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ACM ISS 2020 CfP
by Ruolin Wang 22 Jun '20

22 Jun '20

ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ACM ISS 2020) is the premier venue for research in the design, development and use of new and emerging interactive surface technologies and interactive spaces. ACM ISS 2020 welcomes original, high-quality research and industry contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in the area of interactive surfaces, interactive spaces and novel interface technologies. Beyond the traditional scope of the conference – i.e., interactive tabletops, large displays, multi-display systems, mobile and mini devices – we also encourage contributions focused on the use of space and technology around us to bridge the gap between our digital and everyday lives, such as interactive 3D spaces, on-body sensors, interactive art or interactive architecture. We also encourage contributions focused on understanding individual and group needs related to interactive surfaces and interactive spaces, and the impact on individuals and groups of these technologies. We embrace innovations in a wide variety of areas including design, software, hardware, understanding of use, and applications or deployments of such interactive systems. ========== Situation with Coronavirus/Covid-19: ISS 2020 will be virtual this year! Because of the evolving situation with covid-19 and the difficulties of running a physical in-person conference, ACM ISS will be a virtual conference event this year. The submission and reviewing process will remain as planned, and papers will be published at PACMHCI ISS. Please stay tuned for more information on the presentation format during the virtual event! ========== Dates Submissions: July 1st, 2020, 5PM PDT Notifications sent to Authors: August 21, 2020 Revisions: August 21, 2020 - September 14, 2020 Final Decisions: October 5th, 2020 Camera-ready due: October 9th, 2020 ========== New Publication Model: Journal PACMHCI ISS Starting this year, ISS will switch to a journal model. We will invite for presentation papers published by the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. PACMHCI ISS has 1 volume per year with 1 issue per conference per volume. At least one author of accepted papers needs to register and present at the ACM ISS conference. The conference will retain its workshop, poster, and demo tracks, which will have their own publication outlet. Upcoming deadlines for papers to be presented at the ISS 2020 are: 2020 Summer round: July 1st, 2020, 5PM PDT (Notifications: August 21, 2020, Final decision: October 5, 2020) Submissions will be done through http://new.precisionconference.com. ========== Submissions Submission to PACMHCI ISS should present original and mature research work. High-quality, elaborated case studies and practice reports with generalizable findings will also be considered. Papers should be written in the Official ACM Journal Template (direct links to Word Template, LaTeX Template using ‘manuscript’, and Overleaf Template). Please review the Workflow and Template section of the ACM Journal Submission page. Submissions should be anonymized. Primarily, this means that submissions must remove all author and institutional information from the title and header area of the first page of the paper. Author information should also be removed from submitted supplementary materials, in particular, videos. Submissions that do not do so may be rejected without review. Furthermore, all references must remain intact. If you previously published a paper and your current submission builds on that work, the complete reference with the author's name must appear in the references. Authors must refer to their previous work in the third person (e.g., “We build on prior work by Smith et al. [X] but generalize their algorithm to new settings.”) and avoid blank references (e.g., “12. REMOVED FOR REVIEWING”). Further suppression of identity in the body of the paper (for example, in an Acknowledgements section), while encouraged, is left to the authors’ discretion. Submit your papers at http://new.precisionconference.com/. ========== Paper Length We recommend a page length in the new format of between 5-15 pages + any additional pages for references. There are no length restrictions on papers, so papers of any length can be submitted. However, reviewers will put the length of any submitted paper in context of the provided contribution when making decisions about acceptance and revisions. ========== Revisions The editorial board members will make decisions for any submitted papers as either accepted, minor revisions, major revisions, or rejected. These notifications are sent to authors on August 21st. If the initial decision is "minor revisions", the authors will have a revision cycle within the current to address these changes, from August 21st to September 14th. After the revised paper is submitted on September 14th, the final decisions will be sent to authors on October 5th. If the initial decision is "major revisions", the paper must be submitted in the following round to guarantee treatment as a revision, meaning that the same primary and secondary Board Members are assigned to continuously handle the submission. Submissions requiring "major revisions" will not submit on the revision deadline on September 14th, but in the next full review cycle for the following ISS 2021. This is to allow extra time in case the authors need to perform significant new work, such as conducting a new evaluation, before acceptance is possible. ========== Topic Areas The conference welcomes contributions on a wide range of topics relating to interactive surfaces and spaces as well as novel interface technologies, including (but not limited to): 1. Real-world applications of interactive surfaces and/or spaces in specific domains (public spaces, education, science, business, entertainment, health, art, homes, etc.) 2. Large display interfaces and multi-display environments 3. Gesture-based interfaces (hands, finger, body) 4. Multi-modal interfaces 5. Tangible user interfaces 6. Novel interaction techniques and paradigms 7. Interaction with mobile and body-worn devices 8. Different materials and form factors: curved, sand, water, ... 9. Interactive 3D spaces (Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality, mid-air displays, ...) 10. Large scale and outdoor interactive spaces (projected interfaces, drones, ...) 11. Interactive architecture 12. Beyond traditional surfaces: shape-changing and actuated surfaces, body-related, ... 13. Interactive information visualization/data presentation 14. Software engineering methods and frameworks 15. Social aspects and protocols related to interacting with surfaces and spaces 16. Interactive surfaces and spaces that support group work or social interaction 17. Hardware, including sensing and input technologies with novel capabilities, and results from maker communities 18. Human-centered design and methodologies related to interactive surfaces and spaces 19. Empirical evaluations of novel interactive surfaces and/or spaces designs 20. Evaluations of deployed interactive surfaces and/or spaces in specific domains (public spaces, education, science, business, entertainment, health, art, homes, etc.) 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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Call for Nominations: VGTC Dissertation Award
by Cook, Kristin A 16 Jun '20

