December 2018 - Infovis

Lectureships in CS - City, University of London - giCentre
by Dykes, Jason 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

We're looking for creative and inspiring candidates for our permanent (tenured) Academic positions in Computer Science at City - Lecturer (Assistant Prof). http://bit.ly/cityJob60023128 Researchers in *visualization* are encouraged to apply to join the giCentre team in London. http://gicentre.net Application deadline - 28th August Please get in touch with Jo Wood or Jason Dykes to discuss - gicentre(a)city.ac.uk @giCentre @city_cs

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CFP: BigVis : Big Data Visual Exploration and Analytics Intl. Workshop @ EDBT/ICDT
by Nikos Bikakis 28 Dec '18

28 Dec '18

Call for Papers BigVis 2019 :: 2nd International Workshop on Big Data Visual Exploration and Analytics https://bigvis.imsi.athenarc.gr/bigvis2019 EDBT/ICDT 2019, March 26, 2019, Lisbon, Portugal Held in conjunction with the 22nd Intl. Conference on Extending Database Technology & 22nd Intl. Conference on Database Theory (EDBT/ICDT 2019) In the Big Data era, the growing availability of a variety of massive datasets presents challenges and opportunities to not only corporate data analysts but also others, such as research scientists, data journalists, policy makers, SMEs, and individual data enthusiasts datasets are typically: accessible in a raw format that are not being loaded or indexed in a database (e.g., plain text, json, rdf), dynamic, dirty and heterogeneous in nature. The level of difficulty in transforming a data-curious user into someone who can access and analyze that data is even more burdensome now for a great number of users with little or no support and expertise on the data processing part. The purpose of visual data exploration is to facilitate information perception and manipulation, knowledge extraction and inference by non-expert users. Interactive visualization, used in a variety of modern systems, provides users with intuitive means to interpret and explore the content of the data, identify interesting patterns, infer correlations and causalities, and supports sense-making activities that are not always possible with traditional data analysis techniques. In the Big Data era, several challenges arise in the field of data visualization and analytics. First, the modern exploration and visualization systems should offer scalable data management techniques in order to efficiently handle billion objects datasets, limiting the system response in a few milliseconds. Besides, nowadays systems must address the challenge of on-the-fly scalable visualizations over large and dynamic sets of volatile raw data, offering efficient interactive exploration techniques, as well as mechanisms for information abstraction, sampling and summarization for addressing problems related to visual information overplotting. Further, they must encourage user comprehension offering customization capabilities to different user-defined exploration scenarios and preferences according to the analysis needs. Overall, the challenge is to enable users to gain value and insights out of the data as rapidly as possible, minimizing the role of IT-expert in the loop. The BigVis workshop aims at addressing the above challenges and issues by providing a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss exchange and disseminate their work. BigVis attempts to attract attention from the research areas of Data Management & Mining, Information Visualization and Human-Computer Interaction and highlight novel works that bridge together these communities. Workshop Topics ------------------------------- In the context of visual exploration and analytics, topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Visualization and exploration techniques for various Big Data types (e.g., stream, spatial, high-dimensional, graph) - Human-centered database techniques - Indexes and data structures for data visualization - In situ visual exploration and analytics - Progressive visual analytics - Interactive caching and prefetching - Scalable visual operations (e.g., zooming, panning, linking, brushing) - Big Data visual representation techniques (e.g., aggregation, sampling, multi-level, filtering) - Setting-oriented visualization (e.g., display resolution/size, smart phones, pixel-oriented, visualization over networks) - User-oriented visualization (e.g., assistance, personalization, recommendation) - Visual analytics (e.g., pattern matching, timeseries analytics, prediction analysis, outlier detection, OLAP) - Immersive visualization and visual analytics - Visual and interactive data mining - Models of human-in-the-loop data analysis - High performance/Parallel techniques - Visualization hardware and acceleration techniques - Linked Data and ontologies visualization - Case and user studies - Systems and tools Submissions ------------------------------- - regular research papers (up to 8 pages) - work-in-progress papers (up to 4 pages) - vision papers (up to 4 pages) - system papers and demos (up to 4 pages) Important Dates ------------------------------- Submission: January 11 2019 **extended** Notification: January 22, 2019 Camera-ready: January 29, 2019 Deadlines expire at 5pm PT Workshop: March 26, 2019 Organizing Committee ------------------------------- Nikos Bikakis, University of Ioannina, Greece Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California-Davis, USA Olga Papaemmanouil, Brandeis University, USA George Papastefanatos, ATHENA Research Center, Greece Special Issue ------------------------------- Extended versions of the best papers of BigVis 2019 will be invited for submission in a special issue of an international journal. (TBA) Program Committee ------------------------------- James Abello, Rutgers University, USA Demosthenes Akoumianakis, Techn Instit of Crete, Greece Gennady Andrienko, Fraunhofer, Germany Manos Athanassoulis, Harvard, USA Leilani Battle, University of Maryland, USA Carsten Binnig, Brown University, UK Nan Cao, Tongji University, China Maria Beatriz Carmo, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Giorgio Caviglia, Trifacta Inc Wei Chen, Zhejiang University, China Rick Cole, Tableau Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Trieste, Italy Aba-Sah Dadzie, The Open University, UK Issei Fujishiro, Keio University, Japan Giorgos Giannopoulos, ATHENA Research Center, Greece Parke Godfrey, University of York, Canada Daniel Goncalves, University of Montpellier, France Michael Gubanov, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Marcel Hlawatsch, University of Stuttgart, Germany Yifan Hu, Yahoo! Christophe Hurter, ENAC, France Eser Kandogan, IBM Anastasios Kementsietsidis, Google James Klosowski, AT&T Research Stephen G. Kobourov, University of Arizona, USA Georgia Koutrika, ATHENA Research Center, Greece Giuseppe Liotta, University of Perugia, Italy Guoliang Li, Tsinghua University, China Zhicheng Liu, Adobe Steffen Lohmann, Fraunhofer, Germany Marios Meimaris, ATHENA Research Center, Greece Davide Mottin, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany Martin Nollenburg, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Chris North, Virginia Tech, USA Paul Parsons, Purdue University, USA Laura Po, Unimore, Italy Neoklis Polyzotis, Google Gerik Scheuermann, University of Leipzig, Germany Tobias Schreck, Graz University of Technology, Austria Thibault Sellam, Columbia University, USA Mike Sips, GFZ, Germany Dimitrios Skoutas, ATHENA Research Center, Greece Kostas Stefanidis, University of Tampere, Finland Cagatay Turkay, City University London, UK Yannis Tzitzikas, University of Crete, Greece Panos Vassiliadis, University of Ioannina, Greece Chaoli Wang, University of Notre Dame, USA Kai Xu, Middlesex University, UK Hongfeng Yu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

