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Call for Papers: Graph Drawing and Network Visualization GD 2017
by Fabrizio Frati 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

Sorry if you have received multiple copies of this email =========================================================================== Call for Papers GD 2017 25th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization September 25-27, 2017 - Boston, MA, U.S.A. http://graphdrawing.org/gd2017 =========================================================================== PDF version: https://gd2017.ccis.northeastern.edu/files/2017/02/GD2017-CFP.pdf =========================================================================== Graph Drawing is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and constitutes the algorithmic core of Network Visualization. Graph Drawing and Network Visualization are motivated by applications where it is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Examples of such application areas include data science, social sciences, Web computing, information systems, biology, geography, business intelligence, information security and software engineering. GD has been the main annual event in this area for more than 20 years. Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing as well as the design of network visualization systems and interfaces. GD 2017 will take place September 25-27, 2017 at the Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspects of graph drawing and network visualization are invited to contribute papers and posters and to participate in the symposium and the graph drawing contest. PAPERS ------ We invite authors to submit papers describing original research of theoretical or practical significance to graph drawing and network visualization. Regular papers must be submitted explicitly to one of two distinct tracks. Papers submitted to one track will not compete with papers submitted to the other track. Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects ---------------------------------------------- This track is mainly devoted to fundamental graph drawing advances, such as combinatorial aspects and algorithm design. The range of topics for this track includes (but is not limited to): • Design and analysis of graph drawing algorithms • Geometric graph theory • Geometric computing • Planarity and topological graph theory • Optimization on graphs Track 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects ----------------------------------------------------------------- This track is mainly devoted to the practical aspects of graph drawing, such as the development of network visualization systems and interfaces in different application areas. The range of topics for this track includes (but is not limited to): • Visualization of graphs and networks in real world applications, including big data • Engineering of network visualization algorithms and systems • Experimental results in graph theory and algorithms • Benchmarks and experimental studies of network visualization systems and user interfaces • Cognitive studies on graph drawing readability and user interaction • Interfaces and methods for interacting with graphs Short papers ------------ In addition to the above two tracks, there will be a separate category for short papers, describing theoretical or applied contributions of shorter length. Papers in this category will be assigned a shorter time for presentation during the conference. Demos ----- Authors of applied papers will have the opportunity to show a demo of their software/system during the poster session. Submission format ----------------- All submissions must be formatted using the LaTeX style file for the conference series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) provided by Springer. The default margins and fonts must not be modified; in particular, the use of packages such as times.sty is not allowed. Submissions that do not comply with this format risk rejection without consideration of their merits. The length of regular papers is limited to 12 pages (excluding references), while the length of short papers is limited to 6 pages (excluding references). The claims of the paper should be fully substantiated, including full proofs or appropriate experimental data. If this information does not fit within the page limits, the authors should include it in a clearly marked appendix, whose length is not constrained and which the reviewers may read at their own discretion. POSTERS ------- Submissions of posters on graph drawing, network visualization, and related areas are solicited. The poster session will provide a forum for the communication of late-breaking research results (which may also appear elsewhere) to the GD community. Authors of posters should prepare an abstract (up to 2 pages in the LNCS style) that must be submitted together with the poster itself. CONTEST ------- Details about the traditional Graph Drawing Contest held at the conference will be provided on the conference Web site. PUBLICATION ----------- All accepted papers (including the two-page poster abstracts) will appear in the conference proceedings, published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Twelve pages (excluding references) will be allocated for regular papers and six pages (excluding references) for short papers. The LNCS proceedings will be made freely accessible to the GD community upon publication and openly accessible to anyone after four years. Authors will be required to submit their accepted papers to the arXiv repository, in order to provide immediate and unrestricted open access to them. The self-archived arXiv papers shall consist of an identical copy of the LNCS proceedings plus an optional clearly marked appendix, possibly containing a long version of the entire paper or proofs that have been omitted from the main text. Subsequent submissions of different versions of the paper to the arXiv (known as arXiv ``replacements’’) are allowed. Upon submission of the camera-ready version of an accepted paper, the authors will be required to specify the arXiv identifier associated with the paper for inclusion in a conference index, which will be also published in the ArXiv repository. Failure to comply with these guidelines will impede the publication of the paper. Each paper must be presented at the conference by an author (baring unforeseen circumstances), otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings. Should any visa restriction prevent an author from attending the conference and presenting a paper, he/she will be given ways to participate and give the talk via electronic means. Selected papers from both tracks will be invited for submission to a special issue of the Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA). The authors of the best paper in Track 2 will be invited to submit a substantially extended and enhanced version of their work to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). AWARDS ------ For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2017 will give a Best Paper Award. In addition, to recognize the effort of participants to present their work and to prepare their posters in a clear and elegant way, there will be a Best Presentation Award and a Best Poster Award voted on by the GD 2017 attendees. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- • Paper submission deadline: June 11 (23:59 PDT) – Updates possible until June 13 (23:59 PDT) • Notification of paper acceptance: July 28 • Poster submission deadline August 17 (23:59 PDT) • Notification of poster acceptance August 28 • Final versions due September 3 • Contest submission deadline September 13 • Symposium September 25-27 INVITED SPEAKERS ---------------- Timothy M. Chan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA TBA PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- Daniel Archambault, Swansea University, GB Benjamin Bach, University of Edinburgh, GB Fabian Beck, Universität Duisburg-Essen, DE Michael Bekos, Universität Tübingen, DE Therese Biedl, University of Waterloo, CA Giordano Da Lozzo, UC Irvine, US Vida Dujmovic, University of Ottawa, CA Stephane Durocher, University of Manitoba, CA Tim Dwyer, Monash University, AU Fabrizio Frati (co-chair), Università Roma Tre, IT Martin Gronemann, Universität zu Köln, DE John Alexis Guerra Gómez, Universidad de los Andes, CO Michael Hoffmann, ETH Zürich, CH Yifan Hu, Yahoo Research, US Takayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu University, JP Anna Lubiw, University of Waterloo, CA Kwan-Liu Ma (co-chair), UC Davis, US Fabrizio Montecchiani, Università degli Studi di Perugia, IT Martin Nöllenburg, Technische Universität Wien, AT Arnaud Sallaberry, LIRMM, FR Andrew Suk, University of Illinois at Chicago, US Antonios Symvonis, National Technical University of Athens, GR Ioannis Tollis, University of Crete, GR Csaba Tóth, California State University Northridge, US Alexander Wolff, Universität Würzburg, DE Jian Zhao, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, US ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- Cody Dunne (co-chair), Northeastern University, US Alan Keahey (co-chair), Conversant, US CONTEST COMMITTEE ----------------- Philipp Kindermann, Universität Würzburg, DE Maarten Löffler (chair), Utrecht University, NL Ignaz Rutter, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE

