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CDVE2019 short paper deadline approaching April. 20, 2019
by cdve .org 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

The 16th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering CDVE2019 conference will be held from October 6-9, 2019 in Mallorca, Spain. You are welcome to submit unpublished short papers to the conference. *Short Paper deadline: April 20, 2019*. 4-6 pages. You should submit your papers to the Easychair system. See www.cdve.org for details. 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. *Note:* If you already prepared a long paper 8-10 pages, you can also submit it by the short paper deadline. *Venue* Mallorca is a famous vacation resort in the Mediterranean Sea with beautiful landscapes. It is the number one choice for Europeans to spend their holidays and the home of CDVE conferences. CDVE2019 will be held in a 4 Stars vacation village - Club Pollentia in front of the Mediterranean Sea. Our conference has an "all inclusive" settlement with the hotel. Unlimited drink and food will be available when you reserve the hotel via the conference and the room prices are very low this year by our settlement. The airport code is PMI. You will enjoy the environment, the rich variety of food and the conference for sure! 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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BioVis 2019: Call for Talks, Highlights and Posters
by Fritz Lekschas 08 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

BioVis 2019: Call for Talks, Highlights and Posters The BioVis Community Of Special Interest <http://biovis.net/> group organizes the interdisciplinary event BioVis, which this year takes place as a one-day track at ISMB/ECCB 2019 on July 22nd 2019. The program includes keynotes from leading visualisation researchers in computer science and industry experts, and selected talks from abstracts submitted by participants. Aims and focus. BioVis covers all aspects of computational data visualisation in biology. Its aims are to educate and inspire computer scientists, bioinformaticians and biologists to more effectively engage, and work together to solve critical problems in biological data visualisation. New experimental data generation and analysis methods create enormous challenges for existing visualization techniques, and new approaches are needed that enable researchers to gain insight from their large and highly complex data sets. Talks and Poster submissions. We are accepting long abstracts (1500 words) for talks describing new work, and short abstracts (200 words) highlighting work recently published. We also invite abstracts for posters describing work in progress and preliminary results and these will also be considered for oral presentation during the meeting. Submissions are made via the 2019 ISMB/ECCB Abstracts Submission system <http://email.iscb.org/c/eJwdTksSgyAUOw0smQcolgULW8d7wONZaetnQBe9fbGZbJJJMon…> by selecting the ‘BioVis COSI’ as the track relevant to your submission. Formatting guidelines and submission rules are detailed at the BioVis Website <http://email.iscb.org/c/eJwVjdsKwyAQRL8mPsq6RhsffGgb8hsl3pptawwx6ffXwsAwB4Y…>. Key Dates/Deadlines: Long abstracts and highlight talks deadline: April 11, 2019 Posters submissions deadline: May 6, 2019 Long abstracts/highlights acceptance notification: May 9, 2019 Posters acceptance notifications: May 23, 2019 Early Registration Ends: June 20, 2019 Meeting Program: July 22, 2019 Best regards, The BioVIs organizing committee

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GD Contest 2019
by Philipp Kindermann 04 Apr '19