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4 Research Associate Posts on 2-year Esports R&D Project @ University of York, UK
by Jonathan Hook 22 Dec '18

22 Dec '18

== 4 Research Associate Posts on 2-year Esports R&D Project @ University of York, UK == Role: 4 PDRA roles (see details and specific adverts below) Institution: University of York Closing date: 18/01/2019 Contract status: 2 years (fixed term) Salary: £32,236 - £39,609 Digital Creativity Labs at the University of York are hiring four Research Associates for a major 2 year R&D project aiming to demonstrate how immersive and data-driven technologies can radically transform audience experiences surrounding esports. The project seeks to re-imagine the way audiences engage with the genre through hyper-personalised stories, interactive content, data-driven narratives and cross-reality experiences that seamlessly stretch across devices, technologies, and spaces. The project consortium includes key industry stakeholders and leading innovators across esports, VR, XR, virtual studio technology, 360 degree video and big data analytics, including ESL, the world's leading esports company. The project will be carried out by a dedicated team of over 50 people, including software developers, 2D & 3D artists, content producers, designers, market analysts, business developers, as well as four key researchers located at the University of York, which will be leading on the key innovation areas of the project (UX / Data Visualisation, Data-Driven Storytelling, Game Analytics and User Analytics). The York-based project team will be situated at Digital Creativity Labs (DC Labs), a world centre of excellence for impact-driven research in digital creativity, focusing on digital games, interactive media and the rich space in which they converge. This will be a unique opportunity for researchers who are passionate to create working research products and want to see their ideas have immediate impact - millions of people will interact with their research outputs over the project's duration. The jobs advertisements are available here: 1) Research Associate in Data-Driven Storytelling: https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_we… 2) Research Associate in Game Analytics: https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_we… 3) Research Associate in UX / Data Visualisation: https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_we… 4) Research Associate in User Analytics: https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_we… If there are any questions please don't hesitate to contact florian.block(a)york.ac.uk

