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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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Reminder - Call for Nominations: IEEE VGTC Visualization Awards Due April 30th!
by Ebert, David 13 Apr '25

13 Apr '25

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 and the 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, 2024. Nominations, except the 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 specified at the above URL 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/awards/vis-award-nominations/ If you have any questions, please contact: VGTC Awards Program Chair for Visualization David Ebert, University of Oklahoma vgtc-vis-awards(a)vgtc.org<mailto:vgtc-vis-awards@vgtc.org> Dr. David S. Ebert, Gallogly Chair Professor of ECE and CS Associate Vice President of Research and Partnerships Director, Data Institute for Societal Challenges (DISC) University of Oklahoma 5 Partners Place 201 Stephenson Pkwy, Ste 4600 Norman, OK 73019 ebert(a)ou.edu<mailto:ebert@ou.edu>

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DIAGRAMS 2024|Call for participation
by DIAGRAMS CONFERENCE 01 Aug '24

01 Aug '24

*** CALL for PARTICIPATION: Diagrams 2024 *** 14th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams September 27 – October 1, 2024 University of Münster, Germany www.diagrams-conference.org/2024 *** Highlights *** - Keynote speakers: Mateja Jamnik, Catarina Dutilh Novaes and Barbara Tversky - Three Tracks: Main, Philosophy, and Psychology and Education - Three Workshops - Nine Tutorials - Graduate Symposium - Proceedings published by Springer ****** Registration to DIAGRAMS ’24 is now open ****** Visit: https://diagrams-2024.diagrams-conference.org/registration/ to register. Registration to the conferences gives assess to all talks, Workshops and Tutorials at the conference as well as the Graduate Symposium. All participants will furthermore receive a free copy of the Diagrams conference proceedings published by Springer. For more information including a list of accepted Workshops and Tutorials see: https://diagrams-2024.diagrams-conference.org Registration is open for everyone: *Early Bird – on or before July 15, 2024* - Student: 390€ - Regular: 470€ *Late – from July 16, 2024 up to September 1, 2024* - Student: 470€ - Regular: 550€ We hope you will join us at the conference! Best wishes, The Diagrams ’24 organizing team -- *Publicity Chair, Diagrams Conference 2024* Giulia Ferrari, PhD Mathematics Education University of Torino

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IEEE EduVis 2024 cfp [Deadline extension]
by Fateme Rajabiyazdi 29 Jun '24

29 Jun '24

The submission deadline for the 2nd IEEE EduVis workshop has been extended to July 8th. We welcome submissions in the form of full papers or education reports that share opinions or teaching reflections. Submissions will focus on special topics relevant to the EduVIS community: * Visualization for Education [Vis4Ed]: use of visualization in educational settings of any discipline or topic * AI for Visualization Education [AI]: integrate or limit tools like ChatGPT and generative AI into visualization education * Generic Topics in Visualization and Education [General]: includes any other submission relevant to the workshop For more information, please view: https://ieee-eduvis.github.io/ [cid:image001.png@01DAC9FB.7A33A470] Fateme Rajabi, PhD, PEng Assistant Professor Systems and Computer Engineering Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada http://healthvisfutures.sce.carleton.ca/ This email contains links to content or websites. Always be cautious when opening external links or attachments. Please visit https://carleton.ca/its/help-centre/report-phishing/ for information on reporting phishing messages. When in doubt, the ITS Service Desk can provide assistance. https://carleton.ca/its/chat -----End of Disclaimer-----

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[Deadline Extension] First IEEE VIS Workshop on Progressive Data Analysis and Visualization (PDAV)
by Jean-Daniel Fekete 28 Jun '24

