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Tenure-Stream Position in Data Science - Dalhousie University, Canada
by Fernando Vieira Paulovich 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

*Tenure-Stream Position in Data Science* *Dalhousie University is recognized internationally for our world-class academic programs and as one of Canada’s leading research institutions. With our 200**th **anniversary in 2018, Dalhousie welcomes talented scholars to our home by the ocean and to join our mission to make a lasting impact through the discovery, advancement and sharing of knowledge. * The Faculty of Computer Science at Dalhousie University ( https://www.dal.ca/faculty/computerscience.html) invites applications for a Tenure-Stream Assistant Professor Position in Data Science. We are seeking an outstanding candidate whose research focus is within the broad area of Data Science including, but not limited to, streaming data, big-data software frameworks, and data analytics. Dalhousie University is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia ( http://www.halifaxinfo.com) which is the largest city in Atlantic Canada and affords its residents a high quality of life. Dalhousie University is a member of the U15 research-intensive universities in Canada. The Faculty of Computer Science is a research-intensive faculty within Dalhousie, with 40 faculty members, including Tier I and Tier II CRCs, and over 1400 students, one third of whom are graduate students at the Master’s or Doctoral level. The Faculty offers Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Computer Science, Master of Computer Science, Master of Applied Computer Science, and PhD programs. The Faculty also partners with other Faculties in the University to offer the Master of Electronic Commerce, Master of Health Informatics, and Master of Science, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics programs, and is an active participant in the Interdisciplinary PhD program. The successful candidate will be an outstanding scholar who holds or will have completed a PhD in Computer Science or a related area by the appointment date. Evidence of a strong commitment to and aptitude for both research and teaching is essential. The ideal candidate will be open to collaborative research within the Faculty. Applicants should have demonstrated potential to establish independent scholarly research. The successful candidate will teach both undergraduate and graduate courses, develop graduate-level courses, and support the Faculty’s initiatives. The applicant will be expected to establish a strong externally funded research program, supervise graduate student research, and foster existing and new collaborations with government, industry, and with other members of Dalhousie’s research community. Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Applications must include an application letter, curriculum vitae, a statement of research and teaching interests, sample publications, and letters of reference from three referees. A complete application must also include a separate completed Self-Identification Questionnaire, which is available at http://www.dal.ca/becounted/selfid. Review of applications will commence *November 10th, 2018. * Applicants should provide their referees with the URL of this advertisement (see below), and request that they forward letters of reference by email to the same address. Submission address for application documents and reference letters: systems-search(a)cs.dal.ca Location of this advertisement: *https://tinyurl.com/FCSDataScience <https://tinyurl.com/FCSDataScience>*

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IEEE PacificVis 2019 Call for Papers
by Jinwook Seo 07 Sep '18

07 Sep '18

*IEEE Pacific Visualization 2019http://pvis.org/ <http://pvis.org/> 23 - 26 April, 2019 Bangkok, Thailand **CALL FOR PAPERS**We solicit original research papers in all areas of visualization. All submitted papers will go through a two-stage review process to guarantee the publication of high-quality papers. All papers accepted by IEEE Pacific Visualization 2019 will be published by IEEE and will also be included in the IEEE Digital Library. Selected papers will be published directly in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). Important dates: - Abstracts submission (mandatory): September 28, 2018- Full paper submission: October 5, 2018- All deadlines are due at 9:00 pm Pacific Time (PDT/PST).Submissions:Papers are to be submitted online through the new Precision Conference System (https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login?society=vgtc <https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login?society=vgtc>) at the PacificVis 2019 Papers track. For more information, visit this page:http://research.cbs.chula.ac.th/pvis2019/call_for_participation.aspx <http://research.cbs.chula.ac.th/pvis2019/call_for_participation.aspx> Best wishes,Ross Maciejewski, Jinwook Seo, Rüdiger Westermann (IEEE PacificVis 2019 Papers co-chairs)*

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CFPosters: 4th International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics (BDVA 2018) - Deadline Sept. 9, 2018)
by Abdul Rahman, Alfie 01 Sep '18

