February 2022 - Infovis

Openings on the VGTC Executive Committee
by Paul Rosen 17 Feb '22

17 Feb '22

Dear VGTC Community, Several VGTC Executive Committee members are reaching the end of their tenure, and we are seeking self-nominations to fill their roles. Nominations are sought from active participants of any VGTC sponsored conference (https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/conferences/currently-sponsored-events/) at any career level, from industry or academia. The available positions include: Vice Chair (helps the general chair manage the VTGC) Finance Co-chair (helps the finance chair manage the finances for VTGC) Secretary (the go-to person for VTGC organization, organizes voting, meeting notes, etc.) International Liaison (setup sharing and collaboration with other associations) Publications Chair (gather and disseminates best publication practices from VGTC as well as interfacing to the IEEE publication office) Member-at-large (help the committee chair with special projects, brings new perspectives to the committee) To learn more about the VGTC, please visit: http://vgtc.org/ If you would like to self-nominate, please complete the survey at: https://forms.gle/FUU6qzcuzitvKqf9A Self-nominations are due Feb 25th AOE. You may direct any questions to me, Jim Ahrens (current VGTC Chair), or Bongshin Lee (incoming VGTC Chair). Thanks, Paul (on behalf of the VGTC) ==================================== Paul Rosen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Computer Science and Engineering University of South Florida prosen(a)usf.edu<mailto:prosen@usf.edu> http://www.cspaul.com

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CFP: AVI 2022 workshop on Map-based Interfaces and Interactions (MAPII 2022)
by Masood Masoodian 15 Feb '22

15 Feb '22

****************************************************************************** Call for Papers – Map-based Interfaces and Interactions (MAPII 2022)  AVI 2022 Workshop   07 June 2022 – Rome, Italy More info: http://avcd.aalto.fi/mapii2022/ ****************************************************************************** ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Maps and map-like visualizations are increasingly being used as the basis for many types of interactive tools and applications. This workshop aims to bring together research on such map-based interfaces which is currently dispersed through different publication venues and disciplines. This workshop will act as a common space for sharing map-related research expertise coming from the fields of visualization, user interface design and interaction design. This workshop is part of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2022), and is supported by the IFIP TC 13 Working Group on Human-Centred Technology for Sustainability (WG 13.10). CALL FOR PARTICIPATION We invite the participation of researchers, designers, developers and practitioners from a diverse range of backgrounds concerned with the design, development, evaluation and deployment of map-based interactive visualizations, applications, tools and services. Prospective workshop participants are invited to submit a position paper describing their contributions to the field of the workshop and highlight their specific interests in the workshop topics. Numbers permitting, the workshop will also be open to other participants without an accepted position paper. This workshop aims to include a wide range of topics related to map-based visualizations, interfaces and interactions, including but not limited to: – Theoretical foundations of map design. – Principles and practice of design of maps and map-like visualizations. – Design of map-based user interfaces and interactions. – Evaluation and user studies of map-based visualizations, interfaces and interactions. – Applications of map-based visualizations, interfaces and interactions in areas such as geographic information systems, epidemiology and healthcare, climate and environment, sustainability, education, social sciences and humanities. WORKSHOP STRUCTURE This full day workshop will be interactive and informal. It will combine short presentations of accepted position papers with periods of discussions, aimed at generating ideas for future research directions. The workshop will also include a hands-on activity, during which the participants will be invited to sketch designs for a map-based interactive mobile application in small groups. The designs will then be shared and discussed in the workshop. We hope to run the workshop in person at the conference. Provisions will however be made to run the workshop in remote or hybrid mode if necessary. SUBMISSIONS Position papers should be of maximum 6 pages, and prepared according to the ACM proceedings format (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template) Submissions should be made through Easychair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mapii2022) The workshop programme committee will review the submitted position papers, and select 10-15 papers for presentation at the workshop based on their quality and relevance to the workshop topics. Accepted position papers will be published in the workshop proceedings, and will be made available through the workshop website. The workshop will include a discussion on publication of the extended versions of the position papers, for instance, in the form of a special issue of a journal or an edited book. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: 20 March 2022 Notification: 20 April 2022 Camera-ready: 01 May 2022 Workshop date: 07 June 2022 WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Masood Masoodian, Aalto University (Finland) Saturnino Luz, University of Edinburgh (UK) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Bridget Kane, Karstad University (Sweden) Saturnino Luz, University of Edinburgh (UK) Masood Masoodian, Aalto University (Finland) Shane Sheehan, University of Edinburgh (UK) Artemis Skarlatidou, University College London (UK) Robert Spence, Imperial College London (UK) Thomas Rist, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) -- Prof. Masood Masoodian Visual Communication Design Aalto University avcd.aalto.fi

