December 2023 - Infovis

[CfP] 1st Workshop on Visual Process Analytics (VIPRA 2024) - Co-Located EuroVis 2024
by Arleo, Alessio 19 Dec '23

19 Dec '23

##################################################### 1st Workshop on Visual Process Analytics (VIPRA 2024) - May 27th, 2024 (in conjunction with EuroVis 2024), Odense, Denmark – https://vipra-workshop.github.io/homepage/ ##################################################### Call for Papers ---------------- The 2024 Workshop on Visual Process Analytics (Vipra 2024) is the 1st annual workshop that provides an opportunity for participants to discuss state-of-the-art event visualization and process mining and learn how both techniques can mutually benefit each other. In this workshop we aim to bring together researchers from both Visual Analytics and Process Mining, to learn, create a common language, spark collaborations, and advance both fields. Process Mining is a data-driven discipline that focuses on extracting valuable insights and knowledge from the vast amount of event data generated within organizations. It involves the discovery, analysis, and improvement of process models by leveraging techniques from data science, machine learning, and data analytics. By examining event logs and historical data, process mining aims to provide a clear, objective view of how processes actually operate, identifying bottlenecks, deviations, and opportunities for optimization. In turn, this supports organizations in making more data-informed decisions, and enhance operational efficiency. Visual analytics is an interdisciplinary field that combines data visualization, analytical techniques, and interactive interfaces to help people make sense of complex and often large datasets. It focuses on using the power of visual representations to facilitate data exploration, pattern recognition, and decision-making. By enabling users to interact with data through graphical interfaces, visual analytics promotes a deeper understanding of information, uncovers hidden insights, and supports the detection of trends, anomalies, and relationships that might be challenging to discern through traditional data analysis methods alone. We believe that process mining and visual analytics can mutually benefit each other. Until now, there has been limited interaction between the two fields, despite their shared objectives. In process mining, the emphasis has traditionally been on data extraction and process discovery, often neglecting the visualization aspect, whereas in visual analytics, event visualization efforts have often overlooked the wealth of process mining techniques that can enhance visualizations and analysis. Bridging this gap and fostering collaboration between the two fields will not only lead to more informed, efficient, and data-driven improvements in various domains but also advance the research and innovation in both process mining and visual analytics, ultimately contributing to a more holistic and integrated approach to understanding and optimizing complex processes. Topics and Scope ---------------- We encourage submissions from all areas on the intersection of visual analytics and process mining. The 2024 Workshop on Visual Process Analytics will cover a range of topics exploring the intersection of PM and VA including (but not limited to): - VA to support exploration and comparison of discovered process models - VA to support the comparison of event logs and process models, e.g., in conformance checking - VA to support the generation of hypotheses about the business process and the identification of process improvement ideas - VA to represent temporal and spatial uncertainty in PM models - Research challenges, pitfalls, and opportunities related to the intersection of VA and PM - The role of AI in PM, and how Visualization and explainable-AI solutions can support model comprehension, exploration, and refinement Paper Submission and Format Guidelines -------------------------------------- We will accept short papers with up to 5 pages plus one page of references (5 + 1). We encourage a diverse range of submissions and demonstrations in any of the short paper types listed below: - Application/Case-study papers (format: 5 + 1) - Research papers (format: 5 + 1) - Position papers and system demos papers (format: 2 + 1) All material will be submitted via the Precision Conference System (PCS): https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions For all submissions, please use the EuroVis 2024 LateX2e Style. On Overleaf, this template can be imported easily by selecting "New Project" -> "Upload Project" and uploading the zip file. Use EGAuthorGuidelines-eurovis24-short.tex for your submission: https://medialib.cmcdn.dk/medialibrary/80234312-1C55-406C-86A7-410099EB2739… Contact vipra.workshop at gmail.com if you have any questions or visit https://vipra-workshop.github.io/homepage/ Important Dates --------------- - Deadline for submission: March 1st, 2024 - Notification of acceptance: April 12th, 2024 - Camera-ready papers due: April 26th, 2024 - Vipra 2024 Workshop: May 27th, 2024 (in conjunction with EuroVis 2024) All submission deadlines are at 23:59 GMT on the date indicated. Organizers ---------- Alessio Arleo, TU Wien Stef van den Elzen, Eindhoven University of Technology Tatiana von Landesberger, Universität Köln Luise Pufahl, TU München - Heilbronn Jana-Rebecca Rehse, Universität Mannheim Francesca Zerbato, Universität St. Gallen