16 Jun '20

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: VGTC Dissertation Award DEADLINE: July 15, 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/> 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/ Contact vpg(a)vgtc.org<mailto:vpg@vgtc.org>.

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CFP: Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC) 2020 - 10-11 September, London, UK
by Kai Xu 10 Jun '20

10 Jun '20

Call for Papers: Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC) 2020 https://cgvc.org.uk/CGVC2020/ CGVC 2020, hosted by King's College London in London UK, is the 38th annual computer graphics, visualization, and visual computing gathering organized by the Eurographics UK Chapter. The objective of Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC) is to foster greater exchange between visual computing researchers and practitioners, and to draw more researchers and industry partners in the UK, Europe, and abroad to enter this rapidly growing area of research. CGVC has an expanded scope to include all areas of visual computing, and a steadily more wide-spread visibility that achieves a more wide-spread impact. Given the corona virus situation we currently live in, to allow maximum interaction, we are planning for various levels of virtual and interactive attendance. # Important Dates Submission deadline: Friday, 5th June 202 Notification of Acceptance: Tuesday, 21 July 2020 Camera Ready: Friday, 7 August 2020 Conference: 10-11 September 2020 (Thursday - Friday) # Topics include, but are not limited to: • Computer Graphics • Visualization • Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality • Computer Animation • Computer Vision • Acquisition and Reconstruction Techniques • Graphics Architectures and Acceleration Hardware • Image processing • Rendering Techniques • Medical Imaging • Multimedia Visualisation • Information Visualization and Visual Analytics • Visual Data Science • Visual computing-related machine learning • Visualisation and Big Data • Geospatial Visualisation • Mobile Apps and Interactive Devices • Human Computer Interaction, Robotics, and Haptics • Computer-based Arts and Entertainment • Computer Games # Paper Types We seek contributions in the form of full papers, short papers, viewpoint papers and extended abstracts (posters). Optional single-blind or double-blind - reviewers’ identities are not revealed. Authors may choose whether to anonymize their submission or not. Full papers - a paper of up to 8 pages describing completed research, plus 1 page of references only. Papers are refereed, by members of the EGUK programme committee. Authors of accepted papers are expected to give a 20 minute presentation at the conference. Accepted papers will appear in the Eurographics digital library and will serve as full paper publications. Short papers -The purpose of short papers is to present late-breaking results, work-in -progress, and follow-up extensions or evaluations of existing methods. Short papers will be peer-reviewed in a one-stage process by an international program committee. They will be electronically archived and are fully citable publications. Submissions for the short paper track should be at most 4 pages, with an additional page allowed for references. Accepted short papers will be presented orally at the conference in (approximately) 12-15 minute presentations. Viewpoint Papers - CGVC also features a viewpoint paper track (also known as position paper) which enables researchers a new possibility to publish their ideas. Viewpoints articles offer detailed technical opinions on trends in visual computing or reports on how visual computing has contributed to the comprehension of data or phenomena. We encourage discussions of challenges or limitations in today's methods and areas of potential new topics of research. We are also interested in application discussions that focus on the physical, life or social sciences, engineering, or commerce, for example, or related to the process of visual computing in general. We encourage an emphasis on lessons learned from practical experience for application discussions, particularly where visual computing has been employed in a real, working environment. Viewpoint papers are submitted with author names and affiliations. Accepted viewpoint papers will be electronically archived, are fully citable publications and will be presented orally at the conference in (approximately) 12-15 minute presentations. Extended Abstracts / Posters - The purpose of this track is to present late-breaking results, work in progress, and follow-up extensions or evaluations of existing methods. In particular, it provides young researchers, especially postgraduate students, with valuable opportunities to receive feedback from other researchers, and engage in stimulating discussions. The poster track will be managed by the co-chair team and the International Program Committee (IPC). We solicit poster submissions in the form of an extended abstract of at most 2 pages (with an additional page allowed for references only). Posters will be peer-reviewed in a one-stage process. Accepted posters, size A1 recommended, will be presented at the poster viewing session of the conference. In addition to directly submitted posters, some submissions to the full, short and viewpoint paper tracks, that are not accepted for publication but are deemed suitable, will be offered an opportunity to be presented as posters. Such submissions will not require an additional review process. Traditionally, the materials in a poster/sketch can be reused later by the original authors for a more extensive publication (e.g., a full paper) with more detailed content and mature results. This should not be considered as self-plagiarism. However, as posters/sketches are citable, researchers are encouraged to acknowledge novel ideas and results presented in posters/sketches. A poster may describe a piece of work in any aspect of visual computing. For posters, we particularly encourage a summary report of collaborative projects, work-in-progress, and application case studies. Accepted abstracts do not appear in the Eurographics digital library. An extended abstract and industrial project abstract are not considered as a paper publication, instead being similar to a SIGGRAPH one‐page sketch or to a conference poster without an associated paper. As such, presenting an extended abstract at this conference has no effect on your ability to publish a fuller version of the same work in another venue. Rita Borgo, Alfie Abdul-Rahman, Panagiotis D. Ritsos, and Kai Xu

