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CFP HICSS Interactive Visual Analytics and Visualization for Decision Making minitrack
by Brian Fisher 07 Jun '18

07 Jun '18

Please Consider submitting your paper to: Interactive Visual Analytics and Visualization for Decision Making - Making Sense of a Growing Digital World Minitrack ( Decision Analytics, Mobile Services, and Service Science Track, HICSS 52) by : June 15, 2018 David Ebert (Primary Contact) Purdue University ebertd(a)purdue.edu<mailto:ebertd@purdue.edu> Brian Fisher Simon Fraser University bfisher(a)sfu.ca<mailto:bfisher@sfu.ca> Kelly Gaither University of Texas kelly(a)tacc.utexas.edu ----- 52nd HICSS 2019, Maui, Hawaii January 8-11, 2019 – Maui, Hawaii URL:http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-and-minitracks/authors/ Submission Deadline: June 15, 2018 | 11:59 pm HST Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: August 17, 2018 Interactive Visual Analytics and Visualization for Decision Making supports human decision making through interaction with data and statistical and machine learning processes, with applications in a broad range of situations where human expertise must be brought to bear on problems characterized by massive datasets and data that are uncertain in fact, relevance, location in space and position in time. Current applications include environmental science and technologies, natural resources and energy, health and related life sciences, precision medicine, safety and security and business processes. We encourage submissions that extend the areas of use to new analytic tasks in science and technology, public health, business intelligence, the digital economy, financial analysis, data-driven policy and decision-making, social sciences, and other domains. Particular emphasis will be given to submissions that use visual analytics for social change discovery, analysis and communication. Submissions may include studies of visual analytics and decision support in the context of an organization (e.g., communication between analysts and policy-makers), perceptual and cognitive aspects of the analytic task, Interactive Machine Learning, and collaborative analysis using visual information systems. Minitrack Co-Chairs: David Ebert (Primary Contact) Purdue University ebertd(a)purdue.edu<mailto:ebertd@purdue.edu> Brian Fisher Simon Fraser University bfisher(a)sfu.ca<mailto:bfisher@sfu.ca> Kelly Gaither University of Texas kelly(a)tacc.utexas.edu

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2nd CfP: 4th Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics (BDVA): 17.-19.10.2018 Konstanz
by Abdul Rahman, Alfie 28 May '18

