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Call for Tutorial Proposals: Diagrams 2018
by Atsushi Shimojima 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Tutorial Proposals Diagrams 2018 10th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/ Conference dates: 18th - 22nd June 2018 Location: Edinburgh, UK Co-located event: International Conference on Conceptual Structures 2018 http://blogs.napier.ac.uk/iccs/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Diagrams is an international interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. We invite proposals for half-day or full-day tutorials. These tutorials will be held both before and after the main conference, on June 18th (Monday) and June 22th (Friday). They will take place at the main conference venue, Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. Tutorials are expected to address topics that are of interest to the Diagrams 2018 conference attendees. These include, but are not limited to, the following: * applications of diagrams, * computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams, * design of diagrammatic notations, * diagram understanding by humans or machines, * diagram aesthetics and layout, * educational uses of diagrams, * evaluation of diagrammatic notations, * graphical communication and literacy, * heterogeneous notations involving diagrams, * history of diagrammatic notations, * information visualization using diagrams, * nature of diagrams and diagramming, * novel technologies for diagram use, * philosophy of diagrams (see the Philosophy of Diagrams special call), * psychological issues pertaining to diagrams (see the Psychology of Diagrams special call), * reasoning with diagrams, * semiotics of diagrams, * software to support the use of diagrams, and * usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams. Tutorials differ from workshops in that they do not solicit contributions from attendees. However, attendees have previously particularly enjoyed tutorials that are interactive and spark debate. Examples of previous tutorials may provide some inspiration and guidance and can be found at: * http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2016/workshops.html * http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2014/tutorials * http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2012/content/tutorial.html * http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials.html * http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2008/tutorials.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission of Tutorial Proposals ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A tutorial proposal must contain: 1. A single page listing a. the title of the tutorial b. the names and contact information for all organizers c. a brief biography of the main organizer 2. A description of the topic and rationale for the tutorial, including a brief description of why the tutorial will be relevant to Diagrams 2018 conference attendees. 3. An abstract describing the tutorial of up to 500 words that can be used to advertise the tutorial on the Diagrams 2018 conference website. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How to Submit a Proposal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions should be made by December 15th via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=diagrams2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial proposal submissions 15 December 2017 Tutorial notification 22 December 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information please contact the Diagrams 2018 Conference Organisers: Workshop and Tutorials Chair Renata de Freitas, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil freitas at vm.uff.br General Chair Peter Chapman, Edinburgh Napier University Program Chairs Amirouche Moktefi, Tallinn University of Technology Gem Stapleton, University of Brighton Abstracts Chair Sarah Perez-Kriz, The MITRE Corporation and George Mason University Graduate Symposium Chair Andrew Blake, University of Brighton Publicity Chair Atsushi Shimojima, Doshisha University

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Call for Workshop Proposals: Diagrams 2018
by Atsushi Shimojima 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Workshop Proposals Diagrams 2018 10th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/ Conference dates: 18th - 22nd June 2018 Location: Edinburgh, UK Co-located event: International Conference on Conceptual Structures 2018 http://blogs.napier.ac.uk/iccs/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Diagrams is an international interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. We invite proposals for half-day or full-day workshops. These workshops will be held both before and after the main conference, on June 18th (Monday) and June 22th (Friday). They will take place at the main conference venue, Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. Workshops are expected to address topics that are of interest to the Diagrams 2018 conference attendees. These include, but are not limited to, the following: * applications of diagrams, * computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams, * design of diagrammatic notations, * diagram understanding by humans or machines, * diagram aesthetics and layout, * educational uses of diagrams, * evaluation of diagrammatic notations, * graphical communication and literacy, * heterogeneous notations involving diagrams, * history of diagrammatic notations, * information visualization using diagrams, * nature of diagrams and diagramming, * novel technologies for diagram use, * philosophy of diagrams (see the Philosophy of Diagrams special call), * psychological issues pertaining to diagrams (see the Psychology of Diagrams special call), * reasoning with diagrams, * semiotics of diagrams, * software to support the use of diagrams, and * usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams. Examples of previous Workshops may provide some inspiration and guidance and can be found at: * http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2016/workshops.html * http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2014/workshops * http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2012/content/workshops.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission of Workshop Proposals ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A workshop proposal must contain: 1. A single page listing a. the title of the workshop b. the names and contact information for all organizers c. a brief biography of the main organizer 2. A description of the topic and rationale for the workshop, including a brief description of why the workshop will be relevant to Diagrams 2018 conference attendees. 3. A Call for Participation document of up to 500 words that can be used to advertise the workshop on the Diagrams 2018 conference website. Workshop organizers are expected to distribute their call for papers and solicite papers for submission. Workshop organisers must ensure that paper submission deadlines are at least two weeks after those for the main conference. In addition, they are encouraged to set submission deadlines after the notification date for Diagram 2018 papers (i.e. January 26, 2018). They must also notify authors of acceptance before the early registration deadline (late March, 2018). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How to Submit a Proposal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions should be made by October 4th via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=diagrams2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop proposal submissions 04 October 2017 Workshop notification 13 October 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information please contact the Diagrams 2018 Conference Organisers: Workshop and Tutorials Chair Renata de Freitas, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil freitas at vm.uff.br General Chair Peter Chapman, Edinburgh Napier University Program Chairs Amirouche Moktefi, Tallinn University of Technology Gem Stapleton, University of Brighton Abstracts Chair Sarah Perez-Kriz, The MITRE Corporation and George Mason University Graduate Symposium Chair Andrew Blake, University of Brighton Publicity Chair Atsushi Shimojima, Doshisha University