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CDVE2019 call for papers - Seasons' Greetings!
by cdve .org 22 Dec '18

22 Dec '18

CDVE2019 Call for Papers - The 16th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering The 16th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering - CDVE2019 will be held from October 6-9, 2019 in Mallorca, Spain. You are welcome to submit unpublished papers to the conference. The conference proceedings of CDVE2019 will be published by the LNCS - Lecture Notes in Computer Science by Springer and indexed by ISI(CPCI-S), Web of Science, EI, Scopus, DBLP, ACM Digital Library. Selected papers will be invited to fully expand to be included in special issues of a couple SCI indexed journals. The topics of the paper should be within the scope of the conference. See the conference web page http://www.cdve.org/cfpaper.html for detailed information. At least one keyword of your paper should be chosen from the call of papers. All the papers should follow the LNCS format restrictively. The submission page is: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cdve2019 Abstract submission - 2 pages, Feb 15, 2019. This step is recommended not compulsory. You can submit a paper without submitting an abstract. You will get some feedback about your abstract. The feedback is to help to raise the quality of your paper at the earlier stage. Full paper deadline: April 10, 2019. Full Papers - 8 pages. Short Paper submission: April 20, 2019. Short papers - 4 pages. Poster Paper abstract submission deadline: June 20, 2019 Final camera ready paper due and registration for accepted paper authors: June 20, 2019 Early registration for all others: July 31, 2019 Oct. 6 - 9, 2019, CDVE2019 conference, Mallorca, Spain Venue Mallorca is a famous vacation resort in the Mediterranean Sea with beautiful landscape - long beaches, plains, mountains and cliffs. It is the number one choice for Europeans to spend their holidays. There are many direct flights to this islands every day from all the major cities in Europe. The airport code is PMI. You will enjoy it for sure! Contact All questions about submissions should be emailed to cdve2019(a)easychair.org The holiday season is coming, we wish you a very happy holiday season and Happy 2019! Please feel free to forward this call. You can reply to this mail putting "unsubscribe" as the subject if you would like to unsubscribe the calls from us. ----------------------------- The 16th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering Oct. 6 - 9, 2019, Mallorca, Spain Email: cdve2019(a)easychair.org <cdve2018(a)easychair.org> Web: http://www.cdve.org

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Student travel support grants for ACM IUI 2019
by Axel Soto 20 Dec '18

20 Dec '18

Applications for student travel support grants for attending IUI 2019 are now open! See https://iui.acm.org/2019/student_grants.html for details. -- ACM IUI 2019 (https://iui.acm.org/2019/) is the 24th annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community.

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From Skala - Call for Papers - 27. WSCG 2019 Conf. on Graphics, Visualization & Computer Vision
by Prof. Ing. Vaclav Skala, CSc. 16 Dec '18

16 Dec '18

>>> 27. WSCG conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2019 <<< >>> 27 years held in Pilsen, Czech Republic <<< >> Please, resend this Call for Papers ----------------------------------------------- >> Call for Papers and Conference Announcement >> WSCG 2019 >> Registration & submission is open ------------------------------------------------------------- WSCG 2019 (held annually since 1992) 27. Int. Conf. on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2019 http://www.wscg.eu – main page of WSCG http://www.wscg.cz – WSCG 2019 page When: May 27 – 31, 2019 Where: Primavera Congress Center, Pilsen (the City of Beer), close to Prague, Czech Republic approx. 70 mins. from the Prague Airport by public transport > Proposals for workshops and special session are welcome. Important dates: --------------------- >> WSCG 2019 27. Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2019 http://www.WSCG.eu Submission: Workshops/Special sessions proposals - December 15, 2018 (via e-mail) January 31, 2019 - Abstract (recommended), February 11, 2019 - Full, Short, Poster papers Proceedings will be published in Computer Science Research Notes (ISSN 2464-4617). The best selected papers will be published in the Journal of WSCG (ISSN 1213-6972). >> "Pay to publish" strategy submission is NOT acceptable. << >> At least one author has to present the paper at the conference. << >> Proceedings will be made after the conference. << Recent publications available via http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm - repository since 1992. Contact: skala(a)kiv.zcu.cz subject: WSCG 2019 Organizer & Chair --------------------- 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 Announcement sent via: skala(a)kiv.zcu.cz Main topics (but not limited to) --------------------------- Computer graphics Scientific visualization Medical visualization Computer vision Image processing Pattern recognition GPU graphics Rendering and animation Virtual reality Haptic systems Medical imaging Graphical human computer interfaces Graphical interaction Computational photography Data compression for graphics Image based rendering Physically based modeling Mathematical methods for graphics and vision Geometric modeling Shape analysis Shape modeling Shape retrieval Surface and volume parametrization Parallel graphics CAD, CAGD and GIS systems and other related topics

