) A tentative list of program committee members. 4) Intended length (half or full day) and a draft of the Call for Papers. It is expected that the workshop organizers will setup an own workshop web page as soon as the workshop proposal has been accepted. Tutorials usually attract a broad range of audiences, including professionals, researchers, students, or practitioners, who wish to enhance their knowledge in the specific tutorial topic. Tutorials offer a unique opportunity to disseminate in-depth information on specific topics in visual information communication and interaction. Tutorial proposals should include short biographies of the proposers, a draft of the tutorial content, intended length, and evidence of the possibility of attracting audience to the tutorial. It is possible to extend the symposium by one day in case many workshops or tutorials are proposed and accepted. Detailed information on the electronic submission can be found on the conference web page. 4. SPECIAL SESSIONS AND PANELS ============================== We also invite special session and panel proposals for VINCI '16. Proposals for special sessions and panels should include the title, aim and scope, the names and affiliations of the organizers together with a short biography. A list of potential contributors or panel members would be surely helpful too. The proposers are expected to have a good publication track record and excellent standing in the proposed area. Detailed information on the submission of special sessions and panel proposals can be found on the conference web page. Papers submitted to special sessions should be done through the VINCI '16 EasyChair submission system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vinci2016) The paper types are identical to those of regular submissions. It is the responsibility of the special session organizers to make sure that papers submitted to their special session clearly indicate the name of the special session the paper belongs to. All papers submitted to special sessions will be subject to the same peer-review procedure as the regular papers (however chaired by the special session organizers) and will appear in the VINCI '16 conference proceedings as well. The symposium chairs reserve the right to move accepted papers for a special session into a regular session in case the special session has finally less than four papers. In this case, the special session will be cancelled. 5. IMPORTANT DATES ================== Workshop/Tutorial/Special Session/Panel proposals due: April 15, 2016 Workshop/Tutorial/Special Session/Panel decision and notification: April 25, 2016 Paper submission deadline: May 01, 2016 (23:59 in PST) Notification of decision: June 15, 2016 Camera-ready copy due: July 05, 2016 6. ORGANIZATION =============== General Chair: Kang Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA Program Chair: Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden Program Committee: Wolfgang, Aigner, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences Benjamin Bach, Microsoft Research — Inria Joint Centre Tomasz Bednarz, Queensland University of Technology Robert P. Biuk-Aghai, University of Macau Rita Borgo, Swansea University Paolo Bottoni, Sapienza University of Rome Paul Bourke, University of New South Wales Stephen, Brooks, Dalhousie University Michael Burch, University of Stuttgart Antonio Camurri, University of Genoa Daniel Cernea, AGT International Jian Chen, University of Maryland Gennaro Costagliola, Università di Salerno Achim Ebert, University of Kaiserslautern Mai Elshehaly, Virginia Tech Camilla Forsell, Linköpings Universitet Vittorio Fuccella, Università di Salerno Philip Galanter, Texas A&M University Liang Gou, IBM Research - Almaden Denis Gracanin, Virginia Tech Theresia Gschwandtner, Vienna University of Technology Masahito Hirakawa, Shimane University Seok-Hee Hong, University of Sydney Weidong Huang, University of Tasmania Xiaodi Huang, Charles Sturt University Takayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu University Karsten Klein, Monash University Jun Kong, North Dakota State University Robert S Laramee, Swansea University Yina Li, Nankai University Zhanping Liu, Kentucky State University Aidong Lu, UNC Charlotte Kresimir Matkovic, VRVis Research Center Kazuo Misue, University of Tsukuba Quang Vinh Nguyen, University of Western Sydney Margit Pohl, TUW Francois Poulet, IRISA Raimondo Schettini, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Kamran Sedig, The University of Western Ontario Guanglei Song, Twitter Arcot Sowmya, University of New South Wales Changming Sun, CSIRO Shigeo Takahashi, University of Aizu Cagatay Turkay, City University London Andrew Vande Moere, K.U.Leuven Gualtiero Volpe, Casa Paganini-InfoMus, DIBRIS-University of Genova Sai-Keung Wong, The National Chiao Tung University Hsiang-Yun Wu,Keio University Yingcai Wu, Zhejiang University Kai Xu, Middlesex University Yu-Bin Yang, Nanjing University Ye Zhao, Kent State University Jianlong Zhou, National ICT Australia Hong Zhou, Shenzhen University

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24 WSCG Conf.- CfP REMINDER - Graphics, Vision, Visualization - Submission by Feb.201, 2016
by Vaclav Skala 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

