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GD2016: Call for Participation /Early Registration
by Yifan Hu 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

=========================================================================== Call for Participation GD 2016 24th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization Early registration deadline: August 30 September 19-21, 2016 – Athens, Greece http://algo.math.ntua.gr/~gd2016/ =========================================================================== 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 2016 will be hosted by the Institute of Communications and Computer Systems, an affiliate of the National Technical University of Athens from September 19 to 21, 2016 in Athens, Greece. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspect of graph drawing and network visualization are invited to participate in the symposium. INVITED SPEAKERS ------------------------------------------------ Daniel Keim, University of Konstanz, Germany Roger Wattenhofer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland http://algo.math.ntua.gr/~gd2016/index.php?id=invited-speakers ACCEPTED PAPERS ------------------------------------------------ The list of accepted papers is available at: http://algo.math.ntua.gr/~gd2016/index.php?id=accepted-papers REGISTRATION ------------------------------------------------ Registration for GD 2016 is open. Early registration **until August 30, 2016** (regular 270 EUR, student 180 EUR), late registration **after August 30, 2016** (regular 310 EUR, student 220 EUR). Registration can be done at: http://algo.math.ntua.gr/~gd2016/index.php?id=registration VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION ------------------------------------------------ The 24th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2016) will take place at the Ionic Centre in Athens. Further information about the venue and getting there can be found at: http://algo.math.ntua.gr/~gd2016/index.php?id=locations Suggestions for accommodations can be found at: http://algo.math.ntua.gr/~gd2016/index.php?id=accommodation GD CONTEST ------------------------------------------------ The 23rd Graph Drawing Contest will be held in conjunction with GD 2016. Submission deadline for contributions to the Creative Topics Category is September 11, 2016. The Live Challenge will take place during the conference. Further information about the GD Contest can be found at: http://graphdrawing.de/contest2016/contest.html PHD SCHOOL ------------------------------------------------ Immediately after the conference, the “PhD School on Visualization Software” with speakers from yWorks and Tom Sawyer Software will be held on September 22-23 2016 in Athens. The same early registration deadline of August 30, 2016 applies. Early registration fee **until August 30, 2016**: 30 EUR, late registration fee **after August 30, 2016**: 100 EUR. Further information about the PhD School can be found at: http://algo.math.ntua.gr/~gd2016/index.php?id=phd-school IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------ * Early registration deadline (conference and PhD school): August 30, 2016 * GD Contest submission deadline: September 11, 2016 * Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization: September 19-21, 2016 * PhD School on Visualization Software: September 22-23, 2016

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Job Posting: Lecturer in Information Visualisation @ Aston University
by Lumsden, Joanna (Jo) 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

[Apologies for cross posting.] The Department of Computer Science at Aston University, UK is advertising the following lectureship and seeking applications from motivated, enthusiastic candidates in the field of Information Visualisation who approach their domain from a human-computer interaction perspective. Lecturer in Computer Science Engineering & Applied Science Salary: £31,656 to £46,414 per annum Grade: Grade 08 Basis: Full Time Closing Date: Friday 16 September 2016 Interview Date: Monday 10 October 2016 Reference: R160314 Aston University School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) is consistently ranked as one of the top Universities in the UK for engineering-related disciplines. Our research strengths are concentrated in selected areas, are often multidisciplinary in nature and are designed to develop solutions to practical problems. This appointment will strengthen the expanding research and teaching activities of the Computer Science Subject Group at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We intend to appoint a Lecturer to develop further the research in the System Analysis Research Institute (SARI -http://www.aston.ac.uk/eas/research/groups/institute-of-systems-analytics/), particularly in the field of Information Visualisation. We are seeking a dynamic lecturer who approaches information visualisation research from a human-computer interaction (HCI) perspective and who is, therefore, capable of contributing equally to the HCI research group (based on practical familiarity with HCI methodologies and philosophies) and to SARI. Ideally, you will have experience of multidisciplinary research in which information visualisation and HCI approaches have been applied to real world, practical problems. You will have a relevant PhD and be capable of making significant contributions to our research activities, including the attraction of external research funding. All our Computer Science staff are fully integrated in delivering our mainstream computing programmes at undergraduate and graduate levels and you will be expected to deliver excellence in your teaching as well as developing your research profile. You will also supervise undergraduate and postgraduate projects and engage with external individuals and groups, such as contributing to summer schools and other outreach activities. We would particularly like to encourage applications from women seeking to progress their academic careers. Aston University is committed to the principles of the Athena SWAN Charter http://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charter-marks/athena-swan/<https://mail.aston.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=tP1UuJh0Tg5XOMunru39xk_lkHKZ-l…>, recognised recently by a prestigious Silver Award to EAS, and we pride ourselves on our vibrant, friendly and supportive working environment and collaborative atmosphere. The proposed starting date is in January 2017, but there is scope for flexibility. For further information, please contact the Director of the Aston Interactive Media (AIM) Lab, Dr. Joanna Lumsden on +44 (0)121 204 3470 or j.lumsden(a)aston.ac.uk<mailto:j.lumsden@aston.ac.uk>. Please visit our website http://www.aston.ac.uk/jobs for further information and to apply online.

