February 2023 - 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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Conferences: IEEE VR Early Bird Registration Deadline in 2 Days
by IEEE VR Publicity 27 Feb '23

27 Feb '23

The conference welcomes all attendees to register early at discounted costs. https://ieeevr.org/2023/attend/registration/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2-yES0lYCxuHHtO5_l2L6RuE…> Considering the possible time difference between on-site and online participants, we introduce a new double-time mode to the conference that records the live paper sessions and replays them after 12 hours (Shanghai night time) so that online participants may attend the conference at their convenient time anywhere on earth. [image: beacon]

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Ph.D. position in Prescriptive Visual Analytics (correct subject)
by Fernando Paulovich 27 Feb '23

27 Feb '23

Ph.D. in Prescriptive Visual Analytics We are looking for a motivated Ph.D. candidate who wants to develop exciting visual analytics methods to advance the concept of Prescriptive Visual Analytics (PsVA). A step further of predictive visual analytics to suggest the best actions based on a prediction and illustrate each action's implications into the predicted outcome. It is a fully funded position with the Visualization cluster of the TU Eindhoven under the supervision of Dr. Fernando Paulovich. The visualization cluster (https://research.tue.nl/en/organisations/visualization) at TU/e has a strong track record in visualization and visual analytics for ML models and high-dimensional data. It has generated several award-winning contributions at major visualization conferences (IEEE VIS, IEEE InfoVis, IEEE VAST, EuroVis); several successful start-up companies (MagnaView, Process Gold, and SynerScope); and several techniques that are used on a large scale worldwide. More details can be found at: https://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/phd-in-prescriptive-visual-analytics-984009.… Please, contact Dr. Paulovich at f.paulovich[at]tue.nl if you have any questions. All the best, Fernando -- -------------- Fernando V. Paulovich, Ph.D. Associate Professor in Visual Analytics for Data Science Department of Mathematics and Computer Science TU Eindhoven Email: f.paulovich(a)tue.nl De Zaale, Metaforum MF 7.089 PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands -------------

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Ph.D. position in Prescritive Visual Analytics
by Fernando Paulovich 27 Feb '23

27 Feb '23

Ph.D. in Prescritive Visual Analytics We are looking for a motivated Ph.D. candidate who wants to develop exciting visual analytics methods to advance the concept of Prescriptive Visual Analytics (PsVA). A step further of predictive visual analytics to suggest the best actions based on a prediction and illustrate each action's implications into the predicted outcome. It is a fully funded position with the Visualization cluster of the TU Eindhoven under the supervision of Dr. Fernando Paulovich. The visualization cluster (https://research.tue.nl/en/organisations/visualization) at TU/e has a strong track record in visualization and visual analytics for ML models and high-dimensional data. It has generated several award-winning contributions at major visualization conferences (IEEE VIS, IEEE InfoVis, IEEE VAST, EuroVis); several successful start-up companies (MagnaView, Process Gold, and SynerScope); and several techniques that are used on a large scale worldwide. More details can be found at: https://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/phd-in-prescriptive-visual-analytics-984009.… Please, contact Dr. Paulovich at f.paulovich[at]tue.nl if you have any questions. All the best, Fernando -- -------------- Fernando V. Paulovich, Ph.D. Associate Professor in Visual Analytics for Data Science Department of Mathematics and Computer Science TU Eindhoven Email: f.paulovich(a)tue.nl De Zaale, Metaforum MF 7.089 PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands -------------

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PhD position in "Visualisation in Citizen Science" at University of Warwick
by Turkay, Cagatay 27 Feb '23

27 Feb '23

PhD in Visualisation in Citizen Science -- Facilitating wider participation and community building in citizen science through visualisation We are looking for a PhD candidate who will join us to conduct research in the topic of visualisation in/for citizen science and how visualisation could broaden participation and support community building in citizen science projects. The position is funded by the Leverhulme TRANSFORM<https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/schoolforcross-facultystudies/igsd/transform/> Doctoral training programme based at the University of Warwick and the successful candidate will work with an interdisciplinary mix of supervisors interested in visualisation, participation and methodologies. Candidates will join the vibrant PhD cohort at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologie<https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/>s and the Institute for Global Sustainable Development<https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/schoolforcross-facultystudies/igsd/> at the University of Warwick, UK. The project will also involve a close collaboration with researchers form the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) who work on biodiversity modelling in the UK. Together with this interdisciplinary team, there is potential for real-world impact and contribute to the global sustainable development goals of the TRANSFORM programme. Further details of the project and expected profile can be found here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/schoolforcross-facultystudies/igsd/transform… This is a fully funded position within the TRANSFORM programme and application details can be found here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/schoolforcross-facultystudies/igsd/transform… The deadline for applications is 11.59pm on 20 March 2023. Get in touch with Cagatay Turkay at cagatay.turkay(a)warwick.ac.uk for questions. Please feel free to share with anyone who you think might be interested. Thanks, Cagatay. Dr Cagatay Turkay 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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Extended: EuroVis 2023 Call for Short Papers (Submission deadline: March 1, 2023)
by Aigner Wolfgang 25 Feb '23

