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VIS4DH Deadline Extension: 31 July 2020
by Abdul Rahman, Alfie 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

Dear Colleagues, In order to accommodate authors during what has been a difficult year, the deadline for the VIS4DH Workshop paper submission has been moved to the 31st July 2020. As the IEEE VIS conference will be held online this year, our VIS4DH Workshop will be online, too. Find submission information on http://vis4dh.dbvis.de/cfp/

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Understanding how PhD candidates in visualization research handle failures
by shivam agarwal 14 Jul '20

14 Jul '20

Hi all, We hope you all are doing great. Facing paper rejections is not a pleasant experience. While there are many resources on how to do visualization research, we lack discourse on handling these rejections. Aiming to address this, we are working on a research project to understand how PhD students in visualization research handle failures in the form of paper rejections. We have created a questionnaire that is accessible via the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSrL00g5u0VjDBlhxPps7xqcRpkbRNch8… If you are/were pursuing a PhD in visualization research, it is our humble request to please participate in the above questionnaire. In case you supervise PhD students in the field of visualization research, kindly forward the message to your students. Participation is anonymous, and we do not ask for any personal information. Thank you for your time and effort in advance. Thanks and regards, Shivam Agarwal / Shahid Latif shivam.agarwal(a)paluno.uni-due.de shahid.latif(a)paluno.uni-due.de University of Duisburg-Essen

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[Job - Offer] King’s College London - Research Assistant Post - Deadline July 27, 2020
by Abdul Rahman, Alfie 14 Jul '20

14 Jul '20

We have a two year research position available to support research concerned human factors in Explainable AI. The post is part of an innovative EPSRC/UKRI funded project THuMP: Trust in Human-Machine Partnerships. The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting research around the interfaces to support explainability in the context of decision making in human-machine partnerships. Tasks will involve: building an interaction infrastructure for the project; developing a prototype interface for communicating with users; designing new visual layouts for prototype systems and designing and conducting experiments with human subjects based on the use cases co-created with the project partners. He/she will work closely with members of the THuMP project. We are seeking enthusiastic applicants with a background in any of the following (but not limited to): Information Visualization, Visual Analytics, Human Factors in Visualization, Interface Design/Development, etc. For further information please contact either Rita Borgo (rita.borgo(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:rita.borgo@kcl.ac.uk>) or Paul Luff (Paul.Luff(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:Paul.Luff@kcl.ac.uk>) For more details on the post refer to: https://thump-project.ai/visxai-job-post-details/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthump-pro…> (application direct link: KCL-THUMP-POST<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmy.corehr…>)

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Call for VGTC Dissertation Award: Deadline July 31, 2020
by Cook, Kristin A 13 Jul '20

13 Jul '20

DEADLINE EXTENDED: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: VGTC Dissertation Award DEADLINE: July 31, 2020 IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC http://vgtc.org/) seeks nominations for the 2020 Best Doctoral Dissertation Award to recognize outstanding academic research and development in visualization and visual analytics. The dissertations must address a topic relevant to visualization or visual analytics. The competition will be administered by the IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group (VPG http://vgtc.org/content/ieee-vgtc-visualization-pioneers-group) under the auspices of IEEE VGTC. The IEEE VGTC VPG Doctoral Dissertation Award is presented annually at the IEEE VPG Reception held at the IEEE VIS (http://ieeevis.org/<https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=c1a54a6b-9d1075d2-c1a5607e-0cc47adc5f…>) conference. All English language dissertations that have been successfully defended between August 15, 2018 and August 15, 2020 are eligible for the 2020 competition. There is no limitation on the number of nominations that may be made by a university. To nominate a dissertation, the student's advisor should email the nomination package to vpg_awards(a)vgtc.org<mailto:vpg_awards@vgtc.org>. The package must include: 1. A nomination letter written by the student's advisor, which includes: * the name, email address, and phone number of the advisor, * the name and email address of the candidate, and * a one-page summary of the significance of the dissertation (references to papers should be provided on an extra sheet) 2. A copy of the dissertation. Optional additional letters of recommendation can be attached to the submission. The winner of the IEEE VGTC VPG Doctoral Dissertation Award will receive a monetary prize of $500 provided by IEEE VGTC. For more information, see http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/bestthesis/<https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=d25cd62d-8ee9e994-d25cfc38-0cc47adc5f…> Contact vpg(a)vgtc.org<mailto:vpg@vgtc.org>

