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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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CFP: IEEE VIS Workshop (Vis + Prov) x Domain
by Kai Xu 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

IEEE VIS Workshop (Vis + Prov) x Domain visxprov(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:visxprov@googlegroups.com> We invite submissions for the IEEE VIS Workshop (Vis + Prov) x Domain: Workshop on Visualization and Provenance Across Domains (https://visxprov.github.io/) Workshop Goals: Our ambition is to build this into a series of workshops, targeting a different research community outside visualization each year, and eventually create a provenance research network that connects all the relevant communities. For this year, we will target the database community, which is one of the first communities to formalize provenance research, providing the theoretical foundations such as the widely adopted W3C PROV specifications. Recently provenance and visualization have been adopted to address core database challenges such as query, workflow, and dependency. There is a clear need to build closer connections between the two communities. For this year, the workshop’s main goals are: 1. To establish and improve the collaboration between the visualization and database community on provenance-related research through a discussion of challenges that span both communities; 2. To further advance data provenance research within the database community to address the latest challenges, such as support for big data management, data processing, data sharing, or query optimization supported by provenance; 3. To further advance analytic provenance research within the visualization community to address the latest challenges, such as support for machine learning and visualization reproducibility. Scope of Topics: While we are interested in any submissions at the intersection of provenance and visualization, we are especially focused on: * What can we learn when contrasting the problems of these two communities? Is there any visualization problem that can benefit from a database/analytic provenance method or vice versa? * What are the most pressing provenance-related challenges in the database community? Is there any visualization-related solution to them? For example, * What visualization techniques may be used to assist the database community in constructing retrospective and prospective provenance that are more interactive, scalable, and user-friendly? * How can query languages be supported from the standpoint of provenance? * What are the opportunities for provenance in emerging visualization research areas such as machine learning visualization and visualization reproducibility? For example, * How do we show changes to visualizations, interactions, or algorithms over time in various domains, including progressive visualizations, interactive visualizations, and machine learning training? * How do we transparently and efficiently share visualizations and their production processes? Submission: We will accept research papers/extended abstracts or position papers. Your submission should be commensurate with the level of contribution but is required to be at least 2 pages (plus references). Papers must follow the IEEE VIS TVCG Journal submissions guidelines (https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/publications/journal/) and be submitted through the Precision Conference System (PCS) (https://new.precisionconference.com/vgtc) Your submission should be anonymized to facilitate a double-blind review between authors and the conference organizers. Accepted authors will be invited to post their work in an arXiv collection (which will not be considered archival). We are in contact with journals about the possibility of a special issue for the work accepted by this workshop. Important Dates: July 15, 2023: Paper submission deadline August 3, 2023: Paper author notification August 13, 2023: Paper camera-ready version deadline Notice: all times are midnight Anywhere on Earth (AOE) We hope to see you in Melbourne, Australia! Kai Xu, University of Nottingham Michelle Dowling, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory John Wenskovitch, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Jeremy E. Block, University of Florida Yilin Xia, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored where permitted by law.

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Submission due in 2 weeks! ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, Oct 13-15 Sydney
by Tony Huang 04 Sep '23