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WOIV'22: Extended Deadline -- 6th International Workshop on In Situ Visualization
by Tom Vierjahn 14 Feb '22

14 Feb '22

Hi all, we have extended the submission deadline for WOIV’22 until March 7. And we have added a 3rd submission type: lightning presentations (2 to 4 pages, published via Zenodo). Please find the updated CfP below and on the webpage https://woiv.gitlab.io Cheers, Tom ----- # WOIV'22: 6th International Workshop on In Situ Visualization * Held in conjunction with ISC 2022 * Hamburg, Germany, June 2, 2022 ## Scope Large-scale HPC simulations with their inherent I/O bottleneck have made in situ visualization an essential approach for data analysis, although the idea of in situ visualization dates back to the golden era of coprocessing in the 1990s. In situ coupling of analysis and visualization to a live simulation circumvents writing raw data to disk for post-mortem analysis – an approach that is already inefficient for today’s very large simulation codes. Instead, with in situ visualization, data abstracts are generated that provide a much higher level of expressiveness per byte. Therefore, more details can be computed and stored for later analysis, providing more insight than traditional methods. We encourage contributed talks on methods and workflows that have been used for large-scale parallel visualization, with a particular focus on the in situ case. Presentations on codes that closely couple numerical methods and visualization are particularly welcome. Speakers should detail if and how the application drove abstractions or other kinds of data reductions and how these interacted with the expressiveness and flexibility of the visualization for exploratory analysis. Presentations on codes that closely couple numerical methods and visualization are particularly welcome. Speakers should detail frameworks used and data reductions applied. They should also indicate how these impacted the flexibility of the visualization for exploratory analysis. Of particular interest to WOIV and its attendees are recent developments for in situ libraries and software. Submissions documenting recent additions to existing in situ software or new in situ platforms are highly encouraged. WOIV is an excellent place to connect providers of in situ solutions with potential customers. For the submissions we are not only looking for success stories, but are also particularly interested in those experiments that started with a certain goal or idea in mind, but later got shattered by reality or insufficient hardware/software. Areas of interest for WOIV include, but are not limited to: * Techniques and paradigms for in situ visualization. * Algorithms relevant to in situ visualization. These could include algorithms empowered by in situ visualization or algorithms that overcome limitations of in situ visualization. * Systems and software implementing in situ visualization. These include both general purpose and bespoke implementations. This also includes updates to existing software as well as new software. * Workflow management. * Use of in situ visualization for application science or other examples of using in situ visualization. * Performance studies of in situ systems. Comparisons between in situ systems or techniques or comparisons between in situ and alternatives (such as post hoc) are particularly encouraged. * The impact of hardware changes on in situ visualization. * The online visualization of experimental data. * Reports of in situ visualization failures. * Emerging issues with in situ visualization. ## Submissions We accept submissions of short papers (6 to 8 pages), full papers (10 to 12 pages) and lightning presentations (2 to 4 pages) in Springer single column LNCS style. Please find LaTeX and Word templates at https://woiv.gitlab.io/woiv22/template. `Submissions are exclusively handled via EasyChair: https://woiv.gitlab.io/woiv22/submit. The review process is single or double blind, we leave it to the discretion of the authors whether they want to disclose their identity in their submissions. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by experts in the field, and will be evaluated according to relevance to the workshop theme, technical soundness, thoroughness of success/failure comparison, and impactfulness of method/results. Accepted short and full papers will appear as post-conference workshop proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series; lightning presentations will be published via Zenodo. The submitted versions will be made available to workshop participants during ISC. ## Important Dates * Submission deadline (extended): March 7, 2022, anywhere on earth * Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2022 * Final presentation slides due: May 10, 2012, anywhere on earth (subject to change) * Workshop: June 2, 2022 * Camera-ready version due: July 1, 2022 (subject to change, extrapolated from previous years) ## Chairs * Peter Messmer, NVIDIA * Tom Vierjahn, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences, Bocholt, Germany ## Steering Committee * Steffen Frey, University of Groningen, The Netherlands * Kenneth Moreland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA * Thomas Theussl, KAUST, Saudi Arabia * Guido Reina, University of Stuttgart, Germany * Tom Vierjahn, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences, Bocholt, Germany ## Website, Venue, Registration * Website: https://woiv.gitlab.io * Submission system: https://woiv.gitlab.io/woiv22/submit * Template: https://woiv.gitlab.io/woiv22/template * Venue: https://www.isc-hpc.com (ISC 2022) * Workshop registration: https://woiv.gitlab.io/woiv22/register ## Contact E-Mail: woiv(a)googlegroups.com

