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We are hiring two Assistant Professors Geo-Visualization – University of Twente, Netherlands
by Yuri Engelhardt 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

> In case that you can think of someone who may be interested in one of these positions, please do pass this on to them. Do you have a PhD and expertise in visual analytics? web mapping? dashboards? 3D / VR / AR visualization? Are you interested in working on societal problems characterized by changes in space and time? Join us at the University of Twente (The Netherlands)! We are hiring TWO Assistant Professors Geo-Visualization: https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/!/768382/two-assistant-profe… JOB DESCRIPTION You will conduct international high-quality research and contribute to developing the departmental research portfolio. You will teach Masters level coursework and supervise MSc theses in the various (joint) educational programmes the department is involved in, including the international MSc Cartography. You will also contribute to the development of new courses including face-to-face, blended learning, and distance learning, preferably based on open source solutions. You will play a leading role in our visualization and usability laboratories ( https://www.itc.nl/research/research-facilities/labs-resources/visualizatio… ) and will supervise PhD students in combination with a departmental professor. You will engage in the acquisition and implementation of consulting tasks for the department. You will also undertake management and administration tasks, such as coordination tasks in educational programmes. You will acquire and/or participate in new research, educational and capacity building projects. YOUR PROFILE > You possess a PhD in cartography, visualization or geographic information sciences or related fields. > You have proven expertise in at least one of the following geo-visualization domains: visual analytics, interactive dashboards, web mapping, 3D or augmented or virtual reality, use, user & usability research. > You have an excellent publication record in the above domains or application areas. > You have a proven track record of working with different geo-computational tools, and have sufficient knowledge of scripting languages to move your research beyond the limits of common-off-the-shelf geovisual analytical software. Knowledge of multiple user research methods and techniques an advantage. > You are a team player able to combine and extend the current knowledge and know-how on the three core departmental domains. > You have an aptitude for teaching, including lecturing and tutoring at an academic level. If you do not have it yet, you will have to acquire a University Teaching Qualification within the first two years. > You have an affinity with a multi-cultural, post-graduate education environment. > You have a willingness to undertake international travel to less developed countries. > You will have an excellent command of English. Knowledge of, or willingness to learn Dutch is an advantage. INFORMATION AND APPLICATION Do you have any questions? Additional information regarding these positions can be obtained from Prof. Dr. M.J. Kraak ( https://icaci.org/executive-committee/menno-jan-kraak/ ) at: e-mail: m.j.kraak(a)utwente.nl phone: +31 53 4874463 Please submit your application here: https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/!/768382/two-assistant-profe… – before 1 April 2019 – that same application link is also accessible from the bottom of the official vacancy page: https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/!/768382/two-assistant-profe… Your application has to include (i) a motivation letter clearly stating how you meet the selection criteria and also outlining your research and teaching interests, (ii) a detailed CV with references and (iii) a two-page statement on your vision on research, education and capacity development in relation to ITC, and the position. Applications that do not include all three will not be considered. OUR OFFER > We offer an inspiring and challenging international environment. You will be initially employed for two years. Extension of the employment after this period is a possibility. > Gross monthly salary between € 3637,- and € 5.656,- depending on experience and qualifications (job profile Assistant Professor level 1 or 2). > A holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary and a year-end bonus of 8.3% > Excellent support for research and facilities for professional and personal development. > A solid pension scheme > Possibilities to save up holidays for sabbatical leave THE ORGANIZATION The University of Twente ( https://www.utwente.nl/en/ ). We stand for life sciences and technology. High tech and human touch. Education and research that matter. New technology which leads change, innovation and progress in society. The University of Twente is the only campus university of the Netherlands; divided over five faculties we provide more than fifty educational programmes. We have a strong focus on personal development and talented researchers are given scope for carrying out groundbreaking research. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. Because of our diversity values we do particularly support women to apply. The Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) ( https://www.itc.nl/ ) of the University of Twente provides international postgraduate education, research and project services in the field of geo-information science and earth observation using remote sensing and GIS. The aim of ITC's activities is the international exchange of knowledge, focusing on capacity building and institutional development in developing countries and emerging economies. The Department of Geo-Information Processing (GIP) is a vibrant and multi-disciplinary team that develops methods and techniques to produce actionable geo-information. Our work supports knowledge generation and decision-making for societal problems characterized by changes in space and time. You may want to look at some current projects that our MSc students are working on: https://gip.itc.utwente.nl/default/research/msctopics/geovis Any sharing and distribution of / publicity for these two vacancies, linking to the vacancies page: https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/!/768382/two-assistant-profe… – also on social media – is appreciated.

