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Frontiers Special Issue: Use-Inspired Immersive Analytics: CFP
by Chen, Jian 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Dear colleagues, You are invited to submit your work to a special issue on the new frontier research on Immersive Analytics. Please find details below. Use-Inspired Basic Research in Immersive Analytics https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/6416/use-inspired-immersive-ana… Submission deadline: May 18 2018 About this Research Topic: Immersive analytics (IA) investigates how new interaction and display technologies can be used to support analytical reasoning and decision making. Here immersion is regarded as an objective measure of the quality of the system’s technology, a measure of the extent to which the system presents a vivid environment, be it high-fidelity rendering or not, tracked or not, and stereoscopic or not. As a result, large high-resolution displays and the entire spectrum of mixed reality (MR) and ubiquitous computing all introduce opportunities to facilitate analytical reasoning and thus fall into the immersive analytics paradigm. This Research Topic is dedicated to "use-inspired basic research in immersive analytics" where a real-world problem shapes the design and studies. We encourage the discussions on intriguing issues of persuasive power of communications utilizing immersive display technologies, understanding the multifarious symbiosis relationships between humans and computing, and how best display and interaction can be used not only as a mechanism to conceive and communicate reality or how a set of visual variables can be encoded, but a means for influence, a way to persuade viewers to share that reality or at least to act in accordance with it. The consequences for design will be more powerful if immersive analytics can alter human assessments of and actions on their data. We are also interested in the building blocks of thought and crucial insights to be gained from the underlying structure of mental activities: the brain’s operations, which is perhaps the great remaining mysteries of human-computer integrated analytical reasoning. We like to explore how visual aids can link seemingly unrelated actions and events and how embodiment and new metaphors shape our minds and thinking, inspired by real-world uses. Special Issue Editors: Benjamin Bach, University of Edinburgh Doug A. Bowman, Virginia Tech Jian Chen, The Ohio State University Steven M. Drucker, Microsoft Research Tim Dwyer, Monash University Brian Fisher, Simon Fraser University Arie Kaufman, Stony Brook University Karsten Klein, Monash University Liz Marai, University of Illinois at Chicago Kim Marriott, Monash University Dieter Schmalstieg, Graz University of Technology Falk Schreiber, Monash University Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Simon Fraser University Hui Su, IBM Research Judith Terrill, National Institute of Standards and Technology Bruce Thomas, University of South Australia Best regards, - Jian for Arie, Benjamin, Brian, Bruce, Dieter, Doug, Falk, Hui, Karsten, Kim, Judy, Liz, Steve, Tim, Wolfgang ————— Jian Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering The Ohio State University 2015 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210 Office phone: 614.688.1981 Fax: 614.292.2911 My web home: http://www.cse.osu.edu/~chen.8028 Lab opennings: http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~chen.8028/OSUHVCL/Hiring.html

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[ETRA] CfP Videos & Demos
by Tanja Blascheck 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

========================================================= ACM EYE TRACKING RESEARCH & APPLICATIONS SYMPOSIUM 2018 CALL FOR VIDEO & DEMO SUBMISSIONS ========================================================= 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 & Doctoral Symposium (Technical Abstracts) Apr 2, 2018 Authors: Extended abstracts due 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://precisionconference.com/~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. 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) 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) 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 with best regards, Tanja Blascheck and Rakshit Kothari

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Keynote & Colloquium: NAS Creativity & Collaboration
by Ben Shneiderman 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

Dear InfoVis Community, We’re pleased to announce the Free Evening Keynote as part of our 2-Day Colloquium: Tuesday March 13, 2018, 6pm Evening Keynote: David Skorton, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution Branches from the Same Tree The nature of work is changing rapidly in the digital age, increasing the demand for specific skills in particular disciplines. At the same time, the United States must not become a nation of specialists who cannot speak one another’s language, especially since changes in individuals’ jobs and even careers will increasingly be the norm. The sciences and the arts, as Albert Einstein said, are “branches from the same tree.” David Skorton, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, will argue that there is enormous value – for individuals, organizations, and society – in promoting broad educational experiences that integrate the STEM disciplines with the arts and the humanities. Free registration: https://branches_from_the_same_tree.eventbrite.com The Keynote is part of the Sackler Colloquium on: Creativity and Collaboration: Revisiting Cybernetic Serendipity, which will be in Washington, DC at the beautiful old building of the National Academy of Sciences on the mall during March 13-14, 2018: http://www.nasonline.org/Sackler-Creativity-Collaboration Our ambition is to redirect the history of ideas, restoring the Leonardo-like close linkage between art/design and science/engineering. We believe that internet-enabled collaborations can make more people more creative more of the time. Registration for the 2-day colloquium is still available: http://www.cvent.com/d/3tq2rg Please pass this announcement to your friends and colleagues. Organizing Committee: Ben Shneiderman (Chair), University of Maryland Maneesh Agrawala, Stanford University Alyssa Goodman, Harvard, Smithsonian Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University Roger Malina, University of Texas, Dallas

