August 2025 - Infovis

[IEEE AIxVR 2026] Call for Workshops & Special Sessions
by Hürst, W.O. (Wolfgang) 23 Aug '25

23 Aug '25

================================ IEEE AIxVR 2026 - Call for workshops & special sessions 8th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & extended and Virtual Reality January 26-28, 2025 (Osaka, Japan) See https://aivr.science.uu.nl/2026 for details. ================================ Deadline for workshops & special session proposals: Sep 15, 2025 ================================ IEEE AIxVR stands out as a distinctive event that brings together researchers and professionals across the spectrum of Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, and Virtual Reality. It serves as a global platform fostering collaboration between these diverse fields, facilitating the presentation of cutting-edge advancements, identifying emerging research avenues, and collectively shaping the future of these dynamic research domains. ================================ Call for workshops & special sessions ================================ *Workshops* are an important part of IEEE AIxVR and complement the main program. They offer the opportunity to discuss topics related to AR/VR and AI more focused, explore new research directions and novel applications, and provide excellent opportunities for networking. Workshops should have a call for papers and therefore typically feature several regular paper presentations. These can be complemented with other activities such as invited talks, panels, demos, roundtables, and hands-on sessions. *Special sessions* provide organizers with an opportunity to host a session about a dedicated topic related to the conference as part of the technical program. Organizers are expected to recruit submissions, invite speakers, and take other related actions to organize their sessions. They should have a separate call for papers and typically feature at least four paper presentations, which can be complemented with other activities, such as invited talks or panels. Workshops & special sessions will be integrated into the main conference, which will take place from Jan 26-28, 2025, in Osaka, Japan. People interested in hosting such events at IEEE AIxVR 2026 should check the related call (https://aivr.science.uu.nl/2026/aixvr2026_cfw.html) and submit their proposals by Sep 15 at the latest. To facilitate promotion and maximise participation, proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and notifications will be sent within a couple of days after submission and no later than Sep 20, 2025. Early submissions are highly encouraged. Questions? Check the related call or send an email to the workshop co-chairs via aixvr-2026-workshops(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:aixvr-2026-workshops@googlegroups.com>

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GD 2025 -- Call for Participation (Early Registration Deadline: August 26 !)
by Andreas Kerren 23 Aug '25

23 Aug '25

Sorry if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. ================================================================ GD 2025: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025) September 24-26, 2025, Norrköping, Sweden https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/ ================================================================ The 33rd edition of the International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025) will take place in Norrköping, Sweden, on September 24-26, 2025, starting with a reception on the evening of September 23. The main venue of GD 2025 is the "Louis De Geer Concert & Congress” center that is located in the heart of Norrköping’s industrial landscape, offering a unique setting for the conference. A pre-conference PhD school is planned for September 22-23, 2025. The conference will also feature a poster session, the traditional Graph Drawing Contest (https://mozart.diei.unipg.it/gdcontest/2025/) and keynote talks from distinguished invited speakers: - Hans Bodlaender, Utrecht University, Netherlands - Huamin Qu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong ================================================================ SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM The detailed schedule of the (preliminary) program of GD 2025 is available here: https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/pages/program/ ================================================================ REGISTRATION Registration is open. The early registration phase ends on August 26. Instructions can be found at https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/pages/registration/ The conference fees (all incl. 25% VAT) are the following: Student Early (until August 26): 3500 SEK Full Early (until August 26): 5700 SEK Student Late: 4500 SEK Full Late: 6700 SEK The current exchange rate is about: 1000 SEK ~ 89,79 EUR. On-site registration will not be possible. The conference fee includes the welcome reception (23/09), coffee breaks, three lunches (24/09, 25/09, 26/09), the social dinner with a Dome Show in the Visualization Center C (https://visualiseringscenter.se/en/) (25/09), and the LIPIcs publication fees. ================================================================ PHD SCHOOL A pre-conference PhD school (https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/pages/school/) on Graph Drawing will take place at Linköping University, Campus Norrköping, on September 22-23, 2025. The PhD school early registration fee is 650 SEK and includes the participation at the lectures and coffee breaks. Registration for the PhD school is via the same registration link as for the main conference. The PhD School speakers are - Sara Di Bartolomeo - TU Vienna, Austria - Markus Chimani - Osnabrück University, Germany - Daniel Archambault - Newcastle University, United Kingdom - Camilla Forsell - Linköping University, Sweden ================================================================ ACCOMMODATION Norrköping has a large variety of accommodation options from hotels at all levels to hostels. We list several suitable hotels on the webpage https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/pages/travel_accommodation/. We provide discount codes for two hotels (one of them only valid until Sept 1), but these might not necessarily be the cheapest or most convenient options. See the above webpage on instructions for more information. ================================================================ TRAVEL Norrköping can be easily reached by rail, air, and bus, see the travel page for some recommendations: https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/pages/travel_accommodation/ The city of Norrköping is located approximately 150 kilometers south of Stockholm. Trains are running regularly from Arlanda airport just north of Stockholm. Stockholm Arlanda airport has many connections over the world. We look forward to seeing you in Norrköping soon! Vida Dujmovic and Fabrizio Montecchiani PC Chairs of GD 2025 Andreas Kerren and Kostiantyn Kucher General Chairs of GD 2025