04 Sep '23

**apologies if you have received multiple copies of this email* *CALL FOR PAPERS* ACM SUI brings together top researchers and practitioners from around the world who focus on spatial interaction for Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, and for ubiquitous, intelligent/smart and real environments. We invite contributions from a wide range of fields including design, social science, arts and creative Industries, and other application domains. ACM SUI 2023 is the 11th edition of the Symposium. We welcome you to join us in this premier international forum for sharing exciting new research and development in the field while meeting your peers and enjoying the beautiful Sydney! Accepted Workshops: Interactive Spatial Interfaces for Health and Well-being: https://www.xipeiren.com/hsi.html Accepted Workshops: Computer Vision for Spatial User Interaction (CvSUI 2023): https://dongl-group.github.io/project_pages/CvSUI_2023.html Approved SUI23 Special Issue: Computers & Graphics (SCI indexed, impact factor:1.821), all authors are invited after the conference: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/computers-and-graphics Please refer to https://sui.acm.org/2023/papers <https://sui.acm.org/2023/> for more details. *IMPORTANT PAPER DATES* Submission deadline: *June 23, 2023* Author notification: August 6, 2023 Camera Ready: August 27, 2023 *TOPICS* All topics that are directly or indirectly relevant to spatial user interactions and interfaces are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Design practices, principles and frameworks Interaction design, usability and user experience (UX) User interface metaphors Evaluation methodologies and metrics Perception and cognition Human factors and ergonomics Ethical, social, cultural and language factors Inclusion and accessibility Privacy and security Empathy, trust, acceptance and safety Interactive spatial computer graphics Spatial input devices and technology Haptics, spatial audio, touch, tangible, gesture based spatial interactions and interfaces Multimodal/multisensory and other novel forms of spatial interaction and perception Spatial interaction with data, virtual humans and avatars Distributed, multi-user and collaborative spatial interaction Immersive analytics and visualisation Intelligent spatial interfaces, interaction and collaboration User adaptive spatial interaction and personalization Applications of human spatial perception to interaction Applications of spatial UIs, such as games, entertainment, CAD, education, health, engineering

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The virtual imperative: call for academic speakers
by Jonathan Hook 28 Jul '23

28 Jul '23

** The virtual imperative: The perception, expectation, and reality of immersive technologies ** - York St. John University, London Campus - 2nd November 2023 - Day-long conference - More info: https://www.vr-ar.group Gutenberg’s press of the 1400s sparked what became known as the print revolution. His method for mass communication (the printed book) changed the world and remained unchallenged until the 1960s; when the emergence of computer technologies led to what was to be labelled the digital revolution. Leading up to both these technological breakthroughs there was a sense of something new ‘in the air’; a technological and social framework was in place for change. The term revolution (a sudden, radical, and complete change) is fitting in both cases as society had been primed for such change; the benefits were clear and technological change was rapidly adopted around the globe. In our own time, VR and AR technologies are well established – though there is a sense that their application, or worth, has still to be defined. Such developments represent a social and cultural imperative; evidenced by the contemporary discourse around the Metaverse, with issues of ownership, control, and positioning in the marketplace. This day-long conference brings together leading figures from industry and academia, aiming to shed light on current thinking, explore cutting-edge VR/AR applications, and (through an understanding of historical technological precedents) attempt to contextualise and rationalise our virtual future. ** Call for academic speakers ** The York Virtual and Augmented Reality Research Group is requesting proposals for 20 minute presentations around emerging technologies related to VR/AR practices. This can include: - Areas relating to games and graphic design, film, animation, arts-based practices, and any other creative fields. - New approaches and experimental applications in the creative sectors. - Contemporary research topics related to social, economic, historic, and political implications and forces. - Pedagogical approaches toward using immersive technologies to enhance educational / training experiences. All submissions should include 1. topic title, 2. bio (100 words), and 3. abstract (200 words), using the form below. Deadline for proposals: Friday 11th August 2023, by 5pm. For more information and how to submit see: https://www.vr-ar.group

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Funded PhD Position: Situated Visualization in Cultural Heritage f/m/d (30-40h)
by Aigner Wolfgang 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