To:infovis@infovis.org >>>> REMINDER - submission due February 20, 2016 <<< 24. WSCG 2016, GraVisMa 2016 & HCI-Europe 2016 Conference Announcements Pilsen (close to Prague), Czech Republic ============================================================== Computer Graphics, Scientific and Medical visualization, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Virtual Reality and Haptic Systems, Rendering Techniques, Physically Based Modeling, Human Computer Interfaces and related Mathematics ------------ Call for Papers WSCG 2016 REMINDER -------------- 24. WSCG Int. Conf. on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision May 30 - June 3, 2016 >> Submission is open, closing on February 20, 2016<<< http://www.wscg.eu http://www.wscg.cz in cooperation with the Eurographics Association supported by IFIP TC5 WG5.10 ACM and ACM SIGGRAPH listed Associated "sub-events" (part of the WSCG) ------------------ - GraVisMa - Computer Graphics, Computer Vision and Computational Mathematics 2016, http://www.GraVisMa.eu - HCI-Europe - Human Computer Interfaces 2016, http://www.HCI-Europe.eu WSCG Conference Co-Chairs ------------------------------ Zhigeng Pan, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic Important dates (regular papers) -------------------------------------------- - Workshop and special sessions - please, see the WEB pages - Paper submission: February 20, 2016 - Acceptance notification: April 10, 2016 - Final version: April 30, 2016 - Venue: May 30 - June 3, 2016, Primavera Congress Center, Pilsen [Plzen] (City of Beer) close to Prague, Czech Republic PUBLICATIONS ------------------------- All submitted papers will be peer anonymously reviewed. Title, authors and abstract will be available publicly after acceptance decision. Accepted and presented papers will be published in: - Journal of WSCG (the best selected papers only) ISSN 1213-6972 (print), ISSN 1213-6980 (CD-ROM) - Computer Science Research Notes series (conference proceedings) CSRN 26xx, ISSN 2464-4617 (print), ISSN 2464-4625 (CD-ROM) Please, see recent publications available at http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm Journal of WSCG and CSRN proceedings will be sent for indexing to Scopus, IEE, ISI/Thomson Reuters, Elsevier's Engineering Information (EI) and other reputable indexing services. Journal of WSCG and proceedings published within the Computer Science Research Notes series - both will be available via WEB with access free => FAST research results dissemination! Recent publication (digital repository since 1992): http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS - IMPORTANT - VISA, Virtual session -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (not applicable for workshops and other special sessions organized) In order to overcome difficulties with obtaining EU Schengen area VISA and exit VISA permission from an original country in specific cases a virtual session will be organized for authors. The FIRST author has to be currently a PhD student or his PhD thesis with the topic presented has been defended in the last academic year. Presentation of a paper will be based on paper presentation with audio record played at the session and videoconferencing system will be used. Countries considered to be eligible for a virtual session (not exhaustive list) - majority countries of Africa (except of South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, EU territories), China, Myanmar (Barma), Nepal, Mongolia, North Korea, Bhutan, Laos, Cambodia, - Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Yemen, Oman, Cuba, Haiti, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Honduras, Salvador, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Suriname, Guyana Application for a presentation in a virtual session to be approved by the conference organizer prof.Vaclav Skala via @mail subject: WSCG 2016 - Virtual session Feel free to contact me if you would have any question at: Prof.Vaclav Skala c/o University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences Dept.of Computer Science and Engineering, Univerzitni 8, CZ 30614, Plzen, Czech Republic, http://www.VaclavSkala.eu --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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ICCS 2016 - Extended Deadline: 11th February (Papers)
by Sven Linker 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Dear colleague, apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message. EXTENDED DEADLINE: Abstract Submission: February 4th, 2016 Paper Submission: February 11th, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: 22nd International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2016 Graph-based Modeling of Conceptual Structures ******************************************************************************************** 5th to 7th July, 2016, Annecy, France Conference web site:www.irit.fr/ICCS2016/ Co-located: 9th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS) 2016 ******************************************************************************************** The International Conferences on Conceptual Structures (ICCS) focus on the formal analysis and representation of conceptual knowledge with applications to artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, and related areas of computer science. The ICCS conferences evolved from a series of seven annual workshops on conceptual graphs, starting with an informal gathering hosted by John F. Sowa in 1986. Recently, graph-based knowledge representation and reasoning (KRR) paradigms are getting more and more attention. The aim of the ICCS 2016 conference is to build upon its long standing expertise in graph-based KRR and focus on providing modelling, formal and application results of graph-based systems. ICCS 2016 will be co-located with FOIS 2016, held in Annecy, in the Polytech building at the campus of the University of Savoie. The conference welcomes contributions that address graph-based representation and reasoning paradigms (e.g. Bayesian Networks (BNs), Semantic Networks (SNs), RDF(S), Conceptual Graphs (CGs), Formal Concept Analysis (FCA), CP-Nets, GAI-Nets, Graph Databases, Diagrams, etc.) from a modelling, theoretical and application viewpoint: - Modelling results will investigate concrete real world needs for graph-based representation, how certain use cases are of interest to the graph community, how using graphs can bring added (business) value, what kind of graph representation is needed for a given case, etc. - Technical results will include fundamental graph theory based results for novel structures for representation, extensions of existing structures for added expressivity, conciseness, optimisation algorithms for reasoning, reasoning explanation, etc. - Papers reporting on application experience will be expected to demonstrate the benefits of the graph-based proposed solutions in the context of the use case studied with respect to other possible solutions. The main research topics are: - Knowledge Management, - Knowledge Architectures, - Reasoning under Inconsistency, - Knowledge Representation and Uncertainty, - Contextual Logic, - Constraint Satisfaction, - Decision Making, - Argumentation, - Ontologies, - Semantic Web, - Web of Data, - Web 2.0, - Conceptual Knowledge Acquisition, - Data Mining, - Text Mining, - Natural Language Processing, - Linguistics, - Metaphoric, Cultural or Semiotic Considerations, - Resource Allocation and Agreement Technologies. Submission Information We invite scientific papers of up to fourteen pages and posters of up to three pages. For each paper, an abstract must be submitted by January 28, 2016, with full papers being due on February 4, 2016. Posters do not require advanced abstract submission and should be submitted by March 24, 2016. Papers and posters must be formatted according to Springer’s LNCS style guidelines and not exceed the page limit. The submission is to be done via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccs20161 All paper submissions will be refereed and authors will have the opportunity to respond to reviewers’ comments during the rebuttal phase. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings, published by Springer in the LNCS/LNAI series. Poster submissions will also be refereed but will not be included in the conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper or poster must register for the conference and present the paper or poster there. Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by DBLP. Important Dates For Papers Abstract Submission: February 4th, 2016 (Revised!) Paper Submission: February 11th, 2016 (Revised!) Initial Paper Reviews Sent: March 14th, 2016 Rebuttals Due: March 18th, 2016 Notification of Paper Acceptance: March 24th, 2016 Camera Ready Paper: April 8th, 2016 Important Dates For Posters Poster Submission: March 24th, 2016 Notification of Poster Acceptance: April 15th, 2016 Organisers General Chair Ollivier Haemmerlé, Université Toulouse 2, France Program Chairs Gem Stapleton, University of Brighton, United Kingdom Catherine Faron-Zucker, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France Program Committee Bernd Amann, University Pierre et Marie Curie, France Simon Andrews, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom Galia Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Peggy Cellier, IRISA/INSA Rennes, France Dan Corbett, Optimodal Technologies, DC, USA Olivier Corby, INRIA Sophia Antipolis Méditerrannée, France Madalina Croitoru, Université Montpellier II, France Cornelius Croitoru, Al.I.Cuza University of Iasi, Romania Licong Cui, Case Western Reserve University, OH, USA Frithjof Dau, SAP, Germany Aldo De More, CommunitySense, The Netherlands Harry Delugach, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA Juliette Dibie-Barthélemy, AgroParisTech, France Pavlin Dobrev, ProSyst Labs, Bulgaria Florent Domenach, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Ged Ellis, Google, Australia Jérôme Euzenat, INRIA Grenoble, France Catherine Faron Zucker, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France Jerome Fortin, Université Montpellier II, France Cynthia Vera Glodeanu, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Ollivier Haemmerlé, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France Jan Hladik, DHBW Stuttgart, Germany Rinke Hoekstra, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands John Howse, University of Brighton, United Kingdom Dmitry Ignatov, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia Mateja Jamnik, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Adil Kabbaj, INSEA, Morocco Mary Keeler, VivoMind, Inc., MD, USA Hamamache Kheddouci, Université Claude Bernard, France Leonard Kwuida, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Jérôme Lang, CNRS, LAMSADE, France Steffen Lohmann, University of Stuttgart, Germany Natalia Loukachevitch, Research Computing Center of Moscow State University, Russia Pierre Marquis, Université d'Artois, France Philippe Martin, Université de la Réunion, France Franck Michel, CNRS I3S, France Bernard Moulin, Laval University, Canada Sergei Obiedkov, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia Peter Øhrstrøm, Aalborg University, Denmark Yoshiaki Okubo, Hokkaido University, Japan Nathalie Pernelle, Université Paris Sud, France Heather D. Pfeiffer, Akamai Physics, Inc., NM, USA Simon Polovina, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom Uta Priss, Ostfalia University, Germany Marie-Christine Rousset, University of Grenoble, France Sebastian Rudolph, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Fatiha Saïs, Université Paris Sud, France Eric Salvat, IMERIR, France Atsushi Shimojima, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Iain Stalker, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Gem Stapleton, University of Brighton, United Kingdom Gerd Stumme, University of Kassel, Germany Nouredine Tamani, INRIA, France Michaël Thomazo, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Serena Villata, CNRS I3S, France Martin Watmough, Sheffield Hallam University, UK ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. For more information see: https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/computing/Pages/Email/spam.aspx