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ACM ISS 2020 Calls for Submissions!
by Ruolin Wang 08 Jun '20

08 Jun '20

Hi, We welcome submissions to the 2020 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS 2020), which will take place from November 8th to 11th virtually! ACM ISS is the premier venue for research in the design, development and use of new and emerging interactive surface technologies and interactive spaces. ACM ISS 2020 welcomes original, high-quality research and industry contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in the area of interactive surfaces, interactive spaces and novel interface technologies. Beyond the traditional scope of the conference – i.e., interactive tabletops, large displays, multi-display systems, mobile and mini devices – we also encourage contributions focused on the use of space and technology around us to bridge the gap between our digital and everyday lives, such as interactive 3D spaces, on-body sensors, interactive art or interactive architecture. We also encourage contributions focused on understanding individual and group needs related to interactive surfaces and interactive spaces, and the impact on individuals and groups of these technologies. We embrace innovations in a wide variety of areas including design, software, hardware, understanding of use, and applications or deployments of such interactive systems. Important Dates: Submissions: July 1st, 2020, 5PM PDT Notifications sent to Authors: August 21, 2020 Revisions: August 21 - September 14, 2020 Final Decisions: October 5th, 2020 Camera-ready due: October 9th, 2020 More on our website: http://iss.acm.org/2020/authors/ Thanks, 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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2nd CFP - VISSOFT 2020: 8th IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization
by David Baum 03 Jun '20

