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Post Doc research post for 3D modeler/fabricator
by TOM CORBY 20 Feb '19

20 Feb '19

Dear Colleagues, please forward the following to those who may be interested. This is an AHRC funded research assistant role (34 months) to work on the physical representation of climate change and its data at Central St Martins. Apologies for cross-posting. Materializing Data, Embodying Climate Change brings together Central Saint Martins, the British Antarctic Survey and Birkbeck, University of London in a ground-breaking three-year project to produce art and design artefacts that explore how physical translations of climate data enable new experiences and cultural representations of our changing environment. Working as part of a research team, the post-holder will be responsible for producing art and design artefacts derived from environmental data resources, employing both digital fabrication and 3D printing as well as more traditional model-making approaches by using a range of materials. You will work closely with a Postdoctoral Research Fellow programmer who will produce software and data resources, and you will have responsibility for academic reporting and documentation of research (conference papers, journal articles and other outputs), in collaboration with the Principal Investigator and other core staff. The role offers a unique opportunity to work with internationally respected artists, designers and scientists as a co-collaborator in a major project funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council. https://ual.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-1/candidate/so…

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TVX 2019: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION [Demos, Workshops, WiPs, DC & Industry Track]
by Jonathan Hook 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

TVX 2019: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION [Demos, Workshops, WiPs, DC & Industry Track] ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television & Online Video 5-7 June 2019 Manchester, UK http://tvx2019.com The ACM TVX 2019 Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video will be held on 5-7 June 2019 at Manchester’s MediaCityUK hub for technology innovation and creativity. TVX is the leading international conference for presentation and discussion of research into online video and TV interaction and user experience. The conference brings together international researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, ranging from human-computer interaction, multimedia engineering and design to media studies, media psychology and sociology. While the Long and Short & Paper deadline for TVX 2019 has now passed, there are still a multitude of really exciting opportunities to participate, which we describe in the email. We are looking forward to receiving your insightful and cutting edge submissions, and look forward to meeting you in Manchester! Jon Hook, Marian Ursu & Phil Stenton TVX 2019 General Chairs == DEMOS == A chance to give hands of demos of your latest cutting-edge interactive experiences to an audience of academics and industry professionals. This year, demos will be presented in the “TVX Conference Bazaar”, a hands-on day of interactivity at the BBC. This means that demos will be bigger, better and more extravagant than ever before. - Submission deadline: 22nd March 2019 - Demo chairs: Shauna Concannon and Timothy Neate (demos(a)tvx2019.com) - More info: https://tvx.acm.org/2019/participation/demos/ == WORK IN PROGRESS == Work-in-Progress (WiP provides a forum to share recent viewpoints, new discoveries, and early-stage design and development to the TVX audience. The WiP track thus provides a unique opportunity for exchanging brave new ideas, for receiving feedback on projects currently in progress and for fostering collaborations. This year, WiPs will be presented as a short pitch presentation and a physical poster (with a optional demo) in the “TVX Conference Bazaar”, a hands-on day of interactivity at the BBC. - Submission deadline: 22nd March 2019 - Work-in-Progress chairs: Werner Bailer and Rhianne Jones (wip(a)tvx2019.com) - More info: https://tvx.acm.org/2019/participation/work-in-progress/ == TVX-IN-INDUSTRY == TVX-in-Industry offers the ideal opportunity to demonstrate your organisation’s commitment to research and innovation. TVX-in-Industry offers proven opportunities for your organisation to make hundreds of delegates aware of your commitment. We are looking for standout presentations that will help to provoke discussion, networking and collaboration amongst conference delegates throughout the day. We would like to showcase significant advances in research and development, technologies and real-world experiences that have industrial applicability. Contributions concerning business cases, marketing and market insights, case studies, best practices and lessons learned are also welcome. The TVX-in-Industry programme will take place on the third day of the conference, Friday 7th June, as part of the “TVX Conference Bazaar”, a hands-on day of interactivity at the BBC. - Submission deadline: 16th April 2019 - TVX in Industry chairs: Ian Kegel and Ian Forrester (industry(a)tvx2019.com) - More info: https://tvx.acm.org/2019/tvx-in-industry/ == DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM == The Doctoral