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Invitation to Visualisation Survey
by Sara Johansson Fernstad 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Dear Colleague, The visualization and analysis of incomplete data is an area that has not received much attention from the research community, although it is a challenge experienced in many areas of data analysis. You are invited to participate in a survey that aims to evaluate the performance of three visualization methods from the R-package VIM (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/VIM/VIM.pdf) in the context of displaying incomplete data. From your responses we will be able to evaluate what type of visualization may be best for solving particular tasks, and through this provide guidance for future research. The study is completely anonymous and is part of a project at University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK. It starts with an instructive video, followed by a set of tasks that will take around 15 minutes to complete. If you have any questions or comments regarding the study, please contact sara.fernstad(a)northumbria.ac.uk<mailto:sara.fernstad@northumbria.ac.uk>. To the study: https://northumbria.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/survey-visualization-of-missing-data Your participation is important and very much appreciated! Kind regards, Sara ________________________________________________________________ Dr Sara J Fernstad Senior Lecturer Department of Computer and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1XE United Kingdom E-mail: sara.fernstad(a)northumbria.ac.uk<mailto:sara.fernstad@northumbria.ac.uk> Phone: +44 (0)191 243 7384 Office: Pandon 243 http://fee.northumbria.ac.uk/staff/jlhv8 http://fee.northumbria.ac.uk/staff/jlhv8/nova/

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IEEE VGTC VPG International Data-Visualization Contest 2016
by Wong, Pak C 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