04 Apr '19

Dear Colleagues, the 27th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization will take place near Prague, Czech Republic, from September 17 to 20, 2019. As has been tradition since 1994, the symposium will be accompanied by a Graph Drawing Contest, allowing all community members to demonstrate their graph drawing skills in a fun competitive setting. The contest has two parts: the Creative Topics and the Live Challenge. 1) Creative Topics For your entertainment and inspiration, we have composed two nice graphs that you may draw with full artistic freedom. The first graph represents the appearances of 28 superheroes in 24 movies of the "Marvel Cinematic Universe". The second graph describes 151 food recipes and their ingredients extracted from the TheMealDB database. In both cases, you may visualize the graph in any way you like. Submissions will be judged on a list of criteria that includes, but is not limited to, readability, aesthetics, novelty, and design quality. The weighting of the criteria might be different for the two graphs. Submissions will be handled through EasyChair. For more details, visit http://graphdrawing.org/gdcontest/contest2019/topics.html Submission deadline: September 05 (23:59 PDT) 2) Live Challenge Following popular tradition, a live challenge will be held during the symposium in a format similar to a typical programming contest. Teams are presented with a collection of challenge graphs and have approximately one hour to submit their highest scoring drawings. This year, the challenge focuses on minimizing the number of crossings in a straight-line upward drawing on a fixed grid. Teams may either draw the graphs manually, or use their own customized tools. Remote participation will also be possible. For more details, visit http://graphdrawing.org/gdcontest/contest2019/challenge.html 3) Awards Thanks to our generous sponsors, a monetary prize will be awarded to up to three submissions in each of the four different categories. We are looking forward to your submissions! Best regards, the Graph Drawing Contest Committee, Philipp Kindermann, Tamara Mchedlidze, and Ignaz Rutter

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Interview on Medium: Jessica Hullman with Ben Shneiderman
by Ben Shneiderman 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

Dear InfoVis community, Jessica Hullman challenged me with a great set of questions about information visualization... and then edited the responses into an interesting interview that has gotten 1,200+ downloads in a few days on Medium. Please take a look and if you like it share with colleagues and students. Best wishes... Ben The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures: An interview with visualization pioneer Ben Shneiderman https://medium.com/multiple-views-visualization-research-explained/the-purp…

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Postdoc Opportunity at Carnegie Mellon University
by Stephanie Rosenthal 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

Hello! We are starting a new research project to learn to differentiate novices from experts in performing open ended tasks like data science as well as to teach novices to become experts by identifying differences in their action patterns. The work requires interdisciplinary skills - knowing how to understand and visualize data sets, machine learning/AI, and learning/explainability and HCI. We see opportunities to make both algorithmic and human study contributions. We’re looking for a postdoc to drive the work. We have a lot of flexibility in the research. They would mostly be working independently and could take ownership of a large project. Ideally, the postdoc would start in August for a two year position. To apply or inquire, please email Stephanie Rosenthal (srosenth(a)cs.cmu.edu) and Reid Simmons (reids(a)cs.cmu.edu)

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TrustVis Call for Papers – Extended Deadline April 5!
by Robert Kosara 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

The EuroVis Workshop on Trustworthy Visualization (TrustVis), formerly known as EuroRVVV, will be held as a co-located event with EuroVis 2019 on June 3rd in Porto, Portugal. TrustVis is a continuation of the EuroRVVV workshop, which was held six times in conjunction with EuroVis and IEEE VIS. TrustVis includes the topics covered by EuroRVVV – Reproducibility, Verification, and Validation in visualization – and also widens the scope. https://trustvis.org We use the term “trust” in a broad sense. As a user, trust in a visualization might mean that: * It shows the numbers I know from my spreadsheets (a common use case in industry) * I understand how it is showing the data and I know how to interpret it (HCI, perception, etc.) * It shows results that I can verify or validate by some means (verification, validation) * It employs methods that are based on sound research (reproducibility of research) * If I get sued for a decision I make based on this, I will be able to use it as evidence that I did nothing wrong (reproducibility of decisions) * It shows me the limits of what my data and/or models can provide (uncertainty) Topics we are looking for in the TrustVis workshop include, but are not limited to: * Verification and validation in visualization * Reproducibility of visualization methods and decision making * Ways to improve trust in visualization * Uncertainty visualization * Ways to attack visualization (adversarial visualization) We welcome short paper contributions, which will be peer-reviewed in a one-stage process by an international program committee. They will be electronically archived in the Eurographics Digital Library and are fully citable publications. Submissions for the TrustVis track should be no longer than 4 pages for the main content, plus one page for references. All accepted papers will be presented at the workshop. Besides regular short papers, we also welcome short position papers, where authors have an opportunity to state opinions, present controversial arguments, show on-going work, or share thoughts for future directions. * Submission instructions<https://trustvis.org/submission-instructions> Important Dates * Paper Submission Deadline: April 5, 2019 * Acceptance Notification: April 19, 2019 * Camera-ready Deadline: April 24, 2019 * Workshop Date: June 3, 2019 The TrustVis 2019 Organizers * Robert Kosara – Tableau Software, United States * Kai Lawonn – University of Koblenz – Landau, Germany * Lars Linsen – University of Münster, Germany * Noeska Smit – University of Bergen, Norway