03 Jun '20

====================================== 8th IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT 2020) September 28-29, 2020, Adelaide, Australia http://vissoft20.dcc.uchile.cl/ ====================================== CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Software visualization is a broad research area whose general goal is to enhance and promote the theory, realization, and evaluation of approaches to visually encode and analyze software systems, including software development practices, evolution, structure, and software runtime behavior. Software visualization is inherently interdisciplinary, drawing on theories and techniques from information visualization and computer graphics and applying these in the software engineering domain. The VISSOFT conference is a venue for publishing and discussing research related to software visualization. VISSOFT brings together a community of researchers from software engineering, information visualization, computer graphics, human-computer interaction, and data science to discuss theoretical foundations, algorithms, techniques, tools, and applications related to the visualization of software. VISSOFT 2020, co-held with ICSME 2020, encourages a variety of submissions that address outstanding challenges in software systems using visualization. This includes technical papers, empirical studies, applications, case studies, and papers that present novel ideas and tools. ====================================== TOPICS OF INTEREST - Innovative visualization and visual analytics techniques for analysis of software engineering data. This includes source code, dependencies, repositories, developer social networks such as StackOverflow and GitHub, mobile app reviews, documentation, runtime logs, and DevOps data. - Visualization to support software development activities, including design, requirements engineering, program comprehension, software testing, and debugging. - Interaction techniques and algorithms for software visualization. - Visualization-based techniques in software engineering education. - Integration of software visualization tools with development environments. - Empirical evaluation of software visualizations, including eye tracking. - Industrial experience with using software visualization. - Applications of new technologies to enhance software visualization, including virtual reality, augmented/mixed reality, gamification, and artificial intelligence. - Analytical approaches to understand software-related aspects based on data science concepts. We solicit papers that present original, unpublished research results. Papers will be rigorously reviewed by an international program committee. In addition to technical papers, VISSOFT features a New Ideas or Emerging Results (NIER) track and a Tool Demonstrations (TD) track. All accepted submissions will appear in the conference proceedings and the IEEE Digital Library. ====================================== SUBMISSION TYPES **Technical papers**: A technical paper contribution must describe an in-depth and mature research result relevant to software visualization. The content of a technical paper can be at a maximum 10 pages long (including all figures, tables, and appendices). However, the 10 page limit does not include the bibliography, which is limited by two additional pages. The submission of a video (up to 5 minutes in length) to accompany the paper is highly encouraged to show interaction possibilities. Authors who wish to submit a video can submit the video together with their paper if the size of the video is smaller than 50 MB, otherwise a URL to the video should be provided. After the notification, authors can also submit an artifact (tool, data, model, etc.) Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vissoft2020 **NIER/TD Track**: The NIER/TD Track of VISSOFT accepts two types of contributions: New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) and Tool Demonstrations (TD). Both NIER and TD contributions have a page limit of 5 (including bibliography). NIER contributions describe work-in-progress and preliminary exciting results. Authors are encouraged to include open questions and even provocative hypotheses to get early feedback on their research ideas. A sound evaluation is not required for NIER contributions. One of the goals of the NIER Track is to foster collaboration among different research groups. Tool Demonstrations describe the design or actual utilization of software visualization tools, with a focus on the architecture of the tool or its use to gain new insights. During the conference, we will organize an informal tool demonstration session where authors of TD papers are requested to demonstrate their tools. The submission may also contain a link to a screencast (e.g., YouTube or Vimeo) to show the interaction possibilities offered by the tool. ====================================== IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission: June 22, 2020 Technical paper submission: June 26, 2020 NIER/TD paper submission: June 26, 2020 Artifact submission: August 1, 2020 Author notification: July 24, 2020 Camera-Ready: August 7, 2020 Conference date: September 28-29, 2020 ====================================== **Statement on COVID-19 (Coronavirus)** The VISSOFT Organizing Committee is aware of the current COVID-19 situation. At this time, the conference is planned to take place as scheduled. The committee will continue monitoring conditions and will provide updates if plans change. Stay safe & we hope to see you at VISSOFT 2020! Best, Craig Anslow (General Chair) Andreas Schreiber and Takashi Ishio (Program Co-Chairs) https://twitter.com/IEEEVISSOFT

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Online Study on Natural Language Interfaces for Visualization
by John Stasko 29 May '20

29 May '20

Are you interested in data visualization? Do you want to help build the next generation of data visualization tools driven by natural language input? The Georgia Tech Visualization Lab is conducting an online study to understand how visualizations can be specified through natural language. If interested, you can participate in this 7-10 minute study using the following URL: https://arjun010.github.io/nlstudy/index.html A few points to note: - This study is only open to non-EU locations. - Participation in this study is voluntary and you will not be compensated for your participation. - We do not collect any personally identifiable information as part of this study. - The data collected through the study will be made available as part of an open-source repository. - You can choose to exit the study at any point. If you have any questions/concerns regarding the study, please contact Arjun Srinivasan (arjun010(a)gatech.edu)