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[Call for Papers] FGCS Special Issue on Advanced Technologies and Systems for collaboration
by Keqin Wu - NOAA Affiliate 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

*Call for Papers* *Future Generation Computer Systems* *The International Journal of eScience* *Special Issue on “Advanced Technologies and Systems for collaboration**”* *Abstract Submission Deadline: **March 15, 2017* *Full Manuscript Submission Deadline: **April 24, 2017* *SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES* The high development of Web technologies, pervasive and ubiquitous systems and networks, highly distributed computing systems, and the availability of massive amounts of data have been changing the field of computer supported collaboration, particularly with the emergence of new capabilities and forms of collaboration, as well as new challenges and issues. The organizers of the International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS) are pleased to announce a special journal issue that will be published in *Future Generation Computer Systems (**https://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/ <https://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/>**)*. This special issue seeks contributions from academia, industry and governmental research labs on a broad spectrum of methodologies and technologies, including ethnographically-based or field-based experiences, that relate to cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration at both the client and backend (cloud) levels. It invites contributions aimed at a wide range of topics such as sensors, people, clouds, robots and social networks, e-learning, e-business, e-health, emergency response, knowledge management, decision making and support, global grids, multi-agent systems, trust and cyber security, mobile clients, Web 2.0, virtual environments, visualization, ubiquitous collaboration, user interfaces and related human and socio-technical collaboration issues that will provide a big picture of present and future trends in collaboration in the “internet era.” *Topics of interest include but are not limited to:* • Frameworks and Methodologies for Collaboration • Collaboration Enabling Technologies • Architectures & Design of Collaboration Systems • Platforms, Artifacts and Tools for Collaboration • Coordination and Cooperation Mechanisms • Interfaces for Collaborative Work • Intelligent, Autonomous and Multi Agents in Collaboration • Collaborative Enterprise Security & Access Control • Role-based Models and Solutions • Simulation of Collaboration Systems • Cognitive and Psychological Issues in Collaboration • Virtual Communities and Communities of Practice • Group Characteristics and Social Factors • Distributed Team Management and Issues • Distributed Shared Design and Development • Ontologies and Ethnographic Approaches • Human-machine Collaboration and Interaction • Awareness in Collaboration Systems • Contextual and Situation-based Collaboration • Visualization of Collaborative Processes & Applications • Privacy-preserving Collaboration • Grid and Cloud-based Collaboration Environments • Web Infrastructure for Collaborative Applications • Service Oriented Architectures for Collaboration • Social Multimedia and Social Networks • Mobile and Wireless Collaboration Systems • Collaborative & Trustworthy Sensor Systems • Socio-Technical Information Spaces • Information Sharing, Exchange and Fusion in Collaborative Environments • Collaborative Knowledge Management • Collaborative Decision Making and Support • Security in Untrusted & Adversarial Collaborative Environments and Systems • Business Networking • Workflows in Collaborative Operations & Systems • Shared Virtual Reality and Applications • Collaborative Machines and Robots • Collaborative Learning and e-Science, Crowd Science • Collaborative Open Innovation • Collaboration and Shared Planning and Logistics • Tele- and Collaborative Medicine and Healthcare • Collaboration in Emergency Management and Response *PAPER SUBMISSIONS* Interested authors should send a *one- to two-page abstract* with title, authors, affiliations, emails and contact information, and a statement of their intent to submit a new manuscript or an extended version of their CTS paper to this special issue by the due date. In case of an extended version, please indicate clearly where the original work was published or presented. The abstract should be sent as an email attachment to the Special Issue Guest Editors using the email *cts16si(a)gmail.com <cts16si(a)gmail.com>*, by *March 15, 2017*. Guest Editors replies to authors will be sent by *March 23, 2017**. *Only manuscripts of approved abstracts will be considered. The submitted papers must be original and must not be under consideration in any other venue. This Special Issue is open to all potential contributors on the topics listed above. We additionally invite contributors of the 2016 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems to submit an extended version of their work. In this case, there must be sufficient difference between work previously reported in conference paper and the version submitted to the Journal for the two works to be seen as separate works. As a rule of thumb, the journal version must be updated by 30% or more (e.g., extended methodology, more research results, new figures and or tables, etc.) and, hence, have a new title. Papers must be submitted via *https://ees.elsevier.com/fgcs/ <https://ees.elsevier.com/fgcs/>*. Manuscripts should not exceed 20 pages in length (12 point single space, single-column, inclusive of figures and tables) and must be prepared for publication according to the journal’s instructions *https://www.elsevier.com/journals/future-generation-computer-systems/0167-739X/guide-for-authors <https://www.elsevier.com/journals/future-generation-computer-systems/0167-7…>* . Authors are recommended to use the Elsevier LaTeX class ( http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/elsarticle) to prepare the manuscript. The number of pages of the submitted paper should be related to the content of the paper: superfluous material is to be avoided. Submitted papers will receive thorough reviews and evaluation. Papers will be selected based on their originality, contributions, technical clarity and presentation, language, significance to the readership of the Journal, relevance to the special issue, and quality and significance of research hypothesis, assertions, and conclusions. *Important Dates:* Abstract Submission deadline: ------------------------------- March 15, 2017 Guest Editors Reply: ------------------------------------------ March 23, 2017 Paper submission due ------------------------------------------April 24, 2017 Completion of first round of reviews: ----------------------- July 23, 2017 Revised first round manuscript due: ------------------------ August 23, 2017 Completion of second round of reviews: ------------------- October 22, 2017 Revised second round manuscript: -------------------------- November 21, 2017 Final decision notification: ----------------------------------- December 15, 2017 Final version of the manuscript due: ------------------------ December 30, 2017 Expected publication date ----------------------------------- Spring 2018 (tentative) *Guest Editors:* Domenico Potena, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy, d.potena(a)univpm.it Konstantinos Papangelis, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, PRC, k.papangelis(a)xjtlu.edu.cn and k.papangelis(a)liverpool.ac.uk Waleed W. Smari, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Ohio, USA, smari(a)arys.org Emanuele Storti, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy, e.storti(a)univpm.it Keqin Wu, IMSG group at NOAA, Maryland, USA, Keqin.Wu(a)noaa.gov If you have any questions about abstract and paper submission or the special issue, please contact the Guest Editors to *cts16si(a)gmail.c <cts16si(a)gmail.com>**om*