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CFP: ACM TVX 2019 International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television & Online Video
by Jonathan Hook 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

=== TVX 2019: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION === ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television & Online Video 5-7 June 2019 Manchester, UK http://tvx2019.com The ACM TVX 2019 Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video will be held on 5-7 June 2019 at Manchester’s MediaCityUK hub for technology innovation and creativity. TVX is the leading international conference for presentation and discussion of research into online video and TV interaction and user experience. The conference brings together international researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, ranging from human-computer interaction, multimedia engineering and design to media studies, media psychology and sociology. We invite authors to submit Long & Short Papers, Workshop Proposals, Demos, Work-in-Progress, TVX in Industry and Doctoral Consortium submissions. These can address various facets of TV, online video and other forms of video-centric media including (but not limited to): understanding what audiences want and how they engage with content; developing new content forms and formats, and video centric experiences; analysing and developing underlying technologies and systems; critiquing and developing production tools and workflows; developing new business models and marketing techniques; understanding wider social and cultural contexts; and showcasing avant-garde ideas and media art. === SUBMISSION DEADLINES === All deadlines are specified as 12:00 PT. -- 16th November 2018 (passed): Workshop Proposals -- 18th January 2019: Long & Short Papers (abstract, title & metadata) -- 25th January 2019: Long & Short Papers (submission of manuscript) -- 22nd March 2019: TVX-in-Industry, Demos, Work-in-Progress, Doctoral Consortium -- 1st November 2018: SIGCHI Student Travel Grant -- 15th November 2018: SIGCHI Gary Marsden Student Development Fund == SUBMISSION TYPES == Further details on each of the conference tracks, including formatting requirements and how to submit can be found on the conference website: http://tvx2019.com. -- Long & Short Papers: high quality academic papers that make a significant contribution to the field of interactive, immersive and online video. -- Workshop Proposals: proposals for half-day workshops that convene communities of researchers and provoke focussed debate around specific TVX topics. -- TVX-in-Industry: presentations that share significant advances in research and development, technologies and real-world experiences that have industrial applicability. -- Demos: demonstrations of novel experiences and technologies, which will be exhibited at our “Conference Bazaar”; a hands-on day of interactivity at held in the BBC. -- Work-in-Progress: submissions that highlight innovative and promising ongoing work. Work in Progress submissions will be presented as posters with an optional demo at the above-mentioned “Conference Bazaar”. -- Doctoral Consortium: an interactive forum for PhD students to share their ideas and plans, and gain feedback from leading figures in the TVX community. == ACM EUROPE COUNCIL BEST PAPER AWARD @ TVX 2019 == This year, we are proud to announce that TVX Long & Short Paper submissions will be considered for an ACM Europe Council Best Paper Award. The ACM Europe Council Best Paper Awards recognize authors of outstanding technical contributions to ACM conferences taking place in Europe. Awards at TVX will be given to acknowledge ground-breaking research, likely to shape the future of computing both in Europe and worldwide. Winners will be decided by the Program Committee and will receive a plaque and a 1000 Euro honorarium. == STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS == SIGCHI provides two opportunities for students to receive funding to attend TVX: the SIGCHI Student Travel Grant and the Gary Marsden Student Development Fund. Details about these programs, how to apply and deadlines can be found here: https://tvx.acm.org/2019/attending/student-travel-grant-programme/ == MENTORING == During the TVX submission process, we can provide the opportunity to receive feedback and guidance from established researchers. The mentoring program is geared towards Long and Short Papers, and Work in Progress Papers, so that those who need additional support in their submission can be assisted. In the mentorship program, we get you in contact with a specific member of the community who will provide feedback and support for your submission. Further information can be found here: https://tvx.acm.org/2019/mentoring/ == ORGANIZERS == -- General chairs: Jonathan Hook, Marian Ursu and Phil Stenton (chairs(a)tvx2019.com) -- Programme chairs: Guy Schofield and Vatavu (papers(a)tvx2019.com) -- Workshop chairs: Tom Bartindale and Davy Smith (workshops(a)tvx2019.com) -- Demo chairs: Shauna Concannon and Timothy Neate (demos(a)tvx2019.com) -- Work-in-Progress chairs: Werner Bailer and Rhianne Jones (wip(a)tvx2019.com) -- Doctoral Consortium chairs: Mike Evans and Hartmut Koenitz (dc(a)tvx2019.com) -- TVX in Industry chairs: Ian Kegel and Ian Forrester (industry(a)tvx2019.com) -- Inclusion chairs: Mariana Lopez and Si Jung "SJ" Kim (inclusion(a)tvx2019.com) -- Publicity chairs: David Green and Rene Kaiser (publicity(a)tvx2019.com) -- Sponsorship chair: Florian Block (sponsorship(a)tvx2019.com) -- Student volunteer chairs: Gerald Wilkinson and Neelima Sailaja (sv(a)tvx2019.com) -- Web chairs: Sha Li and David Zendle (web(a)tvx2019.com) == FURTHER INFORMATION == For up-to-date information and further details visit: http://tvx2019.com. To keep updated about conference developments, you may also wish to join our mailing list (tvx-announce(a)listserv.acm.org) using the subscription form on this page (https://tvx.acm.org/sc/) or by sending a mail to listserv(a)acm.org with the following text in the body of the mail: “subscribe tvx-announce Firstname Lastname”. For any other questions, please contact the conference chairs on: chairs(a)tvx2019.com. Jonathan Hook Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media Department of Theatre, Film and Television University of York, Baird Lane, YO10 5GB +44 (0)1904 325238 www.jonhook.co.uk <http://www.jonhook.co.uk/>