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Full VizSec 2017 program is available
by Nicolas Prigent 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

We are delighted to announce that the full program for VizSec 2017 is available on our web site : http://vizsec.org/vizsec2017/ The keynote address will be given by Alexander Anthony Gates, Director, Cyber Directorate, Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, U.S. Department of Energy and will deal with the most difficult challenge to using visualization tools to obtain and maintain cyber situational awareness, which is maintaining context.

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Re: [Infovis] National Academies Final Report on Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure
by Borner, Katy 10 Sep '17

10 Sep '17

Relevant for computational network science, computational SciSIP, computational social science, and many other computational X. k From: NSF/CISE Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) Announcements [mailto:ACI-ANNOUNCE@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV] On Behalf Of Kurose, James Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 10:05 AM To: ACI-ANNOUNCE(a)LISTSERV.NSF.GOV Subject: National Academies Final Report on Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure Dear Computing and Information Science and Engineering Community, It is our great pleasure to inform you that the final report from the National Academies on Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure to Support U.S. Science and Engineering in 2017-2020 is now available for download at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/21886. This study was commissioned by CISE’s Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) in 2013 to examine priorities and trade-offs for advanced computing in support of NSF-supported science and engineering research. An interim report was published in Fall 2014 identifying key issues and catalyzing input from the community. The final report, which was issued in late April, considered contributions from multiple stakeholders, including more than 60 submitted comments from individuals, research groups, and organizations. The recommendations within the report aim to: (1) position the United States for continued leadership in science and engineering; (2) ensure that computing resources meet community needs; (3) aid the scientific community in keeping up with the revolution in computing, and (4) sustain the infrastructure for advanced computing. We are enthusiastic about the study’s helpful observations and recommendations. The timing of the report is excellent, syncing with planning for NSF’s future research cyberinfrastructure (CI) investments. It also nicely complements the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI)<https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/29/executive-order-crea…> that was announced last summer and some of our internal planning with respect to data infrastructure as the NSF-wide Cyberinfrastructure for 21st-Century Science, Engineering, and Education (CIF21) effort transitions. Please join us in thanking the study committee for all their work, especially the study co-chairs, Bill Gropp and Robert Harrison. We also want to thank the community for thoughtful input and review. We invite you to a webcast<https://nsfevents.webex.com/mw0401lsp13/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&site…> on this new report with Bill and Robert during the next meeting of the Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure (ACCI)<https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=138596&org=null> on Monday, May 23rd at 10:45 AM ET. Sincerely, Irene and Jim Irene Qualters, Division Director, Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Jim Kurose, Assistant Director of NSF for CISE ########################################################################

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Final CFP: IVAPP 2018 deadline extended to Sept 12, 2017
by Andreas Kerren 08 Sep '17

