October 2022 - Infovis

EuroVis 2023 - Call for State of the Art Reports, Deadline for sketches: October 21, 2022
by Turkay, Cagatay 06 Oct '22

06 Oct '22

Dear colleagues, With this call, we invite submissions of high-quality State of the Art Reports (STAR) to be presented at the EuroVis 2023 conference (https://www.eurovis.org/) and published in the Computer Graphics Forum journal<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678659>. The EuroVis 2023 conference will be held in Leipzig, Germany on June 12-16, 2023. The call for STARs is included below and further details are on the EuroVis webpage (https://conferences.eg.org/eurovis2023/for-submitters/stars/) The STAR submissions will go through a two-stage process, and the deadline for the first stage, i.e., submissions of STAR sketches of two pages (+references, +bibliography), is just around the corner on **October 21, 2022** and we look forward to receiving your submissions, details below. For any questions, please contact us at stars(a)eurovis.org Best wishes, Renata, Stefan & Cagatay EuroVis 2023 - Call for State of the Art Reports (STARs) State-of-the-Art Reports (STARs) are intended to provide up-to-date and comprehensive surveys on topics of interest to the visualization research community. We encourage the submission of STARs on topics that have not yet been covered in any recent STAR or other survey [1,2]. We welcome submissions that introduce emerging areas of research that are of relevance and interest to visualization research, as well as proposals on more traditional visualization topics. We also welcome contributions from related disciplines and application areas demonstrating contributions to, or benefits from, the area of visualization including, but not limited to, visual computing, computer graphics, human-computer interaction, virtual reality, image processing, computer vision, psychology, geography, chemistry, computational fluid dynamics, data analysis, computational sciences, medicine, biology, economy, social science, etc. All accepted EuroVis STAR reports will be published in the Computer Graphics Forum journal<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678659>. Important Dates Submission of STAR Sketch: October 21, 2022 (two pages, +references, +bibliography) Invitation for full STAR submission: November 18, 2022 Submission of full STAR: February 3, 2023 Review notification: Mar 24, 2023 Second round submission: April 21, 2023 Second review notification: May 5, 2023 Camera-ready deadline: May 19, 2023 All deadlines are at 23:59 GMT on the date indicated. Instructions As part of the acceptance process for Computer Graphics Forum, STARs will undergo a multi-stage review process where authors first submit a 2-page STAR Sketch that they receive preliminary feedback on, followed by a full STAR submission. Submission of the STAR Sketch and full report is mandatory and will be conducted using the Precision Conference System (PCS<https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions/eurovis21c>). For detailed paper preparation and submission instructions please refer to the submission guidelines below. Upon acceptance, we aim to schedule each STAR as an approximately 45 minute presentation (subject to the schedule management of the EuroVis 2023 program). In any circumstance, a STAR presentation will be given a longer time slot than that of a full paper. STAR Sketch Submission A STAR Sketch briefly describes the planned STAR by outlining the topic, discussing its relevance to the visualization community, providing the planned structure and outline of the STAR together with all key references, and short biographies of the authors. The length of a STAR Sketch main text is limited to two pages. To demonstrate the relevant expertise needed to produce the proposed STAR, brief biographies of all authors are required as supplementary material. References and short biographies are considered supplementary pages and are not counted within the two page limit. Authors receive feedback on their sketches to help improve the submission and to inform their decisions whether to progress to the Full STAR submission stage. Full STAR Submission In the next stage, authors are required to submit a full STAR. There is no strict maximum length for full submissions. However, it is unusual for STARs to exceed 20 pages (excluding references). Full STAR submissions will then undergo a single blind, two-stage review process, similar to that of regular papers submitted to Computer Graphics Forum, where 3-4 external experts on the respective topic will evaluate the STAR. STAR Chairs Stefan Bruckner, University of Bergen, Norway Cagatay Turkay, University of Warwick, UK Renata G. Raidou, TU Wien, Austria For any questions concerning State-of-the-Art Report submissions please contact the STAR chairs at stars(a)eurovis.org. Further details of the conference and the call can be accessed here: https://conferences.eg.org/eurovis2023/for-submitters/stars/

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Faculty positions at Georgia Tech
by John Stasko 04 Oct '22