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PNAS papers on "Modeling and Visualizing Science and Technology Developments"
by Borner, Katy 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

Dear all, Papers from the "Modeling and Visualizing Science and Technology Developments" Sackler Colloquium became available today. Videos of the talks are available on the Sackler YouTube Channel<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGJm1x3XQeK1llORePe-7Gzujs9Ic9aYq>. Enjoy and Merry XMas! K Introduction: Forecasting innovations in science, technology, and education<https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1818750115> Katy Börner, William B. Rouse, Paul Trunfio, and H. Eugene Stanley Proc Natl Acad Sci USA published ahead of print December 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1818750115 Twin-Win Model: A human-centered approach to research success<https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1802918115> Ben Shneiderman Proc Natl Acad Sci USA published ahead of print December 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1802918115 How science and technology developments impact employment and education<https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1803216115> Wendy Martinez Proc Natl Acad Sci USA published ahead of print December 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803216115 The chaperone effect in scientific publishing<https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1800471115> Vedran Sekara, Pierre Deville, Sebastian E. Ahnert, Albert-László Barabási, Roberta Sinatra, and Sune Lehmann Proc Natl Acad Sci USA published ahead of print December 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800471115 Scientific prize network predicts who pushes the boundaries of science<https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1800485115> Yifang Ma and Brian Uzzi Proc Natl Acad Sci USA published ahead of print December 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800485115 Opportunities to observe and measure intangible inputs to innovation: Definitions, operationalization, and examples<https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1800467115> Sallie Keller, Gizem Korkmaz, Carol Robbins, and Stephanie Shipp Proc Natl Acad Sci USA published ahead of print December 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800467115 Changing demographics of scientific careers: The rise of the temporary workforce<https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1800478115> Staša Milojević, Filippo Radicchi, and John P. Walsh Proc Natl Acad Sci USA published ahead of print December 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800478115 Macroscopic dynamics and the collapse of urban traffic<https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1800474115> Luis E. Olmos, Serdar Çolak, Sajjad Shafiei, Meead Saberi, and Marta C. González Proc Natl Acad Sci USA published ahead of print December 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800474115 Vision for a systems architecture to integrate and transform population health<https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1809919115> Guruprasad Madhavan, Charles E. Phelps, William B. Rouse, and Rino Rappuoli Proc Natl Acad Sci USA published ahead of print December 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1809919115 The role of industry-specific, occupation-specific, and location-specific knowledge in the growth and survival of new firms<https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1800475115> C. Jara-Figueroa, Bogang Jun, Edward L. Glaeser, and Cesar A. Hidalgo Proc Natl Acad Sci USA published ahead of print December 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800475115 Skill discrepancies between research, education, and jobs reveal the critical need to supply soft skills for the data economy<https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1804247115> Katy Börner, Olga Scrivner, Mike Gallant, Shutian Ma, Xiaozhong Liu, Keith Chewning, Lingfei Wu, and James A. Evans Proc Natl Acad Sci USA published ahead of print December 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804247115 Modeling research universities: Predicting probable futures of public vs. private and large vs. small research universities<https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1807174115> William B. Rouse, John V. Lombardi, and Diane D. Craig Proc Natl Acad Sci USA published ahead of print December 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807174115 -- Katy Borner Victor H. Yngve Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Information Science Director, CI for Network Science Center, http://cns.iu.edu Curator, Mapping Science exhibit, http://scimaps.org ISE and ILS, School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Luddy Hall 4018, 700 N. Woodlawn Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA Phone: (812) 855-3256 Fax: -6166

