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Post-doctoral research position in HCI and information visualization
by Mikkel R. Jakobsen 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

We seek a postdoctoral researcher to work on visualizations of bio-processes. The work is part of a research center that offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with leading companies in bio-based production and researchers in different fields. The position will mostly be about understanding how visualizations of sensor data can be combined with process models and with statistical models that provide automated analyses of the data. The post doctoral researcher will work as part of the BIOPRO2 research center (BIO-based PROduction: TOwards the next generation of optimized and sustainable processes, http://biopro.nu) in which Technical University of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, and world-leading companies in bio-based production collaborate. The project aims to optimize bio-based production processes through the combined use of advanced sensors, statistical modeling, mathematical process models, and information visualization. As part of the project we develop prototypes that visualize data efficiently for different stakeholders and evaluate the visualizations both in laboratory studies and in field deployment within the industry partners. The position is for 3 years full-time employment at Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, as part of the HCC research group ( http://www.diku.dk/english/research/HCC) The application deadline is May 15. For more information on the position, see http://www.diku.dk/ominstituttet/ledige_stillinger/hci-jobs <http://www.diku.dk/ominstituttet/ledige_stillinger/hci-jobs.>. You can also contact Mikkel R. Jakobsen, mikkelrj(a)di.ku.dk.

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Deadline extension: 2nd International Workshop on Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval (KMIR) at JCDL 2015
by Mutschke, Peter 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

