August 2022 - Infovis

REMINDER: Call for Macroscope Tools for the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Exhibit (2022) - Deadline is Feb 15, 2022
by Borner, Katy 10 Jan '24

10 Jan '24

Happy New Year 2022! Call for Macroscope Tools for the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Exhibit (2022) Please see below for more info. Deadline is Feb 15, 2022. Best regards from Bloomington, k From: Borner, Katy Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 10:17 PM To: 'SOCNET(a)LISTS.UFL.EDU' <SOCNET(a)LISTS.UFL.EDU>; 'SCISIP(a)LISTSERV.NSF.GOV' <SCISIP(a)LISTSERV.NSF.GOV>; 'ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics' <SIGMETRICS(a)listserv.utk.edu>; 'sigmetrics(a)mail.asis.org' <sigmetrics(a)mail.asis.org>; 'infovis(a)infovis.org' <infovis(a)infovis.org>; 'POLNET-L(a)LISTSERV.SIU.EDU' <POLNET-L(a)LISTSERV.SIU.EDU>; 'ieee_vis(a)listserv.uni-tuebingen.de' <ieee_vis(a)listserv.uni-tuebingen.de> Cc: Record, Elizabeth <recorde(a)indiana.edu>; Theriault, Todd Nicholas <ttheriau(a)indiana.edu> Subject: Call for Macroscope Tools for the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Exhibit (2022) - Deadline is Feb 15, 2022 Dear all, we are seeking engaging, relevant, interactive data visualizations of science and technology developments that help people make smarter decisions in their personal and professional lives. The Call for Submissions has been posted at https://scimaps.org/call-for-macroscopes and we welcome your help in spreading the word. Submissions are due by Feb 15, 2022. More information on maps and macroscopes included in the exhibit can be found at https://scimaps.org interviews with select map and macroscope makers are at https://scimaps.org/learning-center/maker-videos. Call for Macroscope Tools is below. Thank you and kind regards, Katy Bӧrner, Lisel Record, & Todd Theriault Curators, Mapping Science exhibit, http://scimaps.org 2022 Call for Macroscopes Background and Goals The Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit is designed to open people’s minds and hearts to the value, complexity, and beauty of science and technology. We are inviting authors of interactive data visualizations, also called macroscopes, to submit their work for inclusion in the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit. IMPORTANT DATES Submissions due: Feb 15, 2022 Mapmakers notified: Apr 1, 2022 Submit final entries: May 30, 2022 Ready for display: Aug 31, 2022 Macroscopes are software tools that help us focus on patterns in data that are too large or complex to see with the naked eye. The idea of the macroscope was explored in 1979 by Joël de Rosnay in a book titled The Macroscope: A New World Scientific System [1]. To meet the challenges posed by the rapidly increasing abundance, diversity, and complexity of information, de Rosnay proposed the macroscope, a tool for observing “what is at once too great, too slow, and too complex for our eyes.” Like microscopes and telescopes, macroscopes can startle us when we point them at objects we thought we already knew. Through their lens, we may see familiar structures in a new light or gain a fresh perspective on an old process. This year’s call for submissions to the Places & Spaces exhibit celebrates the decidedly scopic feature of macroscopes. Simply put, we are looking for interactive visualizations that disrupt our old habits of seeing, that challenge our common patterns of perception in order that we might see something anew. To do so, they may use novel datasets and algorithms or employ innovative user interface designs. Places & Spaces is a traveling exhibit that currently features 100 maps and 28 interactive macroscopes from a wide range of disciplines. Since 2005, the exhibit has traveled to 28 countries and appeared in various formats at over 382 venues and events, including the Davos Economic Forum, National Academy of Sciences, and the New York Public Library. News coverage has appeared in Nature, Science, USA Today, and Wired. References [1] de Rosnay, Joël. 1979. The Macroscope: A New World Scientific System. New York: Harper & Row. Submission Details Interactive data visualizations