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Reminder Job: (+) Junior Research Position (PhD candidate) and (+) Post-Doctoral Researcher in Visual Analytics/Information Visualization, TU Wien [DL: March 3, 2017]
by Miksch Silvia 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Reminder: Application deadline: March 3, 2017 Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien): Centre for Visual Analytics Science and Technology (CVAST) ======================================================= We are seeking for a highly motivated PhD candidate and Post-doctoral scientist in the field of Visual Analytics, Information Visualization, visual Data Mining and Interaction Design in Centre for Visual Analytics Science and Technology (CVAST)[3], which is established at the Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems [2], Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) [1], Vienna, Austria. RESPONSIBILITIES The successful applicant will - perform interdisciplinary research and develop concepts in the field of Visual Analytics, Information Visualization, visual Data Mining and Interaction Design together with leading experts from the Music and Arts University of The City of Vienna (MUK) within the research project “Interactive Music Mapping Vienna: Exploring a City, 1945 up to the present day“ [1] - design new techniques and implement interactive prototypes - write scientific publications - review scientific publications - participate in applied scientific and consulting projects - participate in writing research proposals - work within a creative, highly motivated, and international team - (to a smaller extent) participate in teaching and supervision of student projects and theses REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS - University degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics/Information Systems, or an equivalent university-level degree that qualifies to enroll as a Ph.D. student - Strong analytical skills and good skills in programming (preferably R, Phython, C++, Java, JavaScript, or similar) - Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: Visual Analytics, Information Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Mining, Data Quality and Uncertainty - Abilities to work as an independent and flexible researcher in interdisciplinary teams - Good knowledge of German and English in speaking and writing DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: - Visual Analytics applied to relational, geospatial, temporal, and nominal textual data, (dynamic) network analysis and visualization, visualization of relationship graphs and clusters of actors, events, and other observations, temporal uncertainty, data quality, interaction and navigation techniques as well as multiple coordinated views - (for international applicants) Basic proficiency in German DATES & DETAILS - Application deadline: as soon as possible, but not later than March 3, 2017 - Start date: as early as possible (negotiable) - Duration: 3 years (extendable) - Working Hours: (+) Junior Research Position (30 hours/week extendable) and (+) Post-Doctoral Researcher (20 hours/week extendable) - Salary: following the guidelines of the collective agreement (KV) of the TU Wien. Currently, starting with a gross salary of 2.731,00 per month (38.234,00 per year). for more information (in German): http://www.tuwien.ac.at/fileadmin/t/pers1/downloads/Personalkostensaetze_20… APPLICATION AND CONTACT If you have any questions, please contact Univ.-Prof. Silvia Miksch: miksch(a)ifs.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 phone: +43-1-58801-18824 phone-sec: +43-1-58801-18801 fax: +43-1-58801-18899 Please send your application (with the usual documents including a statement of interest (motivation letter), full CV, list of subjects taken at university plus grades, publications, etc.) by email with the subject “CVAST Junior Research Position” or “CVAST Post-Doctoral Researcher” to Theresia Gschwandtner (gschwandtner(a)cvast.tuwien.ac.at) The Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) aims for enhancing the number of women in scientific positions and, therefore, particularly invites women to apply. We encourage sending your application in electronic form. 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/ [2] Institute for Software Technology and Interactive Systems (ISIS): http://www.isis.tuwien.ac.at/ [3] CVAST (Centre for Visual Analytics Science and Technology): http://www.cvast.tuwien.ac.at/ [4] Information Visualization: http://www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php?title=Information_Visualization [5] “Interactive Music Mapping Vienna: Exploring a City, 1945 up to the present day“ http://www.cvast.tuwien.ac.at/IMMV The project’s focus is the valorisation and the mediation of the capabilities of music as an urban identification tool. The interaction between music and urban texture (identity, political symbolism, mental determination, imagination) should be made accessible to academic and to a wide audience through interactive Visual Analytic Technologies.