04 Oct '22

The School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech is seeking, among other areas, new faculty specializing in Data Visualization or Visual Analytics this upcoming year. The relevant line from our hiring description states, "We seek applications in the broader areas of Graphics; Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (including but not limited to Theory, Computer Vision, and Natural Language Processing); Social Computing; Social Justice, Ethics and Fairness; Data Visualization; Sustainability; and Augmented and Virtual Reality." Data visualization research here at GT is well-established. Our Visualization Group currently includes four faculty members, and we teach multiple vis-focused courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. More details about our group can be found at https://vis.gatech.edu. To learn more about the faculty openings and how to apply, please visit the web page https://ic.gatech.edu/about/faculty-hiring. Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis starting October 1, 2022, and we definitely encourage earlier applications. Additionally, please feel free to speak with Alex Endert and/or John Stasko who will be attending VIS '22 in Oklahoma City, in order to learn more about the openings.

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Talent Hiring Round for Visual Analytics Product | Developers for GraphPolaris
by Michael Behrisch 03 Oct '22

03 Oct '22

Dear VIS community, This mailing list is typically used for sharing academic updates and job openings. In this post, however, it is all about giving a finishing PhD., master student, or (in general) VIS-interested person the opportunity to stay a valuable member in our community. Please, help us to spread the word for finding a research engineer/developer for our academic spin-off GraphPolaris (www.graphpolaris.com) Also, if our core topic (multivariate/multi-layer or knowledge graph analysis) sparks your interest, I would be happy to discuss potential use-cases and/or application-scenarios. With best regards, Michael Behrisch and Remco Chang ============================= Dear all, With this email, I would like to steer your attention to a unique job opportunity and advertise a potentially interesting next step and career entrance opportunity in the ‘GraphPolaris Developer Hiring Round 2022’. Our academic spin-off GraphPolaris (www.graphpolaris.com <http://www.graphpolaris.com>) is searching for *Front-end/Full-Stack DEVELOPERs who strive with us to remove the frustration and uncertainty of the analysis of complex network datasets*. We firmly believe that data analysis processes should be (more) centered around the person who does the analysis or makes the business decisions. A human-centered approach will inevitably lead to more, better, and more sustainable innovations in business and societal settings. Shape Description automatically generated *How and What:*In GraphPolaris, we combine the creativity and common knowledge of the human with the number-crunching capabilities of the machine and *make insights visible, explainable, and auditable through visual interactive analysis interfaces*. Our main product, the Graph Database Explorer, is the logical first manifestation of this credo: We are building a visual graph analytics framework that focuses on easy, explainable, and efficient access to (multivariate) graph databases with better visualization support and a ready-to-use graph ML toolbox. Our unique selling points are (1) a full-fledged, dedicated graph analysis workflow that starts with questions around data quality and schema consistency, evolves (2) around an intuitive query formulation in a no-code visual query editor, and lets the user loop effortlessly through query-refinement and interactive exploration of (3) better visualization techniques than just node-link diagrams. *Who we are:*GraphPolaris was founded by Dr. Michael Behrisch and Prof. Remco Chang. Michael is a Professor for Visual Analytics at the Utrecht University, driven by the motivation to bring good Visualization and Visual Analytics research results into environments (business, public sector, research) where they can make an impact. Michael is experienced in managing and acquiring research projects and worked for six years as a business analyst (startup & technical innovation research for Deutsche Telekom). He coordinates the GraphPolaris team effort, market assessment, outreach tasks, and manages tasks for knowledge transfer activities. Remco Chang is a Professor for Visual Analytics at the Tufts University in Medford, USA, whose research embodies the concept of letting human analysts steer the processing power of the PC through visual interactive interfaces to accomplish explainable, faithful, and usable data analysis results. Remcohas a track record of various high-profile international research grantsand gained startup experience with the Kyrix visualization system in the team of Mike Stonebraker (Touring award winner, Ingres/Postgres). *Where we are: *We are in a seed stage of our startup life, have several MVPs, and concluded a target customer/market analysis. We have received the NWO Takeoff grant for feasibility and initial market studies, the Google Startup Cloud Grant for hosting and operational expenses, and now proudly received the NWO Demonstrator grant for proving Product-Market-Fit. *What we search for: *The task descriptions for this position are manifold, but one requirement is foremost: *We are searching for someone who can breath our vision and understands its impact.* Consider applying if: ·… you have excellent *coding skills* /(must//-haves//: web//or//full stack skills)/and love solving challenging and societally impactful problems. ·… you have *(software) architecture skills* /(nice-to-haves: understanding of Kubernetes and microservice patterns)/ to improve our scalable infrastructure even further. ·… you areinterested in *visual data analytics***/(e.g., with mapbox, deck.gl, pixi//.js, d3.js//)/to improve or design state-of-the-art visual solutions and workflows. ·… you have worked with *graph databases* /(e.g., //with //Neo4j//’s cypher//, Tigergraph//’s GSQL//, or SPARQL)/to store and retrieve multivalue property graph data. *What:*We are searching for full-time developers (1FTE, 38h/week), part-time contracts with more than 20h/week can be requested. Typical hiring conditions under CAO apply. Work will happen in a hybrid setting, fully online is also possible. *How:*Send a personal and engaging motivation letter. State your prior experience, indicate your background and skills, and name potential open-source projects that you have contributed to (and how). *When:*Please send your application documents by 31.10.2022 to info(a)graphpolaris.com <mailto:info@graphpolaris.com>. Also feel free to get in touch with me (Michael Behrisch, m.behrisch(a)uu.nl <mailto:m.behrisch@uu.nl>) personally in case of unclarities or questions. Let’s change the world of graph analytics! Dr. Michael Behrisch (http://michael.behrisch.info <http://michael.behrisch.info>) -- <https://vig.science.uu.nl/> Skype <skype:cojack20?call>Twitter <https://twitter.com/michaelbehrisch>LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-behrisch-89144710/>Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=12Bl2VgAAAAJ&hl=en>Scholar <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Behrisch> Dr. Michael Behrisch | Assistant Professor m.behrisch(a)uu.nl <mailto:m.behrisch@uu.nl> +31 (0)687 110577 Princetonplein 5 | 3584 CC Utrecht http://michael.behrisch.info <http://michael.behrisch.info/>