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CfP: VisGuides: 3rd IEEE VIS 2020 Workshop on the Creation, Curation, Critique and Conditioning of Principles and Guidelines in Visualization
by benjamin bach 28 May '20

28 May '20

*VisGuides: 3rd IEEE VIS 2020 Workshop on the Creation, Curation, Critique and Conditioning of Principles and Guidelines in Visualization* *Submission Deadline: 6 July 2020* The VisGuides 2020 Workshop calls for submissions about Creation, Curation, Critique, and Conditioning of Principles and Guidelines in Visualization. The ever-increasing global awareness, practice, and teaching of information and data visualization includes a growing audience of consumers and creators. Building on the success of two prior IEEE VIS workshops in 2016 and 2018, this workshop focuses on how to implement an actionable framework around guidelines for the wider visualization and non-visualization community. Submit your ongoing work and innovative ideas as short papers up to 4 pages and be part of a vibrant half-day workshop that will bring together an exciting program with papers and discussions. In case IEEE VIS will not take place physically as scheduled, this workshop will be held online. More info: https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/c4pgv <https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/c4pgv/> **Topics and Scope** The focus of this 2020 workshop will be to think, design, and discuss an applicable framework embedded in a larger research agenda to master guidelines in visualization by the visualization community. In other words, the workshop wants to deliver concrete ideas and meta(!)- guidelines about how the community can contribute to the collection, storage, formulation, and dissemination of guidelines—within and beyond the visualization community. Our goals for this workshop are: Discuss work-in-progress and current activities around visualization guidelines: new guidelines, management systems, teaching activities, studies, etc. Collect a comprehensive list of common and less common guidelines, including references, examples, counter-examples, etc. Based on this collection exercise, create and discuss a possible framework, or template, or methodology to capture guidelines. With this proposal, we provide an initial template, the ‘Guideline Report’ (see online). As empirical and design knowledge about data visualization grows, and as data visualization is becoming a more widespread activity and application, we need a framework and technological platform where we can propose, discuss, and study guidelines as scientific activities and where we can balance the formative nature of guidelines and their exceptions. Create and discuss activities to engage students, workshop participants, practitioners, designers, data analyst experts, and other visualization stakeholders to express and reflect on their guidelines. Discuss a research agenda on how to address open questions around guidelines and how on-going research—in any field of visualization—can contribute to sustainable management and discussion of guidelines. **Submission Info** Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished short papers up to 4 pages (excluding references) that present innovative ideas, discourses, design concepts, empirical studies, theoretical frameworks, social models, and work-in-progress in the context of principles and guidelines in visualization. The topics of these presentations may include but not limited to the followings: Comparative analysis of several guidelines for visual representation, requirements, and gap analysis of principles and guidelines for one or more visualization tasks (or application domains), Evidence-based critique of a principle or a guideline, Case studies of a principle in relation to a task, a visual design, and a group of users Proposal of a new principle or a guideline, or a major revision of an existing one, Proposal of a mechanism for curating principles and guidelines, Proposal of a framework for the critique of principles and guidelines, Proposal of a mechanism for disseminating and deployment of established principles and guidelines, Discourse on a long-term sustainable mechanism for creation, curation, critique, and conditioning activities, Discourse on the relationships and transformations between principles and guidelines and other theoretical aspects, such as taxonomies, conceptual frameworks and models, and quantitative laws, and so forth. Paper format: IEEE TVCG format (conference) - http://vgtc.org/publications/journal <http://vgtc.org/publications/journal> Submission length: 2-4 pages (excluding references) Submission website: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=visguides2020 <https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=visguides2020> Review process: 2-3 peer reviews each. Single-blind mandatory, double-blind optional. Presentation: ~5 minutes plus plenary discussion Registration: Participants must be registered at for the specific day at the VIS conference **Publication** All accepted short papers will be published online, accessible to the public, at a website dedicated to the workshop. We will follow the short position statements/work in progress notes strategy, outlined at the IEEE VIS Website: http://ieeevis.org/year/2020/info/call-participation/workshops <http://ieeevis.org/year/2020/info/call-participation/workshops>. This means that papers will be published through the workshop with a DOI and on the conference USB key. Papers are considered published but not archival. They can hence be resubmitted to any IEEE VIS conference in the future. **Important Dates** Submission Deadline: 6 July 2020 Notification of Acceptance: 10 August 2020 Camera-ready: 23 August 2020 Workshop: 25/26 October 2020 **Workshop Co-chairs** Alfie Abdul-Rahman, King's College London, UK Alexandra Diehl, University of Zurich, CH Benjamin Bach, University of Edinburgh, UK **Organization Committee** Rita Borgo, King's College London, UK Nadia Boukhelifa, INRAE, FR Kelly Gaither, University of Texas, USA Michael Sedlmair, University of Stuttgart, DE **Advisory Board** Min Chen, University of Oxford, UK Daniel Keim, University of Konstanz, DE Renato Pajarola, University of Zurich, CH

