September 2020 - 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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IEEE PacificVis 2021 Call for Papers - - Revised Deadlines and Online Presentation
by Chaoli Wang 28 Sep '20

28 Sep '20

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14th IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis 2021) APRIL 19-22, 2021 Tianjin, China http://pvis.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PacificVis is a unified visualization symposium, welcoming all areas of visualization research such as information visualization, scientific visualization, graph and network visualization, visual analytics, and specific applications such as (but not limited to) security, software, and biological visualization. Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished research and application papers in all areas of visualization. We encourage papers in any new, novel, and exciting research area that pertains to visualization. All submitted papers will go through a two-stage review process to guarantee the publication of high-quality papers. All papers accepted by IEEE Pacific Visualization 2021 will be published by IEEE and will also be included in the IEEE Digital Library. Selected papers will be published directly in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). ------------------------------------ *** Revised Deadlines *** ------------------------------------ Due to the impact of COVID-19, the steering and organizing committees have decided to give a four-week extension to all deadlines. The new deadlines are as follows: Abstract due : Oct. 23, 2020 Full paper due : Oct. 30, 2020 Reviews due : Dec. 11, 2020 1st cycle notification : Dec. 23, 2020 Revision due : Jan. 15, 2021 2nd cycle notification : Feb. 8, 2021 Camera ready paper due : Feb. 18, 2021 All deadlines are 9:00 pm Pacific Time (PDT/PST). ------------------------------------ *** Online Presentation *** ------------------------------------ As of now, PacificVis is still scheduled to be held as planned in April 2021. However, we acknowledge that the situation is very dynamic, and we will continue to monitor events and make adjustments accordingly. In particular, we are considering a hybrid meeting with on-site and online presentations. Authors will be allowed to present accepted papers online should the situation (e.g., travel restrictions, visa issues) make on-site presentations impossible. ------------------------------ Topics ------------------------------ Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: Visualization Application Areas: * Statistical Graphics and Mathematics * Financial, Security, and Business Visualization * Physical Sciences and Engineering * Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences * Geographic, Geospatial, and Terrain Visualization * Molecular, Biomedical, Bioinformatics, and Medical Visualization * Text, Document, and Software Visualization * Social and Information Sciences * Education and Everyday Visualization * Multimedia (Image/Video/Music) Visualization Data-focused Visualization Research: * High-dimensional Data, Dimensionality Reduction, and Data Compression * Multi-field, Multi-modal, Multi-resolution, and Multi-variate Data * Causality and Uncertainty Data * Time Series, Time-varying, Streaming, and Flow Data * Scalar, Vector, and Tensor Fields * Regular and Unstructured Grids * Point-based Data * Large-scale Data (Petabytes, ...) Technique-focused Visualization Research: * Volume Modeling and Rendering * Extraction of Surfaces * Topology-based and Geometry-based Techniques * Glyph-based Techniques * Integrating Spatial and Non-spatial Data Visualization * Machine Learning Approaches Graph and Network Visualization Research: * Design and Experimentation of Graph Drawing Algorithms * Techniques, Interfaces, and Interaction Methods for Graphs, Trees, and Other Relational Data * Visualization of Graphs and Networks in Application Areas * Interfaces and Interaction Techniques for Graph and Network Visualizations * Benchmarks and Experimental Analysis for Graph Visualization Systems Interaction-focused Visualization Research: * Icon- and Glyph-based Visualization * Focus + Context Techniques * Animation * Zooming and Navigation * Brushing + Linking * Coordinated Multiple Views * View-dependent Visualization * Data Labeling, Editing, and Annotation * Collaborative, Co-located, and Distributed Visualization * Manipulation and Deformation * Visual Data Mining and Visual Knowledge Discovery Empirical and Comprehension-focused Visualization Research: * Visual Design and Aesthetics * Illustrative Visualization * Cognition and Perception Issues * User Studies on Visualization Readability and User Interaction * Presentation, Dissemination, and Storytelling * Design Studies, Case Studies, and Focus Groups * Task and Requirements Analysis * Metrics and Benchmarks * Evaluations of All Types: Qualitative, Quantitative, Laboratory, Field, and Usability Studies * Use of Eye Tracking and Other Biometric Measures System-focused Visualization Research: * Novel Algorithms and Mathematics * Taxonomies and Models * Methodologies, Discussions, and Frameworks * Visual Design, Visualization System, and Toolkit Design * Data Warehousing, Database Visualization, and Data Mining * Collaborative and Distributed Visualization Hardware, Display, and Interaction Technology: * Large and High-resolution Displays * Stereo Displays * Mobile and Ubiquitous Environments * Immersive and Virtual Environments * Multimodal Input (Touch, Haptics, Voice, etc.) * Hardware Acceleration * GPUs and Multi-core Architectures * CPU and GPU Clusters * Distributed Systems, Grid, and Cloud Environments * Volume Graphics Hardware ------------------------------ Submission ------------------------------ Papers are to be submitted online through the new Precision Conference System (https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login?society=vgtc) at the PacificVis 2021 Papers track. Original, unpublished papers of up to ten (10) pages (two-column, single-spaced, 9 point font, including figures, tables, and references) are invited. Manuscripts must be written in English and follow the formatting guidelines (https://pacificvis.github.io/) It is recommended (but not mandatory) to submit an anonymized version of your manuscript for double-blind review - in this case, please remove all author and affiliation information from submissions and supplemental files as well as substitute your paper’s ID number for the author name. Papers should be submitted electronically in Adobe PDF format. Please provide supplemental videos in QuickTime MPEG-4 or DivX version 5, and use TIFF, JPEG, or PNG for supplemental images. ------------------------------ Papers Chairs ------------------------------ Nan Cao Tongji University, China Holger Theisel University of Magdeburg, Germany Chaoli Wang University of Notre Dame, USA Email: pvis_papers(a)pvis.org ------------------------------ Paper Types ------------------------------ A visualization research paper typically falls into one of five categories: technique, system, application/design study, evaluation, or theory/model. We briefly discuss these categories below. Although your main paper type has to be specified during the paper submission process, papers can include elements of more than one of these categories. Please see “Process and Pitfalls in Writing Information Visualization Research Papers” by Tamara Munzner for a more detailed discussion. *Technique papers* introduce novel techniques or algorithms that have not previously appeared in the literature, or that significantly extend known techniques or algorithms, for example, by scaling to datasets of much larger size than before or by generalizing a technique to a larger class of uses. The technique or algorithm description provided in the paper should be complete enough that a competent graduate student in visualization could implement the work, and the authors should create a prototype implementation of the methods. Relevant previous work must be referenced, and the advantage of the new methods over it should be clearly demonstrated. There should be a discussion of the tasks and datasets for which this new method is appropriate, and its limitations. Evaluation through informal or formal user studies, or other methods, will often serve to strengthen the paper, but are not mandatory. *System papers* present a blend of algorithms, technical requirements, user requirements, and design that solves a major problem. The system that is described is both novel and important, and has been implemented. The rationale for significant design decisions is provided, and the system is compared to documented, best-of-breed systems already in use. The comparison includes a specific discussion of how the described system differs from and is, in some significant respects, superior to those systems. For example, the described system may offer substantial advancements in the performance or usability of visualization systems or novel capabilities. Every effort should be made to eliminate external factors (such as advances in processor performance, memory sizes, or operating system features) that would affect this comparison. *Application/design study papers* explore the choices made when applying visualization and visual analytics techniques in an application area, for example relating the visual encodings and interaction techniques to the requirements of the target task. Similarly, application/design study papers have been the norm when researchers describe the use of visualization techniques to glean insights from problems in engineering and science. Although a significant amount of application domain background information can be useful to provide a framing context in which to discuss the specifics of the target task, the primary focus of the case study must be the visualization content. The results of the application/design study, including insights generated in the application domain, should be clearly conveyed. Describing new techniques and algorithms developed to solve the target problem will strengthen a design study paper, but the requirements for novelty are less stringent than in a technique paper. Where necessary, the identification of the underlying parametric space and its efficient search must be aptly described. The work will be judged by the design lessons learned or insights gleaned, on which future contributors can build. We invite submissions on any application area. *Evaluation papers* explore the usage of visualization and visual analytics by human users, and typically present an empirical study of visualization techniques or systems. Authors are not necessarily expected to implement the systems used in these studies themselves; the research contribution will be judged on the validity and importance of the experimental results as opposed to the novelty of the systems or techniques under study. The conference committee appreciates the difficulty and importance of designing and performing rigorous experiments, including the definition of appropriate hypotheses, tasks, data sets, selection of subjects, measurement, validation, and conclusions. The goal of such efforts should be to move from mere description of experiments, toward prediction and explanation. We do suggest that potential authors who have not had formal training in the design of experiments involving human subjects may wish to partner with a colleague from an area such as psychology or human-computer interaction who has experience with designing rigorous experimental protocols and statistical analysis of the resulting data. Other novel forms of evaluation are also encouraged. *Theory/model papers* present new interpretations of the foundational theory of visualization and visual analytics. Implementations are usually not relevant for papers in this category. Papers should focus on basic advancement in our understanding of how visualization techniques complement and exploit properties of human vision and cognition. For more information and updates, please visit: http://pvis.org/