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Call for Papers: International Workshop on Set Visualisation and Reasoning
by Sven Linker 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Dear colleague, apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message. ====================================================================== SetVR 2016 International Workshop on Set Visualisation and Reasoning 7 August 2016, Philadelphia, United States of America (co-located with DIAGRAMS 2016) https://sites.google.com/site/setvr2kn/current-workshop ====================================================================== ---- Important Dates ---- Submission of papers: 11 April 2016 Notification of acceptance/rejection: 16 May 2016 Final version due: 11 July 2016 Workshop: 7 August 2016 ---- Aims and Scope ---- The International Workshop on Set Visualisation and Reasoning (previously called the Euler Diagrams Workshop) aims to bring together researchers in the field. The community publishes in a diverse range of outlets, hence a single workshop provides a unique opportunity to share ideas and practice. The topic of the workshop includes established set representations like Euler/Venn diagrams and matrices as well as new formalisms, such as linear diagrams and line-sets. The workshop scope covers methods for laying out, reasoning with and evaluating set visualisations. As new notations come online, this workshop will provide a focal point for early-stage research alongside more advanced contributions, enabling a better understanding of how we visualize and reason about sets. Application areas for this research are broad and encompass many other disciplines, such as biosciences, business, and criminology. Submissions detailing novel applications of visual set representations are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Theoretical Advances: - diagrammatic drawability - layout constraints - logic - reasoning - novel forms of set visualisation Software Support: - visualisation generation - mechanisms for interaction - tools for dynamic set data - automated reasoning - layout algorithms - data exploration Real-World Applications: - big data - system modelling - education - social networks - biosciences - security Cognition and Perceptual Principles: - readability - aesthetics - evaluation and comparisons ---- Paper Submission and Publication ---- We solicit submissions on the topics mentioned above and other related areas, in the following forms: full papers (15 pages), consisting of: - original research - surveys short papers (7 pages), consisting of: - systems descriptions - software demonstrations - position statements - early original research contributions All submissions should be in LNCS format (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) Please submit via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=setvr2016) We plan to publish the proceedings of the workshop in the CEUR Workshop Proceedings (http://ceur-ws.org) Workshop on the web https://sites.google.com/site/setvr2kn/current-workshop ---- Organisation ---- Program Chairs Sven Linker, University of Brighton, UK Peter Rodgers, University of Kent, UK Program Committee Bilal Alsallakh, Bosch Research and Technology Center Jim Burton, University of Brighton, UK Peter Chapman, Edinburgh Napier University, UK Rosario De Chiara, Poste Italiane Renata De Freitas, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil Jean Flower, Autodesk Mateja Jamnik, University of Cambridge, UK Luana Micallef, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT, Finland Gem Stapleton, University of Brighton, UK Sun-Joo Shin, Yale University, USA ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. For more information see: https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/computing/Pages/Email/spam.aspx