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VizSec 2020 Deadline Extension
by Nicolas Prigent 11 Jul '20

11 Jul '20

Due to numerous requests, the deadline for submissions to VizSec 2020 has been extended to the 16th of July 2020. More information can be found online : https://vizsec.org/vizsec2020/#cfp

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2nd CfP: Machine Learning from User Interactions Workshop at IEEE VIS 2020
by John Wenskovitch 10 Jul '20

10 Jul '20

*Call for Participation:* Machine Learning from User Interactions (MLUI) workshop at IEEE VIS 2020 *Workshop Date:* October 25 or 26, 2020 *Workshop URL:* learningfromusersworkshop.github.io *Conference Status:* IEEE VIS has announced that they will be a fully virtual conference this year in response to the COVID outbreak. *Papers Submission deadline:* July 24, 2020 *Author notification: * August 12, 2020 The Machine Learning from User Interactions (MLUI) workshop seeks to bring together researchers to share their knowledge and build collaborations at the intersection of the Machine Learning and Visualization fields, with a focus on learning from user interaction. Rather than focusing on what visualization can do to support machine learning (as in current Explainable AI research), this workshop seeks contributions on how machine learning can support visualization. Such support incorporates human-centric sensemaking processes, user-driven analytical systems, and gaining insight from data. Our intention in this workshop is to generate open discussion about how we currently learn from user interaction, how to build intelligent visualization systems, and how to proceed with future research in this area. We hope to foster discussion regarding systems, interaction models, and interaction techniques. Further, we hope to extend last year’s collaborative creation of a research agenda that explores the future of machine learning with user interaction. We invite research and position papers between 5 and 10 pages in length (NOT including references). All submissions must be formatted according to the VGTC conference style template (i.e., NOT the journal style template that full papers use). All papers accepted for presentation at the workshop will be published and linked from the workshop website. All papers should contain full author names and affiliations. These papers are considered archival; reuse of the content in a follow-up publication is only permitted in a proper journal, and any extended version must extend the original paper by at least 30%. If applicable, a link to a short video (up to 5 min. in length) may also be submitted. The papers will be juried by the organizers and selected external reviewers and will be chosen according to relevance, quality, and likelihood that they will stimulate and contribute to the discussion. At least one author of each accepted paper needs to register for the conference (even if only for the workshop). Papers should be submitted to the "VIS 2020 MLUI 2020 <https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions>" track in PCS under the VGTC Society. Relevant topics include but are not limited to: - How are machine learning algorithms currently learning from user interaction, and what other possibilities exist? - What kinds of interactions can provide feedback to machine learning algorithms? - What can machine learning algorithms learn from interactions? - Which machine learning algorithms are most applicable in this domain? - How can machine learning algorithms be designed to enable user interaction and feedback? - How can visualizations and interactions be designed to exploit machine learning algorithms? - How can visualization system architectures be designed to support machine learning? - How should we manage conflicts between the user's intent and the data or machine learning algorithm capabilities? - How can we evaluate systems that incorporate both machine learning algorithms and user interaction together? - How can machine learning and user interaction together make both computation and user cognition more efficient? - How can we support the sensemaking process by learning from user interaction? *Organizers* - John Wenskovitch, Pacific Northwest National Lab and Virginia Tech - Michelle Dowling, Grand Valley State University - Eli T. Brown, DePaul University - Kris Cook, Pacific Northwest National Lab - Ab Mosca, Tufts University - Conny Walchshofer, Johannes Kepler University Linz - Marc Streit, Johannes Kepler University Linz - Kai Xu, Middlesex University *Steering Committee* - Chris North, Virginia Tech - Remco Chang, Tufts University - Alex Endert, Georgia Tech - David H. Rogers, Los Alamos National Lab

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IEEE VIS Workshop on Vis Futures
by Charles Perin 08 Jul '20