designed for desktop, mobile, touch-enabled, and/or large (e.g., tiled wall) devices are all welcome. To be incorporated into the exhibit kiosk, macroscopes must be 1) web-based, 2) touch-enabled, 3) allowed to run inside an iframe element, 4) have CORS enabled for http://idemo.cns. iu.edu, and 5) served over HTTPS. Macroscopes will be deployed on a 46” multi-touch 1920 x 1080 display running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Chrome 91. Each macroscope should be fully functional for at least two years. Macroscopes might be deployed using other hardware, please contact the curatorial team to discuss options. Macroscope authors should be available to work with the exhibit staff over a period of three months to prepare the macroscopes for public display and travel. Each entry must be submitted by February 15, 2022, and needs to include: * Title of macroscope * Author(s) name, email address, affiliation, mailing address, and social media handles * Link to online site that features the macroscope tool or to executable code * Macroscope tool description (300 words max): user group and needs served, data used, data * analysis performed, visualization techniques applied, and main insights gained. Please also outline * the vision that this new macroscope embodies. * References to relevant publications or online sites that should be cited, links to related projects or * works * Describe the impact your data visualization has had on public awareness, social policy, or political * action. * Submit entries via https://forms.gle/wPr5X16Cm5MwDb7c9 Review Process Submissions will be reviewed and evaluated by the exhibit advisory board (listed below) in terms of their: * Scientific rigor * Value as a tool for data exploration * Ability to provide new, actionable insights * Relevance for a general audience Final Submission Authors of winning entries will be contacted by April 1, 2022 and invited to submit final entries by May 30, 2022. Each final entry consists of: * Link to online site that features the macroscope tool or link to executable code. This must be a * fully self-contained version of the macroscope that can operate without any outside links and * without opening new windows. * Biographies for all authors (100 words each) * High resolution author portraits that are no smaller than 360 x 450 pixels, or 1.2” x 1.5” at 300 dpi. * Signed copyright and reproduction agreement Authors are welcome to use the expertise and resources of the exhibit curators and designers. The macroscopes are expected to be ready for display by August 31, 2022. Exhibit Advisory Board * Gary Berg-Cross, Cognitive psychologist * Kevin Boyack, President, SciTech Strategies Inc. * Donna Cox, Advanced Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign * Bonnie DeVarco, Media X, Stanford University * Ingo Günther, Karlsruhe University of Art and Design * Francis Harvey, Cartography and Visual Communication, Leipzig University * Peter A. Hook, Associate Law Librarian, University of Notre Dame * Vincent Lariviére, Professor of Information Science, Universitè de Montrèal * Lev Manovich, Computer Science, The Graduate * Elijah Meeks, Chief Visualization Officer & Co-founder, Noteable * André Skupin, Geography, San Diego State University * Olga Subirós, Big Bang Data, Olga Subiros Studio * Stephen Uzzo, Chief Scientist, New York Hall of Science * Caroline S. Wagner, Wolf Chair in International Affairs, The Ohio State University * Benjamin Wiederkehr, Interactive Things Please feel free to send any questions you might have regarding the judging process to Todd Theriault (ttheriau(a)indiana.edu<mailto:ttheriau@indiana.edu>) and use the subject heading “Macroscope Inquiry.” -- Katy Borner Victor H. Yngve Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Information Science Director, CI for Network Science Center, http://cns.iu.edu<http://cns.iu.edu/> Curator, Mapping Science exhibit, http://scimaps.org<http://scimaps.org/> ISE and ILS, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Luddy Hall 4018, 700 N. Woodlawn Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA Phone: (812) 855-3256 Twitter: @katycns

