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Two PhD scholarship opportunities (deadline 7 April)
by Kai Xu 20 May '25

20 May '25

There are two PhD scholarships sponsored by MHR<https://mhrglobal.com/uk/en>. It is open to both UK and international students. The application must be completed by 7 April. Please forward the information to students who might be interested. They can contact me by email (kai.xu(a)nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:kai.xu@nottingham.ac.uk>) if there is any question. Project 1: Next generation HR: Conversational Interfaces and Large-Language Models for Empathic Human-Robot Interaction The project aims to explore how the use of AI could enhance various interface types beyond the usual web forms to better support staff training, facilitation and arbitration at meetings. This could take the form of an embodied conversational interface, using technology such as Large-Language Models (LLMs), integrated into a physical robot. The research goals are to investigate how LLMs can be adapted in real-time using multi-modal situational awareness, what capabilities an intelligent robot embodiment focussed on HR should have, and to understand how people would interact and behave around it. Project 2: Human-Centred AI for Productivity The project aims to explore the options to use human-centred AI to improve productivity, which is a core concern of many of sponsor’s customers. One possibility is to leverage the new data that is becoming available, such as user interactions with computer systems and those collected through wearables. The data will then be analysed with the latest AI and Machine Learning methods, with the goal to use the insight from the analysis to design the least intrusive intervention needed in a HR software solution setting that can improve productivity effectively and ethically. About MHR MHR (https://mhrglobal.com/uk/en) MHR is a specialist provider of software and outsourcing services for Human Resources (HR), payroll, finance, and business intelligence. They support the management, development, and payment of just over 10% of the UK workforce. Their R&D team are constantly looking to redefine the HR software market by developing new and innovative solutions to HR problems. Regards, Kai Dr Kai Xu Associate Professor Co-director of the Visualization, Text Analytics, and Graphics (VisTAG) Group School of Computer Science University of Nottingham, UK kai.xu(a)nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:kai.xu@nottingham.ac.uk> https://kaixu.me/ Book a Teams chat <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/86b31acc20a345da9ea76c5a4338d2ec…> 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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EG VCBM 2024 Call for papers
by Thomas Höllt 27 Apr '24