28 May '18

====================================================================================== 4th International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics (BDVA 2018) 2nd Call for Papers Konstanz, Germany - October 17th to October 19th 2018 ====================================================================================== The BDVA 2018 Symposium is calling for contributions in the area of Visual Analytics and Immersive Analytics of Big Data. Submit your work and be part of a vibrant venue that will bring together an exciting programme with internationally renowned keynote speakers, special sessions, and workshops: http://bdva.net Visual Analytics plays a major role in the analysis and decision-making processes for science, industry, and government organisations. It is one of the best ways we have for making sense of large and complex data sets. Reflecting its history of encouraging research into less-traditional approaches to visual analytics, this year BDVA has broadened scope to include the emerging field of Immersive Analytics. Immersive Analytics aims to support data understanding and decision making everywhere and by everyone, working individually or collaboratively. It aims to make embodied tools that are intuitive, engaging, and make the best possible use of all sensory channels. This may be achieved through the use of immersive virtual environment technologies, natural interfaces or responsive analytics, but is not tied to the use of any particular technology. Immersive Analytics brings promising opportunities to interact with Big Data coming from geo-science, biomedical applications, collective behaviour, text mining, crime analysis, among other application domains. Symposium topics include but are not limited to: - Theoretical Foundations of Immersive Analytics - Immersive Storytelling - Collaborative Visual and Immersive Analytics - Personalized Visual and Immersive Analytics - Use of Mixed Reality for Analytics including Situated Analytics - Visual, Audio, Haptic, and Multisensory Data Presentation including Data Physicalization - Human-Computer Interaction including Use of Natural Interfaces for Analytics - Analytical Reasoning and Sense-making of Big or Complex Data - Scalable Visual and Immersive Analytics including HPC for Visualisation - Responsive Analytic Algorithms for Interactive Data Exploration - Big Data Management, Transformation, and Presentation - Context-Semantics-driven Visual and Immersive Analytics - Processes & Tools for Building Visual and Immersive Analytics Applications - Applications and Case Studies Submission Info Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished regular papers of 4 to 9 pages (+ 2 pages for references) that report novel and mature work. Paper quality versus length will be assessed based on a contribution-per-page judgment. The symposium proceedings will be will be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore. It is a condition of publication that accepted papers are presented by one of the authors. All accepted papers will be presented during the symposium. Presenters must register before the camera-ready deadline to avoid withdrawal from the symposium proceedings and programme. Abstracts are due on 17 June 2018 and full papers deadline is on 24 June 2018. General Chair Falk Schreiber, University of Konstanz, Germany Program Chairs M. Eduard Gröller, TU Wien, Austria Kim Marriott, Monash University, Australia Program Committee (Partial) Benjamin Bach, The University of Edinburgh Fabian Beck, University of Duisburg-Essen Tomasz Bednarz, UNSW Art & Design, CSIRO Data61 Silvia Castro, Universidad Nacional del Sur Jian Chen, The Ohio State University Maxime Cordeil, Monash University Tim Dwyer, Monash University Niklas Elmqvist, University of Maryland Ulrich Engelke, CSIRO