08 Jul '20

Submissions are open for the VisFutures Workshop at VIS 2020! We'll explore how design futuring can help envision the next generation of vis tools and applications. Submit your own examples of #VisualizationsFromTheFuture or new design futuring methods for vis at https://visfutures.github.io. First Deadline July 31. -- Charles Perin, University of Victoria Wesley Willett, University of Calgary Katherine Currier, University of Calgary Lora Oehlberg, University of Calgary Sheelagh Carpendale, Simon Fraser University

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VDS 2020 CFP
by Alvitta Ottley 08 Jul '20

08 Jul '20

Submission deadline: *Fri, July 17, 2020, 5:00 pm PDT*. VDS 2020 solicits original work that emphasizes the role, application, and impact of visualization in data science. VDS accepts archival full paper submissions for talks and selected papers will appear in an impactful journal (e.g. IEEE TVCG, IEEE Big Data, etc). For details, visit http://www.visualdatascience.org/2020/index.html <http://www.visualdatascience.org/2020/index.html> Contact: vds(a)ieeevis.org --------------------------------------------------------VDS 2020 Transformations in many fields are enabled by rapid advances in our ability to acquire and generate data. The bottleneck to discovery is now our ability to analyze and make sense of heterogeneous, noisy, streaming, and often massive datasets. Extracting knowledge or insights from this abundance of data lies at the heart of 21st-century discovery, which can be used to inform decisions, coordinate activities, optimize processes, improve products and services, as well as enhance productivity and innovation across a wide range of business and scientific problems. Data science is the practice of deriving insights from data, enabled by statistical modeling, computational methods, interactive visual analysis, and domain-driven problem solving. Data science draws from methodologies developed in such fields as applied mathematics, statistics, machine learning, data management, visualization, and HCI. It drives discoveries in business, economy, biology, medicine, environmental science, the physical sciences, the humanities, and social sciences, and beyond. Visualization is an integral part of data science, and essential to enable a sophisticated analysis of data. After four highly successful events, the sixth Symposium on Visualization in Data Science (VDS) will again be held on Monday, October 26th at IEEE VIS 2020 <http://ieeevis.org/year/2020/welcome>. VDS will bring together domain scientists and methods researchers (including visualization, usability and HCI, data management, statistics, machine learning, and software engineering) to discuss common interests, talk about practical issues, and identify open research problems in visualization in data science. Call for ParticipationWe encourage you to submit original work that emphasizes the role, application, and impact of visualization in data science. The workshop accepts archival full paper submissions for talks. Full Papers Paper submissions should describe the role, application, and impact of visualization in data science. We would like to particularly encourage papers that cross disciplinary boundaries and show how visualization in data science can be a catalyst for discovery. Papers will be published in our symposium proceedings and published in the IEEE Digital Library. We consider papers as work in progress and encourage authors to publish an improved version of the paper in a journal or at another venue at a later time. In addition, we plan to publish extended versions of selected papers in a special issue of IEEE TVCG. Papers that integrate visualization with any stages of the data science pipeline (collecting data, cleaning data, exploring data, and communicating data) would be welcome as submissions to VDS. Review Process (Single blind or Double blind) Paper submissions will be managed by the Program Chairs and sent to the Program Committee to evaluate the work’s novelty and significance. You have the option to have your work reviewed via a double-blind process; to do this, simply be sure to exclude all identifying information in the submitted manuscript file, ensuring that the reviewers will not know the identity of the authors. Otherwise, the review process will be single-blind, i.e., the reviewers will know the identity of the authors, but the authors will not know the identity of the reviewers. Paper Submission and Formatting Guidelines (8 pages max excluding references) Submissions should be no more than 8 pages long excluding references and formatted according to the VGTC formatting guidelines <http://junctionpublishing.org/vgtc/Tasks/camera.html>. To submit a paper please use the Precision Conference System <https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions>. After logging in go to “new submissions” and select “Submit to Papers” for VDS 2020. Important Dates*Fri, July 17, 2020, 5:00 pm PDT*: Paper and Abstract Submission Fri, August 28, 2020: Author Notification Fri, Sept. 4, 2020: Camera-ready Copy for Accepted Submissions General Chairs: Shixia Liu, Adam Perer Paper Chairs: Liang Gou, Alvitta Ottley ------- *Alvitta Ottley* Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences (Courtesy) Washington University in St. Louis *alvitta(a)wustl.edu <alvitta(a)wustl.edu>*