Call for Participation (CFP) The IEEE VGTC VPG International Data-Visualization Contest 2016 http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/viscontest/2016/ Contest Theme: Spatio-temporal Visual Analytics Collaborator and Support: ACT, Inc. DEADLINE: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 The IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC) is sponsoring its third International Data Visualization Contest to recognize outstanding design in visualization and visual analytics from around the world. The 2016 contest theme is "Spatio-temporal Visual Analytics." The contest will be administered by the IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group (VPG) under the auspices of IEEE VGTC and in collaboration with ACT, Inc. (ACT is a non-profit organization in the education readiness assessment sector.) The awards will be announced at the IEEE VPG Reception to be held at the IEEE VIS 2016 conference. You are not required to attend either the VIS 2016 conference or the VPG reception to participate in the contest. Contest Challenge: Spatio-temporal Visual Analytics ACT operates nearly 9,000 testing centers annually to deliver The ACT Assessment to over two million high school students on six different Saturdays each year as part of its open, "National" program. Use of the test data by schools and government agencies has grown significantly in recent years. This growth is increasing the demands on the ACT network and test seat availability. Thus, ACT seeks to use data to carefully mange its system and its operating costs. The 2016 challenge is to develop a visual representation of how changes in availability of an ACT product (i.e., an assessment test) in a geographic area or as part of a distribution network can affect nearby or adjacent distribution sites by moving students or assessments, changing dates, or some other strategy. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * How does the introduction of a new delivery location affect existing delivery? * How does the addition or subtraction of a distribution site affect demand in neighboring sites? * How do proximity and availability affect participation in the assessment by geographic region? * What is the optimal Test Center Network for each season by geographic region? * What geographic areas are at risk of under or over utilization? * How can derived measures like Market Saturation, Percent Utilization, and Cost per Unit be aggregated and visualized at local, regional and national levels? Eligibility All visualization and visual analytics designers, developers, researchers, and practitioners from business, academia, and government sectors around the world are eligible to participate. Submissions cannot promote a commercial product. Submission Limitation Contestants may be lead author on no more than three submissions to the 2016 contest. They may be a co-author of any number of submissions. Submission Deadline Contest packets must be received by 5 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 to qualify for the 2016 contest. Selection Procedure Five distinguished IEEE VPG members chosen jointly by the VGTC and VPC chairs will review the contest submissions thoroughly and assess the top contest winners. The chair of the selection committee will submit the committee's recommendation to the IEEE VGTC chair by Friday, Oct 14, 2016. Contest Award IEEE VGTC will award a certificate to the best submission in each of the following five categories: 1. Overall Excellence 2. Originality 3. Appropriateness 4. Understandability 5. Communication Impact Submissions will be considered in all categories and may win more than one award. Winners in all categories may have a chance to see their visualization work: 1. Being applied to ACT's data analysis, product development, and/or marketing/promotional efforts 2. Appear on a cover of IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A) in 2017. IEEE CG&A will make the final determination about publishing. Submission Details The 2016 contest accepts only static visualizations in the form of an image. Contest participants should email the submission package to ieeevpg(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:ieeevpg@googlegroups.com>. The package must include: 1. A pdf file that contains: a. Title of the data-visualization contest submission b. Name, affiliation, email address, and postal address of the participant c. A maximum of 300 word description of the visualization written in English 2. A static visualization figure in jpg or png format. The size of the total submission package must be less than 10MB. For questions, contact vpg_awards(a)vgtc.org<mailto:vpg_awards@vgtc.org>.

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IEEE VGTC Visualization Pioneers Group Annual Reception at IEEE VIS 2016
by Wong, Pak C 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

IEEE VGTC Visualization Pioneers Group (VPG) http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/reception/ IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC) established the IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group<http://www.vgtc.org/content/ieee-vgtc-visualization-pioneers-group> (VPG) in 2013. VPG will host its fourth member exclusive reception on Monday, October 24 co-located with the IEEE VIS 2016 conference in Baltimore, MD. To become a member of the VPG, one simply needs to have at least 20 years of contributions to some aspect of visualization and visual analytics. The membership fee is $US 50.00 per year. Members are highly encouraged to pay their membership dues online at https://www.payit2.com/collect-page/77297. If you plan to attend the 2016 VPG reception, we encourage you to join VPG as soon as possible so that we can have a more accurate head count for the reception. We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore. For your calendar: Time: 6 p.m. Date: Monday, 24 October, 2016 Location: Pratt Street Ale House<http://www.prattstreetalehouse.com/about/> Address: 206 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21201 (0.2 miles or 4 minutes of walking from the conference hotel) If you have questions, please contact vpg(a)vgtc.org<mailto:vpg@vgtc.org>.

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BioVis@VIs 2016 Call for Posters
by Jillian Aurisano 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