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EuroVis 2026 - Call for State of the Art Reports (STARs)
by Marco Angelini 21 Aug '25

21 Aug '25

** *Dear colleagues,* * apologies for cross-posting. We invite submissions of high-quality State of the Art Reports (STAR) to be presented at the EuroVis 2026 conference (https://eurovis.org/) and published in the Computer Graphics Forum journal. The EuroVis 2026 conference will be held in Nottingham, United Kingdom on June 8-12, 2026; please see https://eurovis.org.uk/state-of-the-art-reports-stars/ <https://eurovis.org.uk/state-of-the-art-reports-stars/>for additional details. The STAR submissions go through a two-stage process, and the deadline for the first stage, i.e., submissions of STAR sketches of two pages (+references, +bibliography), is on October 13, 2025. We look forward to receiving your submissions, details below. For any questions, please contact us at stars(a)eurovis.org <mailto:stars@eurovis.org> Best wishes, Alfie, Marco, and Bernhard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - EuroVis 2026 - Call for State of the Art Reports (STARs) State-of-the-Art Reports (STARs) are intended to provide up-to-date and comprehensive surveys on topics of interest to the visualization research community. We encourage the submission of STARs on topics that have not yet been covered in any recent STAR or other survey [1]. We welcome submissions that introduce emerging areas of research that are of relevance and interest to visualization research, as well as proposals on more traditional visualization topics. We also welcome contributions from related disciplines and application areas demonstrating contributions to, or benefits from, the area of visualization including, but not limited to, visual computing, visual communication, computer graphics, human-computer interaction, immersive visualization and virtual reality, image processing, computer vision, psychology, geography, chemistry, computational fluid dynamics, data analysis, computational sciences, medicine, biology, economy, social science, sport. All accepted EuroVis STAR reports will be published in the Computer Graphics Forum journal <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678659>. Important Dates Submission of STAR Sketch:October 13, 2025 (two pages, +references, +bibliography) Invitation for full STAR submission:November 5, 2025 Submission of full STAR: January 12, 2026 Full STAR notification:March 5, 2026 Second round submission:March 25, 2026 Second review notification:April 8, 2026 Camera-ready deadline:April 22, 2026 All deadlines are at23:59 AoEon the date indicated. Instructions As part of the acceptance process for Computer Graphics Forum, STARs will undergo a multi-stage review processwhere authors first submit a 2-page STAR Sketch which they receive preliminary feedback on, followed by a full STAR submission. Submission of the STAR Sketch and full report is mandatory and will be conducted using the Precision Conference System (PCS <https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions>). For detailed paper preparation and submission instructions please refer to the submission guidelinesbelow. Upon acceptance, we aim to schedule each STAR as an approximately 45 minutes presentation (subject to the schedule management of the EuroVis 2026 program). In any circumstance, a STAR presentation will be given a longer time slot than that of a full paper. STAR Sketch Submission A STAR Sketch briefly describes the planned STAR by outlining the topic, discussing its relevance to the visualization community, providing the planned structure and outline of the STAR together with all key references, and short biographies of the authors. The length of a STAR Sketch main text is limited to two pages. To demonstrate the relevant expertise needed to produce the proposed STAR, brief biographies of all authors are required as supplementary material. References and short biographies are considered supplementary pages and are not counted within the two-page limit. Authors receive feedback on their sketches to help improve the submission and to inform their decisions whether to progress to the Full STAR submission stage. Full STAR Submission In the next stage, authors are required to submit a full STAR. There is no strict maximum length for full submissions. However, it is unusual for STARs to exceed 20 pages (excluding references). Full STAR submissions will then undergo a single blind, two-stage review process, similar to that of regular papers submitted to Computer Graphics Forum, where 3-4 external experts on the respective topic will evaluate the STAR. STAR Chairs* Alfie Abdul-Rahman,King's College London, United Kingdom Marco Angelini, University of Rome, Italy Bernhard Preim, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany * ** For any questions concerning State-of-the-Art Report submissions, please contact the STAR chairs at stars(a)eurovis.org <mailto:stars@eurovis.org> Submission Guidelines Since all accepted STARs will be published in Computer Graphics Forum, the submission process uses a multiple-stage reviewing process. The submission procedure is as follows: * Submit a STAR Sketch by October 13th, 2025.The length of a STAR Sketch main text is limited to 2 pages. References and short biographies are considered supplementary pages and are not counted within the two-page limit. The format of the sketch should follow the format