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Call for Nominations - IEEE VGTC Doctoral Dissertation Award
by Wong, Pak C 11 Jun '16

11 Jun '16

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The IEEE VGTC VPG Doctoral Dissertation Award http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/bestthesis/ DEADLINE: July 31, 2016 IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC) sponsors the annual Best Doctoral Dissertation Award program to recognize outstanding academic research and development in visualization and visual analytics. The dissertations must address a topic relevant to visualization or visual analytics. The competition will be administrated by the IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group (VPG) under the auspices of IEEE VGTC. The IEEE VGTC VPG Doctoral Dissertation Award is presented annually at the IEEE VPG Reception held at the IEEE VIS conference. ELIGIBILITY All English language dissertations that have been successfully defended between July 31 two years before the award and July 31 of the year of the competition are eligible (e.g. between July 31, 2014 and July 31, 2016 are eligible for the 2016 competition). SUBMISSION LIMITATION There is no limitation on the number of nominations that may be made by a university. SUBMISSION DEADLINE Nomination packets must be received by 5pm PDT on July 31, 2016. SELECTION PROCEDURE Five IEEE VPG members will form a review committee to thoroughly review and assess the dissertation submissions. The committee will judge the dissertations based on their intellectual merit, technical depth, and presentation quality. The selection committee will recommend the winning dissertation to the IEEE VGTC chair by October 1. AWARDS The winner of the IEEE VGTC VPG Doctoral Dissertation Award will receive not only a monetary prize of $500 provided by IEEE VGTC, but also a chance to describe the impact of the winning dissertation in an invited article that may be published in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A). Professor Jim Foley of Georgia Tech and the editor of the CG&A Dissertation Impact Department will make the final determination about whether the article will be published. The CG&A Dissertation Impact Department recognizes the best and brightest dissertation work nominated by different visualization, computer graphics, and virtual reality technical communities from around the world. SUBMISSION DETAILS The student's advisor should email the nomination package to vpg_awards(a)vgtc.org. The package must include: 1. A nomination letter written by the student's advisor, which includes: * the name, email address, and phone number of the advisor, * the name and email address of the candidate, and * a one-page summary of the significance of the dissertation (references to papers should be provided on an extra sheet) 2. A copy of the dissertation. Optional additional letters of recommendation can be attached to the submission.

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Graph Drawing Contest 2016
by Maarten Löffler 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

Dear Graph Drawers & Network Visualizers! As you may know, the 24th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization will take place in Athens, Greece, from September 19 to 21, 2016. As has been tradition since 1994, the symposium will be accompanied by a Graph Drawing Contest, allowing all community members to demonstrate their graph drawing skills in a fun competitive setting. I am pleased to announce the contents of this year's contest. Creative Topics For your entertainment and inspiration, we have composed two nice graphs that you may draw with full artistic freedom. The first graph represents relations between countries through off-shore companies, as recently revealed in the so-called "Panama papers". The second graph is a family tree of the most popular (according to the internet) ancient Greek gods. In both cases, you may visualize the graph in any way you like. Submissions will be judged both on aesthetic appeal and clarity of displayed structure and information. For more details, visit http://graphdrawing.de/contest2016/topics.html Live Challenge Following popular tradition, a live challenge will be held during the symposium in a format similar to a typical programming contest. Teams are presented with a collection of challenge graphs and have approximately one hour to submit their highest scoring drawings. This year, as last year, the challenge shall focus on minimizing the crossing number in book embeddings. Teams may either draw the graphs manually, or use their own customized tools. Remote participation will also be possible. For more details, visit http://graphdrawing.de/contest2016/challenge.html Awards Thanks to our generous sponsors, a monetary prize will be awarded to the winner or winning team in four different categories. We are looking forward to your submissions! On behalf of the contest committee, best regards, Maarten Löffler

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Logging Interactive Visualizations & Visualizing Interaction Logs
by Romain Vuillemot 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

