January 2025 - Infovis

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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CFP: ETVIS 2025 - 9th Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization
by Maurice Koch 31 Jan '25

31 Jan '25

Dear colleagues, You are invited to submit relevant manuscripts for consideration in the * 9th Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2025) * May 26 - May 29, 2025, Tokyo - Japan in conjunction with the ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA): https://etra.acm.org/2025/ All accepted papers will be published by ACM as part of the Workshop Proceedings of ETRA 2025. The details are appended and also available at https://www.etvis-workshop.org/etvis-2025 Please feel free to contact us directly for any further enquiry. Best regards, Michael Burch (University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland) Kuno Kurzhals (University of Stuttgart, Germany) ************************************************************************** 9th Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2025) May 26 - May 29, 2025, Tokyo - Japan in conjunction with ACM ETRA 2025 The workshop will be held in hybrid mode https://etra.acm.org/2025/ ************************************************************************** Contact: etvis.workshop(a)gmail.com ************************************************************************** _____________________ IMPORTANT DATES (AoE) _____________________ ● Submission Due: Feb 22, 2025 ● Notification: Mar 12, 2025 ● Camera Ready: Mar 31, 2025 All accepted papers will be published by ACM. _____ SCOPE _____ Broadly, this workshop considers the intersection of eye tracking research with visualization, whether the contributions relate to eye tracking studies of visualizations, or vice versa, visualization techniques for eye tracking. Technological advances in computer vision algorithms and sensor hardware have greatly reduced the implementational and financial costs of eye tracking. Thus, it is unsurprising to witness a significant increase in its use as a research tool in fields beyond the traditional domains of biological vision, psychology, and neuroscience, in particular, in visualization and human-computer interaction research. One of the key challenges lies in the analysis, interaction, and visualization of complex spatio-temporal datasets of gaze behavior, which is further complicated by complementary datasets such as semantic labels, user interactions and/or accompanying physiological sensor recordings. Ultimately, the research objective is to allow eye tracking data to be effectively interpreted in terms of the observer’s decision-making and cognitive processes. To achieve this, it is necessary to draw upon our current understanding of gaze-behavior across various and related fields, from vision and cognition to visualization. All together eye tracking is an important field to be understood, be it in the sense of data analysis and visualization, interaction, or user-based evaluation of visualization. ______ TOPICS ______ Manuscripts are solicited on the following topics with an emphasis on the relationship between eye tracking and visualization, including but not limited to the following: ● Visualization techniques for eye-movement data (inc. spatio-temporal visualization, evolution of gaze patterns, visual analysis of individual behavior, 2D vs. 3D representations of eye-movement data) ● Visual analytics of gaze behavior (inc. visual data mining, aggregation, clustering techniques, and metrics for eye-movement data) ● Eye-movement data provenance ● Standardized metrics for evaluating gaze interactions with visualization ● Cognitive models for gaze interactions with visualizations ● Novel methods for eye tracking in challenging visualization scenarios ● Uncertainty visualization of gaze data ● Interactive annotation of gaze and stimulus data ● Systems for the visual exploration of eye-movement data ● Eye tracking studies that evaluate visualization or visual analytics ● Eye tracking in non-WIMP visualization environments, including mobile eye tracking, mobile devices, and large displays ● Visualization of eye tracking data in mixed and virtual reality (3df & 6df, 360°) ● Visualization applications that rely on eye tracking as an input parameter ___________ SUBMISSIONS ___________ Authors are invited to submit original work complying with the ETRA SHORT PAPER format (up to 8 pages in single-column format, any number of references, max. 150 words abstract). Also, ensure that the Author Guidelines (https://www.siggraph.org//learn/instructions-authors for SIG sponsored events [sigconf]) are met prior to submission. __________ ORGANIZERS __________ ● Michael Burch, University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland, michael.burch(a)fhgr.ch ● Kuno Kurzhals, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Kuno.Kurzhals(a)visus.uni-stuttgart.de ____________ PAPER CHAIRS ____________ ● Minoru Nakayama, Institute of Science Tokyo (Tokyo Tech.), Japan, nakayama(a)ict.e.titech.ac.jp ● Zofija Tupikovskaja-Omovie, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, z.tupikovskaja-omovie(a)mmu.ac.uk ● Yao Wang, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Yao.Wang(a)vis.uni-stuttgart.de __________________ STEERING COMMITTEE __________________ ● Michael Burch, University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland, michael.burch(a)fhgr.ch ● Lewis Chuang, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, lewis.chuang(a)phil.tu-chemnitz.de ● Daniel Weiskopf, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Daniel.Weiskopf(a)visus.uni-stuttgart.de __________________ SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIR __________________ Ioana Lupascu, Tufts University, United States, Ioana.Lupascu(a)tufts.edu _____________ WEBSITE CHAIR _____________ Maurice Koch, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Maurice.Koch(a)visus.uni-stuttgart.de