BioVis 2016 Posters track at IEEE VIS in Baltimore, MD October 23rd, 2016 http://biovis.net/2016/ieeevis/ #biovis BioVis 2016 is the 6th Meeting on Biological Data Visualization, an interdisciplinary event covering all aspects of visualization in biology. The meeting brings together researchers from the visualization, bioinformatics, and biology communities with the purpose of educating, inspiring, and engaging visualization researchers in problems in biological data visualization, as well as bioinformatics and biology researchers in state-of-the-art visualization research. It is hosted as a one-day single-track event at VIS (http://ieeevis.org) and a SIG half-day meeting at ISMB (https://www.iscb.org/ismb2016) The *BioVis@Vis 2016 Posters track *offers a venue to present and discuss new research in biological data visualization. Submissions take the form of a short (250-word) abstract with a supporting figure and are presented at the conference site as large format posters during a dedicated poster session. The BioVis workshop as a whole aims to promote interaction between the visualization, bioinformatics, and biology communities, and the BioVis poster session offers an interactive forum that encourages graphical presentation, demonstration, and active engagement with BioVis participants as well as all attendees of IEEE VIS. *Important Dates* *August 26, 2016* - Poster submission to the BioVis workshop at IEEE VIS *September 9, 2016* - Author notification of posters for the workshop Submission for BioVis@VIS: https://precisionconference.com/~vgtc/ *Example poster topics include, but are not limited to:* Work-in-progress and preliminary results Previously published work from other venues Visualization challenges relevant to the BioVis community Extensions of Papers submissions and content that doesn’t fit Podium presentations Details about, or generalizations of contest submissions *Review Process:* Each poster submission will be read and evaluated by the Poster Chairs for quality and relevance to the BioVis venue with the goal of being as inclusive as possible and encouraging cross-domain interactions. All accepted poster submissions will be made available on the BioVis website http://biovis.net/2016/ For more information see: http://biovis.net/2016/posters_ieee/ <http://biovis.net/2016/posters_ieee/> *Keynote Talk:* Sheelagh Carpendale University of Calgary *General chairs* G. Elisabeta Marai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Jan Aerts, KU Leuven, Belgium *Paper chairs* Daniel Weiskopf, University of Stuttgart, Germany Marc Streit, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria *Poster chairs* Michel Westenberg, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands William Ray, The Ohio State University, USA *Publication chairs* Alexander Lex, University of Utah, USA Florin Chelaru, MIT, USA *Primer & challenges chair* Eamonn Maguire, CERN, Switzerland *Highlights chair* Julian Heinrich, CSIRO, Australia *Data contest chairs* Raghu Machiraju, The Ohio State University, USA Cagatay Turkay, City University, London, UK *Design contest chairs* Ryo Sakai, KU Leuven, Belgium Francis Rowland, EBI, UK *Industry and fundraising chair* Hector Corrado Bravo, University of Maryland, USA *Website chairs* Tuan Dang, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Anamaria Crisan, University of British Columbia, Canada *Publicity chair* Jillian Aurisano, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA *Steering Committee* Kay Nieselt, University of Tuebingen, Germany Nils Gehlenborg, Harvard Medical School, USA Jessie Kennedy, Edinburgh Napier University, UK Jos Roerdink, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Raghu Machiraju, The Ohio State University, USA (Chair)

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LDAV 2016 CFP: 6th IEEE Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization
by Jian Chen 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

The 6th IEEE Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization will be held in conjunction with IEEE VIS 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 23, 2016. Abstract submission deadline: August 24th, 2016 Call for Posters: We invite you to submit unpublished work to the IEEE LDAV 2016 Poster Program. The poster program is a venue designed to highlight ongoing research and late breaking topics that have produced promising preliminary results. In addition to the topics listed under Call for Papers, we also welcome submissions that showcase successful stories of applying visualization to large-scale data intensive applications. The poster program will be a great opportunity for the authors to interact with the symposium attendees and solicit feedback. Interested authors should submit a two-page abstract that describes the underlying problem, the proposed method, and preliminary results. Accepted poster abstracts will be included in the symposium proceedings. The format of the abstract will be the same as the format used for the regular paper submission. Poster authors are encouraged, but not required, to include a draft or sketch of the poster layout and content in their submission. This would help reviewers and show that the poster format is used effectively. The draft poster should be in PDF format. The authors should indicate if the poster would be accompanied by an on-site demonstration and/or videos. More information can be found on the IEEE LDAV Website: http://www.ldav.org/index.php/call-for-posters Sincerely, IEEE LDAV Poster Co-Chairs Best regards, --Jian, Alex and Wenwen (IEEE VIS publicity) ------------------------------------------------------------- Jian Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor UMBC Innovation Fellow Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~jichen

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VizSec 2016 Deadline Extended
by Nicolas Prigent 02 Aug '16