27 Apr '24

Call for Full Papers, Survey Papers and Tutorials EG VCBM 2024 We are happy to announce that for the first time in the history of VCBM, *all* accepted full papers and survey papers will be published as journal publications in Computers and Graphics! == Aims and Scope == Work presented at the Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine EG VCBM [http://vcbm.org/] should reflect the state of the art in visual computing and its applications in biology and medicine. VCBM’s scope encompasses all aspects of visual computing research, technological development, and practices in medicine and life sciences. Relevant topics include both the acquisition, processing, visualization and interpretation of image data in biology and medicine and the visual analysis and communication of life science data. == Submission types for VCBM 2024 == Submissions for this year’s meeting include original papers, survey papers, and tutorial sessions. Please see previous EG VCBM’s proceedings [https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/463] for examples of published papers. We encourage authors to provide supporting information in the form of video and other media. The deadline for full paper submissions is May 3, 2024. Please note that this is one month earlier than in previous years. All accepted full papers and surveys will be featured in a special issue of the journal Computers & Graphics (C&G), necessitating the significantly advanced submission deadline this year. Full Papers should describe original, application-oriented research that advances the fusion of visual computing methods within medicine and biology. Accepted work will focus on a well-defined biological or medical problem, and demonstrate significant innovation or improvement in visual computing. Surveys are long-form submissions addressing new and emerging topics in visual computing and biology and medicine. Tutorials are didactic or hands-on sessions lasting one or two hours and delivered during the conference. They should enable participants to learn how to use new tools or techniques or gain practical experience with domain-specific data. == Topics == All aspects relating to the development, application and practices of visual computing in the life sciences are relevant to the meeting. These include: * Visual computing solutions designed for use by medical, biomedical, and biological practitioners, researchers and educators. * The use of eXtended Reality (e.g., for surgical procedures, molecular visualization, rehabilitation, and therapy). * Approaches for processing, visual analysis, and communication of data from new or challenging modalities (e.g., real-time ultrasound, CyTOF, Spectroscopy, layer fMRI, single-cell and spatial-omics, environmental monitoring). * Visual computing approaches incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) and explainable AI. * Visual computing solutions that support new approaches for modeling and simulation with application in medicine and biology. * Workflows and processes leveraging visual computing to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration in biology and medicine. == Submission Instructions == Full and survey papers must be submitted using the Editorial Manager for Computers & Graphics. Detailed instructions regarding the submission process will be published at https://conferences.eg.org/vcbm2024/for-submitters/full-survey-papers/ We encourage the use of digital videos to support all submissions. Please use only the most common video codecs, such as MP4 H.264, to maximize the chances that the reviewers can view them. == Full Papers: We do not impose strict maximum lengths for submitted papers to the full papers track. However, it is unusual for papers to exceed 10 pages (in C&G LaTeX style [https://www.elsevier.com/__data/promis_misc/elsarticle-CAG-template.zip] including all images and references). Papers should only be as long as their content would justify. Reviewers might rate a submission lower if it is perceived as being unnecessarily long or might recommend it for a short paper, instead. Authors are encouraged to use supplementary material, such as videos or executable programs to provide extra content. Authors may choose to anonymize their submissions, but this is not required. == Surveys: We do not impose strict maximum lengths for papers submitted to the survey track. However, it is unusual for surveys to exceed 20 pages (in C&G LaTeX style, including all images and references). Authors are encouraged to use supplementary material, such as videos, to provide extra content. Authors may choose to anonymize their submissions, but this is not