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2nd Call for Papers - VISSOFT 2018: 6th IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization
by Andreas Kerren 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

Sorry if you have received multiple copies of this email ======================================================================= Call for Papers VISSOFT 2018 6th IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization September 24-25, 2018 - Madrid, Spain http://vissoft18.etsii.urjc.es ======================================================================= Software visualization is a broad research area whose general goal is to enhance and promote the theory, realization, and evaluation of approaches to visually encode and analyze software systems, including software development practices, evolution, structure, and software runtime behavior. Software visualization is inherently interdisciplinary, drawing on theories and techniques from information visualization and computer graphics and applying these in the software engineering domain. The VISSOFT conference is principally a venue for publishing and discussing research related to software visualization. VISSOFT brings together a community of researchers from software engineering, information visualization, computer graphics, and human-computer interaction to discuss theoretical foundations, algorithms, techniques, tools, and applications related to software visualization. This year’s VISSOFT, co-held with ICSME, encourages a variety of submissions that address outstanding challenges in software systems using visualization. This includes technical papers, empirical studies, applications, case studies, and papers that present novel ideas and tools. VISSOFT topics of interest include: * Innovative visualization and visual analytics techniques for analysis of software engineering data. This includes source code, dependencies, repositories, developer social networks like StackOverflow and GitHub, mobile app reviews, documentation, runtime logs, and DevOps data. * Visualization to support software development activities, including design, requirements engineering, program comprehension, software testing, and debugging. * Interaction techniques and algorithms for software visualization * Visualization-based techniques in software engineering education * Integration of software visualization tools with development environments * Empirical evaluation of software visualizations * Industrial experience with using software visualization * Applications of new technologies to enhance software visualization, including virtual reality, augmented reality, gamification, and machine learning. We solicit papers that present original, unpublished research results. Papers will be rigorously reviewed by an international program committee. In addition to technical papers, VISSOFT features a New Ideas or Emerging Results (NIER) track and a Tools track. All accepted submissions will appear in the conference proceedings and the IEEE Digital Library. == Technical papers == A technical paper contribution must describe an in-depth and mature research result relevant to software visualization. The content of a technical paper can be at a maximum 10 pages long (including all figures, tables, and appendices). However, the 10 page limit does not include the bibliography, which is not limited in length. The submission of a video (up to 5 minutes in length) to accompany the paper is highly encouraged to show interaction possibilities. Authors who wish to submit a video can submit the video together with their paper if the size of the video is smaller than 50 MB, otherwise a URL to the video should be provided. Authors will be given the opportunity to provide a response to reviewer requests for clarifications before a final decision is made. After the notification, authors can also submit an artifact (tool, data, model, etc.). The following section provides more info about it. Important Dates: Abstract submission date: May 1, 2018 Paper submission date: May 8, 2018 Author response period: June 1 - June 5, 2018 Notification: June 15, 2018 Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vissoft2018 == Artifacts == Traditionally, technical research papers are published without including any artifacts (such as tools, data, models, videos, etc.), even though the artifacts may serve as crucial and detailed evidence for the quality of the results that the associated paper offers. Following the effort initiated at ESEC/FSE’11, authors of accepted technical papers at VISSOFT 2018 can have their artifacts evaluated by the program committee. Positively evaluated artifacts will be reflected in the paper publication, presentation, and be formally announced during the conference. A paper with an accepted artifact will have five extra minutes of presentation which can be used to present the artifact. The authors will also be invited to demo the artifact during the interactive informal demo session organized for the tool demo track. Given the short time between the acceptance notification and the deadline to submit the artifact, we suggest the authors to start preparing it beforehand. Finally, for more information about the artifact evaluation process visit http://www.artifact-eval.org. Important Dates: Artifact submission: June 22, 2018 Artifact notification: July 11, 2018 Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vissoft2018 == NIER and Tool papers== We accept two types of paper submissions: NIER contributions (New Ideas and Emerging Results) and Tool contributions. The NIER contributions describe work-in-progress and preliminary exciting results. Authors should include open questions and even provocative hypotheses to get early feedback on their research ideas or even support through new research collaborations. NIER papers have to be maximum 5 pages long (including bibliography). Tool contributions describe the design or actual utilization of software visualization tools, with a focus on relevant tool construction aspects or the use of the tool for gaining new insights. Authors should be prepared to demonstrate their tool at the conference. The submission may also contain a link to a screencast (e.g., YouTube or Vimeo video). Tools papers have to be maximum 5 pages long (including bibliography). Important Dates: Paper submission date: June 11, 2018 Notification: July 2, 2018 Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vissoft2018 == Organizing Committee == General Co-Chairs: J. Ángel Velázquez Iturbide, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain http://www.lite.etsii.urjc.es/members/angel-velazquez/ Jaime Urquiza Fuentes, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain https://jaime-urquiza.blogspot.com.es/ Program Co-Chairs: Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden http://homepage.lnu.se/staff/akemsi/ Mircea F. Lungu, University of Groningen, The Netherlands http://www.rug.nl/staff/m.f.lungu/ NIER/Tool Co-Chairs: Katherine E. Isaacs, University of Arizona, USA http://cgi.cs.arizona.edu/~kisaacs/ Michael Burch, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands http://www.tue.nl/staff/m.burch Artifact Evaluation Co-Chairs: Johan Fabry, Raincode Labs, Belgium https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Kw-9h4AAAAAJ&hl=en Roberto Minelli, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland http://robertominelli.com Most Influential Paper Award Chairs Wim De Pauw, Google Inc https://www.linkedin.com/in/wim-de-pauw-928397/ Jonathan Maletic, Kent State University, USA http://www.cs.kent.edu/~jmaletic/ For updates, visit http://vissoft.info or follow * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ieeevissoft/ * Twitter: @IEEEVISSOFT Best regards, Andreas Kerren and Mircea Lungu Program Co-Chairs