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VINCI' 2017 Call for Paper
by Yina Li 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

VINCI 2017 The 10th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction Bangkok, Thailand, 14-16 August 2017 vinci-conf.org Visual communication through graphical or sign languages 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 10th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI'17) will be held during 14-16 August 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand. Papers can be submitted as full papers, short papers and posters. All accepted papers will be published by ACM Press and made available in the ACM Digital Library (EI indexed). Authors of a number of selected full papers of high quality will be invited to submit revised versions of their works to a special issue of the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (Elsevier, SCI indexed). 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 metaphor Visual interaction through multimodality Visual approaches for knowledge discovery Computational aesthetics Visual 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 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 and 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 2017 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 the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (Elsevier; SCI indexed). 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 tofour (4), and tool demonstrations or posters of up to two (2) ACM double-column pages should be submitted through easychair.org. The review process will be single-blind. We appreciate the submission of videos or other supplemental material. Please provide a URL at the end of the submitted paper to enable the reviewers the download of your additional material. Detailed information on the electronic submission can be found at the end of this page. 3. WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS VINCI'17 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: 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. Contact information of the workshop chairs, their competence in the proposed topic(s) and previous experience in chairing scientific events. A tentative list of program committee members. Intended length (half or full day) and a draft of the Call for Papers. It is expected that the workshop organizers will setup 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, or 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 audience 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 submission of workshop and tutorial proposals can be found at the end of this page. 4. SPECIAL SESSIONS AND PANELS We also invite special session and panel proposals for VINCI'17. 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. Papers submitted to special sessions should be done through the VINCI'17 EasyChair submission system. 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'17 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 cancelled. 5. IMPORTANT DATES Workshop/Tutorial/Special Session/Panel proposals due: still open Workshop/Tutorial/Special Session/Panel decision and notification: within one week after submission Paper submission deadline: March 15, 2017 (23:59 PST) Notification of decision: May 01, 2017 Camera-ready copy due: June 01, 2017 6. ORGANIZATION General Chair Robert P. Biuk-Aghai, University of Macau, Macau Program Chairs Shigeo Takahashi, University of Aizu, Japan Jie Li, Tianjin University, China Local Chair Vithida Chongsuphajaisiddhi, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Finance Chair Vajirasak Vanijja, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Publicity Chair Yi-Na Li Texas A&M University, USA 7. PROGRAM COMMITTEE (Tentative) Wolfgang Aigner Benjamin Bach Tomasz Bednarz Rita Borgo Paolo Bottoni Paul Bourke Stephen Brooks Michael Burch Antonio Camurri Daniel Cernea Jian Chen Wei Chen Gennaro Costagliola Achim Ebert Mai Elshehaly Camilla Forsell Vittorio Fuccella Philip Galanter Liang Gou Denis Gracanin Ira Greenberg Theresia Gschwandtner Masahito Hirakawa Seok-Hee Hong Weidong Huang Xiaodi Huang Takayuki Itoh Andreas Kerren Karsten Klein Jun Kong Robert S. Laramee Zhanping Liu Aidong Lu Kresimir Matkovic John McGhee Kazuo Misue Q. Vinh Nguyen Margit Pohl Francois Poulet Raimondo Schettini Maximilian Schich Kamran Sedig Guanglei Song Arcot Sowmya Changming Sun Shigeo Takahashi Ioannis G. Tollis Cagatay Turkay Chris Muelder Andrew Vande Moere Gualtiero Volpe Sai-Keung Wong Hsiang-Yun Wu Yingcai Wu Kai Xu Yu-Bin Yang Ye Zhao Jianlong Zhou Hong Zhou