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Call for Nominations: IEEE VGTC Visualization Awards
by Chuck Hansen 19 Apr '23

19 Apr '23

The IEEE VGTC Visualization Awards program recognizes and honors individuals who have made a significant contribution to the community through their research and/or service. Furthermore, we seek out nominations of individuals that enable us to recognize both the diversity of individuals, as well as diversity of contributions, from the community at large. The VGTC Visualization Awards Program has five awards plus induction to the IEEE VGTC Visualization Academy: VGTC Visualization Dissertation Award The Doctoral Dissertation Award recognizes outstanding academic research and development in the field. VGTC Visualization Significant New Researcher Award The VGTC Significant New Researcher Award recognizes an individual who has made significant recent research contributions in the field. VGTC Visualization Technical Achievement Award The Technical Achievement Award is given each year to recognize an individual for a seminal technical achievement and/or significant contribution in the field. VGTC Visualization Lifetime Achievement Award The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an individual to honor that person’s lifetime contribution to the field. VGTC Visualization Service Award The IEEE VGTC Service Award recognizes extraordinary service to the community through the IEEE VGTC and/or the IEEE VGTC Sponsored Conferences and Symposia. VGTC Visualization Academy Selection The IEEE VGTC Visualization Academy is a prestigious academy that highlights the accomplishments of the leaders in the field. The criteria for these awards can be found at: https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/award-criteria Nominations are due by April 30, 2022. Nominations, except Dissertation award, should contain the name of the person nominated, the awards for which they are nominated, the short citation for the award, and a summary that carefully addresses the criteria below while not exceeding 600 words. Dissertation Award nominations should include: (1) The title and abstract of the dissertation, (2) the name of the candidate, (3) the name of the candidate’s primary advisor, (4) the institution where the dissertation was defended, (5) the date of the dissertation defense, (6) A 1-2 page summary of the significance and impact of the dissertation research, (7) an electronic copy of the full dissertation, or a pointer to where it can be obtained, (8) one letter of recommendation, up to 2 pages in length, ideally from the candidate’s primary advisor, and (9) a list of publications, awards, and other recognition by peers produced from the dissertation work. To nominate someone for any of these awards or the academy, please visit: https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/vis-award-nominations/ If you have any questions, please contact: Chair of the VGTC Awards Program for Visualization Charles Hansen, University of Utah vgtc-vis-awards(a)vgtc.org

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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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Vis. course syllabus examples..
by Kalpathi Subramanian 31 Aug '22

31 Aug '22

Hi.. We are trying to revise our visualization courses to create one that combines topics in both infovis and scivis. Given that the conferences and the vis communities have been moving closer and closer together and due to some difficulties of offering multiple vis courses in our program, we are trying to have topics from each of these two categories. Clearly its impossible to do justice to both, but since most of our students would take only one Vis course, what would be a syllabus look like? I would like to see examples of anything like this that you might have in your programs. Or at the least, what would be t he absolute essential topics you would want to choose from Infovis and Scivis (sort of the core)? I am thinking of a course at the graduate level at this point, but some version of this at the undergrad level might come later. Thanks. -- krs -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kalpathi Subramanian Ph: 704 687 8579 Associate Professor Email: krs(a)uncc.edu Dept of Computer Science Web:http://webpages.uncc.edu/krs The University of North Carolina Charlotte, NC 28202-0001

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Jobs: Fully Funded PhD Positions in Virtual, Augmented, Mixed Reality (XR) + Artificial Intelligence (AI)
by IEEE VR Publicity 30 Aug '22

30 Aug '22

Fully Funded PhD Positions in Virtual, Augmented, Mixed Reality (XR) + Artificial Intelligence (AI) The SAVE Lab at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) invites applications for PhD student positions focused advancing immersive virtual, augmented, and mixed reality through convergence with artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning. Here are some currently funded multi-disciplinary projects: - Predicting attention in mobile augmented reality - Making virtual reality accessible for persons with balance impairments - Predicting and reducing cybersickness with deep learning - Immersive language learning via embodied conversational agents Required Qualifications - Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or computer engineering prior to the first semester - Excellent software engineering skills with experience in Unity, Tensorflow, Pytorch, and or related software tools - Previous coursework or research experience in related areas: computer graphics, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, deep learning, game development, human computer interaction, and/or 3D user interfaces (3DUI) Why join the San Antonio Virtual Environments (SAVE) Lab? https://sites.google.com/view/savelab - We make immersive games to save the world - Graduated 9 PhD students since being founded in 2009 - Work with a multi-disciplinary team along with physical therapists, kinesiologists, psychologists, and medical personnel - We have received consistent federal research funding for over 10 years. - “I never thought getting a PhD could be this fun” - Dr. Rongkai Guo, NVIDIA, graduated 2014 Why UTSA? - Prestigious Tier One classification for research excellence - Hispanic serving institution - Affordable housing - Located in a high-tech hub that is home to many major computer companies *Deadlines* PhD to start in Spring 2023 - September 1st 2022 PhD to start in Fall 2023 - February 1st 2023 Apply Now If interested or if you have questions, please send your CV to Dr. John Quarles john.quarles(a)utsa.edu The positions will be in the Department of Computer Science ( https://cs.utsa.edu) Applications must be submitted through a web portal at: https://graduateschool.utsa.edu/programs/computer-science-ph.d/ [image: beacon]

