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Postdoc Position - Human-Centered Visualization / Visual Analytics, Purdue University
by Parsons, Paul 21 Feb '16

21 Feb '16

The Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana invites applications for a postdoc position in the areas of human-centered visualization and visual analytics. Outstanding candidates with strong research and publication records are encouraged to apply. Women and members of underrepresented groups with expertise in the research area are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will receive support for two years at rates consistent with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). More information can be found below. Title: Design of Visual Analytics Tools for Dynamic Decision-Making under Uncertainty Keywords: Visual analytics; information visualization; cognition; decision-making; uncertainty; human-centered design; interaction design Duration: 2 Years Responsibilities: The candidate will be responsible for engaging in conceptual and theoretical research, generating novel ideas, and implementing them in visual analytics tools. Candidates should be creative and rigorous thinkers, and should be proficient in conducting interdisciplinary research. The candidate will assist the PIs in designing, coordinating, and executing mixed methods user studies. In addition to working closely with the PIs, other collaborators, and graduate students, the candidate is expected to actively participate in writing academic publications and grant proposals. Requirements: The candidate should have or expects to soon have a Ph.D. in computer science/engineering, human-computer interaction, informatics, or other related disciplines. The candidate should have a strong publication history in or across the following areas: information visualization, visual analytics, information science, human-computer interaction, cognitive science, and data analytics. The candidate should have good technical skills including a strong programming background, experience with different programming tools and languages, and the ability to work in a collaborative environment. Preferences: Ideally, the candidate should have experience with information visualization and visual analytics concepts, models, and techniques. Experience in cognitive science, human-computer interaction, and mixed methods research will be an asset. Experience with visualization programming is ideal, especially web-based programming (e.g., JavaScript, PHP, d3.js, angular.js, node.js). Experience with big data tools is also an asset. Application materials: Cover letter, C.V., contact information for 3 references, research statement (1-2 pages), and a list of relevant publications. Please submit all application materials as a single PDF file. Purdue University is an EEO/AA employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Please send application materials to both Paul Parsons (parsonsp(a)purdue.edu<mailto:parsonsp@purdue.edu>) and Vetria Byrd (vbyrd(a)purdue.edu<mailto:vbyrd@purdue.edu>). Review of applications will begin immediately. For full consideration, all application materials must be received by March 15, 2016. ---------------------------- Paul Parsons, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Computer Graphics Technology | Purdue University parsonsp(a)purdue.edu | Knoy 341 | 765.494.0511 web.ics.purdue.edu/~parsonsp

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IEEE VIS 2016 Call for Tutorials, Workshops, Panels, and Posters
by Jian Chen 21 Feb '16

21 Feb '16

[We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message.] IEEE VIS 2016 http://ieeevis.org/ 23 - 28 October, 2016 Baltimore, Maryland, USA Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ieeevis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ieeevis LinkedIn: https://goo.gl/5qABWF We solicit Tutorials, Workshops, Panels, and Posters for IEEE VIS 2016 in Baltimore, MD. =============== Tutorials: =============== Submission deadline: April 30, 2016 Tutorials are intended to cover a wide selection of topics related to visualization and provide background on techniques, tools and application domains relevant for visualization. Submissions consist of a three page outline of your proposed tutorial. For details, visit http://ieeevis.org/year/2016/info/call-participation/tutorials =============== Workshops =============== Submission deadline: April 30, 2016 We solicit workshops related to all areas of visualization including information visualization and visual analytics. The workshops venue at IEEE VIS provides an informal setting for participants to discuss advanced technical topics in visualization, involve experts in the field, disseminate work in progress, and promote new ideas. Submissions consist of a four page outline of your proposed workshop. For details, visit http://ieeevis.org/year/2016/info/call-participation/workshops =============== Panels =============== Submission deadline: June 15, 2016 Panels address important and/or controversial applications and issues in visualization today. In particular, we invite topics in connection with interesting application fields. Panels bringing together potential users of visualization technology (e.g., practitioners and industry professionals) and leading researchers, or panels consisting of experts in fields that might teach us important concepts (e.g., perceptual psychology, visual design, color theory, user-interface design) are welcome. For details, visit http://ieeevis.org/year/2016/info/call-participation/panels =============== Posters: =============== Submission deadline: Friday, June 24, 2016 The poster program offers a timely venue to present and discuss new visualization research through a forum that encourages graphical presentation, demonstration and active engagement with IEEE VIS participants. Submissions consist of a two-page summary of your work. Interactive poster sessions will provide a forum for presenting your work and discussing new ideas with your peers. Live demos and videos are encouraged. Posters will be displayed throughout IEEE VIS and the summary will be published in the electronic conference proceedings. For details, visit http://ieeevis.org/year/2016/info/call-participation/posters Best regards, Jian Chen, Wenwen Dou, Alexander Lex (the VIS Publicity Chairs) -------------------------------------------------------------- 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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24 WSCG - CfP REMINDER - Graphics, Vision, Visualization - EXTENDED Submission by March 19, 2016
by Vaclav Skala 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