======================================================================= == Logging Interactive Visualizations & Visualizing Interaction Logs == ======================================================================= A IEEE Vis 2016 workshop, October 23rd or 24th 2016, Baltimore, MD, USA (http://ieeevis.org/) We invite visualization researchers and practitioners to share their best practices and tools for logging their online visualizations. In particular, we are interested in tackling the following log-related issues: * How to log users interactions in a visualization system? * How to design effective logging systems? * How to make sense of those logs? * How to deal with legal and ethical issues related to logging? * How to design logs-based visualizations or any other application using logs data? More details on the workshop website: http://livvil.github.io/workshop/ Submission deadline: July 29, 2016 Submission format: Position papers (abstract, 2 or 4 pages) using the VGTC template Workshop: Half a day on October 23rd or 24th 2016 (To be decided) Organizers: Romain Vuillemot (Université de Lyon, France) Jeremy Boy (United Nations Global Pulse New York Lab, USA) Aurélien Tabard (Université de Lyon, France) Charles Perin (University of Calgary, Canada) Jean-Daniel Fekete(Inria, France) Contact the organizers: romain.vuillemot(a)gmail.com -- Romain Vuillemot Visiting Professor, LIRIS CNRS, Lyon France http://romain.vuillemot.net/

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Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC) 2016 - 2nd Call for Papers
by Turkay, Cagatay 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, Following is the 2nd CFP for this year��s EG UK CGVC 2016 conference. Due to several requests, we now have a slightly extended deadline. ====================================================== COMPUTER GRAPHICS & VISUAL COMPUTING 2016 (CGVC 2016) The 34th Annual Conference organised by the UK chapter of the Eurographics Association, 15-16 September 2016, Bournemouth University, UK, http://www.eguk.org.uk/CGVC2016/ ====================================================== Important Dates (Extended Deadline): Submission Deadline: ***** 22 June 2016 ***** Notification of Acceptance: 20 July 2016 Camera Ready: 10 August 2016 Conference: 15-16 September 2016 ====================================================== The annual EGUK conference is a meeting place for all those in the UK working in computer graphics and visual computing. It attracts researchers from across the country and from further afield. The 2016 conference Computer Graphics & Visual Computing will be an overnight meeting (lunchtime to lunchtime). The conference wants to focus on increasing the dialogue between academic research groups, researchers in academic and in industrial developments. In order to facilitate such dialogue, we are seeking contributions mainly in the form of extended abstract and industrial demonstrations. However, we also welcome submissions of full papers. Full papers - a paper of 4 to 8 pages describing completed research. Papers will be refereed by members of the EGUK programme committee. Authors of accepted papers will be expected to give a 20 minute presentation at the conference. Accepted papers will appear in the Eurographics digital library and will count as full paper publications. Extended abstract - an abstract of up to 1000 words, plus figures and references. An extended abstract can describe work in progress, interim results, industrial work, or research presented more fully elsewhere. Extended abstracts will also be refereed by a panel drawn from the EGUK programme committee. All accepted extended abstracts will be presented as posters in a poster session and authors of selected submissions will also be expected to give a 15 minute presentation at the conference. Industrial project abstracts �C a technical abstract of 1 to 4 pages, demonstrating implementations and/or product development. Technical abstracts will be presented at the conference site as large format posters during a poster session. Accepted abstracts will appear in the Eurographics digital library. An extended abstract and industrial project abstract will not be considered as a full paper publication, instead being similar to a SIGGRAPH one�\page sketch or to a conference poster without an associated paper. As such, presenting an extended abstract at this conference has no effect on your ability to publish a fuller version of the same work in another venue. See full instruction at the conference website. ====================================================== Topics include but are not limited to: Computer animation and image-based animation Computer-based arts and entertainment Vision-based techniques and image processing Acquisition and reconstruction techniques Graphics architectures and acceleration hardware Medical imaging Multimedia visualisation Computer Games Rendering techniques Scientific visualization and big data Information visualization Visual analytics Augmented reality and collaborative environments Mobile Apps and Interactive Devices Human computer interaction, robotics, and haptics Modelling methods ====================================================== Conference co-chairs: Dr Cagatay Turkay, City University London, UK, Dr Tao Ruan Wan, Bradford University, UK. Contact: chairs-cgvc2016(a)eg.org<mailto:chairs-cgvc2016@eg.org> Local arrangement co-chair: Dr Wen Tang, Bournemouth University, UK; ======================================================