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Reminder: CDVE2019 Full paper deadline approaching! April 10, 2019
by cdve .org 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

The CDVE2019 conference 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. You should strictly follow the LNCS format. The submission page is: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cdve2019 <http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cdve2018> *Full paper deadline: April 10, 2019.* Full Papers 8-10 pages. *Short Paper submission: April 20, 2019*. Short papers 4-6 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 landscapes. It is the number one choice for Europeans to spend their holidays and the home of CDVE conferences. CDVE2019 will be held in a 4 Stars vacation village - Club Pollentia in front of the Mediterranean Sea. Our conference has an "all inclusive" settlement with the hotel. Unlimited drink and food will be available when you reserve the hotel via the conference. See www.cdve.org for more details. The airport code is PMI. You will enjoy the environment, the rich variety of food and the conference for sure! *Contact* All questions about submissions should be emailed to cdve2019(a)easychair.org <cdve2018(a)easychair.org> Please feel free to forward this call. You can also reply to this mail with a mail title: “Unsubscribe” to stop receiving further calls from CDVE2019. ------------ 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 <cdve2018(a)easychair.org>

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Data Viz Internships and Scientist Positions at Bell Labs
by Daniele Quercia 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Dear all, Nokia Bell Labs has open positions in the area of Data Visualization. We are looking for: 1) Interns for the Cambridge UK Lab (Application Deadline: March 20th) http://researchswinger.org/dataviz_interns_19.pdf 2) Scientists for the Cambridge UK and Paris-Saclay Labs http://researchswinger.org/dataviz-scientists-19.pdf Please send your application with the subject line Data Viz Intern 2019 (or Data Viz Scientist 2019) to daniele.quercia(a)nokia-bell-labs.com at earliest convenience. Please feel free to forward this call to anybody who might be interested. I would be happy to answer any question. Thanks - Daniele

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Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators 2019
by Anne Marie Faisst 07 Mar '19

07 Mar '19

Dear Sirs and Madams, The Vienna Science Fund provides a great opportunity for tenure track positions in Vienna. The position will provide up to 1.6 million Euros for up to 8 years. It will require a university host. The newly established interdisciplinary research group Data Science @ University of Vienna would be happy to support applicants in the area of Data Science. For details about us and the procedure, please consult: https://datascience.univie.ac.at/job-board/ Please send us your information by Apr 1st 2019. Best Regards, -- Anne Marie Faisst, BA Organisationsassistentin Universität Wien Fakultät für Informatik Forschungsgruppe Visualization and Data Analysis Koordination Forschungsplattform Data Science Währinger Straße 29/S6/1.04, A-1090 Wien T +43-1-4277-790 03

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CFP: MLVis 2019: Machine Learning Methods in Visualisation
by Peltonen Jaakko 07 Mar '19

07 Mar '19

MLVis 2019: Machine Learning Methods in Visualisation - Call For Papers https://events.uta.fi/mlvis2019/ MLVis 2019 will be a co-located workshop at EuroVis 2019 in Porto, Portugal. It aims to bring Machine Learning and Visualization researchers together in order to exchange research ideas. We solicit short papers on machine learning methods in visualisation, from both the machine learning and visualisation communities, addressing how the two technologies can be used together to provide greater insight to end users. Paper submissions for MLVis should be at most 4 pages in MLVis 2019 latex style (provided on the website), with an additional page allowed for references. Papers are to be submitted via the PCS system, link on the website. Proceedings will be published by the Eurographics Association, and be stored on the Eurographics Digital Library. Selected papers will be invited to a special issue of ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS). Important Dates: Submission deadline: March 14, 2019 Notification deadline: April 12, 2019 Camera-ready deadline: April 24, 2019 Workshop: June 3, 2019 All submission deadlines are at 23:59 GMT on the date indicated.