=== CALL FOR PAPERS === Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval (KMIR-2015) Workshop at JCDL 2015 June 24 or June 25 (tba.) 2015, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Submission deadline extended to May 10, 2015 Submission page: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kmir2015 (submission instructions see below) Workshop page: http://www.gesis.org/en/events/conferences/kmir2015/ Conference page: http://www.jcdl2015.org Abstract: Knowledge maps are promising tools for visualizing the structure of large-scale information spaces, but still far away from being applicable for searching. The workshop aims at bringing together experts in IR and knowledge mapping in order to discuss the potential of interactive knowledge maps for information seeking purposes. Motivation, Goals, Objectives, Outcome The success of an information system depends mainly on its ability to properly support interaction between users and information. Current information systems, however, show as a particular point of failure the vagueness between user search terms and the knowledge orders of the information space in question (Mayr et al. 2008, Mutschke et al. 2011). Studies in interactive information seeking behavior have confirmed that the ability to browse an information space and observe similarities and dissimilarities between information objects is crucial for accidental encountering and the creative use of information (Nicholas et al. 2004, Westerman et al. 2005). This is in particular true for heterogeneous information spaces within the open web. Some kind of guided searching therefore becomes more and more important in order to precisely discover information without knowing the right search terms. Yet, this seems to remain the weakest point of interactive information systems (Ford 2000, Foster 2004, Tang 2007). Knowledge mapping encompasses all attempts to use visualizations to gain insights into the structure and evolution of large-scale information spaces. Knowledge maps can take the form of network visualizations, treemaps or specific, map like arrangements of search results (cf. Börner et al. 2003, Shiffrin/Börner 2004, Börner 2010, Klavans/Boyack 2010, Skupin et al. 2013, Sahal et al. 2013, Boyack/Klavans 2013). As an activity performed in very different disciplines – and often independent from each other – it stands in line with the dominance of the visual in our culture (Manovich 2009). Knowledge maps of digital library collections are promising navigation tools through knowledge spaces but – to the best of our knowledge – still far away from being applicable for searching digital libraries. Most maps are made for special purposes, are static, and usually not interactive (Akdag Salah et al. 2012). In interactive information systems the use of visual elements to enhance information seeking and discovery is a recurring research issue. However, not much of the experiences made in knowledge mapping have ever been implemented in online interfaces to digital libraries and collections (Börner/Chen 2001), nor is there a stable and continuous knowledge exchange between the “map makers” on the one hand and the Information Retrieval (IR) specialists on the other hand. Thus, there is also a lack of models that properly combine insights of the two strands, which are driven by quite different epistemic perspectives. Our workshop aims at bringing together these two communities: experts in IR reflecting on visual enhanced search interfaces and experts in knowledge mapping reflecting on visualizations of the content of a collection that might also present – visually – a context for a search term. The intention of the workshop is to raise awareness of the potential of interactive knowledge maps for information seeking purposes and to create a common ground for experiments aiming at the incorporation of knowledge maps into IR models at the level of the user interface. The major focus of the workshop is on the question of how knowledge maps can be utilized for scholarly information seeking in large information spaces. Our interests include interactive IR, information seeking behavior, knowledge mapping, science modelling, information visualization, and digital libraries. The workshop is closely related to the COST action KNOWeSCAPE (Analyzing the dynamics of information and knowledge landscapes: http://knowescape.org/<http://www.gesis.org/http:/>) which aims at implementing new navigation and search strategies based on insights of the complex nature of knowledge spaces as well as visualization principles for knowledge maps. The proposed workshop can tie up to the success of the first international workshop on “Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval (KMIR)”, held as part of the DL 2014 in London (see http://www.gesis.org/en/events/events-archive/conferences/kmir2014/ or workshop proceedings: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1311) The long-term research goal is to develop and evaluate new approaches for combining knowledge mapping and IR. More specifically, we address questions such as: * What are appropriate interactive knowledge maps for IR systems * How can knowledge maps be utilized for information seeking purposes? * How to locate an information need on a knowledge map? * How can (visually enhanced) search interfaces to knowledge maps look like? * How can interaction with knowledge maps be transformed into IR tasks? * Can knowledge maps improve searching in large, in particular heterogeneous, cross-language, cross-domain information spaces? * And the other way around: Can insights from IR also improve knowledge mapping itself? The availability of new IR test collections that contain citation and bibliographic information like the iSearch collection (see Lykke et al. 2010) or the ACL collection (Ritchie et al. 2006) could deliver an interesting playground for developing or evaluating combined models of IR and knowledge mapping for scholarly searching. Topical Outline To support the previously described goals the workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following: * Knowledge maps for digital libraries * Knowledge orders of information spaces * Information seeking behaviour * Information discovery * Interactive IR systems * Human–computer IR * Knowledge Visualization in IR * Visual interfaces to information systems * Browsing and navigating information spaces * Task based user modelling, interaction and personalization * Evaluation of interactive IR systems. Types of Submissions * Full Papers (6 to 8 pages): Full papers, describing advanced or completed work * Short Papers (4 pages): Position papers or work in progress * Poster and Demonstrations (2 pages): Poster and Presentation of systems or prototypes All submissions must be written in English following the Springer LNCS Author Guidelines (http://www.springer.com/lncs) and should be submitted as PDF files to EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kmir2015. All submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. At least one author per paper needs to register for the workshop and attend the workshop to present the work. In case of no-show the paper (even if accepted) will be deleted from the proceedings AND from the program. Important Dates * Submission deadline: extended to May 10, 2015 * Notification of acceptance: May 24, 2015 * Workshop: June 24 or June 25 (tba.), 2015 Output Printed proceedings will be distributed to all attendees. In addition, workshop proceedings will be deposited online in the CEUR workshop proceedings publication service (ISSN 1613-0073) – This way the proceedings will be permanently available and citable (digital persistent identifiers and long term preservation). Program Committee * Alkim Almila Akdag Salah, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) * Nicholas J. Belkin, Rutgers University (USA) * Katy Börner, Indiana University (USA) * Kevin W. Boyack, SciTech Strategies, Inc. (USA) * Edward A. Fox, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (USA) * Norbert Fuhr, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany) * Daniel Hienert, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Germany) * Peter Ingwersen, Royal School of Library and Information Science (Denmark) * Claus-Peter Klas, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Germany) * Birger Larsen, Royal School of Library and Information Science (Denmark) * Vivien Petras, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) * André Skupin, San Diego State University (USA) * Catherine L. Smith, Kent State University (USA) * Howard D. White, Drexel University (USA) Organizers * Peter Mutschke (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, Germany) * Andrea Scharnhorst (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) / Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), Amsterdam / The Hague, The Netherlands) * Philipp Mayr (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, Germany) * Preben Hansen (University of Stockholm, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Sweden) * Aida Slavic (UDC Consortium, The Hague, The Netherlands) Contact * Peter Mutschke (GESIS, Cologne): peter.mutschke(a)gesis.org<mailto:peter.mutschke@gesis.org> Kind regards, Peter Mutschke --- Acting Head of Department Dep. Knowledge Technologies for the Social Sciences (WTS) GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 Köln Tel.: +49(0)221 / 47694 -500 Fax: +49(0)221 / 47694 -8500 Mail: peter.mutschke(a)gesis.org<mailto:peter.mutschke@gesis.org> www.gesis.org<http://www.gesis.org/>