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call for book chapters: THE SERIOUS STORYTELLING HANDBOOK - 30th June 2018 || data storytelling || storytelling outside entertainment || hci || health || eductation || games || eLearning || multimedia
by Artur Lugmayr 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

======================================================================================================== ======================================================================================================== ======================================================================================================== Call for Book Chapters Proposals THE SERIOUS STORYTELLING HANDBOOK Storytelling outside the Entertainment Context to Engage, Enlighten, and Explain in Serious Games, Data Storytelling, User-Experience, AI, Health, eLearning, Science, Digital Media, and Business/Management The handbook is transdisciplinary and should address technology, human, storytelling, and business issues in the fields of entertainment computation, human-computer-interaction, media technology and design, information systems research, multimedia, data science, digital games, eLearning, eHealth, and digital media scholars. Artur Lugmayr, Helmut Hlavacs, and Calkin Suero Montero (Eds.) Published by Chapman&Hall/CRC Taylor&Francis Group The book will be the pilot book for the new Series on Emerging Media Technology and User-Experience Computation, published by Chapman&Hall/CRC Taylor&Francis Group. Upcoming Deadline: June 30th 2018: Expression of Interest and/or Final Chapters Contact: artur.lugmayr(a)artur-lugmayr.com Book Website: http://emu.artur-lugmayr.com Submission System: http://www.artur-lugmayr.com/Submissions/2017Story/ Newsletter: http://www.artur-lugmayr.org/phplist/?p=subscribe ========================================================================================================== ========================================================================================================== ========================================================================================================== "Storytelling outside the context of entertainment, where the narration progresses as a sequence of patterns impressive in quality, relates to a serious context, and is a matter of thoughtful process." Serious storytelling - a First Definition and Review A. Lugmayr, E. Sutinen, J. Suhonen, C. Sedano, H. Hlavacs, C. Montero Multimedia Tools and Applications 76(14),pp. 15707-15733, 2016 In human culture, storytelling has a long tradition. The reasons why stories have been told are manifold: to entertain, to transfer knowledge between generations, to keep cultural heritage, or to warn others of dangers. With the emergence of the digitalization of media many new possibilities to tell stories emerged in serious and non-entertainment contexts. A very simple example is the idea of serious gaming - thus digital games without primarily an entertainment purpose. Within this handbook, we generalize the approach of serious games, on other genres of digital storytelling, and call for handbook typical contributions which introduce "serious storytelling: storytelling with a purpose beyond entertainment" as new approach. We seek for handbook alike contributions, reviews of existing application areas, established theories and methods, fundamental concepts, ground breaking research results in a transdisciplinary approach. The handbook shall range across domains, and illustrate storytelling outside an entertainment context in e.g. data science, artificial intelligence, well-being and health, medicine, psychology, education, ethical problem solving, eLeadership, and business/management, robotics, storytelling in deep learning and big data, qualitative journalism, serious games, storytelling in simulations, HCI research and storytelling, VR/AR training, user-experience studies, and online communication. If you want to learn more about the idea of serious storytelling, please consult the journal article that has been introducing this new idea: A. Lugmayr, E. Sutinen, J. Suhonen, C. Sedano, H. Hlavacs, C. Montero, Serious storytelling - a First Definition and Review, Multimedia Tools and Applications 76(14),pp. 15707-15733, 2016. THEMES AND TOPICS The handbook is suited for people with interest in entertainment computation, human-computer-interaction, media technology and design, information systems research, multimedia, data science, digital games, eLearning, eHealth, new media scholars, and visualisation. * Storytelling in/for data science, AI, Big Data, and deep learning * Storytelling in HCI and User-Experience research * Human-Computer-Interaction supporting serious storytelling * Animation, graphics, 3D, VR, and AR storytelling * Serious storytelling in business, leadership, and law * Education and serious storytelling * Digital