To:infovis@infovis.org >>>> REMINDER - submission due March 19, 2016 - EXTENDED <<< 24. WSCG 2016 Call for Papers Pilsen (close to Prague), Czech Republic ============================================================== Computer Graphics, Scientific and Medical visualization, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Virtual Reality and Haptic Systems, Rendering Techniques, Physically Based Modeling, Human Computer Interfaces and related Mathematics ------------ Call for Papers WSCG 2016 REMINDER - DEADLINE EXTENDED -------------- 24. WSCG Int. Conf. on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision May 30 - June 3, 2016 >> Submission is open, closing on March 19, 2016 EXTENDED <<< http://www.wscg.eu http://www.wscg.cz in cooperation with the Eurographics Association supported by IFIP TC5 WG5.10 ACM and ACM SIGGRAPH listed WSCG Conference Co-Chairs ------------------------------ Zhigeng Pan, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic Important dates (regular papers) -------------------------------------------- - Workshop and special sessions - please, see the WEB pages - Paper submission: March 19, 2016 EXTENDED - Acceptance notification: April 10, 2016 - Final version: April 30, 2016 - Venue: May 30 - June 3, 2016, Primavera Congress Center, Pilsen [Plzen] (City of Beer) close to Prague, Czech Republic PUBLICATIONS ------------------------- All submitted papers will be peer anonymously reviewed. Title, authors and abstract will be available publicly after acceptance decision. 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 26xx, ISSN 2464-4617 (print), ISSN 2464-4625 (CD-ROM) Please, see recent publications available at http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm INDEXING ---------------- Journal of WSCG and CSRN proceedings will be sent for indexing to Scopus, IEE, ISI/Thomson Reuters, Elsevier's Engineering Information (EI) and other reputable indexing services. Journal of WSCG and proceedings published within the Computer Science Research Notes series - both will be available via WEB with access free => FAST research results dissemination! Recent publication (digital repository since 1992): http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm Feel free to contact me if you would have any question at: Prof.Vaclav Skala 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

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PostDoc fellowship in Computer Science with specialization in Information Visualization and Visual Analytics, Linnaeus University, Sweden
by Andreas Kerren 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