08 Sep '17

[We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message] ======================================== CALL FOR PAPERS 9th International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP) Submission Deadline: September 12, 2017 (extended) http://www.ivapp.visigrapp.org/ January 27-29, 2018 Funchal, Madeira - Portugal ======================================== The International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications aims at becoming a major point of contact between researchers, engineers and practitioners in Information Visualization. The conference will be structured along several topics related to Information Visualization. We welcome papers describing original work in any of the topics listed below. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques as well as general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Paper acceptance will be based on quality, relevance to the conference theme and originality. The conference program will include both oral and poster presentations. Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as technical tutorials, dedicated to technical/scientific topics, are also envisaged. Companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in lecturing a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. CONFERENCE AREAS 1: ABSTRACT DATA VISUALIZATION Visual Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery Visual Representation and Interaction Data Management and Knowledge Representation Mathematical Foundations of Interactive Visual Analysis Display and Interaction Technology Databases and visualization, Visual Data Mining Graph Visualization Interface and Interaction Techniques for Visualization Internet, Web and Security Visualization Software Visualization Information Visualization Visual Analytical Reasoning Hardware-Assisted Visualization High-dimensional Data and Dimensionality Reduction Text and Document Visualization 2: GENERAL DATA VISUALIZATION Interactive Visual Interfaces for Visualization Interpretation and Evaluation Methods Knowledge-assisted Visualization Large Data Visualization Perception and Cognition in Visualization Visualization Applications Visualization Taxonomies and Models Visualization Algorithms and Technologies Visualization Tools and Systems for Simulation and Modeling Time-dependent Visualization Usability Studies and Visualization Glyph-based Visualization Collaborative Visualization Coordinated and Multiple Views 3: SPATIAL DATA VISUALIZATION Biomedical Visualization and Applications Flow Visualization GPU-based Visualization Image/Video Summarization and Visualization Multi-field Visualization Parallel Visualization Uncertainty Visualization Vector/Tensor Field Visualization Virtual Environments and Data Visualization Volume Visualization Scientific Visualization PAPER SUBMISSION Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity. Only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews. Authors can submit their work in the form of a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas. All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail. PUBLICATION All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support. SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper on our digital library is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI/ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Engineering Village Index) and Scopus. It is planned to publish a short list of revised and extended versions of presented papers with Springer in a CCIS Series book (final approval pending). A short list of papers presented at IVAPP will be selected for publication of extended and revised versions in a special issue of the Open Access Information Science Journal. IMPORTANT DATES Regular Papers Paper Submission: September 12, 2017 Authors Notification: October 20, 2017 Camera Ready and Registration: November 3, 2017 Position Papers Paper Submission: September 29, 2017 Authors Notification: November 7, 2017 Camera Ready and Registration: November 20, 2017 Tutorials/Demos/Panels Proposal Deadline: November 24, 2017 CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION Jose Braz, Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, Portugal IVAPP PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Alexandru Telea, University of Groningen, Netherlands Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden ======================================== Web: http://www.ivapp.visigrapp.org/ e-mail: ivapp.secretariat(a)insticc.org ========================================