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IEEE VR 2024 poster: deadline extension (new deadline: Dec 19 2023)
by VR Publicity 19 Dec '23

19 Dec '23

Dear colleagues, We hope this message finds you well. Due to an unforeseen weblink glitch on our CFP site, we poster chairs decided to extend the IEEE VR 2024 poster submission deadline by two-days. The adjusted deadline for poster submission is now Dec 19th 2023. For submission guidelines, please see https://ieeevr.org/2024/contribute/posters/. Thank you for your continued contributions and support to the IEEE VR poster program. Best regards, - Jian on behalf of IEEE VR 2024 poster-co chairs

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Two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions and one teaching-oriented Assistant Professorship in Interaction Technology.
by Behrisch, M. (Michael) 18 Dec '23

18 Dec '23

Dear collegues, Utrecht University offers two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions and one teaching-oriented Assistant Professorship in Interaction Technology. This open call covers a broad range of topics, including visualization and graphics. The application deadline is January 21, 2024. For more details on the tenure-track positions, visit https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/two-as… and for the teaching position, check out https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/assist…. For any questions or further information, feel free to contact Alex Telea at a.c.telea(a)uu.nl<mailto:a.c.telea@uu.nl>. Discover more about the Visualization and Graphics (VIG) research group at https://vig.science.uu.nl/. We look forward to welcoming you to our team! Alex Telea and Michael Behrisch

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ACM UMAP 2024 - 3rd Call for Full and Short Papers
by Wanling Cai 17 Dec '23