specified in the formatting instructions for the STAR below. STAR Sketches will be reviewed by the STAR IPC and comments on suitability and relevance will be provided on November 5th, 2025. * According to the feedback given by the IPC members, the authors can submit a full STAR by January 12th, 2026. The requirements for EuroVis 2026 STARs follow the EUROGRAPHICS policy on STAR length. We do not impose strict maximum lengths for submitted STARs.However, it is unusual for STARs to exceed 20 pages(in CGF latex style) including all figures and tables, but excluding references. There is no limit to the number of references or the number of pages for references. STARs should only be as long as their content justifies. Reviewers might rate a submission lower if it is perceived as being unnecessarily long. Authors are encouraged to use supplementary documents to provide extra content. To submit, please go to “submissions in progress” on PCS <https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions>. Full STAR submissions will then undergo a single blind, two-stage review process, similar to that of regular papers submitted to Computer Graphics Forum, where 3-4 external experts on the respective topic will evaluate the STAR. * Once your full STAR submission has been accepted or conditionally accepted, submit your revised version together with a cover letter detailing your changes by March 25th, 2026. To do so, please go to “submissions in progress” in PCS <https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions>. The camera-ready version is due on April 22nd, 2026. Formatting Instructions The sketch, as well as the full version submission of the STAR, should be submitted as a PDF file using the EuroVis 2026 LaTeX2e Style template. The template is available at this link: https://eurovis.org.uk/author-guidelines/ <https://eurovis.org.uk/author-guidelines/>.On Overleaf, this template can be imported easily by selecting “New Project” -> “Upload Project” and uploading the zip file. Use EGauthorGuidelines-eurovis26-star.texfor your submission. Please make sure that images embedded in your paper do not contain transparent pixels (i.e., an alpha channel of a transparent color), because this will lead to problems when the resulting PDF is displayed or printed. Submissions can also include supplementary material such as videos or executable programs. The server will accept uploads of at most 200 MB, so multiple files of over 200 MB must be submitted separately. Please use only the most common video codecs (e.g., MP4 format using the H.264 codec) to maximize the chances that the reviewers can see it. STAR Sketches and full STARs are submitted using the Precision Conference Submission System (PCS <https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions>). Camera Ready Version In order to submit the camera-ready version to EuroVis 2026, authors should prepare their submissions as a PDF file using the EuroVis 2026 LaTeX2e Style. Please ensure that the option \SpecialIssuePaper is used. Authors of accepted papers are also requested to fill in the Exclusive License Agreement <https://www.eurovis.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CGF_eELA_EuroVis2021.pdf>(one per paper) and send the signed document to s.behnke(a)eg.org. Common mistakes when creating the final version of the paper are: * Headlines are too long:besides the running headlines, there has to be space for the page numbers. Please shorten the headline to accommodate for page numbers. * Formatting of figure captions:“Figure <number>:” should be bold, and the caption should be set in italics. This is often caused by overwriting the default settings when using the figure, caption, or subfigure packages. Try using\captionsetup{labelfont=bf,textfont=it}) Author Guidelines A state-of-the-art report submitted to EuroVis 2026 must be original, unpublished work. Any work that has previously been published or has simultaneously been submitted in a substantially similar form to any other conference or journal will be rejected. All STARs accepted to EuroVis 2026 appear in a special issue of Computer Graphics Forum, containing the conference proceedings, and will appear at the same time in the Eurographics Digital Library. At EuroVis 2026, the authors of a STAR will be invited to present their report at a level that also allows non-experts in the particular domain to follow. We plan to schedule each STAR as an approximate 45-minute presentation (subject to the schedule management of the EuroVis 2026 program, but ensuring that STAR presentations will be given a longer time slot than those of full papers). At least one author of an accepted paper must register and attend the conference to present the work, and authors will also be required to submit a 25-second video preview summarizing their work and eventually present a brief (less than one-minute) summary of their talk at the opening papers preview session (also called papers fast-forward). Contributions must be written and presented in English. References [1] L. McNabb and R.S. Laramee, A Survey of Surveys (SoS)-Mapping the Landscape of Survey Papers in Information Visualization, Computer Graphics Forum (CGF), Volume 36, Number 3, (June) 2017, pages 589-617. * -- Prof. Marco Angelini Assistant Professor at SAPIENZA University of Rome Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Via Ariosto 25, Rome Room B219, B wing, 2nd floor Phones - +39 0677274 003