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[EuroVA2019] CFP: EuroVA 2019 - EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics in Porto, Portogal
by Organizers EuroVA 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

Dear colleagues, Please find below the call for papers for EuroVA 2019 - EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics. We are celebrating the 10th anniversary of EuroVA !! EuroVA 2019 Workshop EuroVA 2019 (http://www.eurova.org) is the tenth international EuroVis workshop on Visual Analytics. It will take place on Monday, June 3, 2019 in Porto, Portugal and is co-located with EuroVis 2019 (https://www.eurovis.org) Visual Analytics is a problem-solving and sense-making technology that integrates analytical computations, visual representations, and interaction. It includes the analysis of complex (massive, dynamic, uncertain, …) data and information for gaining understanding, building knowledge, and inferring insight. Visual Analytics aims at a synergistic collaboration of humans and computers mediated through interactive visual interfaces. As such, Visual Analytics is an interdisciplinary field of research, including aspects of visualization, human-computer interaction, statistics and mathematics, data management and knowledge representation, data analysis and machine learning, cognitive and perceptual sciences, and more. EuroVA 2019 is the premier workshop to present and discuss fresh ideas on new methods and theories, novel applications, designs, and studies on the use of Visual Analytics methods and systems. The workshop will accept a wide range of contributions within the broad area of Visual Analytics, including novel techniques, systems, applications, evaluation studies and methods, and theoretical foundations, as well as fresh viewpoints on future challenges and critical reflections. Proceedings will be published in EG Digital Library. As a new development this year, selected papers are planned to be invited to submit their extended paper to a special issue of ACM TIIS (* subject to final approval). Call for Submissions EuroVA, a premiere workshop on Visual Analytics, is celebrating its 10th anniversary! The workshop seeks to attract innovative, fresh and creative ideas with a high potential of becoming significant contributions to the Visual Analytics community. We welcome a wide range of contributions within the broad area of Visual Analytics, including research papers presenting novel techniques or systems, evaluation studies and methods, and theoretical foundations, application papers, that describe success stories of Visual Analytics in practice, as well as fresh position papers expressing novel and potentially controversial viewpoints on Visual Analytics. Topics The workshop covers a broad range of topics in the area of Visual Analytics including, but not limited to: - User aspects in Visual Analytics - Scalable Visual Analytics - Visual Analytics for machine learning & machine learning for Visual Analytics & machine learning for Visual Analytics - Decision making through Visual Analytics - Visual Analytics based analytical workflows - Visual Analytics of streaming data - Uncertainty-aware Visual Analytics - Visual Analytics in Data Science - Interaction techniques and novel data representations for data analysis - Visual analysis of analytical processes and provenance - Infrastructures, systems, frameworks, and architectures for Visual Analytics - Data management, data provenance, and data uncertainty - Evaluation of Visual Analytics - Methodologic and theoretical foundations of Visual Analytics - Visual Analytics applications, such as sports, medicine, biology, finance, security, telecommunication, travel, ... Important Dates - Submission: March 7, 2019 - Notification: April 10, 2019 - Camera-ready: April 24, 2019 - Workshop: June 3, 2019 All submission deadlines are at 23:59 GMT on the date indicated. Submission Guidelines Papers, 4 pages in length + 1 extra page for references (maximum) must be prepared using the EuroVA LaTeX template, which can be downloaded here: download link <http://www.eurova.org/wp-content/uploads/egPublStyle-EuroVA2019.zip> Papers are to be submitted via the new PCS at: https://new.precisionconference.com/eurova19a. Publication and Special Issue Papers At least one author of an accepted paper must register and participate in the workshop to present the accepted work. The EuroVA 2019 Workshop Proceedings will be published by the Eurographics Association <https://www.eg.org/>, and be stored on the Eurographics Digital Library <https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/982>. It is planned that the authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to a special issue of ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TIIS) (https://tiis.acm.org/) (* subject to final approval). Further details will be announced on this page. OrganizersProgram chairs - Tatiana von Landesberger, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany - Cagatay Turkay, City, University of London, UK Publicity chair - Michael Behrisch, Harvard University, Cambridge Steering Committee - Daniel Keim, University of Konstanz Germany - Jörn Kohlhammer, Fraunhofer IGD, Germany *Links* News: http://www.eurova.org/ EuroVA 2019: http://www.eurova.org/eurova-2019

