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VisGames: Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities – Submission Deadline Extended to March, 23rd
by Keck Mandy 13 Mar '25

13 Mar '25

Dear community members, We are pleased to announce an extension of the submission deadline for the VisGames 2025 Workshop, collocated with EuroVis 2025. Website: https://visgames2025.netlify.app/ The VisGames workshop aims to advance the role of data visualization games and playful activities as effective methods for communication, co-creation, and collaborative problem-solving in interdisciplinary research and professional contexts. The workshop will highlight innovative applications of visualization games beyond educational settings, emphasizing their potential to foster dialogue, facilitate shared understanding, and inspire novel solutions. Updated Submission Deadline 📅 Extended Abstracts Due: March 14, 2025 -> March 23, 2025 (11:59 PM AoE) 📢 Author Notification: April 16, 2025 📑 Camera-Ready Submission: May 2, 2025 The half-day workshop will include a combination of an opening session, hands-on World Café-style sessions, and a concluding discussion to explore the design, implementation, and impact of visualization games. We invite researchers, practitioners, and educators to submit extended abstracts (2–6 pages in CGF style) presenting empirical studies, theoretical perspectives, novel game designs, or practical applications related to visualization and gamification. Submissions will undergo peer review by at least two program committee members and one workshop organizer. For submission guidelines and further details, please visit our website: https://visgames2025.netlify.app/ We look forward to your contributions and discussions at VisGames 2025. Best regards, Christina Stoiber, Magdalena Boucher, Mandy Keck, Lorenzo Amabili, Renata Raidou, Velitchko Filipov, Victor Oliveira, Victor Schetinger, Wolfgang Aigner

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Call for papers: MLVis 2025, Machine Learning Methods in Visualisation for Big Data
by Daniel Archambault 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

Call for papers: MLVis 2025, Machine Learning Methods in Visualisation for Big Data Machine Learning Methods in Visualisation for Big Data will be held as part of EuroVis 2025 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. The tenth edition of this co-located event will be part-tutorial and part-workshop so as to increase the interaction between researchers. Part of the MLVis 2025 programme will consist of short papers. We solicit short papers on machine learning methods in visualisation from both the machine learning and visualisation communities, addressing how the two technologies can be used together to provide greater insight to end users. Topics include but are not limited to: Explainable Machine Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Visualisation of Clustering, Regression, and Classification, Steerable Machine Learning, Visualisation to Improve Machine Learning Models, Automation of Visualisation and Visual Analytics, Visualisation and Machine Learning in Text Analytics, Visualisation in Online Machine Learning Submission deadline: April 14, 2025 More details: https://events.tuni.fi/mlvis/mlvis-2025/

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[CfP] 2nd Workshop on Visual Process Analytics (VIPRA 2025) - Co-Located BPM 2025
by Elzen, Stef van den 06 Mar '25