Consortium is a forum for you to share your work and ideas with fellow PhD students, and with more experienced researchers in your field. You’ll get the chance to give a presentation on your work, get feedback and suggestions from a range of other people, and participate in practical group activity that will help you support each other with ideas for research approaches and having a great PhD experience. If you are a doctoral candidate who has found yourself reading or referencing work presented at TVX in the past, or if you the scope of TVX makes you feel that this is a community that you would benefit from being part of, then we would love for you to apply to join us in Manchester. - Submission deadline: 22nd March 2019 - Doctoral Consortium chairs: Mike Evans and Hartmut Koenitz (dc(a)tvx2019.com) - More info: https://tvx.acm.org/2019/doctoral-consortium/ == WORKSHOPS == TVX19 workshops provide an informal setting where participants have the opportunity to discuss familiar and novel topics in an atmosphere that fosters active engagement and exchange of ideas. Workshops provide a space to generate ideas that enable the TVX community to explore new, organized ways of thinking about specific topics, and emerging areas or that result in promising directions for future research. This year we are excited to invite you to participate in workshops on four thought provoking and cutting-edge TVX topics: Workshop 1: Interactive Radio Experiences Nowadays radio shows are much more than a linear broadcast feed — they’re all about user engagement. At the same time, many users are no longer only connected to a radio station brand through the linear broadcast channel, but also through digital platforms, and interaction through social media is becoming ever more important. Digital services enable broadcasters and users to customise the radio experience. Radio is today a medium embedded in a context of social media, interaction and personalisation. This workshop thus aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on tools, services and applications enabling interactive radio experiences. - Submission deadline: 22nd February 2019 - More info: https://www.projectmarconi.eu/calendar/interactive-radio-experiences Workshop 2: Research in the Wild via Performance: Challenges, Ethics and Opportunities Performance can be combined with interactive, online and immersive video as a way of conducting research in the wild. This comes with opportunities to the HCI researcher, with the potential to create surprisingly intimate, aesthetic content which can reconfigure the research context. There are, however, challenges to this mode of working, particularly in how this work may be evaluated, practical challenges and ethical quandaries. ‘Research in the Wild via Performance’ will explore tactics of combining live performance with interactive video as a tool for the HCI researcher, exploring challenges and quandaries through crafting and deploying live performances. - Submission deadline: 22nd February 2019 - More info: https://www.performanceinthewild.com Workshop 3: 1st Intl Workshop on Data-Driven Personalization of Television (DataTV 2019) The aim of the DataTV 2019 workshop will be to address the increasing importance and relevance of richly granular and semantically expressive data about TV content in the media value chain. Such data needs extraction, modelling and management before it can be meaningfully reused in new, innovative services for TV content such as: i) content Summarization (e.g. to provide highlights of a program according to a specific user, theme or channel); ii) recommendation and Scheduling across Publication Channels (Broadcast, Streaming, Social Networks); and iii) in Stream Personalisation of Content (both spatial and temporal modification of text, audio, video). - Submission deadline: April 10, 2019 - More info: http://datatv2019.iti.gr/ Workshop 4: Using Design Fiction to Explore the Ethics of VR in the Wild In this half-day workshop, we will explore the ethics of Virtual Reality (VR) through conversations framed around design fictions. Affordable head-mounted displays (HMDs) and accessible VR content are now within reach of large audiences, yet many of VR’s most urgent challenges remain underexplored. In addition to the many known unknowns (e.g. how do we manage sensory conflicts and spatial limitations in VR?), there are many more unknown unknowns (e.g. what kinds of psychological, social and cultural impact will VR provoke?). By bringing together diverse scenarios and design fictions created specifically to explore VR ethics, we will facilitate a rich discussion that will inform the development of three high-fidelity design fictions that will be used to explore the ethics of VR in future workshops, including one in Bristol (Nov 2019: part of the Virtual Realities Immersive Documentary Encounters project). - More info: http://vrethics.info/ == FURTHER INFORMATION == For up-to-date information and further details visit: http://tvx2019.com. To keep updated about conference developments, you may also wish to join our mailing list (tvx-announce(a)listserv.acm.org) using the subscription form on this page (https://tvx.acm.org/sc/) or by sending a mail to listserv(a)acm.org with the following text in the body of the mail: “subscribe tvx-announce Firstname Lastname”. For any other questions, please contact the conference chairs on: chairs(a)tvx2019.com.