25 Feb '23

=================================== EuroVis 2023 Call for Short Papers https://conferences.eg.org/eurovis2023/for-submitters/short-papers/ =================================== Submission deadline: extended to March 1, 2023 (Wednesday) Submission via: https://new.precisionconference.com/eurovis23c EuroVis 2023 features a short paper track to present late-breaking results, work in progress, and follow-up extensions or evaluations of existing methods. A EuroVis short paper describes a more focused and concise research contribution and is likely to have a smaller — yet still significant — scope of contribution than a full paper. Short papers draw from the same paper types as full papers, as well as the same list of suggested topics. The following descriptive examples, which are characterized in contrast to full papers, may be helpful in understanding what kinds of submissions may be suitable for short papers: - A new visualization technique or system and evidence of its utility compared to known techniques or systems (described in sufficient detail to assist an expert reader in replicating the technique or system, but without exhaustive implementation detail and evaluation). - An incremental improvement or variation of an existing visualization technique or system with convincing evaluation. - An extensive evaluation of an existing visualization technique or system. - A well-proven counter-example to an existing visualization technique that helps to understand its limitations. - A new implementation approach that has demonstrably addressed a significant technical issue (without extensive evaluation of the implementation). - A new methodology for designing or studying visualization systems that has demonstrable benefits for the EuroVis community (without extensive evaluation of the methodology). - The practical application of established visualization techniques or a design study that can provide insights for visualization research on which future contributors can build. --------------- Important Dates --------------- Submission deadline: extended to March 1, 2023 (Wednesday) Notification: April 04, 2023 (Tuesday) Camera Ready Version: April 18, 2023 (Tuesday) All deadlines are at 23:59 GMT on the date indicated. ----------------------- Submission Instructions ----------------------- Submissions for the short paper track should be at most 4 pages in CGF latex style, with an additional page allowed for references. All submissions must be original works that have not been published previously in any conference proceedings, magazine, journal, or edited book. Short papers are to be submitted using the Precision Conference System (PCS): https://new.precisionconference.com/eurovis23c Please select Society: Eurographics, Conference/Journal: EuroVis 2023, Track: EuroVis 2023 Short Papers. Short papers will be peer-reviewed in a one-stage process by an international program committee. Short papers will be electronically archived and are fully citable publications. All accepted short papers will be presented orally at the conference. For detailed paper preparation and submission instructions please refer to the submission guidelines here: https://conferences.eg.org/eurovis2023/for-submitters/short-papers/ ------------------ Short Papers Chairs ------------------ Wolfgang Aigner, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria Thomas Höllt, TU Delft, Netherlands Bei Wang, University of Utah, United States of America For any questions concerning short paper submissions please contact the full paper chairs at: shortpapers(at)eurovis.org.

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IEEE PacificVis 2023 (Call for participation)
by Yun Jang 24 Feb '23

24 Feb '23

===== Apology for any duplication ===== ====================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ====================== IEEE PacificVIS 2023 | http://pvis.org/ <https://ieeevis.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=874d4e627b4758f4438963e9…> Seoul, South Korea | April 18 - 21, 2023. The 16h IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis 2023) will be held in Seoul, South Korea from April 18 to 21, 2023. Visualization has become an increasingly important research area due to its wide range of applications in many disciplines. PacificVis is an IEEE sponsored international visualization symposium held in the Asia-Pacific region, with the objective to foster greater exchange between visualization researchers and practitioners and to draw more researchers in the Asia-Pacific region to enter this rapidly growing area of research. Registration site for IEEE PacificVis 2023 has opened at https://pvis2023.github.io/pvis2023/pages/registration Register before March 20, 2023 to benefit from the early bird registration fee. The accepted papers are available at https://pvis2023.github.io/pvis2023/pages/programs/accept We hope you can join the visualization community in Seoul. *Yun Jang** (**Sejong** University**)* *General **chair **of IEEE *PacificVis 2023