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ISS 2022 Call for contribution
by Fateme Rajabiyazdi 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

Call for Contributions - Demos The ISS demo session provides a great opportunity for authors to present their prototypes, products, and applications to conference attendees. We will provide a virtual demonstration area where you can showcase your best interactive experiences and commercial products during the ISS 2022 conference. Despite the COVID-19 situation, our goal is to provide a highly interactive forum for lively discussions and hands-on experiences around the most exciting interactive technologies and installations. Submission details:<https://conf.researchr.org/track/iss-2022/demos#submission-details> Submission format:<https://conf.researchr.org/track/iss-2022/demos#submission-format> * Extended Abstract, maximum 6 pages including references. * Video figure showing the demo in appropriate detail and describing what attendees will experience (maximum 5 minutes). * Formatting instructions: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow * Precision Conference Submission: https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions/iss22 * Submissions are not anonymous and author names, affiliations, and contact information will be visible to the reviewing committee throughout the submission process. Virtual Demos<https://conf.researchr.org/track/iss-2022/demos#virtual-demos> ISS 2022 is going hybrid because of COVID-19. Unlike in previous years: * a video demonstration is required at time of submission * a poster is not required as part of the submission. Submission Deadline: Thu 1 Sep 2022 Call for Contributions - Posters Quick Links & Facts<https://conf.researchr.org/track/iss-2022/iss-2022-posters#quick-links-facts> * Formatting instructions: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow * Precision Conference Submission: http://new.precisionconference.com/iss22a/ * Submissions should not be anonymized General Information<https://conf.researchr.org/track/iss-2022/iss-2022-posters#general-informat…> We invite submissions to the poster category of ISS 2022. The ACM ISS 2022 poster program offers an engaging venue to present and discuss new and developing research. Posters allow researchers to get feedback on early-stage work and work-in-progress, establish potential collaborations, and discuss the burning issues in ISS in an informal manner with the larger community during the interactive poster session. Work that is best suited for a poster submission includes - but is not limited to - preliminary results, thought-provoking and current topics, novel experiences and/or prototypes that have not been fully tested but show great promise, summaries of small-scale studies, design-led explorations of interactive tabletops, surfaces and spaces. A poster submission will allow you to: * Introduce your poster online to an international audience. There will also be a Best Poster Award at the conference. * Publish an extended abstract of the poster in the electronic conference proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Publish an optional video of up to 3 minutes long in electronic conference proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Preparing the Submission<https://conf.researchr.org/track/iss-2022/iss-2022-posters#preparing-the-su…> All submissions must include: * An extended abstract with a maximum of 6 pages in the ACM Master Article Submission Template<https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow>. * An electronic poster design using a provided web-based interface. Access to this interface will be granted after the extended abstract has been accepted for presentation. * A short video of up to 3 minutes long and at most 100MB in size presenting the research displayed in the poster (optional). Submission Deadline: Thu 1 Sep 2022 If you have questions about Posters for ISS 2022, contact the Poster Chairs posters2022(a)iss.acm.org<mailto:posters2022@iss.acm.org> Calls for Contributions - Tutorials We invite industry and academic leaders in interactive surfaces and spaces technologies interested in leading a tutorial session at ISS 2022 to submit a tutorial proposal following the guidelines below. Tutorials should focus on topics relevant to the ISS community and can include but are not limited to the following areas: * Architectural concepts and emerging trends * Immersive analytics and data physicalization * Museum and art installation trends * Interaction paradigms around large surfaces (tangibles, pen+touch, etc.) * New and emerging body and space sensing technologies * Overview of social protocols, presence, territoriality, and proxemics * Evaluation methods for surface applications * Multi-touch interaction with mobile devices * Large scale and outdoor interactive spaces (projected interfaces, drones, ...) * Feel, taste, smell and splash user interfaces on surfaces * Affective spaces and surfaces * ... and other exciting topics! Depending on the final decisions regarding the conference format, authors will have the possibility to offer either virtual or hybrid tutorials. Nevertheless, we invite tutorial organizers to think creatively about how tutorials can leverage the fact that ISS 2022 will likely be held as a hybrid conference. We encourage tutorials that explore new ways of engaging the ISS community that would not be possible in a traditional offline format. Topics include but are not limited to: * Online tools and technologies * Demonstrating hardware setups and installations, exploring the ins and outs of setting up interactive spaces in our * labs * Live coding and code demonstrations * The latest hardware and platforms (e.g. HoloLens 2, pen & touch, gaze trackers, LIDAR sensors, MaxMSP, P5.js) * Using online tools to scale tutorials (e.g. multiple camera angles for sketching) * Tutorials can run from 90 minutes to a full day (the length is up to the tutorial organizers). Submission Deadline: Thu 1 Sep 2022 If you have questions about Tutorials for ISS 2022, please contact the Tutorial Chairs