required. == Tutorials: A brief description of the topic, an outline of the contents of the tutorial, and a request for duration (e.g., one/two hours). The maximum is one page, excluding references. Authors may not anonymize their submissions. Please send your tutorial description to tutorial_vcbm24(a)isg.cs.ovgu.de<mailto:tutorial_vcbm24@isg.cs.ovgu.de> until May 3, 2024. EG VCBM 2024 will also feature a short paper track, a poster, and an image contest program, the details of which will be announced in a separate call. == Important Dates == Paper submission deadline (full, survey papers, and tutorials): May 3, 2024 Author notification: May 31, 2024 Revision due (1st cycle): June 21, 2024 Author notification: July 19, 2024 Minor Revision due (2nd cycle): August 9, 2024 Final notification: August 23, 2024 Camera-ready deadline: September 13, 2024 Workshop: September 19 & 20, 2024 All deadlines are at 23:59 CET (UTC+1). Sincerely, the Full Paper Co-Chairs of EG VCBM 2024, Monique Meuschke (University of Magdeburg, Germany) James Procter (University of Dundee, United Kingdom) Thomas Höllt (TU Delft, The Netherlands)

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Postdoc position in Machine Learning and Visual Analytics - University of Montpellier, France. (Deadline: May 1st 2024)
by Arnaud Sallaberry 29 Mar '24

29 Mar '24

Dear colleagues, The ADVANSE team at LIRMM / University of Montpellier (France) is pleased to announce an opening for a postdoc position (20 months) in Machine Learning and Visual Analytics, focusing on adaptation of cities to climate change. ===Project description=== The adaptation of cities to climate change is an urgency that local authorities must address. To support their efforts, a better knowledge of the climatic specificities of the built environments but also of the climatic experience of city dwellers is necessary. To this end, the French ANR Project PICOPATT (Urban PICOclimatic PATTerns), in collaboration with the CRENAU Team (AAU), introduces the notion of urban picoclimate and proposes to study this notion from a scientific and operational perspective. This project aims at producing a methodology for the analysis of urban picoclimatic conditions based on mobile metrology, machine learning and visualization, deducing picoclimatic patterns in different urban fabrics from the collected data and to test them against the perceptions and uses of city dwellers to establish a typology of urban picoclimates and transforming this knowledge into operational tools for promoting the adaptation of cities to climate change by the development of existing conditions and anticipation through urban projects. The postdoc will contribute to one or more sub-projects. ===Profile=== PhD in computer science, machine learning and visualization, with good programming skills (ideally Python and/or web technologies). Previous experience with geographical data time series is a plus, as well as familiarity with data science and/or visualization modern libraries (scikit-learn, Pytorch, D3.js…). Depending on the project, you will be responsible for producing new methodologies, experimenting them, and disseminating the results at conferences and in journal articles. The language of the lab is French or English. French is not required. ===Work place and environment=== The Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics and Microelectronics of Montpellier (LIRMM) is a major multi-disciplinary French research center located in the South of France. It is affiliated with the University of Montpellier and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). The research activities carried out by the ADVANSE team (ADVanced Analytics for data SciencE) are in the field of the analysis of large databases in order to extract new knowledge. They relate to the following three areas: Data mining, Visual Analytics and Machine learning. The ADVANSE team, in its three axes, is developing work on both theoretical and experimental bases to address the associated issues. The postdoctoral fellow will participate to the collaboration with the AAU laboratory and will also carry out assignments in Nantes to work directly with the experts. ===Duration and dates=== 20 months. Full time. Preferred starting date: October 1st 2024, but sooner or later is also possible. ===Application process=== Please send via email to sandra.bringay(a)lirmm.fr, maximilien.servajean(a)lirmm.fr, arnaud.sallaberry(a)lirmm.fr: - your CV - a research statement (what you like and want to do) - the contact details for two reference letters. Application will be assessed on a rolling basis (positions open until it they are filled)