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Research Associate (Virtual Reality for Museums/Heritage)
by Jonathan Hook 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

** Research Associate (Virtual Reality for Museums/Heritage) ** - Location: Digital Creativity Labs, University of York - Closing date: 01 May 2018 - Find out more and apply: https://goo.gl/aPkZAL <https://goo.gl/aPkZAL> We seek an outstanding interdisciplinary researcher for a four-month fixed term position as a Research Associate on the Within the Walls of York Gaol project. Within the Walls of York Gaol is an interdisciplinary and multi-institutional project set up to research the application of Virtual Reality technology within a museums context. The project is situated in York’s Digital Creativity (DC) Labs (http://www.digitalcreativity.ac.uk <http://www.digitalcreativity.ac.uk/>), an impact-driven research centre that explores and develops new forms of digital creativity and interactive media experience. The post is funded by the AHRC Next Generation of Immersive Experiences funding scheme and will be part of a collaborative project between the University of York, University of Glasgow and York Museums Trust. The Within the Walls of York Gaol project investigates the use of Virtual Reality to deliver enhanced experiences of museums and heritage environments to audiences. The focus of the project will be on the re-interpretation of York Castle Museum Debtor’s Prison using immersive technologies. The successful candidate will play a central role in the development and evaluation of experimental immersive installations and will work closely with staff from all of the collaborating institutions. As the successful candidate you will have a PhD or equivalent experience and a strong record of publication in Human Computer Interaction, Digital Archaeology/Heritage or a related discipline (including but not limited to Computer Science, Digital Media Art, Game Design). You will have the ability to participate in the development of immersive experiences in collaboration with colleagues your skills profile should include one or more of the following: game design, digital art, 3D computer graphics, user experience evaluation. Some development experience would be preferred, particularly development for Unity. The post is available for 6 months from 1st May 2018 or as soon as practical after this date. There may be a possibility of an extension to the contract. The appointment will be made at Grade 6 and the salary will be £31,604 -£32,548 per year, pro rata. For information and enquiries please contact Dr Jonathan Hook on jonathan.hook(a)york.ac.uk <mailto:jonathan.hook@york.ac.uk> and Dr Guy Schofield on guy.schofield(a)york.ac.uk <mailto:guy.schofield@york.ac.uk> Jonathan Hook 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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CDVE2018 paper deadline approaching! April 20, 2018
by cdve .org 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