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Interaction and User Integration in ML for Infovis at ESANN'18
by Bruno Dumas 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] Call for papers: special session on "Interaction and User Integration in Machine Learning for Information Visualisation" at ESANN 2018 European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning (ESANN 2018). 25-27 April 2018, Bruges, Belgium - http://www.esann.org <http://www.esann.org/> DESCRIPTION: Many methods have been developed in machine learning (ML) for information visualisation (infovis). For example, PCA, MDS, t-SNE and improvements are standard tools to reduce the dimensionality of high dimensional datasets for visualisation purposes. However, multiple other means are regularly used in the field of infovis when tackling datasets with high dimensionality. Letting the user manipulate the visualisation is one of these means, either through selection, navigation or filtering. Introducing manipulation of the visualisation also integrates the user as a core aspect of a given system. In the context of machine learning, beyond the informational and exploratory use of infovis, users' feedback can for example be highly informational to drive the dimensionality reduction process. This special session of the ESANN conference is a followup of the special session on "Information Visualisation and Machine Learning: Techniques, Validation and Integration" at ESANN 2016. It aims to gather researchers that integrate users in the core of ML methods for infovis. New algorithms and frameworks are welcome, as well as experimental use cases that bring new insight in the integration of interaction and user integration in ML for infovis. This special session aims to provide practitioners from both communities a common forum of discussion where issues at the crossroads of machine learning and information visualisation could be discussed. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: supervised and semi-supervised machine learning and infovis unsupervised ML (clustering, dimension reduction) user feedback on metaparameters new visual paradigms for machine learning interaction techniques for infovis with/of machine learning user and device adaptivity for visual analytics warm restart and dedicated optimization techniques scalability applications in industry, agriculture, medicine, biology, etc. SUBMISSION: Prospective authors must submit their paper through the ESANN portal following the instructions provided in http://www.elen.ucl.ac.be/esann/index.php?pg=submission <http://www.elen.ucl.ac.be/esann/index.php?pg=submission>. Each paper will undergo a peer reviewing process for its acceptance. Authors should send as soon as possible an e-mail with the tentative title of their contribution to the special session organisers. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline : 20 November 2017 Notification of acceptance : 31 January 2018 The ESANN 2014 conference : 25-27 April 2018 SPECIAL SESSION ORGANISERS: Prof. Bruno Dumas Université de Namur, Belgium E-mail: bruno.dumas(a)unamur.be <mailto:bruno.dumas@unamur.be> Website: http://directory.unamur.be/staff/bdumas <http://directory.unamur.be/staff/bdumas> Phone: +32 81 72 49 75 Prof. Benoît Frénay Université de Namur, Belgium E-mail: benoit.frenay(a)unamur.be <mailto:benoit.frenay@unamur.be> Website: http://bfrenay.wordpress.com <http://bfrenay.wordpress.com/> Phone: +32 81 72 49 76 Prof. John Lee Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium E-mail: john.lee(a)uclouvain.be <mailto:john.lee@uclouvain.be> Website: https://mlg.info.ucl.ac.be/Members/JohnLee <https://mlg.info.ucl.ac.be/Members/JohnLee> Phone: +32 2 764 95 28

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PhD position in data visualization and analytics in archaeology
by Jan Aerts 29 Aug '17

29 Aug '17

The Visual Data Analysis Lab and Research[x]Design Lab at the KU Leuven (Belgium) have a joint open PhD position in the field of data science and visualization / interaction design. The candidate will be part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers around the Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project, covering the domains of archaeology, geography, ecology and spatial planning. == The project == We seek to unravel the interdisciplinary understanding of change and its space/time dimensions within already existing and future data sources of the Sagalassos project (running since 1986), which investigates an archaeological site in Turkey and studies its uninterrupted occupation over nearly 2,000 years in all its aspects, from daily life, diet, religious beliefs, to architecture, production, trade and its mechanisms, as well as natural resources and environmental conditions of the past. This is a joint project between research groups of archaeology, ecology, geography, architecture and data analysis/visualization (STADIUS and RxD). The candidate will be supervised by Profs Aerts and Vande Moere at STADIUS and RxD, respectively, in close collaborations with the other partners in the project. Links: * Research[x]Design: http://rxd.architectuur.kuleuven.be/ * Visual Data Analysis Lab: http://vda-lab.be * Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project: http://www.sagalassos.be == Profile == Candidates must have a Master's degree or equivalent in computer science, computational design or a related field, and have very good knowledge of data visualization or data analytics, and human-computer interaction, or demonstrate the ability to acquire sufficient skills in all of these areas. Solid programming skills and fluency in spoken and written English are required and could be evidenced by examples of working visualisations. Tasks will include the user-centered and iterative design of visualisations that are able to meaningfully combine inherently disparate data sources from different disciplines (i.e. archaeology; geography; ecology; spatial planning) that are involved in the Sagalassos project, and the evaluation of these visualisations in terms of (synchronous) cross-disciplinary and collaborative insight and hypothesis generation. As such, the candidate is expected to merge the expertise from the field of human-computer interaction (i.e. user studies, interaction design, prototyping, evaluation) with that of visual analytics (i.e. combining representation with machine learning; incl. clustering and dimensionality reduction). Depending on the potential interaction requirements, explorations towards promising emerging technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and/or physicalisation are possible. Please note short-listed candidates might be asked to fulfil concise assignments to test their proficiency. == Offer == We offer: * Full-time employment starting January 1st 2018 for a period of four years, with the aim of obtaining a PhD degree * A competitive salary * A stimulating scientific working environment, within one of Europe's leading research universities == Contact == For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Jan Aerts, tel.: +32 16 32 10 53, mail: jan.aerts(a)kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. Andrew Vande Moere, tel.: +32 16 32 13 62, mail: andrew.vandemoere(a)kuleuven.be. ======================================== Prof Jan Aerts * Visual Data Analysis Lab (vda-lab.be) * Data Visualization Lab (datavislab.org) * Bioinformatics - ESAT/STADIUS, Faculty of Engineering (www.kuleuven.be/bioinformatics) * IMEC Smart Applications KU Leuven - University of Leuven Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 bus 2446 3001 Leuven-Heverlee ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6416-2717 Tel: +32 16 321053 Fax: +32 16 321970 VAT BE 0419 052173