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ESANN 2026 call for papers
by Michel Verleysen 19 Aug '25

19 Aug '25

ESANN 2026 - 34th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning Bruges (Belgium) and online, 22-23-24 April 2026 https://www.esann.org Call for papers The call for papers is available at https://www.esann.org/. Deadline for submissions: 19 November 2025. The ESANN conference addresses machine learning, artificial neural networks, statistical information processing and computational intelligence. Mathematical foundations, algorithms and tools, and applications are covered. In addition to regular sessions, 6 special sessions will be organized on the following topics: * Neuro Symbolic AI and Complex Data * Reliable counterfactuals for machine learning models * Beyond Performance: Comprehensive Evaluation Strategies for Impactful Machine Learning * Learning and Reasoning on Knowledge and Heterogeneous Graphs * Reliability, Safety and Robustness of AI applications * Efficient and Resilient Machine Learning for Industrial Applications ESANN 2026 builds upon a successful series of conferences organized each year since 1993. ESANN has become a major scientific event in the machine learning, computational intelligence and artificial neural networks fields over the years. The conference will be organized in hybrid mode. In-person participation is strongly encouraged, however online participation is possible for those who prefer not to travel. The physical conference will be organized in Bruges, one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Europe. Designated as the "Venice of the North", the city has preserved all the charms of the medieval heritage. Its centre, which is inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list, is in itself a real open-air museum. We hope to receive your submission to ESANN 2026 and to see you in Bruges or online! ======================================================== ESANN - European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning http://www.esann.org/ * For submissions of papers, reviews, registrations: Michel Verleysen UCLouvain - Machine Learning Group 3, pl. du Levant - B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium tel: +32 10 47 25 51 mailto:esann@uclouvain.be * Conference secretariat d-side conference services 24 av. L. Mommaerts - B-1140 Evere - Belgium tel: + 32 2 730 06 11 mailto:esann@uclouvain.be ========================================================

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IEEE VR 2026 Call for Papers - Abstracts due September 5, 2025
by ieeevrpublicity＠gmail.com 18 Aug '25