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ACM IUI 2021: Call for workshop proposals
by Axel Soto 07 Jul '20

07 Jul '20

ACM IUI 2021 CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS In conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2021) College Station, TX, USA April 13 - 17, 2021 http://iui.acm.org/ IUI 2021 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The goal of the workshops is to provide a venue for presenting research on focused topics of interest and an informal forum to discuss research questions and challenges. Workshops will be held on the first day of the conference. We invite submissions of full-day (6 hours) and half-day (3 hours) workshop proposals on any of the conference topics (or related). This year we are particularly interested in workshops that have an interactive aspect. Preference will be given to workshops with interactive and hands-on sessions where participants can team up or work together towards the common goal of the workshop. We encourage proposals for a wide range of workshops, including but not limited to: - "Mini-conferences" on specialized topics; such workshops may have their own paper submission and review processes. - "Late breaking work" meetings; such workshops usually have a lighter review process (e.g. based on abstracts only). - "Hands-on" workshops around a specific problem or topic that may wish to ask participants to submit a position statement. - "Mini-competitions", challenges, or hackathons around selected topics with individual or team participation. == PROPOSAL FORMAT == Note: One of the keys to a successful workshop submission is to CONTACT THE CHAIRS WITH YOUR IDEAS (workshops2021(a)iui.acm.org) and work together to prepare an exciting proposal! Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the standard sigconf format, using one of the Interim ACM templates available at http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html Please submit your proposal via the PCS 2.0 submission system (https://new.precisionconference.com) The proposals should be organized as follows: - Name and title: A one-word workshop acronym and a full title. - Description of workshop topic and goal: This description should discuss the relevance of the suggested topic to the IUI audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the workshop is of particular interest. - Organizers: Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the workshop organizers. This can be a single person or a group of people. Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Please indicate the primary contact person and the organizers who plan to attend the workshop. - Previous history: List of previous workshops that were held on the topic including the conferences that hosted past workshops and the number of participants. Also please provide the list of other workshops organized by workshop organizers in the past. - Workshop program committee: Names and affiliation of the members of the (tentative) workshop program committee that will evaluate the workshop submissions. - Participants: A statement saying how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the workshop. We recommend the proposal to include the names of at least 10 people who have expressed interest to participate in, or contribute a paper to, the workshop. - Workshop format: A brief description of the workshop format regarding the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, and general discussion. - Length: Full-day or half-day. - Proposal format: Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the formatting instructions from (sigconf): http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html Additional guidelines: ---------------------- - Workshop proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the workshop chairs. - Organizers: We strongly encourage all of the workshop organizers to attend IUI and take part in their workshop. This can make the workshops more appealing for the participants and strengthen the discussion part. - Workshop summary: An extended abstract with a summary of the workshop goals and an overview of the workshop topics will be included in the ACM Digital Library for IUI 2021. - Workshop proceedings: At the convenience of the workshop organizers, we will arrange a joint volume of online proceedings for the workshop papers. Workshops should request the authors to submit papers in the ACM SIGCHI Paper Format. - Cancellation: Workshops with few submissions by January 3 2021 may be cancelled, shortened, merged with other workshops, or otherwise restructured. This will be done in consultation between the IUI 2021 workshop chairs and the workshop organizers. Additionally, we strongly encourage to have workshop organizers from different institutions and research communities, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that attracts various types of contributions and ensures rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops are responsible for producing a call for participation and publicizing it, such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the IUI conference community. Workshop organizers will maintain their own website with updated information about the workshops and the IUI 2021 web site will refer to the workshop site. The workshop organizers will coordinate the paper solicitation, collection, and review process, and coordinate the production of the joint online proceedings with IUI 2021 workshop chairs. == IMPORTANT DATES == Discuss your topic with the workshop chairs: ASAP Workshop date: Proposals Due: September 15, 2020 Decisions sent: October 07, 2020 Submissions due: December 23, 2020 Reporting of status: January 03, 2021 Final go/no-go decisions: January 05, 2021 Notification to authors: January 31, 2021 Camera-ready for workshop summary [ACM Companion] February 10, 2021 Camera-ready for accepted papers February 28, 2021