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New Post-Doc and PhD Position at TU Wien in Visual Analytics for Spatial and Temporal Data
by Miksch Silvia 26 Jan '25

26 Jan '25

We seek highly motivated and talented individuals (all genders) to join our dynamic research team within our Research Unit of Visual Analytics (CVAST, Silvia Miksch) at the Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, TU Wien. >>> Research Topics: Visual Analytics and Visualization (focus on time, space, and uncertainty) We offer two positions, first a Post-Doc researcher and second a PhD student. Both will work on the FWF-funded KAVis Project for Visual Interactive Space-Time Segmentation. You can find more details on the project webpage: https://www.cvast.tuwien.ac.at/projects/kavis More details on the job offer you find at https://www.cvast.tuwien.ac.at/news/2025-01/we-are-hiring-post-doc-and-phd-… We are looking forward to your application. Best regards, Markus Markus Bögl Post-Doctoral Researcher in Visual Analytics Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, TU Wien Favoritenstraße 9-11, A-1040 Vienna, Austria markus.boegl(a)tuwien.ac.at

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From Skala - WSCG2025 - Call for Papers - Submission February 2025; Event Prague/Pilsen May 26-29, 2025
by Prof. Ing. Vaclav Skala, CSc. 26 Jan '25

26 Jan '25

>> Apologies for duplicates, if any << >> *33. conference WSCG 2025 - Prague/Pilsen, Czech Republic* << >> Please, resend to your colleagues << Dear colleague, I would like to invite you to the annual WSCG conference * *WSCG 2025 - 33. International Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2025 (celebrating 50 years of Computer Graphics in Pilsen - the city, where BEER was born)* *www.wscg.cz * OR www.wscg.eu - WEB pages updated to be held in Prague/Pilsen, Czech Republic (as usual for the last 32 years) in *May 26-29, 2025 Co-Chairs *prof. Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic prof. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva/MIRALab, Geneva, Switzerland Dr. Hon. Causa, U. of Ottawa, and U. of Hannover *Keynote speakers* Gianmarco Cherchi, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy - Robust Hexahedral Meshing with Grid-based Approaches - Abstract Other agreements pending *Submission dates*: Full/short/poster paper: February 2025 submission open already Conference will be held in the *HYBRID *mode, however *physical presence is strongly preferred*. *Recent papers* are available in the Digital Repository o http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm * *Accepted papers* are published in the *Computer Science Research Notes [CSRN], ISSN 2464-4617* and the best selected papers are published in the *Journal of WSCG, ISSN 1213-6972* Each paper has an *individual DOI *registered with http://www.doi.org Indexed by Scopus etc. and with individual DOI for each paper. * *Recent Keynote speakers* can be found in o http://wscg.zcu.cz/Keynotes/keynote.htm * *Register your contact at the submission server* o http://wscgreg.zcu.cz to be kept updated (there will be no CfP sent) *Research collaboration proposal is welcome.