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AIXRLES - Workshop on AI & XR for learning, education, and serious gaming
by Hürst, W.O. (Wolfgang) 01 Oct '22

01 Oct '22

================================ AIXRLES - Workshop on AI & XR for learning, education, and serious gaming part of IEEE AIVR 2022, https://mislab.cs.nthu.edu.tw/AIXRLES/ December 12-14, 2022 (online plus on-location satellite events) ================================ In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have started to become widely used in learning and education. This workshop aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform for researchers to discuss their AI and VR/AR-related work in the context of learning, education, and serious gaming from both scientific and educational perspectives. The topics of this workshop include, but are not limited to analyses and applications of the following areas: + Simulations and serious games for learning,education and training. + Immersive sports training and exercising. + Intelligent tutoring systems. + AI-based learning performance monitoring and evaluation. + Behavior analysis in the context of training and learning. + AI models of gaze analysis, emotion analysis, and mental states analysis. + Learning/training data visualization and analysis in XR. + Development of new application scenarios and new prospects utilizing AI and/or XR in the context of learning. *SUBMISSIONS* We invite researchers and practitioners to submit their work in the form of a scientific technical paper or an application- or use-case centered paper. *Technical papers* should be 4-8 pages long (excluding references) and describe original research of new ideas, analyses, or scientific studies related to AI/XR and learning. Preliminary results or prototype implementations are welcome as well. *Application papers* should be 2-6 pages long (excluding references) and do not necessarily have to contain original research, but can, for example, describe best practices, new usage scenarios, and creative ideas of AI and XR usage in learning, training and education. Accepted papers will be published and archived in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. *IMPORTANT DATES* + Paper submission deadline: October 16, 2022 + Acceptance notifications: October 24, 2022 + Camera-ready paper deadline: October 31, 2022 + Conference: December 12-14, 2022 For submission details please refer to the workshop's website at https://mislab.cs.nthu.edu.tw/AIXRLES/ *VENUE & DATES* The workshop will take place during the IEEE AIVR conference (Dec 12-14, 2022). Due to the ongoing COVID pandemic and expected travel restrictions, the event will be held virtually. If feasible, it will be complemented with on-location satellite events (ideally at least one in the US, Europe, and Asia). Details about these satellite events will be posted on the IEEE AIVR website.

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