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internship opportunities at Nokia Bell Labs Cambridge
by Daniele Quercia 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

Dear all, The Social Dynamics team at Cambridge (UK) is looking for summer interns to work on the following internship projects (also available on http://researchswinger.org/hiring.html) 1. Urban Emotions and Touchy Maps - Enrolled in Phd in Computer Vision/Multimedia, Experience with deep learning for image analysis and with large-scale multimedia retrieval and processing 2. Visual Psychology - BSc or above in Computer Science, Interaction Design, or related fields; experience in designing Facebook apps, client (HTML5, Javascript) and server side development 3. Familiar Strangers - Enrolled in MSc/PhD in computer vision. Experience with face recognition and deep learning 4. Social Vitality of Cities - BSc or above in Computer Science or related fields. Experience with web data collection from API and scraping, GIS tools, and python development. Basic network analysis knowledge. 4. The Nature of Social Ties - Enrolled in MSc/PhD in Computational Social Science or Social Psychology; experience in designing Facebook apps and in running crowdsourcing experiments. To learn more about our research, please check our sites - researchswinger.org, lajello.com, visionresearchwitch.com, and goodcitylife.org If you would like to apply, please send me your CV by *March 6th*. I would be happy to answer any question. Please feel free to forward this call to anybody who might be interested. cheers, - daniele

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Call for Papers: Graph Drawing and Network Visualization GD 2017
by Fabrizio Frati 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