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Deadline extended: ACM ISS 2020 - International Workshop on Cross-Reality Interaction (CfP)
by Klen Čopič Pucihar 26 Sep '20

26 Sep '20

*Deadline extended till 7 Oct* *ACM ISS 2020, Nov 8-11, 2020, Lisbon, Portugal (ALL VIRTUAL)* The 14th ACM conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ACM ISS 2020) is taking place from November 8 to 11 in all virtual conference mode. As part of the conference we organize the first International Workshop on Cross-Reality Interaction. *Call for participation* You are invited to submit a position or work-in-progress paper (2-4 pages, single column) to the first international workshop on Cross-Reality (XR) Interaction that describes the usage and transition between different systems on the reality-virtuality continuum (e.g. from reality to augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR)) or concurrent usage of multiple systems on this continuum for collaborative purposes. We invite you to make submissions relating to the workshop topic or any of the following themes: * XR conceptual models and design principles * Interaction, transition, and visualization or perception techniques * Real-world tool use and tangibles as input to XR systems * Collaboration across the reality-virtuality continuum * Input and output devices * Use cases in, e.g., education, industry, transportation, sports, healthcare * Evaluation of XR experiences * Privacy and security in XR * Any other XR related topic *Deadline* for submission is October 7nd 2020: https://xr.famnit.upr.si/#dates We will do our best to accommodate participants in disparate time-zones. All papers will be juried by an expert committee who will select participants based on the relevance and quality of the work on the broad domain of XR interaction. The proceedings of the workshop will be published on the website and through online repository (e.g. HAL, arXive) indexed by Google scholar. Please refer to the worksop website for further details https://xr.famnit.upr.si/ or write to augusto.esteves(a)tecnico.ulisboa.pt or klen.copic(a)famnit.upr.si. *Organisers* Adalberto L. Simeone, Mohamed Khamis, Augusto Esteves, Florian Daiber, Matjaž Kljun, Klen Čopič Pucihar, Poika Isokoski, Jan Gugenheimer

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ACM IUI 2021: Call for papers (update on paper format)
by Axel Soto 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

*** ACM IUI 2021: Call for Papers *** * College Station, TX * April 13-17, 2021 * http://iui.acm.org/2021/ * Contact: program2021(a)iui.acm.org ## IMPORTANT UPDATE Please check the updated paper format and length restrictions for short and long papers on https://iui.acm.org/2021/call_for_papers.html ## Upcoming deadlines Abstract: Oct 2, 2020 (compulsory) Paper submission: Oct 9, 2020 ## ACM IUI 2021 ACM IUI 2021 is the 26th annual premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) communities meet, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is on improving the interaction between humans and digital technology, by leveraging both HCI approaches and state-of-the art AI techniques from machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. ### Why you should submit to ACM IUI While other conferences focus on either the AI or HCI side of this research, we address the complex interaction between the two. We strongly encourage submissions that simultaneously discuss research from both HCI and AI. We also welcome works that focus more on one side or the other, but still highlight the connections between the two. We value papers that contribute methodology or theory for the evaluation of intelligent user interfaces. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contributions. ACM IUI welcomes contribution from all relevant arenas—academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations—and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in a focused and interactive setting. The conference is large enough to be diverse and lively, but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels and a doctoral consortium for graduate students. ### COVID-19 statement We are monitoring the situation regarding the global pandemic and associated travel restrictions. If needed, we will offer a virtual presentation option if the conference cannot take place due to the global pandemic, or if registered authors from specific parts of the world cannot attend the conference. ## Papers We accept two forms of contributions: full and short papers. They should both make novel contributions to IUI, however full papers should make more substantial and significant contributions, while short papers can contain more focused contributions. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. A selected set of accepted top quality full papers will be invited to submit their extended versions for publication in an ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://tiis.acm.org) special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2021". ## Topics IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Application areas * Internet of Things (IoT) * Education and learning-related technologies * Health and intelligent health technologies * Assistive technologies * Social media and other Web technologies * Mobile applications * Artificial personal assistants * Information retrieval, search, and recommendation systems * Interface types * Affective and aesthetic interfaces * Collaborative interfaces * Speech-based interfaces * AR/VR interfaces * Intelligent wearable and mobile interfaces * Ubiquitous smart environments * Modalities * Agent based interfaces (e.g., embodied agents, virtual assistants) * Multi-modal interfaces (speech, gestures, eye gaze, face, physiological information etc.) * Conversational interfaces * Tangible interfaces * Intelligent visualization * Methods and approaches * Methods for explanations (e.g., transparency, control, and trust) * Persuasive technologies in IUI * Privacy and security of IUI * Planning and plan recognition for IUI * Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation * User Modelling for Intelligent Interfaces * User-Adaptive interaction and personalization * Crowd computing and human computation * Human-in-the loop machine learning * Evaluations of intelligent user interfaces * User experiments * User studies * Reproducibility (including benchmarks, datasets, and challenges) * Meta-analyses * Mixed-methods evaluations ## Dates * Oct 2, 2020: Abstract deadline (compulsory) * Oct 9, 2020: Papers deadline * Dec 14, 2020: Notification * Feb 8, 2021: Camera ready due * Apr 13, 2021: Conference starts ## Submission Guidelines Check the submission guidelines on the conference page: https://iui.acm.org/2021/call_for_papers.html ## Program Chairs * John O’Donovan, University of California, Santa Barbara * Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University * Paul Teale, Texas A&M * Jeeeun Kim, Texas A&M * Aaron Adler, Raytheon BBN Technologies * Manoj Prasad, Microsoft * Contact: program2021(a)iui.acm.org