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CFP: GD2016, Athen, Greece Sept 19-21
by Yifan Hu 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

==================================================================== Call for Papers GD 2016 24th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization September 19-21, 2016. Athens, Greece http://algo.math.ntua.gr/~gd2016/ ==================================================================== Graph Drawing is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs andconstitutes the algorithmic core of Network Visualization. Graph Drawing andNetwork Visualization are motivated by applications where it is crucial tovisually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Examples of suchapplication areas include data science, social sciences, Web computing,information systems, biology, geography, business intelligence, informationsecurity and software engineering. GD has been the main annual event in this area for more than 20 years. Itsfocus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing as well asthe design of network visualization systems and interfaces. GD 2016 will behosted by the Institute of Communications and Computer Systems, an affiliate ofthe National Technical University of Athens from September 19 to 21, 2016 inAthens, Greece. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspect of graphdrawing and network visualization are invited to contribute papers and postersand to participate in the symposium and the graph drawing contest. PAPERS------ We invite authors to submit papers describing original research of theoreticalor practical significance to graph drawing and network visualization. Regularpapers must be submitted explicitly to one of two distinct tracks. Paperssubmitted to one track will not compete with papers submitted to the othertrack. Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects---------------------------------------------- This track is mainly devoted to fundamental graph drawing advances, such ascombinatorial aspects and algorithm design. The range of topics for this trackincludes (but is not limited to): - Design and analysis of graph drawing algorithms- Geometric graph theory- Geometric computing- Planarity and topological graph theory- Optimization on graphs Track 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects----------------------------------------------------------------- This track is mainly devoted to the practical aspects of graph drawing, such asthe development of network visualization systems and interfaces in differentapplication areas. The range of topics for this track includes (but is notlimited to): - Visualization of graphs and networks in real world applications, including big data- Engineering of network visualization algorithms and systems- Experimental results in graph theory and algorithms- Benchmarks and experimental studies of network visualization systems and user interfaces- Cognitive studies on graph drawing readability and user interaction- Interfaces and methods for interacting with graphs Short papers------------ Besides regular papers in the two tracks above there will be a separatecategory for short papers. In this category it will be possible to submittheoretical contributions and applied papers of shorter length. Papers in thiscategory will be assigned a shorter time for presentation during the conference. Demos----- Authors of applied regular and short papers will have the opportunity to show ademo of their software/system during the poster session. Submission format----------------- All submissions must be formatted using the LaTeX style file for the conferenceseries Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) provided by Springer. Thedefault margins and fonts must not be modified. Submissions that do not complywith this format risk being rejected. The length of regular papers is limitedto 12 pages (excluding references), while the length of short papers is limitedto 6 pages (excluding references). The claims of the paper should be fullysubstantiated, including full proofs or appropriate experimental data. If thisinformation does not fit within the page limits, the