In a cooperative doctoral program between TU Wien and St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria, we offer room for interdisciplinary team cooperation and personal growth at the forefront of visual computing research in the context of cultural heritage applications. We are looking for PhD candidates (Junior Researcher; f/m/d) in the joint doctoral program “Visual Analytics and Computer Vision Meet Cultural Heritage”. Details: www.visual-heritage.at WHAT YOU WILL BE WORKING ON - You are part of an excellent doctoral training programme of TU Wien and FH St. Pölten with the highest standards. - You conduct innovative applied and basic research on interactive analysis, exploration, and presentation of historical visual media collections. - You design, implement, and evaluate methods in situated visualization in interdisciplinary problem settings of film studies and art history. - You develop interactive visual interfaces for the exploration and situated presentation of large visual media databases. - You write scientific publications, give presentations, and conduct scientific outreach activities. - Further details on the research topics: www.visual-heritage.at/research-topics WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU - University degree (Master level) in computer science (or comparable technical degree) or digital humanities. - Expertise in visual computing with a particular focus on at least one of the following areas: visual analytics, information visualization, immersive analytics (augmented reality / AR). - Excellent programming skills, especially in visualization/user interfaces. - Excellent command of English and willingness to learn/improve your German language skills (for non-natives). - Curiosity, independent working style, and interest in questions from cultural heritage and the digital humanities. - Strong ambition for a PhD, writing papers, and scientific discourse. WHAT WE OFFER - Exciting and challenging interdisciplinary research on visual analytics in cultural heritage. - Work in an innovative, open-minded, and internationally oriented environment. - Flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home. - A total gross monthly salary of at least EUR 3,286 (14x/year; basis: 40h/week; according to Austrian Science Fund). - Please indicate your preferred research topics in your application documents (first and second choice): www.visual-heritage.at/research-topics The variety and diversity of its staff members is the key to innovation, success, and further development. Applications by qualified women are particularly welcome. In the case of equal suitability, we give precedence to applicants with special needs. We explicitly invite persons with a migration background to apply. Application Deadline: August 11, 2023. Second stage interviews are planned for August 22, 2023. Please apply here: https://www.fhstp.ac.at/en/job-openings-career/junior-researcher-vacovicu-3… We are looking forward to receiving your application! Wolfgang Aigner, Silvia Miksch, Franziska Bruckner, Robert Sablatnig, Markus Seidl, Manuela Waldner, Matthias Zeppelzauer FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE PHD PROGRAM

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CFP: JAMIA Special Issue on Interactive Visualization of Health Data for Digital and Personal Health
by Arleo, Alessio 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

Dear colleagues, This is to inform you about the Call for Papers on the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) for the Focus Issue on "Interactive Visualization of Health Data for Digital and Personal Health". == IMPORTANT DATES == Last Date for Submission: February 2, 2024 Initial decisions: 6 weeks after submission Revisions due: 2 (minor revision) to 3 weeks (major revision) after decision received Final decisions: August 10, 2024 Issue published: September 10, 2024 Editor-in-Chief: Suzanne Bakken, Columbia University = Focus Issue Guest Associate Editors: Alessio Arleo, TU Wien Jürgen Bernard, University of Zurich Annie T. Chen, University of Washington David Gotz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Swaminathan Kandaswamy, Emory University More details are available here: https://academic.oup.com/jamia/pages/cfp-interactive-visualization?login=fa… Selected papers submitted and accepted at the Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare (VAHC) will be invited to submit an extended version to that Focus Issue. More details available here: https://visualanalyticshealthcare.github.io/homepage/2023/call-for-papers.h… Please contact vahc.paperschairs(a)gmail.com if you'd like to know more! ================================================================ Alessio Arleo, Ph.D. Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) Faculty of Informatics Institute of Visual Computing & Human-Centered Technology Favoritenstrasse 9-11 /193-07 A-1040 Vienna, Austria, Europe email: alessio.arleo(a)tuwien.ac.at url: https://alessioarleo.com phone: +43-1-58801-188211 =================================================================

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[VAHC 2023 - DL 24/7] Submission Deadline Extension
by Arleo, Alessio 13 Jul '23