01 Sep '18

=========================================================================== 4th International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics (BDVA 2018) Call for Posters, Konstanz, Germany - October 17th to October 19th 2018 =========================================================================== The BDVA 2018 Symposium is calling for contributions in the area of Visual Analytics and Immersive Analytics of Big Data. Submit your work and be part of a vibrant venue that will bring together an exciting programme with internationally renowned keynote speakers, special sessions, and workshops: http://bdva.net Visual Analytics plays a major role in the analysis and decision-making processes for science, industry, and government organisations. It is one of the best ways we have for making sense of large and complex data sets. Reflecting its history of encouraging research into less-traditional approaches to visual analytics, this year BDVA has broadened scope to include the emerging field of Immersive Analytics. Immersive Analytics aims to support data understanding and decision making everywhere and by everyone, working individually or collaboratively. It aims to make embodied tools that are intuitive, engaging, and make the best possible use of all sensory channels. This may be achieved through the use of immersive virtual environment technologies, natural interfaces or responsive analytics, but is not tied to the use of any particular technology. Immersive Analytics brings promising opportunities to interact with Big Data coming from geo-science, biomedical applications, collective behaviour, text mining, crime analysis, among other application domains. Symposium topics include but are not limited to: - Theoretical Foundations of Immersive Analytics - Immersive Storytelling - Collaborative Visual and Immersive Analytics - Personalized Visual and Immersive Analytics - Use of Mixed Reality for Analytics including Situated Analytics - Visual, Audio, Haptic, and Multisensory Data Presentation including Data Physicalization - Human-Computer Interaction including Use of Natural Interfaces for Analytics - Analytical Reasoning and Sense-making of Big or Complex Data - Scalable Visual and Immersive Analytics including HPC for Visualisation - Responsive Analytic Algorithms for Interactive Data Exploration - Big Data Management, Transformation, and Presentation - Context-Semantics-driven Visual and Immersive Analytics - Processes & Tools for Building Visual and Immersive Analytics Applications - Applications and Case Studies *Poster Submission Instructions* Authors are invited to submit poster papers that report work in progress, explore new problem areas, and new angles on existing work of known approaches. In addition to every poster, a two-page summary (one additional page for references) of the work has to be submitted. Please us the VGTC conference template (http://junctionpublishing.org/vgtc/Tasks/camera.html) for the summary paper. The posters themselves have no predefined format. Dimensions of the posters must be A0 (841mm x 1189mm / 33.1’’ x 46.8’’), and only portrait format is acceptable. Posters are not archival publications. The two-page summary papers will be distributed to the conference attendees on a USB flash drive. Authors whose posters are accepted to the conference will be asked to revise the poster and the summary paper according to the reviewer comments. The poster itself needs to be brought to the poster session of the conference, and at least one presenter per poster has to attend the conference. Please submit your abstracts and manuscripts here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdva2018 *Important Dates* Submission of poster abstracts closes: September 9, 2018 Notification of poster abstracts acceptance: September 16, 2018 Submission of camera-ready poster papers: September 30, 2018 *Poster Chair* Johanna Schmidt, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria *General Chair* Falk Schreiber, University of Konstanz, Germany *Program Chairs* M. Eduard Gröller, TU Wien, Austria Kim Marriott, Monash University, Australia *Program Committee* Benjamin Bach, The University of Edinburgh Fabian Beck, University of Duisburg-Essen Tomasz Bednarz, UNSW Art & Design, CSIRO Data61 Silvia Castro, Universidad Nacional del Sur Jian Chen, The Ohio State University Maxime Cordeil, Monash University Tim Dwyer, Monash University Niklas Elmqvist, University of Maryland Ulrich Engelke, CSIRO Martin Falk, Linköping University Carla Freitas, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Issei Fujishiro, Keio University Hans-Christian Hege, Zuse Institute Berlin Nathalie Henry-Riche, Microsoft Marcel Hlawatsch, University of Stuttgart Tony Huang Swinburne, University of Technology Daniel Keim, University of Konstanz Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University Jinman Kim, The University of Sydney Karsten Klein, University of Konstanz Søren Knudsen, University of Calgary Steffen Koch, University of Ulm Nils Kriege, TU Dortmund Michael Krone, University of Tübingen Bongshin Lee, Microsoft Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California, Davis G.Elisabeta Marai, University of Illinois at Chicago Kresimir Matkovic, VRVis Research Center Frank Maurer, University of Calgary Quang Vinh Nguyen, Western Sydney University Aruquia Peixoto, CEFET/RJ Jonathan Roberts, Bangor University Bahador Saket, Georgia Institute of Technology Dieter Schmalstieg, Graz University of Technology Heidrun Schumann, University of Rostock Shigeo Takahashi, University of Aizu Bruce Thomas, University of South Australia Manuela Waldner, Vienna University of Technology Yingcai Wu, Zhejiang University Anders Ynnerman, Linköping University Kang Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas *Organising Chairs* Alexandra Diehl, University of Konstanz, Germany Björn Sommer, University of Konstanz, Germany *Publicity Chair* Alfie Abdul-Rahman, King’s College London, UK