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[EuroVA2019] CFP: EuroVA 2019 - EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics in Porto, Portogal
by Organizers EuroVA 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Dear colleagues, Please find below the call for papers for EuroVA 2019 - EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics. We are celebrating the 10th anniversary of EuroVA!! The deadline is less than a month away, and we highlight that this year selected EuroVA papers will be invited to extend their work for a special issue of ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (ACM TiiS) following the event. EuroVA 2019 Workshop http://www.eurova.org EuroVA 2019 is the tenth international EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics. It will take place on Monday, June 3, 2019 in Porto, Portugal and is co-located with EuroVis 2019 (https://www.eurovis.org) Visual Analytics is a problem-solving and sense-making technology that integrates analytical computations, visual representations, and interaction. It includes the analysis of complex (massive, dynamic, uncertain, …) data and information for gaining understanding, building knowledge, and inferring insight. Visual Analytics aims at a synergistic collaboration of humans and computers mediated through interactive visual interfaces. As such, Visual Analytics is an interdisciplinary field of research, including aspects of visualization, human-computer interaction, statistics and mathematics, data management and knowledge representation, data analysis and machine learning, cognitive and perceptual sciences, and more. EuroVA 2019 is the premier workshop to present and discuss fresh ideas on new methods and theories, novel applications, designs, and studies on the use of Visual Analytics methods and systems. The workshop will accept a wide range of contributions within the broad area of Visual Analytics, including novel techniques, systems, applications, evaluation studies and methods, and theoretical foundations, as well as fresh viewpoints on future challenges and critical reflections. Proceedings will be published in EG Digital Library. As a new development this year, selected papers will be invited to submit an extended paper to a special issue of ACM TiiS. Call for Submissions EuroVA, a premiere workshop on Visual Analytics, is celebrating its 10th anniversary! The workshop seeks to attract innovative, fresh and creative ideas with a high potential of becoming significant contributions to the Visual Analytics community. We welcome a wide range of contributions within the broad area of Visual Analytics, including research papers presenting novel techniques or systems, evaluation studies and methods, and theoretical foundations, application papers, that describe success stories of Visual Analytics in practice, as well as fresh position papers expressing novel and potentially controversial viewpoints on Visual Analytics. Topics The workshop covers a broad range of topics in the area of Visual Analytics including, but not limited to: - User aspects in Visual Analytics - Scalable Visual Analytics - Visual Analytics for machine learning & machine learning for Visual Analytics - Decision making through Visual Analytics - Visual Analytics of streaming data - Uncertainty-aware Visual Analytics - Visual Analytics in Data Science - Interaction techniques and novel data representations for data analysis - Visual analysis of analytical processes and provenance - Infrastructures, systems, frameworks, and architectures for Visual Analytics - Data management, data provenance, and data uncertainty - Evaluation of Visual Analytics - Methodologic and theoretical foundations of Visual Analytics - Visual Analytics applications, such as sports, medicine, biology, finance, security, telecommunication, travel, … Of special interest this year are also papers relating to interpretability and explainability issues in the use of algorithms within decision making processes and a number of specific topics in this area could be, but not limited to: - Role of interactive visualization in interpretable and explainable Machine Learning - Consideration of human factors in making decisions with Machine Learning algorithms - Facilitating Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability through Visual Analytics - Novel forms of representation and interaction for supporting non-experts in interpreting complex algorithmic results - Visual analytics for interactive, informed model building - Uncertainty-aware visual analytics for the consideration of inherent uncertainty in data and algorithms Important Dates - Submission: March 7, 2019 - Notification: April 10, 2019 - Camera-ready: April 24, 2019 - Workshop: June 3, 2019 All submission deadlines are at 23:59 GMT on the date indicated. Submission Guidelines Papers, 4 pages in length + 1 extra page for references (maximum) must be prepared using the EuroVA LaTeX template, which can be downloaded here: download link <http://www.eurova.org/wp-content/uploads/egPublStyle-EuroVA2018.zip> Papers are to be submitted via the new PCS at https://new.precisionconference.com/eurova19a. The submissions should be double-blind. Publication and Special Issue Papers At least one author of an accepted paper must register and participate in the workshop to present the accepted work. The EuroVA 2019 Workshop Proceedings will be published by the Eurographics Association <https://www.eg.org/>, and be stored on the Eurographics Digital Library <https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/982>. The authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to a special issue of ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS) (https://tiis.acm.org/) with the title “Interactive Visual Analytics for Making Explainable and Accountable Decisions”. Organizers Program chairs - Tatiana von Landesberger, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany - Cagatay Turkay, City, University of London, UK Publicity chair - Michael Behrisch, Harvard University Steering Committee - Daniel Keim, University of Konstanz Germany - Jörn Kohlhammer, Fraunhofer IGD, Germany Links News: http://www.eurova.org/ EuroVA 2019: http://www.eurova.org/eurova-2019