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ESANN 2018 call for papers
by Michel Verleysen 29 Aug '17

29 Aug '17

ESANN 2018 - 26th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning Bruges, Belgium, 25-26-27 April 2018 http://www.esann.org/ Call for papers The call for papers is available at http://www.esann.org/. Deadline for submissions: November 20, 2017. The ESANN conferences cover machine learning, artificial neural networks, statistical information processing and computational intelligence. Mathematical foundations, algorithms and tools, and applications are covered. In addition to regular sessions, 7 special sessions will be organized on the following topics: - Deep Learning in Bioinformatics and Medicine - Machine Learning and Data Analysis in Astroinformatics - Interaction and User Integration in Machine Learning for Information Visualisation - Emerging trends in machine learning: beyond conventional methods and data - Shallow and Deep models for transfer learning and domain adaptation - Randomized Neural Networks - Impact of Biases in Big Data ESANN 2018 builds upon a successful series of conferences organized each year since 1993. ESANN has become a major scientific event in the machine learning, computational intelligence and artificial neural networks fields over the years. The conference will be organized in Bruges, one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Europe. Designated as the "Venice of the North", the city has preserved all the charms of the medieval heritage. Its centre, which is inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list, is in itself a real open air museum. We hope to receive your submission to ESANN 2018 and to see you in Bruges next year! ======================================================== ESANN - European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning http://www.esann.org/ * For submissions of papers, reviews, registrations: Michel Verleysen Univ. Cath. de Louvain - Machine Learning Group 3, pl. du Levant - B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium tel: +32 10 47 25 51 - fax: + 32 10 47 25 98 mailto:esann@uclouvain.be * Conference secretariat d-side conference services 24 av. L. Mommaerts - B-1140 Evere - Belgium tel: + 32 2 730 06 11 - fax: + 32 2 730 06 00 mailto:esann@uclouvain.be ========================================================