* Maybe that our recent related research results might be of your interest. Related PDFs of our research results are available at: * http://afrodita.zcu.cz/~skala/publications.htm Feel free to contact me at: * skala(a)kiv.zcu.cz - in research oriented questions * WSCGconf(a)gmail.com - WSCG related questions Yours prof. Vaclav Skala WSCG organizer since 1992 *annually held* in Pilsen, Czech Republic www.VaclavSkala.eu c/o University of West Bohemia Pilsen, Czech Republic -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof.Vaclav Skala http://www.VaclavSkala.eu http://afrodita.zcu.cz/~skala/publications.htm tel. 37-763-2473 ID verification:https://www.zcu.cz/cs/Employees/person.html?personId=16821 c/o University of West Bohemia Computer Graphics and Visualization Faculty of Applied Sciences Dept.of Computer Science & Engineering Univerzitni 8 CZ 306 14 Plzen Czech Republic ORCID: 0000-0001-8886-4281 ResearcherID:http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-9141-2011 Scopus Author ID:https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004643209 Research Gate:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vaclav_Skala/publications DBLP:https://dblp.org/orcid/0000-0001-8886-4281 https://dblp.org/pid/s/VaclavSkala.html ACM:https://dl.acm.org/profile/81100496969 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jakákoli ujednání vzešlá z této e-mailové/elektronické komunikace se do jejich písemného potvrzení podepsaného oprávněnými osobami nepovažují za platná, účinná a vůči ZČU závazná. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any arrangements arising from this e-mail / electronic communication shall not be considered valid, effective and binding upon the UWB until their written confirmation signed by the authorized persons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof.Vaclav Skala http://www.VaclavSkala.eu http://afrodita.zcu.cz/~skala/publications.htm tel. 37-763-2473 ID verification:https://www.zcu.cz/cs/Employees/person.html?personId=16821 c/o University of West Bohemia Computer Graphics and Visualization Faculty of Applied Sciences Dept.of Computer Science & Engineering Univerzitni 8 CZ 306 14 Plzen Czech Republic ORCID: 0000-0001-8886-4281 ResearcherID:http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-9141-2011 Scopus Author ID:https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004643209 Research Gate:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vaclav_Skala/publications DBLP:https://dblp.org/orcid/0000-0001-8886-4281 https://dblp.org/pid/s/VaclavSkala.html ACM:https://dl.acm.org/profile/81100496969 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jakákoli ujednání vzešlá z této e-mailové/elektronické komunikace se do jejich písemného potvrzení podepsaného oprávněnými osobami nepovažují za platná, účinná a vůči ZČU závazná. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any arrangements arising from this e-mail / electronic communication shall not be considered valid, effective and binding upon the UWB until their written confirmation signed by the authorized persons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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INTERACT 2025 - Call for Panels
by Carla Maria Dal Sasso Freitas 24 Jan '25