forensics and storytelling * Storytelling and social media * Anthropological perspectives of serious storytelling * Storytelling as part of the innovation process * Medicine, wellness, and therapy and storytelling * Storytelling in science, and scientific PR and publishing * Automated generation of stories * New computational paradigms (e.g. quantum computing) in storytelling * Narrative form, structure, and expression * Media technology, multimedia, and entertainment computation * Theories, methods, frameworks, and concepts * Your idea? CONTRIBUTIONS We seek for full research papers, literature surveys, technical solutions, surveys of the field, theory of storytelling, essays, state of the art descriptions, best practices in real life projects, and point of views and critique of the topic. As it's a handbook, contributions not essentially need to be new, we also seek for proofed concepts, methods, existing projects, and ideas that contribute to a handbook type of book. We would like to focus on shaping a NOVEL research direction, and define Digital Serious Storytelling as a new research pathway. Therefore, we are seeking for establishing theory. As we would like to have a tightly controlled editing process, we will mix authors of different contributions as well as we will step into the chapter authoring processes as it is required to get a red line through the book. We would not like to have an edited book consisting of a set of loosely connected chapters. We want to create a reference book, which will have impact, and act as teaching reference. SUBMISSION DEADLINES * June 30th 2018: Expression of Interest and Intend to Submit a Chapter (or Final Chapters) * July 30th 2018: Invitation of a Selected set of Expression of Interests as Final Full Chapter * Sept. 30th 2018: Final Full Chapters (also authors who did not submit an expression of interest can contribute) * Nov. 30th 2018: Review Results to Authors after (Double Blinded Review) * Jan., 15th 2019: Final Chapters Due SUBMISSION GUIDELINES * Please format your submission according the guidelines in: https://www.crcpress.com/assets/images/crc/T%26F%20Text%20Preparation%20Ins… (Microsoft Word) or https://www.crcpress.com/assets/images/crc/T%26F%20Text%20Preparation%20Ins… (LaTeX) * Expressions of interests should contain title, author information, short one sentence pitch of the proposed chapter, perspective of the chapter (technical, business, computer science, HCI, new media, data science....), author short bios, author pictures, 1500 word description of the contribution, own research publication contributing the final book chapters, and list of references to be considered for the final contribution. * Authors are encouraging to submit final chapters as their expression of interest, and these efforts will be rewarded and help us to decide upon the final accepted chapters. However, we also fully consider thoroughly written expression of interests, which are contributing directly to the book, and will invite a selected set of high quality contributions to submit a final full chapter. Authors who did not submit an expression of interest, are encouraged to submit a final chapter at the final chapter due date. * We only accept submissions through the submission system. If you have multiple files (e.g. word document, pdf, and multiple figures) to submit, please upload ALL THE FILLES AS A .ZIP ARCHIEVE to the submission system. * The submission system can be found on: http://www.artur-lugmayr.com/Submissions/2017Story/ ABOUT THE SERIES The book will be published as part of a new series. The Chapman & Hall/CRC Emerging Media and User-Experience Computation Series presents cross-disciplinary research, case studies, and insights into media technology, media business, and media design. The series will cover many topics of interest, including, but not limited to: advancements in media technology, animation, media design, music, robotics, video, content production, information systems, content systems, interactive media, visual effects, asset management, design approaches, user-experience, quality of experience, simulation, serious games, digital games, augmented reality, and virtual reality. The series is cross-disciplinary, and seeks contributions from computer science, media design, human-computer-interaction, psychology, (mass)-communication, information systems, and business viewpoints. If you are considering a separate book proposal for the series, please do not hesitate to contact the series editor and consult the series website on http://emu.artur-lugmayr.com. The book will be the pilot book for the new Series on Emerging Media Technology and User-Experience Computation, published by Chapman&Hall/CRC Taylor&Francis Group. If you would like to contribute to the series with an own book chapter proposal, please consult the series website: http://emu.artur-lugmayr.com.