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Reminder: CDVE2019 abstract deadline coming soon
by cdve .org 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

The CDVE2019 conference, the 16th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering will be held from October 6-9, 2019 in Mallorca, Spain. You are welcome to submit unpublished papers to the conference. The conference proceedings of CDVE2019 will be published by the LNCS - Lecture Notes in Computer Science by Springer and indexed by ISI(CPCI-S), Web of Science, EI, Scopus, DBLP, ACM Digital Library. Selected papers will be invited to fully expand to be included in special issues of a couple SCI indexed journals. The topics of the paper should be within the scope of the conference. See the conference web page http://www.cdve.org/cfpaper.html for detailed information. At least one keyword of your paper should be chosen from the call of papers. The abstract format can be found on http://www.cdve.org/submit.html. You can also submit the full paper directly and follow the LNCS format restrictively. The submission page is: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cdve2019 <http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cdve2018> *How to avoid paper being rejected? Submit an abstract!* *Abstract submission - 2 pages, Feb 15, 2019. *This step is* recommended not compulsory. *You can submit a paper without submitting an abstract*. *You will get feedbacks from us. The feedback is to help to raise the quality of your paper at the earlier stage. *Full paper deadline: April 10, 2019.* Full Papers - 8 pages. *Short Paper submission: April 20, 2019*. Short papers - 4 pages. *Poster Paper abstract submission deadline:* June 20, 2019 *Final camera ready paper due and registration for accepted paper authors:* June 20, 2019 *Early registration for all others:* July 31, 2019 *Oct. 6 - 9, 2019*, CDVE2019 conference, Mallorca, Spain *Venue* Mallorca is a famous vacation resort in the Mediterranean Sea with beautiful landscape - long beaches, plains, mountains and cliffs. It is the number one choice for Europeans to spend their holidays and the home of CDVE conferences. The airport code is PMI. You will enjoy it for sure! *Contact* All questions about submissions should be emailed to cdve2019(a)easychair.org <cdve2018(a)easychair.org> Please feel free to forward this call. You can also reply to this mail with a mail title: “Unsubscribe” to stop receiving further calls from CDVE2019. The 16th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering Oct. 6 - 9, 2019, Mallorca, Spain Email: cdve2019(a)easychair.org <cdve2018(a)easychair.org> Web: http://www.cdve.org