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Call for participation: VisComm
by Arcia, Adriana 22 May '20

22 May '20

VisComm: Workshop on Visualization for Communication Submission Deadline: June 15, 2020 For more information see: https://viscomm.io/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__viscomm.io_&d=DwMFaQ&c…> While visualization research is still focused mainly on data analysis, most people experience visualization in the media, where it may describe political topics, budgets, and sports. An independent community of visualization practitioners has sprung up, producing and deconstructing visualizations of broad interest. Free visualization tools are widely available and used. The VisComm workshop brings together practitioners and researchers from a broad range of disciplines to address questions raised by visualization’s new communicative role. We encourage participation from journalists, designers, and others that do not typically attend the IEEE Visualization conference. Participation VisComm seeks short research papers, short position papers, and posters. In addition, Viscomm accepts visual case studies, which allow visualization practitioners to present their visualizations, and discuss how they were designed and received by their audience. Practitioners may submit case studies as web sites or videos. For further details, see the workshop website: http://viscomm.io<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__viscomm.io&d=DwMFaQ&c=G…>.

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Lecturer position in data visualization at Rice University
by Jennifer Wilson 20 May '20

20 May '20

Rice University (in Houston, TX) is hiring a lecturer to teach 4-5 sections of an undergraduate "intro to data visualization" course that is part of Rice's new interdisciplinary minor in data science. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible lectureship that comes with a one-year contract that will be extended to regular three-year contracts in subsequent years, depending on teaching performance. This is a stable, fully funded position in a growing program. The position itself will be housed in the Program in Writing and Communication, which is a campus-wide program serving undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty. For more information about the position and to apply, visit http://jobs.rice.edu/postings/23630.Review of applications will begin on May 25, 2020, and continue until the position is filled. The appointment can commence as early as July 1, 2020, and teaching responsibilities will start in August 2020. Questions about the position can be addressed to me at jsw(a)rice.edu. Best, Jennifer Wilson -- Jennifer Shade Wilson, Ph.D. Director, Program in Writing and Communication Senior Lecturer Rice University 200D Fondren Library 713-348-4924

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CfP: 5th Workshop on Visualisation for the Digital Humanities @ IEEE VIS
by Houda Lamqaddam 19 May '20