*** apologies for cross-posting *** PostDoc fellowship in Computer Science with specialization in Information Visualization and Visual Analytics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- placed at Linnaeus University, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Technology, Växjö, Sweden (lnu.se) Job status: full time, no longer than a maximum of two years Location: Växjö, Sweden Subject Area: Computer Science with specialization in Information Visualization and Visual Analytics Reference number: 2016/727-2.2.1 *** Duties *** - Research within the fields of information visualization and visual analytics. - Regularly present intermediate/final research results at international conferences and workshops, and publish them in conference proceedings and journals. - Close collaboration with the other members in our interdisciplinary research environment as well as domain experts. - At most 20% time can be dedicated to teaching and other departmental tasks. *** Qualification requirements *** The postdoc position requires a PhD degree in Computer Science, or a foreign degree equivalent to a PhD, and who has completed the degree no more than three years before the application deadline. Eligibility for this position also requires that the doctoral thesis has a focus on information visualization, visual analytics, or closely related fields. *** Assessment criteria *** Excellent knowledge in the focused research areas of information visualization and visual analytics is a strong advantage. Good programming skills (Java, JavaScript, HTML5, WebGL/OpenGL) and a solid training in mathematics and computer graphics are highly preferred. Documented expertise and working experience within at least one of the following research and educational areas is a great advantage: - (Multivariate/Temporal) network visualization - Collaborative visual analysis and interaction - Visual analytics of Big Data - Multidimensional visualization techniques in combination with machine learning and/or data mining techniques - Visual text analytics - Experiences in specific application domains and their visualization needs, such as in systems biology, social sciences, etc. Excellent written and oral communication skills in English are required. Teamwork experiences should also be documented in the application. Since the subject is male-dominated, we encourage female applicants. Applicants will be selected through a qualitative overall assessment of the competences and skills, assessed most suitable to conduct research and to contribute to a successful development of the research environment. *** Further information and contact *** Professor Andreas Kerren, phone number: +46 470 767502, email: andreas.kerren(a)lnu.se, or web: http://homepage.lnu.se/staff/akemsi/ and http://cs.lnu.se/isovis/. The application (in English) must be registered online no later than March 31, 2016, via the following link: http://lnu.se/about-lnu/jobs-and-vacancies?l=en (reference number: 2016/727-2.2.1) The application must include a cover letter, CV, degree certificates, a list of relevant publications (incl. theses, reports, etc.), and the contact information of three referees. In addition, a link to the candidate’s PhD thesis should be provided. Linnaeus University has the ambition to utilize the qualities that an even gender distribution and diversity brings to the organization. -- +------------------------------------------------------- + Prof. Dr. Andreas Kerren + + Linnaeus University + Department of Computer Science + Vejdes Plats 7, Room B3019 + SE-351 95 Växjö, Sweden + + Phone: +46 470 767502 + Fax: +46 470 84004 + Email: andreas.kerren(a)lnu.se + WWW: http://homepage.lnu.se/staff/akemsi/ + WWW: http://cs.lnu.se/isovis/ +-------------------------------------------------------