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Visual Analytics Course | 5 hours x 6 weeks | Start: March 25, 2019
by Borner, Katy 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

Dear all, We are excited to let you know that much of the material from http://scimaps.org/atlas2 plus real world case studies are now available in the below Visual Analytics course. The course also features several of the new methods for evaluation, performance analysis, science of science studies, and reporting that are published in https://www.pnas.org/modeling It would be great if you can communicate the existence of this new course to your colleagues so many can benefit from this opportunity. Let us know if there are questions. Thank you and best regards from Bloomington, K ------------------------------------------- New: Visual Analytics Course | 5 hours x 6 weeks | Start: March 25 Ready to boost your data skills through learning visual analytics? This six-week online course designed for the working professional provides the theoretical and practical foundations you need to design insightful visualizations. These essential skills have application across your entire organization, from human resources to business intelligence. Visual analytics harnesses today's computing power with the power of human pattern recognition to unleash the potential in your data for monitoring developments across your industry sector, increasing internal efficiencies, managing communications and distribution flows, and driving informed decision-making. Course begins March 25, 2019 Register for course at https://expand.iu.edu/browse/sice/cns/courses/visual-analytics-2019-03 Handout: https://cns.iu.edu/docs/handouts/Visual-Analytics-Certificate_hi.pdf Requirements: No programming experience necessary. Familiarity with statistics and use of spreadsheets is helpful. The course was developed by the Cyberinfrastructure of Network Science Center (CNS) at the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University. CNS is a research center with more than 20 years of experience at the forefront of data visualization, known for its work with corporations, researchers, and government agencies interested to render data into actionable insights. We look forward to empower you, Katy Borner, Michael Ginda, Andreas Bueckle Visual Analytics Instructors -- Katy Borner Victor H. Yngve Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Information Science Director, CI for Network Science Center, http://cns.iu.edu Curator, Mapping Science exhibit, http://scimaps.org ISE and ILS, School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Luddy Hall 4018, 700 N. Woodlawn Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA Phone: (812) 855-3256 Fax: -6166

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PostDoc in Graph Drawing at Roma Tre University
by Fabrizio Frati 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

A postdoc position in graph drawing and related areas is open in the graph drawing research group led by Prof. Giuseppe Di Battista at the Department of Engineering at Roma Tre University. The research group includes Fabrizio Frati, Maurizio Patrignani, and Maurizio Pizzonia as permanent members, together with several postdocs and PhD students. The postdoc position is funded by the PRIN (Research Projects of National Interest) Project "MODE" - Morphing graph drawings efficiently. The ideal candidate for the position should have a PhD in Mathematics or Computer Science and should have a background in algorithms, theoretical computer science and/or discrete mathematics, preferably with an interest in graph drawing, graph theory, and/or combinatorial geometry. The postdoc appointment is to begin in mid 2019 (September at the latest). The position is for one year, renewable for a second year. The position is full-time and research-only. The position is open to candidates of any nationality; in particular, no knowledge of Italian is required. The gross salary is 27.5K, which will result in ~1650 net per month. Travel funding will be available. The call can be found here: http://www.ingegneria.uniroma3.it/?p=32052 The Italian version of the call is available here: http://www.ingegneria.uniroma3.it/?p=32045 Detailed information on how to apply are available in the call. In particular, a candidate should send a package to the address specified in the first page of the call, containing: - 3 filled forms "Allegato A" (Attachment A), "Allegato B" (Attachment B), and "Allegato C" (Attachment C), corresponding to the last three pages of the call - a copy of an ID - a copy of the CV - a copy of any relevant titles (e.g., the ph.d. award, awards at conferences, ...) - a copy of the most significant publications (possibly no more than five) The package has to be received no later than the 12th of April. Selected candidates will be interviewed via Skype or similar electronic means. For any further information, please contact Fabrizio Frati <frati(a)dia.uniroma3.it> ------------------------ QUICK GUIDE TO THE FORMS Allegato A: - Rep. N is 31/2019 - At point 2) the candidate should indicate first the topic of his/her degree (e.g., mathematics or computer science), then the date of conferment, then the University where the degree was obtained, then the final grade (if available). Allegato B: This form is to self-certify that the candidate has obtained a master degree. In the thick box, the candidate should specify the topic of his/her degree (e.g., mathematics or computer science), then the date of conferment, then the University where the degree was obtained, then the Faculty where the degree was obtained, then the final grade (if available); the small box indicates a laurea cum laude. Allegato C: In the first list the candidate should list the relevant titles attached to the application. In the second list the candidate should list the titles of the scientific publications attached to the application.