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IFIP-ICEC || Computers in Entertainment || 18-20th Sept 2018 || DL: 14/3-Workshops 7/5-Papers || Poznan, Poland
by Artur Lugmayr 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

============================================================================================================================== ============================================================================================================================== ============================================================================================================================== 17th IFIP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING (ICEC'18), co-located with IFIP World Computer Congress (WCC'18) " explore . create . reflect . develop " Bridging the gap between technology, HCI, business, design, and art in entertainment Date: 18-20 September, 2018 Venue: Poznan, Poland http://www.ifip-icec.org HIGHLIGHTS: - breaking NEW ACTIVITIES@ICEC: art exhibition, ICEC award, new conference areas - NEW AREAS@ICEC media studies, human-computer-interaction, business & information systems - first DEADLINES approaching: 14th March 2018 - Workshops, 7th May 2018 - Papers - IFIP ICEC Entertainment Award STAY IN TOUCH - Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EntertainmentComputing/ - Subscribe to our Mailinglist on www.ifip-icec.org - Twitter: @IFIP_ICEC ============================================================================================================================== ============================================================================================================================== ============================================================================================================================== The IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computation is the longest lasting and prime scientific conference series in the area of Entertainment Computing. It brings together practitioners, researchers, artists, designers, and industry on the design, creation, development, use, application and evaluation of digital entertainment content and experience systems. The conference series is cross-disciplinary, and stretches over the domains of computer science, human-computer-interaction, content production, digital games, multimedia, media studies, art, and design. The conference series aims at presenting high quality scientific results spanning from theory to application, use-cases, experience, and demonstrations. We solicit papers, posters, and demonstrations, as well as we are looking for tutorial and workshop proposal. The conference theme for 2018 is "Explore . Create . Reflect . Develop". All papers are published by Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Best full papers are recommended to publish in a special issue of the Elsevier Entertainment Computing Journal. IMPORTANT DATES: * March 14, 2018: Workshops (notification March 30, 2018) * May 7, 2018: Long and Short Papers (notification June, 5 2018) * May 20, 2018: Posters, Demos, Tutorials, Interactive Sessions (notification June 5, 2018) * June 19, 2018: Camera Ready Papers Due (all tracks) * July 1, 2018: Suggested Deadline for Workshop Papers * July 1, 2018: Art Exhibitions Entries * August 1, 2018: Doctoral Consortium Application SUBMISSION CATEGORIES - Short (6pp) and long papers (12pp) - Posters (4pp + the actual poster in A0 as pdf) - Art, Demonstrations and Interactive Exhibits (4pp including description of the experience) - Industry track (1pp + modality /demonstration, justification of modality: demo/presentation) - Workshops and tutorials (4pp) - Doctoral consortium (4pp) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND CONTACT INFORMATION All submission guidelines can be found on the conference website on http://www.ifip-icec.org. If you have any questions concerning the conference, please contact us under contact(a)ifip-icecc.org. CONFERENCE ORGANISERS The conference is organized by the IFIP-TC14 - Artur Lugmayr, Curtin Univ., AUSTRALIA - General Chair - Kathrin Gerling, KU Leuven, BELGIUM - General Chair - Esteban Clua, Fluminese Federal Univ., BRAZIL - Program Chair - Licinio Roque, from Universidade de Coimbra, PORTUGAL - Program Chair - Rainer Malaka, Univ. of Bremen, GERMANY - IFIP TC 14 Chair TOPICS We invite the submission of papers, posters, demos, tutorials and workshop proposals on the design, development, and study of broad forms of digital entertainment. Topics include but are not limited to: Emerging Topics in Entertainment Computing - Ubiquitous Computing and Interfaces in Entertainment - Immersive and Virtual Multimedia Experiences - Quality of Services (QoS), and Quality of Experience (QoE) - AI, Big Data, and Deep Learning in Entertainment - Content Production and Production Systems Digital Games and Interactive Entertainment - Game Design and Development - Interactive Narratives & Digital Storytelling - Entertainment Robots, Toys & Smart Gadgets Design, Human-Computer Interaction, and Analysis of Entertainment Systems - Experience Design & Analysis - Telemetry & Semi-Automated Analysis - Methodologies, Tools & Techniques for Entertainment - Human Factors & Performance of Entertainment Applications & Technology Interactive Art, Performance and Cultural Computing - Digital Art & Installations - Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality & Entertainment - Ubiquitous/Pervasive Entertainment - Sound, Music & Performance - TransMedia and Entertainment - Social Computing Entertainment Devices, Platforms & Systems - Digital Entertainment Hardware & Devices - Ambient Entertainment - Digital Broadcasting and Digital Cinema - Interactive Television and Broadcasting Theoretical Foundations and Ethical Issues - Emotions and Affective Interaction - Social / Cultural Impacts of Digital Entertainment - Issues of Public Relations & Advertising Through Entertainment Entertainment for Purpose & Persuasion - Serious & Learning Games - Games for Health & Well-Being - Games For Change & Social Impact Games - Exergaming - Advergames and Digital Marketing Computational Methodologies for Entertainment - Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning for Entertainment - Procedural Content Generation - Computer Graphics & Visual Effects - Big Data in Entertainment - Security & Privacy in Entertainment[K1] Media Studies, Communication, Business, and Information Systems - Information Technology in Media Industry - IT and the Economics of Media Business - Audience Measurement and Participation - Interplay between technology, content, and consumer choice - Adoption and diffusion of technology driven media products - New communication models through emerging new technologies