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Call for Posters: 22nd International Conference on Conceptual Structures 2016
by Sven Linker 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Dear colleague, apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message. We invite submissions to the poster session. DEADLINE: Poster Submission: March 24th, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: 22nd International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2016 Graph-based Modeling of Conceptual Structures ******************************************************************************************** 5th to 7th July, 2016, Annecy, France Conference web site:www.irit.fr/ICCS2016/ Co-located: 9th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS) 2016 ******************************************************************************************** The International Conferences on Conceptual Structures (ICCS) focus on the formal analysis and representation of conceptual knowledge with applications to artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, and related areas of computer science. The ICCS conferences evolved from a series of seven annual workshops on conceptual graphs, starting with an informal gathering hosted by John F. Sowa in 1986. Recently, graph-based knowledge representation and reasoning (KRR) paradigms are getting more and more attention. The aim of the ICCS 2016 conference is to build upon its long standing expertise in graph-based KRR and focus on providing modelling, formal and application results of graph-based systems. ICCS 2016 will be co-located with FOIS 2016, held in Annecy, in the Polytech building at the campus of the University of Savoie. The conference welcomes contributions that address graph-based representation and reasoning paradigms (e.g. Bayesian Networks (BNs), Semantic Networks (SNs), RDF(S), Conceptual Graphs (CGs), Formal Concept Analysis (FCA), CP-Nets, GAI-Nets, Graph Databases, Diagrams, etc.) from a modelling, theoretical and application viewpoint: - Modelling results will investigate concrete real world needs for graph-based representation, how certain use cases are of interest to the graph community, how using graphs can bring added (business) value, what kind of graph representation is needed for a given case, etc. - Technical results will include fundamental graph theory based results for novel structures for representation, extensions of existing structures for added expressivity, conciseness, optimisation algorithms for reasoning, reasoning explanation, etc. - Papers reporting on application experience will be expected to demonstrate the benefits of the graph-based proposed solutions in the context of the use case studied with respect to other possible solutions. The main research topics are: - Knowledge Management, - Knowledge Architectures, - Reasoning under Inconsistency, - Knowledge Representation and Uncertainty, - Contextual Logic, - Constraint Satisfaction, - Decision Making, - Argumentation, - Ontologies, - Semantic Web, - Web of Data, - Web 2.0, - Conceptual Knowledge Acquisition, - Data Mining, - Text Mining, - Natural Language Processing, - Linguistics, - Metaphoric, Cultural or Semiotic Considerations, - Resource Allocation and Agreement Technologies. Submission Information We invite scientific papers of up to fourteen pages and posters of up to three pages. For each paper, an abstract must be submitted by January 28, 2016, with full papers being due on February 4, 2016. Posters do not require advanced abstract submission and should be submitted by March 24, 2016. Papers and posters must be formatted according to Springer’s LNCS style guidelines and not exceed the page limit. The submission is to be done via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccs20161 All paper submissions will be refereed and authors will have the opportunity to respond to reviewers’ comments during the rebuttal phase. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings, published by Springer in the LNCS/LNAI series. Poster submissions will also be refereed but will not be included in the conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper or poster must register for the conference and present the paper or poster there. Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by DBLP. Important Dates For Papers Abstract Submission: February 4th, 2016 (Revised!) Paper Submission: February 11th, 2016 (Revised!) Initial Paper Reviews Sent: March 14th, 2016 Rebuttals Due: March 18th, 2016 Notification of Paper Acceptance: March 24th, 2016 Camera Ready Paper: April 8th, 2016 Important Dates For Posters Poster Submission: March 24th, 2016 Notification of Poster Acceptance: April 15th, 2016 Organisers General Chair Ollivier Haemmerlé, Université Toulouse 2, France Program Chairs Gem Stapleton, University of Brighton, United Kingdom Catherine Faron-Zucker, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France Program Committee Bernd Amann, University Pierre et Marie Curie, France Simon Andrews, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom Galia Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Peggy Cellier, IRISA/INSA Rennes, France Dan Corbett, Optimodal Technologies, DC, USA Olivier Corby, INRIA Sophia Antipolis Méditerrannée, France Madalina Croitoru, Université Montpellier II, France Cornelius Croitoru, Al.I.Cuza University of Iasi, Romania Licong Cui, Case Western Reserve University, OH, USA Frithjof Dau, SAP, Germany Aldo De More, CommunitySense, The Netherlands Harry Delugach, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA Juliette Dibie-Barthélemy, AgroParisTech, France Pavlin Dobrev, ProSyst Labs, Bulgaria Florent Domenach, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Ged Ellis, Google, Australia Jérôme Euzenat, INRIA Grenoble, France Catherine Faron Zucker, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France Jerome Fortin, Université Montpellier II, France Cynthia Vera Glodeanu, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Ollivier Haemmerlé, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France Jan Hladik, DHBW Stuttgart, Germany Rinke Hoekstra, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands John Howse, University of Brighton, United Kingdom Dmitry Ignatov, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia Mateja Jamnik, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Adil Kabbaj, INSEA, Morocco Mary Keeler, VivoMind, Inc., MD, USA Hamamache Kheddouci, Université Claude Bernard, France Leonard Kwuida, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Jérôme Lang, CNRS, LAMSADE, France Steffen Lohmann, University of Stuttgart, Germany Natalia Loukachevitch, Research Computing Center of Moscow State University, Russia Pierre Marquis, Université d'Artois, France Philippe Martin, Université de la Réunion, France Franck Michel, CNRS I3S, France Bernard Moulin, Laval University, Canada Sergei Obiedkov, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia Peter Øhrstrøm, Aalborg University, Denmark Yoshiaki Okubo, Hokkaido University, Japan Nathalie Pernelle, Université Paris Sud, France Heather D. Pfeiffer, Akamai Physics, Inc., NM, USA Simon Polovina, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom Uta Priss, Ostfalia University, Germany Marie-Christine Rousset, University of Grenoble, France Sebastian Rudolph, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Fatiha Saïs, Université Paris Sud, France Eric Salvat, IMERIR, France Atsushi Shimojima, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Iain Stalker, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Gem Stapleton, University of Brighton, United Kingdom Gerd Stumme, University of Kassel, Germany Nouredine Tamani, INRIA, France Michaël Thomazo, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Serena Villata, CNRS I3S, France Martin Watmough, Sheffield Hallam University, UK ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. For more information see: https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/computing/Pages/Email/spam.aspx