Martin Falk, Linköping University Carla Freitas, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Issei Fujishiro, Keio University Hans-Christian Hege, Zuse Institute Berlin Nathalie Henry-Riche, Microsoft Marcel Hlawatsch, University of Stuttgart Tony Huang Swinburne, University of Technology Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University Jinman Kim, The University of Sydney Karsten Klein, University of Konstanz Steffen Koch, University of Stuttgart Nils Kriege, TU Dortmund Michael Krone, University of Tübingen Bongshin Lee, Microsoft Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California, Davis G.Elisabeta Marai, University of Illinois at Chicago Kresimir Matkovic, VRVis Research Center Frank Maurer, University of Calgary Quang Vinh Nguyen, Western Sydney University Aruquia Peixoto, CEFET/RJ Jonathan Roberts, Bangor University Bahador Saket, Georgia Institute of Technology Dieter Schmalstieg, Graz University of Technology Heidrun Schumann, University of Rostock Wolfgang Stürzlinger, Simon Fraser University Shigeo Takahashi, University of Aizu Bruce H. Thomas, University of South Australia Manuela Waldner, Vienna University of Technology Yingcai Wu, Zhejiang University Anders Ynnerman, Linköping University Kang Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas Organising Chairs Alexandra Diehl, University of Konstanz, Germany Björn Sommer, University of Konstanz, Germany Publicity Chair Alfie Abdul-Rahman, King’s College London, UK

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Postdoc and PhD position at TU Wien (Vienna, Austria) in human-centered visualization algorithms
by Martin Nöllenburg 25 May '18

25 May '18

The Algorithms and Complexity Group at TU Wien (http://www.ac.tuwien.ac.at) invites applications for two open positions (one postdoc, one PhD student) in the FWF project "Human-Centered Algorithm Engineering: Graph and Map Visualization". The project is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and deals with algorithmic problems in graph visualization and cartography that tightly integrate human expertise into the algorithmic optimization process. It combines aspects of algorithm engineering, information visualization, and human-computer interaction. The intended starting date of both positions is September 1, 2018 (with some flexibility). Applicants for the _postdoc position_ should have a doctoral degree in computer science (or a related field) with a focus on visualization algorithms, visual analytics, human-computer interaction, or some other project-related area, as proven by the publication track record. A strong research interest in combining algorithmic techniques and human interaction in theory and practice is necessary. Applicants for the _PhD student position_ should have an excellent Master degree (or equivalent) in computer science or a related subject with a focus on algorithmics or algorithm engineering, good programming skills and a strong research interest in human-in-the-loop visualization algorithms, computational cartography, or graph drawing. We offer a stimulating and collaborative working environment in a successful international research group on algorithms and complexity at TU Wien, one of the top-ranking universities in computer science in Europe. In 2018, Vienna has been awarded as the world's city with the highest quality of living for the ninth year in a row. We start screening the applications on June 1, 2018. To express your interest, please send at least a short email with your CV by that date. See the full job advertisement for more detail: PhD position: http://bit.ly/2rho5ka Postdoc position: http://bit.ly/2FBGeUb For further information about the project and the positions, contact the PI of the project, Prof. Martin Nöllenburg <noellenburg(a)ac.tuwien.ac.at>.