17 Dec '23

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * For the online version of this Call, visit: https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-full-and-short-papers/ =============== ACM UMAP 2024: The 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy July 1-4, 2024 ACM UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI<https://sigchi.org/> and SIGWEB<https://www.sigweb.org/>. User Modeling Inc.<https://um.org/>, as the core Steering Committee, oversees the conference organization. The proceedings, published by ACM, will be part of the ACM Digital Library<https://dl.acm.org/>. The theme of UMAP 2024 is “Collaboration and Cooperation for the Greater Good“. Specifically, we welcome submissions that highlight the impact that working together and synergy (such as between academia, industry, influential policy making bodies, committees and communities) can have on solving the world’s biggest problems; the focus is on investigations that capture how user modeling, personalization, and adaptation of (intelligent) systems may influence user behavior, trustful processes and whether new models are required, for building sustainable and inclusive services and solutions that can address critical challenges of our world. While we encourage submissions related to this theme, the scope of the conference is not limited to the theme only. As always, contributions from academia, industry, and other organizations discussing open challenges or novel research approaches are expected to be supported by rigorous evidence appropriate to claims (e.g., user study, system evaluation, computational analysis). Important Dates - Paper Abstract Submission: January 22, 2024 (mandatory) - Paper Submission: January 29, 2024 - Notification: March 28, 2024 - Camera-ready Submission: May 9, 2024 - Conference: July 1 – 4, 2024 The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth). Conference Topics We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization, and adaptation of (intelligent) systems targeting a broad range of users and domains. Detailed descriptions and the suggested topics for each track will be available shortly in the extended version of the CFP on this page. ** Personalized Recommender Systems ** This track invites works from researchers and practitioners on recommender systems. In addition to mature research works addressing technical aspects of recommendations, we welcome research contributions that address questions related to user perception, decision-making, and the business value of recommender systems. ** Knowledge Graphs, Semantics, Social and Adaptive Web ** This track welcomes works focused on the use of knowledge representations (i.e., novel knowledge bases), graph algorithms (i.e., graph embedding techniques), and social network analysis at the service of addressing all aspects of personalization, user model building, and personal experience in online social systems. Moreover, this track invites works in adaptive hypermedia, as well as semantic and social web. ** Intelligent User Interfaces ** This track invites works exploring how to make the interaction between computers and people smarter and more productive, leveraging solutions from human-computer interaction, data mining, natural language processing, information visualization, and knowledge representation and reasoning. ** Personalizing Learning Experiences through User Modeling ** This track invites researchers, developers, and practitioners from various disciplines to submit their innovative learning solutions, share acquired experiences, and discuss their modeling challenges for personalized adaptive learning. ** Fairness, Transparency, Accountability, and Privacy ** Researchers, developers, and practitioners have a social responsibility to account for the impact that technologies have on individuals (users, providers, and other stakeholders) and society. This track invites works related to the science of building, maintaining, evaluating, and studying adaptive systems that are fair, transparent, respectful of users’ privacy, beneficial to society, and accountable for their impacts. ** Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems ** This track invites submissions focused on personalization and tailoring for persuasive technologies, including but not limited to personalization models, user models, computational personalization, design, and evaluation methods. It also welcomes work that brings attention to the user experience and designing personalized and adaptive behavior change technologies. ** Virtual Assistants, Conversational Interactions, and Personalized Human-Robot Interaction ** This track invites works investigating new models and techniques for adapting synthetic companions (e.g., virtual assistants, chatbots, social robots) to individual users. With the conversational modality so in vogue across disciplines, this track welcomes work highlighting the model and deployment of synthetic companions driven by conversational search and recommendation paradigms. ** Research Methods and Reproducibility** This track invites submissions on methodologies to evaluate personalized systems, benchmarks, and measurement scales, with particular attention to the reproducibility of results and techniques. Furthermore, the track looks for submissions that report new insights from reproducing existing works. ** Submission and Review Process** For UMAP 2024 we encourage two kinds of submissions (reviewers will comment on whether the size is appropriate for each contribution), in the ACM new single-column format<https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template>: * Long papers should report on substantial contributions of lasting value. The maximum length is 14 pages (excluding references, which do not count towards the limit). Each accepted long paper will be included in the conference proceedings and presented in a plenary session as part of the main conference program. * Short papers typically discuss exciting new work that is not yet mature enough for a long paper. In particular, novel but significant proposals will be considered for acceptance to this category despite not having gone through sufficient experimental validation or lacking strong theoretical foundation. The maximum length is 7 pages (excluding references, which do not count towards the limit). Each accepted short paper will be included in the conference proceedings and presented either as an oral presentation or at the poster session. UMAP uses a double-blind review process. Authors must omit their names and affiliations from their submissions; they should also avoid obvious identifying statements. For instance, citations to the authors’ prior work should be in the third person. Submissions not abiding by anonymity requirements will be desk rejected. In addition, UMAP 2024 will introduce a new “Raise Your Voice” stage during evaluation, offering a small window to authors to optionally discuss the initial decision of their submission, enhancing the transparency and quality of the reviewing process. Additional review criteria and submission link will be available shortly on the conference website: https://www.um.org/umap2024. UMAP has a no dual submission policy, which is why full and short paper submissions should not be currently under review at another publication venue. Further, UMAP operates under the ACM Conference Code of Conduc<https://www.acm.org/about-acm/policy-against-harassment>t. Program Chairs * Panagiotis Germanakos, SAP SE, Germany * Elvira Popescu, University of Craiova, Romania Contact information: umap2024-program(a)um.org<mailto:umap2024-program@um.org>

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Call for Graduate Symposium | DIAGRAMS 2024
by DIAGRAMS CONFERENCE 16 Dec '23