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Lectureship in Data Science x3 - Data Science Institute, Lancaster
by Dykes, Jason 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Lancaster University is advertising 3 posts at its Data Science Institute. http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/dsi/ Prof. Nigel Davies, Co-Director, is keen to get applications from the InfoVis community and would like "someone to really come in and help shape the new data science institute". Please feel free to contact Nigel about the positions. Advert follows ... Jason. -- As part of its 50th Anniversary Lectureship Scheme Lancaster University is currently advertising new positions in key challenge areas of data science. The Anniversary Lectureships are designed to identify academic leaders of the future and attract the highest calibre of applicants. Benefits include no direct teaching load for at least the first two years and the opportunity to play an influential role in Lancaster's new Data Science Institute. There are three positions directly associated with Lancaster’s Data Science Institute covering novel systems architectures, on-line inference, trust/privacy and visualisation and additional posts in Network Modelling and Social Statistics/Data Science. For more detail on the 50th Anniversary Lectureship scheme see www.lancaster.ac.uk/anniversary-lectureships or the University’s vacancy listing https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx?cat=160. Details of the lectureships are below. Lectureship in Data Science x3 50th Anniversary Lectureships - Data Science Closing Date: Monday 29 February 2016 Interview Date: To be confirmed Reference: AL17 As part of a major investment in Data Science we are seeking applications from outstanding individuals for three new academic positions in Lancaster’s Data Science Institute. This is an opportunity to join a world-leading community of researchers at an exciting time. Data Science is a key area of growth for Lancaster University and is founded on historic strengths in Computer Science, Statistics and Operational Research coupled with an outstanding track record in multidisciplinary research. The posts form part of strategic investment that has seen the University make a substantial commitment in the form of over 15 new data science related academic positions in the last 12 months.Together with more than 70 academics with existing expertise at Lancaster, these positions are a key part of the new world-class, multidisciplinary Data Science Institute that is starting to set the global standard for an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary data-driven research challenges in areas including data and society, health, and the environment. Appointments will help play a key role in shaping this exciting new initiative. Applications are particularly encouraged from those who can make significant contributions in one of the following key areas of Data Science: Trust, privacy and ethics of data Data visualisation On-line inference Novel systems architectures for data science The posts are available at grades 7 and 8 (Lecturer, equivalent to Assistant Professor), according to the experience and research track-record of the successful candidates. For an informal discussion about these posts, please contact Professor Nigel Davies (+44 1524 510327, email: n.a.davies(a)lancaster.ac.uk) or Professor Idris Eckley (tel +44 1524 593066, email: i.eckley(a)lancaster.ac.uk) For further information about Data Science activities at Lancaster please refer to http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/dsi. -- jason dykes, giCentre, city university london http://gicentre.net/jsndyks/

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CFP: GD16 -- 24th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization
by Yifan Hu 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