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IEEE VIS 2016 CFP
by Jian Chen 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

IEEE VIS 2016 http://ieeevis.org/ 23 - 28 October, 2016 Baltimore, Maryland, USA Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ieeevis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ieeevis LinkedIn: https://goo.gl/5qABWF <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IEEE-VIS-4469236?home=&gid=4469236&trk=anet…> CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION IEEE VIS 2016 is the premier forum for advances in 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 (VAST), IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis), and IEEE Scientific Visualization (SciVis) by sharing your research, insights, experience, and enthusiasm. FULL PAPERS We solicit high quality papers in all areas of visualization including information visualization, scientific visualization, and visual analytics in three tracks. For more information, visit 27th IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference (SciVis) CFP: http://ieeevis.org/year/2016/info/call-participation/scivis-papers 22nd IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis) CFP: http://ieeevis.org/year/2016/info/call-participation/infovis-papers 11th IEEE Visual Analytics Science & Technology Conference (VAST) CFP: <http://ieeevis.org/year/2015/info/call-participation/vast-papers> http://ieeevis.org/year/2016/info/call-participation/vast-papers Important dates: Paper abstracts submission (mandatory): March 21, 2016 Paper submission: March 31, 2016 CO-LOCATED SYMPOSIA AND WORKSHOPS: Biological Data Visualization (BioVis) Symposium: http://biovis.net/ Large-scale Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV) Symposium: <http://ldav.org/>http://ldav.org Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec) Symposium: <http://www.vizsec.org/>http://www.vizsec.org/ Visualization in Data Science (VDS) Workshop: http://visualdatascience.org Beyond Time And Errors: Novel Evaluation Methods For Visualization (BELIV) Workshop: http://beliv.cs.univie.ac.at/ DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM We solicit submissions to the doctoral colloquium (DC) for IEEE VIS 2016. The DC is a single-day invitation-only event taking place the day before IEEE VIS where Ph.D. students in any visualization field, preferably those at the proposal defense stage or equivalent, present their proposed dissertation work and receive feedback from leading senior visualization researchers. We invite contributions from the scientific visualization, information visualization, and visual analytics student communities. For more information, visit <http://ieeevis.org/year/2015/info/call-participation/doctoral-colloquium> http://ieeevis.org/year/2016/info/call-participation/doctoral-colloquium. Submissions due: May 10, 2016. LOCATION The conference will be returning to Baltimore, Maryland. Located on the mid-Atlantic coast, the city is easy to reach and has wonderful attractions as part of the Inner Harbor district near the conference hotel. VIS 2016 GENERAL CHAIR Terry Yoo, National Institutes of Health VIS 2016 VICE CHAIR Jesus J Caban, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center VIS 2016 PROGRAM CHAIRS Gautam Chaudhary, Alcon LenSx Inc. James Ahrens, Los Alamos National Laboratory VIS 2016 PAPER CHAIRS Gennady Andrienko, Fraunhofer IAIS and City University London (VAST) Shixia Liu, Tsinghua University (VAST) John Stasko, Georgia Institute of Technology (VAST) Bongshin Lee, Microsoft Research (InfoVis) Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California, Davis (InfoVis) Niklas Elmqvist, University of Maryland, College Park (InfoVis) James Ahrens, Los Alamos National Laboratory (SciVis) Mike Kirby, University of Utah (SciVis) Jos Roerdink, University of Groningen (SciVis) Best regards, -- Jian (on behalf of VIS publicity) ------------------------------------------------------------- Jian Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor UMBC Innovation Fellow Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~jichen