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PhD scholarships and Postdoc positions in Big Complex Data Visual Analytics
by SH Hong 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

** Please circulate the following advertisement to prospective students and researchers. *Several positions (PhD scholarships, Postdocs, Research Assistant) are available in Big Complex Data Visual Analytics* *DESCRIPTION* The Information Visualisation Researcg lab, School of Computer Science, The University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia), is offering several PhD scholarships and Postdoc positions for highly motivated and qualified candidates. The candidates are expected to undertake a wide spectrum of research issues in the context of visual analytics of big complex data. The focus of the research includes issues related to visualisation, cloud computing and data mining. The University of Sydney is Australia's first university and has an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. The School of Computer Science (SCS) at the University of Sydney is embarking on an exciting growth journey pushing the frontiers to new research areas enjoys a strong reputation for research and teaching within Australia and worldwide. *ELIGIBILITY* To be eligible for the scholarship the candidate must: • have an honors (or masters degree)/PhD degree in the area of Computer Science or related discipline, with outstanding grades. • show evidence of research ability — e.g. research publications. *CONTACT* Further information can be obtained from Prof. Seokhee Hong (Email: seokhee.hong(a)sydney.edu.au <athman.bouguettaya(a)sydney.edu.au>). Applications should include a curriculum vitae (CV) and a copy of an academic transcript. <https://drive.google.com/u/0/settings/storage?hl=en> <https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/> <https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/> <https://www.google.com/gmail/about/policy/>

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ACM IUI 2019: Conference program online, early registration deadline on Feb 8th
by Axel Soto 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2019) March 16-20 Los Angeles, USA ACM IUI 2019 (https://iui.acm.org/2019/index.html) is the 24th annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community. The program for this year's conference can be found online: https://iui.acm.org/2019/program.html . You can also found information about the two panels to be held: https://iui.acm.org/2019/panel.html Registration is open, please register and book your hotel room as soon as possible (last year, registration was sold out one month in advance!). Early registration deadline is tomorrow. This year we have two registration options. Main conference+workshop: Main conference+workshop registration includes the main conference from March 16 to March 20, 2019, with keynotes, paper presentations, posters, demos, workshops, a reception, and a banquet. Workshop only: Workshops will be on March 20, 2019. Registration dates: - Early registration (until Feb 8th) - Late registration (until March 15) - Onsite (after March 15) Please visit https://iui.acm.org/2019/registration.html for more details. Also information on accommodation can be found at: https://iui.acm.org/2019/accomodation.html

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InfoVis tools survey: what factors affect you when selecting a software
by Ahmed Omran 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