06 Mar '25

##################################################### 2nd Workshop on Visual Process Analytics (VIPRA 2025) https://vipra-workshop.github.io/homepage/ ##################################################### Call for Papers ---------------- The 2025 Workshop on Visual Process Analytics (Vipra 2025) is the 2nd annual workshop that provides an opportunity for participants to discuss state-of-the-art event visualization and process mining and learn how both techniques can mutually benefit each other. In this workshop we aim to bring together researchers from both Visual Analytics and Process Mining, to learn, create a common language, spark collaborations, and advance both fields. Process Mining is a data-driven discipline that focuses on extracting valuable insights and knowledge from the vast amount of event data generated within organizations. It involves the discovery, analysis, and improvement of process models by leveraging techniques from data science, machine learning, and data analytics. By examining event logs and historical data, process mining aims to provide a clear, objective view of how processes actually operate, identifying bottlenecks, deviations, and opportunities for optimization. In turn, this supports organizations in making more data-informed decisions, and enhance operational efficiency. Visual analytics is an interdisciplinary field that combines data visualization, analytical techniques, and interactive interfaces to help people make sense of complex and often large datasets. It focuses on using the power of visual representations to facilitate data exploration, pattern recognition, and decision-making. By enabling users to interact with data through graphical interfaces, visual analytics promotes a deeper understanding of information, uncovers hidden insights, and supports the detection of trends, anomalies, and relationships that might be challenging to discern through traditional data analysis methods alone. We believe that process mining and visual analytics can mutually benefit each other. Until now, there has been limited interaction between the two fields, despite their shared objectives. In process mining, the emphasis has traditionally been on data extraction and process discovery, often neglecting the visualization aspect, whereas in visual analytics, event visualization efforts have often overlooked the wealth of process mining techniques that can enhance visualizations and analysis. Bridging this gap and fostering collaboration between the two fields will not only lead to more informed, efficient, and data-driven improvements in various domains but also advance the research and innovation in both process mining and visual analytics, ultimately contributing to a more holistic and integrated approach to understanding and optimizing complex processes. Topics and Scope ---------------- We encourage submissions from all areas on the intersection of visual analytics and process mining. The 2025 Workshop on Visual Process Analytics will cover a range of topics exploring the intersection of PM and VA including (but not limited to): - VA to support exploration and comparison of discovered process models - VA to support the comparison of event logs and process models, e.g., in conformance checking - VA to support the generation of hypotheses about the business process and the identification of process improvement ideas - VA to represent temporal and spatial uncertainty in PM models - Research challenges, pitfalls, and opportunities related to the intersection of VA and PM - The role of AI in PM, and how Visualization and explainable-AI solutions can support model comprehension, exploration, and refinement - Research on the use of VA in BPM and PM practice (user studies, task taxonomies, etc.) Paper Submission, Publication, and Format Guidelines -------------------------------------- We will accept short papers with up to 8 pages and regular papers with up to 15 pages. We encourage a diverse range of submissions and topics in any of the paper types listed below: - Regular papers (LNBIP, 12-15 pages) - Short papers (LNBIP, 6-8 pages) All material will be submitted via the BPM 2025 EasyChair submission site: https://easychair.org/account2/signin?l=5023675435902433047 Selected accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and assigned a DOI as fully citable publications. All submissions must comply with the Springer LNCS formatting guidelines: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… Selected accepted regular and short papers will be published by Springer as a post-workshop proceedings volume in the series Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP). At least one author of each accepted paper must register and participate in the workshop. Contact vipra.workshop at gmail.com if you have any questions or visit https://vipra-workshop.github.io/homepage/ Important Dates --------------- - Deadline for submission: June 6th, 2025 - Notification of acceptance: July 3rd, 2025 - Camera-ready papers due: July 11th, 2025 - Vipra 2025 Workshop: September 1st, 2025 (in conjunction with BPM 2025) All submission deadlines are at 23:59 GMT on the date indicated. Organizers ---------- Jana-Rebecca Rehse, Universität Mannheim Francesca Zerbato, Eindhoven University of Technology Luise Pufahl, TU München - Heilbronn Stef van den Elzen, Eindhoven University of Technology Alessio Arleo, Eindhoven University of Technology [cid:392ee133-f801-4fd5-9ece-a2d54dd71237] Dr.ir. Stef van den Elzen Assistant Professor Visual Analytics Department of Mathematics and Computer Science M +31 6 16710121 s.j.v.d.elzen(a)tue.nl<mailto:s.j.v.d.elzen@tue.nl> De Zaale, Metaforum (MF 6.079B) PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, the Netherlands

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PhD Position on Ludic Data Visualization [Linz, Austria]
by Günter Wallner 06 Mar '25

06 Mar '25

Dear all, I have an exciting open 4-year PhD position as part of the LudaViz project funded by the Austrian Science Fund. The project sits at the intersection of information visualization and video game design, investigating diegetic data representations within video games, what we can learn from it for visualization design in general, and how they can give rise to novel game experiences. Deadline for applications: April 2, 2025 Full details here: https://karriere.jku.at/hcm/jobexchange/showJobOfferDetail.do?jobOfferId=8a… Feel free to reach out if you have questions. All best, Guenter Wallner

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Second Call for Applications - Cluster of Excellence "Bilateral AI"
by Hackl, Andrea 06 Mar '25

06 Mar '25

================================================================= [Apologies for cross-postings] ================================================================= Cluster of Excellence Bilateral Artificial Intelligence: Discovering the Next Dimension of AI Second Call for Applications: Join a world-class faculty to work in a field that is changing our world https://www.bilateral-ai.net<https://www.bilateral-ai.net/> In Austria, leading scientists in the field of AI have joined forces and created the Cluster of Excellence (CoE) "Bilateral Artificial Intelligence: Discovering the Next Dimension of AI", funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. The vision is to educate a new generation of top-quality AI scientists with a holistic understanding of symbolic and sub-symbolic AI methods. Combining these two worlds is shaping up to be the next big game changing development! The CoE "Bilateral AI" is currently looking for the brightest minds in this field, offering PhD and Postdoc positions, with several exciting opportunities still available. Join us and become part of the next AI revolution! https://www.bilateral-ai.net/career The participating research centers are Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU Linz), Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien), Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (AAU), Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Technische Universität Graz (TU Graz), and Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU Wien). The Board of Directors is led by Sepp Hochreiter (JKU Linz), with Thomas Eiter (TU Wien) serving as Vice Director.