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Conferences: CFP: ACM SAP 2023
by IEEE VR Publicity 23 Feb '23

23 Feb '23

Dear colleagues, The *ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (ACM SAP)* provides an intimate forum for researchers who combine knowledge, methods, and insights from perception research and computer science disciplines. ACM SAP 2023 will be held *in person *in Los Angeles, California on *August 5th and 6th*, immediately prior to the 50th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH). We welcome submissions in all areas of applied perception, including all sensory modalities (vision, haptics, acoustics, proprioception, etc.) Both short and long papers of up to 4 pages and 8 pages respectively (not including references or appendices) may be submitted. Additional details can be found here: http://sap.acm.org/2023/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2BDLFv88_d7y0OCO1h0slrzW…> . *Submission deadlines* April 14th: Abstract submission April 21st: Paper submission May 19th: Notifications May 28th: Camera-ready version due for SAP papers *Invited ACM TAP Journal Publication*. Under an agreement with the ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP) and the ACM Publications Board, the strongest accepted papers will be offered publication as full papers in the ACM journal TAP (instead of appearing in the proceedings) after an additional review cycle. *Topics of interest* Specific topics of interest include: * Application of perceptual research to any area of computer science, including but not limited to: * modeling, rendering, animation; * virtual environments, characters, avatars; * processing information from artificial sensors; * representation of data, communication of data, interaction with data; * Applications of computer science to any area of perception, including but not limited to: * perceptually motivated algorithms (e.g. foveated rendering, image and video compression, tone mapping); * perceptual topics in displays (luminance, contrast, depth perception, frame rate); * modeling natural perceptual systems; * simulating natural perceptual systems. * Emerging topics such as animal perception, privacy, and security, novel sensors, studies that combine perception and computing research toward applications to healthcare, deep space exploration, cultural and ecological preservation, etc. We are looking forward to your contributions. Sincerely, *Program Chairs* Alex Chapiro, Meta, USA, achapiro(a)meta.com Andrew Robb, Clemson University, USA, arobb(a)clemson.edu *Conference Chairs*Funda Durupinar, UMass Boston, USA, funda.durupinarbabur(a)umb.edu Qi Sun, New York University, USA, qisun(a)nyu.edu *Poster Chair* Lauren Buck, Trinity College, Ireland, buckl(a)tcd.ie [image: beacon]

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Conferences: UBISS 2023 summer school on Creating Virtual Reality Experiences for Social Good
by IEEE VR Publicity 21 Feb '23

21 Feb '23

The University of Oulu invites applicants to their 11th International UBI Summer School, June 12-17, 2023, featuring a 6-day “hands on” workshop on *Creating Virtual Reality Experiences for Social Good *( https://ubicomp.oulu.fi/UBISS2023/workshops-instructors/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2-uWKgVfqH0nCz29KfCWnikI…>). Content will be aimed towards advanced PhD students, postdoctoctoral researchers, and industry and public sector professionals, but MS and BS students are also welcome and can earn course credit. Registration fee: 300 EUR Accommodation: 39 EUR/day (per person in twin bed room in luxurious villa with sauna) Credits: 5 ECTS (University of Oulu course code 521154S) Stage 1 application deadline: March 13, 2023. This workshop will provide an overview of the theoretical foundations, hardware/software technologies, and interaction techniques necessary to begin creating optimally effective virtual reality experiences. Structured as a mixture of theory and practice, the workshop will also provide students with the opportunity to gain practical experience by implementing 3D user interfaces and developing a prototype VR application motivated by a social good problem. Major learning objectives include: - Understanding virtual reality technologies, including displays, motion tracking, and input devices, and software frameworks such as the Unreal game engine, - Gaining familiarity with both current and future applications of virtual reality, especially those that address societal challenges and contribute to social good, - Learning about the design and implementation of 3D interaction techniques, including navigation, selection, manipulation, and system control, - Thinking critically about what makes a virtual reality experience effective and compelling (and conversely, what doesn’t), - Gaining practical experience in developing a virtual reality application that applies 3D user interface best practices. In this workshop, we will be using the Unreal game engine, blueprints and C++. Prior experience with these specific tools is not expected. However, students should have solid programming skills in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Java, C++, Python, etc.) and be comfortable with consulting documentation to look up unfamiliar syntax. Basic knowledge of computer graphics is also beneficial, but not required. Instructors: Professor Victoria Interrante, University of Minnesota, USA Dr. Matti Pouke, University of Oulu, Finland Dr. Paula Alavesa, University of Oulu, Finland [image: beacon]

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