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IEEE AIVR Immersive Analytics workshop (ImAna 2020) - deadline extended
by Klen Čopič Pucihar 24 Sep '20

24 Sep '20

IMMERSIVE ANALYTICS workshop (ImAna 2020) In conjunction with IEEE AIVR Dec 14-18, 2020, http://ieee-aivr.org ========================================= *Deadline extended till 4 Oct* Immersive analytics (IA) is an interdisciplinary research field that uses VR/AR to create truly immersive and interactive representations of big data for a better analysis and understanding. In this Immersive Analytics workshop (ImAna), we want to explore the state of the art in IA, identify problems and major challenges, and look into recent improvements and promising ideas. We are inviting contributions in the form of scientific papers and video demonstrations in all domains related to immersive analytics. We are particulary interested in examples that show how AI and VR/AR can be brought together to create and improve IA. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * IA systems, system design, implementation, toolkits * IA applications, use cases, case studies, experiences * Innovative VR/AR usage for IA (ideally with potential for including AI techniques) * Innovative AI usage for IA (ideally with potential for integration into VR/AR systems) * IA interaction, authoring and creation of IA systems, collaboration * Human factors, multimodality, social aspects, evaluations * Theoretical frameworks, models, position statements, surveys For details about submission please refer to the workshop's website at https://aivr.science.uu.nl/ImAna2020/ IMPORTANT DATES: * Oct 04, 2020: submission deadline (AoE; extended and final) * Oct 16, 2020: author notification * Oct 30, 2020: camera ready and registration deadline The workshop will be integrated into the IEEE AIVR 2020 conference, which takes place online from Dec 14-18, 2020. Accepted submissions will be included into the conference proceedings and published in IEEE Xplore.

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IEEE AIVR 2020 Call for Workshop papers (deadline extended to Oct 4)
by Hürst, W.O. (Wolfgang) 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

3rd IEEE Intl. Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Virtual Reality Dec 14-18, 2020, http://ieee-aivr.org ========================================= *Due to various requests, the deadline has been extended to 4 Oct* IEEE AIVR is a unique event, addressing researchers and industries from all areas of AI as well as Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality. It provides an international forum for the exchange between those fields to present advances in the state of the art, identify emerging research topics, and together define the future of these exciting research domains. In 2020, the conference will feature five interesting workshops. Submission deadline is October 4, 2020 (AoE). Please refer to the individual workshop sites for submission details. Workshop 1: AIXR - Ethics in AI & XR https://sites.google.com/view/aixr/home Workshop 2: CRDH - From Capture to Rendering of Digital Humans for AR/VR https://crdh-workshop.github.io/2020/ Workshop 3: ImAna - Workshop on Immersive Analytics https://aivr.science.uu.nl/ImAna2020/index.html Workshop 4: MARCH - Modeling and Animating Realistic Crowds and Humans https://sites.google.com/view/ieee-aivr2020-march Workshop 5: XRMI - Extended Reality in Medical Imaging https://xrmi.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2020/06/05/xrmi-extended-reality-in-medica…