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Conferences: IEEE VR 2022: Diversity and Inclusion scholarships for early career researchers and undergraduate students
by IEEE VR Publicity 11 Feb '22

11 Feb '22

We are happy to announce that there are two scholarship options at IEEE VR 2022. The Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship is aimed at early-career researchers from the field of VR ( https://ieeevr.org/2022/attend/diversity-and-inclusion-scholarship/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/19PETuMeu_g3QBz0Ycwr12hR…>) and the Bridge to VR Scholarship is aimed at undergraduate students ( https://ieeevr.org/2022/contribute/bridge-to-vr/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/1ggoffAlKk0uu9uZ3RnW-xvq…>). The latter does not require undergraduate students to have prior experience within the field of VR research. Both scholarships cover registration costs for the conference and provide networking opportunities. Please find further information about the application process under the provided links. IEEE VR 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/1-FtvqtaP62PstNOdD3fU1tp…> <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/14pgTDQTMTwmnHfDEeOObJMU…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/1_FXLeaV2s7FcNgGnRlrH6He…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> [image: beacon]

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Second Call for Papers - JGAA special issue on Parameterized and Approximation Algorithms in Graph Drawing
by Giordano Da Lozzo 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue on Parameterized and Approximation Algorithms in Graph Drawing of Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA) Dear Colleagues, It is a great pleasure to invite you to submit a paper to the Special Issue of Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA) on "Parameterized and Approximation Algorithms in Graph Drawing". In the course of a few decades, the fields of parameterized complexity and approximation algorithms have emerged as distinguished research areas providing an impressive collection of broadly usable methodologies and remarkable theoretical and practical contributions. These branches of complexity theory provide a framework of powerful techniques that allow us to tackle hard (often NP-hard) problems, by either considering restricted graph classes or by seeking solutions "close" to the optimal ones. Moreover, in recent years, the research efforts in these two fields have converged into the study of the unified notion of parameterized approximation algorithms. CFP on the journal's page: https://jgaa.info/docs/cfp-param-algo.pdf Submission Deadline: *February 28, 2022.* Topics ====== The emphasis of this special issue is on original results in the areas of fixed-parameter tractable and approximation algorithms in graph drawing and network visualization. This includes, but is not limited to, theoretical and combinatorial aspects that arise at the interface of graph drawing with computational and discrete geometry, combinatorial optimization, visual computing, VLSI and computer-aided design, computer graphics, and information visualization. The range of topics includes: - fixed-parameter tractable and approximation algorithms - (parameterized) inapproximability - W[k]-hardness - parameterized approximations - (lossy) kernelization - fine-grained complexity of approximations - subexponential-time approximations Other topics that are not listed but that might be of interest for the study of parameterized and approximation algorithms in graph drawing will also be evaluated. To bridge the gap between theory and practice, we welcome contributions dealing with techniques and data structures to obtain efficient parameterized and approximation algorithms to tackle graph-visualization problems as well as implementations, experimental evaluations, and algorithm engineering issues of approximation, parameterized, and kernelization algorithms that emerge in practice. Paper Submission ================ We invite authors to submit papers describing original research of theoretical or practical significance concerned with parameterized and approximation algorithms in graph drawing and network visualization until February 28, 2022. We aim for a fast reviewing process in order to have this special issue available at the end of 2022. Papers should be submitted to the editors of the special issue in PDF format. All communications between the editors, authors, and reviewers will be done by email unless otherwise requested by the author or reviewer. All submissions must be formatted using the LaTeX style file of Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (http://jgaa.info/authors.jsp) The default margins and fonts must not be modified. The submission should contain a scholarly exposition of ideas, techniques, and results, including motivation and a clear comparison with related work. The claims of the paper should be fully substantiated, including full proofs or appropriate experimental data. Papers of good quality that do not fit within the scope of this special issue might be handled as regular JGAA submissions. Guest Editors ============= Giordano Da Lozzo, Roma Tre University; giordano.dalozzo(a)uniroma3.it Philipp Kindermann, Universität Trier; kindermann(a)uni-trier.de