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Call for Submission: VisGames - Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities
by Keck Mandy 03 Mar '25

03 Mar '25

Dear community members, With the upcoming deadline ⏰ (March 14, 2025) for the VisGames workshop at EuroVis 2025 approaching, here's a reminder about this exciting event 🎉. Our mission is to advance visualization games and playful activities as dynamic tools for communication, co-creation, and collaborative problem-solving in interdisciplinary environments and contexts. This workshop will showcase innovative uses of visualization games beyond education, emphasizing their potential to enrich dialogue, build shared understanding, and inspire creative solutions in real-world contexts. The half-day workshop will feature an opening and fast-forward session, two hands-on World Café-style sessions for exploring submitted visualization games, and a reflection session for discussing experiences and concluding the workshop. Important Dates All deadlines are at 11:59 pm (23:59) AoE Anywhere on Earth (AoE) March 14, 2025: Extended Abstract April 16, 2025: Author Notification (before early bird registration for EuroVis) May 2, 2025: Camera Ready (4 weeks prior to conference) Workshop Goals and Scope of Topics With this workshop, we aim to: * Demonstrate visualization games (e.g., card games, digital games, etc.) and engage with the audience by playing the games at the conference, in a World Café setting. * Publish extended abstract (2--6 pages in the VisGames template format). Further, we intend to publish games on the online blog Nightingale, run by the Data Visualization Society. * Curate a repository for collecting and sharing visualization games for diverse audiences (e.g., children/adult learning, data journalists/data scientists/computer scientists/designers) in different scenarios (e.g., onsite, online, hybrid). * Create a discussion platform to create new game or activity ideas, exchange experiences, best practices, and challenges while developing visualization games. Workshop Topics The following topics fall within the scope of the workshop, but we encourage broader contributions. * Games supporting Storytelling, Idea Generation, decision-making, stakeholder engagement, visualization design evaluation, etc. * Visualization activities * Serious games * Digital games (e.g., mobile, web, video games, etc.) * Analog games (e.g., board games, card games, etc.) * Educational games * Gamification approaches Submission Guidelines and Reviewing Process The workshop’s extended abstract will be peer-reviewed by at least two PC members and one workshop organizer. The maximum length for submitted extended abstract to the VisGames workshop is 2-6 pages (in Computer Graphics Forum (CGF) style, including all images and acknowledgements, excluding references). Submissions must be made using the Computer Graphics Forum style, using the conference LaTeX template for workshops. Please find more information on our workshop website: https://visgames2025.netlify.app/ Best regards, Christina Stoiber, Magdalena Boucher, Mandy Keck, Lorenzo Amabili, Renata Raidou, Velitchko Filipov, Victor Oliveira, Victor Schetinger, Wolfgang Aigner

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Extended Deadline for IEEE CG&A special issue on Breakthroughs, Challenges, and Opportunities in Biological Data Visualization
by Aurisano, Jillian (aurisajm) 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