Number of Software tools in Information Visualization is sky rocketing. End-users have different factors that affect their decision to select a software tool and how it will meet their requirements. This questionnaire and Responses will help to thorough understand factors that affect non-technical people and end users when selecting Information Visualization software tool. These will be the main input to a new model that can categorize Information Visualization tools. Consequently, end users will get list of candidate tools that meet their visualization requirement. https://goo.gl/forms/nr9EatyDRNh4Hon43 All questions are direct and clear, though we ask you to try to answer each of them as best as you can. This work is under supervision of researchers at the University of Kadir Has/ Turkey. If you have questions or comments, please contact Mr. Omran (20151708049@stu. khas.edu.tr), Dr. Yetkin (fatih.yetkin(a)khas.edu.tr) Thanks! On Tue, Feb 5, 2019, 1:00 PM <infovis-request(a)infovis.org wrote: > Send Infovis mailing list submissions to > infovis(a)infovis.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.infovis.org/mailman/listinfo/infovis > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > infovis-request(a)infovis.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > infovis-owner(a)infovis.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Infovis digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Deadline extended to 1 Apr 2019 - CFP: IEEE CG&A Special > Issue on "Provenance and Logging for Sense Making" (Kai Xu) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 17:22:54 +0000 > From: Kai Xu <K.Xu(a)mdx.ac.uk> > To: "chi-Announcements(a)acm.org" <chi-Announcements(a)acm.org>, > "ieee_vis(a)listserv.uni-tuebingen.de" > <ieee_vis(a)listserv.uni-tuebingen.de>, "infovis(a)infovis.org" > <infovis(a)infovis.org> > Cc: Melanie Tory <mtory(a)tableau.com>, Jean-Daniel Fekete > <Jean-Daniel.Fekete(a)inria.fr>, "T.J. Jankun-Kelly" <tjk(a)acm.org> > Subject: [Infovis] Deadline extended to 1 Apr 2019 - CFP: IEEE CG&A > Special Issue on "Provenance and Logging for Sense Making" > Message-ID: <62DE8865-BCEA-498A-963B-9621592DF144(a)mdx.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi All, > > Just a quick note that the special issue deadline is now extended to 1 > April 2019 (it was 1 Mach 2019). > > Regards, > > Guest Editors > Kai Xu (k.xu(a)mdx.ac.uk) Middlesex University > Melanie Tory (mtory(a)tableau.com) Tableau Research > T.J. Jankun-Kelly (tjk(a)acm.org) Mississippi State University > Jean-Daniel Fekete (Jean-Daniel.Fekete(a)inria.fr) INRIA Unit? de > Recherche Saclay > > > On 18 Jan 2019, at 23:25, Kai Xu <K.Xu(a)mdx.ac.uk> wrote: > > CFP: IEEE CG&A Special Issue on "Provenance and Logging for Sense Making" > > Submission: 1 April 2019 > Publication: November/December 2019 > > > https://publications.computer.org/cga/2018/10/02/special-issue-provenance-l… > > Sense making is one of the biggest challenges in data analysis faced by > both the industry and the research community. It involves understanding the > data and uncovering its model, generating a hypothesis, selecting analysis > methods, creating novel solutions, designing evaluation, and also critical > thinking and learning wherever needed. The research and development for > such sense making tasks lags far behind the fast-changing user needs. As a > result, sense making is often performed manually and the limited human > cognition capability becomes the bottleneck of sense making in data > analysis and decision making. > > A recent advance in sense making research is the capture, visualization, > and analysis of provenance information. Provenance is the history and > context of sense making, including the data/analysis used and the users? > critical thinking process. It has been shown that provenance can > effectively support many sense making tasks. For instance, provenance can > provide an overview of what has been examined and reveal gaps such as > unexplored information or solution possibilities. Besides, provenance can > support collaborative sense making and communication by sharing the rich > context of the sense making process. > > Besides data analysis and decision making, provenance has been studied in > many other fields, sometimes under different names, for different types of > sense making. For example, the Human-Computer Interaction community relies > on the analysis of logging to understand user behaviors and intentions; the > WWW and database community has been working on data lineage to understand > uncertainty and trustworthiness; and finally, reproducible science heavily > relies on provenance to improve the reliability and efficiency of > scientific research. > > For this special issue, we are soliciting papers that describe innovative > research, design, system/tools, and viewpoints regarding the collection, > analysis, and summarization of provenance information to support the design > and evaluation of novel techniques for sense making across different > application domains: > > ? Use cases of provenance and logging information, such as: > ? Supporting sense making; > ? Understanding user sense making activities and/or evaluation of > sense making tools; > ? Supporting collaborative sense making; > ? Providing sense making transparency and reproducibility > ? Research related to the challenges in capturing the required provenance > information, such as: > ? The complex provenance information required for different use > cases; > ? Automatic capture of high-level provenance such as human > thinking and reasoning; > ? Software architecture for provenance capture for both new and > existing systems. > ? Research related to the analysis and visualization of provenance data, > such as: > ? Visualization and summarization of provenance information; > ? Machine learning and Nature Language Processing techniques that > can help analysis of provenance data. > ? The ethical and privacy implications of the collection, storage, and > analysis of provenance data and their impact on the design of the > techniques and software. > > We are aware that the deadline is close. Please contact Kai ( > k.xu(a)mdx.ac.uk) if you would like to make a submission but may not meet > the deadline. > > Guest Editors > Kai Xu (k.xu(a)mdx.ac.uk) Middlesex University > Melanie Tory (mtory(a)tableau.com) Tableau Research > T.J. Jankun-Kelly (tjk(a)acm.org) Mississippi State University > Jean-Daniel Fekete (Jean-Daniel.Fekete(a)inria.fr) INRIA Unit? de > Recherche Saclay > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Infovis mailing list > Infovis(a)infovis.org > https://www.infovis.org/mailman/listinfo/infovis > > *** > InfoVis Email Digest > > > Moderator: Stefano Foresti - stefano.foresti(a)utah.edu > > Supporting web site: http://www.infovis.org > > Posting address: infovis-digest(a)infovis.org > > List archives are available at http://www.infovis.org/pipermail/infovis/ > > > To SUBSCRIBE: > Visit http://www.infovis.org/mailman/listinfo/infovis > > -- or -- > Send mail to infovis-join(a)test.infovis.org with the subject (NOT BODY) > "subscribe infovis" and follow the instructions. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE: > Visit http://www.infovis.org/mailman/listinfo/infovis > > -- or -- > Send mail to infovis-leave(a)test.infovis.org with the subject (NOT BODY) > "unsubscribe infovis" and follow the instructions. > > Information accepted for inclusion in the digest will include: > research and development projects across academia and industry > > conference notices, book announcements & reviews, lectures > > interesting papers, web sites, videos > > requests for help on specific research problems > > employment and student opportunities > > commercial product announcements and descriptions > > ------------------------------ > > End of Infovis Digest, Vol 153, Issue 4 > *************************************** >