tutorials2022(a)iss.acm.org<mailto:tutorials2022@iss.acm.org> Education and Industry Case Studies ISS is a premier venue for presenting research in the design and use of new and emerging surface and space technologies. Case Studies are the continuation of the ISS application papers in previous years. Case Studies are open to researchers and practitioners (e.g. in industry, in education, etc.) and share compelling stories about HCI practice based on real-world experiences that will be instructive and of interest to other members of the community. Based on the concrete cases of research and design, HCI practitioners and researchers will learn how HCI principles and methods can be applied in practical HCI work. For example, industry members can submit papers to share customer outcomes and iterative improvements over next-best alternatives, or educators might submit papers to share applications of HCI to iterate over prior instructional methods or to share novel approaches to teaching HCI topics. Reviewers will emphasize the connection between the real-world domain and the technology used. This connection may for instance concern a challenging domain, features of a system crucial for the real-world use context, a special design process, practical issues in implementation or deployment, or new business opportunities. Case Studies should describe how a problem was addressed by HCI work carried out. They should describe the challenges experienced and how they were tackled, reflect on the experience, what could have been improved, and describe why the case study is of importance to the HCI community. Case Studies can also inspire HCI researchers to further investigate issues that arise from practical research and design work. Case Studies can illustrate, explore, report, analyze, summarize, challenge, or simply describe practical HCI work carried out to address a problem. Case Studies should focus on topics relevant to the ISS community and can include but are not limited to the following areas: * Architectural concepts and emerging trends * Immersive analytics and data physicalization * Museum and art installation trends * Interaction paradigms around large surfaces (tangibles, pen+touch, etc.) * New and emerging body and space sensing technologies * Overview of social protocols, presence, territoriality, and proxemics * Evaluation methods for surface applications * Multi-touch interaction with mobile devices * Large scale and outdoor interactive spaces (projected interfaces, drones, ...) * Feel, smell, taste, temperature, and splash user interfaces on surfaces * Affective spaces and surfaces * Novel and effective teaching of topics like the above * HCI teaching and education * ... and other exciting topics! Submission Deadline: Thu 1 Sep 2022 If you have questions about Case Studies for ISS 2022, contact the Case Study Chairs casestudies2022(a)iss.acm.org<mailto:casestudies2022@iss.acm.org> Call for Contributions - Doctoral Symposium The ACM ISS Doctoral Symposium (DS) provides Ph.D. students with the opportunity to meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced researchers in an informal and interactive setting. Participants can expect the chance to present their dissertation research in a supportive environment and to receive constructive expert and peer feedback on their research topics and possible career paths in both academia and industry. The Symposium aims to support community building by connecting beginning and established researchers. The ideal time to apply to participate in the DS is when some progress has been made in Ph.D. research and a path to completion is planned but could benefit from outside opinions and refinement. All research topics suitable for the ACM ISS Conference and associated workshops are appropriate for the DS. The DS chairs aim to achieve diversity among the student participants, including diversity across research groups and geographical areas. Refer to previous years' proceedings for examples: https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3280295 All Ph.D. students are welcome to apply regardless of whether they are presenting at the main conference or not. Each submission will be reviewed by the DS chairs to assess its suitability for the DS, as well as additional expert reviewers when necessary. Authors of accepted submissions will present their work in a dedicated session and registration will be free for PhD students who do not present any other papers during the conference. Submission<https://conf.researchr.org/track/iss-2022/doctoral-symposium#submission> Every submission should include: * an extended abstract - no more than six pages in pdf format according to ACM Master Article Submission Template, PhD Students should submit an extended abstract that describes: * the problem that the thesis aims to address; * the broad approach and how it builds upon and goes beyond key relevant previous work; * the work completed and the plan for the full dissertation work; * open questions/issues for discussion and/or what you want to get out of participating in the symposium. Completed work may be presented as an overview or highlighting a particularly important part in depth. Submissions should not be anonymized for review. We encourage authors of papers in all tracks submitted to ISS 2022 to apply to the DC. As ISS 2022 will be a hybrid conference, there will be opportunities to participate in the DC physically and in person. Submission Deadline: Thu 1 Sep 2022 If you have any questions, please reach out to doctoral2022(a)iss.acm.org<mailto:doctoral2022@iss.acm.org> Fateme Rajabiyazdi, PhD Assistant Professor Systems and Computer Engineering Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Publication Chair IEEE Ottawa Section https://carleton.ca/rajabiyazdi/ This email contains links to content or websites. Always be cautious when opening external links or attachments. Please visit https://carleton.ca/its/help-centre/report-phishing/ for information on reporting phishing messages. When in doubt, the ITS Service Desk can provide assistance. https://carleton.ca/its/chat -----End of Disclaimer-----