authors should include itin a clearly marked appendix, whose length is not constrained and which thereviewers may read at their own discretion. POSTERS------- Submissions of posters on graph drawing, network visualization, and relatedareas are also solicited. The poster session will provide a forum for thecommunication of late-breaking research results (which may also appearelsewhere) to the graph drawing community. Authors of posters should prepare anabstract (up to two pages in the LNCS style) that must be submitted togetherwith the poster itself. CONTEST------- Details about the traditional Graph Drawing Contest held at the conference willbe provided on the conference Web site. PUBLICATION----------- All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, published bySpringer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series and, followinga green open access policy, as a conference index on the arXiv repository. TheLNCS proceedings will be made freely accessible to the GD community uponpublication and openly accessible to anyone after four years. The self-archivedarXiv proceedings will provide immediate and unrestricted open access. Twelvepages (excluding references) will be allocated for regular papers and six pages(excluding references) for short papers. Upon submission of the camera-readyversion of accepted papers, the identical paper (optionally including a clearlymarked appendix) must be submitted to the arXiv repository and its arXividentifier must be specified for inclusion in the conference index. For eachpaper, an author must register and present the paper at the conference (baringunforeseen circumstances) otherwise the paper will not be included in theproceedings.Abstracts of accepted posters will also appear in the conferenceproceedings (two pages), but will not be made available for indexing. Selectedpapers will be invited for submission to a special issue of the Journal ofGraph Algorithms and Applications. AWARDS------ For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2016 will give a BestPaper Award. In addition, to recognize the effort of participants to presenttheir work and to prepare their posters in a clear and elegant way, there willbe a Best Presentation Award and a Best Poster Award voted on by the GD 2016attendees. IMPORTANT DATES--------------- Paper submission deadline June 12 (23:59 PDT)Notification of paper acceptance July 24Poster submission deadline August 17 (23:59 PDT)Notification of poster acceptance August 28Final versions due September 1Contest submission deadline September 11Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization September 19-21 INVITED SPEAKERS---------------- Daniel Keim, University of Konstanz, DERoger Wattenhofer, ETH Zurich, CH PROGRAM COMMITTEE----------------- Patrizio Angelini, University of Tübingen, DETherese Biedl, University of Waterloo, CAWalter Didimo, University of Perugia, ITCody Dunne, IBM Watson Health, USADavid Eppstein, UC Irvine, USAJean-Daniel Fekete, INRIA, FRStefan Felsner, TU Berlin, DERadoslav Fulek, IST Austria, ATEmden Gansner, Google, USAYifan Hu (co-chair), Yahoo Labs, USAKarsten Klein, Monash University, AUStephen Kobourov, University of Arizona, USAMarc van Kreveld, Utrecht University, NLJan Kynčl, Charles University Prague, CZKwan-Liu Ma, UC Davis, USATamara Mchedlidze, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DEMartin Nöllenburg (co-chair), TU Vienna, ATStephen North, Infovisible, Oldwick, USAMaurizio Patrignani, Roma Tre University, ITHelen Purchase, University of Glasgow, UKHuamin Qu, HKUST, Hong KongGünter Rote, FU Berlin, DEAndré Schulz, University of Hagen, DELei Shi, Chinese Academy of Science, CNAlexandru Telea, University of Groningen, NL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE-------------------- Kostas Karpouzis, National Tech. Univ. of Athens, GRChrysanthi Raftopoulou, National Tech. Univ. of Athens, GRAntonios Symvonis (chair), National Tech. Univ. of Athens, GR CONTEST COMMITTEE----------------- Philipp Kindermann, University of Hagen, DEMaarten Löffler (chair), Utrecht University, NLLev Nachmanson, Microsoft Research, USAIgnaz Rutter, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE

