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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 14 Aug '25

14 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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Seeking Participants for Experiment on Visualization Design
by Hannah Katserdemwa Bako 30 Jul '25

30 Jul '25

Greetings! The HDI group at the University of Maryland is conducting a study to assess data visualization experts’ perceptions of visualization design diversity. We are seeking out participants for an 80-minute study (no more than 2 hours). In the session, you will be required to review selected designs and answer questions to evaluate the designs according to predetermined criteria. This is an opportunity to be an active contributor to current and future research in data science and data visualization. We will collect your responses to the questions as well as some personal demographic data. Your participation is completely voluntary, and any data you share with us will be de-identified. If selected, you will be compensated with a $15 gift card for participating in this study. To participate, you must meet the following criteria: 1) Be over the age of 18 2) Have substantial experience using and creating visualizations. If you are interested, please complete the recruitment survey to determine eligibility: https://umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_3ypnYILC7pmb03k If you have any questions or concerns, please send an email to hbako(a)umd.edu . Thank you for your time. Hannah Bako University of Maryland, College Park Principal Investigator: Zhicheng (Leo) Liu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, College Park

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GD 2025: CALL FOR POSTERS
by Andreas Kerren 29 Jul '25

29 Jul '25

Sorry if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. ================================================================ GD 2025: CALL FOR POSTERS The 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025) September 24-26, 2025, Norrköping, Sweden https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/ ================================================================ IMPORTANT DATES - Poster submission deadline: August 22 - Poster notification: September 1 ================================================================ *Graph Drawing* is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and constitutes the algorithmic core of *Network Visualization*. Graph Drawing and Network Visualization are motivated by applications for which it is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Application areas include data science, social sciences, web computing, information systems, life sciences, geography, business intelligence, information security, and software engineering. Graph Drawing has been the main annual conference in this area for more than 30 years. Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing, their experimental evaluation, as well as the design of network visualization systems and interfaces. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspects of graph drawing and network visualization are invited to contribute papers and posters and to participate in the symposium as well as the graph drawing contest. GD 2025 will be held in Norrköping, Sweden, on September 24-26, 2025 with a reception on the evening of September 23. A preconference PhD school will take place September 22-23, 2025. GD 2025 is designed to be held on-site. It is expected that regular papers are presented on site by one of the authors. To address the global challenges and as an offer for authors who are unable to attend we allow for a limited number of remote presentations, as further explained below. The code of conduct for the GD conference can be found at http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html ================================================================ *POSTERS* Submissions of posters on graph drawing, network visualization, and related areas are solicited. The poster session will provide a forum for the communication of late-breaking research results (which may also appear elsewhere) to the GD community. Authors of posters should prepare an abstract that must be submitted together with the poster itself. Each submission will thus consist of two pdf files (the abstract and the poster). ================================================================ RULES FOR SUBMISSION Each poster must be presented at the conference by an author. The proceedings will be published in the LIPIcs <https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/lipics> series. To facilitate the process, submissions have to be prepared in accordance with the LIPIcs author instructions <https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/LIPIcs#author>, the