=========================================================================== Call for Papers GD 2016 24th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization September 19-21, 2016 – Athens, Greece http://algo.math.ntua.gr/~gd2016/ =========================================================================== Graph Drawing is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs andconstitutes the algorithmic core of Network Visualization. Graph Drawing andNetwork Visualization are motivated by applications where it is crucial tovisually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Examples of suchapplication areas include data science, social sciences, Web computing,information systems, biology, geography, business intelligence, informationsecurity and software engineering. GD has been the main annual event in this area for more than 20 years. Itsfocus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing as well asthe design of network visualization systems and interfaces. GD 2016 will behosted by the Institute of Communications and Computer Systems, an affiliate ofthe National Technical University of Athens from September 19 to 21, 2016 inAthens, Greece. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspect of graphdrawing and network visualization are invited to contribute papers and postersand to participate in the symposium and the graph drawing contest. PAPERS------ We invite authors to submit papers describing original research of theoreticalor practical significance to graph drawing and network visualization. Regularpapers must be submitted explicitly to one of two distinct tracks. Paperssubmitted to one track will not compete with papers submitted to the othertrack. Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects---------------------------------------------- This track is mainly devoted to fundamental graph drawing advances, such ascombinatorial aspects and algorithm design. The range of topics for this trackincludes (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 asthe development of network visualization systems and interfaces in differentapplication areas. The range of topics for this track includes (but is notlimited 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------------ Besides regular papers in the two tracks above there will be a separatecategory for short papers. In this category it will be possible to submittheoretical contributions and applied papers of shorter length. Papers in thiscategory will be assigned a shorter time for presentation during the conference. Demos----- Authors of applied regular and short papers will have the opportunity to show ademo of their software/system during the poster session. Submission format----------------- All submissions must be formatted using the LaTeX style file for the conferenceseries Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) provided by Springer. Thedefault margins and fonts must not be modified. Submissions that do not complywith this format risk being rejected. The length of regular papers is limitedto 12 pages (excluding references), while the length of short papers is limitedto 6 pages (excluding references). The claims of the paper should be fullysubstantiated, including full proofs or appropriate experimental data. If thisinformation does not fit within the page limits, the authors should include itin a clearly marked appendix, whose length is not constrained and which thereviewers may read at their own discretion. POSTERS------- Submissions of posters on graph drawing, network visualization, and relatedareas are also solicited. The poster session will provide a forum for thecommunication of late-breaking research results (which may also appearelsewhere) to the graph drawing community. Authors of posters should prepare anabstract (up to two pages in the LNCS style) that must be submitted togetherwith the poster itself. CONTEST------- Details about the traditional Graph Drawing Contest held at the conference willbe provided on the conference Web site. PUBLICATION----------- All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, published bySpringer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series and, followinga green open access policy, as a conference index on the arXiv repository. TheLNCS proceedings will be made freely accessible to the GD community uponpublication and openly accessible to anyone after four years. The self-archivedarXiv proceedings will provide immediate and unrestricted open access. Twelvepages (excluding references) will be allocated for regular papers and six pages(excluding references) for short papers. Upon submission of the camera-readyversion of accepted papers, the identical paper (optionally including a clearlymarked appendix) must be submitted to the arXiv repository and its arXividentifier must be specified for inclusion in the conference index. Abstractsof accepted posters will also appear in the conference proceedings (two pages),but will not be made available for indexing. Selected papers will be invitedfor submission to a special issue of the Journal of Graph Algorithms andApplications. AWARDS------ For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2016 will give a BestPaper Award. In addition, to recognize the effort of participants to presenttheir work and to prepare their posters in a clear and elegant way, there willbe a Best Presentation Award and a Best Poster Award voted on by the GD 2016attendees. IMPORTANT DATES--------------- Paper submission deadline June 12 (23:59 PDT)Notification of paper acceptance July 24Poster submission deadline August 17 (23:59 PDT)Notification of poster acceptance August 28Final versions due September 1Contest submission deadline September 11Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization September 19-21 INVITED SPEAKERS---------------- Daniel Keim, University of Konstanz, DERoger Wattenhofer, ETH Zurich, CH PROGRAM COMMITTEE----------------- Patrizio Angelini, University of Tübingen, DETherese Biedl, University of Waterloo, CAWalter Didimo, University of Perugia, ITCody Dunne, IBM Watson Health, USADavid Eppstein, UC Irvine, USAJean-Daniel Fekete, INRIA, FRStefan Felsner, TU Berlin, DERadoslav Fulek, IST Austria, ATEmden Gansner, Google, USAYifan Hu (co-chair), Yahoo Labs, USAKarsten Klein, Monash University, AUStephen Kobourov, University of Arizona, USAMarc van Kreveld, Utrecht University, NLJan Kynčl, Charles University Prague, CZKwan-Liu Ma, UC Davis, USATamara Mchedlidze, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DEMartin Nöllenburg (co-chair), TU Vienna, ATStephen North, Infovisible, Oldwick, USAMaurizio Patrignani, Roma Tre University, ITHelen Purchase, University of Glasgow, UKHuamin Qu, HKUST, Hong KongGünter Rote, FU Berlin, DEAndré Schulz, University of Hagen, DELei Shi, Chinese Academy of Science, CNAlexandru Telea, University of Groningen, NL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE-------------------- Kostas Karpouzis, National Tech. Univ. of Athens, GRChrysanthi Raftopoulou, National Tech. Univ. of Athens, GRAntonios Symvonis (chair), National Tech. Univ. of Athens, GR CONTEST COMMITTEE----------------- Philipp Kindermann, University of Hagen, DEMaarten Löffler (chair), Utrecht University, NLLev Nachmanson, Microsoft Research, USAIgnaz Rutter, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE

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Deadline Extended: Information+ Interdisciplinary practices in information design and visualization
by Christopher Collins 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