Dear colleague, This is to remind you that the full paper deadline of CDVE2018 is approaching. The call for papers is as follows. ----------------- CDVE2018 Call for Papers - The 15th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering – full paper deadline April 20 The 15th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering - CDVE2018 will be held from October 21 - 24, 2018 in Hangzhou, China. You are welcome to submit papers to the conference. The conference proceedings of CDVE2018 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 in the call of papers. All the papers should follow the LNCS format restrictively. The submission page is: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cdve2018 Full paper deadline: April 20, 2018. Full Papers - 8 pages. Short Paper submission deadline: May 10, 2018. Short papers - 4 pages, Notification of acceptance of short and full paper June 10, 2018. Poster Paper submission deadline: June 20, 2018 Final camera ready paper due and registration for accepted paper authors: July 10, 2018 October 21 - 24, 2018: CDVE2018 conference in Hangzhou, China Venue Hangzhou is the most famous city in its natural scenery in China and the booming base of the China internet e-commerce miracle. It is near Shanghai. We will visit the head quarter of the company Alibaba during the conference. You will enjoy it for sure! Contact All questions about submissions should be emailed to cdve2018(a)easychair.org Please feel free to forward this call. -- The 15th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering Oct. October 21 - 24,2018, Hangzhou, China Email: cdve2018(a)easychair.org Web: http://www.cdve.org

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Call for Participation: IEEE VIS 2018 Workshop on Machine Learning from User Interaction for Visualization and Analytics
by Chris North 11 Apr '18

11 Apr '18

IEEE VIS 2018 Workshop: MACHINE LEARNING FROM USER INTERACTION FOR VISUALIZATION AND ANALYTICS CALL FOR PAPERS Date and Location: October 21 or 22, 2018 in Berlin, Germany Website: https://learningfromusersworkshop.github.io/ <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 We have two submission tracks: for papers and for posters. Please note that the submission processes are still being finalized Papers We invite research and position papers between 5 and 10 pages in length. All submissions must be formatted according to the IEEE VIS format <http://junctionpublishing.org/vgtc/Track/vis-tvcg.html>. Papers are to be submitted online through the Precision Conference System (additional details TBA). All papers accepted for presentation at the workshop will be published on IEEE Xplore and linked from the workshop website. All papers 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 papers 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 paper 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: June 30, 2018 Author notification: July 31, 2018 Camera-ready deadline: August 20, 2018 Speaker Schedule Available: September 15, 2018 Workshop: October 21 or 22, 2018 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. All submissions must be formatted according to the IEEE VIS format <http://junctionpublishing.org/vgtc/Track/vis-tvcg.html>. Extended abstracts are to be submitted online through the Precision Conference System (additional details TBA). 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 21 or 22, 2018 ORGANIZERS John Wenskovitch, Virginia Tech (jw87(a)vt.edu <mailto:jw87@vt.edu>) Michelle Dowling, Virginia Tech (dowlingm(a)vt.edu <mailto:dowlingm@vt.edu>) Chris North, Virginia Tech Remco Chang, Tufts University Alex Endert, Georgia Tech David Rogers, Los Alamos National Lab

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Special Issue on Immersive Analytics ? Call for Papers
by benjamin bach 11 Apr '18