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Call for VIS/VR/CG Surveys
by Shixia Liu 20 Sep '20

20 Sep '20

-------------------------------------------------------- Call for VIS/VR/CG Surveys -------------------------------------------------------- TVCG welcomes and encourages the submission of survey papers in all areas in its scope, computer graphics, visualization, and augmented and virtual reality. These survey papers, called *VIS/VR/CG* *Surveys*, are meant to be easily accessible to non-experts and are designed to provide a thorough, integrative, up-to-date, and comprehensive narration of the existing body of research in the survey’s target domain. They cover the subject’s theory as well as its practice, point out existing trends, enable a critical comparison of existing research efforts and results, and in some occasions, also shed light on developments in the commercial arena. Survey papers are up to 20 double-columned pages in length and are rigorously peer-reviewed by domain experts. *VIS/VR/CG Surveys* have the specific aim to (1) provide unfamiliar readers a quick gateway into a *VIS/VR/CG*-related research domain, and (2) help professionals working in the field stay abreast with developments in this rapidly evolving area of research. Topics of interest are: information and scientific visualization, visual analytics, virtual and augmented reality, computer graphics, and others. *VIS/VR/CG** Surveys* can be orally presented at the IEEE VIS, ISMAR, IEEE VR, or other collaborating conferences. Authors aiming for VIS 2021, IEEE VR 2022, or ISMAR 2021, should plan to submit a *VIS/VR/CG Survey *paper to TVCG by the following deadlines. *IEEE VIS 2021: November 30th, 2020* *ISMAR 2021: December 31st, 2020* *IEEE VR 2022: April 30th, 2021* Authors aiming for a graphics conference, please refer to the partner conferences listed here <https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-c…> and submit the survey paper 10-12 months before the intended graphics conference begins. Submissions are accepted all year long but sending them by this date will give enough time for the revision process to be concluded before the conference program has been finalized. In order to test an idea, if in doubt, please send an email message with a quick overview to: Shixia Liu, TVCG Associate Editor-in-Chief, shixia(a)tsinghua.edu.cn.

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Design (Design Informatics)
by Benjamin Bach 19 Sep '20

19 Sep '20

The Design Subject Area at the Edinburgh College of Art wishes to appoint a full-time Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Design to teach within the Institute of Design Informatics (designinformatics.org) with a particular focus on Interaction Design, Human Data Interaction, Human Computer Interaction and Data Science. This is a full-time (35 hours), open-ended post. The post is available from 1st November 2020. Salary: Lecturer UE08 £41,526 -£49,553 per annum Senior Lecturer UE09 £52,559 -£59,135 per annum The successful candidate will play a leading role in the delivery and development of the Design Informatics postgraduate programmes, will contribute to teaching on our undergraduate programmes, and will engage in the supervision of doctoral students. They will have an excellent research profile in any area of Interactive Media, HCI / HDI, Art / Science & Technology and data science, with the ability to produce exceptional scholarship and/or practice-led research and attract external funding. The appointee will also contribute to the administration of the subject area and the development of teaching and research across Edinburgh College of Art. The closing date is 5pm GMT on 8th October 2020. https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CBM340/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-design-design… Benjamin Bach Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Design Informatics and Visualization School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh https://visualinteractivedata.github.io <https://visualinteractivedata.github.io/> http://benjbach.me The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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IEEE AIVR 2020 Call for Workshop papers
by Hürst, W.O. (Wolfgang) 15 Sep '20

15 Sep '20

3rd IEEE Intl. Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Virtual Reality Dec 14-18, 2020, http://ieee-aivr.org ========================================= IEEE AIVR is a unique event, addressing researchers and industries from all areas of AI as well as Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality. It provides an international forum for the exchange between those fields to present advances in the state of the art, identify emerging research topics, and together define the future of these exciting research domains. In 2020, the conference will feature five interesting workshops, including one on Immersive Analytics. Submission deadline is September 24, 2020 (AoE). Please refer to the individual workshop sites for submission details. Workshop 1: AIXR - Ethics in AI & XR https://sites.google.com/view/aixr/home Workshop 2: CRDH - From Capture to Rendering of Digital Humans for AR/VR https://crdh-workshop.github.io/2020/ Workshop 3: ImAna - Workshop on Immersive Analytics https://aivr.science.uu.nl/ImAna2020/index.html Workshop 4: MARCH - Modeling and Animating Realistic Crowds and Humans https://sites.google.com/view/ieee-aivr2020-march Workshop 5: XRMI - Extended Reality in Medical Imaging https://xrmi.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2020/06/05/xrmi-extended-reality-in-medica…