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IFIP-ICEC || Entertainment Computing || 18-20th Sept 2018 || 4th June: posters/tutorials/demos/emering topics/interactive sessions || Poznan, Poland
by Artur Lugmayr 25 May '18

25 May '18

Please note, this will be the last email over this list, as we are working on implementing the GDPR. We will inform you about how to remain subscribed to this list in a follow-up email. ========================================================================== ========================================================================== ========================================================================== 17th IFIP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING (ICEC'18), co-located with IFIP World Computer Congress (WCC'18) “ explore . create . reflect . develop ” Bridging the gap between technology, HCI, business, design, and art in entertainment Date: 18-20 September, 2018 Venue: Poznan, Poland http://www.ifip-icec.org HIGHLIGHTS: Next deadline - 4th June 2018 for: - Missed the short/long paper deadline? - what about an Emerging Topic Submission? - Tutorials, Emerging Topics, Posters, Demos, Interactive Sessions Art Exhibition Entries are due on the 1st July 2018 - 4 GREAT WORKSHOPS: * Bio-Sensing Platforms for “Wellness Entertainment” System Design: Bio-Sensing, Interactive Media Art, and Wellness Entertainment * Designing Entertainment for the Aging Population (DEAP 2018) * Entertainment Computation - A Key for Improving Inclusion and Reducing Gender Gap? * Workshop on Robot Competitions More information: http://www.ifip-icec.org/workshops/ - KEYNOTE SPEAKER Keynote Speaker Prof. Ellen Yi-Luen Do from Univ. of Colorado Boulder, US “From Design Computing to Creating Unique Technologies for Everyone” - breaking NEW ACTIVITIES@ICEC: art exhibition, ICEC award, new conference areas - NEW AREAS@ICEC media studies, human-computer-interaction, business & information systems - IFIP ICEC Entertainment Award STAY IN TOUCH - Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EntertainmentComputing/ - Subscribe to our Mailinglist on www.ifip-icec.org - Twitter: @IFIP_ICEC ========================================================================== ========================================================================== ========================================================================== The IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computation is the longest lasting and prime scientific conference series in the area of Entertainment Computing. It brings together practitioners, researchers, artists, designers, and industry on the design, creation, development, use, application and evaluation of digital entertainment content and experience systems. The conference series is cross-disciplinary, and stretches over the domains of computer science, human-computer-interaction, content production, digital games, multimedia, media studies, art, and design. The conference series aims at presenting high quality scientific results spanning from theory to application, use-cases, experience, and demonstrations. We solicit papers, posters, and demonstrations, as well as we are looking for tutorial and workshop proposal. The conference theme for 2018 is “Explore . Create . Reflect . Develop”. All papers are published by Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Best full papers are recommended to publish in a special issue of the Elsevier Entertainment Computing Journal. IMPORTANT DATES: · EXTENDED June 4, 2018: Posters, Demos, Tutorials, Interactive Sessions (notification June 5, 2018) · June 19, 2018: Camera Ready Papers Due (all tracks) · July 1, 2018: Suggested Deadline for Workshop Papers · July 1, 2018: Art Exhibitions Entries · August 1, 2018: Doctoral Consortium Application - Short (6pp) and long papers (12pp) - Posters (4pp + the actual poster in A0 as pdf) - Art, Demonstrations and Interactive Exhibits (4pp including description of the experience) - Industry track (1pp + modality /demonstration, justification of modality: demo/presentation) - Workshops and tutorials (4pp) - Doctoral consortium (4pp) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND CONTACT INFORMATION All submission guidelines can be found on the conference website on http://www.ifip-icec.org. If you have any questions concerning the conference, please contact us under contact(a)ifip-icecc.org. CONFERENCE ORGANISERS The conference is organized by the IFIP-TC14 - Artur Lugmayr, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA - General Chair - Kathrin Gerling, KU Leuven, BELGIUM - General Chair - Esteban Clua, Fluminese Federal Univ., BRAZIL - Program Chair - Licinio Roque, from Universidade de Coimbra, PORTUGAL - Program Chair - Rainer Malaka, Univ. of Bremen, GERMANY - IFIP TC 14 Chair TOPICS We invite the submission of papers, posters, demos, tutorials and workshop proposals on the design, development, and study of broad forms of digital entertainment. Topics include but are not limited to: Emerging Topics in Entertainment Computing - Ubiquitous Computing and Interfaces in Entertainment - Immersive and Virtual Multimedia Experiences - Quality of Services (QoS), and Quality of Experience (QoE) - AI, Big Data, and Deep Learning in Entertainment - Content Production and Production Systems Digital Games and Interactive Entertainment - Game Design and Development - Interactive Narratives & Digital Storytelling - Entertainment Robots, Toys & Smart Gadgets Design, Human-Computer Interaction, and Analysis of Entertainment Systems - Experience Design & Analysis - Telemetry & Semi-Automated Analysis - Methodologies, Tools & Techniques for Entertainment - Human Factors & Performance of Entertainment Applications & Technology Interactive Art, Performance and Cultural Computing - Digital Art & Installations - Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality & Entertainment - Ubiquitous/Pervasive Entertainment - Sound, Music & Performance - TransMedia and Entertainment - Social Computing Entertainment Devices, Platforms & Systems - Digital Entertainment Hardware & Devices - Ambient Entertainment - Digital Broadcasting and Digital Cinema - Interactive Television and Broadcasting Theoretical Foundations and Ethical Issues - Emotions and Affective Interaction - Social / Cultural Impacts of Digital Entertainment - Issues of Public Relations & Advertising Through Entertainment Entertainment for Purpose & Persuasion - Serious & Learning Games - Games for Health & Well-Being - Games For Change & Social Impact Games - Exergaming - Advergames and Digital Marketing Computational Methodologies for Entertainment - Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning for Entertainment - Procedural Content Generation - Computer Graphics & Visual Effects - Big Data in Entertainment - Security & Privacy in Entertainment[K1] Media Studies, Communication, Business, and Information Systems - Information Technology in Media Industry - IT and the Economics of Media Business - Audience Measurement and Participation - Interplay between technology, content, and consumer choice - Adoption and diffusion of technology driven media products - New communication models through emerging new technologies