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[CfP][Springer MTAP] Deadline extension (April, 15): Special Issue on Heritage Preservation in the Digital Age
by Valerie Gouet 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CfP] *** Call for Papers Special Issue at Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer Heritage Preservation in the Digital Age: Advances in machine learning, monomodal and multimodal processing, and human-machine interaction *** [ https://link.springer.com/journal/11042/updates/26502650 | https://link.springer.com/journal/11042/updates/26502650 ] *** Aims and Scope This special issue focuses on analyzing, processing and valorizing all types of data related to cultural heritage, including tangible and intangible heritage. As stated by UNESCO, cultural heritage provides societies with a wealth of resources inherited from the past, created in the present for the benefit of future generations. The massive digitization of historical analogue resources and production of born digital documents provide us with large volumes of varied multimedia heritage data (images, maps, text, video, 3D objects, multi-sensor data, etc.), which represent an extremely rich heritage that can be exploited in a wide variety of fields, from research in social sciences and computational humanities to land use and territorial policies, including urban modeling, digital simulation, archaeology, tourism, education, culture preservation, creative media and entertainment. In terms of research in computer science, artificial intelligence, and digital humanities, they address challenging problems related to the diversity, specificity or volume of the media, the veracity of the data, and the different user needs with respect to engaging with this rich material and the extraction of value out of the data. These challenges are reflected in the corresponding sub-fields of machine learning, signal processing, mono/multi-modal techniques and human-machine interaction. The objective of this special issue is to present and discuss the latest and most significant trends on analysis, understanding and promotion of heritage contents, focusing on advances on machine learning, signal processing, mono/multi-modal techniques, and human-machine interaction. We welcome research contributions for (but not limited to) the following topics: * Monomodal analysis: image, text, video, 3D, music, sensor data and structured referentials * Information retrieval for multimedia heritage * AI assisted archaeology and heritage data processing * Multi-modal deep learning and time series analysis for heritage data * Heritage modeling, visualization, and virtualization * Smart digitization and reconstruction of heritage data * Open heritage data and bench-marking The scope of targeted applications is extensive and includes: * Analysis, archaeometry of artifacts * Diagnosis and monitoring for restoration and preventive conservation * Geosciences / Geomatics for cultural heritage * Education * Smart and sustainable tourism * Urban planning * Digital Twins *** Important Dates * Submission deadline: 31 March 2024 ---> 15 April 2024 * Review period: 16 April - 30 July 2024 * Notification: 31 July 2024 * Author revision deadline: 15 October 2024 * Final notification: 31 October 2024 *** Guest Editors * Valerie Gouet-Brunet, IGN-ENSG, University of Gustave Eiffel, France ( valerie.gouet(a)ign.fr ) * Ronak Kosti, Piscsart AI Lab, Germany ( ronakfau(a)gmail.com ) * Li Weng, School of Information Technology, Zhejiang Financial College, China ( lweng(a)zfc.edu.cn ) *** Submission Guidelines Authors should prepare their manuscript according to the Instructions for Authors available from the Multimedia Tools and Applications website. Authors should submit through the online submission site at [ https://www.editorialmanager.com/mtap/default.aspx | https://www.editorialmanager.com/mtap/default.aspx ] and select “SI 1250- Heritage Preservation in the Digital Age: Advances in machine learning, monomodal and multimodal processing, and human-machine interaction” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. Submitted papers should present original, unpublished work, relevant to one of the topics of the special issue. All submitted papers will be evaluated on the basis of relevance, significance of contribution, technical quality, scholarship, and quality of presentation, by at least three independent reviewers. It is the policy of the journal that no submission, or substantially overlapping submission, be published or be under review at another journal or conference at any time during the review process. SUMAC 2023. Please note that the authors of selected papers presented at workshop SUMAC2023 (ACM Multimedia 2023) are invited to submit an extended version of their contributions by taking into consideration both the reviewers’ comments on their conference paper, and the feedback received during presentation at the conference. It is worth clarifying that the extended version is expected to contain a substantial scientific contribution, e.g., in the form of new algorithms, experiments or qualitative/quantitative comparisons, and that neither verbatim transfer of large parts of the conference paper nor reproduction of already published figures will be tolerated. The extended versions of SUMAC2023 papers will undergo the standard, rigorous journal review process and be accepted only if well-suited to the topic of this special issue and meeting the scientific level of the journal. Final decisions on all papers are made by the Editor in Chief. -- Valerie Gouet-Brunet Senior researcher / DR1 Ministère de la Transition Ecologique LASTIG Lab. / Univ. Gustave Eiffel / IGN (French mapping agency) https://www.umr-lastig.fr/vgouet/