28 Jun '24

The submission deadline is extended to the 15th of July. Take the chance to submit your late-breaking research results, or give your planned submission the final touch! https://ieee-vis-pdav.github.io/ We solicit contributions that focus on progressive visualization and visual analytics The increasing amount of data is a long-standing challenge for data analysis systems. Although building interactive systems has been a central focus of the visualization community, when applied to large-scale data and complex algorithms, most current visualization systems suffer from long, unmanaged computation delays between user interactions and system responses, rendering the systems unusable. The critical challenge we face here is to make a system’s latency manageable, ultimately ensuring it remains below the golden limits of human latency regardless of the amount of input data and complexity of algorithms. Progressive Data Analysis and Visualization (PDAV) is a novel programming paradigm to control latency by replacing long computations with a series of smaller computations with bounded latency, improving iteratively until the whole computation is completed or until the user is satisfied with the latest iteration and stops. Thus, PDAV computations also need to inform the user about the quality of the result to allow early decisions with controlled quality. With PDAV, visual exploration systems can scale to large data sizes and use complex algorithms interactively, provided they are adapted to run progressively. This new paradigm is promising but will require important research and technical work to become mainstream. This workshop is aimed at explaining and accelerating the development of the paradigm. The workshop will present state-of-the-art research and work-in-progress to design and implement PDAV systems. We encourage late-breaking work, research in progress, and position papers; for example, topics of interest to the workshop include (but are not limited to): Progressive Techniques for Information and Scientific Visualization Progressive Visual Analytics Systems Progressive Algorithms and Data Structures Progressive Databases and Data Management Systems Progressive Machine Learning Progressive Artificial Intelligence Progressive Data Science User Interfaces for Progressive Systems Languages and Toolkits for Progressive Systems Uncertainty in Progressive Systems Infrastructure for Progressive Systems Human Factors in Progressive Data Analysis Applications of Progressive Visual Data Analysis Theories for Progressive Visual Data Analysis Evaluation of Progressive Systems Important Dates Submission Deadline: 1st July 2024 Notification of Acceptance: 19th July 2024 Camera Ready Paper and Poster: 26th August 2024 Workshop (1/2 Day, Morning): 14th October 2024 Organizers Alex Ulmer, Fraunhofer IGD Jaemin Jo, Sungkyunkwan University Michael Sedlmair, University of Stuttgart Jean-Daniel Fekete, Inria & Université Paris-Saclay More info: https://ieee-vis-pdav.github.io/ For questions, please email the workshop chairs directly: pdav-chairs(a)ieeevis.org Alex, Jaemin, Michael & Jean-Daniel -- Jean-Daniel Fekete Jean-Daniel.Fekete(a)inria.fr Aviz Team Leader Inria, Université Paris-Saclay INRIA Saclay Centre www.aviz.fr/~fekete Bat 660, Université Paris-Saclay tel: +33 1 69156551 F91405 ORSAY Cedex, France fax: +33 1 69154240

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IEEE VR 2025 Call for Papers - Abstracts due September 11, 2024
by IEEE VR Publicity 27 Jun '24