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MediaArtHistories International Award: Call for Nominations
by Image Science 20 Apr '15

20 Apr '15

MediaArtHistories International Award: Call for Nominations On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the Media Art Histories Conference Board is pleased to announce the inaugural Media Art Histories Award for Outstanding Achievement. This award will be presented to an individual scholar working in any language who has on a sustained basis and at a very high level contributed to the field. Presentation will occur at the Re-Create 2015 Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology in Montreal, 5-8 November 2015, and individuals will be recognized the award at all future conferences. www.mediaarthistory.org The Media Art Histories Board would now like to ask for nominations. Please submit proposals of approximately 500 words describing the nominee's merit and achievements in scholarship in the histories of the media arts, the arts and science and/or the arts and technology, and related fields. The time for nominations will close on May 10, 2015. Please submit your proposals to coordination(at)mediaarthistory.org A committee of board and non-board members will select the MediaArtHistories Award winner. Initiated by the Media Art Histories Board: Prof. Dr. Sean CUBITT (Deputy Head of Department & PhD Tutor / Media and Communications / Goldsmiths University of London / UK), Univ.-Prof. Dr. habil. Dr.h.c. Oliver GRAU (Head of Dept & Chair Professor in Image Science / Danube University / AT), Dr. Linda Dalrymple HENDERSON (David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professor in Art History / Dept of Art + Art History / University of Texas at Austin / US), Prof. Dr. Erkki HUHTAMO (Departments of Design Media Arts, and Film, Television, and Digital Media / University of California Los Angeles / US), Prof. Dr. Douglas KAHN (Professor of Media and Innovation / National Institute of Experimental Arts (NIEA) / University of New South Wales, Sydney / AU), Prof. Dr. Martin KEMP (Emeritus Professor of the History of Art / Oxford University / UK), Prof. Dr. Machiko KUSAHARA (School of Letters, Arts and Sciences / Waseda University / Tokyo, Japan), Prof. Dr. Tim LENOIR (Kimberly J. Jenkins Chair for New Technologies in Society / Duke University / US), Prof. Dr. Gunalan NADARAJAN (Dean / Stamps School of Art & Design / University of Michigan / US), Prof. Dr. Paul THOMAS (Director / Fine Arts at College of Fine Art / University of New South Wales /AU) MISSION Recognizing the increasing significance of media art for our culture, this conference series for the Histories of Media Art discusses the history of media art within the interdisciplinary and intercultural contexts of the histories of art.

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IEEE VIS 2015 CFP: Contest & Challenges
by Jian Chen 20 Apr '15

20 Apr '15

*IEEE VIS 2015: *http://ieeevis.org/ ============== *SciVis CONTEST*: Submission deadline: July 31, 2015 http://darksky.slac.stanford.edu/scivis2015/. *Organizers*: Bernd Hentschel, Berk Geveci, Matthew Turk, and Samuel Skillman *Contact*: scivis_contest(a)ieeevis.org ============== *VAST Challenge*: Submission deadline: July 7, 2015 http://vacommunity.org/VASTchallenge2015. *Organizers*: Kris Cook, Georges Grinstein, and Mark Whiting *Contact*: vast-challenge(a)ieeevis.org. Best regards, -- Jian ------------------------------------------------------------- Jian Chen, PhD, Assistant Prof. CSEE, University of Maryland Baltimore County http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~jichen

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CfP International Workshop on Symbiotic Interaction, Berlin 7-8 October 2015
by Giulio Jacucci 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