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ACM ISS 2020 Workshops CfP
by Ruolin Wang 06 Jul '20

06 Jul '20

ISS 2020 Workshops Call for Papers Call for Proposals: WorkshopsImportant Dates - Proposal submission deadline: July 24 (5:00 p.m. PDT) - Notification: August 7 - Call for Participation released by workshop organisers and website up and running: (on or before) August 19 - Camera-Ready Deadline (for workshop organisers): September 2 - Participant submissions due: (on or before) October 2 - Participants notified of acceptance: (on or before) October 19 - Workshop day: November 8 Workshops We invite researchers and practitioners working in the field of interactive surfaces and spaces to submit workshop proposals for ISS 2020. ISS Workshops provide a unique opportunity to discuss ideas, challenges and new work around more specific topics in the area of interactive spaces and surfaces. We welcome proposals from a large variety of topics and domains. Example topics include but are not limited to: - Architectural concepts and emerging trends - Immersive analytics and data physicalization - Museum and art installation trends - Interaction paradigms around large surfaces (tangibles, pen+touch, etc.) - New and emerging body and space sensing technologies - Overview of social protocols, presence, territoriality, and proxemics - Evaluation methods for surface applications - Multi-touch interaction with mobile devices - Feel, taste, smell and splash user interfaces on surfaces - ... and other exciting topics! All workshops will take place on November 8, 2020 and will run for either half a day or the full day. Workshops can be open (free to anyone who registered for it) or closed (attendees need to submit position papers). Please indicate the length and type of workshop in your proposal (see below). Accepted workshop proposals will be part of the ISS conference proceedings and available in the ACM Digital Library. Submitting a Workshop Proposal We request a short proposal (up to 4 pages, excluding references) in the single-column ACM Master Article Submission Template <https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow> as well as an additional information sheet about the particular workshop requirements (1 page). Please include the following information in your 4-page workshop proposal: - Workshop title - Full contact information of all workshop organizers and the main contact person - Topic, nature and goals of the workshop - Relevance of the workshop to the ISS community - Topics and planned activities covered in the workshop and planned activities - New: A description of how the organizers plan to handle the online aspects of the workshop - Given the situation with COVID-19, ISS 2020 will be online. - Please indicate how you aim to facilitate and support an engaging workshop in an online format. - Example tools that could be used to facilitate online brainstorming include: Mural <http://www.mural.co/> - Program Committee members for the workshop (if applicable) Please include a single additional information page (in addition to the 4-page proposal) with the following information: - A call-for-papers to your workshop (200 words max.) - Link to the workshop website - Proposed workshop length (half-day or full-day) - Workshop type (open or closed) - Maximum number of people Please submit the workshop proposal using the ISS Precision Conference system by July 24, 2020. Responsibilities of Workshop Organizers Workshop organizers are expected to organize and facilitate all proposed workshop activities. We suggest the page limit for workshop papers to be 4–6 pages excluding references using the single-column ACM Master Article Submission Template <https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow>, but it is up to the organizers to make this decision. Due to the very tight schedule, we unfortunately cannot include the contributions of workshop participants into the official conference proceedings and the ACM Digital Library. Workshop organizers will be asked to: - Organize and manage the review of submitted workshop papers (e.g. through a reviewing system such as EasyChair) - Set a workshop position paper submission deadline (on or before October 2, 2020) and an author notification date (on or before October 19). - We will provide workshop organizers a special code for early bird registration that they can give to authors in the acceptance notification. Workshops Co-Chairs Jo Vermeulen, Aarhus University Simon Völker, RWTH Aachen workshops2020(a)iss.acm.org Best Regards, Violynne(Ruolin) Wang | Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering UCLA SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 1538 Boelter Hall 580 Portola Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90095-1600 https://www.violynnewang.com/

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