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VIS Workshop on Visualization for Communication: Call for Posters (due September 3)
by Robert Kosara 23 Aug '18

23 Aug '18

We have a call for posters with a short deadline to the Workshop on Visualization for Communication (VisComm)! We invite both late-breaking work and contributions in this area in the form of extended abstracts between 2 and 4 pages in length (including references), with an optional video. We invite contributions from any discipline, but particularly encourage journalists and designers to submit their work involving data-based communication or reporting. Scientific contributions concerning visualization for communication are of course welcome, as well. All submissions must be formatted according to the VGTC conference style template. Extended abstracts should be submitted through this form. All abstracts should contain full author names and affiliations. If applicable, a short video (up to 5 min. in length) may also be submitted. The abstracts will be juried by the organizers. At least one author of each accepted poster needs to register for the conference (even if only for the workshop). Registration information is available on the IEEE VIS website. More information about the workshop at https://viscomm.io Ben Watson and Robert Kosara

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CfP - INTERFACE AND EXPERIENCE DESIGN WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGNECE & AI/VR (DAIVAR)
by Artur Lugmayr 21 Aug '18

21 Aug '18

====================================================================================================================== Call for Long/Short Papers, Abstracts, Demos and Posters 2nd Workshop on INTERFACE AND EXPERIENCE DESIGN WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGNECE AND AI/VR (DAIVAR) In conjunction with the IEEE Artificial Intelligence Virtual Reality (AIVR) Conference - 10th-12th December 2018 - Taichung, Taiwan - Submission Deadline: 14th October 2018 - Website: http://www.artur-lugmayr.com/activities/current-activities/daivar2018/ - Submission System: http://www.ambientmediaassociation.org/Submissions/2018DAIVAR/ - Workshop proceedings published in an Scopus indexed proceedings series - Best papers will be published as edited book, or journal special issue ====================================================================================================================== The objective of this workshop is to invite scholars and practitioners to discuss synergies between interface and experience design in artificial intelligent reality virtual and augmented environments. The aim is to gather a cross- disciplinary team of contributors researching HCI related issues contributing to this fascinating newly emerging domain. We especially seek contributions from experts with a background in computer science, HCI, psychology/cognitive sciences, culture/communication studies, design and art to develop this fascinating intersection. Aspects can range from user-experience, technologies supporting end-users, practical applications, methods, content production, cultural implications, communication theories, up to more artistic approaches in artificial intelligent interaction. While AI's main aim is to replicate human intelligence, AR and VR focuses its research efforts on the creation of artificial worlds either in complete virtual world, or as part of our physical environment. Many examples that bridge the two fields have emerged recently, e.g. intelligence in digital games and the utilization of computer graphics hardware for deep learning and AI. Philosophical discussions around issues arising in this new area range from ideas when things start to think to Alan Turing's work. In this workshop, we would like to raise a question: what would happen when artificial worlds start to think, and how we humans can interact and communicate with AI through e.g. affective interfaces? Thus, while AI and VR/AR went rather distinct research pathways, we attempt to bring them together, and discuss different aspects at the intersection of machine intelligence and human interaction in a mixed reality. The workshop intends to attract a broad range of contributions to develop this scholarly field during a full day venue. As the emphasis is on creating the synergy between VR/AR and AI/ML, we are not limited to particular areas; instead, the following exemplary topics might help to gather ideas for a possible contribution: affective and emotional computation, communication with AI, digital game analytics, utilization of computer graphics hardware for deep learning, personalization and recommender systems, UX with agents and physical robots, cultural robotics, or AI in information visualization. The workshop program stretches over a full-day, and will contain a combination of invited keynote presentations, oral presentations, posters, and demonstrations. The workshop proceedings will be published in a Scopus indexed proceedings series, and the very best contribution will be published in an edited book from a highly reputable publisher which has been pre-arranged. Depending on the quality and amount of contributions, we are also considering to publish a journal special issue within an indexed publisher. ====================================================================================================================== TOPICS OF INTEREST (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) ====================================================================================================================== • Interaction design for AIVR • Multimodal AI supported interaction design • Artificial intelligence and machine learning in AIVR • Emotions and AI in VR, AR, and smart objects • Human-Computer-Interaction with AI in virtual worlds • Human communication through AIVR • Emotion