16 Dec '23

*** Call for Graduate Symposium: Diagrams 2024 *** 14th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams September 27 – October 1, 2024 University of Münster, Germany www.diagrams-conference.org/2024 *** Highlights *** - Graduate Symposium - Three Tracks: Main, Philosophy, and Psychology and Education - Best Paper and Best Student Paper awards - Keynote speakers: Mateja Jamnik, Catarina Dutilh Novaes and Barbara Tversky *Graduate Symposium submission deadline May 31, 2024.* ***************************************************************** The Diagrams conference provides a united forum for all researchers with an interest in the study of diagrams. The conference fosters multi-disciplinarity and allows researchers from areas such as computer science, mathematics, psychology, philosophy, history (of science, art, etc.), education research, and more to meet and share their perspectives on the theory and application of diagrams. The goal of the Diagrams 2024 Graduate Symposium is twofold. Firstly, the Symposium will provide senior graduate students and recent Masters and Doctoral graduates with the opportunity to present their research. Established researchers will provide feedback and comments on each of the presentations. Secondly, the Symposium will provide students with an opportunity to network with each other as future colleagues. In previous Diagrams Graduate Symposiums, lively and useful discussions have enabled students to receive suggestions about their on-going research and allowed more experienced participants to hear some fresh ideas and view some of the new trends in the field. ***************************************************************** *Submission Requirements* Submissions that focus on any aspect of diagrams research are welcome. Topics of interest are the same as those given in the calls for papers for the <http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/> three conference tracks: https://diagrams-2024.diagrams-conference.org/calls/main-track/ https://diagrams-2024.diagrams-conference.org/calls/philosophy-of-diagrams/ https://diagrams-2024.diagrams-conference.org/calls/psychology-and-educatio… Students who wish to present their work at the symposium must submit a 3-page report describing: – their thesis topic, – the approach being taken, – the work that has been completed, – the expected contributions of the research, and – any necessary acknowledgements (for example, supervision team and source funding. Students should be the sole author of their submission and the supervisor names should be included in the acknowledgements section. The report must be submitted in Springer LNCS format. More details can be found at: https://diagrams-2024.diagrams-conference.org/calls/graduate-symposium/ ***************************************************************** Supervisor Support Students who submit to the graduate symposium must ask their main or lead supervisor to submit a short supporting statement, by email to Leonie Bosveld, l.m.bosveld [at] rug.nl The supporting statement should confirm that the supervisor supports the student’s participation in the symposium and briefly explain why the student will benefit. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that their supervisor submits the supporting statement. -- *Publicity Chair, Diagrams Conference 2024* Giulia Ferrari, PhD Mathematics Education University of Torino

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[Vacancy] PhD researcher in Visual Analytics applied to Multi-layer Networks
by Jan Aerts 16 Dec '23

16 Dec '23

The Visual Data Analysis Lab at the KU Leuven in Belgium invites applications for a fully-funded PhD researcher in Visual Analytics applied to Multi-layer Networks. Networks and graphs - both static and dynamic - play an important role in data science. Not only can they represent primary relational data (e.g. gene interactions) but many algorithms generate networks either as intermediate or final output (e.g. DBSCAN clustering and topological data analysis). In particular, these data structures are critical when investigating (biological and other) systems as a whole. We can quantitatively compare networks at different resolutions, and distinguish between changes in topology and changes in characteristics of the nodes and links themselves. Although many measures exist to do so (including degree, closeness, betweenness, etc), they mainly focus on the amount of difference but fall short in giving real insight in the quality of that difference. We want to focus on this qualitative understanding of networks rather than only a quantitative one. We want to develop a human-in-the-loop visual analytics toolkit to support the user in exploring differences between two or more networks in depth. Visual Analytics (VA) is often described as the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by the visual interface and combines interactive data visualisation and novel visual design on one hand with machine learning on the other. The methodology will involve - among other things - custom visual design, definition and implementation of interestingness features, as well as definition of novel distance metrics for topological data analysis. This will be applied to different types of multi-layer networks (e.g. with/without ordering in 2 or more dimensions). Keywords: graph, network, topological data analysis, visual analytics, data visualisation, multilayer networks Profile: The ideal candidate: * has a Master's degree in Computer Science, Bioscience Engineering or similar, with distinction (required) * has a solid understanding of network analysis / graph theory and a strong foundation in general data visualisation principles and techniques * has experience in topological data analysis (TDA) * has good programming and data analysis skills (incl using Python and if possible Javascript) * can work independently as well as part of a collaborative cross-domain research team * is proficient in oral and written English, possess excellent communication and multi-tasking skills, is team-oriented, proactive and result-driven. The offer: * A fully funded, full-time PhD position for one year; after a positive evaluation, the contract can be extended to three additional years (four years in total) * A working climate where trust, (international) collaboration, and commitment are essential * An excellent young, stimulating and supportive international research environment * High level scientific training at a top-ranked university; training in academic, thematic and soft skills. How to apply: To apply, please visit the university jobsite at https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60288125 --- Prof Jan Aerts Visual Data Analysis Lab Department of Biosystems KU Leuven, Belgium jan.aerts(a)kuleuven.be https://www.biw.kuleuven.be/biosyst ; http://vda-lab.io