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Second call for papers: Schematic Mapping Workshop 2019
by Martin Nöllenburg 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

======================================================================== 2nd Call for Papers 2nd Schematic Mapping Workshop April 11-12, 2019 – TU Wien, Vienna, Austria www.schematicmapping.org ======================================================================== PDF version: https://tinyurl.com/y7sblgtb ======================================================================== * Submission deadline approaching: December 21, 2018 * Registration is now open. ======================================================================== First held in 2014 at the University of Essex, UK, the multidisciplinary Schematic Mapping Workshop brings together researchers and practitioners working on schematic maps of transport networks, including computer scientists, cartographers, graphic designers, psychologists, transport professionals and more. TOPICS ------ Submissions are invited on the following, or related topics concerning schematic mapping of transport networks: - New methods and algorithms for automatic layout of schematic maps - Theory of network schematics - Methods for evaluating/measuring map quality - Theoretical approaches to usability of schematic maps and its measurement - Results of usability and user-experience studies of schematic maps - Cross-cultural differences in designing and using schematic maps - Schematic mapping implemented on portable devices - The role of cognitive psychology in designing and understanding schematic maps - Critiques of existing schematic maps - New approaches to schematic mapping, such as use of atypical design rules - Historical approaches to mapping transport systems - The use of schematic maps beyond transit domains SUBMISSIONS ----------- We invite the following contributions, all will be submitted to peer review: - *Regular papers* will present original research, submitted as a four-page manuscript. Accepted papers will be presented orally. - *Posters* will present current projects or new techniques at an early stage of development, submitted as a two-page summary. Accepted posters will be exhibited at the workshop. - *Designs* that implement fresh approaches to mapping are welcome, submitted as a one-page description plus image. Accepted designs will be exhibited at the workshop. - *Position papers* will be solicited by the program committee, but proposals for these are welcome; please contact the organisers directly. Accepted contributions will be made available electronically as a collection of preprints. Authors will retain copyright. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Submission deadline December 21, 2018 (Anywhere on Earth) Notification February 8, 2019 Final versions due March 8, 2019 Schematic Mapping Workshop April 11-12, 2019 CO-CHAIRS --------- Martin Nöllenburg, TU Wien, AT Georg Gartner, TU Wien, AT Maxwell Roberts, University of Essex, UK PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- Linden Ball, University of Central Lancashire, UK David Forrest, University of Glasgow, UK Elise Grison, Institute Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, FR Zhan Guo, New York University, USA Bernhard Jenny, Monash University, AU Alexander Klippel, Pennsylvania State University, USA Menno-Jan Kraak, University of Twente, NL Wouter Meulemans, TU Eindhoven, NL Daniel R. Montello, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Sheila Pontis, Princeton University, USA and Sense Information Design Angela Schwering, WWU Münster, DE Alexander Wolff, University of Würzburg, DE CONTACT ------- For enquires about submissions, email: submissions(a)schematicmapping.org For all other enquiries, email: schematicmapping2019(a)ac.tuwien.ac.at

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