27 Jun '24

IEEE VR 2025: the 32nd IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces March 8-12, 2025 | Saint-Malo, France https://ieeevr.org/2025/contribute/papers/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2kguxk3NB9N4AqYJmj_yyoSr…> <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2hy2if9tcQB8N-lxQ5nahPrF…> Overview IEEE VR 2025 seeks original, high-quality papers in all areas related to virtual reality (VR), including augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and 3D user interfaces (3DUIs). This year, there is again a SINGLE submission deadline for a unified review process for both the IEEE TVCG and the conference only papers. The possible outcomes of this unified process are: 1. Accept as IEEE TVCG paper, with presentation at IEEE VR 2025 2. Accept as IEEE VR 2025 conference paper, with presentation at IEEE VR 2025 3. Accept as IEEE VR 2025 poster 4. Reject Inquiries: program2025 [at] ieeevr.org <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2Uq2u5ja6VB7ljZdWOLnSHkR…> Important Dates Each deadline is 23:59:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth) == GMT/UTC-12:00 on the stated day, no matter where the submitter is located. The submission deadlines will be strictly enforced. Requests for extensions will not be honored. - September 11 Wednesday, 2024: Abstracts due (REQUIRED) - September 18 Wednesday, 2024: Submissions due - December 10 Tuesday, 2024: Initial notifications - January 2 Thursday, 2025: Revised submissions due - January 9 Thursday, 2025: Final notifications - January 16 Thursday, 2025: Camera-ready materials due Submission Guidelines Submissions will be accepted through Precision Conference Solutions this year. https://new.precisionconference.com/vr <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2lIJY-lbFWEdpVmDJelE4eXE…> IMPORTANT: IEEE VR 2025 uses a DOUBLE-BLIND review process. Failure to anonymize submissions will result in desk rejection. Each research paper should provide a contribution covering one or more of the following categories: methodological, technical, applications, and systems. - Methodological papers should describe advances in theories and methods of AR/VR/MR and 3DUI, such as ethical issues, theories on presence, or human factors. - Technical papers should describe advancements in algorithms or devices critical to AR/VR/MR and 3DUI development such as input, display, user interaction, or tracking. - Application papers provide an important insight to the community by explaining how the authors built upon existing ideas and applied them to solve an interesting problem in a novel way. Each paper should include an evaluation of the success of the use of AR/VR/MR and/or 3DUI in the given application domain. - System papers should indicate how the developers integrated techniques and technologies to produce an effective system, and convey any lessons learned in the process. Each paper should include an evaluation of its contributions, such as user studies, benchmarking and/or comparison with existing systems/techniques/methods. We welcome paper submissions between 4 and 9 pages, not including references. Authors are encouraged to submit videos to aid the program committee in reviewing their submissions. All paper submissions must be formatted using the IEEE Computer Society TVCG conference format ( https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/publications/conference/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2SJ7b3TB64yWDm5tc7LQrApC…>). Accepted papers and posters will have to be formatted by the authors according to the relevant camera-ready guidelines. Topics IEEE VR 2025 seeks contributions in VR/AR/MR and 3DUI, including, but not limited to, the following topics: - 360° video - 3D and volumetric display and projection technology - 3D authoring - 3D User Interfaces - Accessibility of immersive interfaces - Audio interfaces and rendering - Collaborative interactions - Computer graphics techniques - Crowd simulation - Cybersickness - Diversity and gender issues - Embodied agents, virtual humans, and (self-)avatars - Ethical issues - Evaluation methods - Haptic interfaces and rendering - Human factors and ergonomics - Immersive analytics and visualization - Immersive applications and games - Input devices - Locomotion and navigation - Mediated and diminished reality - Mobile, desktop, or hybrid 3DUIs - Modeling and simulation - Multi-user and distributed systems - Multimodal capturing and reconstruction - Multimodal/cross-modal interaction and perception - Multisensory interfaces and rendering - Perception and cognition - Presence, body ownership, and agency - Redirection - Software architectures, toolkits, and engineering - Teleoperation and telepresence - Therapy and rehabilitation - Touch, tangible, and gesture interfaces - Tracking - User experience and usability - XR technology infrastructure Review process The review process will have two cycles. Review Cycle I (Submission to Initial notification) Submissions will be assigned to two members of the VR 2025 International Program Committee (IPC): a coordinator (primary) and a secondary reviewer. Submissions that violate the submission guidelines or that receive low review scores from the coordinator and the secondary reviewer will be early rejected. This stage of the review process will be double blind. We will strive to have all other submissions receive a total of at least three reviews. Based on the reviews and in consultation with a subset of the IPC, the Program Chairs will make one of the following initial recommendations for each submission: - Conditionally accept as IEEE TVCG paper. Continuing our cooperation with the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), these submissions with substantial contribution will be considered for publication in a special issue of IEEE TVCG. - Conditionally accept as conference paper. These submissions will be considered for inclusion in the Proceedings of IEEE VR, archived in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. - Recommend as a two-page poster. Authors of a submission receiving this recommendation have the option of condensing their submission into a two-page poster, including references. Subject to a final approval by the Posters chairs, accepted posters will be included in the IEEE VR Abstracts and Workshops proceedings and will be archived in the IEEE Digital Library. Note that IEEE VR does not consider posters as a final disclosure of research results. Thus, work accepted as an IEEE VR poster might be eligible for inclusion in future publications. - Reject. Review Cycle II (Initial notification to Final decision) The revision of each conditionally accepted paper will be reviewed by its coordinator, who will make a final recommendation regarding acceptance. Should the conditions for acceptance not be met, the paper will be rejected. Additional Guidelines Abstract Submission. Note that a paper abstract must be uploaded seven days prior to the actual paper submission deadline. This facilitates the process of assigning reviewers, as the review process operates on a very tight schedule. Ethics and Responsibility. All submissions describing research experiments with human participants must follow the appropriate ethical