The IEEE CG&A upcoming Sep 2025 special issue on Breakthroughs, Challenges, and Opportunities in Biological Data Visualization has extended the deadline for paper submissions to March 24th. This extension will be final, due to constraints related to the review and publication process. CFP: IEEE CG&A seeks submissions for its upcoming Sep 2025 special issue on Breakthroughs, Challenges, and Opportunities in Biological Data Visualization, with a submission deadline of March 24th, 2025. Outstanding papers accepted for publication may also be selected for presentation at collaborating conferences such as IEEE Vis and EuroVis. (authors may accept or decline this invitation). https://www.computer.org/digital-library/magazines/cg/cfp-biological-data-v… The rapidly expanding data generated by advanced methods in biology is creating enormous challenges at the interface between humans and biological data that can be represented and analyzed visually. To meet these challenges, a blend of methodology from the visualization, bioinformatics and biology domains is required. This methodology encompasses perception and design knowledge, algorithm design, techniques for analyzing and visualizing big data, statistics, and specific domain knowledge for different application problems. Powerful and integrative visualization methods are necessary, as well as methods for visually communicating the outcome of computational analytical methods and findings. This special issue aims to highlight new challenges in biological data visualization (BioVis) and state-of-the-art solutions created by BioVis researchers. We invite contributions on all aspects of data visualization in biology, from molecular to cell, tissue, organism and population biology. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Genome and sequence data visualization, including genomic variation data, 3D and 4D genome visualization, and chromosome interaction maps * Multivariate omics data visualization (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc.) * Phylogenetic data visualization, as well as biological networks and pathways * Neurobiology and developmental biology visualization, biological atlases and metadata * Macromolecular structures (e.g., protein or RNA structures) visualization * Biological image data, such as microscopy data visualization * Visualization for the modeling and simulation of biological systems * Biovis systems and software frameworks, and integrating visualization and machine learning for biological analysis * Biological workflows or collaborative processes, processes for interdisciplinary collaboration between biology and visualization, and usability of visualization by biologists, including communicating uncertainty * New challenges, breakthroughs, and opportunities in biological data visualization ________________________________ Submission Guidelines For author information and guidelines on submission criteria, visit the Author’s Information page. Please submit papers through the ScholarOne system and be sure to select the special issue or special section name. Manuscripts should not be published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Please submit only full papers intended for review, not abstracts, to the ScholarOne portal. If requested, abstracts should be sent by email to the guest editors directly. ________________________________ Questions? Contact the guest editors at cga5-2025(a)computer.org<mailto:cga5-2025@computer.org>. Elisabeta (Liz) Marai, CGA AE, Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois Chicago and Jillian Aurisano, CGA Guest Editor, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Cincinnati

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EuroVis 2025 Posters and Demos: Call for Papers (Deadline: April 6)
by Kostiantyn Kucher 24 Feb '25

24 Feb '25

=================================== EuroVis 2025 Posters and Demos: Call for Papers https://www.eurovis2025.lu/for-submitters/posters-demos =================================== Submission deadline: April 6, 2025 (Sunday), AoE (anywhere on Earth) (no deadline extension to be expected this year) Submission via: https://new.precisionconference.com/eurovis25i The EuroVis Posters and Demos track will present late-breaking results, work in progress, follow-up extensions, application case studies, or evaluations of existing methods relevant to the field of visualization at EuroVis 2025 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg during June 2–6, 2025. In particular, this track provides young researchers, especially postgraduate students, with valuable opportunities to receive feedback from other researchers and engage in stimulating discussions. Addition of the opportunity to present hardware or software demonstrations may also be of particular interest for practitioners. We solicit poster and/or demo submissions in the form of an extended abstract of at most 2 pages in the EuroVis poster format, with an additional page allowed for references only, submitted as a PDF file. **NEW FOR 2025**: The intended presentation form during the Posters and Demos conference session must be indicated during the submission process (printed poster and/or live demonstration). In case of a poster presentation, the draft of the actual poster (A0 format, portrait orientation) is mandatory to include with the submission. In case of a live demonstration, a supplementary video is mandatory. We strongly encourage the submission of further additional materials. Contributions must be written and presented in English. EuroVis 2025 Posters and Demos submissions will undergo a one-stage single-blind review process, with the reviews provided by the international program committee. Extended abstracts and supplementary materials are submitted using the Precision Conference System (PCS): https://new.precisionconference.com/eurovis25i Please select Society: Eurographics, Conference/Journal: EuroVis 2025, Track: EuroVis 2025 Posters and Demos. Any accepted Posters and Demos track submissions are required to have at least one (paid) registered author to attend and present the contribution at the conference in person. The PDF version of the extended abstract as well as the supplementary materials will be included in the EG digital library with a DOI in open access. The material in the submission can later be reused by the original authors for a more extensive publication (e.g., a full paper) with more detailed content and mature results, without being considered self-plagiarism. For detailed paper preparation and submission instructions (including the LaTeX template) please refer to the submission guidelines here: https://www.eurovis2025.lu/for-submitters/posters-demos --------------- Important Dates --------------- Submission deadline: April 6, 2025 (Sunday) Author notification: April 24, 2025 (Thursday) Camera ready version: April 30, 2025 (Wednesday) First day of conference: June 2, 2025 (Monday) All deadlines are AoE (anywhere on Earth) on the date indicated. Due to the very tight conference schedule, no deadline extension can be expected this year. --------------- Posters and Demos Chairs --------------- Alexandra Diehl, University of Zurich, Switzerland Kostiantyn Kucher, Linköping University, Sweden Nicolas Médoc, LIST, Luxembourg For any questions concerning Posters and Demos submissions, please contact the respective track chairs at posters(at)eurovis.org .