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Assistant Professor post at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick, UK
by Turkay, Cagatay 03 Feb '22

03 Feb '22

Dear all, At the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) at the University of Warwick, we are looking to recruit a permanent full-time Assistant Professor from September 2022. We are interested in applications from scholars working in one or more of the areas of data analysis, data visualisation, critical data studies, quantitative methods, digital methods, design visualisation, human-data interaction and interdisciplinary data science. We would be looking for a promising or established track record of internationally recognized interdisciplinary research and the design and delivery of teaching. The deadline for this application is 21 Feb 2022 and further details of the post and application are here: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5062452&ownertype=fair… And for information about CIM, you can refer here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/ Please feel free to pass on to who you think might be interested and please get in touch with me and/or the head of department, Celia Lury, for questions/clarifications. Contact information can be found here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/people/ Best wishes, Cagatay. Dr Cagatay Turkay Associate Professor Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies University of Warwick & Turing Fellow @ The Alan Turing Institute w: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/people/cagatay-turkay

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Conferences: Call for Nominations for the Inaugural Class of IEEE VGTC VR Academy - Deadline - Feb 15
by IEEE VR Publicity 03 Feb '22

03 Feb '22

Dear Members of the IEEE VR Community, There is still time, until Feb. 15 AOE, in this special first year, to nominate worthy individuals for election to the Inaugural Class of IEEE VGTC VR Academy. Members will be announced at IEEE VR 2022 on March 12-16. We particularly encourage nominations that recognize the diversity of our community. The Inaugural Class will include newly elected members as well as all past Lifetime and Technical Achievement award winners <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/1ASALVuNucXXShA2Ut-RsdPQ…> . The nomination criteria are here <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/1OEFyFOXjzVO544VPO-S-Us5…>, the submission form is here <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/11FFbNPgK5upO2FKbTsuctie…>, and general information about the entire IEEE VR Awards Program is here <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/1q1KA8pF7POY_6ixVHDlt2nx…> . Best, Steve Feiner, Chair IEEE VGTC VR Academy Awards Committee Henry Fuchs, Chair IEEE VGTC VR Awards Program [image: beacon]

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CFP: ETVIS 2022 - Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (Due on Feb 22)
by Vidyapu Sandeep 03 Feb '22