enriched human-AI collaboration • AI in digital games and other application areas • User-Experience and interaction with AIVR • Affective human-virtual world interaction • Design of emotionally intelligent AIVR • Recommender systems and personalisation in AIVR • Information visualisation in AIVR • Communication theory and cognitive science • Affective ambient intelligence in mixed realities • UX with AI agents in AIVR • Brain interfaces in AIVR • AI based emotion mediated communication in AIVR • Authoring emotional intelligent interaction in AIVR • Multimodal affective interfaces in AIVR • Human-human emotional communication in AIVR The workshop proceedings will be published in a Scopus indexed proceedings series with an ISBN number as part of the Semantic Ambient Media Experience (SAME) workshop series. The very best contributions will be published in an edited book from a highly reputable publisher which has been pre-arranged. Please note that only selected high quality contributions will be published as part of the edited book. However, during the workshop a common journal article co-authored between all workshop participants will be published as an introduction chapter. ====================================================================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES ====================================================================================================================== * 14/10/2018: Deadline for workshop papers * 21/10/2018: Notification of accepted workshop papers * 29/10/2018: Camera ready workshop papers * 31/10/2018: Registration for the Workshop * 10/12/2018: Workshop Day ====================================================================================================================== SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ====================================================================================================================== The workshop program stretches over a full-day, and will contain a combination of invited keynote presentations, oral presentations, posters, and demonstrations. We are calling for paper submissions of extended abstracts between 2-5 pages long, following the submission format of IEEE Manuscript Formatting guidelines. Please choose one of the three submission categories: * Abstract: 1-2 pages long * Short paper, demo, or poster: 2-4 pages long * Long paper: 4-6 pages long Please download the paper template from: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html The copyright form can be downloaded from: http://www.visemex.ambientmediaassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/C… Your submission should include: scanned signed copyright form + original contribution in word or latex + pdf of the paper. Add ALL your files (copyright form, word document/latex files, scanned copyright form) into ONE zip file. Upload the zip file to the workshop submission system on: http://www.ambientmediaassociation.org/Submissions/2018DAIVAR/ ====================================================================================================================== RECOMMENDED READINGS PRIOR SUBMISSION ====================================================================================================================== We strongly recommend the ideas and topics from the following papers prior your submission or as part of a paper submission in its discussion section: * Lugmayr, A. et al., 2017. Cognitive Big Data. Survey and Review on Big Data Research and its Implications: What is Really “New”? Cognitive Big Data! Journal of Knowledge Management (JMM), 21(1). Available at: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm…, Journal of Knowledge Management/Emerald. * Sun, M., Zhao, Z., and Ma, X. (2017). Sensing and Handling Engagement Dynamics in Human-Robot Interaction Involving Peripheral Computing Devices. In Proc. CHI2017 (to appear). * Zhu, F., Fang, K., and Ma, X. (2017). Exploring the Effects of Strategy and Arousal of Cueing in Computer-Human Persuasion. In Proc. CHI2017 EA (to appear). * Yang, Y., Ma, X., and Fung, P. (2017). Perceived Emotional Intelligence in Virtual Agents. In Proc. CHI2017 EA (to appear). * Ma, X. (2016). Developing Design Guidelines for a Visual Vocabulary of Electronic Medical Information to Improve Health Literacy. Interacting with Computers. * Zhu, K., Ma, X., Chen, H., and Liang, M. (2016). Tripartite Effects: Exploring Users' Mental Model of Mobile Gestures under the Influence of Operation, Handheld Posture, and Interaction Space. International Journal of Human- Computer Interaction. * A. Lugmayr, E. Serral, A. Scherp, B. Pogorelc, and M. Mustaquim, “Ambient media today and tomorrow,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 71, 2014, pp. 7-37 Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11042-012-1346-z. * ZHU Kening, ZHU Rongbo, H SAMANI, BB JALAEIAN, PaperIO: a 3D interface towards the internet of embedded paper-craft, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, 2014 ====================================================================================================================== WORKSHOP ORGANISERS ====================================================================================================================== Kening Zhu, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong Artur Lugmayr, VisLab, Curtin University, Australia Xiaojuan Ma, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Florian ‘Floyd' Mueller, RMIT, AUSTRALIA Ulrich Engelke, Data 61, CSIRO, AUSTRALIA ====================================================================================================================== CONTACT INFORMATION ====================================================================================================================== In case of questions, please don't hesitate to contact: keninzhu(a)cityu.edu.hk