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Postdoctoral Position in the Visual Data Analysis Group at Washington University
by Alvitta Ottley 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

The Visual Data Analysis Group at Washington University <http://visualdata.wustl.edu/> is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow. Please forward to colleagues and student who might be interested. *Washington University in St. Louis **Computer Science & Engineering* Join the Visual Data Analysis Group Postdoctoral Fellows The Visual Data Analysis Group <http://visualdata.wustl.edu/> at Washington University is seeking a post-doctoral fellow to pursue research in the areas of Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, and Machine Learning. The candidate will directly work with Dr. Alvitta Ottley and graduate students. The successful candidate will also work closely with collaborators at Boeing and the DOD on innovative research projects aimed at developing intelligent visualization systems to support the decision-making process better. *Current topics of interest include:* - Intelligent visualization tools - Modeling and prediction of user behavior (Applied Machine Learning) - Visualization for clinical decision support and risk communication - User-Adaptive visualization and personalization - Perception and cognition for visualization - Design Studies *Required Qualifications:* - Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field - Excellent written and oral communication skills - Proven ability to work independently and as part of a team - Experience with data visualization and/or machine learning - Strong Programming Skills *How to apply:* The position is available immediately, but start dates are flexible. Submit your CV and a one-page cover letter to *alvitta(a)wustl.edu <alvitta(a)wustl.edu>*. Best Regards, *Alvitta Ottley, Ph.D.* Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences (Courtesy) Washington University in St. Louis alvitta(a)wustl.edu

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CFP: IEEE CG&A Special Issue on "Provenance and Logging for Sense Making"
by Kai Xu 04 Feb '19