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[CFP] IEEE PacificVis 2024 VisMeetsAI Workshop
by Junpeng Wang 16 Dec '23

16 Dec '23

Dear Colleagues, Please find below the CFP for our “Visualization Meets AI” workshop, co-located with IEEE PacificVis 2024. The submissions are due in *two weeks* . ===WORKSHOP=== Visualization Meets AI Workshop, colocated with IEEE PacificVis 2024 https://vismeetsai.github.io/ The task of data visualization generally involves a design step, which requires the knowledge of the data domain and visualization methods to do well. Because of the immense design space for optimization, it can take both novices and experts substantial effort to derive desired visualization results from data for exploration or communication. Following the resurgence of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in recent years, in the field of visualization, there is a growing interest and opportunity in applying AI to perform data transformation and to assist the generation of visualization, aiming to strike a balance between cost and quality. The use of visualization to enhance AI is the other active line of research. This workshop, held in conjunction with IEEE PacificVis 2024, aims at exploring this emerging area of research and practice by fostering communication between visualization researchers and practitioners. Attendees will be introduced to the latest and greatest research innovations in AI-enhanced visualization (AI4VIS) as well as visualization-enhanced AI (VIS4AI), and also learn about further research opportunities. The workshop will be composed of paper presentations and invited talks. ===CALL FOR PAPERS=== All accepted papers will appear in the proceedings of IEEE PacificVis 2024 and the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. We welcome contributions as both full papers and short papers this year. There is no page limit, but authors are encouraged to submit a paper whose length matches its contribution, and the manuscript should be prepared according to the guide for authors given at IEEE. Check out https://vismeetsai.github.io/ <https://vismeetsai.github.io/> for submission details. ===IMPORTANT DATES=== - Paper due: December 29, 2023 - 1st cycle notification: February 2, 2024 - Revision due: February 16, 2024 - 2nd cycle notification: February 26, 2024 - Camera ready paper due: March 4, 2024 - Workshop: April 23, 2024 All deadlines are due at 11:59pm Anywhere on Earth (AoE). Thanks, Takanori Fujiwara and Junpeng Wang Visualization Meets AI Workshop Co-Chairs

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GoFundMe campaign for needy students to attend IEEE VR 2024 (DEIA effort)
by VR Publicity 16 Dec '23

16 Dec '23

The IEEE VR 2024 Chairs for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) just launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $4K to support conference attendance for select students who would attend if it wasn’t for financial or other barriers. See below. Please consider donating to support the future generation of VR researchers. No donation is too small. Thank you! IEEE VR 2024 DEIA Chairs IEEE VR 2024 General Chairs https://gofund.me/87233a10

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IEEE VR 2024 - Call for Student Volunteers
by VR Publicity 15 Dec '23