* Call for Participation and Contributions * International Workshop on Symbiotic Interaction Berlin, 7th and 8th of October 2015 Technische Universität Berlin, Germany www.symbiotic2015.org The Symbiotic Workshop presents an overview of the symbiotic relationships between humans and computers as well as novel advancements therein. There will be organized sessions and room for free discussions to shape the concepts, goals, and directions of this new field of research. The idea of symbiotic systems put forward in this workshop capitalises on the computers’ ability to implicitly (even subliminally) detect the users goals and psycho-physiological states and thereby enhancing human-computer interaction (HCI) without subducting control from the human. A special focus of this year’s Symbiotic Workshop will be on physiological computing approaches, e.g. using brain-computer interface (BCI) technology. Call for Contributions include Research Papers (12 pages including references) or Posters and Demos (6 pages) that contribute to an emergent community investigating Symbiotic Interaction as a future paradigm with theories and conceptual frameworks, experimental paradigms and user studies, multi-modal data analysis and design driven research. Submission guidelines are available from www.symbiotic2015.org. The proceedings (including research papers as well as short papers for posters and demos) will be published in LNCS Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Contributions can be submitted at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=symbiotic15. Important dates =============== Submission Deadline: Wednesday, May 25, 2015 Notification of acceptance: Tuesday, July 5, 2015 Submission of final papers: Monday, July 25, 2015 Organization ============ * General Chairs - Benjamin Blankertz, Technische Universität Berlin - Giulio Jacucci, University of Helsinki * Program Chairs - Luciano Gamberini, University of Padova - Anna Spagnolli, University of Padova - Jonathan Freeman, Goldsmiths University * Program Committee (to be completed) - Laura Acqualagna, Technische Universität Berlin - Oswald Barral, University of Helsinki - Benjamin Blankertz, Technische Universität Berlin - Marc Cavazza, Teesside University - Ricardo Chavarriaga, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Cristina Conati, University of British Columbia - Mauro Conti, University of Padova - Peter Desain, Radboud University Nijmegen - Manuel Eugster, Aalto University - Stephen Fairclough, Liverpool John Moores University - Siamac Fazli, Korea University - Jonathan Freeman, Goldsmiths University - Luciano Gamberini, University of Padova - Hans Gellersen, Lancaster University - Dorota Glowacka, University of Helsinki - Giulio Jacucci, University of Helsinki - David Kirsh, UC San Diego - Juan C. Moreno, Cajal Institute, CSIC - Klaus-Robert Müller, Technische Universität Berlin - Gernot Müller-Putz, Graz University of Technology - Anton Nijholt, University of Twente - Andreas Riener, Johannes Kepler University Linz - Tuukka Ruotsalo, Aalto University - Paul Sajda, Columbia University - Erin Solovey, Drexel University - Michiel Sovijärvi-Spapé, Aalto University - Anna Spagnolli, University of Padova - Paul Verschure, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona - Markus Wenzel, Technische Universität Berlin - Thorsten Zander, Technische Universität Berlin For queries about the conference, please contact: - Benjamin Blankertz <benjamin.blankertz(a)tu-berlin.de> or - Giulio Jacucci <giulio.jacucci(a)helsinki.fi> Giulio Jacucci Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT Department of Computer Science P.O. Box 68 (Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2b) FI-00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI giulio.jacucci(a)helsinki.fi +358 2941 51153

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Postdoc and research fellow positions in HCI DL 26.4.2015, Helsinki
by Giulio Jacucci 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Postdoctoral and Research Fellow Positions in Computer Science in Helsinki, Finland Several HCI, IR, ubicomp and infovis positions. List of the available 8 positions: https://www.hiit.fi/node/2857 Full call text: http://www.aalto.fi/en/about/careers/jobs/view/451/ In particular: Multimodal and adaptive interaction, interactive visualization, Professor Giulio Jacucci, Department of Computer Science & HIIT, University of Helsinki. Ubiquitous Interaction is a HCI group at HIIT lead by professor Giulio Jacucci specialising in multimodal, adaptive, persuasive interaction and interactive visualisation and information retrieval. The group has an exciting range of platforms and tools such as large interactive walls, physiological computing, wearable haptics and more. The group is highly multidisciplinary including design, social psychology, electronics, information visualisation and retrieval. Augmented research, Multiple research groups at Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT, Aalto University and University of Helsinki. (Contact person: coordinator of this focus area, Dr Markus Koskela) The HIIT-wide focus area about augmented research (see http://augmentedresearch.hiit.fi/) is a big multidisciplinary activity spanning several research groups of Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT at Aalto University and University of Helsinki. Our goal is to improve the process of doing research by IT. We have started by bringing humans in the information exploration loop by combining human-computer interaction and machine learning. Initiatives on how you could contribute as a postdoc or research fellow are welcome. More information at http://augmentedresearch.hiit.fi Application deadline: 26.4.2015.