11 Apr '18

Special Issue on Immersive Analytics — Call for Papers Final submissions due: 1 October 2018 Publication date: May/June 2019 In systems that allow people to explore, understand, and present data, the affordances of the display and input devices used have a strong effect on the user experience as well as the degree of engagement and productivity. Rapid advancement in immersive technologies including VR/AR, large displays, and tangible surfaces offers new opportunities for data visualization and analytics. We can leverage these technologies not only to explore data more effectively but also to present insights in more engaging ways. However, visual analytics systems that go beyond the desktop environment have yet to be systematically investigated. Immersive Analytics is a multidisciplinary initiative to explore the development and application of emerging interaction technologies for creating more engaging experiences and realizing seamless workflows from data exploration to presentation. Recently, a series of successful workshops on immersive analytics have occurred in several venues, including the Shonan Seminar, Dagstuhl Seminar, ACM ISS, IEEE VR, and IEEE VIS. For this special issue, we are soliciting papers that describe innovative research, design, and viewpoints regarding Immersive Analytics. More specifically, we are looking for contributions on the following topics: Real-world Applications Data-Driven Storytelling Collaboration Hybrid 2D/3D Affordances for Immersion Natural and Multi-modal Interaction Multi-sensory, Physical, and Tangible Data Representation Evaluation Methods Platforms, Libraries, and Toolkits Guest editors Bongshin Lee (bongshin(a)microsoft.com <mailto:bongshin@microsoft.com>), Microsoft Research Benjamin Bach (bbach(a)inf.ed.ac.uk <mailto:bbach@inf.ed.ac.uk>), University of Edinburgh Tim Dwyer (tim.dwyer(a)monash.edu <mailto:tim.dwyer@monash.edu>), Monash University Kim Marriott (kim.marriott(a)monash.edu <mailto:kim.marriott@monash.edu>), Monash University Submission guidelines Nondepartment articles submitted to IEEE CG&A should not exceed 8,000 words, including the main text, abstract, keywords, bibliography, biographies, and table text, where a page is approximately 800 words. Articles should include no more than 10 figures or images. Each 1/4 page figure, image, and table counts for approx. 200 words. Note that all tables, images, and illustrations must be appropriately scaled and legible; larger elements should be accounted for accordingly with respect to word count. Please limit the number of references to the most relevant and ensure to delineate your work from relevant past articles in CG&A. Furthermore, avoid an excessive number of references to published work that might only be marginally relevant. Visit the CG&A style, length and supplemental guidelines at www.computer.org/web/peer-review/magazines <http://www.computer.org/web/peer-review/magazines>. Submission Please submit your paper using the manuscript submission service at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cs-ieee <https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cs-ieee>. When uploading your paper, select the appropriate special issue title under the category “Manuscript Type.” Also, include complete contact information for all authors. If you have any questions about submitting your article, contact the peer review coordinator at cga-ma(a)computer.org <mailto:cga-ma@computer.org>. best regards, Bongshin, Benjamin, Tim, Kim benjamin

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Data Science @ Uni Vienna: Open positions for 5 PhD candidates
by Anne Marie Faisst 11 Apr '18

11 Apr '18

Dear Sirs and Madams We have openings for five enthusiastic PhD students to establish an interdisciplinary research environment. The PhD students will be hosted in one of the faculties of Computer Science, Mathematics, or Business, Economics and Statistics. Each of the PhD students will be co-supervised by members of at least two different faculties and work on research problems in one of five domains, Astronomy, Digital Humanities, Finance, Industry 4.0, Medical Sciences. Applications including: ● Letter of motivation that clarifies the candidate’s particular domain(s) of interest and the target phd programme ● Curriculum vitae ● List of publications ● Evidence of teaching experience (if available) ● Degree certificates should be submitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna (http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than Apr 30th, 2018, mentioning reference number 8347. Starting Date: May 1st, 2018 Application deadline: April 30th, 2018 Duration: 3 years Job ad: https://tinyurl.com/ds-UniVie Best regards, -- Anne Marie Faisst, BA Organisationsassistentin Universität Wien Fakultät für Informatik Forschungsgruppe Visualization and Data Analysis Währinger Straße 29/S6/1.04, A-1090 Wien T +43-1-4277-790 03

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Information Visualization Videos from National Academy of Sciences
by Ben Shneiderman 09 Apr '18