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AIMA 2016 - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

CALL FOR PAPERS ======================================= 6th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Medical Applications (AIMA'16) Gdansk, Poland, 11 - 14 September, 2016 WWW: https://fedcsis.org/aima E-mail: aima2016(a)fedcsis.org We would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing a paper to AIMA - held as a part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2016). FedCSIS a yearly international multi-conference organized by the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI) in technical cooperation with the IEEE Region 8, IEEE Poland (Gdansk) Section Computer Society Chapter, Poland Section Computational Intelligence Society Chapter, ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing, Lodz ACM Chapter, European Alliance for Innovation, Polish Operational and Systems Research Society - POSRS, Eastern Cluster ICT Poland, Mazovia Cluster ICT. The workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Medical Applications – AIMA 2016 - provides an interdisciplinary forum for researchers and developers to present and discuss latest advances in research work as well as prototyped or fielded systems of applications of Artificial Intelligence in the wide and heterogenious field of medicine, health care and surgery. The workshop covers the whole range of theoretical and practical aspects, technologies and systems based on Artificial Intelligence in the medical domain and aims to bring together specialists for exchanging ideas and promote fruitful discussions. TOPICS ======================================= The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Health Sciences - Knowledge Management of Medical Data - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Medicine - Health Care Information Systems - Clinical Information Systems - Agent Oriented Techniques in Medicine - Medical Image Processing and Techniques - Medical Expert Systems - Diagnoses and Therapy Support Systems - Biomedical Applications - Applications of AI in Health Care and Surgery Systems - Machine Learning-based Medical Systems - Medical Data- and Knowledge Bases - Neural Networks in Medicine - Ontology and Medical Information - Social Aspects of AI in Medicine - Medical Signal and Image Processing and Techniques - Ambient Intelligence and Pervasive Computing in Medicine and Health Care PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ======================================= Papers should be submitted by April 18, 2016 (strict deadline). Preprints will be published on a USB memory stick provided to the FedCSIS participants. Only papers presented during the conference will be submitted to the IEEE for inclusion in the Xplore Digital Library. Furthermore, proceedings, published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers will posted at the conference WWW site. Moreover, most Events' organizers arrange quality journals, edited volumes, etc. and may invite selected extended and revised papers for post-conference publications (information can be found at the websites of individual events). IMPORTANT DATES ======================================= - Paper submission: April 18, 2016 (strict deadline) - Position paper submission: May 30, 2016 - Acceptance decision: June 13, 2016 - Final version of paper submission: July 4, 2016 - Final deadline for discounted fee: July 31, 2016 - Conference dates: September 11-14, 2016 EVENT CHAIRS ======================================= - Lasek, Piotr, University of Rzeszow, Poland - Paja, Wiesław, University of Rzeszów, Poland - Pancerz, Krzysztof, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów, Poland PROGRAM COMMITTEE (confirmed so far) ======================================= - Azar, Ahmad Taher, Benha University, Egypt - Iantovics, Barna, Petru Maior University, Romania - Kountchev, Roumen, Technical Univerity of Sofia, Bulgaria - Leniowska, Lucyna, Uniwersytet Rzeszówski - Majernik, Jaroslav, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia - Ngan, Ben C.K., The Pennsylvania State University, United States - Olszewska, Joanna Isabelle, University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom - Sawada, Hideyuki, Kagawa University, Japan - Schwarz, Daniel, Masaryk University, IBA, Czech Republic - Subbotin, Siergiej, Zaporizhzhya National Technical University, Ukraine - Wojciechowski, Konrad, Silesian University of Technology, Poland - Zaitseva, Elena, University of Zilina, Slovakia CHAIRS OF FedCSIS CONFERENCE SERIES Maria Ganzha, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Marcin Paprzycki CONTACT FedCSIS AT: secretariat(a)fedcsis.org FedCSIS on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISFacebook FedCSIS on LinkedIN: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISLinkedIN

