January 2017 - Infovis

BioVis - CfP for Symposium on Biological Data Visualization at ISMB, Prague, Czech Republic
by Jillian Aurisano 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

========================= Call for Participation for Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (BioVis) ========================= BioVis will be held as a Community of Special Interest (COSI) event at ISMB 2017 July 24, 2017 Prague, Czech Republic http://biovis.net/ https://twitter.com/biovis_net ========================= We invite submissions of contributions to the BioVis Symposium in various formats on all aspects of data visualization in biology, from molecular to cell, tissue, organism and population biology. For detailed information including submission instructions please refer to the full CfP at http://biovis.net/2017/cfp_ismb/ 1. ISMB Proceedings ---------------------------- Novel, unpublished work can be submitted as a paper to the ISMB Proceedings. Accepted submissions will be published in the OUP Journal Bioinformatics (http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/, impact factor 5.7) and presented orally at BioVis. Submission Deadline: January 26, 2017 2. BioVis Proceedings ---------------------------- Novel, unpublished work can be submitted as a paper to the BioVis Proceedings. Accepted submissions will be published in BMC Bioinformatics ( https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/, impact factor 2.4) and presented orally at BioVis. Submission Deadline: April 13, 2017 3. Highlight Talks ---------------------------- Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts highlighting previously published work. Accepted highlight talks will be presented orally at BioVis. Submission Deadline: May 15, 2017 4. Posters ---------------------------- We invite participants to submit work in progress and preliminary results, previously published work from other venues, or visualization challenges to be presented as a poster. A selection of these will be invited to give a short talk during the conference. Submission Deadline: May 15, 2017

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SEARIS 2017 call for papers
by Jian Chen 12 Jan '17

12 Jan '17

Apologies for cross-postings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEARIS 2017 10th Workshop on Software Engineering and Architectures for Realtime Interactive Systems Call for Papers 18th or 19th of March in Los Angeles, California, USA In conjunction with IEEE Virtual Reality 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deadlines and Dates: January 23, 2017: Short/long paper submission February 6, 2017: Notification of acceptance February 20, 2017: Camera-ready versions March 18/19, 2017: Workshop (please check http://www.searis.net for updates) Description: SEARIS provides a forum for researchers and practitioners working on the design, development, and support of realtime interactive systems (RIS). These systems span from Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) environments to novel Human-Computer Interaction systems (such as multimodal or multitouch architectures) and entertainment applications in general. Their common principle is a strong user centric orientation which requires real-time processing of simulation aspects as well as input/output events according to perceptual constraints. Therefore, we encourage researchers and developers of real-time human computer interaction systems of all flavors to share their experiences and learn from each other during this workshop. SEARIS wants to account the state-of-the-art in software design and software engineering for realtime interactive systems, to shape a common understanding, to compare systems and approaches and derive common paradigms, to develop useful and necessary methods and techniques, and to foster new ideas. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Architectures: data-flow-oriented, object-oriented, component-based, scene graph(s), etc. - Abstraction mechanisms: entity centered design, world descriptions, semantic modeling - Reusability/Extensibility: plugins, components, modules, extension points, etc. - RIS Programming: class libraries, scripting & core implementation languages, declarative languages and solutions - System Issues: operating systems, portability, networking, distribution, etc. - Adaptivity: support of configurability, personalization, adaptation - Behavior: support and integration of behavioral components (physics, AI, etc.) - Implementation and Testing of Realtime Interactive Systems - Performance: consideration of evaluation strategies, latency, synchronization, etc. This year we are celebrating the 10th edition of SEARIS in IEEE VR, and we want you to actively participate to make it special, first by submitting your contribution, and second by participating in the activities that we will announce in our website. Contribution Formats: Following last years, contributions are planned to be included and indexed in the IEEE digital library. 1. Research Papers (6-8 pages) Novel results in the field in the above mentioned categories related to RIS development. 2. Short Papers (up to 4 pages) Preliminary results or work in progress. 3. Position Papers (2-8 pages) Interesting and possibly controversial points of view of technical or technological advancements and approaches to foster a lively discussion at the event. 4. State of the Art Reports (6-8 pages) Surveys on the main results in this field, which will allow us to understand and compare achievements and approaches in tackling RIS issues from the VR/AR/MR/HCI communities. Papers must be written in English and follow the IEEE Computer Society format found at: http://ieeevr.org/2017/contribute/formatting.html Abstracts, full papers, and camera-ready versions have to be submitted electronically using the conference management tool found at the SEARIS website: http://www.searis.net/ Workshop Format: The SEARIS workshop will be a full-day event. Accepted authors for state of the art descriptions and discussion essays will present their ideas in a panel-like format. Accepted contributions for research papers will be organized in sessions consisting of presentations and discussions. During panels we will encourage the active participation of the audience. We expect this structure to provide a more focused discussions and a lively environment. Presenters will be asked to prepare a slide presentation of their accepted contribution. The general audience of this workshop will receive the workshop´s program with a set of questions in advance, which will guide the discussion in each topic´s panel. Organizers: - Marc Erich Latoschik, Würzburg University. - Dirk Reiners, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. - Wesley Griffin, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). - Pablo Figueroa, Universidad de los Andes Bogota, Colombia. -------------------------------------------------------- Jian Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~jichen

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Call for papers - special issue of Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, Deadline - March 31, 2017
by cdve .org 07 Jan '17