09 Apr '18

Dear InfoVis Colleagues, Last month's National Academy of Sciences Sackler Colloquium on Creativity & Collaboration<http://www.nasonline.org/programs/sackler-colloquia/completed_colloquia/Cyb…> included a strong session on information visualization. We were eager to promote use of information visualization in scientific research, data journalism, and other contexts. Five of these terrific talks from prominent researchers, may be of interest to you, your colleagues, and students: Deconstructing Charts and Graphs - Maneesh Agrawala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAh_dcq_S_M Constructing Charts and Graphs - Jeff Heer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouIFSDQwkQM The Road from Explanation to Exploration, and Back - Alyssa Goodman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfA7XkivjAA Data Visualization Literacy - Katy Borner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5wYoIR1K_4 Visualization as Lingua Franca in Machine Learning - Fernanda Viegas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH19VRSOG7g We were pleased that NAS President Marcia McNutt sent this supportive message on information visualization to NAS members: I have been impressed recently by the growing renaissance movement to better integrate the arts and humanities with science and technology for practical benefits. Let me give just two examples. The recent NAS Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium on Creativity and Collaboration: Revisiting Cybernetic Serendipity<https://nasonline.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e8ed2d21703b877983dcb81…>, organized by Ben Shneiderman (NAE), had as its stated ambition: "...to redirect the history of ideas, restoring the Leonardo-like close linkage between art/design and science/engineering/medicine." Speakers demonstrated how interactive exploration methods embedded in modern information visualization tools lead to new insights and more effectively communicate complex concepts. Examples included ice flow patterns across Antarctica, dynamics of galaxy formation, and machine learning with deep neural nets. Visualization methods are equally important for data exploration, such as more effective detection of faulty data, missing data, unusual distributions, and anomalies; deeper and more thorough data analyses that produce profounder insights; and richer understandings that enable researchers to ask bolder questions. Stay tuned as well for the imminent release of a new report from the National Academies: The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Chaired by Secretary of the Smithsonian David Skorton and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, this report examines the evidence behind the assertion that educational programs that mutually integrate learning experiences in the arts, humanities and STEM lead to improved educational and career outcomes for undergraduate and graduate students. Ben Shneiderman ben(a)cs.umd.edu<mailto:ben@cs.umd.edu> Dept of Computer Science www.cs.umd.edu/~ben<http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben> AV Williams Building @benbendc University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Distinguished University Professor UM Institute for Advanced Computer Studies Member, National Academy of Engineering Fellow AAAS, ACM, IEEE, NAI, SIGCHI Academy

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Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators
by Anne Marie Faisst 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Dear Sirs and Madams, The Vienna Science Fund provides a great opportunity for tenure track positions in Vienna. The position will provide up to 1.6 million Euros for up to 8 years. It will require a university host. The newly established interdisciplinary research group Data Science @ University of Vienna would be happy to support applicants in the area of Data Science. For details about us and the procedure, please consult: http://datascience.univie.ac.at/job-opportunities/ Please send us your information by Apr 30th 2018. Best Regards, -- Anne Marie Faisst, BA Organisationsassistentin Universität Wien Fakultät für Informatik Forschungsgruppe Visualization and Data Analysis Währinger Straße 29/S6/1.04, A-1090 Wien T +43-1-4277-790 03

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CFP: Special issue on human centric visual analytics at Journal of Behaviour & Information Technology
by BIT Journal 04 Apr '18

04 Apr '18

[Apologies for multiple copies] Special issue on human centric visual analytics: Journal of Behaviour & Information Technology (2016 Impact Factor: 1.388) Currently, many visual analytics products and tools have been developed. However, in developing those tools and products, much attention has been paid on mining data patterns and making the hidden information visible to users. Relatively less attention has been paid on how this information should be presented for sense making decision making. This imbalance between human and computer has resulted in the lack of theories and guidelines for system design and evaluation and prevented systems and tools from being more useful in practice. To foster an incentive to address the issue and improve the situation, this specie issue targets on new visualization theories, novel design principles, analytics techniques and evaluation methodologies that are to address issues surrounding human-centric visual analytics. The primary objective is to foster focused attention in this emerging area and to serve as forum for researchers and professionals all over the world to exchange and discuss the latest advances. To be precise, the aim of this special issue is to present a collection of high-quality research papers on the state-of-the-art in the emerging area of human-centric visual analytics. We are soliciting original contributions that have not been published and are not currently under review by any other journals or conferences. Papers to be submitted to this special issue must focus on the human side of visual analytics. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and papers will be selected based on their quality and relevance to the theme of this special issue. Topics considered for this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following: • Visual perception and cognition • Design principle and guidelines for human-centric visual analytics • New evaluation methodologies and metrics • New visualization and visual analytics theories. • Adaption and refinement of existing theories and principles from HCI and Psychology in human–centric visual analytics • Novel human-data interfaces, frameworks, reference models, architectures, tools and systems • New human-data, human-computer and human-human interaction methods in the context of visual analytics • Human, social and cultural factors in collaborative visual analytics Schedule: Paper submission deadline: April 30, 2018 Review notification: June 30, 2018 Revised paper submission: August 30, 2018 Final notification: October 30, 2018 Publication: Late 2018 For more details, please see: http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/est/jmj02888-tbit-si-human-centric-visua… Guest editors: Dr. Weidong Huang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. Professor Yuhua Luo, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. Professor Brian Fisher, Simon Fraser University, Canada Professor Remco Chang, Tufts University, USA