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Call for 3 PhD students and 3 Post-doctoral scientists at TU Wien [DL: Sep. 28, 2017]
by Miksch Silvia 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien): Research Cluster "Smart Communities and Technologies" (Smart CT) at TU Wien ======================================================= Vice Rectorate for Research and Innovation is seeking for 3 highly motivated PhD candidates and Post-doctoral scientists in the field of (a) Cyber-Physical-Human Ecosystem, (b) Model Building and Visual Analytics, (c) 3D Spatialization in Research Cluster "Smart Communities and Technologies" (Smart CT) at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) [1], Vienna, Austria The Research Cluster "Smart Communities and Technologies" (Smart CT) at TU Wien will provide the scientific underpinnings for next-generation complex smart city and communities infrastructures. Cities are ever-evolving, complex cyber physical systems of systems covering a magnitude of different areas. The initial concept of smart cities and communities started with cities utilizing communication technologies to deliver services to their citizens and evolved to using information technology to be smarter and more efficient about the utilization of their resources. In recent years however, information technology has changed significantly, and with it the resources and areas addressable by a smart city have broadened considerably. They now cover areas like smart buildings, smart products and production, smart traffic systems and roads, autonomous driving, smart grids for managing energy hubs and electric car utilization or urban environmental systems research. Initially, we have openings for one full-time post-doc university assistant (40 hours/week) for three years and for one part-time university assistant (25 hours) PhD position for three years in each of the following three areas: Cyber-Physical-Human Ecosystem, Model Building and Visual Analytics, 3D Spatialization =================================== (a) Cyber-Physical-Human Ecosystem: =================================== Smart cities exchanging their capabilities in an organic elastic manner, being able to address whatever challenge and opportunity they face with the expertise, data, and knowledge of a global network of expert stakeholders form the basis of our vision for an Internet of Cities. Here the central focus is to create the scientific underpinnings for a future Internet of Cities infrastructure. We will create a comprehensive set of methodologies, models, and tools for design, development, management, and evolution of next-generation smart city applications. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS ---------------------------------- - Knowledge and interest in one or more of the following: Distributed Systems, Edge/Fog Computing with Internet of Things technologies, Cloud Computing - Strong analytical skills and good skills in programming (preferably Java, C++, or similar) - Abilities to work as an independent and flexible researcher in interdisciplinary teams - Good knowledge of English in speaking and writing DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS ---------------------------------- - Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: Middleware, technologies, Software Engineering methods and technologies for Distributed Systems, Simulation of Systems of Systems - (for international applicants) Basic proficiency in German or willingness to learn WE OFFER: -------- - A creative environment in one of the most livable cities in the world - A young and international team of researchers - A work environment that is well equipped with the newest hardware and software technology - Continuing personal and professional education - The possibility to present your research results at international top conferences DATES & DETAILS: ---------------- - The estimated starting date is 01.10.2017. - Entry level salary as a postdoctoral researcher is covered by level B1 of the Austrian Collective Agreement for university staff, and receives a minimum of currently EUR 3.590,70 EUR/month gross, 14 times/year. - For the PhD position the minimum salary is EUR 1.685,30- pre-tax, 14x per year. For informal questions please contact: dustdar(a)dsg.tuwien.ac.at The application should include motivation letter, CV, certificates, list of publications and thesis copy as a PDF or ZIP archive containing PDFs. Period for application: from 03.08.- 28.09.2017 (date of stamp) The TU Wien is committed to increasing female employment in leading scientific positions. Female applicants are explicitly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given when equally qualified. Furthermore desirable is competence in career advancement of young scientists and women and competence in gender mainstreaming. Applications in digital form (pdf) should be sent to the personal department of the TU Wien, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien. Online-application by E-Mail to thomas.prager(a)tuwien.ac.at Applicants are not entitled to claim reimbursement of traveling expenses and/or other costs caused by the application procedures. ======================================== (b) Model Building and Visual Analytics: ======================================== Visual Analytics (VA) is "the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces" and aims at making complex information structures more comprehensible, facilitating new insights, and enabling knowledge discovery. VA methods focus on the information discovery process, exploiting both the computational power of computers and the human's visual information processing capabilities. It aims to enable the exploration and the understanding of large and complex data sets (such as available in smart city's environments) by intertwining interactive visualization, data analysis, human-computer interaction, and cognitive and perceptual science. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS ---------------------------------- - Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: Visual Analytics, Information Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Mining - Strong analytical skills and good skills in programming (preferably Java, JavaScript, C++, or similar) - Abilities to work as an independent and flexible researcher in interdisciplinary teams - Good knowledge of English in speaking and writing DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS ---------------------------------- - Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: (dynamic) network analyses and visualization, visual process mining, temporal uncertainty, data quality, and time-oriented data - (for international applicants) Basic proficiency in German or willingness to learn WE OFFER: -------- - A creative environment in one of the most livable cities in the world - A young and international team of researchers - A work environment that is well equipped with the newest hardware and software technology - Continuing personal and professional education - The possibility to present your research results at international top conferences DATES & DETAILS: ---------------- - The estimated starting date is 01.10.2017. - Entry level salary as a postdoctoral researcher is covered by level B1 of the Austrian Collective Agreement for university staff, and receives a minimum of currently EUR 3.590,70 EUR/month gross, 14 times/year. For the PhD position the minimum salary is EUR 1.685,30- pre-tax, 14x per year. - For informal questions please contact: miksch(a)ifs.tuwien.ac.at The application should include motivation letter, CV, certificates, list of publications and thesis copy as a PDF or ZIP archive containing PDFs. Period for application: from 03.08.-28.09.2017 (date of stamp) The TU Wien is committed to increasing female employment in leading scientific positions. Female applicants are explicitly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given when equally qualified. Furthermore desirable is competence in career advancement of young scientists and women and competence in gender mainstreaming. Applications in digital form (pdf) should be sent to the personal department of the TU Wien, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien. Online-application by E-Mail to thomas.prager(a)tuwien.ac.at Applicants are not entitled to claim reimbursement of traveling expenses and/or other costs caused by the application procedures. ====================== (c) 3D Spatialization: ====================== 3D spatialization creates the link between the internet of cities infrastructure and the actual 3D world in which a city is embedded in order to perform advanced computation and visualization tasks. Sensors, actuators and users are embedded in a complex 3D environment that is constantly changing. Acquiring, modeling and visualizing this dynamic 3D environment are the challenges we need to face using methods from Visual Computing and Computer Graphics. 3D Spatialization aims to make a city aware of its 3D environment, allowing it to perform spatial reasoning to solve problems like visibility, accessibility, lighting, and energy efficiency. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS ---------------------------------- - Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: Computer Graphics, 3D Reconstruction, 3D Modeling, Rendering - Strong analytical skills and good skills in programming (preferably C++, OpenGL, CUDA, Matlab or similar) - Abilities to work as an independent and flexible researcher in interdisciplinary teams - Good knowledge of English in speaking and writing DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS ---------------------------------- - Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: point-based graphics, global illumination, real-time rendering, - Good background in optimization methods - (for international applicants) Basic proficiency in German or willingness to learn WE OFFER: -------- - A creative environment in one of the most livable cities in the world - A young and international team of researchers - A work environment that is well equipped with the newest hardware and software technology - Continuing personal and professional education - The possibility to present your research results at international top conferences DATES & DETAILS: ---------------- - The estimated starting date is 01.10.2017. - Entry level salary as a postdoctoral researcher is covered by level B1 of the Austrian Collective Agreement for university staff, and receives a minimum of currently EUR 3.590,70 EUR/month gross, 14 times/year. - For the PhD position the minimum salary is EUR 1.685,30- pre-tax, 14x per year. For informal questions please contact: wimmer(a)cg.tuwien.ac.at The application should include motivation letter, CV, certificates, list of publications and thesis copy as a PDF or ZIP archive containing PDFs. Period for application: from 03.08.-28.09.2017 (date of stamp) The TU Wien is committed to increasing female employment in leading scientific positions. Female applicants are explicitly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given when equally qualified. Furthermore desirable is competence in career advancement of young scientists and women and competence in gender mainstreaming. Applications in digital form (pdf) should be sent to the personal department of the TU Wien, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien. Online-application by E-Mail to thomas.prager(a)tuwien.ac.at Applicants are not entitled to claim reimbursement of traveling expenses and/or other costs caused by the application procedures. MORE INFO [1] Vienna University of Technology: http://www.tuwien.ac.at/ ============================================================= Univ.-Prof. SILVIA MIKSCH, Ph.D Vienna University of Technology Faculty of Informatics Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems (ISIS) Head of Centre for Visual Analytics Science and Technology (CVAST) Favoritenstrasse 9-11 / 188 A-1040 Vienna, Austria, Europe email: miksch(a)ifs.tuwien.ac.at url: www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/~silvia ==============================================================