02 Aug '16

VizSec 2016 Call for Papers - Deadline Extended =============================================== The 13th IEEE Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec) is a forum that brings together researchers and practitioners from academia, government, and industry to address the needs of the cybersecurity community through new and insightful visualization and analysis techniques. VizSec provides an excellent venue for fostering greater exchange and new collaborations on a broad range of security- and privacy-related topics. VizSec will be held on October 24th 2016 in Baltimore, MD, USA in conjunction with IEEE VIS. The purpose of VizSec is to explore effective and scalable visual interfaces for security domains such as network security, computer forensics, reverse engineering, insider threat detection, cryptography, privacy, user assisted attacks prevention, compliance management, wireless security, secure coding, and penetration testing. *** THE DEADLINE FOR VIZSEC 2016 AS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE 8th of August 2016 *** Technical Papers ---------------- Full papers describing novel contributions in security visualization are solicited. Papers may present techniques, applications, practical experience, theory, analysis, experiments, or evaluations. We encourage the submission of papers on technologies and methods that promise to improve cyber security practices, including, but not limited to: - Situation awareness and/or understanding - Incident handling including triage, exploration, correlation, and response - Computer forensics - Recording and reporting results of investigations - Assisting proactive security configuration and deployment - Reverse engineering and malware analysis - Vulnerability management - Multiple data source analysis - Analyzing information requirements for computer network defense - Evaluation and/or user testing of VizSec systems - Criteria for assessing the effectiveness of cyber security visualizations (whether from a security goal perspective or a human factors perspective) - Modeling system and network behavior - Modeling attacker and defender behavior - Studying risk and impact of cyber attacks - Predicting future attacks or targets - Security metrics and education - Software security - Mobile application security - Social networking privacy and security When applicable, visualization and interaction techniques that effectively capture the insights of human analysts and/or allow analysts to collaborate efficiently are particularly desirable. *** New for 2016! *** Case Studies ---------------------------------- Short papers describing practical applications of security visualization are solicited. We encourage the submission of papers discussing the introduction of cyber security visualizations into operational context, including, but not limited to: - Cases where visualization made positive contributions towards meeting operational needs - Gaps or negative outcomes from visualization deployments - Situations where visualization was not utilized, but could have had a positive impact - Lessons learned from operational engagements - Insights gained from the transition process Cyber security practitioners from industry, as well as the research community, are encouraged to submit case studies. Posters ------- Poster submissions may showcase late-breaking results, work in progress, preliminary results, or visual representations relevant to the VizSec community. The poster program will be a great opportunity for the authors to interact with the attendees and solicit feedback. Submissions ----------- Submissions must be formated using the IEEE VGTC template that can be found at http://junctionpublishing.org/vgtc/Tasks/camera.html. All submissions should be in PDF format. Submit papers and poster abstracts using EasyChair: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vizsec2016 Papers should be at most 8 pages including the bibliography and appendices. Papers will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 members of the program committee. Committee members are not required to read the appendices or any pages past the maximum. Submissions not meeting these guidelines will be rejected without consideration of their merit. Reviews are single-blind, so authors may include names and affiliations in their submissions. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. The VizSec proceedings will be published by IEEE. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the conference. Case Studies Case studies should be at most 4 pages including the bibliography and appendices. Case study submissions will be reviewed by the Paper Chair(s) and other members of the organizing committee to determine relevance to the VizSec community. Accepted case study authors will have time to present their work at VizSec during the program. Accepted case studies will be made available on this website. Extended abstract for posters should be at most 2 pages including the bibliography. Poster abstracts will be reviewed by the Poster Chair(s) and other members of the organizing committee to determine relevance to the VizSec community. Accepted authors must present a corresponding poster during the workshop. The poster authors can determine the layout by themselves, but the dimensions of the posters should not exceed the A0 space (841mm x 1189mm or 33.1" x 46.8"). Additionally, poster authors are requested to give a brief oral preview during a plenary "fast forward" session. Accepted poster abstracts will be made available on this website. When applicable, submissions including tests and evaluations of the proposed tools and techniques are considered particularly desirable. If possible, making the data used for the tests available will also be considered positively. If you do not have real-world data to demonstrate your visualization, you may be interested in looking at the VAST Challenge data sets. Important Dates --------------- All deadlines are 5:00 PM PST Papers and Case Studies August 8, 2016 *** Deadline Extended *** Submission for Papers and Case Studies September 5, 2016 Author Notification for Papers and Case Studies October 3, 2016 Camera Ready Submission and Copyright Forms for Papers Posters September 19, 2016 Abstract Submission for Posters September 30, 2016 Author Notification for Posters