24 Jan '25

Dear colleagues, * *The *INTERACT 2025 conference - 20th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction *will be held in Brazil, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, from September 8th to 12th, alongside the traditional IHC. * *Below you will find the call for panels to be held during the event. Instructions can also be found at*https://interact2025.org/panels/ Take some of your time and check out the other calls! The deadline for full papers is February 17th! https://interact2025.org/ *We kindly ask you to publicize this call in your institutions.* *Cordially, Carla Freitas and Tom Gross Panels Chairs ----- *INTERACT 2025 - **20th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction* Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil - September 8-12, 2025 * Call for Panels *Panel discussions are discussions on current topics of interest among experts which then stimulate discussion with the audience. Individuals interested in organizing and chairing a panel on a topic that intrigues them may propose a Panel session. Topics that raise forward-looking or contentious issues and that will promote debate among panel members as well as audience involvement are strongly encouraged. All suggestions will be assessed for topicality and ability to generate stimulating debate. Panels that include representatives of industry and academia are highly encouraged. *Key Dates *Submission: 19 May 2025, 23:59 (anywhere on earth). Notification of acceptance: 16 June 2025 Camera-Ready: 23 June 2025, 23:59 (anywhere on earth) Submission and Publication Process Reviewing process: Curated by the CoChairs Anonymous submission: No Length: 4 page Panel Extended Abstract + 1 page for references Online Submission: PCS Submission System Proceedings: Springer LNCS Series Proposer Guidelines Panels should be planned for a slot of 1hr 30mins. There is no fixed number for the number of participants in the panel, but we suggest that 4 – 6 is a good number. The Panel Extended Abstract should include: A short description of the topics to be discussed. Motivating case studies that describe why these topics are worthy to be discussed during the conference are much appreciated. Examples of instigating questions that might prompt the audience to interact with the panelists. Short biography of the panelists, these should not be anonymous. Submissions to the Panel track are curated by the Track CoChairs so don’t hesitate to contact them to discuss your proposal before submitting. Panel Extended Abstracts should be formatted according to the Springer LNCS format. Authors should consult the Springer authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, to prepare their papers. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are also available in Overleaf. Panel submissions may optionally be accompanied by a video not exceeding 30 MB in size. Video figures will be published online and may be used for publicity. Upon Acceptance of your submission If a submission is accepted to appear at the conference, the contact person will receive further instructions regarding the organization of the Panel and inclusion of the Extended Abstract in the conference proceedings. *At the Conference* Panels will be held during the conference. If panelists who cannot travel to the conference, there will an opportunity to participate remotely in the conference. *Further Information* If you require any further information please contact the Panels CoChairs: Carla Freitas and Tom Gross *E-mail: panels(a)interact2025.org*

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CfP EuroVis 2025 Workshop: VisGap - The Gap between Visualization Research and Visualization Software
by Michael Krone 22 Jan '25

22 Jan '25

Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to contribute to: ******************************************************************************* VisGap - The Gap between Visualization Research and Visualization Software (co-located with EuroVis 2025) June 2nd, 2025, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg ******************************************************************************* Over the years, many visualization methods and tools have been developed and published by the visualization research community. However, most of these are prototypes and never reach a state that can be reliably used by the target audience, e.g., domain scientists. Also, availability of these prototypes as source code or at least as executables is still the exception rather than the norm. The VisGap workshop aims to shed light on this gap between research and practical applicability, examine the obstacles every researcher faces, and propose solutions to overcome this problem as a community. VisGap'25 aims to gather experts from all over the visualization community in order to advance the way our field works with software, sustains software, and values the effort our members put into developing said software. The scope of VisGap also includes reproducibility and replicability. Both are cornerstones of the scientific method and essential for building trust in visualizations and increasing their acceptance, ultimately fostering adoption in the wild. We also explicitly solicit contributions about visualization systems and tools, and their employment in research and practice. We solicit papers with 4-8 pages, with one additional page allowed for references. All submissions must be original works that have not been published previously in any conference proceedings, magazine, journal, or edited book, or must present a substantial extension of previous work (at least 30%). *** NEW this year *** We solicit extended abstracts of up to 2 pages (plus an additional page for references). The abstracts can present research ideas, projects, opinions, or a collection of problems. All accepted abstracts will be invited to give a lightning talk. Papers and extended abstracts must be submitted through PCS (https://new.precisionconference.com/) All submissions will undergo a single-blind, single-stage peer review process. Accepted papers and extended abstracts will be published by the Eurographics Association, and be stored in the Eurographics Digital Library. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and participate in the VisGap'25 workshop to present their work. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Requirements for successful visualization in applications in general - Domain-specific requirements for visualizations - Reflections on the research community and the visualization software ecosystem - Incentives and funding for developing/maintaining visualization research software - Legal requirements (e.g., licensing, certification) for visualizations in applications - Case studies of (un)successful visualization solutions in applications - Requirements for novel visualization libraries - Verification and validation in visualization (applications) - Reproducibility of visualizations Important Dates ******************************************************************************* Paper Submission Deadline: March 11, 2025 Extended Abstract (Lightning talk) Submission Deadline: April 11, 2025 Notification of Acceptance (Papers & Lightning talks): April 18, 2025 Workshop Date: June 02, 2025 More info: https://visgap.gitlab.io/visgap25/ Organizers and Contact ******************************************************************************* Christina Gillmann, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany Michael Krone, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Germany Guido Reina, University of Stuttgart, Germany Thomas Wischgoll, Wright State University, Dayton, USA If you have any questions, please contact us: mailto: visgap(a)googlegroups.com Best regards, Christina Gillmann, Michael Krone, Guido Reina, Thomas Wischgoll VisGap'25 Organizing Committee