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EuroVis 2024 Posters: 2nd Call for Papers (Extended Deadline: April 3)
by Kostiantyn Kucher 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

=================================== EuroVis 2024 Posters: 2nd Call for Papers https://event.sdu.dk/eurovis/posters =================================== Submission deadline (extended): April 3, 2024 (Wednesday), 23:59 GMT Submission via: https://new.precisionconference.com/eurovis24d The EuroVis 2024 poster track will present late-breaking results, work in progress, follow-up extensions, application case studies, or evaluations of existing methods. In particular, it provides young researchers, especially postgraduate students, with valuable opportunities to receive feedback from other researchers and engage in stimulating discussions. We solicit poster submissions in the form of a sketch (i.e., an extended abstract of at most 2 pages in the EuroVis poster format, with an additional page allowed for references only) submitted as a PDF file. Contributions must be written and presented in English. We also strongly encourage the submission of additional materials. The poster draft itself can also be added as additional material (not mandatory for the initial submission, but mandatory for eventual camera-ready submission of accepted posters). Please note that the submissions will undergo a double-blind review process. Poster sketches are submitted using the Precision Conference System (PCS): https://new.precisionconference.com/eurovis24d Please select Society: Eurographics, Conference/Journal: EuroVis 2024, Track: EuroVis 2024 Posters. Any accepted posters are required to have at least one (paid) registered author to attend and present the poster at the conference in person. Both a PDF version of the poster and the extended abstract will be included in the EG digital library with a DOI. The material in a poster/sketch can later be reused by the original authors for a more extensive publication (e.g., a full paper) with more detailed content and mature results, without being considered self-plagiarism. For detailed poster paper preparation and submission instructions (including the LaTeX template) please refer to the submission guidelines here: https://event.sdu.dk/eurovis/posters --------------- Important Dates --------------- Submission deadline (extended): April 3, 2024 (Wednesday) Notification: April 17, 2024 (Wednesday) Camera Ready Version: April 24, 2024 (Wednesday) First day of conference: May 27, 2024 (Monday) All deadlines are at 23:59 GMT on the date indicated. --------------- Posters Chairs --------------- Alexandra Diehl, University of Zurich, Switzerland Christina Gillmann, Leipzig University, Germany Kostiantyn Kucher, Linköping University, Sweden For any questions concerning poster submissions, please contact the Posters track chairs at posters(at)eurovis.org .

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Machine Learning Methods in Visualisation for Big Data 2024 (MLVis 2024), EuroVis Workshop
by Daniel Archambault 26 Mar '24

26 Mar '24

Call for papers: MLVis 2024, Machine Learning Methods in Visualisation for Big Data Machine Learning Methods in Visualisation for Big Data will be held as part of EuroVis 2024 in Odense, Denmark. The ninth edition of this co-located event will be part-tutorial and part-workshop so as to increase the interaction between researchers. Part of the MLVis 2024 programme will consist of short papers. We solicit short papers on machine learning methods in visualisation from both the machine learning and visualisation communities, addressing how the two technologies can be used together to provide greater insight to end users. Topics include but are not limited to: Explainable Machine Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Visualisation of Clustering, Regression, and Classification, Steerable Machine Learning, Visualisation to Improve Machine Learning Models, Automation of Visualisation and Visual Analytics, Visualisation and Machine Learning in Text Analytics, Visualisation in Online Machine Learning Submission deadline: April 3, 2024 More details: https://events.tuni.fi/mlvis/mlvis2024/