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EMAILISTS - IFIP-ICEC Posters Demos Emergint Technologies
by Artur Lugmayr 25 May '18

25 May '18

Please note, this will be the last email over this list, as we are working on implementing the GDPR. We will inform you about how to remain subscribed to this list in a follow-up email. ========================================================================== ========================================================================== ========================================================================== 17th IFIP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING (ICEC'18), co-located with IFIP World Computer Congress (WCC'18) “ explore . create . reflect . develop ” Bridging the gap between technology, HCI, business, design, and art in entertainment Date: 18-20 September, 2018 Venue: Poznan, Poland http://www.ifip-icec.org HIGHLIGHTS: Next deadline - 4th June 2018 for: - Missed the short/long paper deadline? - what about an Emerging Topic Submission? - Tutorials, Emerging Topics, Posters, Demos, Interactive Sessions Art Exhibition Entries are due on the 1st July 2018 - 4 GREAT WORKSHOPS: * Bio-Sensing Platforms for “Wellness Entertainment” System Design: Bio-Sensing, Interactive Media Art, and Wellness Entertainment * Designing Entertainment for the Aging Population (DEAP 2018) * Entertainment Computation - A Key for Improving Inclusion and Reducing Gender Gap? * Workshop on Robot Competitions More information: http://www.ifip-icec.org/workshops/ - KEYNOTE SPEAKER Keynote Speaker Prof. Ellen Yi-Luen Do from Univ. of Colorado Boulder, US “From Design Computing to Creating Unique Technologies for Everyone” - breaking NEW ACTIVITIES@ICEC: art exhibition, ICEC award, new conference areas - NEW AREAS@ICEC media studies, human-computer-interaction, business & information systems - IFIP ICEC Entertainment Award STAY IN TOUCH - Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EntertainmentComputing/ - Subscribe to our Mailinglist on www.ifip-icec.org - Twitter: @IFIP_ICEC ========================================================================== ========================================================================== ========================================================================== The IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computation is the longest lasting and prime scientific conference series in the area of Entertainment Computing. It brings together practitioners, researchers, artists, designers, and industry on the design, creation, development, use, application and evaluation of digital entertainment content and experience systems. The conference series is cross-disciplinary, and stretches over the domains of computer science, human-computer-interaction, content production, digital games, multimedia, media studies, art, and design. The conference series aims at presenting high quality scientific results spanning from theory to application, use-cases, experience, and demonstrations. We solicit papers, posters, and demonstrations, as well as we are looking for tutorial and workshop proposal. The conference theme for 2018 is “Explore . Create . Reflect . Develop”. All papers are published by Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Best full papers are recommended to publish in a special issue of the Elsevier Entertainment Computing Journal. IMPORTANT DATES: · EXTENDED June 4, 2018: Posters, Demos, Tutorials, Interactive Sessions (notification June 5, 2018) · June 19, 2018: Camera Ready Papers Due (all tracks) · July 1, 2018: Suggested Deadline for Workshop Papers · July 1, 2018: Art Exhibitions Entries · August 1, 2018: Doctoral Consortium Application - Short (6pp) and long papers (12pp) - Posters (4pp + the actual poster in A0 as pdf) - Art, Demonstrations and Interactive Exhibits (4pp including description of the experience) - Industry track (1pp + modality /demonstration, justification of modality: demo/presentation) - Workshops and tutorials (4pp) - Doctoral consortium (4pp) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND CONTACT INFORMATION All submission guidelines can be found on the conference website on http://www.ifip-icec.org. If you have any questions concerning the conference, please contact us under contact(a)ifip-icecc.org. CONFERENCE ORGANISERS The conference is organized by the IFIP-TC14 - Artur Lugmayr, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA - General Chair - Kathrin Gerling, KU Leuven, BELGIUM - General Chair - Esteban Clua, Fluminese Federal Univ., BRAZIL - Program Chair - Licinio Roque, from Universidade de Coimbra, PORTUGAL - Program Chair - Rainer Malaka, Univ. of Bremen, GERMANY - IFIP TC 14 Chair TOPICS We invite the submission of papers, posters, demos, tutorials and workshop proposals on the design, development, and study of broad forms of digital entertainment. Topics include but are not limited to: Emerging Topics in Entertainment Computing - Ubiquitous Computing and Interfaces in Entertainment - Immersive and Virtual Multimedia Experiences - Quality of Services (QoS), and Quality of Experience (QoE) - AI, Big Data, and Deep Learning in Entertainment - Content Production and Production Systems Digital Games and Interactive Entertainment - Game Design and Development - Interactive Narratives & Digital Storytelling - Entertainment Robots, Toys & Smart Gadgets Design, Human-Computer Interaction, and Analysis of Entertainment Systems - Experience Design & Analysis - Telemetry & Semi-Automated Analysis - Methodologies, Tools & Techniques for Entertainment - Human Factors & Performance of Entertainment Applications & Technology Interactive Art, Performance and Cultural Computing - Digital Art & Installations - Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality & Entertainment - Ubiquitous/Pervasive Entertainment - Sound, Music & Performance - TransMedia and Entertainment - Social Computing Entertainment Devices, Platforms & Systems - Digital Entertainment Hardware & Devices - Ambient Entertainment - Digital Broadcasting and Digital Cinema - Interactive Television and Broadcasting Theoretical Foundations and Ethical Issues - Emotions and Affective Interaction - Social / Cultural Impacts of Digital Entertainment - Issues of Public Relations & Advertising Through Entertainment Entertainment for Purpose & Persuasion - Serious & Learning Games - Games for Health & Well-Being - Games For Change & Social Impact Games - Exergaming - Advergames and Digital Marketing Computational Methodologies for Entertainment - Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning for Entertainment - Procedural Content Generation - Computer Graphics & Visual Effects - Big Data in Entertainment - Security & Privacy in Entertainment[K1] Media Studies, Communication, Business, and Information Systems - Information Technology in Media Industry - IT and the Economics of Media Business - Audience Measurement and Participation - Interplay between technology, content, and consumer choice - Adoption and diffusion of technology driven media products - New communication models through emerging new technologies