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Final CFP: Interactive Visualizations for Sustainability, for a special issue of MTI journal
by Masood Masoodian 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

*CFP: Interactive Visualizations for Sustainability** **A special issue of Multimodal Technologies and Interaction Journal** **Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2019** **https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mti/special_issues/visualizations_sustainability* Open Access: Free publication for well-prepared manuscripts submitted before 1 July 2019 Rapidly increasing global consumption of natural resources demands for more efficient use, as well as for more sustainable management of energy, water, minerals, land and other natural resources. Human-centred technologies, tools and services can provide effective solutions to support sustainability in different domains. To create better awareness, and support human decision making, such technologies, tools and services should provide advanced interactive visualization capabilities to their users to allow them to monitor, manage, compare, or share and use data, with the aim of identifying patterns and supporting efficiency in the use of natural resources. This special issue will focus on interactive visualizations for sustainability-related applications, tools, games, and services in the private, public, and industrial sectors. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, design, deployment and evaluation of interactive visualizations for: - monitoring and managing generation and consumption of resources; - analysis of generation and consumption data; - identifying consumption patterns and behavior; - relating consumption data, patterns, and behavior to other information; - sharing and comparing consumption data with others; - creating awareness, influencing choices and stimulating sustainable behavior changes For more information, including submission details, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mti/special_issues/visualizations_sustainabili… Guest Editors, Masood Masoodian and Thomas Rist -- Prof. Masood Masoodian Visual Communication Design Aalto University avcd.aalto.fi

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Postdoc positions in visual analytics
by David S. Ebert 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Visual Analytics Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN We invite applications for an postdoctoral researcher positions with April 1 and July 1 start dates in visual analytics, visualization, social media analytics, and big data analytics across a wide spectrum of application areas. The successful candidate will perform duties including: . Research in visual analytics in application domains including social medial analysis, interactive and explainable AI, sustainable food-energy-water systems public safety, crisis management, functional soil mapping, precision agriculture. . Assist in drafting successful research grant proposals. . Lead research activities within the group, including project management and stakeholder engagement. . Assist in supervising graduate and undergraduate students. . Interface with renowned academic research groups at and beyond Purdue University. The candidate should hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Information Science, Industrial Engineering, Geography, Statistics, or a related field, with a strong research background and expertise in visual analytics and some of these areas: visualization, geospatial and temporal analysis, statistics, machine learning, cognitive science, human-computer interaction, big data, human factors, computer graphics, food-water-energy systems, sustainable/precision agriculture. Purdue has multiple joint research projects with Peruvian Universities. Therefore, professional proficiency in Spanish is a plus. Both beginning and senior postdoctoral candidates are encouraged to apply. Excellent oral and written communication skills are mandatory. We are the Purdue Visual Analytics Center and are engaged in many cross-disciplinary visual analytics projects. We are also the lead of the VACCINE Center, an Emeritus Visualization Sciences Center of Excellence funded by many U.S. agencies including DHS, NSF, DOE and other government agencies. We have partner institutions across the world. We have many interesting integrated, stakeholder oriented projects working on real data and great challenging projects. VACCINE is working closely with collaborators including social media experts, sustainability experts, agricultural producers, health and public safety departments, US Coast Guard, economists, first responders, computational scientists, soundscape ecologists, businesses, and researchers in science, engineering, and economics. To apply, please send your CV, a research statement (no more than one page) to Dr. Ebert (ebertd(a)purdue.edu) and Dr. Morteza Karimzadeh (karimzadeh(a)purdue.edu) Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting March 8 until the position is filled. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Dr. David S. Ebert, Silicon Valley Professor of ECE, Purdue University Director, Purdue Visualization and Analytics Center Interim Director, Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) Director, Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/vaccine/ ebertd(a)purdue.edu http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Dr. David S. Ebert, Silicon Valley Professor of ECE, Purdue University Director, Purdue Visualization and Analytics Center Interim Director, Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) Director, Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/vaccine/ ebertd(a)purdue.edu http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------