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Second Call for Papers VINCI 2018
by Karsten Klein 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ====================== [Apologies if you receive multiple copies] The 11th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI 2018) (vinci-conf.org) Växjö, Sweden, August 13-15, 2018 Workshop/Tutorial/Special Session/Panel proposals due: March 9, 2018 Paper submission deadline: April 20, 2018 (23:59 in AoE) ====================== Visual communication through graphics or text has long been conducted among human beings of different backgrounds or cultures, and in recent decades between human and machine. In today's digital world, visual information is typically encoded with various metaphors commonly used in daily life to facilitate rapid comprehension and easy analysis during the communication process. Visual information communication generally encompasses information visualization, graphical user-interfaces, visual analytics, and visual languages. Visual information is increasingly being used to facilitate human-human communication through the Internet and mobile devices. The Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI) (vinci-conf.org) is the premier international forum for researchers and industrial practitioners to discuss the state-of-the-art in visual communication theories, designs, and applications. The 11th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI '18) will be held on 13-15 August 2018, in Växjö, Sweden. Papers can be submitted as full papers, short papers or posters. All accepted papers will be published by ACM Press and made available in the ACM Digital Library (EI indexed). Authors of selected full papers of high quality will be invited to submit revised versions of their works to a special issue of an SCI-indexed journal. In addition, revised versions of selected best papers in art and design will be invited for subsequent publication in a special issue of Leonardo (MIT Press, AHCI indexed). 1. SCOPES AND TOPICS ==================== We solicit original, unpublished research papers that focus on all aspects of visual information communication and interaction, either via images, computer graphics, animations, virtual reality, web, or other media. Research papers may address cognitive and design aspects, underlying theories, taxonomies, implementation work, tool support, and case studies. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: = Cognitive aspects of visual information comprehension = Empirical studies of novel visual metaphors = Visual interaction through multimodality = Visual approaches for knowledge discovery = Computational aesthetics = Visual and immersive analytics = Graph drawing and (multivariate) network visualization = Information visualization = Graphical user interface design = Aesthetics in visual communication = Influence of visual arts and design = Visual modeling languages and UML = Visual communication metaphors = Visual programming languages = Visualization on mobile devices = Visualization in virtual, mixed, and augmented reality = Applications like SoftVis, BioVis, GeoVis, ... = Sketching = Human-computer interaction 2. PAPER SUBMISSION =================== Submissions that address research and development, as well as experience reports and tool demonstrations on the above and other related topics are strongly encouraged. Papers can be submitted as full papers, short papers or posters. Each submitted symposium paper will be peer-reviewed by at least three International Program Committee members. All accepted papers and posters will appear in the proceedings of VINCI?018 published by ACM Press and made available in the ACM Digital Library (EI indexed). Moreover, authors of a number of selected full papers of high quality will be invited to prepare revised versions of their work for submission to a special issue of an SCI-indexed journal. In addition, it is planned that revised versions of selected best papers in art and design will be invited for the subsequent publication in a special issue of Leonardo (MIT Press; AHCI indexed). Research papers and experience reports of up to eight (8), short papers of up to four (4), and tool demonstrations or posters of up to two (2) ACM double-column pages should be submitted through https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vinci2018. Detailed information on the electronic submission can be found on the conference web page. 3. WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ========================== VINCI '18 is also soliciting proposals for full-day or half-day workshops and tutorials on topics that address areas of interest to the community. Proposals should not be longer than a maximum of 2 pages. In particular, workshop proposals should include: 1) The title and a brief description of the specific issues that the workshop will address, the reasons why the workshop is of interest in these times, and the main research areas involved. 2) Contact information of the workshop chairs, their competence in the proposed topic(s) and previous experience in chairing scientific events. 3) A tentative list of program committee members. 4) Intended length (half or full day) and a draft of the Call for Papers. Workshop organizers will be expected to set up an own workshop web page as soon as the workshop proposal has been accepted. Tutorials usually attract a broad range of audiences, including professionals, researchers, students, and practitioners, who wish to enhance their knowledge in the specific tutorial topic. Tutorials offer a unique opportunity to disseminate in-depth information on specific topics in visual information communication and interaction. Tutorial proposals should include short biographies of the proposers, a draft of the tutorial content, intended length, and evidence of the possibility of attracting audiences to the tutorial. It is possible to extend the symposium by one day in case many workshops or tutorials are proposed and accepted. Detailed information on the electronic submission can be found on the conference web page. 4. SPECIAL SESSIONS AND PANELS ============================== We also invite special session and panel proposals for VINCI '18. Proposals for special sessions and panels should include the title, aim and scope, the names and affiliations of the organizers together with a short biography. A list of potential contributors or panel members would be surely helpful too. The proposers are expected to have a good publication track record and excellent standing in the proposed area. Detailed information on the submission of special sessions and panel proposals can be found on the conference web page. Papers submitted to special sessions should be done through the VINCI '18 EasyChair submission system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vinci2018) The paper types are identical to those of regular submissions. It is the responsibility of the special session organizers to make sure that papers submitted to their special session clearly indicate the name of the special session the paper belongs to. All papers submitted to special sessions will be subject to the same peer-review procedure as the regular papers (however chaired by the special session organizers) and will appear in the VINCI '18 conference proceedings as well. The symposium chairs reserve the right to move accepted papers for a special session into a regular session in case the special session has finally less than four papers. In this case, the special session will be canceled. 5. IMPORTANT DATES ================== Workshop/Tutorial/Special Session/Panel proposals due: March 9, 2018 Workshop/Tutorial/Special Session/Panel decision and notification: March 16, 2018 Paper submission deadline: April 20, 2018 (23:59 in AoE) Notification of decision: May 28, 2018 Camera-ready copy due: June 15, 2018 6. ORGANIZATION =============== GENERAL CHAIR: Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden PROGRAM CHAIRS: Yina Li, University of Science and Technology of China, China Karsten Klein, Universität Konstanz, Germany PROCEEDINGS CHAIR: Kostiantyn Kucher, Linnaeus University, Sweden LOCAL ORGANIZATION CHAIR: Rafael Messias Martins, Linnaeus University, Sweden PROGRAM COMMITTEE: See https://vinci-conf.org/committees.html

