August 2022 - Infovis

IEEE AIVR 2022 (CfP, deadline Aug 22, 2022)
by Hürst, W.O. (Wolfgang) 07 Aug '22

07 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) ================================ 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* + August 22, 2022: Submission deadline (all tracks) + 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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Conferences: Call for Bids to host IEEE VR Conferences
by IEEE VR Publicity 05 Aug '22

05 Aug '22

*Call for Bids to host IEEE VR Conferences* *Call for Bids*. Once a year, the IEEE VR Publicity Committee sends relevant email mailing lists a “Call for Bids to host IEEE VR Conferences”. In the call for bids, the IEEE VR Conference Steering Committee is reaching out to our community to solicit interest for hosting future IEEE VR Conferences. Bids are received throughout the year. Also, the steering committee encourages those active in the IEEE VR community to consider hosting a future IEEE VR conference. Those interested in hosting the five-day conference should email the IEEE VR Steering Committee Chair, J. Edward Swan II (swan(a)acm.org) a brief (1 page) statement of interest. The statement of interest should include information about potential hosts, their previous participation with the IEEE VR Conference, potential locations (cities, convention facilities), possible years for hosting, the capacity of the area to support the conference (hotels and options for international travel), and previous conference organizing experience. At the IEEE VR Conference, the Call for Bids is reiterated during the closing conference remarks. *Consideration of Bids*. Twice a year, the IEEE VR Steering Committee meets to discuss conference organizing and management topics. During these meetings (around September and March during the conference), the committee reviews the submitted bids. The committee uses the following criteria in evaluating bids: - Previous experience of hosts in IEEE VR leadership positions (e.g., conference organizing and program committees) using data collected from previous conferences. - Previous experience of hosts in managing large conferences. - Potential of location and host to successfully host a large event with (400–1000+) international attendees along with a growing (likely 1000+) number of online attendees. - There is a preference (but not a requirement) that a hosting location meet a 3-year rotation of the Americas, Europe / Africa, and Asia / Oceania. - A goal for diversity in representation, research perspectives, and research areas. Regards, -Ed Swan (Chair, IEEE VR Steering Committee) +------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Dr. J. Edward Swan II | Professor of Computer Science & Engineering | Mississippi State University | swan(a)acm.org | web.cse.msstate.edu/~swan +------------------------------------------------------------------------- [image: beacon]

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VIS4DH CfP – Provocation Track or Lab Talks: VIS4DH 2022 – Multimodality
by Abdul Rahman, Alfie 05 Aug '22

05 Aug '22

VIS4DH CfP – Provocation Track or Lab Talks: VIS4DH 2022 – Multimodality The workshop will take place as part of the IEEE VIS conference (16–21 October 2022) in Oklahoma City, OK, USA in the form of a hybrid format, including virtual as well as in-person parts. In this year’s workshop we invite you to explore and discuss aspects of multimodality: Human expression has myriad forms. Painting, reading & writing, music, crafts, dance, fashion, cooking, and other artistic or cultural efforts are more than just visual experiences—they incorporate hearing, touch, and even taste. This multimodality raises both reflective and creative questions about the role of visualization. What do we lose when we reduce these rich multisensory experiences, artifacts, or collections down to just the visual and textual content? How can we compensate for or offset these losses? How can we augment visualizations with other experiential modes, and can these augmentations improve the (embodied) experience accessibility, viscerality, or impact of our data? In other words, what does it mean to think beyond the visual when it comes to visualization in the humanities? This year, you can contribute to VIS4DH 2022 in the following ways - you can submit to the Provocation track<Provocation%20track>(https://vis4dh.dbvis.de/cfp/#provocations) or Lab talks<https://vis4dh.dbvis.de/cfp/#labs> (https://vis4dh.dbvis.de/cfp/#labs) * Provocation Track: Submissions to the VIS4DH Provocations track will take the form of a paragraph articulating a strongly-held viewpoint that addresses a particular perspective on this year’s workshop topic, Multimodality. We especially seek submissions that likely will promote back-and-forth debate within the interdisciplinary VIS4DH community. * Lab Talks: Since 2020, the VIS4DH workshop has included Lab Talks, a format where research groups working at the intersection of visualization and the digital humanities present their work or labs more generally in brief lightning talks. Additionally, groups can be listed in our VIS×DH overview: https://vis4dh.dbvis.de/labtalks Our call for submissions is open to all fields of the (digital) humanities, social sciences and to all areas of visualization research and practice. The workshop is intended to put different ways of seeing, knowing, articulating, and transforming arguments into dialogue in order to foster and to intensify collaborations between humanities and visualization researchers. We are particularly interested in papers and provocations that bring different disciplines together. Submission Deadlines Provocation Track: 29 August 2022, 5PM PST Lab Talks: 29 August 2022, 5PM PST We hope to see you at the conference! VIS4DH programme committee vis4dh(a)gmail.com<mailto:vis4dh@gmail.com>