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Diagrams 2018 - Theory and Application of Diagrams
by Atsushi Shimojima 18 Aug '17

18 Aug '17

**************************************************************************** Diagrams 2018 10th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/ Conference dates: 18th - 22nd June 2018 Location: Edinburgh, UK Deadline for pre-submission: 16th November 2017 Co-located event: International Conference on Conceptual Structures 2018 http://blogs.napier.ac.uk/iccs/ **************************************************************************** Diagrams 2018 is the tenth conference in the biennial series that started in 2000. The multidisciplinary nature of Diagrams means it encompasses: architecture, art, artificial intelligence, biology, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. The conference attracts a large number of researchers from these interrelated fields, positioning Diagrams as the major international event in the area. Diagrams 2018 will be hosted by Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. The conference venue is located within a short distance of the UNESCO World Heritage designated-centre of Edinburgh. This makes the venue an ideal location for delegates to explore the vibrant city, famous for its castle, culture, and history. **************************************************************************** Calls Diagrams 2018 has various calls, providing a range of opportunities for taking part in the conference. Diagrams solicits research contributions falling within the scope of the conference, to be submitted to one of three tracks: Main track http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/home/cfp/116-2/ Psychology of Diagrams track http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/home/cfp/psych/ Philosophy of Diagrams track http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/home/cfp/phil/ In addition, Diagrams seeks to host Workshops and Tutorials: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/home/cfp/workshops/ http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/home/cfp/tutorials/ ************************************ For more information, please visit the website of the conference: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/

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