Deadline EXTENDED: February 25 Information+ Interdisciplinary practices in information design and visualization The inaugural Information+ conference will bring together researchers and practitioners in information design and information visualization to discuss common questions and challenges in these rapidly changing fields. Information+ will be held at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, Canada. It will include three events: a two-day conference (June 16-17), one-day hands-on workshop (June 18), and an exhibition of information design and visualization projects (June 17-July 30). For further information and updates, please visit: http://informationplusconference.com/ Our keynote speakers are: Colin Ware<http://ccom.unh.edu/vislab/colin_ware.html>, director of the Data Visualization Research Lab at the University of New Hampshire, and author of several books including Visual Thinking for Design, and Tamara Munzner<https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm/>, Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia and author of Visualization Analysis and Design. Confirmed speakers include Catherine D'Ignazio<http://www.kanarinka.com/>, Chad Skelton<http://www.chadskelton.com/>, Scott Murray<http://alignedleft.com/> and Gregor Aisch<http://driven-by-data.net/>. Call for Participation: Information+Conference As an interdisciplinary event, we invite proposals from all fields of professional practice, research, and education in information design and visualization. We welcome submissions on such topics as (and not limited to): the environment, advocacy and law, wayfinding and safety, health and medical applications, social and political issues, and projects in data journalism and the digital humanities. Authors accepted for presentation at the conference will have an opportunity to submit articles for publication in a special issue of Information Design Journal (IDJ), John Benjamins Publishing. The special issue will comprise of articles selected by a peer-reviewed process. We invite you to submit proposals using EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=info2016) for the following opportunities: * 20-minute peer-reviewed paper presentations: an abstract (500 words) with one descriptive figure and 3 keywords. We encourage both academic and practice-based presentations. * 5-minute lightning talks: a short abstract (250 words) with one descriptive figure and 3 keywords. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission Deadline: February 25, 2016 Notification of Acceptance: March 13, 2016 For questions please send an email to admin(a)informationplusconference.com<mailto:admin@informationplusconference.com> Conference Program Committee: Lyn Bartram, Simon Fraser University Sheelagh Carpendale, University of Calgary Petra Cerne Oven, University of Ljubljana Karen Cheng, University of Washington Fanny Chevalier, Inria Paolo Ciuccarelli, Politecnico di Milano Chris Collins, UOIT Patricio Davilla, OCAD University Marian Dörk, Fachhochschule Potsdam Jason Dykes, City University London Priscila Farias, FAU USP Angus Forbes, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Jorge Frascara, ECUAD/University of Alberta Chris Hethrington, ECUAD Angela Iarocci, Sheridan College Claudine Jaenichen, Chapman University Eric Kindel, The University of Reading Robert Kosara, Tableau Miriah Meyer, University of Utah Till Nagel, Fachhochschule Potsdam Paul Nini, Ohio State University Guillermina Noel, ECUAD Angela Norwood, York University Nathalie Riche, Microsoft Aidan Rowe, University of Alberta David Sless, Communication Research Institute Carla G. Spinillo, Universidade Federal do Paraná Karel van der Waarde, GD Research Karin von Ompteda, OCAD University Sue Walker, The University of Reading Organizing committee: Isabel Meirelles, Professor, Faculty of Design, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada Katherine Gillieson, Associate Professor, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada Information+ Partners: Ico-D International Council of Design (http://www.ico-d.org/) IDA-Information Design Association, UK (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) IDJ-Information Design Journal (https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/idj/main) IIID-International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) SBDI-Sociedade Brasileira do Design da Informação (http://www.sbdi.org.br/)

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CFP: 1st Int'l Workshop on Multimedia Analysis and Retrieval for Multimodal Interaction
by Stephanie Schwartz 12 Feb '16