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MLVis 2019: Machine Learning Methods in Visualisation - 2nd Call For Papers, extended deadline
by Peltonen Jaakko 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

MLVis 2019: Machine Learning Methods in Visualisation - 2nd Call For Papers, extended deadline https://events.uta.fi/mlvis2019/ MLVis 2019 will be a co-located workshop at EuroVis 2019 in Porto, Portugal. It aims to bring Machine Learning and Visualization researchers together in order to exchange research ideas. We solicit short papers on machine learning methods in visualisation, from both the machine learning and visualisation communities, addressing how the two technologies can be used together to provide greater insight to end users. Paper submissions for MLVis should be at most 4 pages in MLVis 2019 latex style (provided on the website), with an additional page allowed for references. Papers are to be submitted via the PCS system, link on the website. Proceedings will be published by the Eurographics Association, and be stored on the Eurographics Digital Library. Selected papers will be invited to a special issue of ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS). Important Dates: Submission deadline: March 22, 2019 (extended deadline) Notification deadline: April 12, 2019 Camera-ready deadline: April 24, 2019 Workshop: June 3, 2019 All submission deadlines are at 23:59 GMT on the date indicated.

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TVX 2019: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION [Demos, Workshops, WiPs, DC & Industry Track]
by Jonathan Hook 14 Mar '19

14 Mar '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 <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 <mailto:demos@tvx2019.com>) - More info: https://tvx.acm.org/2019/participation/demos/ <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 <mailto:wip@tvx2019.com>) - More info: https://tvx.acm.org/2019/participation/work-in-progress/ <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 <mailto:industry@tvx2019.com>) - More info: https://tvx.acm.org/2019/tvx-in-industry/ <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 <mailto:dc@tvx2019.com>) - More info: https://tvx.acm.org/2019/doctoral-consortium/ <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: 8th March 2019 [EXTENDED] - More info: https://www.projectmarconi.eu/calendar/interactive-radio-experiences <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 <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/ <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/ <http://vrethics.info/> == FURTHER INFORMATION == For up-to-date information and further details visit: http://tvx2019.com <http://tvx2019.com/>. To keep updated about conference developments, you may also wish to join our mailing list (tvx-announce(a)listserv.acm.org <mailto:tvx-announce@listserv.acm.org>) using the subscription form on this page (https://tvx.acm.org/sc/ <https://tvx.acm.org/sc/>) or by sending a mail to listserv(a)acm.org <mailto:listserv@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 <mailto:chairs@tvx2019.com>. Jonathan Hook Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media Department of Theatre, Film and Television University of York, Baird Lane, YO10 5GB +44 (0)1904 325238 www.jonhook.co.uk <http://www.jonhook.co.uk/>

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