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positions(s) on VA for space-time and mobility data
by Gennady Andrienko 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Dear all, Fraunhofer IAIS in Sankt Augustin announces several research positions for data scientists. The new employees will work for EU-funded Horizon 2020 projects that require development and application of visual analytics methods for spatio-temporal data. Data sets to be analyzed include sea and air traffic data, urban traffic data, social media, and sport tracking. Formal job offers (in German) are available at https://recruiting.fraunhofer.de/Vacancies/24913/Description/1 https://recruiting.fraunhofer.de/Vacancies/24909/Description/1 Good knowledge of German is required. If you are interested to apply, pls contact Dr. Dirk Hecker with CC to me Best regards, Dr. Gennady Andrienko lead scientist, Fraunhofer Institute IAIS professor, City University London ____________________________________________________________ Fraunhofer Institute IAIS: http://www.iais.fraunhofer.de ... VA research: http://visual-analytics.info Andrienko's homepage: http://geoanalytics.net/and publications: http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=R370BREAAAAJ *** book: Visual Analytics of Movement (Springer, 2013): ... http://www.springer.com/book/978-3-642-37582-8 ... book's web site: http://geoanalytics.net/vam ____________________________________________________________

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EuroVA 2016 CFP
by Gennady Andrienko 23 Jan '16

23 Jan '16

CFP: EuroVA 2016 EuroVA 2016 is the seventh international EuroVis workshop on Visual Analytics. It will take place June 6-7, 2016 in Groningen, the Netherlands. Visual Analytics has been defined as the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces. Analytical reasoning includes analysis of complex (massive, dynamic, ambiguous, conflicting, …) data and information for gaining understanding, building knowledge, solving complex problems, and making right decisions. Visual Analytics deals with problems that cannot (yet) be solved algorithmically and therefore essentially require human thinking supported by the power of computers. Visual Analytics aims at effective division of labour between humans and computers and their synergistic collaboration, in which each side can efficiently utilize its unique capability. Thus, Visual Analytics can be understood as the science of human-computer data analysis, knowledge building, and problem solving. It is an interdisciplinary science integrating techniques from visualization and computer graphics, statistics and mathematics, data management and knowledge representation, data analysis and machine learning, cognitive and perceptual sciences, and more. EuroVA 2016 is the best place to present and discuss ideas of new methods and theories, interesting applications, designs, and studies of the use of visual analytics methods and systems. The workshop will accept a range of paper types, including technique, system, application, evaluation and theory papers in the area of Visual Analytics. TOPICS of interest include but are not limited to: - Combining interactive visualization with computational techniques from statistics, data mining, machine learning or similar. - Visual representations and interactive techniques amplifying human analytical reasoning. - Visual analytics support to decision making. - Modelling of uncertainty and supporting uncertainty-aware analytical reasoning. - Visual analysis procedures, processes, and workflows. - Visual data science and predictive visual analytics. - Visualization of models derived by visual analytics methods and procedures. - Visual explorations and analysis of (e.g., simulation) models and their parameter spaces - Visual analytics data provenance, and management of analytic processes. - Data/information management and representation for visual analytics methods. - Theoretical foundations of visual analytics. - Cognitive and perceptual aspects of visual analytics. - Theories and models of analytical reasoning, human analytic discourse, sensemaking. - Collaborative visual analytics. - Infrastructures and architectures for visual analytics systems and services. - Visual analytics applications. - Evaluation of visual analytics techniques and procedures. IMPORTANT DATES Short Paper submission deadline: Friday 19th February, 2016 Notification of acceptance: April 10th, 2016 EuroVA workshop: June 6-7th, 2016 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES We invite short papers, 4 pages in length + 1 extra page for references (maximum). Papers must be prepared using the EuroVis formatting guidelines (size of fonts, illustrations, etc.). details: http://www.eurova.org/ Authors of accepted short papers will be asked to give an oral presentation. At least one author of an accepted paper must register and participate in the workshop. The EuroVA 2016 Conference Proceedings will be published by the Eurographics Association, and be stored on the Eurographics Digital Library. WORKSHOP CHAIRS Natalia Andrienko – Fraunhofer Institute IAIS, Germany / City University London, UK Michael Sedlmair – University of Vienna, Austria ____________________________________________________________

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Job: Junior Researcher (PhD Position) in Information Visualization/Mobile Computing, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
by Aigner Wolfgang 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