12 Feb '16

[apologies for cross-postings, please distribute] **************************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS 1st International Workshop on Multimedia Analysis and Retrieval for Multimodal Interaction (MARMI 2016) MARMI 2016 web page: http://mklab.iti.gr/marmi2016/ In Conjunction with the ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR) 2016 (http://www.icmr2016.com/) New York, USA, June 6-9, 2016 **************************************************************************************** As devices and systems are becoming increasingly powerful and in parallel the content analytics and retrieval technologies are boosting, the interface between human and computer is often lagging behind and constitutes a bottleneck for seamless and efficient use for real world applications. Leveraging on multidisciplinary expertise combining knowledge from research in multimedia analysis and retrieval, as well as the multimodal interaction domains, new technologies are required to offer interactions, which are closer to the communication patterns of human beings and allow for an intuitive and hence more "natural" communication with systems. In this context MARMI 2016 focuses on analysis, retrieval and semantic interpretation of multimedia and multilingual data in multimodal interaction scenarios and agent-based applications. Of particular interest of MARMI 2016 is the analysis and retrieval of multimedia information in the context of multimodal agent-based systems with dialogue and multimodal conversation capabilities. The goal of MARMI workshop is threefold. First, the workshop aims at presenting the most recent methods for analysis, retrieval and semantic interpretation of multimedia and multilingual data in multimodal interaction scenarios and agent-based applications. Second, it aims at bringing together practitioners and researchers, both from multimedia retrieval and multimodal interaction domains, to share ideas and experiences in designing and implementing novel multimedia analysis and retrieval techniques and tools for interactive agent-based applications. Third, the workshop aims at evaluating the maturity and efficiency of the multimedia retrieval and analysis techniques for real world multimodal interactive agent-based applications. Research topics of interest for this workshop include, but are not limited to: - Multimedia indexing and retrieval for multimodal interaction in agent applications - Multimodal conversation and dialogue systems - Multimedia interaction for agent applications - Interactive multimedia retrieval in dialogue systems - Speech and audio analysis and retrieval - Facial analysis and gesture recognition in the context of agent communication - Interactive multimedia retrieval agent-based applications - Fusion of multimedia information in agent-based systems - Interfaces and visualization tools for interaction with multimedia - Semantic web approaches for multimedia retrieval in dialogue systems - Semantic integration and retrieval of multimedia in multimodal interaction agent-based applications - Multimedia retrieval for multilingual and multimodal communication. - Semantic reasoning for multimedia analysis and retrieval in interactive dialogue systems - Multimodal analytics for human machine interaction - Avatar development for agent applications - Web and social media retrieval for knowledge-based agent applications - Multimedia visualization and retrieval using information graphics - Intelligent user interfaces for multimedia retrieval for interactive applications Important dates: - Deadline for paper submission: March 1st, 2016 - Notification of acceptance: March 26th, 2016 - Camera Ready Paper and Registration: April 15th, 2016 - Date of the workshop: June 6th, 2016 Workshop Chairs: - Elisabeth Andre (University of Augsburg, Germany) - Stephanie Elzer Schwartz (Millersville University, USA) - Stefanos Vrochidis (Information Technologies Institute/CERTH, Greece) - Leo Wanner (ICREA-UPF, Spain)

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EuroRV3 Call for Papers
by Paul Rosenthal 11 Feb '16

11 Feb '16

/// 4th EuroVis Workshop on Reproducibility, Verification, and Validation in Visualization /// "From Medical Visualization Concepts to Certified Applications" /// http://www.eurorvvv.org/ *** Call for Papers *** For the fourth time, EuroRV3 will be held in conjunction with EuroVis. The purpose of this workshop is to develop a common sense of good reproducibility in our community. Workshop papers will be peer-reviewed in a one-stage process by an international program committee. They will be electronically archived in the Eurographics Digital Library and are fully citable publications. Submissions for the EuroRV3 track should be 4 pages (at most), excluding references, and 5 pages (at most), in total. They will be orally presented at the workshop. EuroRV3 2016 will be held in Groningen, the Netherlands, June 6, 2013 as part of EuroVis 2016. This year, the workshop is subtitled “From Medical Visualization Concepts to Certified Applications” and we encourage authors to share both positive and negative experience that could be beneficial to the visualization community regarding - but not limited - to the following topics: * reproducibility of visualization algorithms, especially in medical environments * experiences with the validation or verification of medical visualization, medical image processing, segmentation, feature detection, or feature tracking algorithms * experiences with certification procedures of existing software or design decisions to ensure easier certification of software regarding governmental regulations or other standards * visualization-related national or international standards for approving software in critical environments, such as for medical applications * evaluation of existing visualization techniques or systems regarding certification or verification * new implementation approaches that have demonstrably addressed significant technical issues * new methodologies for designing or studying visualization systems that have demonstrable benefits for the visualization community Further details and submission details can be found at: http://eurorvvv.org/ *** Important Dates *** Papers Submission Deadline: February 26th, 2016 Acceptance Notification: March 25th, 2016 Camera-ready Deadline: April 15th, 2016 Workshop Dates: June 6-7, 2016 *** Workshop Co-Chairs *** Kai Lawonn, University of Koblenz, Germany Mario Hlawitschka, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, Germany Paul Rosenthal, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask us: chairs(a)eurorvvv.org.

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