=========================================================================== Call for Papers GD 2017 25th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization September 25-27, 2017 - Boston, MA, U.S.A.http://graphdrawing.org/gd2017 =========================================================================== PDF version: https://gd2017.ccis.northeastern.edu/files/2017/02/GD2017-CFP.pdf==========… Graph Drawing is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and constitutes the algorithmic core of Network Visualization. Graph Drawing and Network Visualization are motivated by applications where it is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Examples of such application areas include data science, social sciences, Web computing, information systems, biology, geography, business intelligence, information security and software engineering. GD has been the main annual event in this area for more than 20 years. Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing as well as the design of network visualization systems and interfaces. GD 2017 will take place September 25-27, 2017 at the Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspects of graph drawing and network visualization are invited to contribute papers and posters and to participate in the symposium and the graph drawing contest. PAPERS------ We invite authors to submit papers describing original research of theoretical or practical significance to graph drawing and network visualization. Regular papers must be submitted explicitly to one of two distinct tracks. Papers submitted to one track will not compete with papers submitted to the other track. Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects ---------------------------------------------- This track is mainly devoted to fundamental graph drawing advances, such as combinatorial aspects and algorithm design. The range of topics for this track includes (but is not limited to): • Design and analysis of graph drawing algorithms • Geometric graph theory• Geometric computing • Planarity and topological graph theory• Optimization on graphs Track 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects ----------------------------------------------------------------- This track is mainly devoted to the practical aspects of graph drawing, such as the development of network visualization systems and interfaces in different application areas. The range of topics for this track includes (but is not limited to): • Visualization of graphs and networks in real world applications, including big data • Engineering of network visualization algorithms and systems • Experimental results in graph theory and algorithms • Benchmarks and experimental studies of network visualization systems and user interfaces • Cognitive studies on graph drawing readability and user interaction • Interfaces and methods for interacting with graphs Short papers ------------ In addition to the above two tracks, there will be a separate category for short papers, describing theoretical or applied contributions of shorter length. Papers in this category will be assigned a shorter time for presentation during the conference. Demos ----- Authors of applied papers will have the opportunity to show a demo of their software/system during the poster session. Submission format ----------------- All submissions must be formatted using the LaTeX style file for the conference series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) provided by Springer. The default margins and fonts must not be modified; in particular, the use of packages such as times.sty is not allowed. Submissions that do not comply with this format risk rejection without consideration of their merits. The length of regular papers is limited to 12 pages (excluding references), while the length of short papers is limited to 6 pages (excluding references). The claims of the paper should be fully substantiated, including full proofs or appropriate experimental data. If this information does not fit within the page limits, the authors should include it in a clearly marked appendix, whose length is not constrained and which the reviewers may read at their own discretion. POSTERS ------- Submissions of posters on graph drawing, network visualization, and related areas are solicited. The poster session will provide a forum for the communication of late-breaking research results (which may also appear elsewhere) to the GD community. Authors of posters should prepare an abstract (up to 2 pages in the LNCS style) that must be submitted together with the poster itself. CONTEST ------- Details about the traditional Graph Drawing Contest held at the conference will be provided on the conference Web site. PUBLICATION ----------- All accepted papers (including the two-page poster abstracts) will appear in the conference proceedings, published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Twelve pages (excluding references) will be allocated for regular papers and six pages (excluding references) for short papers. The LNCS proceedings will be made freely accessible to the GD community upon publication and openly accessible to anyone after four years. Authors will be required to submit their accepted papers to the arXiv repository, in order to provide immediate and unrestricted open access to them. The self-archived arXiv papers shall consist of an identical copy of the LNCS proceedings plus an optional clearly marked appendix, possibly containing a long version of the entire paper or proofs that have been omitted from the main text. Subsequent submissions of different versions of the paper to the arXiv (known as arXiv ``replacements’’) are allowed. Upon submission of the camera-ready version of an accepted paper, the authors will be required to specify the arXiv identifier associated with the paper for inclusion in a conference index, which will be also published in the ArXiv repository. Failure to comply with these guidelines will impede the publication of the paper. Each paper must be presented at the conference by an author (baring unforeseen circumstances), otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings. Should any visa restriction prevent an author from attending the conference and presenting a paper, he/she will be given ways to participate and give the talk via electronic means. Selected papers from both tracks will be invited for submission to a special issue of the Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA). The authors of the best paper in Track 2 will be invited to submit a substantially extended and enhanced version of their work to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). AWARDS ------ For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2017 will give a Best Paper Award. In addition, to recognize the effort of participants to present their work and to prepare their posters in a clear and elegant way, there will be a Best Presentation Award and a Best Poster Award voted on by the GD 2017 attendees. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- • Paper submission deadline: June 11 (23:59 PDT) – Updates possible until June 13 (23:59 PDT) • Notification of paper acceptance: July 28 • Poster submission deadline August 17 (23:59 PDT) • Notification of poster acceptance August 28 • Final versions due September 3 • Contest submission deadline September 13 • Symposium September 25-27 INVITED SPEAKERS ---------------- Timothy M. Chan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA TBA PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- Daniel Archambault, Swansea University, GB Benjamin Bach, University of Edinburgh, GB Fabian Beck, Universität Duisburg-Essen, DE Michael Bekos, Universität Tübingen, DETherese Biedl, University of Waterloo, CA Giordano Da Lozzo, UC Irvine, USVida Dujmović, University of Ottawa, CAStephane Durocher, University of Manitoba, CATim Dwyer, Monash University, AUFabrizio Frati (co-chair), Università Roma Tre, ITMartin Gronemann, Universität zu Köln, DEJohn Alexis Guerra Gómez, Universidad de los Andes, COMichael Hoffmann, ETH Zürich, CHYifan Hu, Yahoo Research, USTakayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu University, JPAnna Lubiw, University of Waterloo, CAKwan-Liu Ma (co-chair), UC Davis, USFabrizio Montecchiani, Università degli Studi di Perugia, ITMartin Nöllenburg, Technische Universität Wien, ATArnaud Sallaberry, LIRMM, FRAndrew Suk, University of Illinois at Chicago, USAntonios Symvonis, National Technical University of Athens, GRIoannis Tollis, University of Crete, GRCsaba Tóth, California State University Northridge, USAlexander Wolff, Universität Würzburg, DEJian Zhao, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, USORGANIZING COMMITTEE-------------------- Cody Dunne (co-chair), Northeastern University, US Alan Keahey (co-chair), Conversant, US CONTEST COMMITTEE ----------------- Philipp Kindermann, Universität Würzburg, DE Maarten Löffler (chair), Utrecht University, NL Ignaz Rutter, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE

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From Skala - EXTENDED - 25. Conf. WSCG2017 - Call for Papers - Graphics, Visualization, Vision, .. - please, resend
by Vaclav Skala 21 Feb '17