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IEEE VIS 2018: Diversity Scholarships, VisKids, T-Shirt Contest Winner, LDAV Posters, and Meetups
by Call for Papers - VGTC 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

*IEEE VIS 2018============http://ieeevis.org/ <http://ieeevis.org/>Oct 21-26 2018, Berlin, GermanyIEEE VIS 2018 is the premier forum for advances in visualization. The event-packed week brings together researchers and practitioners from academia, government, and industry to explore their shared interests in tools, techniques, and technology. We invite you to participate in IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis), and IEEE Scientific Visualization (SciVis) by sharing your research, insights, experience, and enthusiasm.We solicit Visualization in Data Science and Meetups submissions, and Posters for LDAV for IEEE VIS 2018 in Berlin, Germany. In addition, VISKids Child Care Grants submissions are now open, as is the conference and hotel registration!====================Diversity Scholarships====================IEEE VIS 2018 provides Diversity Scholarships, which are intended to support early career researchers from underrepresented groups in computer science to broaden participation. The Inclusivity and Diversity program (http://ieeevis.org/year/2018/info/inclusion-and-diversity/inclusivity <http://ieeevis.org/year/2018/info/inclusion-and-diversity/inclusivity>) provides grants to VIS attendees to pay for registration and other costs incurred while attending the VIS conference. Please contact inclusivity(a)ieeevis.org <inclusivity(a)ieeevis.org> for any questions regarding this program.====================VISKids Child Care Grants====================Submission deadline: September 4, 2018The VIS conference is excited to support our VISKids and young families! Grants of up to $500 per family are available for VIS attendees who are bringing small children to the conference or who incur extra expenses in leaving their children at home. If requests exceed available funding, or if additional funding becomes available, preference will be given to students and early career attendees who are presenting at the conference.For details and application instructions, visit: http://ieeevis.org/year/2018/info/inclusion-and-diversity/viskids-child-car… <http://ieeevis.org/year/2018/info/inclusion-and-diversity/viskids-child-car…>Contact: VISKids(a)ieeevis.org <VISKids(a)ieeevis.org> ====================Student Volunteers====================Congrats to Damla Çay for winning the IEEE VIS 2018 Student Volunteer T-Shirt Design Contest. Her design, BauVis, was the overwhelming selection in this year's contest, receiving nearly 70% of the total vote! Design title: BauVisAffiliation: Koç University, Istanbul, TurkeyStatement: Graphical abstraction is an essential part of visualization, as it is for the German Art School, Bauhaus. This design is inspired by the Poster for the 1923 Bauhaus Exhibition in Weimar <https://www.bauhaus100.de/en/past/works/graphics-typography/plakat-zur-bauh…>. The front side incorporates a composition of the word "VIS", with a hidden "18", to represent the year 2018. The back side has the initials "SV" and the VIS logo.We’re excited to see all our student volunteers sporting the shirt in October!====================LDAV Posters====================Poster Submission Deadline: August 24, 2018We invite you to submit to the IEEE LDAV 2018 Poster Program. Interested authors should submit a two-page abstract that either:(1) showcases successful stories of applying visualization to large-scale data intensive application, or(2) highlights recent such visualization work presented or published in another venue. Accepted poster abstracts will be included in the symposium proceedings.Modern large-scale scientific simulations, sensor networks, and experiments are generating enormous datasets. Managing and analyzing large datasets to generate insights is critical for a variety of disciplines including climate science, nuclear physics, security, materials design, transportation, and urban planning. The 8th IEEE Large Scale Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV) symposium, to be held in conjunction with IEEE VIS 2018, is specifically targeting methodological innovation, algorithmic foundations, and possible end-to-end solutions. The LDAV symposium will bring together domain scientists, data analysts, visualization researchers, and users to foster common ground for solving both near- and long-term problems.For details, visit http://ldav.org/ <http://ldav.org/>Contact: posters(a)ldav.org <posters(a)ldav.org>====================Meetups====================Rolling Submission: August 4, 2018 to October 20, 2018 Do you want to meet people who share the same interests with you, discuss a topic that you care about or that brings the visualization community forward, or share viewpoints and experiences to foster community building? If yes, don’t wait, and submit a meetup proposal! Meetups are an excellent forum to discuss a wide range of topics related to visualization. Be it to share your knowledge in an informal setting, to discuss methods and trends in visualization research, to provide information about the VIS organization, or to plan a social event, the possibilities are yours to imagine! Meetups are a public and open forum for everyone (the meetup organizers need to register at the conference). For details, visit http://ieeevis.org/year/2018/info/call-participation/meetups <http://ieeevis.org/year/2018/info/call-participation/meetups>Contact: meetups(a)ieeevis.org <meetups(a)ieeevis.org> ====================Conference and Hotel Registration====================Conference registration and Hotel registration is open!You may register to IEEE VIS 2018 now via the conference homepage ieeevis.org <http://ieeevis.org>.Note that- Early bird deadline for conference registration is September 7, 2018.- The current hotel room rates are guaranteed only until July 27, 2018. After this, hotel rooms at the conference hotel are subject to availability.http://ieeevis.org/year/2018/info/registration/conference-regi… <http://ieeevis.org/year/2018/info/registration/conference-registration>http://ieeevis.org/year/2018/info/registration/hotel-information <http://ieeevis.org/year/2018/info/registration/hotel-information>==================== Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ieeevis <https://twitter.com/ieeevis>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ieeevis <https://www.facebook.com/ieeevis> *