18 Aug '25

*IEEE VR 2026: the 33rd IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User InterfacesMarch 21-25, 2026 | Daegu, Korea* https://ieeevr.org/2026/contribute/papers/ *Overview* IEEE VR 2026 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 2026 2. Accept as IEEE VR 2026 conference paper, with presentation at IEEE VR 2026 3. Reject *Inquiries*: program2026(a)ieeevr.org *New this year*: Papers will not have the option to be automatically accepted as IEEE VR Posters. Rather, authors of rejected papers will have to submit directly to the poster track. *New this year*: All senior (PhD-holding) authors should familiarize themselves with the IEEE VR 2026 reviewing guidelines [LINK TO COME]. Unless serving IEEE VR 2026 in another capacity, ALL SENIOR AUTHORS are expected to volunteer as reviewers and perform their duties in a timely and responsive fashion. This supersedes the prior requirement that one author for each paper commit to reviewing; if a paper has multiple senior co-authors, all are expected to volunteer. Egregious violations of this policy may be considered Highly Irresponsible Conduct, which could result in penalties up to and including desk rejection of their submitted paper(s). *Submissions will be accepted through Precision Conference Solutions this year. The PCS will open around mid Aug 2025:* *https://new.precisionconference.com/vr26a* <https://new.precisionconference.com/vr26a> *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 05, 2025*: Abstracts due (REQUIRED) - *September 12, 2025*: Submissions due - *December 12, 2025*: Initial notifications - *January 16, 2026*: Revised submissions due - *January 23, 2026*: Final notifications - *January 30, 2026*: Camera-ready materials due *Submission Guidelines* *IMPORTANT*: IEEE VR 2026 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. - *Format*: Papers must be strictly formatted according to IEEE VGTC conference submission guidelines and submitted electronically as PDF documents. - All paper submissions must be formatted using the IEEE Computer Society VGTC conference format ( https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/publications/conference/) See the visual examples below. - *MS Word template*: At the time of writing this CFP, the provided .docx file may not comply with the VR formatting guidelines. Please use the provided .dotx file and ensure that the final submission matches the formatting guidelines or the paper may be desk rejected. Check the provided sample pdf documents for correct formatting. - Papers should be 4-9 pages of text, figures, and tables, but NOT including references. References should not exceed 2 pages in length. Note that the minimum length is 4 full pages of text. Appendices are included in the page count. - Supplementary materials should be provided in a separate file. Authors are encouraged to submit videos to aid the program committee in reviewing their submissions. - Accepted papers will have to be formatted by the authors according to the relevant camera-ready guidelines. *Topics* IEEE VR 2026 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 and sensing - User experience and usability - XR technology infrastructure While no list can be exhaustive, papers should, as a rule of thumb, engage meaningfully with existing literature in VR/AR/MR/3DUI. If a submission contains few or no references to this literature (focusing entirely on, for example, computer vision or computer graphics), that submission might not be appropriate for IEEE VR and may be desk rejected. *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 2026 International Program Committee (IPC): a coordinator (primary) and a secondary reviewer. Submissions that violate the submission guidelines or that receive low review scores from both the coordinator and the secondary reviewer will be rejected early. 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), the top submissions 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. - *Reject.* *Review Cycle II (Initial notification to Final decision)* Each conditionally accepted paper's revision will be reviewed by its coordinator, who will make a final recommendation to the Program Chairs regarding acceptance. If the conditions for acceptance are not 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 the 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 2026 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 2026 program committee and external reviewers will be strongly encouraged to consider participant diversity in relation to the generality of a submission's claims as a first-order reviewing concern. Submissions that make general claims yet rely on a severely imbalanced participant group 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, each senior author will be required to register to review at least one paper through PCS at the time of submission - although more would obviously be welcome. Additionally, senior authors are encouraged to ask experienced junior authors to register in PCS to review papers, and then to mentor the experienced 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 I Introduction to the Guidelines for Handling Plagiarism Complaints <https://www.ieee.org/publications/rights/plagiarism/plagiarism.html> and the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board Operations Manual <http://www.ieee.org/documents/opsmanual.pdf>. *AI-generated Text* In accordance with IEEE guidelines <https://open.ieee.org/author-guidelines-for-artificial-intelligence-ai-gene…>, the use of content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in an article (including but not limited to text, figures, images, and code) shall be disclosed in the acknowledgments section of any article submitted to an IEEE publication. The AI system used shall be identified, and specific sections of the article that use AI-generated content shall be identified and accompanied by a brief explanation regarding the level at which the AI system was used to generate the content. *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 who have questions/issues around the double-blind submission policy should contact the program chairs. ** Failure 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. *Contacts* *Technical Papers Chairs:* - Lonni Besançon, Linköping University, Sweden - Bobby Bodenheimer, Vanderbilt University, United States - Daisuke Iwai, University of Osaka, Japan - Shohei Mori, University of Stuttgart, Germany - Tabitha Peck, Davidson College, United States - Richard Skarbez, La Trobe University, Australia program2026(a)ieeevr.org