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Frontiers Special Issue (Use-Inspired Immersive Analytics): Extended submission deadline June 8
by Chen, Jian 23 May '18

23 May '18

Dear colleagues, Upon requests, we have extended the submission deadline to June 8 2018. Please also find detailed submission instructions below (my fault for not including these before.) ——————— Use-Inspired Basic Research in Immersive Analytics https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/6416/use-inspired-immersive-ana… *New* submission deadline: June 8 2018 About this Research Topic: ———————————————————————— Immersive analytics (IA) investigates how new interaction and display technologies can be used to support analytical reasoning and decision making. Here immersion is regarded as an objective measure of the quality of the system’s technology, a measure of the extent to which the system presents a vivid environment, be it high-fidelity rendering or not, tracked or not, and stereoscopic or not. As a result, large high-resolution displays and the entire spectrum of mixed reality (MR) and ubiquitous computing all introduce opportunities to facilitate analytical reasoning and thus fall into the immersive analytics paradigm. This Research Topic is dedicated to "use-inspired basic research in immersive analytics" where a real-world problem shapes the design and studies. We encourage the discussions on intriguing issues of persuasive power of communications utilizing immersive display technologies, understanding the multifarious symbiosis relationships between humans and computing, and how best display and interaction can be used not only as a mechanism to conceive and communicate reality or how a set of visual variables can be encoded, but a means for influence, a way to persuade viewers to share that reality or at least to act in accordance with it. The consequences for design will be more powerful if immersiveanalytics can alter human assessments of and actions on their data. We are also interested in the building blocks of thought and crucial insights to be gained from the underlying structure of mental activities: the brain’s operations, which is perhaps the great remaining mysteries of human-computer integrated analytical reasoning. We like to explore how visual aids can link seemingly unrelated actions and events and how embodiment and new metaphors shape our minds and thinking, inspired by real-world uses. Important Submission Requirements ———————————————————————— - Abstract submission is optional. The maximum allowed word count for the abstract is 350 words. - The (new) full paper submission deadline is on June 8 and the maximum allowed word count for the body text is 12000 words. - Resubmissions encouraged - authors are encouraged to include reviews and responses for previously rejected papers in their submission to this Frontiers special issue. Submission System ———————————————————————— We use the Frontiers journal submission system at: https://www.frontiersin.org/submissioninfo. The general submission guideline is online at https://www.frontiersin.org/about/author-guidelines. Frontiers Journal Format Templates ———————————————————————— Word: http://www.frontiersin.org/Design/zip/Frontiers_Word_Templates.zip LaTeX: http://www.frontiersin.org/design/zip/Frontiers_LaTeX_Templates.zip Step-by-Step Instructions: ———————————————————————— - Go onto https://www.frontiersin.org/submissioninfo. - Under “Select Submission Type”, please choose “Submit a manuscript to a Frontiers Journal.” - Under “Journal Info”, use “Engineering” for “Select Domain”, “Robotics and AI” for “Select Field.” and then select the article type (we accept all types including the original research and reviews). - Most importantly, please select “This article is part of a Research topic”. - Under the Research Topic screen, please choose “User-inspired immersive analytics.” Special Issue Editors: ———————————————————————— Benjamin Bach, University of Edinburgh Doug A. Bowman, Virginia Tech Jian Chen, The Ohio State University Steven M. Drucker, Microsoft Research Tim Dwyer, Monash University Brian Fisher, Simon Fraser University Arie Kaufman, Stony Brook University Karsten Klein, Monash University Liz Marai, University of Illinois at Chicago Kim Marriott, Monash University Dieter Schmalstieg, Graz University of Technology Falk Schreiber, Monash University Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Simon Fraser University Hui Su, IBM Research Judith Terrill, National Institute of Standards and Technology Bruce Thomas, University of South Australia Best regards, - Jian for Arie, Benjamin, Brian, Bruce, Dieter, Doug, Falk, Hui, Karsten, Kim, Judy, Liz, Steve, Tim, and Wolfgang ————— Jian Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering The Ohio State University 2015 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210 Office phone: 614.688.1981 Fax: 614.292.2911 My web home: http://www.cse.osu.edu/~chen.8028 Lab openings: http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~chen.8028/OSUHVCL/Hiring.html