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VizSec 2018 Diversity Scholarship
by Nicolas Prigent 12 Aug '18

12 Aug '18

Thanks to the generous donations of our sponsors, we are delighted to announce that we will be offering several VizSec 2018 Diversity Scholarship awards to help cover the costs of attending VizSec. This scholarship award covers full week registration plus a small stipend to help offset travel costs. All VizSec attendees may apply for the diversity scholarships except for those from a country on the OFAC sanctions list at: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/organizers/sanctions.html Applicants must submit a cover letter and curriculum vitae in PDF format. The cover letter should discuss your eligibility for this scholarship and how you would benefit from attending VizSec 2017. It should be no more than 2 pages (letter size) with at least 1 inch margins and 11pt or larger font. Applications will also be asked to answer the following questions: Have you ever attended VizSec or VIS before? If so, when? Are you currently a student? If so, please specify the degree and subject area you are working on, and where. Are you from an underrepresented group in computer science? If so, please specify. Please let us know your country or countries of citizenship, and the country and city you will be traveling from. To apply for this scholarship, login or create an account at: https://new.precisionconference.com/vizsec18b After logging in, click the "new submissions" link on the top navigation bar and look for the link for "Submit to VizSec 2018 Diversity Scholarship" in the list under the "VIS 2018" heading. The application deadline is August 22, 2018 at 5:00pm PDT. Awardees will be notified by September 04, 2018, and must register for the conference by the early registration deadline on September 7, 2018.

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PhD studentship at Newcastle University UK: Interactive Visualization of Temporal Multi-Omic Data - deadline 1 Sep.
by Sara Fernstad 10 Aug '18

10 Aug '18

Dear everyone, We are advertising a PhD studentship in Interactive Visualization of Temporal Multi-Omic Data, in the School of Computing at Newcastle University, UK, in collaboration with the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences. The studentship is fully funded by EPSRC, covering UK/EU tuition fees + stipend, with a possibility of funding for international students who are able to bring their own funding to cover the additional tuition fees Further detail on the project and how to apply is available at: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/sources/ukeustudents/comp003.html The deadline for applications is 1 September 2018. This studentship will give you the opportunity to work as part of a dynamic research group with a broad focus on Data Science, as well as to collaborate with leading scientists within bioscience and offering possibilities to build your professional network through our industrial collaborators. The School of Computing at Newcastle University is one of the leading Universities in the UK for Data Science. It is a member of the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science and AI (https://www.turing.ac.uk)<https://www.turing.ac.uk)/> and hosts the National Innovation Centre for Data (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/archive/2017/11/nationalinnovationcent…) The school was ranked #1 in the UK for research impact in REF 2014 and hosts the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cloud Computing for Big Data. For more information about the project and questions about the studentship, please contact: sara.fernstad(a)newcastle.ac.uk<mailto:sara.fernstad@newcastle.ac.uk> Kind regards, Sara _____________________________________________ Sara Johansson Fernstad, PhD Lecturer in Visualization School of Computing Newcastle University Urban Sciences Building 1 Science Square Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE4 5TG Office: 4.042 E-mail: sara.fernstad(a)newcastle.ac.uk<mailto:sara.fernstad@newcastle.ac.uk> URL: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/people/profile/sarafernstad