page provides links to the LIPIcs class file along with an example and detailed author instructions. For the submission, the use of the LaTeX class file gd-lipics-v2.cls <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2025/assets/template/gd-lipics-v2.cls> is requested. The class file is a wrapper around the standard LIPIcs class and implements line counting, see CG-linecount.pdf <https://www.computational-geometry.org/guidelines/linecount_2022_09_19.pdf> for details. Submissions must not exceed the following limits: - 80 lines for posters’ abstracts. The above limits do not include front matter (title, authors, and affiliations) and references. The class files provide line counting which should be accurate in most cases. Authors should avoid substantial amounts of text in unnumbered lines. In addition, the main content of the paper must not exceed the following page limits excluding references: - 3 pages for posters’ abstracts. For poster submissions, no appendix is expected. We also encourage authors to avoid "et al." in citations in favor of an equal mention of the surnames of all authors. For references with few authors, it is recommended to name all of them; if the number of authors is large, consider writing "(It is shown that) X [#]" or "The authors in [#] show that X" instead of "A et al. [#] show that X". Posters should be submitted electronically via Easychair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gd2025>. The proceedings will be published in the *Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)* series and are available open access. ================================================================ SINGLE-BLIND REVIEW PROCESS Poster submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee in a single-blind mode. In particular, the submitted abstract should contain the authors’ names, affiliations, and email addresses. ================================================================ AWARDS To recognize the effort of participants to prepare their posters in a clear and elegant way, there will be a Best Poster Award voted on by the GD 2025 attendees. ================================================================ INVITED SPEAKERS Hans Bodlaender, Utrecht University, Netherlands Huamin Qu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong ================================================================ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Andreas Kerren, Linköping University, Sweden (general co-chair) Kostiantyn Kucher, Linköping University, Sweden (general co-chair) Claudio Linhares, Linnaeus University, Sweden (PhD school chair) Nico Reski, Linköping University, Sweden (Decision Arena chair) Zeyang Huang, Linköping University, Sweden (web chair) ================================================================ PROGRAM COMMITTEE Alessio Arleo, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands Michael Bekos, University of Ioannina, Greece Markus Chimani, University of Osnabrück, Germany Éric Colin de Verdière, CNRS, LIGM, Marne-la-Vallée, France Giordano Da Lozzo, Roma Tre University, Italy Sara Di Bartolomeo, TU Wien, Austria Vida Dujmovic, University of Ottawa, Canada (program co-chair) Henry Förster, TU Munich, Germany Fabrizio Frati, Roma Tre University, Italy Robert Ganian, TU Wien, Austria Daniel Gonçalves, CNRS & University of Montpellier, France Siddharth Gupta, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, India Thekla Hamm, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands Takayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu University, Japan Philipp Kindermann, Trier University, Germany Stephen Kobourov, TU Munich, Germany Kostiantyn Kucher, Linköping University, Sweden Silvia Miksch, TU Wien, Austria Fabrizio Montecchiani, University of Perugia, Italy (program co-chair) Pat Morin, Carleton University, Canada Tamara Mchedlidze, Utrecht University, Netherlands Giacomo Ortali, University of Perugia, Italy Sergey Pupyrev, Meta, USA Marcus Schaefer, DePaul University, USA Raphael Steiner, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Andrew Suk, University of California San Diego, USA Antonios Symvonis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Csaba D. Tóth, CSU Northridge, USA Torsten Ueckerdt, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Pavel Valtr, Charles University, Czech Republic Tatiana von Landesberger, University of Cologne, Germany Meirav Zehavi, Ben-Gurion University, Israel ================================================================ CONTEST COMMITTEE Sara Di Bartolomeo, University of Konstanz, Germany Fabian Klute, UPC Barcelona, Spain (chair) Debajyoti Mondal, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Jules Wulms, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands