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Call for Papers – AI-Powered Biomedical Computation and Flow Visualization: A Special Issue of JFVIP
by Keqin Wu - NOAA Affiliate 15 Aug '25

15 Aug '25

Dear Vis folks, I hope this message finds you well. We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the upcoming Special Issue of the Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing (JFVIP), titled "*AI-Powered Biomedical Computation and Flow Visualization*." We would be honored to receive a contribution from you or your colleagues. We are seeking original, unpublished research and review papers that present innovative ideas, methodologies, and critical perspectives on topics including, but not limited to: - Machine learning and deep learning methods for biomedical imaging and diagnosis - Visualization of blood flow, respiratory patterns, tumor perfusion, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), and other physiological fluid systems from experiments and simulations, with an emphasis on data analysis - High-dimensional data analysis in neuroscience and cardiovascular imaging - Feature extraction and image segmentation using AI and evolutionary computation - Optimization methods for diagnostic workflows and medical decision-making - Data-driven modeling and analysis of biological systems - Explainable AI in biomedical imaging and healthcare diagnostics - AI-powered and AI-assisted visualization of data derived from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and numerical weather prediction (NWP) models, encompassing wind and air flows, ocean currents, combustion phenomena, and related processes - Domain-knowledge-driven medical image analysis The manuscript submission deadline is *September 30, 2025*. Authors can expect a decision approximately two months after submission. Manuscripts should be submitted via the following website: http://submission.begellhouse.com/usr/login.html?prod_code=journals Detailed submission guidelines and additional information are provided in the attached documents. Please feel free to share this call with colleagues or students who may be interested. We sincerely hope you will consider contributing your valuable work to this Special Issue. Thank you for your time and consideration. We look forward to your submission. Warm regards, Keqin Wu Special Issue Editor Begell House - Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing <https://www.begellhouse.com/journals/flow-visualization-and-image-processin…>

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EuroVis 2026: Call for workshops
by Chatzimparmpas, A. (Angelos) 13 Aug '25