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Call for Participation (Posters) for IEEE VIS 2018 Workshop on Machine Learning from User Interaction for Visualization and Analytics
by John Wenskovitch 10 Aug '18

10 Aug '18

Just as a reminder, the poster submission deadline of August 15 for our workshop is approaching! Please read the updated poster submission information below, which is also available on the workshop website <https://learningfromusersworkshop.github.io/>. Feel free to distribute this information as you see fit: *IEEE VIS 2018 Workshop:* *MACHINE LEARNING FROM USER INTERACTION FOR VISUALIZATION AND ANALYTICS* *CALL FOR PAPERS* *Date and Location*: October 22, 2018 in Berlin, Germany *Website*: https://learningfromusersworkshop.github.io/ The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from across the VIS community – SciVis, InfoVis, and VAST – to share their knowledge and build collaborations at the intersection of the Machine Learning and Visualization fields, with a focus on learning from user interaction. Our intention in this workshop is to pull expertise from across all fields of VIS in order to generate open discussion about how we currently learn from user interaction and where we can go with future research in this area. We hope to foster discussion regarding systems, interaction models, and interaction techniques across fields within the VIS community, rather than the current state of having these discussions independently contained within the SciVis/InfoVis/VAST fields. Further, we hope to collaboratively create a research agenda that explores the future of machine learning with user interaction based on the discussion during the workshop. *WORKSHOP TOPICS* The topic of the workshop will focus on issues and opportunities related to the use of machine learning to learn from user interaction in the course of data visualization and analysis. Specifically, we will focus on research questions including: - How are machine learning algorithms currently learning from user interaction, and what other possibilities exist? - What kinds of interactions can provide feedback to machine learning algorithms? - What can machine learning algorithms learn from interactions? - Which machine learning algorithms are most applicable in this domain? - How can machine learning algorithms be designed to enable user interaction and feedback? - How can visualizations and interactions be designed to exploit machine learning algorithms? - How can visualization system architectures be designed to support machine learning? - How should we manage conflicts between the user’s intent and the data or machine learning algorithm capabilities? - How can we evaluate systems that incorporate both machine learning algorithms and user interaction together? - How can machine learning and user interaction together make both computation and user cognition more efficient? - How can we support the sensemaking process by learning from user interaction? *SUBMISSIONS* *Posters* We invite both late-breaking work and contributions in this area from other research domains to submit extended abstracts between 2 and 4 pages in length (NOT including references). All submissions must be formatted according to the VGTC conference style template <http://junctionpublishing.org/vgtc/Tasks/camera.html> (i.e., *NOT the journal style template that full papers use*). Extended abstracts are to be submitted online through the Precision Conference System (additional details TBA; do NOT use the PCS link above to submit extended abstracts for posters). All abstracts accepted for presentation at the workshop will be published on IEEE Xplore and linked from the workshop website. All abstracts should contain full author names and affiliations. If applicable, a link to a short video (up to 5 min. in length) may also be submitted. The abstracts will be juried by the organizers and selected external reviewers and will be chosen according to relevance, quality, and likelihood that they will stimulate and contribute to the discussion. At least one author of each accepted poster needs to register for the conference (even if only for the workshop). Registration information will be available on the IEEE VIS website <http://ieeevis.org/year/2018/welcome>. Important Dates - Submission deadline: August 15, 2018 - Author notification: September 1, 2018 - Camera-ready deadline: October 1, 2018 - Workshop: October 22, 2018 *ORGANIZERS* - John Wenskovitch, Virginia Tech (jw87(a)vt.edu) - Michelle Dowling, Virginia Tech (dowlingm(a)vt.edu) - Chris North, Virginia Tech - Remco Chang, Tufts University - Alex Endert, Georgia Tech - David Rogers, Los Alamos National Lab