13 Jul '23

Dear colleagues, With the following we would like to inform you that the submission deadline for the 2023 Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare (VAHC 2023) has been moved to July 24th 23:59 AoE! We hope this gives you an extra opportunity to showcase late-breaking research results on Visual Analytics in Healthcare. Website: http://www.visualanalyticshealthcare.org CALL FOR PAPERS: ---------------- The 2023 Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare (VAHC 2023) is the 14th annual workshop that provides an opportunity for participants to discuss state-of-the-art interactive visual data analysis techniques and review how such techniques can be applied to healthcare data. The primary objective of the workshop is to bring together leading VIS designers, scientists, medical experts, and visionaries to discuss: a) interactive data visualization techniques that can be applied to healthcare data, b) areas of healthcare that need more attention from visualization and visual data analysis research, and c) emerging research trends, visualization techniques, software applications, benchmarks, and open datasets. The workshop will enable presenters to showcase their ongoing work through oral presentations and system demos, either as video supplemental material or live demos during the workshop to be arranged with the organizers for maximum visibility. In years past, demos of prototype and/or production visual analytics software have been particularly well received, and paper submitters are encouraged to submit a companion demo proposal. BEST PAPERS: ---------------- VAHC assigns Best Paper and Honorable Mention awards. The awards entail a certificate and recognition on the VAHC website. This year, we also plan to invite authors of high-quality papers to submit a revised and extended version to an internationally recognized scientific journal (t.b.a. soon). The topic of this special issue will be ?Interactive Visualization of Health Data for Digital and Personal Health?. The review process will seek to assign the same reviewers for previously accepted VAHC papers. Watch out for details in our second call for papers. TOPICS AND SCOPE: ------------------ We welcome discussions of the use of visual approaches, interaction design, statistical methods, and machine learning for healthcare data analysis. Participants may address the needs of various user groups, including (but not limited to) patients, clinical researchers, epidemiologists, public health analysts, physicians, hospital-based quality assurance officers, and insurance claim analysts. The 2023 Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare will cover a range of topics on the design, implementation, deployment, evaluation, and abstraction of visual analytics methods, including (but not limited to): Clinical care - Prescription drugs and drug-drug interactions - Multi-omic datasets - Longitudinal clinical data - Visual data mining of EMRs - Specific treatment contexts, emergency department, patient safety, mental health. - Clinical workflows - Outcome forecasting or prediction - Explainable AI and ML in healthcare Digital health and personal health - Mobile health - Wearable devices' data control and processing - Telehealth and telemedicine - Personalized medicine Patient-related applications: - Patient-generated health data - Understanding of patient behavior and experience - Patient education - Physician-patient communication Public health data: - Pandemic forecasting and tracking - Learning from crises with visualization - Public health surveillance systems PAPER SUBMISSION AND FORMAT GUIDELINES: --------------------------------------- VAHC 2023 will have a new paper format! We will accept short papers with up to six pages plus one page of references (6+1). We encourage a diverse range of submissions and demonstrations from academia, healthcare organizations, and industry in any of the short paper types listed below: Application papers (format: 6+1) Research papers (format: 6+1) Positions and system demo papers (format 2+1) Posters (format: 2+1 abstract and A0 poster) Accepted application papers and research papers will be published in the IEEE Xplore digital library. Accepted system demo papers and posters will be included in the VAHC proceedings and made available via IEEE VIS for digital download. We remind you that at least one author of each accepted paper is expected to be in person at the workshop to present. All accepted types of submissions will have the chance for an oral presentation. Demo: Every system demo paper may be accompanied by a video demo submission All material will be submitted via the Precision Conference System (PCS): https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login?society=vgtc For all submissions, please use the VGTC conference-style template: http://ieeevis.org/year/2021/info/call-participation/shortpapers Contact vahc.sig at gmail.com if you have any questions. IMPORTANT DATES ---------------- Deadline for submission: July 24, 2023 (23:59 AoE) Notification of acceptance: August 14, 2023 Camera-ready papers due: August 28, 2023 VAHC 2023 workshop: October 22 or 23, 2023 JOIN OUR MAILING LIST: ---------------------- Visit http://www.visualanalyticshealthcare.org to join our mailing list. ORGANIZERS: ---------------- General Chair - Jurgen Bernard, University of Zurich Co-Chair - Annie T. Chen, University of Washington Co-Chair - Danny T.Y. Wu, University of Cincinnati PAPER CHAIRS: ---------------- Alessio Arleo, Vienna University of Technology Swaminathan Kandaswamy, Emory University Karthik Adapa, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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VDS 2023 - Submission deadline extension (Jul 20)
by Ana Crisan 13 Jul '23