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2nd CFP: 2nd International Workshop on Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval (KMIR) at JCDL 2015
by Mutschke, Peter 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

2nd CALL FOR PAPERS Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval (KMIR) Workshop at JCDL 2015 June 24 or June 25 (tba.) 2015, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Submission page: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kmir2015 (submission instructions see below) Workshop page: http://www.gesis.org/en/events/conferences/kmir2015/ Conference page: http://www.jcdl2015.org Abstract: Knowledge maps are promising tools for visualizing the structure of large-scale information spaces, but still far away from being applicable for searching. The workshop aims at bringing together experts in IR and knowledge mapping in order to discuss the potential of interactive knowledge maps for information seeking purposes. Motivation, Goals, Objectives, Outcome The success of an information system depends mainly on its ability to properly support interaction between users and information. Current information systems, however, show as a particular point of failure the vagueness between user search terms and the knowledge orders of the information space in question (Mayr et al. 2008, Mutschke et al. 2011). Studies in interactive information seeking behavior have confirmed that the ability to browse an information space and observe similarities and dissimilarities between information objects is crucial for accidental encountering and the creative use of information (Nicholas et al. 2004, Westerman et al. 2005). This is in particular true for heterogeneous information spaces within the open web. Some kind of guided searching therefore becomes more and more important in order to precisely discover information without knowing the right search terms. Yet, this seems to remain the weakest point of interactive information systems (Ford 2000, Foster 2004, Tang 2007). Knowledge mapping encompasses all attempts to use visualizations to gain insights into the structure and evolution of large-scale information spaces. Knowledge maps can take the form of network visualizations, treemaps or specific, map like arrangements of search results (cf. Börner et al. 2003, Shiffrin/Börner 2004, Börner 2010, Klavans/Boyack 2010, Skupin et al. 2013, Sahal et al. 2013, Boyack/Klavans 2013). As an activity performed in very different disciplines - and often independent from each other - it stands in line with the dominance of the visual in our culture (Manovich 2009). Knowledge maps of digital library collections are promising navigation tools through knowledge spaces but - to the best of our knowledge - still far away from being applicable for searching digital libraries. Most maps are made for special purposes, are static, and usually not interactive (Akdag Salah et al. 2012). In interactive information systems the use of visual elements to enhance information seeking and discovery is a recurring research issue. However, not much of the experiences made in knowledge mapping have ever been implemented in online interfaces to digital libraries and collections (Börner/Chen 2001), nor is there a stable and continuous knowledge exchange between the "map makers" on the one hand and the Information Retrieval (IR) specialists on the other hand. Thus, there is also a lack of models that properly combine insights of the two strands, which are driven by quite different epistemic perspectives. Our workshop aims at bringing together these two communities: experts in IR reflecting on visual enhanced search interfaces and experts in knowledge mapping reflecting on visualizations of the content of a collection that might also present - visually - a context for a search term. The intention of the workshop is to raise awareness of the potential of interactive knowledge maps for information seeking purposes and to create a common ground for experiments aiming at the incorporation of knowledge maps into IR models at the level of the user interface. The major focus of the workshop is on the question of how knowledge maps can be utilized for scholarly information seeking in large information spaces. Our interests include interactive IR, information seeking behavior, knowledge mapping, science modelling, information visualization, and digital libraries. The workshop is closely related to the COST action KNOWeSCAPE (Analyzing the dynamics of information and knowledge landscapes: http://knowescape.org/<http://www.gesis.org/http:/>) which aims at implementing new navigation and search strategies based on insights of the complex nature of knowledge spaces as well as visualization principles for knowledge maps. The proposed workshop can tie up to the success of the first international workshop on "Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval (KMIR)", held as part of the DL 2014 in London (see http://www.gesis.org/en/events/events-archive/conferences/kmir2014/ or workshop proceedings: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1311) The long-term research goal is to develop and evaluate new approaches for combining knowledge mapping and IR. More specifically, we address questions such as: * What are appropriate interactive knowledge maps for IR systems * How can knowledge maps be utilized for information seeking purposes? * How to locate an information need on a knowledge map? * How can (visually enhanced) search interfaces to knowledge maps look like? * How can interaction with knowledge maps be transformed into IR tasks? * Can knowledge maps improve searching in large, in particular heterogeneous, cross-language, cross-domain information spaces? * And the other way around: Can insights from IR also improve knowledge mapping itself? The availability of new IR test collections that contain citation and bibliographic information like the iSearch collection (see Lykke et al. 2010) or the ACL collection (Ritchie et al. 2006) could deliver an interesting playground for developing or evaluating combined models of IR and knowledge mapping for scholarly searching. Topical Outline To support the previously described goals the workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following: * Knowledge maps for digital libraries * Knowledge orders of information spaces * Information seeking behaviour * Information discovery * Interactive IR systems * Human-computer IR * Knowledge Visualization in IR * Visual interfaces to information systems * Browsing and navigating information spaces * Task based user modelling, interaction and personalization * Evaluation of interactive IR systems. Types of Submissions * Full Papers (6 to 8 pages): Full papers, describing advanced or completed work * Short Papers (4 pages): Position papers or work in progress * Poster and Demonstrations (2 pages): Poster and Presentation of systems or prototypes All submissions must be written in English following the Springer LNCS Author Guidelines (http://www.springer.com/lncs) and should be submitted as PDF files to EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kmir2015. All submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. At least one author per paper needs to register for the workshop and attend the workshop to present the work. In case of no-show the paper (even if accepted) will be deleted from the proceedings AND from the program. Important Dates * Submission deadline: May 3, 2015 * Notification of acceptance: May 24, 2015 * Workshop: June 24 or June 25 (tba.), 2015 Output Printed proceedings will be distributed to all attendees. In addition, workshop proceedings will be deposited online in the CEUR workshop proceedings publication service (ISSN 1613-0073) - This way the proceedings will be permanently available and citable (digital persistent identifiers and long term preservation). Program Committee * Alkim Almila Akdag Salah, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) * Nicholas J. Belkin, Rutgers University (USA) * Katy Börner, Indiana University (USA) * Kevin W. Boyack, SciTech Strategies, Inc. (USA) * Edward A. Fox, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (USA) * Norbert Fuhr, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany) * Daniel Hienert, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Germany) * Peter Ingwersen, Royal School of Library and Information Science (Denmark) * Claus-Peter Klas, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Germany) * Birger Larsen, Royal School of Library and Information Science (Denmark) * Vivien Petras, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) * André Skupin, San Diego State University (USA) * Catherine L. Smith, Kent State University (USA) * Howard D. White, Drexel University (USA) Organizers * Peter Mutschke (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, Germany) * Andrea Scharnhorst (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) / Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), Amsterdam / The Hague, The Netherlands) * Philipp Mayr (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, Germany) * Preben Hansen (University of Stockholm, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Sweden) * Aida Slavic (UDC Consortium, The Hague, The Netherlands) Kind regards, Peter Mutschke --- Acting Head of Department Dep. Knowledge Technologies for the Social Sciences (WTS) GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 Köln Tel.: +49(0)221 / 47694 -500 Fax: +49(0)221 / 47694 -8500 Mail: peter.mutschke(a)gesis.org<mailto:peter.mutschke@gesis.org> www.gesis.org<http://www.gesis.org/>