04 Feb '19

CFP: IEEE CG&A Special Issue on "Provenance and Logging for Sense Making" Submission: 1 March 2019 Publication: November/December 2019 https://publications.computer.org/cga/2018/10/02/special-issue-provenance-l… Sense making is one of the biggest challenges in data analysis faced by both the industry and the research community. It involves understanding the data and uncovering its model, generating a hypothesis, selecting analysis methods, creating novel solutions, designing evaluation, and also critical thinking and learning wherever needed. The research and development for such sense making tasks lags far behind the fast-changing user needs. As a result, sense making is often performed manually and the limited human cognition capability becomes the bottleneck of sense making in data analysis and decision making. A recent advance in sense making research is the capture, visualization, and analysis of provenance information. Provenance is the history and context of sense making, including the data/analysis used and the users’ critical thinking process. It has been shown that provenance can effectively support many sense making tasks. For instance, provenance can provide an overview of what has been examined and reveal gaps such as unexplored information or solution possibilities. Besides, provenance can support collaborative sense making and communication by sharing the rich context of the sense making process. Besides data analysis and decision making, provenance has been studied in many other fields, sometimes under different names, for different types of sense making. For example, the Human-Computer Interaction community relies on the analysis of logging to understand user behaviors and intentions; the WWW and database community has been working on data lineage to understand uncertainty and trustworthiness; and finally, reproducible science heavily relies on provenance to improve the reliability and efficiency of scientific research. For this special issue, we are soliciting papers that describe innovative research, design, system/tools, and viewpoints regarding the collection, analysis, and summarization of provenance information to support the design and evaluation of novel techniques for sense making across different application domains: • Use cases of provenance and logging information, such as: • Supporting sense making; • Understanding user sense making activities and/or evaluation of sense making tools; • Supporting collaborative sense making; • Providing sense making transparency and reproducibility • Research related to the challenges in capturing the required provenance information, such as: • The complex provenance information required for different use cases; • Automatic capture of high-level provenance such as human thinking and reasoning; • Software architecture for provenance capture for both new and existing systems. • Research related to the analysis and visualization of provenance data, such as: • Visualization and summarization of provenance information; • Machine learning and Nature Language Processing techniques that can help analysis of provenance data. • The ethical and privacy implications of the collection, storage, and analysis of provenance data and their impact on the design of the techniques and software. We are aware that the deadline is close. Please contact Kai (k.xu(a)mdx.ac.uk) if you would like to make a submission but may not meet the deadline. Guest Editors Kai Xu (k.xu(a)mdx.ac.uk) Middlesex University Melanie Tory (mtory(a)tableau.com) Tableau Research T.J. Jankun-Kelly (tjk(a)acm.org) Mississippi State University Jean-Daniel Fekete (Jean-Daniel.Fekete(a)inria.fr) INRIA Unité de Recherche Saclay

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EuroVis'19 Short Papers CFP
by G.Elisabeta Marai 03 Feb '19

03 Feb '19

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** EG/VGTC EuroVis 2019 (June 3-7 2019, Porto, Portugal) CALL FOR SHORT PAPERS http://www.eurovis.org/short-papers/ Due: February 28, 2019 Notification: March 31, 2019 EuroVis 2019 features a short paper track to present late-breaking visualization research results, work in progress, and follow-up extensions or evaluations of existing methods. All accepted short papers (4 pages) will be presented orally at the conference. Please submit your work to the Short Papers program! A EuroVis short paper describes a more focused and concise research contribution and is likely to have a smaller — yet still significant — scope of contribution than a full paper. Short papers draw from the same paper types as full papers, as well as the same list of suggested topics. For detailed submission instructions, please see: http://www.eurovis.org/short-papers/ The Short Papers Chairs, Jimmy Johannsen, Filip Sadlo, Liz Marai -- Liz -- G. Elisabeta Marai Associate Professor of Computer Science Electronic Visualization Laboratory University of Illinois at Chicago http://evl.uic.edu/marai

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