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Extended Deadline for ETVIS 2025 - 9th Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization
by Maurice Koch 21 Feb '25

21 Feb '25

Dear colleagues, We wanted to inform you that the paper submission deadline for the 9th Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2025) has been extended. Extended Submission deadline: *Mar 03, 2025* Please note that this also changes the notification date to Mar 21, 2025. ________________________________________________________________________ You are invited to submit relevant manuscripts for consideration in the * 9th Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2025) * May 26 – May 29, 2025, Tokyo - Japan in conjunction with the ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA): https://etra.acm.org/2025/ All accepted papers will be published by ACM as part of the Workshop Proceedings of ETRA 2025. The details are appended and also available at https://www.etvis-workshop.org/etvis-2025 Please feel free to contact us directly for any further enquiry. Best regards, Michael Burch (University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland) Kuno Kurzhals (University of Stuttgart, Germany) ************************************************************************** 9th Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2025) May 26 – May 29, 2025, Tokyo - Japan in conjunction with ACM ETRA 2025 The workshop will be held in hybrid mode https://etra.acm.org/2025/ ************************************************************************** Contact: etvis.workshop(a)gmail.com<mailto:etvis.workshop@gmail.com> ************************************************************************** _____________________ IMPORTANT DATES (AoE) _____________________ ● Submission Due: Mar 03, 2025 (DEADLINE EXTENDED) ● Notification: Mar 21, 2025 (DEADLINE EXTENDED) ● Camera Ready: Mar 31, 2025 All accepted papers will be published by ACM. _____ SCOPE _____ Broadly, this workshop considers the intersection of eye tracking research with visualization, whether the contributions relate to eye tracking studies of visualizations, or vice versa, visualization techniques for eye tracking. Technological advances in computer vision algorithms and sensor hardware have greatly reduced the implementational and financial costs of eye tracking. Thus, it is unsurprising to witness a significant increase in its use as a research tool in fields beyond the traditional domains of biological vision, psychology, and neuroscience, in particular, in visualization and human-computer interaction research. One of the key challenges lies in the analysis, interaction, and visualization of complex spatio-temporal datasets of gaze behavior, which is further complicated by complementary datasets such as semantic labels, user interactions and/or accompanying physiological sensor recordings. Ultimately, the research objective is to allow eye tracking data to be effectively interpreted in terms of the observer’s decision-making and cognitive processes. To achieve this, it is necessary to draw upon our current understanding of gaze-behavior across various and related fields, from vision and cognition to visualization. All together eye tracking is an important field to be understood, be it in the sense of data analysis and visualization, interaction, or user-based evaluation of visualization. ______ TOPICS ______ Manuscripts are solicited on the following topics with an emphasis on the relationship between eye tracking and visualization, including but not limited to the following: ● Visualization techniques for eye-movement data (inc. spatio-temporal visualization, evolution of gaze patterns, visual analysis of individual behavior, 2D vs. 3D representations of eye-movement data) ● Visual analytics of gaze behavior (inc. visual data mining, aggregation, clustering techniques, and metrics for eye-movement data) ● Eye-movement data provenance ● Standardized metrics for evaluating gaze interactions with visualization ● Cognitive models for gaze interactions with visualizations ● Novel methods for eye tracking in challenging visualization scenarios ● Uncertainty visualization of gaze data ● Interactive annotation of gaze and stimulus data ● Systems for the visual exploration of eye-movement data ● Eye tracking studies that evaluate visualization or visual analytics ● Eye tracking in non-WIMP visualization environments, including mobile eye tracking, mobile devices, and large displays ● Visualization of eye tracking data in mixed and virtual reality (3df & 6df, 360°) ● Visualization applications that rely on eye tracking as an input parameter ___________ SUBMISSIONS ___________ Authors are invited to submit original work complying with the ETRA SHORT PAPER format (up to 8 pages in single-column format, any number of references, max. 150 words abstract). Also, ensure that the Author Guidelines (https://www.siggraph.org//learn/instructions-authors for SIG sponsored events [sigconf]) are met prior to submission. __________ ORGANIZERS __________ ● Michael Burch, University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland, michael.burch(a)fhgr.ch<mailto:michael.burch@fhgr.ch> ● Kuno Kurzhals, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Kuno.Kurzhals(a)visus.uni-stuttgart.de<mailto:Kuno.Kurzhals@visus.uni-stuttgart.de> ____________ PAPER CHAIRS ____________ ● Minoru Nakayama, Institute of Science Tokyo (Tokyo Tech.), Japan, nakayama(a)ict.e.titech.ac.jp<mailto:nakayama@ict.e.titech.ac.jp> ● Zofija Tupikovskaja-Omovie, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, z.tupikovskaja-omovie(a)mmu.ac.uk<mailto:z.tupikovskaja-omovie@mmu.ac.uk> ● Yao Wang, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Yao.Wang(a)vis.uni-stuttgart.de<mailto:Yao.Wang@vis.uni-stuttgart.de> __________________ STEERING COMMITTEE __________________ ● Michael Burch, University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland, michael.burch(a)fhgr.ch<mailto:michael.burch@fhgr.ch> ● Lewis Chuang, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, lewis.chuang(a)phil.tu-chemnitz.de<mailto:lewis.chuang@phil.tu-chemnitz.de> ● Daniel Weiskopf, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Daniel.Weiskopf(a)visus.uni-stuttgart.de<mailto:Daniel.Weiskopf@visus.uni-stuttgart.de> __________________ SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIR __________________ Ioana Lupascu, Tufts University, United States, Ioana.Lupascu(a)tufts.edu<mailto:Ioana.Lupascu@tufts.edu> _____________ WEBSITE CHAIR _____________ Maurice Koch, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Maurice.Koch(a)visus.uni-stuttgart.de<mailto:Maurice.Koch@visus.uni-stuttgart.de>