guidelines required by the authors’ institution(s), and authors are required to secure and report their approval by the relevant ethics committee prior to collecting data. An approval by any ethical review board, if required by your institution, needs to be indicated via the submission system. Authors will be required to submit the name of the ethical review board, approved protocol title and number, and date that ethical approval was obtained prior to running human participants. Authors must be able to provide proof of ethical approval upon request. Incorrect reporting of ethical approval will result in desk rejection. Participant Diversity. To support high-quality research, all submissions describing research with human participants should strive for participant diversity. As first steps toward this goal, VR 2025 is encouraging the following: - Research that aims to benefit a general population should be representative of that population. (e.g. balanced across gender or age). Research that claims to benefit a specific population should clearly state and justify its focus on that population (e.g. pilots, surgeons). - All submissions must report participant demographics (gender, age, etc.). Notes about recruiting representative populations: - Recruiting more diverse samples does not imply that the research must treat these data as independent variables and analyze differences in independent variables between demographic groups. - Recruiting more diverse samples does not increase the number of participants required for adequate statistical power given an effect size. - Many ethics review boards and funding sources already require participant diversity for inclusive and unbiased research. The VR 2025 program committee and external reviewers will be strongly encouraged to consider participant diversity in relation to the generality of the claims made by a submission as a first-order reviewing concern. Submissions that make general claims yet rely on a severely imbalanced participant groups may be negatively impacted by the reviewing process. Review Duties for Authors. The increasing number of submissions for IEEE VR makes us all dependent on a large number of good reviewers who are willing to provide constructive feedback and engage with authors on their work. Every paper needs three quality reviews. To expand the reviewing pool and to promote quality reviews, for each submitted paper, one author will be required to register to review up to three papers through PCS at the time of submission. For example, if the same author group submits two papers, they need to commit to reviewing six papers. Additionally, senior authors are encouraged to ask experienced junior authors to register in PCS to review papers, and then to mentor the junior authors during the review process. Presentation at the Conference. All accepted submissions must be presented orally at the conference. An in-person presentation is expected, and online presentations will be accommodated only in exceptional cases. Requests for online presentations due to exceptional cases must be made at least one month before the conference. Submission Language. All paper submissions must be in English. Previous Publication and Plagiarism. Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published. A manuscript is considered to have been previously published if it has appeared in a peer-reviewed journal, magazine, book, or meeting proceedings that is reliably and permanently available afterward in print or electronic form to non-attendees, regardless of the language of that publication. A manuscript identical or substantially similar in content (in its entirety or in part) to one submitted to VR should not be simultaneously under consideration for another conference or journal during any part of the VR review process, from the submission deadline until notifications of decisions are emailed to authors. In some situations, a submission may build upon prior work. In order to fully explain the relationship between the submitted paper and prior work, authors may upload additional papers as well as a non-anonymous letter of explanation that highlights the significant changes or advances; these materials will only be seen by the primary reviewer. Specifically, this treatment is applied to the following cases: - non peer-reviewed works that are publicly available (on arXiv, as a technical report, etc.) - non-archival publications presented in past IEEE VR conferences (posters, demos, etc.) Submissions will be checked for plagiarism using IEEE Crosscheck. Detection of significant plagiarism will lead to rejection. For more information about definitions of plagiarism and IEEE policies in this area, please see the Introduction to the Guidelines for Handling Plagiarism Complaints <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2gV13m8ERUbLRagVpHL5bsw7…> and the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board Operations Manual <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/28ghcITD8lWGwVuuOb_cM1SQ…> . AI-generated Text. Large-scale language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT can only be used by the authors to edit grammar of their own text. Submission Anonymity. * IEEE VR uses a DOUBLE-BLIND review process * This means that both the authors and the reviewers must remain anonymous to each other. Submissions (including citations and optional videos) must not contain information that identifies the authors, their institutions, funding sources, or their places of work. Relevant previous work by the authors must be cited in the third person to preserve anonymity (exceptions were described above). Authors should work diligently to ensure that their submissions do not expose their identities either intentionally or through carelessness. Authors that have questions/issues around the double-blind submission policy should contact the program chairs. * Failure to make reasonable attempts to adhere to the double-blind policy will result in desk rejection. * Pre-dissemination through public online repositories. Uploading the submitted manuscript to an online repository (e.g., arXiv) before the end of the review process does not constitute a reason for rejecting the manuscript. However, the authors should be advised that doing so can compromise the anonymity of their manuscript and therefore bias its double-blind review. Videos. Videos must be submitted according to the instructions on the submission website. Videos submitted with papers will automatically be considered for possible inclusion in the video proceedings (video submissions may also be made independently, as described in the separate Call for Videos). When submitted as supporting material, videos must be free of any identifying information prior to reviewing as per the double-blind submission policy. If accepted for the video proceedings, a revised version of the materials will be requested. Contactsprogram2025 [at] ieeevr.org <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/209hfx8FieJdmIeERcjTMMGj…> Technical Papers Chairs: - Daisuke Iwai, University of Osaka, Japan - Luciana Nedel, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Tabitha Peck, Davidson College, USA - Voicu Popescu, Purdue University, USA [image: beacon]