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15th IEEE Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec) Call for Papers
by Nicolas Prigent 21 May '18

21 May '18

15th IEEE Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec) Call for Papers =============================================================== *** http://vizsec.org/vizsec2018/#cfp *** VizSec brings together researchers and practitioners in information visualization and security to address the specific needs of the cyber security community through new and insightful visualization techniques. VizSec 2018 will be held in Berlin, Germany in conjunction with IEEE VIS on Monday October 22nd. VizSec solicits both full and short papers, both of which will be published in the proceedings that will be published by IEEE. VizSec also solicits posters. Authors of accepted papers and posters must guarantee that their papers and posters will be presented at the conference. Technical Papers ---------------- Full papers describing novel contributions in security visualization are solicited. Papers may present techniques, applications, theory, analysis, experiments, or evaluations. We encourage the submission of papers on technologies and methods that improve cyber security practices, including, but not limited to: - Situation awareness and/or understanding - Incident handling including triage, exploration, correlation, and response - Computer forensics - Recording and reporting results of investigations - Assisting proactive security configuration and deployment - Reverse engineering and malware analysis - Vulnerability management - Multiple data source analysis - Analyzing information requirements for computer network defense - Evaluation and/or user testing of VizSec systems - Criteria for assessing the effectiveness of cyber security visualizations (whether from a security goal perspective or a human factors perspective) - Modeling system and network behavior - Modeling attacker and defender behavior - Studying risk and impact of cyber attacks - Predicting future attacks or targets - Security metrics and education - Software security - Mobile application security - Social networking privacy and security When applicable, visualization and interaction techniques that effectively capture the insights of human analysts and/or allow analysts to collaborate efficiently are particularly desirable. Submissions including tests and evaluations of existing tools and techniques are also considered particularly desirable. If possible, making the data used for the tests available will also be considered positively. If you do not have real-world data to demonstrate your visualization, you may be interested in looking at the VizSec Data Sets page: http://vizsec.org/data/ Short Papers ------------ Short papers describing practical applications of security visualization are solicited. We encourage the submission of papers discussing the introduction of cyber security visualizations into operational context, including, but not limited to: - Cases where visualization made positive contributions towards meeting operational needs - Gaps or negative outcomes from visualization deployments - Situations where visualization was not utilized, but could have had a positive impact - Lessons learned from operational engagements - Insights gained from the transition process Cyber security practitioners from industry, as well as the research community, are encouraged to submit case studies. Posters ------- Poster submissions may showcase late-breaking results, work in progress, preliminary results, or visual representations relevant to the VizSec community. The poster program will be a great opportunity for the authors to interact with the attendees and solicit feedback. Accepted poster abstracts will be made available on the VizSec website : http://vizsec.org/vizsec2018/ Important Dates --------------- Papers and Short Papers: - Jul 18: Submission Deadline - Aug 10: Author Notification - Sep 14: Camera Ready Deadline Posters: - Aug 29: Abstract Deadline - Sep 9: Author Notification Submissions ----------- Details about how to submit can be found on VizSec website: http://vizsec.org/vizsec2018/#cfp

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[IEEE_VPG] REMINDER: Call for Nomination - VGTC/VPG Best Doctoral Dissertation Award
by Dr. L. Miguel Encarnacao 18 May '18