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IEEE AIVR 2022 (CfP, deadline Sep 2 - extended!)
by Hürst, W.O. (Wolfgang) 21 Aug '22

21 Aug '22

================================ IEEE AIVR 2022 - Call for papers, http://ieee-aivr.org 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Virtual Reality December 12-14, 2022 (online plus on-location satellite events) ================================ UPDATE: Many people contacted us because they were just returning from summer vacation. We hear you and understand. Thus, we decided to extend the submission deadline till September 2, 2022. ================================ 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. *AREAS OF INTEREST* We invite researchers from Virtual (VR), as well as Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) to participate and submit their work to the program. Likewise, any work on AI that has a relation to any of these fields or potential for the usage in any of them is welcome. Areas of interest for the technical program include but are not limited to: + Systems, incl. techniques, performance, implementation + Content creation and modelling + Cognitive aspects, perception, user behaviour + AI technologies for VR/AR + Interactions, interactive & responsive environments + Applications and use cases + Ethical & societal aspects of AI and VR/AR *SUBMISSIONS* For 2022, we are welcoming submissions for the following tracks: + Technical paper track (4-8 pages, focus on new and innovative research in AR/VR and AI) + Poster and work-in-progress tack (2-4 pages, focus on initial ideas, pilot studies, work in progress) + Industry track (2-4 pages, focus on work with clear relevance for industry) + Demos and videos track (2 pages, focus on prototypes, new solutions, innovative usages) Accepted papers in all of these tracks will be archived in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. *IMPORTANT DATES & SUBMISSION DETAILS* + September 2, 2022: Submission deadline (all tracks, extended & final deadline) + Early October 2022: Acceptance notifications (all tracks) + Early November 2022: Camera ready versions due (all tracks) For submission details please refer to the conference's website at http://ieee-aivr.org *VENUE & DATES* The conference will take place from 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 website over the summer.