13 Aug '25

EuroVis 2026: Call for workshops https://eurovis.org.uk/workshops/ We solicit workshops related to all areas of visualization. These informal workshops in EuroVis provide a setting for participants to discuss advanced topics in visualization, involve experts in the field, disseminate work in progress, and promote new ideas. Workshops at EuroVis are open to all registered attendees (“invitation only” workshops will not be approved). Important Dates * Proposal Submission: Monday, September 29, 2025 * Notification: Monday, October 13, 2025 All deadlines are at 11:59 pm (23:59) AoE Anywhere on Earth (AoE<https://time.is/Anywhere_on_Earth>) Workshops should: * Emphasize emerging ideas, concepts, or technologies that are currently too nascent or too interdisciplinary for a full symposium; * Encourage information flow not solely from the presenters to the audience but rather engage the participation of all attendees, for example, through collective or small group discussions. Possible topics may include emerging or persisting problems, developing research agendas, networking to find common interests and possibilities for cooperation, interacting with domain experts involving analysis of their domain problems, etc. When choosing workshop topics to propose, please consider pre-approved workshops and try to avoid large overlaps: * EGPGV * EuroVA Note that workshops remain extremely well attended, but as new associated events and publication formats are introduced to EuroVis, the number of submitted papers may drop from previous years. So, a more interactive format (rather than one based mainly on presentations of submitted papers) is encouraged. Submission requirements Workshop proposals should include: * a title, * the contact details of the organizers, * a brief description of the organizers’ background, related publications, and research, * the planned activities (e.g., mainly talks, mainly interactive sessions, a mix), including an outline schedule for the program—workshops are strongly encouraged, though not required, to consider ways to engage all participants interactively, * the intended result and impact of the workshop, * a brief justification for why this workshop is necessary (e.g., why would the topic benefit from a more informal setting, in what ways is the topic emergent or a relatively poor fit for the main conference program, etc.), * a chosen measure for a successful CFP (e.g., number of submissions), possibly including an outline for a “backup policy” (e.g., changing the workshop format or voluntarily withdrawing the workshop before acceptance notification is sent, but should not require the workshop organizers to submit emergency papers to their own workshop), * a statement of the organization and the development of the list of participants (intended size, detailed selection procedures, and timeline for finalizing workshop presenters), * a list of any special technology needed, * the number of poster slots requested, if the workshop intends to feature posters, and * the proposed dates for the call for participation, author notification, and camera-ready deadlines (author notification must be before the early registration deadline for EuroVis; for inclusion of materials in the EG digital library and/or the downloadable proceedings, the camera-ready deadline must be 4 weeks prior to the conference). Because the number of workshop time slots is limited, half-day workshop proposals are strongly encouraged. However, well-justified full-day proposals will also be considered. Full-day proposals may optionally state what changes would be implemented to allow the workshop schedule to fit within a half day. If the proposed workshop is a follow-up of a previous workshop, please include a critical reflection of the prior workshop(s), including a discussion of the results and evidence of impact. The proposal should not exceed four pages. Please use the template file from https://www.eurovis2025.lu/fileadmin/files/egPublStyle-EuroVis_full-short-s… Attendance At least one author for each paper must register and attend the conference in person. Evaluation criteria The workshops aim to include various topics and a healthy mix of new and recurring events. Repeat submissions will be partially judged by the previous workshop's success. Workshop success will be judged subjectively, but popularity, research impact, visibility, and attendee feedback will all be considered. Specifically, the workshop proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria: * The potential for inspiring people, being influential, and opening new lines of research, * The degree to which the workshop provides a more interactive environment for participants—all things being equal, preference will be given to workshops that emphasize participant interaction, * The coherence of the proposed topic and the degree to which it would benefit from a workshop environment, * The ability to attract people and make them excited about the workshop, * The appropriateness with respect to EuroVis topics, * If this workshop has special needs, the feasibility of the proposed plan, including financial, logistics, scheduling, and coordination impact, is also important. The workshop chairs will balance the proposed topics to support the diversity of topics within EuroVis and complement the main program. Organizers should consider what steps they will take to encourage diverse participants in their workshop (e.g., a balance of experience, background, gender, etc.) to make participation as inclusive as possible. If accepted, workshops are required to prepare a short summary (50–100 words) for the workshop website and the web program. Workshop Support The workshop organizers will receive the following support from the EuroVis conference: * One complimentary 1-day registration for an invited speaker, * Room and AV support suitable for around 50 attendees, * Food and beverages for attendees: coffee breaks throughout the day, Sunday evening opening reception, space in the poster display area, if requested (from a limited pool set aside for standard workshops; available space depends on the specifics of the venue; early requests given priority over late requests), * PCS (Precision Conference Solutions) support for managing submissions and the review process, * EuroGraphics Digital Library publication of the workshop proceedings, if requested (considered archival). Note that each workshop participant will need to register to attend the EuroVis conference. Workshop Chairs * Angelos Chatzimparmpas, Utrecht University * Guido Reina, Universität Stuttgart

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GD 2025 -- Call for Participation
by Andreas Kerren 07 Aug '25