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Deadline Extension ETRA Videos and Demos
by Tanja Blascheck 29 Mar '18

29 Mar '18

========================================================= ACM EYE TRACKING RESEARCH & APPLICATIONS SYMPOSIUM 2018 2nd CALL FOR VIDEO & DEMO SUBMISSIONS and DEADLINE EXTENSION ========================================================= Have a gaze interaction technique to share? Or want to show off how your new eye tracking method works? At ETRA 2018, we will have a demo/ video session where researchers give demonstrations of their research or show videos of their work. We encourage new and exciting ideas that may not yet be fully tested. To take part in this session, we request a 2-page extended abstract to be submitted. If authors have a full or short paper accepted, no extended abstract is needed. If submitting a video presentation, the video is required. For demos, space will be provided for a poster display. Please refer to the long call for submissions for detailed information on the ETRA demo/ video track. ========================================================= IMPORTANT DATES (Time Zone: AoE) Demo/ Video Apr 2 , 2018 Authors: Extended abstracts due Apr 6, 2018 Authors: Extended abstract due (extended deadline) Apr 10 , 2018 Feedback to authors Apr 16 , 2018 Authors: Camera ready abstracts due Apr 23 , 2018 Final notifications to authors ========================================================= SUBMISSION TO THE VIDEO & DEMO TRACK All submissions must be made electronically, at [ https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login?society=etra | https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login?society=etra ] . . To submit to the Video & Demo Track, you need to prepare a 2-page extended abstract, along with: a) the video submission AND/OR b) a description of the demonstration set-up with a mandatory review video showing the demonstration (Note: this video will be used for reviewing purposes - only videos accepted in the Video Track will be played at the conference). Detailed instructions are available below. In case you have a full or short paper accepted and would like to present a video and/or demo related to the paper, please enter the accepted paper number into the submission form. The extended abstract will be part of the ETRA 2018 proceedings. Copyright of the work will be held by the authors, which means that the 2 page extended abstract will not be regarded as a previous publication when submitting a longer version of the paper to a journal or conference. ========================================================= ABSTRACT PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS Abstracts should be 2 pages in length and should follow preparation instructions found at: [ http://www.siggraph.org/learn/instructions-authors | http://www.siggraph.org/learn/instructions-authors ] . To prepare the content of the PDF file, SIGGRAPH encourages authors to use LaTeX. When generating the PDF file, please make sure that the fonts are embedded in the PDF file. This will ensure that reviewers can view the paper without problems. The submitted abstracts do not have to be anonymized for peer review. In addition to the extended abstract, you will be asked to submit either a video or a demo description with a video as stated below. VIDEO PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS The video should depict your technology in action and we encourage researchers to explain in the video a) the motivation for their work, b) the specific problem being addressed, and c) the demonstrated solution to the problem. Note that the video should be self-explaining, no in-person explanation of the videos should be necessary at the conference. This should either include an audio track or subtitles. You should make sure that background audio is free from copyright or that you are licensed to use it. The video should not include a title slide with the title of the work, authors, affiliations, etc. at the start of the video . We will add this to all videos in a consistent style. A submitted video should have a maximum length of 5 minutes and should not be larger than 100 MB. We recommend using MP4 format with H.264 codec and a resolution of 1280 x 720 px, at 24 to 30 frames/s. Most video production systems can encode in this format and most video applications are able to play it. If you use a different codec, you risk that reviewers might not be able to view the video clip and you will need to re-encode the video clip for the conference proceeding USB. The video should play in the VLC media player version 2.2.6 (freely available at [ http://www.videolan.org/vlc | http://www.videolan.org/vlc ] ) without additional software, codecs or settings. For a longer guideline of how to make good videos for conference submission, please see the UIST video guidelines. DEMO PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS For the demo submission please fill in the following questionnaire ( [ https://goo.gl/forms/sAW318dIEd3NiCiN2 | https://goo.gl/forms/sAW318dIEd3NiCiN2 ] ). The questionnaire contains a list of equipment and you can indicate which equipment you will need at the conference for your demo. ========================================================= For more details visit: [ http://etra.acm.org/2018/demovid.html | http://etra.acm.org/2018/demovid.html ] with best regards, Tanja Blascheck and Rakshit Kothari

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