15 Dec '23

IEEE VR 2024: the 31st IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces March 16th-March 21st, 2024 http://ieeevr.org/2024/ Dedicated and enthusiastic student volunteers (SVs) are crucial for the organization of a successful conference. Serving as a student volunteer is also a great chance to meet and interact with scientists from the field of Virtual Reality. Volunteering for VR 2024 is also an opportunity to gain academic service experience—an often-critical component of post graduate work—and valuable experience for future scientific event organization. We look forward to receiving your application for IEEE VR 2024! Important Dates - December 15th, 2023: Open student volunteer applications - January 19th, 2024: Close student volunteer applications - February 2, 2024: Student volunteer notification of acceptance Benefits Besides the stimulating experience, SVs will receive an excellent package of benefits that includes: - free registration* - hotel accommodation for non-local volunteers when possible (shared with one or two other SVs) - an exclusive student volunteer shirt * If you are an author, make sure to have one of your co-authors register and pay a full fee according to your publication. Expectations This year, IEEE VR will take place in Orlando, Florida, USA. You must be willing to work about 25 to 30 hours during the conference. Furthermore, you must be available for SV orientation on Friday, March 15, before the conference begins. Your SV duties will include: working the registration desk on-site, helping with the setup of the conference environment, providing assistance to speakers and attendees, and more. If you cannot commit yourself to this time frame and this amount of work, then please do not take away a slot from another willing student. Eligibility All full-time undergraduate and graduate students interested in Virtual Reality or related disciplines are eligible. We will consider geographic distance from the conference as well as diversity in the area of research. The following additional considerations will influence volunteer selection: - An accepted publication/presentation at VR 2024. - Good communication skills in English. - Previous experience in event organization is desired but not required. - The number of volunteers from each region, institution, and research group may be balanced to ensure broad participation. - Students from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Application Application will be done through this form: https://forms.gle/NhUFYCkHTyQkbnxPA Contacts For more information, please contact the Student Volunteer Chairs at: studentvolunteers2024 [at] ieeevr.org - Matt Gottsacker - University of Central Florida, USA - Jason Orlosky - Augusta University, USA

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WSOM+ 2024: One month to deadline and some news
by Frank-Michael Schleif 15 Dec '23

15 Dec '23

-- Apologies in advance for multiple postings -- ************ WSOM+ 2024 ************ 15th International Workshop on Self Organizing Maps,Learning Vector Quantization & Beyond Mittweida, Germany, 10-12 July 2024, wsom.si-cim.de Confirmed invited speakers: - John Aldo Lee - Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium - Barbara Hammer - University Bielefeld, Germany - Peter Tino - University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Call for papers WSOM+ Workshop on Self Organizing Maps, Learning Vector Quantization & Beyond (!) WSOM+ is the premium international conference on self-organizing maps (SOM) and learning vector quantization (LVQ) for unsupervised and supervised data analysis as well as related areas like data visualization, statistical data analysis and interpretable data exploration. Contributions about theory, data analysis and respective applications are highly welcome. Topics of interest include but are not restricted to: + Theory of SOM, LVQ and related models + Prototype-based learning models + Data Visualization + Statistical Data Analysis and Machine Learning + Interpretable Models + Confidence & Transfer Learning + Applications in Medicine/Biology + Engineering Applications + Applications in Finance/Economics + Hardware and Neuromorphic Hardware for LVQ & SOM IMPORTANT DATES: • Paper submission deadline: 15 January 2024 • Notification of acceptance: 15 March 2024 • The WSOM+ 2024 conference: 10-12 July 2024, Mittweida, Germany Submission details and other information at wsom.si-cim.de (The submission system will be conftool and open in the next days) All the best Frank -- ------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Frank-Michael Schleif School of Computer Science Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt Sanderheinrichsleitenweg 20 Raum I-3.35 Tel.: +49(0) 931 351 18127 97074 Würzburg Honorable Research Fellow The University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT United Kingdom - email: frank-michael.schleif(a)thws.de http://promos-science.blogspot.de/ https://www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/~fschleif/ -------------------------------------------------------

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