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Precall "Bilateral AI" (50 PhDs, 10 Postdocs), fall 2024
by Miksch Silvia 26 Jun '24

26 Jun '24

Cluster of Excellence Bilateral Artificial Intelligence Pre-Call for Applications For the recently established Cluster of Excellence CoE Bilateral Artificial Intelligence (BILAI), funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), we are looking for more than 50 PhD students and 10 Post-Doc researchers (m/f/d) to join our team at one of the six leading research institutions across Austria (see below). In BILAI, major Austrian players in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are teaming up to work towards Broad AI. As opposed to Narrow AI, which is characterized by task-specific skills, Broad AI seeks to address a wide array of problems, rather than being limited to a single task or domain. To develop its foundations, BILAI employs a Bilateral AI approach, effectively combining sub-symbolic AI (neural networks and machine learning) with symbolic AI (logic, knowledge representation, and reasoning) in various ways. Harnessing the full potential of both symbolic and sub-symbolic approaches can open new avenues for AI, enhancing its ability to solve novel problems, adapt to diverse environments, improve reasoning skills, and increase efficiency in computation and data use. These key features enable a broad range of applications for Broad AI, from drug development and medicine to planning and scheduling, autonomous traffic management, and recommendation systems. Prioritizing fairness, transparency, and explainability, the development of Broad AI is crucial for addressing ethical concerns and ensuring a positive impact on society. The research team is committed to cross-disciplinary work in order to provide theory and models for future AI and deployment to applications. CoE Research Institutions: Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU Linz) Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien) Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (AAU) Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) Technische Universität Graz (TU Graz) Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU Wien) Board of directors: Sepp Hochreiter (JKU Linz) Agata Ciabattoni (TU Wien) Thomas Eiter (TU Wien) Gerhard Friedrich (AAU) Christoph Lampert (ISTA) Robert Legenstein (TU Graz) Axel Polleres (WU Wien) Martina Seidl (JKU Linz) The call for applications will open on *** September 1,*** 2024. For more information, see http://www.bilateral-ai.net Stay tuned

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Your Input Needed for Our Visualization Design Research Survey
by fatimah alaboud 26 Jun '24

26 Jun '24

Hi all, I hope this message finds you well. I'm writing to invite you to participate in a short survey (around 5-10 minutes) for a data visualization research project. Your expertise in visualization design would be incredibly helpful! This survey aims to gather insights from visualization designers about the factors they consider when creating visualizations. Your anonymous responses will be used solely for research purposes, ultimately aiming to develop more effective visualization design methods. The survey is divided into six parts, covering your background, design considerations, visual encoding and interaction, evaluation and user feedback, machine learning usage, and open feedback. Please take your time and answer honestly. There are no right or wrong answers. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclCDJV6hxRKalDKbjtkiF2K5HhrAalsm_… Thank you for your participation! Best regards, Fatimah Alqahtani PhD Student fatimahalaboud(a)hotmail.com<mailto:fatimahalaboud@hotmail.com> Newcastle University

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Two Industry-Driven Post-Doc Positions at CoSTAR LiveLAB (University of York, UK)
by Jonathan Hook 24 Jun '24