For research projects in the Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies (IC\M/T) we are looking for an ambitious JUNIOR RESEARCHER (PhD CANDIDATE) INFORMATION VISUALIZATION/MOBILE COMPUTING (40h/week, as soon as possible) == Responsibilities == * Collaboration on various F&E-projects of the IC\M/T, mainly in the FWF project VisOnFire in the field of Information Visualization * Design of new methods for interactive visualizations and mobile applications (concepts and interaction design) * Prototypical implementation, testing and evaluation of developed methods in particular with web technologies * Survey, evaluate, and utilize current research * Write scientific publications and reviews * Present research results at conferences * Networking with a representation in the scientific community * To a smaller extent participation in teaching and supervision of student projects and theses * If necessary, contribute to proposals for new research projects == Required qualifications/skills == * University degree in computer science, information systems or an equivalent university degree that qualifies to enroll as a Ph.D. student * Strong analytical skills and good knowledge in programming (preferably Java, JavaScript, C++, or similar) * Knowledge of or interest in at least one of the following topics are essential: Information Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, Usability Engineering, Mobile Computing * Advanced English speaking and writing skills * Ability to work as an independent and flexible researcher in interdisciplinary teams == Desired qualifications == * Programming skills in JavaScript Libraries (d3.js, Angular JS), PHP (Laravel) and Cordova * Experience in the development of mobile solutions (web, iOS, Android) ideally in conjunction with Context Based Computing (for example Location Based Services (LBS)) * Knowledge or interest on one or more of the following topics are desirable: Bioinformatics, Medical Informatics * Basic proficiency of the German language or the willingness to learn it (for international applicants) == Our offer == On offer is a temporary appointment of 3 years (March 1st, 2015 to February 28th, 2019) in a dynamic environment of an ambitious and achievement-oriented university of applied sciences. In this task, you start as a junior researcher with career development opportunities regarding to our career model. The PhD student will be encouraged to pursue his or her PhD studies at the Vienna University of Technology, a leading technical university in Austria. (Conditions are predefined by the project; PhD/Doctoral degree externally, the supervision can be provided by St. Pölten UAS.) St. Pölten UAS is not subject to a collective wage agreement. The frame of negotiation is determined by the guidelines of the FWF, and is currently € 2,700 gross per month. St. Pölten UAS aims at increasing the proportion of women and especially invites qualified women to apply. The position is also possible for qualified individuals with disabilities. == Work place == The work place is located at the campus of the St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences – a new, architecturally interesting, and well-lit environment, offering everything a researcher could possibly hope to find. St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1996 and currently has approx. 2,300 enrolled students. Study opportunities comprise degree programmes and continuing education courses in the fields of media technology, media management, IT security, simulation, rail transport, health and social sciences. The campus is located in the center of St Poelten, which is reachable by train from Vienna in approx. 30 minutes. == Application == Please send us your complete written application (with the usual documents including a statement of interest (motivation letter), full CV with photo, list of subjects taken at university plus grades, publications, etc.) via e-mail to: bewerbungen(a)fhstp.ac.at -- WOLFGANG AiGNER Scientific Director Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies (IC\M/T) Department Media & Digital Technologies St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences Matthias Corvinus Strasse 15, 3100 St. Poelten, Austria wolfgang.aigner(a)fhstp.ac.at +43 (0) 2742 313 228 - 611 http://mc.fhstp.ac.at/people/wolfgang-aigner @wolfgangaigner FN 146616m, LG St. Pölten, DVR 1028669F

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MMAP 2016 - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