21 Feb '17

Sent via: infovis(a)infovis.org >> Deadline EXTENDED << Call for Papers WSCG 2017 -------- 25. Anniversary Conference WSCG ----------- ------------ Submission EXTENDED to March 20, 2017 -------------- 25. WSCG Int. Conf. on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision May 29 - June 2, 2017 http://www.wscg.cz http://www.wscg.eu - Venue: Primavera hotel & Congress Center, http://www.primaverahotel.cz/ Pilsen [Plzen] (City of Beer) close to Prague [Praha], Czech Republic =================================================== Main topics (but not limited to – see 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. WSCG Conference Co-Chair ------------------------------ Paul Bourke, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Vaclav Skala, c/o University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic Important dates (see WEB for details) -------------------------------------------- - Paper submission (EXTENDED): March 20, 2017 - Acceptance notification (approx.): April 20, 2017 - Final version submission (approx.): April 30, 2017 (including REBUTAL) Willing to help us as a reviewer (PhD is required)? Please, send your Last name; First name; @mail address; URL of your research publication page to skala(a)kiv.zcu.cz – SUBJ: WSCG-Reviewing - your help is highly appreciated PUBLICATIONS ---------------------- All submitted papers will be anonymously reviewed by external reviewers (“extended abstract” type submissions will be desk-top rejected). Title, authors and abstract will be available publicly after acceptance decision and final version of the paper upload. Accepted and presented papers will be published in: - Journal of WSCG (the best selected papers only) ISSN 1213-6972 (print), ISSN 1213-6980 (CD-ROM) - Computer Science Research Notes series (conference proceedings) CSRN 27xx, ISSN 2464-4617 (print), ISSN 2464-4625 (CD-ROM) Journal of WSCG and ALL proceedings published will also be available via WEB with access free => FAST research results dissemination! Recent publications are available at http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm (OPEN access – available ALL papers since 1992) The Journal of WSCG and CSRN proceedings will be sent for indexing to Scopus, ISI/Thomson Reuters, IEE, Elsevier's Engineering Information (EI) and other reputable indexing services. Associated "sub-events" (part of the WSCG) --------------------------------------- - GraVisMa - Computer Graphics, Computer Vision and Computational Mathematics 2017, http://www.GraVisMa.eu - HCI-Europe - Human Computer Interfaces 2017, http://www.HCI-Europe.eu Contact ----------- Prof. Vaclav Skala (Conference Organizer & Co-Chair) skala(a)kiv.zcu.cz mail subject WSCG2017 c/o University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Univerzitni 8, CZ 30614, Plzen, Czech Republic, http://www.VaclavSkala.eu --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Visualization and HCI job openings in Lyon (FR)
by Romain Vuillemot 20 Feb '17

20 Feb '17

*Tenured academic position in data visualization* Université Lyon 1, application deadline is March 31st Topic: “Data Visualization and networks” Details: https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/ListesPostesPub… *Engineering position to research novel data visualizations* Ecole Centrale de Lyon, starting ASAP Topic: "Data visualization, machine learning" Details: https://liris.cnrs.fr/recrutement/2017/cdd-palse-2017-vuillemot-lyon.pdf (see EN version here http://romain.vuillemot.net/openings/) *Phd candidate position in HCI and information visualization* Université de Lyon / University of Aarhus DK, start in March or April Topic: "Ambient and ubiquitous visualization" Details: http://tabard.fr/openings/phd-opening-placed.html *Paid internships (Master level)* Université Lyon 1 & Ecole Centrale de Lyon, starting ASAP Topic: “Emotion Visualisation in MOOCs” http://tabard.fr/openings/ Topic: “Parameters space visualizations” http://romain.vuillemot.net/openings/ *Junior and senior research visiting position* Université de Lyon, on-the-fly appointments Details: All top-universities have applications-based funding for short and long-term research programs, with international researchers. Funding includes travel, housing, and relocation. Reach out for more details on current opportunities: romain.vuillemot(a)gmail.com More details: http://lyon-university.org/ *Education programs* “Data visualization class” at Master Level (Université Lyon 1, Fall term) Details: https://lyondataviz.github.io/teaching/lyon1-m2/ This year's class projects: https://lyondataviz.github.io/teaching/lyon1-m2/projets-rendus.html “DataViz Lyon Meetup” monthly gathering on dataviz https://www.meetup.com/Lyon-Dataviz/ Please note that French language is not mandatory, and is largely spoken in both research and education environments. Still, it remains the official language, so please don't be scared if some job postings are in French. Most communications and applications can be done in English. -- Romain Vuillemot Assistant Professor, Ecole Centrale Lyon, France http://romain.vuillemot.net/

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DEADLINE ADAPTED - Call For Papers: EuroVA 2017 - EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics in Barcelona, Spain
by Michael Behrisch 20 Feb '17