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ACM IUI 2021: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS (deadline extended)
by Axel Soto 15 Sep '20

15 Sep '20

ACM IUI 2021 CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS (deadline extended) In conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2021) College Station, TX, USA April 13 - 17, 2021 http://iui.acm.org/ IUI 2021 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The goal of the workshops is to provide a venue for presenting research on focused topics of interest and an informal forum to discuss research questions and challenges. Workshops will be held on the first day of the conference. We invite submissions of full-day (6 hours) and half-day (3 hours) workshop proposals on any of the conference topics (or related). This year we are particularly interested in workshops that have an interactive aspect. Preference will be given to workshops with interactive and hands-on sessions where participants can team up or work together towards the common goal of the workshop. We encourage proposals for a wide range of workshops, including but not limited to: - "Mini-conferences" on specialized topics; such workshops may have their own paper submission and review processes. - "Late breaking work" meetings; such workshops usually have a lighter review process (e.g. based on abstracts only). - "Hands-on" workshops around a specific problem or topic that may wish to ask participants to submit a position statement. - "Mini-competitions", challenges, or hackathons around selected topics with individual or team participation. == PROPOSAL FORMAT == Note: One of the keys to a successful workshop submission is to CONTACT THE CHAIRS WITH YOUR IDEAS (workshops2021(a)iui.acm.org) and work together to prepare an exciting proposal! Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the standard sigconf format, using one of the Interim ACM templates available at http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html Please submit your proposal via the PCS 2.0 submission system (https://new.precisionconference.com) The proposals should be organized as follows: - Name and title: A one-word workshop acronym and a full title. - Description of workshop topic and goal: This description should discuss the relevance of the suggested topic to the IUI audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the workshop is of particular interest. - Organizers: Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the workshop organizers. This can be a single person or a group of people. Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Please indicate the primary contact person and the organizers who plan to attend the workshop. - Previous history: List of previous workshops that were held on the topic including the conferences that hosted past workshops and the number of participants. Also please provide the list of other workshops organized by workshop organizers in the past. - Workshop program committee: Names and affiliation of the members of the (tentative) workshop program committee that will evaluate the workshop submissions. - Participants: A statement saying how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the workshop. We recommend the proposal to include the names of at least 10 people who have expressed interest to participate in, or contribute a paper to, the workshop. - Workshop format: A brief description of the workshop format regarding the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, and general discussion. - Length: Full-day or half-day. - Proposal format: Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the formatting instructions from (sigconf): http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html Additional guidelines: ---------------------- - Workshop proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the workshop chairs. - Organizers: We strongly encourage all of the workshop organizers to attend IUI and take part in their workshop. This can make the workshops more appealing for the participants and strengthen the discussion part. - Workshop summary: An extended abstract with a summary of the workshop goals and an overview of the workshop topics will be included in the ACM Digital Library for IUI 2021. - Workshop proceedings: At the convenience of the workshop organizers, we will arrange a joint volume of online proceedings for the workshop papers. Workshops should request the authors to submit papers in the ACM SIGCHI Paper Format. - Cancellation: Workshops with few submissions by January 3 2021 may be cancelled, shortened, merged with other workshops, or otherwise restructured. This will be done in consultation between the IUI 2021 workshop chairs and the workshop organizers. Additionally, we strongly encourage to have workshop organizers from different institutions and research communities, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that attracts various types of contributions and ensures rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops are responsible for producing a call for participation and publicizing it, such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the IUI conference community. Workshop organizers will maintain their own website with updated information about the workshops and the IUI 2021 web site will refer to the workshop site. The workshop organizers will coordinate the paper solicitation, collection, and review process, and coordinate the production of the joint online proceedings with IUI 2021 workshop chairs. == IMPORTANT DATES == Discuss your topic with the workshop chairs: ASAP Workshop date: Proposals Due: September 22, 2020 Decisions sent: October 07, 2020 Submissions due: December 23, 2020 Reporting of status: January 03, 2021 Final go/no-go decisions: January 05, 2021 Notification to authors: January 31, 2021 Camera-ready for workshop summary [ACM Companion] February 10, 2021 Camera-ready for accepted papers February 28, 2021

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