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Extended Deadline for IEEE CG&A special issue on Breakthroughs, Challenges, and Opportunities in Biological Data Visualization
by Aurisano, Jillian (aurisajm) 20 Feb '25

20 Feb '25

The IEEE CG&A upcoming Sep 2025 special issue on Breakthroughs, Challenges, and Opportunities in Biological Data Visualization has extended the deadline for paper submissions by 30 days. The deadline is March 24th, instead of Feb 21st. This extension will be final, due to constraints related to the review and publication process. CFP: IEEE CG&A seeks submissions for its upcoming Sep 2025 special issue on Breakthroughs, Challenges, and Opportunities in Biological Data Visualization, with a submission deadline of March 24th, 2025 (formerly Feb 21st). Outstanding papers accepted for publication may also be selected for presentation at collaborating conferences such as IEEE Vis and EuroVis. (authors may accept or decline this invitation). https://www.computer.org/digital-library/magazines/cg/cfp-biological-data-v… The rapidly expanding data generated by advanced methods in biology is creating enormous challenges at the interface between humans and biological data that can be represented and analyzed visually. To meet these challenges, a blend of methodology from the visualization, bioinformatics and biology domains is required. This methodology encompasses perception and design knowledge, algorithm design, techniques for analyzing and visualizing big data, statistics, and specific domain knowledge for different application problems. Powerful and integrative visualization methods are necessary, as well as methods for visually communicating the outcome of computational analytical methods and findings. This special issue aims to highlight new challenges in biological data visualization (BioVis) and state-of-the-art solutions created by BioVis researchers. We invite contributions on all aspects of data visualization in biology, from molecular to cell, tissue, organism and population biology. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Genome and sequence data visualization, including genomic variation data, 3D and 4D genome visualization, and chromosome interaction maps * Multivariate omics data visualization (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc.) * Phylogenetic data visualization, as well as biological networks and pathways * Neurobiology and developmental biology visualization, biological atlases and metadata * Macromolecular structures (e.g., protein or RNA structures) visualization * Biological image data, such as microscopy data visualization * Visualization for the modeling and simulation of biological systems * Biovis systems and software frameworks, and integrating visualization and machine learning for biological analysis * Biological workflows or collaborative processes, processes for interdisciplinary collaboration between biology and visualization, and usability of visualization by biologists, including communicating uncertainty * New challenges, breakthroughs, and opportunities in biological data visualization ________________________________ Submission Guidelines For author information and guidelines on submission criteria, visit the Author’s Information page. Please submit papers through the ScholarOne system and be sure to select the special issue or special section name. Manuscripts should not be published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Please submit only full papers intended for review, not abstracts, to the ScholarOne portal. If requested, abstracts should be sent by email to the guest editors directly. ________________________________ Questions? Contact the guest editors at cga5-2025(a)computer.org<mailto:cga5-2025@computer.org>. Elisabeta (Liz) Marai, CGA AE, Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois Chicago and Jillian Aurisano, CGA Guest Editor, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Cincinnati Dr. Jillian Aurisano (she/her) Assistant Professor DaVInCi laboratory (Data Visualization and Interaction at Cincinnati) Department of Computer Science University of Cincinnati

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