03 Feb '22

Dear colleagues, You are invited to submit relevant manuscripts for consideration in the * Sixth Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2022) * June 8-11, 2022, Seattle, US. For the third time in conjunction with the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA): https://etra.acm.org/2022 All accepted papers will be published by ACM. The details are appended and also available at https://etra.acm.org/2022 under co-located events. Please feel free to contact us directly for any further enquiry. Best regards, Zoya Bylinskii (Adobe) Benedict Fehringer (University of Mannheim) Kuno Kurzhals (University of Stuttgart) ************************************************************************** Sixth Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2022) June 8-11, 2022, Seattle, US in conjunction with ACM ETRA 2022 https://etra.acm.org/2022/workshops/ETVIS2022/ETVIS2022.html ************************************************************************** Contact: etvis2022(a)gmail.com ************************************************************************** ________________ IMPORTANT DATES ________________ ● Abstract Due: Feb 22, 2022 ● Submission Due: Mar 01, 2022 ● Notification: Apr 08, 2022 ● Camera Ready: Apr 19, 2022 All accepted papers will be published by ACM. ______ SCOPE ______ Broadly, this workshop considers the intersection of eye tracking research with visualization, whether the contributions relate to eye tracking studies of visualizations, or vice versa, visualization techniques for eye tracking. Technological advances in computer vision algorithms and sensor hardware have greatly reduced the implementational and financial costs of eye tracking. Thus, it is unsurprising to witness a significant increase in its use as a research tool in fields beyond the traditional domains of biological vision, psychology, and neuroscience, in particular, in visualization and human-computer interaction research. One of the key challenges lies in the analysis, interaction, and visualization of complex spatio-temporal datasets of gaze behavior, which is further complicated by complementary datasets such as semantic labels, user interactions and/or accompanying physiological sensor recordings. Ultimately, the research objective is to allow eye tracking data to be effectively interpreted in terms of the observer’s decision-making and cognitive processes. To achieve this, it is necessary to draw upon our current understanding of gaze-behavior across various and related fields, from vision and cognition to visualization. All together eye tracking is an important field to be understood, be it in the sense of data analysis and visualization, interaction, or user-based evaluation of visualization. _______ TOPICS _______ Manuscripts are solicited on the following topics with an emphasis on the relationship between eye tracking and visualization, including but not limited to the following: ● Visualization techniques for eye-movement data (inc. spatio-temporal visualization, evolution of gaze patterns, visual analysis of individual behavior, 2D vs. 3D representations of eye-movement data) ● Visual analytics of gaze behavior (inc. visual data mining, aggregation, clustering techniques, and metrics for eye-movement data) ● Eye-movement data provenance ● Standardized metrics for evaluating gaze interactions with visualization ● Cognitive models for gaze interactions with visualizations ● Novel methods for eye tracking in challenging visualization scenarios ● Uncertainty visualization of gaze data ● Interactive annotation of gaze and stimulus data ● Systems for the visual exploration of eye-movement data ● Eye-tracking studies that evaluate visualization or visual analytics ● Eye tracking in non-WIMP visualization environments, including mobile eye tracking, mobile devices, and large displays ● Visualization of eye-tracking data in mixed and virtual reality (3df & 6df, 360°) ● Visualization applications that rely on eye tracking as an input parameter ____________ SUBMISSIONS ____________ Authors are invited to submit original work complying with the ETRA SHORT PAPER format (up to 8 pages single-column format, any number of references, max. 150 words abstract). Also ensure that the Author Guidelines ( https://www.siggraph.org//learn/instructions-authors for SIG sponsored events [sigconf]) are met prior to submission. ________ ORGANIZERS ________ ● Zoya Bylinskii, Adobe, bylinski[at]adobe.com ● Benedict Fehringer, University of Mannheim, b.fehringer[at]uni-mannheim.de ● Kuno Kurzhals, University of Stuttgart, kuno.kurzhals[at] visus.uni-stuttgart.de ________ MEDIA CHAIR ________ ● Sandeep Vidyapu, University of Stuttgart, Sandeep.Vidyapu[at] visus.uni-stuttgart.de -- Thanks and regards, Dr. Sandeep Vidyapu, Ph.D. Postdoc Research Fellow Universität Stuttgart

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Invitation to participate in a user study ($30 Amazon gift card)
by Bhavya Ghai 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

We invite you to participate in a user study to evaluate an interactive visual tool that helps users in identifying nuance biases and stereotypes. You are eligible if you are 18 or more and a writer, literary critic, or involved with production of written stories in any other ways. The study is IRB-approved and you will receive a $30 Amazon gift card for your participation. In the user study, you will read a few short stories and answer several questions relevant to the stories. All the stories will be in English. We do not require any particular computer skills beyond the basic familiarity with a web browser. The study will take approximately 1.5 hours. If you have any questions, please email me at nhoque(a)umd.edu or Niklas Elmqvist at elm(a)umd.edu. For registration, please visit here: https://forms.gle/qU8t9hLgX9mcsSWm9 -- Thanks & Best Regards *Bhavya Ghai* PhD Student, Computer Science Department Stony Brook University - State University of New York +1-631-710-5433 | http://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~bghai/

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[CfP} Interactive Visualization User Study
by Michelle Dowling 01 Feb '22

01 Feb '22

I would like to invite you to participate in a user study about the effectiveness of data visualization and interaction techniques on different tasks, such as filtering data, sorting data, and determining ranges. The techniques used in this study were designed for specific tasks, but we are investigating what effects these techniques have on other tasks as well. Understanding the effects of these techniques on other tasks will allow us to better understand the advantages or disadvantages in using those techniques when designing a new interactive visualization that supports a variety of tasks. We anticipate your participation taking 1 – 2 hours of your time. Once you have completed the study, you will be compensated with a $15 electronic Amazon gift card. If you are interested, please fill out this pre-survey<https://gvsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dgNLnvLVDWUsy3Q>, which will allow us to sort you into different participant groups. We will email you further instructions after you complete the pre-survey. If you know of any others who may be interested in participating in this survey, we encourage you to forward them this invitation as well. Thank you, Michelle Dowling Assistant Professor School of Computing Grand Valley State University C - 2 - 209 Mackinac Hall Allendale, MI 49401 office: 616-331-4370 dowlinmi(a)gvsu.edu<mailto:%7B%20props.email%20%7D>

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