13 Jul '23

We would like to invite you to submit your research to VDS'23, co-located with IEEE VIS 2023 in Melbourne Australia. You can refer to the VDS website <https://www.visualdatascience.org/2023/cfp/> for the latest details! *Submissions are open on PCS* (VGTC > VIS 2023 > VIS 2023 VDS) until July 20th 2023. See additional submission information below: *VDS Call for Participation* We encourage you to submit original work that emphasizes the role, application, and impact of visualization in data science. Accepted submissions have the opportunity to present at VDS IEEE VIS <http://ieeevis.org/year/2023/welcome>, and will be archived in the IEEE Xplore digital library (associated publishing fees may apply). This event accepts full and short paper submissions for talks. Full Papers (up to 8 pages) Paper submissions should describe the role, application, and impact of visualization in data science. We would like to particularly encourage papers that cross disciplinary boundaries and show how visualization in data science can be a catalyst for discovery. Accepted papers will be archived in the IEEE Xplore digital library (associated publishing fees may apply). In addition, we plan to recommend extended versions of selected papers in a special issue of the journal, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). Papers that integrate visualization with any stages of the data science pipeline (collecting data, cleaning data, mining data, exploring data, and communicating data) would be welcome as submissions to VDS. Short Papers (up to 4 pages) We also accept short papers, with similar themes as described in the Full Paper track above. However, we will not recommend extended versions of the short papers to IEEE TVCG due to their shorter length. Review Process (Double blind) Paper submissions will be managed by the Program Chairs and sent to the Program Committee to evaluate the work’s novelty and significance. Your work reviewed via a double-blind process; to do this, simply be sure to exclude all identifying information in the submitted manuscript file, ensuring that the reviewers will not know the identity of the authors. Otherwise, the review process will be single-blind, i.e., the reviewers will know the identity of the authors, but the authors will not know the identity of the reviewers. Paper Submission and Formatting Guidelines Submissions should be no more than 8 pages long excluding references for full papers – and 4 pages for short papers. Papers should follow the formatting guidelines for IEEE VIS TVCG Journal submissions <https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/publications/journal>. Papers should include full-color figures throughout and we encourage authors to showcase their work with annotated, well described, large, and detailed graphics. We also encourage the placement of a teaser image at the top of the very first page to showcase your work visually. Submission Systems & DatesVDS @ VISVDS @ VIS Submission System To submit a paper please use the Precision Conference System <https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions>. After logging in go to “submissions”, please do following selections: “VGTC” (Society) -> “VDS 2023” (Conference/Journal) -> “VDS 2023 Papers” (Track) for VDS 2023. VDS @ VIS Important Dates Thur, Jul. 20th, 2023 11:59 pm AOE: Paper and Abstract Submission Thur, Aug. 10, 2023 11:59 pm AOE: Author Notification Thur, Aug. 29, 2023 11:59 pm AOE: Camera-ready Copy for Accepted Submissions Sun, Oct. 16 (tentative), 2023: VDS Workshop at IEEE VIS

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Research Assist/Assoc Prof Position in Digital Humanities + DataVis, U of Edinburgh
by benjamin bach 04 Jul '23

