February 2016 - Infovis

CVPR workshop: Computer Vision for Visual Analytics CFP - Deadline April 13, 2016
by Michael Sedlmair 04 Feb '16

04 Feb '16

CVPR workshop on Computer Vision for Visual Analytics (CV4VA) http://cv4va.qcri.org <http://cv4va.qcri.org/> July 1, 2016 Las Vegas, NV, USA Collocated with CVPR 2016 http://www.pamitc.org/cvpr16/ <http://www.pamitc.org/cvpr16/> June 26 – July 1, 2016 CALL FOR PAPERS Visual Analytics is a quickly growing field which aims at supporting data analysts with interactive graphical representations of the data. Data analysts are often overwhelmed with the sheer number of possible node-link diagrams, scatterplots, treemaps or other representations to look at, while not having a clear notion of which one might reveal interesting patterns like clusters, outliers and other structures. We invite the submission of short and long papers from researchers and practitioners in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning to discuss and propose innovative ways to automatically detect patterns in artificial image representations of abstract data, mimicking the human visual system for guiding the Visual Analytic process. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 13, 2016 MORE DETAILS: http://cv4va.qcri.org <http://cv4va.qcri.org/> ORGANIZERS: Michael AUPETIT, Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Doha, Qatar Michael SEDLMAIR, University of Vienna, Austria Stephane MARCHAND-MAILLET, VIPER group, CUI, University of Geneva Enrico BERTINI, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, New York, USA Pierrick BRUNEAU, LIST, Luxemburg Emma BEAUXIS-AUSSALET, CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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CFP (2nd Call): IEEE TMM Special Issue on Visualization and Visual Analytics for Multimedia
by Nan Cao 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

*IEEE TMM Special Issue on Visualization and Visual Analytics for Multimedia* *Submission Info: * Deadline:18:00 EST, May 1st, 2016 Link: *http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/tmm/tmm-special-issues/ <http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/tmm/tmm-special-issues/>* *Editor-in-Chief:* Chang Wen Chen, The State University of New York at Buffalo *Guest Editors:* Nan Cao, NYU Tandon School of Engineering & NYU ShangHai Yingcai Wu, Zhejiang University David Gotz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Daniel A. Keim, University of Konstanz Yap-Peng Tan, Nanyang Technological University *Contact Method*: nan.cao (at) nyu.edu *IEEE Transactions on Multimedia:* *http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/tmm/ <http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/tmm/> * *————————————————————————————————* We call for novel and high-quality papers on the topic of visualization and visual analytics of multimedia data for a special issue of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (IEEE TMM). This special issue focuses on presenting the state-of-the-art visualization and visual analysis techniques that are developed for solving important problems in the multimedia domain. Visual analytics is an emerging research direction that focuses on data exploration and analysis with a seamless integration of interaction, visualization, and analysis (such as data mining and machine learning). By showing data and analysis results in context, a visualization can display rich evidences that support or against the analysis results, thus helping with data interpretation and results validation. The analysts can annotate on (e.g. label on) or adjust the results via interactive user interfaces and visualizations to supervise the underlying analysis procedure based on, for example, advanced active learning algorithms, producing more and more precise analysis and correct results gradually. The combination enables human-centric computational intelligence by effectively integrating human knowledge and expertise with powerful computational algorithms through the high-bandwidth visual processing channel and user interaction. Recent progress on visualization and visual analytics creates new opportunities for understanding and making sense of large-scale, dynamic, heterogeneous multimedia data through “analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces”. Existing studies of visual analytics have already produced some insightful results and findings, which demonstrates the success and effectiveness of visual analyticsfor dealing with the complex multimedia data. This special issue will introduce the readership to the latest innovations in visual analytics for multimedia and provide a spotlight on an emerging and promising area of research within the larger multimedia community. *Topics* The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Visual analytics of multimedia datasets, such as - Texts and audio data / Speech and music data - Images and videos - Spatio-temporal data - Social media data / Mooc data / Social and web multimedia data - Sensor data / Healthcare Data - Visual and interaction assisted multimedia analysis techniques for - Multimedia search and retrieval - Multimedia indexing (e.g., hashing) - Object detection, tracking, categorization, and clustering - Surveillance and semantic analysis - Outlier detection in multimedia - Visualization based multimedia environment, such as - Multimedia interfaces and interactions - Visual environments and workspaces - Multimodal signal representation and visualization - Human centric multimedia, such as - Multimodal human-human and human-computer Dialog - Multimodal human-machine interfaces and interaction - Multimedia using haptic and physiological information - Multimodal perception, integration, and multisensory Fusion - Multi-screen user experience - Subjective and objective quality assessment, and user experience *Important Dates* - Submission Deadline: 05/01/2016 - First Round Review Notification: 7/01/2016 - Revision Due: 8/01/2016 - Final Acceptance Notification: 9/01/2016 - Camera Ready (after minor revision) Due: 9/15/2016 - Publication: November 2016 *Submission guideline:* Prospective authors should submit original manuscripts that have not appeared, nor are under consideration, in any other journals. Prospective authors are required to strictly follow the Author’s Guide formanuscript submission to the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM) at *http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/tmm/ <http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/tmm/>*, and manuscripts should be submitted electronically through the online IEEE manuscript submission portal at *http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tmm-ieee <http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tmm-ieee>*

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VINCI 2016 CFP
by Theresia Gschwandtner 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

A poster version of the CFP can be downloaded here:http://vinci-conf.org/docs/VINCI2016CFP.pdf ================================================================================================ 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 VINCIâ2016 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 throughhttps://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 PUBLICITY CHAIR: Jie Li, Tianjin University, China PUBLICATION CHAIR: Kostiantyn Kucher, Linnaeus University, Sweden LOCAL ORGANZATION CHAIR: Pushpa Kumar, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA FINANCE CHAIR: Jey Veerasamy, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Wolfgang, Aigner, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences Benjamin Bach, Microsoft Research â 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 Wei Chen, Zhejiang University Gennaro Costagliola, UniversitÃ di Salerno Achim Ebert, University of Kaiserslautern Mai Elshehaly, Virginia Tech Camilla Forsell, LinkÃ¶pings Universitet Vittorio Fuccella, UniversitÃ di Salerno Philip Galanter, Texas A&M University Liang Gou, IBM Research - Almaden Denis Gracanin, Virginia Tech Ira Greenberg, Southern Methodist University 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 John McGhee, UNSW Australia Kazuo Misue, University of Tsukuba Quang Vinh Nguyen, University of Western Sydney Margit Pohl, Vienna University of Technology Francois Poulet, University of Rennes 1 - IRISA Raimondo Schettini, UniversitÃ degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Maximilian Schich, The University of Texas at Dallas 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 Ioannis G. Tollis, University of Crete Cagatay Turkay, City University London Chris Muelder, University of California at Davis Andrew Vande Moere, K.U.Leuven Gualtiero Volpe, 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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