18 May '18

*** Please distribute widely throughout your institutions as appropriate DEADLINE: *June 15th 2018* The IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC <http://vgtc.org/>) 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 <http://vgtc.org/content/ieee-vgtc-visualization-pioneers-group>) 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 <http://ieeevis.org/> conference. ELIGIBILITY All English language dissertations that have been successfully defended between August 15 two years before the award and August 15 of the year of the competition are eligible (e.g. between August 15, 2016 and August 15, 2018 are eligible for the 2018 competition). SUBMISSION LIMITATION There is no limitation on the number of nominations that may be made by a university. 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. AWARD 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) <http://www.computer.org/cga>. 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. Thesis Advisor(s) of the winning entrant will chair the following year’s Dissertation Review Committee, with full support from the VPG OC to handle details such as publicity and administration. 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. On behalf of the VPG Operating Committee Dr. L. Miguel Encarnação Innovation Management Executive & Consultant *"The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. (Richard Hamming)"* -- LME(a)computer.org <lme(a)computer.org> @mencarna http://www.linkedin.com/in/drmiguel

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Job: Postdoctoral Position on Machine Learning Visualization at NYU
by Enrico Bertini 17 May '18

17 May '18

Post-doctoral Position in Visualization for Machine Learning at NYU The Visualization, Imaging and Data Analysis (VIDA) Center has an opening for a post-doctoral associate to conduct innovative and exciting research in the area of visualization for machine learning interpretability. The position is available immediately but the start date is flexible. Required Qualifications: - PhD in computer science or a related technical field - Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a diverse interdisciplinary team, and contribute to an active intellectual environment - Excellent written and oral communication. - Proficiency and experience in programming for machine learning and/or interactive data visualization systems Expertise in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable: - Deep learning - Visualization and interactive user interfaces - Statistics/probability and machine learning - Empirical evaluation with user studies The candidate is expected to: - Perform excellent scientific research - Develop research prototypes and conduct on-line and off-line evaluation - Present results in top-tier international conferences - Help in guiding PhD and Master students - Participate in the VIDA and CDS activities To apply, please send a CV and a 1-page cover letter to Enrico Bertini ( enrico.bertini(a)nyu.edu) and Claudio Silva (csilva(a)nyu.edu) About New York University (NYU) and VIDA: NYU is located in the heart of New York City and is one of the top private universities in the United States. VIDA is located at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering in downtown Brooklyn in the Brooklyn Tech Triangle, one of the most vibrant areas in the city for high-tech industry and education. VIDA is an interdisciplinary center with strengths in big data and science methods, including data management, visualization, machine learning, and in several application areas such as social sciences, neural science, medicine, biology, and physics. The postdoctoral associate will join a dynamic group of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members and industry partners to develop cutting edge research on machine learning visualization and interpretability. -- Enrico Bertini, Associate Professor Dep. of Computer Science and Engineering NYU Tandon School of Engineering 2 Metrotech Center, 11201 Brooklyn, NY (10th floor) Phone: +1 646 997 3731

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Final Call for Participation: Diagrams 2018
by Atsushi Shimojima 16 May '18

16 May '18

**************************************************************************** Final Call for Participation: Diagrams 2018 !!!REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 1200 June 5th (BST, UTC+1)!!! 10th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/ Conference dates: 18th - 22nd June 2018 Location: Edinburgh, UK **************************************************************************** Diagrams 2018 is the tenth conference in the biennial series that started in 2000. The multidisciplinary nature of Diagrams means it encompasses: architecture, art, artificial intelligence, biology, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. The conference attracts a large number of researchers from these interrelated fields, positioning Diagrams as the major international event in the area. Diagrams 2018 will be hosted by Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. The conference venue is located within a short distance of the UNESCO World Heritage designated-centre of Edinburgh. This makes the venue an ideal location for delegates to explore the vibrant city, famous for its castle, culture, and history. **************************************************************************** Registration Page: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/home/registration/ Conference Program: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/home/programme/ Accepted Papers, Abstacts and Posters: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/home/programme/accepted-submissions/ Accepted Tutorials: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/home/programme/tutorials/ Co-located Workshop: International Workshop on Set Visualization and Reasoning 2018 http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/home/programme/workshops/ Co-located Event: International Conference on Conceptual Structures 2018 http://blogs.napier.ac.uk/iccs/ ****************************************************************************

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