20 Feb '17

* EuroVA 2017 Call for Papers - ADAPTED DEADLINES * Dear all, *Please note, *we changed our submission deadlines to be consistent with the co-located EuroVIS 2017 venues. The new deadlines will be: **** **/Submission deadline: 27 February, 2017 Notification of acceptance: 27 March, 2017 Camera-ready deadline: 24 April, 2017 EuroVA workshop: 12-13 June, 2017/**** **** * ** *Please find the adapted */C/**/all for /**/Papers/* below: ---------- * * EuroVA 2017 is the eighth international EuroVis workshop on Visual Analytics.* *It will take place *June 12-13, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain*. 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 is an established workshop to present and discuss new ideas, methods and theories, interesting applications and designs, and studies of the use of Visual Analytics in practice. The workshop will accept three paper types: * Research paperspresent new unpublished concepts, methods, or techniques * Special session papersfocus on a topic of particular topic of interest * Position papersexpress relevant and potentially controversial standpoints The workshop seeks to attract innovative, fresh and creative ideas with a high potential of becoming significant contributions to the Visual Analytics community. Special Session on Interaction Visual Analytics integrates the human in the loop. Interaction between the human and Visual Analytics methods and tools is essential for effective data exploration and analysis. EuroVA 2017 especially invites papers that focus on interaction in Visual Analytics. Topics of interest for the special session on interaction include but are not limited to: * Interaction techniques for Visual Analytics * Interface design for exploration and analysis * New display environments and interaction modalities * Guidance for Visual Analytics * Syntax and semantics of interactions for data analysis activities * Models of human-in-the-loop data analysis * Collaborative Visual Analytics Regular Topics Regular topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Visual representations of complex data * Computational methods to support analysis tasks * Data management, data provenance, and data uncertainty * Theoretical foundations of Visual Analytics * Cognitive and perceptual aspects * Infrastructures and architectures for Visual Analytics systems and services * Visual Analytics applications * Evaluation of Visual Analytics techniques and procedures Position Papers Position papers are problem discussions or statements describing the author's relevant experience and ideas regarding Visual Analytics. Position papers will be selected according to their importance and relevance for the workshop topics and the planned discussions. Important dates *Submission deadline: ******27 February, 2017****Notification of acceptance: ****27 March, 2017****Camera-ready deadline:****24 April, 2017****EuroVA workshop: ******12-13 June, 2017* 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-EuroVA2017.zip <http://www.eurova.org/wp-content/uploads/egPublStyle-EuroVA2017.zip> Papers are to be submitted via PCS at: https://precisionconference.com/~eurova17 <https://precisionconference.com/%7Eeurova17> At least one author of an accepted paper must register and participate in the workshop to present the accepted work. The EuroVA 2017 Workshop Proceedings will be published by the Eurographics Association, and be stored on the Eurographics Digital Library. Workshop Chairs Michael Sedlmair, University of Vienna, AustriaChristian Tominski, University of Rostock, Germany Publicity chair:Michael Behrisch, University of Konstanz, Germany**

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CFP: Special Issue on Coupling Computation and Human Cognition through Interaction Design
by Parsons, Paul 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue on Coupling Computation and Human Cognition through Interaction Design Journal of Multimodal Technologies and Interaction Website: www.mdpi.com/journal/mti/special_issues/human_cognition Due Date: May 31, 2017 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Many fields are encountering complex activities that involve intrinsically hard data analysis tasks—e.g., discovery-based research; emergency management; cybersecurity; and uncertain, risk-based decision-making. These activities are often open-ended, ill-specified, non-linear, and data-driven; they comprise a network of interdependent tasks; and they are domain-knowledge intensive and cognitively demanding. It is impossible for humans to perform such complex activities without support from powerful computational tools. There is a need for a coupling between human cognition and powerful computational tools, where the strengths of both are leveraged and tasks are distributed between human cognition and computation. Complex activities demand constant human-data interaction and decision-making—e.g., navigating and making sense of datasets; interpreting, selecting, constructing, and/or validating machine learning models; transforming input and output components (e.g., visualizations); deploying available resources; and managing tasks. These activities require a strong “human-in-the-loop” presence, where human perception, knowledge, and insight play a crucial role in accomplishing goal-oriented tasks. The focus of this issue is on human cognition and computation teaming together to achieve goals of complex activities. We are interested in cases where human cognition and computation form a partnership and jointly carry out tasks. In such contexts, coupling is achieved through interaction between humans and computational artifacts. Thus the focus of the special issue is on coupling computation and cognition through interaction design. Submissions should address how computation and cognition work together through the deliberate design of interaction techniques and strategies. We encourage authors to submit original research articles, works in progress, surveys, reviews, and viewpoint articles. This special issue welcomes general theories, models, and frameworks as well as applications in specific domains such as healthcare, education, neuroscience, bioinformatics, intelligence analysis, cybersecurity, and others. Topics of interest for the special issue include (but are not limited to): * Coupling human cognition and machine learning * Interactive visual data analysis * Interactive visualization and visual analytics * Human-in-the-loop analytics * Joint cognitive systems * Interactive model steering * Interactive data-driven learning * Human-computer joint reasoning * Human-computer knowledge discovery * Mixed-initiative interaction * Cognitive tools * Cognitive systems engineering Kamran Sedig Paul Parsons Guest Editors

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