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IEEE VR 2024 Remote Viewing
by IEEE VR Publicity 17 Mar '24

17 Mar '24

Dear All, Take part in the IEEE VR 2024 conference from afar by taking control of a Double 3! You can signup by registering at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B48ADA828A1F5C61-48569733-ieee#/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2x_cSCGQc6cCL99YaUkn3tXd…> You will be emailed a link to connect to the Double 3 robot prior to the start of your reserved time slot. Please do not reserve back-to-back time slots, so everyone can get a turn. Please log off once your scheduled time slot ends. Best regards, IEEE VR 2024 Publicity [image: beacon]

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ACM UMAP 2024 - Final Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers
by Wanling Cai 14 Mar '24

14 Mar '24

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * Online version: https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-doctoral-consortium-papers/ ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers ACM UMAP 2024: The 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy July 1-4, 2024 The 32nd International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2024) 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. The ACM UMAP 2024 Doctoral Consortium (DC) will take place as part of the conference. The DC provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers and industry practitioners from the field. Doctoral students are invited to apply for presenting their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive feedback and advice. Students should consider participating in the DC if they are at least one year away from completing their dissertation at the time of the event, but after having settled on a research area or dissertation topic. This forum will provide doctoral students with an opportunity to: * Present and discuss their research ideas to experienced scholars in a supportive, formative, and yet critical environment. * Explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers from the field who will provide constructive feedback and advice. * Explore career pathways available after completing their doctoral degree. * Network and build collaborations with other members of the community. Students are asked to submit a brief proposal outlining their doctoral research (see detailed requirements below), which will be evaluated by the doctoral consortium committee. Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a DC session as part of the conference. Each student with an accepted submission will be assigned a mentor who will provide feedback on the student’s work. A mentoring session will take place during the conference, and the DC students are expected to attend. ** Important Dates ** Paper Submission: March 28, 2024 Notification: April 26, 2024 Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 9, 2024 Conference: July 1 – 4, 2024 DC Day: July TBD, 2024 (it will happen in one of the conference days) Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe> time. ** Submission ** All submissions must be written in English. Submissions should be a single PDF document consisting of: (i) the recommendation letter, (ii) the research description, and (iii) the curriculum vitae. This PDF document should be submitted electronically through the EasyChair submission system, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap24, by selecting the “UMAP24 Doctoral Consortium Papers” track. ** Length and Formatting ** Format and Content Guidelines. Consult the ACM UMAP 2024 general call for full and short papers<https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-full-and-short-papers/> concerning the key topics of this call as well. Each proposal should be a single PDF document, with three required components: (i) a recommendation letter, (ii) a description of your doctoral path, (iii) and a curriculum vitae. If you are unable to obtain a letter of recommendation from your dissertation advisor, please include a short explanation. Specifically, for each component, please consider the following instructions: 1. Letter of Recommendation (from your primary dissertation advisor, in any format): * Describe your interaction with the student and your assessment of the quality of their work. Explain how the ACM UMAP 2024 doctoral consortium would benefit this student at this point in their doctoral program, as well as the contributions you expect the student to make to the group. * The DC targets students who have a clear idea of their research plans and have started their research but have not yet executed a majority of their research. Please explain the structure of your student’s program and their expected level of progress by July 2024. * Recall that students who are unable to obtain a letter of recommendation from their dissertation advisor (or the equivalent) should instead include a short explanation and a description of where the student is in their doctoral progress and the anticipated timeline. 1. Research description (6 pages at most plus additional pages for references; figures, tables, proofs, appendixes, acknowledgments, and any other content count toward the page limit): using a single-column manuscript formatted according to the guidelines discussed below, please include the following: * Your name, advisor(s) name(s), and the university where you are conducting your doctoral work. * Current year of study and projected completion date (plus information about the regulations of your doctoral program regarding length, any part-time study, etc.). * Context and motivation for your research. * Key related work that frames your research. * Specific research objectives, goals, or questions. * Research approach, methods, and rationale. * Results and contributions to date. * Expected next steps. * Dissertation status and long-term goals. 1. Curriculum vitae (2 pages at most, in any format): a concise summary of your current curriculum vitae, including research publications. Clearly separate published papers from those under review or in press. Please ensure that your submission is complete and conforms to the format and content guidelines above. Submissions that do not meet these requirements will be desk-rejected. *Single-Blind Policy*. Proposals will be reviewed single-blind and, therefore, do not need to be anonymized before submission. *Template for the Research Description*. Following the ACM Publication Workflow<https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow>, the research description component should be arranged based on the new ACM single-column format. Instructions for students are given below: * LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript, review, anonymous]{acmart} in the sample-authordraft.tex file for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with LaTeX<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…>. * Overleaf (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Overleaf<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/overleaf>. * Word. Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Microsoft Word<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…> Should you have any questions or issues going through the instructions above, please contact support at acmtexsupport(a)aptaracorp.com<mailto:acmtexsupport@aptaracorp.com> for LaTeX and Microsoft Word inquiries. *Accessibility*. DC students are strongly encouraged to provide “alt text” (alternative text) for floats (images, tables, etc.) in their content so that readers with disabilities can be given descriptive information for these floats that are important to the work. The descriptive text will be displayed in place of a float if the float cannot be loaded. This benefits the author and it broadens the reader base for the author’s work. Moreover, the alt text provides in-depth float descriptions to search engine crawlers, which helps to properly index these floats. Additionally, authors should follow the ACM Accessibility Recommendations for Publishing in Color and SIG ACCESS guidelines on describing figures<https://authors.acm.org/journals/accessibility-recommendations-for-publishi…>. *Submission Policy*. Please consider the following ACM’s publication policies: 1. “By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies<https://www.acm.org/publications/policies>, including ACM’s new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects<https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/research-involving-human-particip…>. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.” 2. “Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID<https://orcid.org/register>, so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has been involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors<https://authors.acm.org/author-resources/orcid-faqs>. We are committed to improve author discoverability, ensure proper attribution and contribute to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts.” *Camera-ready Information*. Accepted proposals (i.e., the research description component) will require a further revision in order to meet the requirements and the page limits of the camera-ready format required by ACM. Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready versions of the papers will be provided after acceptance. We strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX/Overleaf for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting. Users of the Word template must use either the version for Microsoft Word for Windows, Macintosh Office 2011, or Macintosh Office 2016 (other formats such as Open Office, etc., are not admitted) for the camera-ready submission to avoid incompatibility issues. ** Registration and Presentation Policy ** Each accepted proposal in the doctoral consortium track must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the doctoral student by the early registration date cut-off. Each accepted proposal must be presented in person in the doctoral consortium session to be included in the conference proceedings, published by ACM and available via the ACM Digital Library. The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of UMAP 2024. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. ** Grants and Support ** ACM UMAP has a long history of supporting students who want to attend the conference. Doctoral students of the accepted DC proposals will have higher priority for the ACM UMAP grant applications. Please periodically consult the page that summarizes grants and support opportunities, available at https://www.um.org/umap2024/grants-and-support/. ** Doctoral Consortium Chairs ** * Martijn C. Willemsen, Eindhoven University of Technology & JADS, The Netherlands * Styliani Kleanthous, CYENS CoE and Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus * Rodrygo Santos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Contact information: umap2024-dc at um.org