07 Jan '17

CALL FOR PAPERS Special issue “on cooperative design, visualization and engineering for multimodal systems and datasets” for the Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces Guest editors: Prof Yuhua Luo, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. yluo(a)ieee.org Prof Henry Duh, University of Tasmania, Australia. Henry.duh(a)utas.edu.au Dr. Weidong Huang, University of Tasmania, Australia. Tony.huang(a)utas.edu.au With the rapid advancement of storage media and network technologies, the data we need to deal with in organizational systems has become increasingly large and complex. How to address the distributive and multimodal nature of enterprise data and cooperative practice of system design to accommodate the demand for systems of data analytics remains an open problem, which has attracted rich attention from both from researchers and practitioners in these days. This specie issue targets on novel design principles, analytics techniques and evaluation methodologies that are to address issues surrounding cooperative design, visualization and engineering for multimodal systems and datasets. The primary objective is to foster focused attention in this emerging area and to serve as forum for researchers and professionals all over the world to exchange and discuss the latest advances. Papers to be submitted to this special issue must focus on multimodal interaction and multimodal interfaces (e.g. combination of several input and/or output modalities such as gesture, speech, vision, graphics, haptics, touch, etc.). All submitted papers will be peer- reviewed and papers will be selected based on their quality and relevance to the theme of this special issue. Topics considered for this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following: - Innovative visual processing, analytics systems and techniques of multimodal data - Case studies, user studies, and application systems of multimodal user interfaces and multimodal data sets - Multiple user, multiple location collaborative design methodologies - Demonstrating feasibility and applicability in cooperative design - Visualization for multiple user, multiple location, concurrent visualization - System architecture, prototypes, and user interfaces for cooperative visualization - Collaborative process planning, scheduling, control, conformance testing and interoperability checking, cooperative decision making - Human-machine interfaces, frameworks, reference models, architectures, tools and systems *Schedule:* Paper submission deadline: March 31, 2017 Notification of the first review: July 31, 2017 Revised paper submission: August 30, 2017 Final notification: Sept. 30, 2017 Final manuscript: Oct. 30, 2017 Publication: Early 2018 Instructions for authors: Submissions should be around 8-12 pages and must not have been previously published, with the exception that substantial extensions of conference and workshop papers (at least 30% new content) can be considered. Authors are requested to follow instructions for manuscript submission to the Journal of Multimodal User Interfaces ( http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/12193) and to submit manuscripts at the following link: http://www.editorialmanager.com/jmui/. Important: You should select the article type to be “SI-Coop” for this special issue. Journal information: http://www.springer.com/journal/12193 Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces Editor-in-Chief: J.-C. Martin ISSN: 1783-7677 (print version) ISSN: 1783-8738 (electronic version)

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Request for participants for visualization study
by Sara Johansson Fernstad 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

Dear Colleague, The visualization and analysis of incomplete data is an area that has not received much attention from the research community, although it is a challenge experienced in many areas of data analysis. You are invited to participate in a survey that aims to evaluate the performance of three visualization methods from the R-package VIM (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/VIM/VIM.pdf) in the context of displaying incomplete data. From your responses we will be able to evaluate what type of visualization may be best for solving particular tasks, and through this provide guidance for future research. The study is completely anonymous and is part of a project at University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK. It starts with an instructive video, followed by a set of tasks that will take around 15 minutes to complete. If you have any questions or comments regarding the study, please contact sara.fernstad(a)northumbria.ac.uk<mailto:sara.fernstad@northumbria.ac.uk>. To the study: https://northumbria.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/survey-visualization-of-missing-data Your participation is important and very much appreciated! Kind regards, Sara ________________________________________________________________ Dr Sara J Fernstad Senior Lecturer Department of Computer and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1XE United Kingdom E-mail: sara.fernstad(a)northumbria.ac.uk<mailto:sara.fernstad@northumbria.ac.uk> Phone: +44 (0)191 243 7384 Office: Pandon 243 http://fee.northumbria.ac.uk/staff/jlhv8 http://fee.northumbria.ac.uk/staff/jlhv8/nova/

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Short-term Visual Analytics Postdoc Position
by David S. Ebert 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

Short-term Visual Analytics Postdoc Position Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN We invite applications for a short-term postdoctoral researcher in visual analytics, visualization, and big data analytics across a wide spectrum of application areas. The successful candidate will perform research in visual analytics projects, big data analytics projects, lead research activities within the group, and interface with renowned academic research groups in visual analytics around the world. We are the lead of the Visualization Sciences Center of Excellence funded by U.S. DHS with additional funding, from DOD, NSF, and other government agencies. We have 26 partner institutions across the world. We have many interesting projects working on real data and great challenging projects. VACCINE is working closely with collaborators including health and public safety departments, medical doctors, US Coast Guard, TSA, computational scientists, combustion engineers, soundscape ecologists, businesses, and researchers in science, engineering, and economics. The ideal candidate has a Ph.D. with strong research background in one of the following: visual analytics, geospatial and temporal analysis, statistics, visualization, cognitive science, human computer interaction, big data, computer graphics or a closely related field. Both beginning and senior postdoctoral candidates are encouraged to apply. Excellent oral and written communication skills are mandatory. Starting date is January/February 2017 and the length can be 6-9 months. Extension of the term of postdoc into 2018 depends on the availability of funding. Applications including a CV and a research statement should be sent to David Ebert (ebertd(a)purdue.edu <mailto:ebertd@purdeu.edu> ). Sincerely, David ----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Dr. David S. Ebert, Silicon Valley Professor of ECE, Purdue University Director, Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments <http://www.visualanalytics-cci.org/> http://www.VisualAnalytics-CCI.org Director, Purdue Visualization and Analytics Center, <http://www.purvac.org/> www.purvac.org <mailto:ebertd@purdue.edu> ebertd(a)purdue.edu <http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd> http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------

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