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DMS 2015 - DET 2015 - VLC 2015 || Aug 31-Sept 2, Vancouver, Canada
by GUERCIO, ANGELA 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to DMS 2015 |DET 2015 | VLC 2015. The submission deadline of May 1, 2015 is approaching. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the JVCL Journals: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-visual-languages-and-computing/ DMS/DET/VLC proceedings are indexed by SCOPUS, DBLP, Compendex, Inspec, ============== DMS 2015 | Call for Papers =============== The Twenty First International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems www.ksi.edu/seke/dms15.html<http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms15.html> Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, Canada August 31 to September 1, 2015 Scope The main theme of the 21st International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS2015) is Sentient Multimedia Systems, which are distributed systems capable of actively interacting with the environment by gathering, processing, interpreting, storing and retrieving multimedia information originated from sensors, robots, actuators, websites and other information sources. The conference organizers seek contributions of high quality papers, panels or tutorials, addressing any novel aspect of sentient multimedia systems that significantly benefits from the incorporation/integration of multimedia data (e.g., visual, audio, pen, voice, image, etc.), for presentation at the conference and publication in the proceedings and JVLC journal. Both research and case study papers or demonstrations describing results in research area as well as industrial development cases and experiences are solicited. The use of prototypes and demonstration video for presentations is encouraged. An extra large special issue of JVLC The Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC), which is indexed by SCI, EI, DBLP, Scopus and other indexers, will publish around forty selected papers of DMS/VLC/DET2015 in the December 2015 extra large special issue of JVLC. The conference will publish the proceedings available to authors and conference attendees. Selected papers will go through three rounds of reviews so that they can be further improved to meet the standard of JVLC. Workshops and Special Sessions This year, DMS2015 will be held in conjunction with workshops and special sections. Papers submitted to workshops or special sessions are invited by the program committee chairs of the workshops/special sessions. This joint organization aims to collect research results from different perspectives. The following workshops are being planned: . International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing (VLC15) . International Workshop on Distance Education Technology (DET15) Hotel Information The DMS2015 Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, Canada. A special daily rate of $159 US dollars will be available during the conference period. Information for authors Papers must be written in English. An electronic version (PDF format) of the full paper should be submitted using the following URL: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dms20150. When submitting, select the main conference DMS15 or one of the two workshops DET15 or VLC15. Manuscript must include a 200-word abstract and no more than 8 pages of double column text (including figures and references). All submissions must not be published or under consideration for publication in a journal or in a conference with proceedings. Papers will be evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness and clarify of exposition. Depending upon the results of evaluation a paper may be accepted as regular paper (10 pages), short paper (7 pages) or technical notes (1 page and demo/poster presentation). Contact Information DMS2015 Conference Secretariat Knowledge Systems Institute 156 Park Square, Pittsburgh, PA 15238, USA E-mail: dms2015-0(a)easychair.org<mailto:dms2015-0@easychair.org> Important dates Paper submission due: May 1, 2015 Notification of acceptance: June 1, 2015 Camera-ready copy of revised paper: July 1, 2015 Early conference registration due: July 1, 2015 Invitation of submission to JVLC Special Issue: August 1, 2015 Paper submission to JVLC: September 1, 2015 Notification of JVLC paper acceptance: October 1, 2015 Final paper for JVLC due: October 20, 2015 Publication of JVLC Special Issue: December 15, 2015