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Tenure Track Mixed Reality Graz
by Dieter Schmalstieg 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

The Department for Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering at Graz University of Technology invites applications for the position of a >>> Tenure Track Professor in Mixed Reality <<< Graz University of Technology is the oldest science and technology research and educational institute in Austria. For over 200 years, it has been an important international center for research and teaching. The university delivers top performances in its five Fields of Expertise: Advanced Material Science, Human & Biotechnology, Information, Communication & Computing, Mobility & Production, and Sustainable Systems. The university boasts intensive collaboration with national and international research and educational establishments as well as with industry partners worldwide. The Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering at Graz University of Technology is an internationally highly ranked department committed to excellence in research and teaching. The department performs highly visible research in its main research of focus: Biomedical Engineering, Safety and Security, Artificial Intelligence, and Visual Computing. We are proud of our outstanding basic and applied research and encourage interdisciplinary projects. Moreover, our department fosters a close dialogue with industry and encourages and supports the creation of spin-off companies. # Job Description We are looking for a candidate with proven scientific expertise in the field of Mixed Reality in research and teaching. The following areas are of particular interest: - Mixed Reality displays, in particular optical see-through head-mounted displays (design, algorithms, calibration) - Eye-tracking for Mixed Reality - Spatial perception, cognition and interaction in Mixed Reality The successful candidate will cover these or other topics in Mixed Reality. It is expected that the candidate closely collaborates with the institute’s strategic industrial partners in the area of Mixed Reality and leads a research team funded through such industrial collaborations. The position is initially funded by SNAP, Inc. The professorship will be part of the Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision (www.icg.tugraz.at) which is an internationally visible research environment with more than 60 researchers in Visual Computing. The new professor will complement the existing strengths in the department, will build an internationally visible group, will be an engaged teacher in the Computer Science programs at the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD level, and will actively participate in academic self-administration. At Graz University of Technology, undergraduate courses are taught in German or English, and graduate courses are taught in English. # Requirements - A completed university education with a doctoral degree (PhD in a relevant field - Excellent scientific achievements - Integration in the international research community - Excellent didactic and pedagogical skills - Management and leadership abilities - Excellent command of English and command of German or the willingness to acquire it We also value - International experience and integration in the international research community and - Experience with acquisition of research grants and/or industrial collaboration. We expect the successful candidate to transfer her or his residence to the area of Graz. # Our Offer The advertised position is a tenure-track career position. After the conclusion of a qualification agreement, the job holder is appointed as an Assistant Professor. After a positive evaluation of the qualification agreement, the position will be turned into a permanent position as an Associate Professor. After a further competitive procedure, a promotion to a Full Professor is possible. The position will be paid according to the collective agreement for employees of Austrian universities, stipulating an initial gross annual salary of € 62.829,20, and includes medical and retirement insurance. Graz University of Technology provides excellent working conditions in a vibrant scientific community, combined with the outstanding living quality of the Graz area. We also support your partner’s career development through a dual career office and assist the relocation process. # Equal Opportunity Employer Graz University of Technology aims to increase the proportion of women, in particular in management and academic staff, and therefore qualified female applicants are explicitly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to women if applicants are equally qualified. Graz University of Technology actively promotes diversity and equal opportunities. Applicants are not to be discriminated against in personnel selection procedures on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, religion or ideology, age, sexual orientation (Anti-discrimination). People with disabilities and who have the relevant qualifications are expressly invited to apply. # How to apply The position is listed with the position identification number 7100/22/004. Interested applicants are requested to submit the online application (csbme.tugraz.at/go/applications/7100-22-004) including: - a CV (with copies of diplomas), - a list of publications highlighting the 5 most important publications, - a research statement describing past and planned research activities (5 pages max.), - a teaching statement (5 pages max.) and evaluations of past teaching activities (if available). - names and contact information of two references The application will be sent to the Dean of the Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering within csbme.tugraz.at/go/applications/7100-22-004. For further question, please contact Dieter Schmalstieg (schmalstieg(a)tugraz.at) # Important Dates The deadline for applications is September 11, 2022.

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