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2-year postdoc research fellowship in HCI/Infovis, Copenhagen
by Mikkel Rønne Jakobsen 02 Aug '16

02 Aug '16

Deadline is this Friday (August 5th) for applications to a two-year position as postdoctoral research fellow at University of Copenhagen in the Human-Computer Interaction Group at Department of Computer Science (http://www.diku.dk) The candidate will join the BIOPRO team to design and evaluate novel interactive visualizations that help domain experts develop and combine mathematical models and statistical models with online sensor-data with the ultimate goal of optimizing bio-based production processes. We work with domain experts from leading bio-based manufacturing companies in Denmark and with leading university researchers in chemical engineering, chemometrics, and applied statistics. Applicants are welcome to develop their own directions of research within the above context, and will have the opportunity to design both for workstations and high-resolution wall displays. Applicants must have a PhD in computer science and must have research experience in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction or Information Visualization. Knowledge of bio-based processes is not required; knowledge of predictive modeling is a plus, but is not mandatory. The deadline for applications is August 5, 2016. The position is for two years with a starting date in October 2016. For more information and directions on submitting an application, go to: http://diku.dk/english/about/vacancies/postdoc-biopro-hcc/ For questions or if you are interested in applying, please contact Mikkel R. Jakobsen (mikkelrj(a)di.ku.dk, http://www.mikkelrj.dk)

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Nomination Deadline Extension - IEEE VGTC Doctoral Dissertation Award
by Wong, Pak C 01 Aug '16

01 Aug '16

Extended DEADLINE: Monday, Aug 15, 2016 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The IEEE VGTC VPG Doctoral Dissertation Award http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/bestthesis/ IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC) sponsors the annual Best Doctoral Dissertation Award program to recognize outstanding academic research and development in visualization and visual analytics. The dissertations must address a topic relevant to visualization or visual analytics. The competition will be administrated by the IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group (VPG) under the auspices of IEEE VGTC. The IEEE VGTC VPG Doctoral Dissertation Award is presented annually at the IEEE VPG Reception held at the IEEE VIS conference. ELIGIBILITY All English language dissertations that have been successfully defended between July 31 two years before the award and July 31 of the year of the competition are eligible (e.g. between July 31, 2014 and July 31, 2016 are eligible for the 2016 competition). SUBMISSION LIMITATION There is no limitation on the number of nominations that may be made by a university. SUBMISSION DEADLINE Nomination packets must be received by 5pm PDT on Monday, August 15, 2016. SELECTION PROCEDURE Five IEEE VPG members will form a review committee to thoroughly review and assess the dissertation submissions. The committee will judge the dissertations based on their intellectual merit, technical depth, and presentation quality. The selection committee will recommend the winning dissertation to the IEEE VGTC chair by October 1. AWARDS The winner of the IEEE VGTC VPG Doctoral Dissertation Award will receive not only a monetary prize of $500 provided by IEEE VGTC, but also a chance to describe the impact of the winning dissertation in an invited article that may be published in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A). Professor Jim Foley of Georgia Tech and the editor of the CG&A Dissertation Impact Department will make the final determination about whether the article will be published. The CG&A Dissertation Impact Department recognizes the best and brightest dissertation work nominated by different visualization, computer graphics, and virtual reality technical communities from around the world. SUBMISSION DETAILS The student's advisor should email the nomination package to vpg_awards(a)vgtc.org<mailto:vpg_awards@vgtc.org>. The package must include: 1. A nomination letter written by the student's advisor, which includes: * the name, email address, and phone number of the advisor, * the name and email address of the candidate, and * a one-page summary of the significance of the dissertation (references to papers should be provided on an extra sheet) 2. A copy of the dissertation. Optional additional letters of recommendation can be attached to the submission.

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