04 Jul '23

Hi All, I am sharing a position for Prof. Melissa Terras in Digital Humanities / Humanities Informatics (University of Edinburgh) and have been told that Data Vis is one of the strategic goals for this post. The position is focused on research (no teaching!), with the aim to translate into a regular faculty position after that. It’s a very prestigious appointment at the same level as Assistant Prof or Associate prof (depending on experience). Informal requests are best directed the contact indicated below, but myself (and Uta Hinrichs) are happy to talk about data vis @ Edinburgh more general and collaborate across a wide range of fields. Benjamin Bach University of Edinburgh, VisHub, https://vishub.net +++++++ Applications are sought by Edinburgh College of Art for a Chancellor’s Fellowship in Humanities Informatics: applied computing in the Arts and Humanities, designing data-led and data-rich approaches to research questions and data sources that place art, design, language, literature, history, and cultures at the heart of data science. This prestigious post is aimed at early career individuals of the highest potential and attainment who have begun to establish a reputation for the highest quality research related to the exploration and application of data-driven research methodologies to uncover new insights and enhance understanding in the realms of Arts, Humanities and Digital Humanities, and who also have a commitment to learning and teaching at university level. The candidate will have a strong track record and the potential to make a major contribution to the University’s Data Driven Innovation programme, in the areas of research, teaching, and enterprise related to Digital Humanities and computational Arts areas. This post will be an appointment in Design Informatics, within the School of Design, within ECA. The role will contribute to the delivery of a new strategic area in Humanities Informatics within Design Informatics (https://www.designinformatics.org/ <https://www.designinformatics.org/>). The positions will be on the Academic Staff scale. Appointments will normally be made on the grade 8 academic scale (£43,414- £51,805), dependent on experience and the normal practice within the discipline, but in exceptional circumstances a more senior appointment may be made at grade 9 (£54,949- £61,823). Closing date: Apply Before 28/08/2023, 23:59 Job Purpose: To undertake research and knowledge exchange in Edinburgh College of Art, in the area of Humanities Informatics: applied computing in the Arts and Humanities, designing data-led and data-rich approaches to research questions and data sources that place art, design, language, literature, history, and cultures at the heart of data science. Alongside research activity, you will be expected to make a strong contribution to research-led teaching in Design Informatics and potentially in other areas such as EFI (https://efi.ed.ac.uk <https://efi.ed.ac.uk/>), and contribute to the establishment of Humanities Informatics as a strategic research area. Candidate Information: To be considered for this post, candidates should be able to demonstrate research and teaching qualifications, and a specific research interest, in one or more of the following areas related to Humanities Informatics: • Digital Humanities: the use of digital technologies and computational methods to enhance scholarship in Arts and Humanities disciplines, including topics such as text mining and analysis, digital archives and libraries, data visualization, digital storytelling, and the development and design of digital tools (including Artificial Intelligence) for Humanities research. • Cultural Analytics: the design of data-driven approaches to analyze cultural artifacts, patterns, and trends, examining large-scale cultural datasets, such as literature, visual arts, music, design, and historical records, to gain new insights into cultural phenomena. • Text Analysis and Natural Language Processing: the design of computational techniques to analyze and extract meaning from textual data, including text mining, sentiment analysis, topic modelling, named entity recognition, and machine learning, to understand and interpret texts in the Humanities, and design approaches to interrogate them. • Data Visualization: the design of visual representations of data to aid in the exploration, analysis, and communication of complex information to uncover patterns, relationships, and narratives within Arts and Humanities datasets. • Computational Linguistics: combining linguistics and computer science to design algorithms and models for analyzing and understanding human language. In Humanities Informatics, this research area is applied to study linguistic features in literary texts, historical documents, and other Arts and Humanities sources. • Designing approaches to any other advanced and applied Digital Humanities area including Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, image processing, audio and music processing, GIS, High Performance Compute, etc, as applied to Arts and Humanities research. A good candidate will be able to demonstrate high quality outputs and a track record of attracting external funding in Digital Humanities, Arts and Humanities, and/or Data Science. Of particular interest are those with experience in acquiring, cleaning, and managing large datasets from diverse sources, including structured and unstructured data. They will have experience working on interdisciplinary research projects that bridge the Arts and Humanities and applied Data Science to design novel approaches, and knowledge of ethical considerations and best practices in Digital Humanities research, particularly in relation to privacy, consent, and data protection. Chancellor’s Fellowships are designed to support talented early career researchers to develop into a leading research-active academic at the University of Edinburgh. Given the particular barriers facing female researchers and those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups, the Chancellor’s Fellow scheme aims to appoint at least 50% female and 20% BAME applicants. We therefore particularly encourage applications from these groups and from other under-represented groups such as disabled candidates. We also encourage applications from those with non-traditional career paths, including those returning from a period of parental leave, or those who have moved to academia from a career in another sector. International candidates are welcome and will be supported through the process of visa application if required. About the Institution: The University of Edinburgh is a world-leading research institution, ranked #15 in the QS World University Rankings 2023, #29 in THES World University Rankings 2023, #32 in US News Best Global Universities, and #4 in the UK based on the quality and breadth of its research (known as research power) in the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021). This post is associated with the Institute for Design Informatics (IDI, https://www.designinformatics.org <https://www.designinformatics.org/> <https://www.designinformatics.org/ <https://www.designinformatics.org/>>) a long-standing joint research initiative between the Schools of Design and Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. About to enter its tenth year, IDI successfully draws upon Edinburgh’s unique combination of strengths in Informatics and Design. Working with technology as a medium for practice-based enquiry, our program is designed to inspire, equip and nurture a new generation of researchers, practitioners and entrepreneurs at the intersection of data, design and emerging technologies. IDI has a wide-range of projects funded by grants from external funding bodies (e.g., UKRI, EU), with projects typically aiming to consider futures for design through a series of imaginative and provocative data-driven prototypes that help us to make ‘real’ through design the ideas that underpin the emerging data society. The successful candidate will join IDI’s dynamic team of 50+ academics, researchers, software research engineers and professional services staff. They will contribute to the Institute’s diverse research, teaching and entrepreneurship activities, and help shape the future of a new strategic area for IDI: Humanities Informatics. This post will also work closely with the Edinburgh Futures Institute (https://efi.ed.ac.uk <https://efi.ed.ac.uk/> <https://efi.ed.ac.uk/ <https://efi.ed.ac.uk/>>) and the Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture and Society (https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk <https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/> <https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/ <https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/>>). The culture of the University is open and diverse, and we are keen to replicate that in our appointments. We are the proud holder of a prestigious Athena SWAN Silver Institution Award recognising our work in supporting the advancement of gender equality in academia. As women and members of ethnic minorities are currently under-represented in posts at this level across many of our Schools, we are particularly keen to encourage applications from members of these groups. We are committed to support individuals looking to return to research after a career break for family, caring or health reasons. We also recognise that the Covid-19 pandemic may have disrupted candidates’ research and encourage applicants to note any major disruption to their research in their application materials (for example, due to caring responsibilities or health issues). For more information, see this job advert: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1… <https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1…> Informal enquiries should be directed to Jillian Walker, ECA.HR(a)ed.ac.uk <mailto:ECA.HR@ed.ac.uk> ———— Professor Melissa Terras Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh @melissaterras