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IEEE AIVR 2022 (call for satellite events)
by Hürst, W.O. (Wolfgang) 10 Aug '22

10 Aug '22

================================ IEEE AIVR 2022 - Call for satellite events, http://ieee-aivr.org 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Virtual Reality December 12-14, 2022 (online plus on-location satellite events) ================================ 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. *CALL FOR SATELLITE EVENTS* Given the ongoing COVID situation, IEEE AIVR 2022 will be organised as a virtual event on Dec 12-14, 2022. Yet, it will be complemented by *satellite events* which are physical on-location meetings in several shapes, including but not limited to: * Informal group gatherings during the conference dates * Workshop-style gatherings incorporated into the conference * Pre-conference workshops or events If you are curious to hear more or considering hosting a satellite event yourself, please refer to the "Call for satellite events" on the conference's website at https://aivr.science.uu.nl/aivr2022_cfs.html *TIMELINE & PROCEDURE* Difficult times require new thinking and creative solutions, which is why there is no formal procedure but interests to host satellite events should be expressed to the conference organisers and will be handled on a case-base by the general chairs and program committee of the conference. Please get in touch with them at your earliest convenience to allow for sufficient time to discuss the setup and put it into action.

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Final call for Posters: Graph Drawing and Network Visualization GD 2022
by Patrizio Angelini 09 Aug '22