19 May '20

======================================================================== Call for Participation 5th Workshop on Visualisation for the Digital Humanities October 25th, 2020 http://vis4dh.dbvis.de/ <http://vis4dh.dbvis.de/> ======================================================================== We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the 5th Workshop on Visualization for the Digital Humanities, “VIS4DH”, under the theme of Re-Thinking, Re-Defining, Re-Imagining Data. This will be a full-day workshop taking place as part of IEEE VIS 2020. This year, you can contribute to VIS4DH 2020 in two ways - you can submit to the Paper track (just like in previous years), or you can submit to the Provocations track (new this year). Our call for submissions is open to all fields of the humanities/social sciences and all branches of visualization. The workshop is intended to put different ways of seeing, knowing, articulating, and transforming arguments into dialogue in order to foster and to intensify collaborations between humanities and visualization researchers. We are particularly interested in papers and provocations that bring different disciplines together. More information is available on http://vis4dh.dbvis.de/ <http://vis4dh.dbvis.de/>. _______________________________________________ # CfP - Paper Track This year, we invite a dialogue on the topic and terminology around “data”, a contested term within and between a range of disciplines - very broadly speaking, the meaning and implications of the term “data” can vastly differ across the sciences and humanities and related subfields. There are varying perspectives on the meaning and use of data that impact how we engage and debate it. “Data” seems core to visualization! Or is it? We are especially interested in a number of open questions in this space, including but not limited to the following: • What counts as data in humanities visualizations? How are marginalized forms of data mobilized? • What makes data data (or not data)? Is data always digital? • What methods can be explored for constructing, collecting, and/or analyzing data at the intersection of visualization and the (digital) humanities? How does data and its representations affect our interpretations? • What gets lost and/or constructed when transforming data? How can we make constructions/transformations visible? • How do we visually measure and convey differences in data? • How can we maintain a focus on the particular while enabling higher-level views? • What is the role of (interactive) visualization in transdisciplinary data- and humanities-driven exchange? • How do we make sure that interactions with data and its representations are faithful? • How can we re-imagine an engagement with data through visualization that takes an inclusive, embracing transdisciplinary perspective? We invite papers at the intersection of visualization and (digital) humanities that provide both theoretical and applied perspectives around these and other questions. For our paper track we are seeking works from scholars in visualization, the humanities, social science, and the arts who use visualization as part of the process of analyzing and interrogating human culture. Submissions will present original research ideas or results as they relate to visualization for the digital humanities. Each submission should clearly state its specific contribution to this growing field of research. # Submitting a paper Submissions will take the form of short (4-6 page - excluding references) papers. Submissions are meant to describe and critically discuss works at the intersection of visualization and humanities research, including applied case studies and empirical results and/or theoretical perspectives. We welcome works that highlight the difficulties (and proposed solutions) of designing visualizations in the context of humanities research and/or applying concepts from humanities research to foster visualization research and design. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to present their paper at the workshop. All presentations will be followed by a lively discussion with workshop participants. Paper submissions should be in PDF format following the two-column IEEE TVCG Conference Style Template (http://junctionpublishing.org/vgtc/Tasks/camera.html) Papers should be submitted via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vis4dh0 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vis4dh0>) by July 10, 2020 (5pm PST). Notifications will be sent on August 7, 2020. Submissions to the Paper Tracks will be optionally double-blind. Authors wishing to submit their work double-blind should remove author information from the cover page of their submitted document, and take care to avoid identifying information in the submission itself. _______________________________________________ # CfP - Provocations Track This year, we are introducing a new track at VIS4DH: “Provocations.” Submissions to this track will take the form of a paragraph articulating a strongly-held viewpoint that addresses a particular perspective on this year’s workshop topic, Re-Thinking, Re-Defining, Re-Imagining Data. We especially seek submissions likely to elicit back-and-forth debate within the interdisciplinary VIS4DH community. This years submissions to the Provocations track should reflect on the following question: What is the most undervalued or misunderstood issue surrounding the use of the term “data” in visualization and (digital) humanities collaborations? # Submitting a provocation Submissions to the Provocations track should take the following format: • Title: Provide a title that roughly describes the topic of your provocation/viewpoint. • Summary of provocation (1 sentence): One-sentence summary that describes the essence of your viewpoint/argument. • Provocation statement & argument (200 words): Provides a brief description of your provocation and its argument. • Counter-Perspective(s) (optional, 100 words): Provides potential counter-arguments to your provocation. Accepted authors will be invited to present their viewpoint and argument in form of a panel discussion at the workshop. Accepted provocations will also be published on the workshop website. Submissions will be judged based on the quality of the argument they make as well as their likelihood of provoking fruitful discussion. Submissions to the Provocations Tracks will be optionally double blind. Authors wishing to submit their work double-blind should indicate this in the submission form on EasyChair and take care to avoid identifying information in the submission itself. Papers should be submitted via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vis4dh0 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vis4dh0>) by August 24, 2020 (5pm PST). Notifications will be sent on September 7, 2020. _______________________________________________ # Important Dates [Papers] Submission Deadline Notification Deadline Camera Ready Submission Deadline 10 July 2020 7 August, 2020 1 September, 2020 [Provocations] Submission deadline: Notification Deadline: 24 August 2020 7 September 2020 IEEE VIS Conference: VIS4DH Workshop 25-30 October 2020 25 October 2020 Best, Houda Lamqaddam, for the VIS4DH OC

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