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[JWCR23] Call for Participation | 1st Joint Workshop on Cross Reality at ISMAR
by Hans-Christian Jetter 03 Jul '23

03 Jul '23

We invite researchers, practitioners, and designers to participate in the 1st Joint Workshop on Cross Reality (CR). Cross Reality is an emerging technology that focuses on the concurrent usage of or the transition between multiple systems at different points on the reality-virtuality continuum, including Virtual Reality, Augmented Virtuality, and Augmented Reality. CR has gained significant attention in recent years due to its potential for revolutionizing various research and industry areas where users need to comprehend and explore spatial data and its relevant information in different forms. Five separate workshops on individual Cross Reality topics have been held in the past three years. This workshop will bring together the community of CR researchers and aims to establish the research area further. The goal of the workshop is to explore the current challenges, solutions, and opportunities in the field of CR. WORKSHOP CONTRIBUTIONS We welcome position paper submissions from 2-4 pages long, excluding references. All paper submissions must be in English. Paper quality versus length will be assessed according to a contribution-per-page judgment. All submissions will be accepted or rejected as workshop papers. All accepted papers will be archived in the IEEE Xplore digital library. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Cross-reality environment design: virtuality and reality - Visual representations in cross-reality systems - Cross-reality transitions across multiple interfaces - Cross-reality interaction - Multimodal interaction, perception, and cognition - Real-world tool use and tangibles as input to CR systems - Input and output devices - Collaborative cross-reality immersive analytics - Collaboration across the reality-virtuality continuum - Cross-reality user experience - Cross-reality user behavior - Cross-reality tools, frameworks, and APIs - Testing Cross-reality systems - Design guidelines for Cross-reality applications - Evaluation of Cross-reality experiences and systems - Cross-reality applications and scenarios - Cross-reality use cases in, e.g., education, industry, transportation, sports, healthcare IMPORTANT DATES - Submissions deadline: July 17th - Acceptance notifications: August 7th - Camera-ready versions: August 21st - Workshop day: October 16th WORKSHOP DETAILS The workshop will be held in conjunction with ISMAR 2023. We plan to offer our workshop in a hybrid format, meaning we will offer both online and in-person participation for our attendees. Find our workshop website here: http://cross-realities.org ORGANIZERS - Hai-Ning Liang (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University) - Hans-Christian Jetter (Universität zu Lübeck) - Frank Maurer (University of Calgary) - Uwe Gruenefeld (University of Duisburg-Essen) - Mark Billinghurst (University of South Australia and University of Auckland) - Christoph Anthes (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

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