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Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Co-Design for Smart Data Donation Services) [University of York, UK]
by Jonathan Hook 15 Jan '25

15 Jan '25

== Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Co-Design for Smart Data Donation Services) == - Location: University of York, UK - Salary: £36,924 - £42,632 - Duration: 3-year fixed term - Deadline: 24th January 2025 - Apply now at: bit.ly/datacodesign <http://bit.ly/datacodesign> We seek an outstanding co-design researcher for a 3-year fixed term position as part of the Smart Data Donation Service (https://sdds.ac.uk <https://sdds.ac.uk/>). The SDDS is a major infrastructure project funded by Smart Data Research UK, which aims to catalyse a paradigm shift in the quality and accessibility of smart data for research into digital and online experiences (e.g. games, social media). The SDDS will achieve this by creating a service that facilitates the large-scale donation of data by the individuals that it features. This will be made possible due to the UK’s GDPR regulations, which allow people to access personal data that companies hold about them so that they can donate it securely for research purposes. == Role == This role is a unique opportunity: as the successful candidate, you will help to drive profound societal change at a key juncture in online safety and digital wellbeing; and will engage in large-scale team science, tapping into the support of an inclusive and vibrant new research institution to enact this vision. You will play a key role in the design, development and evaluation of the SDDS. You will lead underpinning research that explores an exciting range of topics around potential donors’ perceptions, understandings and experiences of data donation (e.g. exploring the motivations that drive data donation and the barriers that could prevent it) and the research community's requirements for data and methods of working with it. You will also lead the development and execution of co-design processes that directly involve these groups in the creation of services that they will be motivated to use and benefit from. The outcomes of your work will directly shape the development of the SDDS — working closely with a user-experience designer and our software development team to translate findings into actionable designs, and by leading evaluations of people’s experiences with the service that support its iteration. You will be supported to publish your findings in high quality academic conferences and journals, and will be given opportunities to engage in the process of writing research grant applications and research leadership. == Skills, Experience & Qualification Needed == As the successful candidate, you will have a PhD in a topic that relates to the understanding of people and their interactions with interactive systems (e.g. Design, Psychology, Sociology, Human-Computer Interaction, UX) or equivalent experience. You will have knowledge of: research methods that enable the understanding of donors’ and researchers’ perceptions, needs, barriers and experiences of data donation and services that enable it; co-design approaches that can be used to involve a diverse community of donors and researchers in directly shaping the design of the data donation service; and research methods appropriate for evaluating people’s experiences of using digital interactive systems. We particularly seek candidates with specialist research knowledge in a field that relates to the goals of the data donation service (e.g. human-data interaction, the psychology of data donation) and/or knowledge of the area of online domains and experiences where smart data is gathered and processed (e.g. digital games, social media). However, we also encourage applications from candidates with transferable experience of applying co-design research methods in other domains, who can demonstrate a passion for the topic and goals of the SDDS. Interview date: Mid February 2025. For informal enquiries: please contact Prof. Jonathan Hook on jonathan.hook(a)york.ac.uk <mailto:jonathan.hook@york.ac.uk> The University strives to be diverse and inclusive – a place where we can ALL be ourselves. We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork Apply now at: bit.ly/datacodesign <http://bit.ly/datacodesign>

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Call for Papers: The First Workshop on Data-AI Systems @ ICDE 2025
by Eser Kandogan 14 Jan '25