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Final CFP and EA: AVI 2024 workshop on Map-based Interfaces and Interactions (MAPII 2024)
by Masood Masoodian 14 Mar '24

14 Mar '24

*Call for Papers – Map-based Interfaces and Interactions (MAPII 2024) * *AVI 2024 Workshop  * *3 or 4 June 2024 – Arenzano, Italy* *More info: http://avcd.aalto.fi/mapii2024/* *ABOUT THE WORKSHOP* ----------------------- Maps have been used for centuries as a tool for exploring the real and the imagined, the physical and the metaphysical worlds. Today, in the world of technology, maps also play an important role as an underlying representation tool, forming the basis for a wide range of digital devices, applications, and services. Despite this, there are hardly any venues for sharing of research and design expertise, learnings, practices, and experiences of the use of maps and map-like visualizations in the context of visual interfaces and interactions. This workshop aims to fill this gap by providing a much-needed interdisciplinary forum focusing on map-based interface and interactions. This workshop is part of the 17th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, and is supported by the IFIP TC 13 Working Group on Human-Centred Technology for Sustainability. *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION* ----------------------- The main objective of this workshop is to create an interdisciplinary forum for sharing of research, design, and practical expertise, practices, and experiences that are currently dispersed across different disciplines. Therefore, the workshop aims to bring together participants from all the related disciplines, including visualization, visual design, interaction design, user interface design, and cartography, and by doing so support the participants’ research and design work in creating novel future map-based interfaces and interactions across a wide range of application areas. Prospective workshop participants are invited to submit a short paper describing their interests and work related to the topics of this workshop. Some of the main topics to be covered by this workshop will include, but are not limited to, the following: - research and design foundations of map-based interfaces and interactions. - theories, principles, and practices guiding the design of map-based interfaces and interactions. - applications of map-based interfaces and interactions, in areas such environment, sustainability, epidemiology, healthcare, education, games and entertainment. - user evaluations of map-based interfaces and interactions. *WORKSHOP STRUCTURE* ----------------------- This one-day workshop will be informal and interactive, combining short presentations of the accepted workshop position papers with group discussions, aimed at assisting the authors and other participants with developing their research and design ideas. The workshop will include a hands-on group activity, as part of which the participants work in small groups to perform map-based design tasks and create visual sketches for an interactive map-based application tool. We hope to run the workshop in person at the conference. Provisions will, however, be made to run the workshop in remote or hybrid mode if necessary. *SUBMISSIONS* ----------------------- The workshop short paper submissions should be of maximum 6 pages, and the extended abstracts should be 1-2 pages. Submissions should be in PDF format,and prepared according to the ACM Primary Article Template (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template) Submissions should be made through Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mapii2024) The workshop programme committee will review the submitted short papers and extended abstracts, and select 10-15 submissions for presentation at the workshop based on their quality, relevance to the workshop topics, and potential to raise interesting discussions at the workshop. Accepted submissions will be shared with the workshop participants. The authors of the submissions will be invited to contribute an extended version of their submission to a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal we are currently negotiating. In addition, the workshop will include a discussion session on future publications in, for instance, a co-authored report or journal article for dissemination of the workshop findings. *IMPORTANT DATES* ----------------------- Submission deadline: 25 March 2024 Notification: 08 April 2024 Camera-ready: 29 April 2024 Workshop date: 03 or 04 June 2024 *WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS* ----------------------- Masood Masoodian, Aalto University (Finland) Saturnino Luz, University of Edinburgh (UK) *PROGRAMME COMMITTEE* ----------------------- Saturnino Luz, University of Edinburgh (UK) Masood Masoodian, Aalto University (Finland) Shane Sheehan, University of Edinburgh (UK) Artemis Skarlatidou, University College London (UK) Thomas Rist, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) -- Prof. Masood Masoodian Visual Communication Design Aalto University avcd.aalto.fi

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🚨 Upcoming Poster and Talks Submission Deadline for BioVis@ISMB 2024 🚨
by Jen Rogers 14 Mar '24

14 Mar '24

Dear InfoVis Community, Join us at BioVis@ISMB 2024 by sharing your latest research in biological data visualization through talks and posters! We welcome submissions including but not limited to genome and sequence visualization, omics data analysis (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics), phylogenetics, biological networks and pathways, ontologies, macromolecular structures, biological imaging (e.g., microscopy), integration of imaging and omics for systems biology, simulation models, neuro and developmental biology, software frameworks, workflow optimization, visualization usability for biologists, biological atlases, and the interplay between visualization, machine learning, and interdisciplinary collaboration in biological research. Deadline for talks and poster submissions is April 19, 2024! Submissions are made here: https://www.iscb.org/ismb2024/submissions/abstracts Talk Submission Guidelines: Submit your abstracts for recently published or unpublished work by April 19, 2024. Accepted talks will be presented at the symposium, with non-selected talks encouraged to opt for poster submission. Published Work: 250-word abstract + paper (if not open access). Unpublished Work: 1500-word extended abstract with descriptive figures. Poster Submission Guidelines: Deadline: April 19, 2024 (Late Deadline: May 20, 2024) We invite submissions on ongoing research, visualization challenges, or previously published work. Selected posters may get the chance for a short talk. Submit a 250-word abstract and supporting figure. Include previously published papers or a link to open access. Submit via the ISMB abstract submission site, following the detailed guidelines for both ISMB and BioVis. More information can be found on the BioVis website: http://biovis.net/2024/cfp_ismb/ We are looking forward to your submissions! BioVis@ISMB 2024 Committee

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