09 Aug '22

Sorry if you have received multiple copies of this email ================================================================ This is a gentle reminder that the deadline for submitting your posters to GD 2022 is approaching: Poster submission deadline: August, 10th - 23:59 PDT The submission consists of two PDF files: a two-page abstract and a poster. Please find more information below. GD 2022 will be held at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, on September 13-16, 2022, with a reception on the evening of September 13. A pre-conference PhD school is planned for September 12-13, 2022. The conference format will be hybrid. On-site participation is possible and encouraged, especially for speakers, but remote participation/presentation will also be offered. Please consult the GD 2022 website for more information on the procedures to acquire the visa<https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2022/pages/visa/> and on the registration<https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2022/pages/registration/>, which is now open. We look forward to seeing you in Tokyo, Japan! Best regards, Patrizio Angelini and Reinhard von Hanxleden PC chairs of GD 2022 ================================================================ Call for Posters GD 2022 30th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization September 13-16, 2022 - Tokyo, Japan https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2022/ ================================================================ Graph Drawing is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and constitutes the algorithmic core of Network Visualization. Graph Drawing and Network Visualization are motivated by applications where it is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Examples of such application areas include data science, social sciences, web computing, information systems, biology, geography, business intelligence, information security, or software engineering. GD has been the main annual event in this area for about 30 years. Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing, as well as the design of network visualization systems and interfaces. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspects of graph drawing and network visualization are invited to contribute papers and posters and to participate in the symposium and the graph drawing contest. GD 2022 will be held at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, on September 13-16, 2022, with a reception on the evening of September 13. A pre-conference PhD school is planned for September 12-13, 2022. The conference format will be hybrid, as both on-site and remote participation/presentation will be possible. The code of conduct for the GD conference can be found at http://graphdrawing.org/codeOfConduct.html POSTER SUBMISSION INFORMATION ----------------------------- The submission of posters on graph drawing, network visualization, and related areas is solicited. The poster session will provide a forum for the communication of late-breaking research results, of theoretical or applied nature, to the GD community. Results presented in a GD poster may also appear elsewhere. Authors of posters should prepare an abstract (up to two pages, excluding references - using the llncs.cls LaTeX style file) describing the main points of the contribution, which must be submitted together with the poster. The default margins and fonts must not be modified; in particular, the use of packages such as times.sty is not allowed. Abstracts of accepted posters will appear in the conference proceedings (two pages+references). The maximum size for a poster is A0 (84.1 cm x 118.9 cm). Each submission will then consist of two pdf files (the two-page abstract and the poster). Poster submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee of GD 2022 in a single-blind mode. Contributions must include names, email addresses and contact information of the contributors, and must be submitted via EasyChair at the web site https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gd2022 At least one author of each poster will have to register to GD 2022, either as on-site or online presenter, and present the poster at the conference (barring unforeseen circumstances), otherwise the abstract will not be included in the proceedings. BEST POSTER AWARD ----------------- To recognize the effort of the participants in preparing and presenting their posters in a clear and elegant way, there will be a Best Poster Award voted on by the GD 2022 attendees. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Poster submission deadline: August 10 (23:59 PDT) Notification of poster acceptance: August 19 Final versions due: September 5 (23:59 PDT) Symposium: September 13-16 INVITED SPEAKERS ---------------- Ulrik Brandes, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Kazuo Misue, University of Tsukuba, Japan PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- Patrizio Angelini (co-chair), John Cabot University, Italy Therese Biedl, University of Waterloo, Canada Sabine Cornelsen, Universität Konstanz, Germany Giordano Da Lozzo, Roma Tre University, Italy Stephan Diehl, Universität Trier, Germany Henry Förster, Universität Tübingen, Germany Martin Gronemann Yasuhiro Hashimoto, The University of Aizu, Japan Michael Hoffmann, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Hiroshi Hosobe, Hosei University, Japan Yifan Hu, Yahoo! Research, USA Takayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu University, Japan Philipp Kindermann, Universität Trier, Germany Karsten Klein, Universität Konstanz, Germany Stephen Kobourov, University of Arizona, USA Jan Kratochvíl, Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic Kim Marriott, Monash University, Australia Irene Parada, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands Sergey Pupyrev, Facebook, US Helen Purchase, University of Glasgow, Scotland Arnaud Sallaberry, LIRMM, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, France Ingo Scholtes, University of Zurich, Switzerland Falk Schreiber, Universität Konstanz, Germany André Schulz, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany Andrew Suk, University of California San Diego, USA Antonios Symvonis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Alessandra Tappini, University of Perugia, Italy Meirav Zehavi, Ben-Gurion University, Israel Reinhard von Hanxleden (co-chair), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany Tatiana von Landesberger, Universität Köln, Germany ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- Takayuki Itoh (chair), Ochanomizu University, Japan Ken Wakita, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Masahiko Itoh, Hokkaido Information University, Japan Hsiang-Yun Wu, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria Rina Nakazawa, IBM Research, Japan CONTEST COMMITTEE ----------------- Philipp Kindermann (chair), Universität Trier, Germany Tamara Mchedlidze, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Wouter Meulemans, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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IEEE AIVR 2022 (call for workshops)
by Hürst, W.O. (Wolfgang) 08 Aug '22

08 Aug '22

================================ IEEE AIVR 2022 - Call for workshops & special sessions 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Virtual Reality December 12-14, 2022 (online plus on-location satellite events) ================================ 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. *CALL FOR WORKSHOPS* Workshops are an important part of IEEE AIVR and complement the main program. They offer the opportunity to discuss topics related to AR/VR and AI more focussed, explore new research directions and novel applications, and provide excellent opportunities for networking. They typically feature regular paper presentations, but also other forms of interaction such as invited talks, panels, demos, and hands-on sessions. If you are interested in organizing a workshop at IEEE AIVR 2022, please refer to the call for workshops on the conference's website: https://aivr.science.uu.nl/aivr2022_cfw.html#workshops *CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS* Special sessions provide organizers with an opportunity to host a session about a dedicated topic related to the conference as part of the technical program. They are integrated into the main program in the same way as regular sessions and typically feature technical paper presentations but can also contain other types of presentations such as invited talks or panels. If you are interested in organizing a workshop at IEEE AIVR 2022, please refer to the call for workshops on the conference's website: https://aivr.science.uu.nl/aivr2022_cfw.html#special *DEADLINES & PROCEDURE* Submissions are processed immediately on a case-base. Thus, please submit your proposal at your earliest convenience to allow for sufficient time to set up and prepare your workshops and special sessions. For more information about the conference and related procedures, please refer to the event's website: http://ieee-aivr.org

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