CALL FOR PAPERS ======================================= 9th International Symposium on Multimedia Applications and Processing (MMAP'16) Gdansk, Poland, 11 - 14 September, 2016 WWW: http://fedcsis.org/mmap E-mail: mmap2016(a)fedcsis.org We would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing a paper to MMAP 2016 - held as a part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2016). FedCSIS a yearly international multi-conference organized by the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI) in technical cooperation with the IEEE Region 8, IEEE Poland (Gdansk) Section Computer Society Chapter, Poland Section Computational Intelligence Society Chapter, ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing, Lodz ACM Chapter, European Alliance for Innovation, Polish Operational and Systems Research Society - POSRS, Eastern Cluster ICT Poland, Mazovia Cluster ICT. MMAP 2016 is organized by Software Engineering Department, Faculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics, University of Craiova, Romania "Multimedia Applications Development" Research Centre. It is a major forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present, discuss, and exchange ideas that address real-world problems with real-world solutions. The MMAP 2016 Symposium welcomes submissions of original papers concerning all aspects of multimedia domain ranging from concepts developments to advanced technologies and innovative and theoretical applications. MMAP invites original previously unpublished contributions that are not submitted concurrently to a journal or another conference. Papers acceptance and publication will be judged based on their relevance to the symposium theme, clarity of presentation, originality and accuracy of results and proposed solutions. TOPICS ======================================= Topics of interest are related to Multimedia Processing and Applications including, but are not limited to the following areas: - Audio, Image and Video Processing - Animation, Virtual Reality, 3D and Stereo Imaging - Big Data Science and Multimedia Systems - Cloud Computing and Multimedia Applications - Machine Learning, Data Mining, Information Retrieval in Multimedia Applications - Multimedia File Systems and Databases: Indexing, Recognition and Retrieval - Multimedia in Internet and Web Based Systems - E-Learning, E-Commerce and E-Society Applications - Human Computer Interaction and Interfaces in Multimedia Applications - Multimedia in Medical Applications - Entertainment and games - Security in Multimedia Applications: Authentication and Watermarking - Distributed Multimedia Systems - Network and Operating System Support for Multimedia - Mobile Network Architecture - Intelligent Multimedia Network Applications - Future Trends in Computing System Technologies and Applications PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ======================================= Papers should be submitted by April 18, 2016 (strict deadline). Preprints will be published on a USB memory stick provided to the FedCSIS participants. Only papers presented during the conference will be submitted to the IEEE for inclusion in the Xplore Digital Library. Furthermore, proceedings, published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers will posted at the conference WWW site. Extended versions of selected papers presented during the conference will be published as Special Issue(s): - currently, a special issue of the Computer Science and Information Systems journal (ISI Indexed) is being prepared on the basis of selected papers from the MMAP 2015; it will be published in 2016 - special issue, based on the selected MMAP 2016 submissions is also planned for the Journal of Computer Science & Applications - similarly, in 2016, special issues of these two journals are going to be considered - furthermore, we are in active negotiations for additional Special Issue(s) based on the papers accepted for the MMAP 2016 -- special issues proposals should be submitted to MMAP'16 organizers IMPORTANT DATES ======================================= - Paper submission: April 18, 2016 (strict deadline) - Position paper submission: May 30, 2016 - Acceptance decision: June 13, 2016 - Final version of paper submission: July 4, 2016 - Final deadline for discounted fee: July 31, 2016 - Conference dates: September 11-14, 2016 EVENT CHAIRS ======================================= - Brezovan, Marius, University of Craiova - Burdescu, Dumitru Dan, University of Craiova, Romania STEERING COMMITTEE ======================================= - Amy Neustein, Boston University, USA, Editor of Speech Technology - Lakhmi C. Jain, University of South Australia and University of Canberra, Australia - Ioannis Pitas, University of Thessaloniki, Greece - Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania - Borko Furht, Florida Atlantic University, USA - Harald Kosch, University of Passau, Germany - Vladimir Uskov, Bradley University, USA - Thomas M. Deserno, Aachen University, Germany PROGRAM COMMITTEE (confirmed so far) ======================================= - Badica, Amelia, University of Craiova, Romania - Böszörmenyi, Laszlo, Klagenfurt University, Austria - Burlea Schiopoiu, Adriana, University of Craiova - Camacho, David, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain - Cretu, Vladimir, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania - Debono, Carl James, University of Malta, Malta - Fabijańska, Anna, Lodz University of Technology, Poland - Institute of Applied Computer Science, Poland - Fomichov, Vladimir, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia., Russia - Giurca, Adrian, Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany - Grosu, Daniel, Wayne State University, United States - Groza, Voicu, University of Ottawa, Canada - Kabranov, Ognian, Cisco Systems, United States - Kannan, Rajkumar, Bishop Heber College Autonomous, India - Korzhik, Valery, State University of Telecommunications, Russia - Kotenko, Igor, St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Science, Russia - Kriksciuniene, Dalia, Vilnius University, Lithuania - Lau, Rynson, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China - Lloret, Jaime, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain - Logofatu, Bogdan, University of Bucharest, Romania - Mangioni, Giuseppe, DIEEI - University of Catania, Italy - Mannens, Erik, Ghent University - Mihaescu, Cristian, University of Craiova, Reunion - Mocanu, Mihai, University of Craiova, Romania - Morales-Luna, Guillermo, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico - Ohzeki, Kazuo, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan - Popescu, Dan, CSIRO, Sydney, Australia, Australia - Querini, Marco, Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Science Engineering - RUTKAUSKIENE, Danguole, Kaunas University of Technology - Salem, Abdel-Badeeh M., Ain Shams University, Egypt - Sari, Riri Fitri, University of Indonesia, Indonesia - Stanescu, Liana, University of Craiova - Tejera, Mario Hernández, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain - Trausan-Matu, Stefan, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania - Trzcielinski, Stefan, Poznan University of Technology, Poland - Tsihrintzis, George, University of Piraeus, Greece - Vega-Rodríguez, Miguel A., University of Extremadura, Spain - Velastin, Sergio, Kingston University, United Kingdom - Virvou, Maria, University of Piraeus, Greece - Watanabe, Toyohide, University of Nagoya - Wotawa, Franz, Technische Universitaet Graz, Austria - Zurada, Jacek, University of Louisville, United States CHAIRS OF FedCSIS CONFERENCE SERIES Maria Ganzha, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Marcin Paprzycki CONTACT FedCSIS AT: secretariat(a)fedcsis.org FedCSIS on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISFacebook FedCSIS on LinkedIN: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISLinkedIN

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