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From Skala - CfP-EXTENDED - 26.WSCG conf. on Graphics, Visualization and Vision [Plzen, Prague - Czech Republic] - (includes GraVisMa & HCI-Europe confs.)
by Vaclav Skala 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

>> Please resend to your colleagues. Sorry for duplicates, if any << Call for Papers WSCG 2018 (includes GraVisMa 2018, HCI-Europe 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION EXTENDED to March 20, 2018 (due to technical reasons) >>> WSCG 2018 – 26. Int. Conf. on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision >>> http://www.wscg.eu When: May 28 – June 1, 2018, Pilsen (the City of Beer), close to Prague, Czech Republic Where: Primavera Congress Center, Pilsen (the City of Beer), close to Prague, Czech Republic (approx. 70 mins. from the Prague Airport by public transport) Main topics (but not limited to – see the WEB for details) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer graphics, scientific and medical visualization, computer vision, image processing, pattern recognition, GPU graphics, graphical human computer interfaces, geometric modeling, rendering and animation, virtual reality, haptic systems, medical imaging, graphical interaction, computational photography, data compression for graphics, image based rendering, mathematical methods for graphics and vision, physically based modeling, shape analysis & modeling & retrieval, surface and volume parameterization, parallel graphics, CAD, CAGD and GIS systems, related applications and other related topics. Satellite conferences: ------------------------ ·GraVisMa 2018 - 5. Conference on Computer Graphics, Computer Vision and Computational Mathematics Includes special workshop: Radial Basis Function: Theory and Application in Physical Sciences http://www.GraVisMa.eu ·HCI-Europe 2018 – 3. Conference on Human Computer Interaction 2018 https://www.hci-europe.eu Important dates --------------------- Submission: March 20, 2018 - EXTENDED Acceptance decision: April 20, 2018 Final version due: May 10, 2018 Proceedings will be published in Computer Science Research Notes (ISSN 2464-4617). The best papers will be published in The Journal of WSCG (ISSN 1213-6972). Organizer & Chair --------------------- prof. Vaclav Skala, c/o University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Univerzitni 8, CZ 30614 Plzen http://www.VaclavSkala.eu -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof.Vaclav Skala http://www.VaclavSkala.eu tel. 37-763-2473 c/o University of West Bohemia Faculty of Applied Sciences Dept.of Computer Science & Engineering Univerzitni 8 CZ 306 14 Plzen Czech Republic --- Tato zpráva byla zkontrolována na viry programem Avast Antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Postdoctoral position in Information Visualization / Visual Analytics
by danilo coimbra 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

A full time postdoctoral position in Data Visualization area is available in The National Science & Technology Institute for Digital Democracy (INCT.DD) at the Federal University of Bahia, in Salvador, Brazil. We are looking for outstanding candidates holding a PhD in Computer Science/Engineering or related fields with a strong Computer Science/Engineering background. Excellent knowledge in the research areas of Information Visualization and Visual Analytics is a strong advantage. Duties will involve: · Research, develop and implement visualization methods to support analysis of social media data (temporal, numerical, categorical, text, networks…) · Writing for highly ranked journals and top tier conferences · Possibly co-advising undergraduate and graduate students Ideal start date is early March 2018. The initial appointment is for one year, with a monthly rate of BRL 4,100 (no taxes). An 18 months extension of the initial appointment is possible based on the progress in research. Candidates should contact Danilo Barbosa Coimbra (coimbra.danilo(a)ufba.br) before February 22, 2018 (use the subject heading "DCC/UFBA Postdoc Position"), and include: 1. A short cover letter describing the applicant's interest in the position and a brief research statement; 2. CV containing the full list of publications; 3. Name and contact details of at least two references. INCT.DD The National Science & Technology Institute for Digital Democracy (INCT.DD) is a network of laboratories and research groups involving 20 Brazilian institutions and 23 international research centers, which is the national reference center in the areas of digital democracy, e-government and online politics. The INCT.DD integrates a program of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication, funded for 6 years to act in scientific research, transfer of knowledge to the sector for society and the private sector, training of human resources and internationalization. The available postdoctoral position will be exercised in the framework of a cooperation between INCT.DD and professors of Department of Computer Science (DCC) at the Federal University of Bahia. The Department of Computer Science at UFBA is a young and growing faculty that has already acquired an impressive international visibility in many computer science disciplines, and offers great opportunities to grow and collaborate with top scientists. Our Academic Staff includes 36 researchers, covering several research areas, such as Computational Intelligence, Visualization, Big Data, Computer Networks, Computer Science Education, Distributed Systems, Formal Methods, Graph Theory and Optimization, HCI (Human-Computer Interaction), Logic, Real-Time Systems, Software Engineering, Visual Computing, and Web. The Department offers several undergraduate courses and runs two graduate programs, in Computer Science and in Mechatronics Engineering. LOCAL INFORMATION The main campus of Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) is located in Salvador, the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as the Brazil's capital of happiness due to its countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. Meet Salvador: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq5cochDyuM. Aerial view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD5qFPL2_-8. LINKS TO VISIT (in Portuguese): INCT: http://www.inctdd.org/ CEADD: http://www.ceadd.com.br/ DCC-UFBA: http://www.dcc.ufba.br/ UFBA: http://www.ufba.br/ Bahia: http://www.bahia.com.br/ INCTs Program: http://www.cnpq.br/documents/10157/b91b7566-2110-4a29-9704-88cdd324e072 -- Danilo B. Coimbra Federal University of Bahia Department of Computer Science Salvador - Bahia - Brazil