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Call for participation: Schematic Mapping Workshop 2019
by Martin Nöllenburg 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

======================================================================== Call for Participation 2nd Schematic Mapping Workshop April 11-12, 2019 – TU Wien, Vienna, Austria www.schematicmapping.org ======================================================================== * Early registration until March 4. Register here: https://schematicmapping2019.ac.tuwien.ac.at/registration/ ======================================================================== The 2nd Schematic Mapping Workshop is a forum for researchers and practitioners working on various aspects of schematic maps of transport networks, including cartographers, computer scientists, graphic designers, psychologists, and transport professionals. The two-day workshop program will feature presentations of contributed original research papers as well as a number of invited position papers surveying the state of the art on different aspects of schematic mapping. In addition it hosts an exhibition of posters summarizing ongoing research projects as well as new designs of schematic maps. All participants will further have the opportunity to present late-breaking results in an open-mic session and to contribute to the poster exhibition. More information about the event including a list of the accepted papers and posters can be found on the workshop webpage http://www.schematicmapping.org. ======================================================================== Workshop chairs Georg Gartner, TU Wien, AT Martin Nöllenburg, TU Wien, AT Maxwell Roberts, University of Essex, UK

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OzCHI'2019 - CfP - @Perth/Fremantle/WA/Australia - Submit your Long Papers by 24th May 2019
by Artur Lugmayr 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