07 Aug '25

Sorry if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. ================================================================ GD 2025: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025) September 24-26, 2025, Norrköping, Sweden https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/ ================================================================ The 33rd edition of the International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025) will take place in Norrköping, Sweden, on September 24-26, 2025, starting with a reception on the evening of September 23. The main venue of GD 2025 is the "Louis De Geer Concert & Congress” center that is located in the heart of Norrköping’s industrial landscape, offering a unique setting for the conference. A pre-conference PhD school is planned for September 22-23, 2025. The conference will also feature a poster session, the traditional Graph Drawing Contest (https://mozart.diei.unipg.it/gdcontest/2025/) and keynote talks from distinguished invited speakers: - Hans Bodlaender, Utrecht University, Netherlands - Huamin Qu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong ================================================================ ACCEPTED PAPERS The list of accepted papers for presentation at GD 2025 is available here: https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/pages/accepted_papers/ The final program will be announced on the conference web site soon. ================================================================ REGISTRATION Registration is open. The early registration phase ends on August 26. Instructions can be found at https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/pages/registration/ The conference fees (all incl. 25% VAT) are the following: Student Early (until August 26): 3500 SEK Full Early (until August 26): 5700 SEK Student Late: 4500 SEK Full Late: 6700 SEK The current exchange rate is about: 1000 SEK ~ 89,37 EUR. On-site registration will not be possible. The conference fee includes the welcome reception (23/09), coffee breaks, three lunches (24/09, 25/09, 26/09), the social dinner with a Dome Show in the Visualization Center C (https://visualiseringscenter.se/en/) (25/09), and the LIPIcs publication fees. ================================================================ PHD SCHOOL A pre-conference PhD school (https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/pages/school/) on Graph Drawing will take place at Linköping University, Campus Norrköping, on September 22-23, 2025. The PhD school early registration fee is 650 SEK and includes the participation at the lectures and coffee breaks. Registration for the PhD school is via the same registration link as for the main conference. The PhD School speakers are - Sara Di Bartolomeo - TU Vienna, Austria - Markus Chimani - Osnabrück University, Germany - Daniel Archambault - Newcastle University, United Kingdom - Camilla Forsell - Linköping University, Sweden ================================================================ ACCOMMODATION Norrköping has a large variety of accommodation options from hotels at all levels to hostels. We list several suitable hotels on the webpage https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/pages/travel_accommodation/. We provide discount codes for two hotels (one of them only valid until Sept 1), but these might not necessarily be the cheapest or most convenient options. See the above webpage on instructions for more information. ================================================================ TRAVEL Norrköping can be easily reached by rail, air, and bus, see the travel page for some recommendations: https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/pages/travel_accommodation/ The city of Norrköping is located approximately 150 kilometers south of Stockholm. Trains are running regularly from Arlanda airport just north of Stockholm. Stockholm Arlanda airport has many connections over the world. We look forward to seeing you in Norrköping soon! Vida Dujmovic and Fabrizio Montecchiani PC Chairs of GD 2025 Andreas Kerren and Kostiantyn Kucher General Chairs of GD 2025

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📊 Input Visualization Workshop - Call for participation 🦄♥️
by Samuel Huron 02 Aug '25

02 Aug '25

Dear Academic friends, We’re pleased to announce the call for papers for the Input Visualization Workshop, co-located with the IEEE VIS Conference in Vienna, Austria, taking place from November 2 to 7. Input visualization — “visual representations that are designed to collect (and represent) new data rather than encode pre-existing datasets” — provides a new lens for direct interactions with data through visualizations and physicalizations. You can find a collection of input visualization online here: https://inputvisualization.github.io/ For the workshop, we invite three types of submissions for the workshop: (1) Position papers, (2) Examples of input visualizations, (3) Expressions of interest to participate in the workshop without submitting a paper or example to help us estimate the number of attendees. 👉: https://forms.gle/T6wmARWrcZfMRwS28 🫶🏻 (1) Position papers: We invite 2+ page position papers or pictorials that identify, highlight, or address key challenges related to interaction and input in visualizations, including (but not limited to): - New or existing input visualization designs. - New or overlooked use cases for interaction in visualizations. - Case studies of participatory visualization and physicalization in practice. - New interaction techniques for inputting, modifying, or annotating data via visual interfaces. - Novel physical, tangible, or tool-driven approaches to interacting with visualizations. - Design principles, challenges, or opportunities for interactive visualizations. Submissions should use the VGTC conference two-column format or DIS Pictorial format. Submissions will be shared with participants before the workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the workshop and must register for at least one day of the conference. For more details, please visit the workshop's website at: https://inputvisualization.github.io/vis2025/. Submission deadline: August 4, 2025 Notification: August 19, 2025 🫶🏻 (2) Examples of input visualizations: Alternatively, we also invite submissions of examples of input visualizations that you find inspiring or relevant, whether from your own research or other sources. We will use these examples during the workshop as we aim to expand our evolving corpus of input visualizations. Please include an image and a short description of the example, as well as an explanation of why you find this example interesting or inspiring. Submissions should be provided in PDF format, or any other format that fits your submission. 🫶🏻 (3) Expressions of interest to participate: If you are interested in participating in the workshop, even without submitting a position paper or example, please fill out the form as well, as this will help us estimate the number of attendees. Best Regards, Workshop Organizers Nathalie Bressa, Samuel Huron, Wesley Willett, Evanthia Dimara, Kim Sauvé, Derya Akbaba

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