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CFP 11th Forum Media Technology 2018, DL: Sept 16, 2018
by Aigner Wolfgang 07 Aug '18

07 Aug '18

========================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: September 16th, 2018) Apologies if you receive this more than once. ========================================================== CFP: 11th Forum Media Technology 2018 St. Pölten, Austria November 28-29, 2018 http://fmt.fhstp.ac.at Submission address: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FMT2018/ Contact: forummedientechnik(a)fhstp.ac.at ========================================================== Audio-visual, interactive and mobile media interweave with our everyday life. In almost all our areas of life, they change our behaviour and affect our perception, thinking and feeling. The Forum Media Technology (FMT) aims for an intensive dialogue of experts working at agencies, studios and production companies with students, lecturers, researchers and developers. Contributions are sought for the 11th Forum Media Technology, presenting current results of applied research and development, new theoretical and scientific findings or case studies, projects, formats, services and prototypes in digital media technologies. TOPICS To foster the exchange between various disciplines in the huge field of digital media, the Forum Media Technology intentionally puts its focus on a wide range of content and on interdisciplinary dialogues at the intersection of new technological possibilities, creative design as well as economic, social and cultural framework requirements. We invite submissions which address one of the topics of the conference: • Digital Media Experience (Game Design, Serious Games, Experience Design) • Innovative Audio - New Applications for Music, Sound Design and Sonic Interaction • Mobile (Design, Development, Trust, Privacy, Learning) • Interactive Visualization and Data Analysis • Multimedia Modelling, Retrieval and Machine Learning • Digital GLAM (Media Technology in Arts and Heritage) and Participatory Culture • Ambient Assisted Living and Digital Healthcare • Physical Computing and Industrial Internet Please refer to http://fmt.fhstp.ac.at for a detailed list of subtopics. SUBMISSION Contributions shall be submitted in English. The mandatory oral presentation must be held in English as well. Forum Media Technology allows submissions in three categories: • Full paper: Full papers should report substantial, completed, and previously unpublished research. The length limitation is 5 to 8 pages excluding references in the FMT conference paper format. • Short paper & Demo: Short papers are appropriate for reporting smaller experiments, surveys, on-going work, and late-breaking results. Demos cover demonstrations of prototypes, innovative tools, and services. The maximum length is 4 pages excluding references in the FMT conference paper format. • Graduate Consortium: The FMT 2018 Graduate Consortium is intended to provide an opportunity for graduate and doctoral students to explore, discuss and develop their research topics in an interdisciplinary workshop under the guidance of a panel of distinguished researchers. PAPER SUBMISSION & REVIEW GUIDELINES • Template: http://bit.ly/fmt2018template • Online submission: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FMT2018/ All contributions will be reviewed in a double-blind process, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Please be sure your name and affiliation do not appear on your initial submission. IMPORTANT DATES • Full paper, Short paper and Demo submission: September 16, 2018 • Notification of acceptance: October 17, 2018 • Camera-ready version submission: October 29, 2018 Contributors commit themselves to present their contributions at the 11th Forum Media Technology in St. Pölten, Austria on November 28th or 29th, 2018. All accepted contributions are included in the conference proceedings volume published via the free open-access publication service CEUR-WS, a recognized ISSN publication series (ISSN 1613-0073). The copyright of the published work remains exclusively with the authors. ORGANISING COMMITTEE: Markus Seidl, Thomas Moser, Kerstin Blumenstein, Matthias Zeppelzauer, Michael Iber, Grischa Schmiedl. LOCATION: St. Pölten, Austria (St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, http://www.fhstp.ac.at) Situated 60 km to the west of Vienna in Austria’s oldest baroque town, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1996 and is an expanding institution of higher education. -- WOLFGANG AiGNER Scientific Director Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies (IC\M/T) Department Media & Digital Technologies St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences Matthias Corvinus Strasse 15, 3100 St. Poelten, Austria wolfgang.aigner(a)fhstp.ac.at +43 (0) 2742 313 228 - 611 http://mc.fhstp.ac.at/people/wolfgang-aigner @wolfgangaigner FN 146616m, LG St. Pölten, DVR 1028669F

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