14 Jan '25

The First Workshop on Data-AI Systems @ ICDE 2025 Large language models (LLMs) have garnered significant interest due to their impressive capabilities on various tasks. However, integrating LLM-powered agents in applications that operate over complex data ecosystems poses significant challenges related to heterogeneous data management and discovery while balancing trade-offs involving cost, latency, accuracy, interpretability, and trustworthiness. Within such ecosystems, dubbed compound AI systems, agentic workflows often deal with a wide variety of information, such as proprietary data in an enterprise, multilingual low-resource data, and heterogeneous data types and formats, among others. Therefore, robust integration of LLM agents in real-world applications necessitates a systems approach to tackle these challenges and ensure effective and efficient utilization of heterogeneous data. This workshop will explore innovative approaches toward building such data-aware compound AI systems in the era of LLMs while balancing objectives such as cost, efficiency, robustness, and interpretability. It will be a full-day workshop involving invited talks representative of the work done in these communities, research presentations, and a panel discussion exploring the design space of compound AI systems. A list of topics relevant to this workshop (but not limited to): - knowledge discovery from heterogeneous/multi-modal data sources (cross-modal data discovery, metadata management for enabling querying over heterogeneous data, ...) - interaction with heterogeneous data (natural language query over structured data, multi-modal retrieval augmentation, declarative languages for agentic workflows) - compound AI system architectures for agentic workflows (frameworks for designing compound AI systems, multi-modal query planning and optimization with novel operators, ...) - usability in compound AI systems (fact-checking and verification of agent generations, human-agent interactions, fairness and explainability of LLM-based AI systems, ...) - benchmarking and fine-grained evaluation of components in compound AI systems ===========Important Dates============= - January 20, 2025: Paper submission due date - February 20, 2025: Notification of acceptance - March 10, 2025: Camera-ready version due - May 19, 2025: Workshop Date Note: All deadlines are 11:59 PM Pacific Time ===========Submission Instructions============= Submissions should present original results and substantial new work not currently under review or published elsewhere. The following submissions are accepted: Regular research papers (up to 8 pages) Short research, application, and vision papers (up to 4 pages) The page limit for both tracks excludes the references. No appendix is allowed. Papers must be submitted via Microsoft CMT. Only electronic submissions in PDF format will be considered. Manuscripts must be prepared following the same rules as ICDE conference papers, i.e., in accordance with the IEEE format available here. A paper submitted to DAIS cannot be under review for any other conference or journal. All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings. All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the workshop, and at least one author is required to register. Read more: https://dais-workshop-icde.github.io/index.html#cfp

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Timely opportunity to serve the VR community in VGTC Positions
by VR Publicity 13 Jan '25

13 Jan '25

Dear VR Colleagues - There are several opportunities to serve the VR community by standing for an *appointed position on the VGTC Executive Committee*: https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/about-us/executive-committee/ <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefens…> VGTC is currently looking to find a volunteer for these important positions: *- Finance Chair* *- Vice Chair for Conferences* *- Webmaster* If you are interested, please contact *Jian Chen <chen.8028(a)osu.edu <chen.8028(a)osu.edu>> *(current VGTC Vice Chair for Conferences) *How would this help the IEEE VR community?* Historically, the VGTC executive committee has been dominated by our colleagues from the visualization community. But, VGTC wants to change this, and we have been told that volunteers from the VR / ISMAR / Mixed Reality communities will have priority for these appointed positions. The continued health of the IEEE mixed reality community will be greatly served by having more voices from our community in any of the VGTC executive committee positions. Often, we are approached by colleagues wanting to find ways to contribute to the VR conference by serving on conference committees. These positions are an excellent opportunity to serve. *What is the VGTC?* VGTC is the Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee, an IEEE volunteer organization that coordinates the conferences VR, ISMAR, VIS, BioVis, EuroVis, PacificVis, and LDAV. https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/ <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefens…> VGTC is *not* the same thing as our main journal TVCG. (But — the similarity of these names has now caused nearly 30 years of mistyped emails!) Regards, Ed Swan IEEE VR Steering Committee Chair

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