24 Jun '24

Two Industry-Driven Post-Doc Positions at CoSTAR LiveLAB (University of York, UK) - Apply by: 01/07/2024 - Salary: £36,024 - £38,205 per year - Contract status: Fixed Term for 56 Months CoSTAR LiveLAB, led by the University of York, and based at Production Park in Wakefield, is a new research centre that focusses on applying new virtual production technologies to live events and how the latest developments can be used to ensure the UK has the skills and infrastructure to stay on the cutting edge of this type of technology. https://www.ukri.org/councils/ahrc/remit-programmes-and-priorities/converge… We are seeking two Postdoctoral Research Associates for the development of new technologies for immersive live performances. The PDRAs will conduct R&D activities at Production Park in Wakefield, in close liaison with the Project Directors and Co-Investigators. Successful candidates will have a strong track record of R&D in creative technologies, including one or more of the following: Machine vision; machine learning; Data science and analytics; immersive and interactive audio; media signal processing; low latency networking; psychophysics; UX design and testing; VR/AR. Candidates should have strong coding skills. The PDRAs will be expected to work closely with industry partners and other relevant stakeholders on a range of different projects. Find out more and apply here: https://jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-associate-for-costar-… -- Jonathan Hook Professor of Interactive Media UX & Access Programme Lead: CoStar Live Lab <https://www.ukri.org/councils/ahrc/remit-programmes-and-priorities/converge…> School of Arts and Creative Technologies University of York, York, YO10 5DD http://www.jonhook.co.uk <http://www.jonhook.co.uk/>

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[CfP] Call for Posters for ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS) 2024 (Deadline August 15, 2024)
by Yang, Yalong 23 Jun '24

23 Jun '24

*** Apologies for cross postings *** Call for Posters for ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS) 2024 ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS) is the premier academic venue for research in the design, development, and use of new and emerging interactive surface technologies and interactive spaces. This years conference will take place 27-30 October 2024 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The venue will be UBC Robson Campus. The ACM ISS 2024 poster program offers an engaging venue to present and discuss new and developing research. Posters enable researchers to get feedback on early-stage work and work-in-progress, establish potential collaborations, and discuss burning issues in ISS with the larger community in an informal manner during the interactive poster session. A poster will enable you to: * Present your poster in person at the conference. There will also be a Best Poster Award at the conference. * Publish an extended abstract of the poster in the electronic conference proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. * Publish an optional video of up to 3 minutes long in the electronic conference proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. * Work that is best suited for a poster submission includes, but is not limited to, preliminary results, thought-provoking and current topics, novel experiences and/or prototypes that have not been fully tested but show great promise, summaries of small-scale studies, and design-led explorations of interactive tabletops, surfaces and spaces. Deadline: Your poster and additional files<https://iss2024.acm.org/track/iss-2024-posters> should be submitted by August 15. Topic Areas ISS 2024 welcomes Poster Submissions about a range of topics relating to interactive surfaces and spaces, as well as novel interface technologies, that include (but not limited to): * Large display interfaces and multi-display environments * Gesture-based interfaces (i.e., hands, fingers, body) * Multi-modal interfaces * Tangible user interfaces * Novel interaction techniques and paradigms * Interaction with mobile and body-worn devices * Different materials and form factors (e.g., curved, sand, water, and so on) * Interactive 3D spaces (i.e., Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality, mid-air displays, and so on) * Large scale and outdoor interactive spaces (e.g., projected interfaces, drones, and so on) * Interactive architecture * Beyond traditional surfaces (i.e., shape-changing and actuated surfaces, body-related, and so on) * Interactive information visualization/data presentation * Software engineering methods and frameworks * Social aspects and protocols related to interacting with surfaces and spaces * Interactive surfaces and spaces that support group work or social interaction * Hardware, including sensing and input technologies with novel capabilities, and results from maker communities * Human-centered design and methodologies related to interactive surfaces and spaces * Empirical evaluations of novel interactive surfaces and/or spaces designs * Evaluations of deployed interactive surfaces and/or spaces in specific domains (e.g., public spaces, education, science, business, entertainment, health, art, homes, and so on) Please refer to our homepage for the full call for posters and additional information: https://iss2024.acm.org/track/iss-2024-posters Posters Co-Chairs Yalong Yang, Georgia Tech Michelle Annett, MishMashMakers posters2024(a)iss.acm.org<mailto:posters2024@iss.acm.org>

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