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[EuroVA2018] Second CFP: EuroVA 2018 - EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics
by Organizers EuroVA 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

EuroVA 2018 Workshop http://www.eurova.org EuroVA 2018 is the ninth international EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics. It will take place as a *one-day workshop* on Monday, June 4, 2018 in Brno, Czech Republic. Visual Analytics is a problem-solving and sense-making technology that integrates analytical computations, visual representations, and interaction. It includes the analysis of complex (massive, dynamic, ambiguous, conflicting, …) data and information for gaining understanding, building knowledge, and inferring insight. Visual Analytics aims at a synergistic collaboration of humans and computers mediated through interactive visual interfaces. As such, Visual Analytics is an interdisciplinary field of research, including aspects of visualization, human-computer interaction, statistics and mathematics, data management and knowledge representation, data analysis and machine learning, cognitive and perceptual sciences, and more. EuroVA 2018 is the best place to present and discuss ideas of new methods and theories, interesting applications, designs, and studies of the use of Visual Analytics methods and systems. The workshop will accept a range of paper types, including technique, system, application, evaluation and theory papers in the area of Visual Analytics. Keynote Speakers We are pleased to announce that our distinguished guests Dr. Gennady Andrienko and Dr. Natalia Andrienko will be giving this year’s EuroVA keynote. Gennady and Natalia will be talking about “Sports Visual Analytics“. Gennady and Natalia are lead scientists responsible for the visual analytics research at Fraunhofer IAIS and full professors (part-time) at City University London. They co-authored monographs “Exploratory Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Data” (Springer, 2006) and “Visual Analytics of Movement” (Springer, 2013), more than 80 peer-reviewed journal papers, 25 book chapters, and about 100 conference papers. Call for Submissions The workshop seeks to attract innovative, fresh and creative ideas with a high potential of becoming significant contributions to the Visual Analytics community. We welcome research papers that introduce new Visual Analytics concepts, methods, or techniques, application papers that describe success stories of Visual Analytics in practice, and position papers expressing novel and potentially controversial viewpoints on Visual Analytics. Topics The workshop covers a broad range of topics in the area of Visual Analytics: - Visual representations of complex data - Interaction techniques for data analysis - Computational methods to support analysis tasks - Theoretical foundations of Visual Analytics - Cognitive and perceptual aspects - Infrastructures and architectures for Visual Analytics - Data management, data provenance, and data uncertainty - Evaluation of Visual Analytics - Visual Analytics applications Hot Topics We especially encourage submissions reporting late-breaking results in the upstream topics: - Sports Visual Analytics - Progressive Visual Analytics - Immersive Visual Analytics - Big Data Analytics - Visual Analytics and deep learning - Decision making and analytical workflows using Visual Analytics - Visual Analytics of streaming data Important Dates - Submission: February 23, 2018 - Notification: March 23, 2018 - Camera-ready: April 20, 2018 - Workshop: June 4, 2018 (New this year: EuroVA will be only on Monday!) Submission Guidelines Papers, 4 pages in length + 1 extra page for references (maximum) must be prepared using the EuroVA LaTeX template, which can be downloaded here: egPublStyle-EuroVA2018 <http://www.eurova.org/wp-content/uploads/egPublStyle-EuroVA2018.zip> Papers are to be submitted via the new PCS at: https://new.precisionconference.com/eurova18a/ At least one author of an accepted paper must register and participate in the workshop to present the accepted work. The EuroVA 2018 Workshop Proceedings will be published by the Eurographics Association <https://www.eg.org/>, and be stored on the Eurographics Digital Library <https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/982>. OrganizersProgram chairs Christian Tominski, University of Rostock Tatiana von Landesberger, Technische Universität Darmstadt Publicity chair Michael Behrisch, Harvard University Links News: http://www.eurova.org/ EuroVA 2018: http://www.eurova.org/eurova-2018

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2nd CFP: Special issue on human centric visual analytics
by BIT Journal 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '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… <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ueEuCL7rM7HRBQNvuq-OOi?domain=explore.tan…> 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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