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[CfP] International Workshop on Visualization and Collaboration -- VisualCol 2016 @ CTS2016
by Haeyong Chung 04 Jun '16

04 Jun '16

CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Visualization and Collaboration (VisualCol2016) In Conjunction with the 2016 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2016) http://cts2016.cisedu.info/2-conference/workshops---cts-2016/workshop17-vis… October 31 - November 04, 2016 The Florida Hotel and Conference Center Orlando, Florida, USA In Cooperation with ACM, IEEE, and IFIP *** Submission Deadline: July 01, 2016 *** Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters VisualCol Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to): - Collaborative Visualization Architectures, Technologies, or Algorithms - Visualization for Managing Collaborative Environments - Unique Challenges in Collaborative Visualization - Collaborative Visualization Solutions and Applications - Web-based Collaborative Visualization - Visualization in Collaborative Decision Making and Support - Collaborative Data Analysis and Visualization - Data Analytics Visualization - Visualization in/of Social Networks and Media - Visualization of Collaborative Structures, Processes and Outcomes of Collaborative Environments and Social Networks - Interface and Interaction Design Supporting Collaborative Visualization and Sense-making - Collaborative Visual Analysis Spaces Using Large Displays and Mobile Devices INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS: You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to visualization & collaboration technologies and systems and related topics. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. For Regular papers, please submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript, not to exceed 8 double-column formatted pages per template, and include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and all authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the manuscript. Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to http://cts2016.cisedu.info/1-call-for-papers/call-for-posters for posters submission details) will also be considered. Please specify the type of submission you have. Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript to the workshop EasyChair paper submission site athttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=visualcol2016. If the submission is for a poster paper or short paper, indicate that as well on the manuscript and in the submission form's Notes field. If your submission is supported by supplementary materials, please upload all supplementary files to either Dropbox or Google Drive and send an email with the link to one of the organizers. Please make sure your materials are shared with the organizers before the paper submission deadline. The organizers' contact information can be found under WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper Submission Deadline: ------------------------ July 01, 2016 Acceptance Notification: ---------------------------- July 29, 2016 Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due: ------ August 17, 2016 Conference Dates: ----------------------------------- October 31 - November 04, 2016 WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS: Keqin Wu (Keqin.Wu(a)noaa.gov) NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction Mai Elshehaly (mai(a)umbc.edu) University of Maryland-Baltimore County Wenwen Dou (wdou1(a)uncc.edu) University of North Carolina-Charlotte Haeyong Chung (hc0021(a)uah.edu) University of Alabama-Huntsville ---- Thank you, Haeyong Chung, on behalf of the VisualCol organizers

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VINCI 2016 call for poster
by jie.li＠tju.edu.cn 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

VINCI 2016 : The 9th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction Dallas, Texas, USA, 24-26 September 2016 (vinci-conf.org) Submission deadline for poster abstracts is June 30, 2016 (23:59 in PST). You are invited to submit a 2-page ACM double-column format for poster presentation at VINCI '16. Detailed information on the electronic submission can be found on the conference web page. All accepted posters abstracts will be published by ACM Press in the VINCI '16 Proceedings (EI-indexed). The best poster presentation will be selected and awarded at the conference.

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How are you staying current with Data Science?
by H. Michelle Chen 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

It's been dubbed the "sexiest job of the 21st century," and if you're working in the data science field, you've experienced the thrill of discovery firsthand. You've also probably noticed that new tools, technologies, and practices are being developed all the time. As the field advances, it's vital to keep your skills current with the market. I invite you to learn more about the Certificate in Big Data <http://ischool.sjsu.edu/programs/certificate-big-data?utm_source=listservs&…> program offered fully online by the San Jose State University School of Information. This program provides tools to data scientists and data engineers, as well as helps analytics managers, to formulate business strategies based on data analysis. Guided by a Program Advisory Committee <http://ischool.sjsu.edu/programs/certificate-big-data/big-data-program-advi…> with representatives from Kaggle, IBM, and Splunk, the nine-unit curriculum <http://ischool.sjsu.edu/programs/big-data-certificate/courses?utm_source=li…> focuses on Big Data Technologies, Web and Data Mining, and Information Visualization. There's still time to apply for fall admission, with classes starting in late August. Please visit our website for admission requirements <http://ischool.sjsu.edu/programs/big-data-certificate/admissions-process?ut…>. You may also contact me <http://ischoolapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/view.php?fac=chenm> with any questions. Best regards, Michelle ___________________ *H. Michelle Chen, Ph.D.* Assistant Professor, School of Information Program Coordinator, Certificate in Big Data San José State University One Washington Square, San José, CA 95192-0029 SJSU iSchool: ischool.sjsu.edu Certificate in Big Data: ischool.sjsu.edu/programs/certificate-big-data

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