============================================================================================================================= OzCHI 2019 - Call for Participation 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction "Experience Design Across Asia Pacific" @Perth/Fremantle, WA, AUSTRALIA 3-5 December 2019 W. http://www.ozchi.org | F. https://www.facebook.com/ozchi2019/ T. https://twitter.com/OzchiWA | #Quokka_CHI IMPORTANT DATES 24 May 2019 Long Paper Due 19 July 2019 Short Paper Due 6 September 2019 Demos and Work-in-Progress Due 24 May 2019 Workshops and Student Design Challenge Due 24 June 2019 Industry Paper and Doctoral Consortium Due We listen to YOUR voice and want to make OzCHI’19 even better – submit your conference ideas! The best ideas are awarded during the conference closing session. ozCHI ‘Idea Box’: https://goo.gl/forms/0XceZlmoP0XSV5RO2 ============================================================================================================================= OzCHI is the annual non-profit conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia and Australia's leading forum for the latest in HCI research and practice. OzCHI attracts a broad international community of researchers, industry practitioners, academics and students. Participants come from a range of backgrounds, including interface designers, user experience (UX) practitioners, information architects, software engineers, human factors experts, information systems analysts and social scientists. After 18 years, OzCHI finally come back to Western Australia. Time has passed and things have changed a lot since OzCHI 2001. More HCI and UX works have been done in Western Australia as well as its neighbouring countries. Having the privilege to convene the 2nd OzCHI conference in Western Australia, one of our objectives is to be inclusive towards attendees across overall Asia-Pacific. The conference theme is Experience Design in Asia Pacific, which highlights the challenges we all face in the endeavour to tame the environment without destroying it to ensure our continuing existence. Our vision is to make OzCHI 2019 as an inclusive event for academic, industry, research, start-ups, maker communities to learn and exchange knowledge in the recent and emerging HCI and UX areas - practical, technical, empirical and theoretical aspects regardless their level of maturity in the fields. We invite contributions on all topics related to Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Social Science, Creative Industries, and other related disciplines. Creating * Designing * Experiencing * Innovating * Intelligence * Community * Reaching out to Asia-Pacific Join us in Perth/Fremantle, Western Australia in December 2019 to explore and understand the design and role of contemporary interactive technologies. ============================================================================================================================= SUBMISSIONS ============================================================================================================================= Submissions will be accepted in various categories as described below. All submissions must be written in English and follow formatting guidelines in the paper template. Both long and short papers will undergo a double-blind review by an international panel and evaluated on the basis of their significance, originality, and clarity of writing. This review will be based on the full text of the submitted paper. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series available from the ACM Digital Library. Award will be given to the highest quality We are looking for submissions under the theme of Experience Design across Asia Pacific in the following areas but not limited to: ============================================================================================================================= TOPICS ============================================================================================================================= HCI: Methods, Tools and Techniques • Usability Methods and Practices • Human-centered Design • Participatory Design • User Studies and Ethnographic Approaches • Design Methods • Tools for Design, Modelling and Evaluation • HCI and Software Engineering • Usability Metrics and Measurement • Ethical issues in HCI • HCI Education and Design Education • HCI4D UX Applications and Business Domains • Digital Transformation • Mobile User Experience • Organizational context and technology design • Games and Entertainment • Healthcare, E-health and Telemedicine • Interactive Design for Online Education • Computer-supported cooperative work and collaboration • E-commerce Interface Design and Evaluation • Electronic, Mobile and Ubiquitous Commerce • Service Design (Micro-finance, Micro-loan, Instant Courier, Agile Transport) • Social Computing (Social Media, Social Networking) • Online Gaming, Crowdsourcing, Collective Intelligence, Online Dating • Cryptocurrency and Financial Technology • UX and eLearning • Blockchain • Crowdsourcing User Research and Usability • Lean User Experience • Agile User Experience • Usability Testing • User Research • Internationalization and Localization • Accessibility and inclusion • Design System • Multimedia and Multimodal Interfaces • Natural User Interfaces • Tactile and Haptic Interaction • Novel Interaction Techniques • Mobile User Interfaces • Responsive Design • Graphic User Interface • Information Visualisation Emerging Technologies • Virtual Reality • Augmented Reality • Mobile Computing and User Mobility • Affective Computing • Context-Aware and Ubiquitous Computing • Internet of Things • Big Data • Human Robot Interaction • Artificial Intelligence • Smart Cities • Autonomous Vehicles • Wearable Technology • Brain Computer Interface • Novel Interface Graphics, Art and Media Technology • Engaging users with multimedia • Methods and techniques of creative practices • Visualizing and interacting with data • Quality of Experience (QoE) • Digital storytelling • Interactive art • Media technology and interactivity • Designing for multi-user interaction • Tangible, mixed reality interfaces and multi-modal interfaces ============================================================================================================================= SUBMISSION TYPES ============================================================================================================================= 1. Long papers report on innovative, original, and completed research, which is relevant, significant, and interesting to the HCI community. 2. Short papers present ideas that are emerging and would benefit from discussion with members of the HCI community. This type of submission may include work-in-progress, experiences of reflective practitioners, and first drafts of novel concepts and approaches. 3. Workshops are half-day and full-day sessions on topics that contribute to community building around a specific HCI topic. Topics may include methods, practices, and other areas of interest and that support active participation beyond presentation. 4. Doctoral consortium is a full-day intensive session for research students. A panel of experienced HCI researchers provides advice and guidance. 5. Student Design Challenge is an annual international competition in which students work rapidly researching, brainstorming and sketching a solution for a real HCI problem. This year the competition took place the 7th of April and now the submissions are under review, finalists will present their work at the OzCHI 2019 conference. 6. Industry papers provide the opportunity for practitioners and industries for their initiatives or new developments that could benefit from discussion with members of the HCI community. 7. Work-in-Progress papers are a subset of the long papers track (subject to the same format and deadlines). Rather than reporting on mature research, they describe work-in-progress, late-breaking and new ideas, questions, or challenges, and are intended to provoke discussion in the OzCHI community. The accepted submission will be required to present a poster 8. Demo is a venue for industry, research, startups, maker communities, the arts, and design to present their hands-on demonstration, share novel interactive technologies, and stage interactive experiences. This venue promotes and provokes discussion on novel technologies. ============================================================================================================================= OzCHI 2019 GENERAL CHAIRS ============================================================================================================================= 1. Artur Lugmayr – artur.lugmayr[at]curtin.edu.au 2. Eunice Sari – eunice[at]uxindo.com -- powered by phpList, www.phplist.com --

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