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[CFP] VISxAgent Challenge: Build an AI Agent for VIS & Win Prizes
by ztchen＠umn.edu 29 Jul '25

29 Jul '25

Hi my friend, I'm sharing a great opportunity from the IEEE VISxGenAI workshop—a challenge to build an agent for data VIS using LangGraph. It's a fun, easy project perfect for a weekend hackathon, especially for your junior students: - 5 awards are available, with prizes including up to **$3,000** in cloud credits. - No model training needed. Focus on prompting and agent design with the provided starter kit based on LangGraph UI - Sponsored by AWS GenAI Innovation Center, a good chance for networking and potential internships. - Adds a cutting-edge, agent-based AI project from a top-tier conference to your resume. The deadline is August 20th. Check out all the details: https://www.visagent.org/ Best, Zhu-Tian (on behalf of the VISxGenAI organizers)

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[DL: Aug 20th, 2025] CfP: Visual Analytics in Healthcare 2025 Doctoral Consortium
by Arleo, Alessio 23 Jul '25

23 Jul '25

#### Call for Participation: VAHC 2025 Doctoral Consortium #### Co‑located with IEEE VIS 2025 / Vienna / November 2nd, 2025 Learn more: https://visualanalyticshealthcare.github.io/homepage/2025/docconsortium.html The 2025 Workshop on Visual Analytics (VA) in Healthcare (VAHC 2025) is the 16th annual workshop that provides an opportunity for participants to discuss state-of-the-art interactive visual data analysis techniques and review how such techniques can be applied to healthcare data. Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), generative AI, and other emerging technologies have led to a growing and evolving need for healthcare VA solutions. These technologies can be leveraged to enhance AI explainability and improve human data analysis through AI-driven reasoning. The VAHC Doctoral Consortium offers PhD candidates conducting research in visual analytics applied to healthcare challenges to discuss their research, and to receive feedback from experienced scholars and peers. We aim to connect promising doctoral candidates with senior mentors and peers for thesis guidance, domain-specific feedback, and community-building opportunities. We welcome topics including (but not limited to): - Clinical data visualization (EMR exploration, decision support systems) - Explainable AI for diagnostics, treatment planning, healthcare education, etc. - Visual analytics for mobile/digital health - Multi-modal integration of medical and -omics data - Patient-centered analytics (healthcare accessibility, remote monitoring, coordination of care, etc.) - Public‑health visualization (e.g., pandemic care) Initiative is oriented to the following applicants: - PhD candidates with at least one year remaining before defense - Investigating dissertation topics focusing on visual analytics applied to healthcare challenges Participants will receive: - Opportunity to discuss their dissertation topic with experienced peers within the VAHC community - Targeted feedback from senior mentors - Peer discussion and networking opportunities - Guidance on thesis refinement, research design, evaluation, and publication planning Applications will be evaluated on their: - Relevance to visual analytics for healthcare - Dissertation stage and advisor’s assessment of readiness - Potential to benefit from mentorship ## Event Format & Timeline ## Please note: In-person attendance is required for participation. In‑person event with individual presentations and small‑group mentorship. Participants are expected to attend the full workshop VAHC day collocated with IEEE VIS 2025 in Vienna, Austria. When: Sunday, November 2 2025 Where: Vienna, Austria (co-located with the VAHC workshop) Submission deadline: August 20, 2025, 23:59 AoE Notification of acceptance: September 5, 2025 (3 days before early bird registration ends) ## Organizers & Chairs ## ORGANIZERS: Alessio Arleo, TU Eindhoven — General Chair Gabriela Morgenshtern, University of Zurich — Co‑Chair Renata G. Raidou, TU Wien — Co‑Chair CONSORTIUM CHAIRS: Renata G. Raidou, TU Wien Jürgen Bernard, University of Zurich David Gotz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [To be announced] (keynote speaker) ## Submission Guidelines ## Submit a single PDF to vahc.sig(a)gmail.com<mailto:vahc.sig@gmail.com> by August 20, 2025, 23:59 AoE, containing: 1. Three-page summary (excluding references), covering: - Abstract (max 150 words) - Problem statement, including the topic’s significance to healthcare - Research questions - Related work - Proposed methodology - Progress and preliminary results, including a summary of existing publications - Planned contributions and evaluation strategy - Expected impact of the thesis on the visualization and healthcare communities - Mentorship request (250-300 words): Specifying the feedback you seek (e.g., evaluation design, clinical validation strategy). 2. Supervisor endorsement letter: Confirming PhD candidacy or enrollment in a PhD program, project topic and timeline, and expected benefit to the candidate. This should not be a letter of recommendation, but rather a brief statement of support. Formatting: Submissions should be single-author only. Please use the VGTC Conference Style LaTeX/Word template, which can be found here: https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/publications/conference Contact & Submission Please email submissions to: vahc.sig(a)gmail.com<mailto:vahc.sig@gmail.com> Website and mailing list: https://visualanalyticshealthcare.github.io/homepage/2025/docconsortium.html

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🔍 SURVEY: Graph Analytics Pain Points 🌐
by Behrisch, M. (Michael) 16 Jul '25

16 Jul '25

🔍 SURVEY: Graph Analytics Pain Points 🌐 https://edu.nl/txvgu Are you working with networks, entity relationships, or complex connected data? We want to hear from you! The Visualization and Graphics Group at Utrecht University is conducting a scientific survey to better understand the challenges, frustrations, and needs of professionals and researchers in (knowledge) graph analytics. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲? Your insights will directly contribute to academic research aimed at making graph analytics more accessible and effective for everyone. The survey explores real-world practices and unmet needs in analyzing and visualizing graph data, helping to guide the next generation of visual analytics tools. 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Just 7–8 minutes 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻: Anyone working with graph-based data—regardless of technical background 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: All responses are anonymous and used only for scientific research 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄: https://edu.nl/txvgu Thank you for supporting research to lower barriers and improve the usability of graph data analysis and visualization for all users. For questions or more information, contact the Visualization and Graphics Group at Utrecht University. Michael Behrisch Associate Professor Visual Analytics Utrecht University CTO GraphPolaris Telephone: +687110577 Web: https://www.michael.behrisch.info Company: https://www.graphpolaris.com Schedule a meeting: https://cal.com/mbehrisch

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