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BioVis - Design and Data Contest, May 1 deadline
by Hendrik Strobelt 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Dear colleagues, Time is running and if you need proof imagine that the contest deadline for BioVis Design contest and Data Contest are in less than two weeks. In case you haven't heard about this before, this year we're focusing on RNA folding uncertainty and evolution with an attempt to create an alternative to the dot plot! — Submission Deadline May 1st — Design contest: http://biovis.net/year/2015/design-contest Data contest: http://biovis.net/year/2015/info/overview We think, the problems are interesting and even if it is not your main field of research it’s going to be a fun tasks* - with just more serious outcome. Our hope is high for your great entries, Your BioVis OC *as in: "good distraction from grant writing :)"

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IEEE VIS 2015 CFP: Doctoral Colloquium (Deadline: May 10, 2015)
by Jian Chen 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

IEEE VIS 2015 http://ieeevis.org Call for Doctoral Colloquium: http://ieeevis.org/year/2015/info/call-participation/doctoral-colloquium Deadline: May 10, 2015 ================= Doctoral Colloquium ================= We solicit submissions to the doctoral colloquium (DC) for IEEE VIS 2015. The DC is a single-day invitation-only event taking place the day before IEEE VIS where Ph.D. students in any visualization field---preferably those at the proposal defense stage or equivalent---present their proposed dissertation work and receive feedback from leading senior visualization researchers. We invite contributions from the scientific visualization, information visualization, and visual analytics student communities. The colloquium will allow students to discuss their research directions in a supportive atmosphere with a panel of distinguished leaders and with their peers. Students can expect helpful feedback and fresh perspectives on their research topics and possible career paths, and will have the opportunity to interact closely with expert researchers in their field. The colloquium will support community-building by connecting beginning and advanced researchers. The DC is open to Ph.D. students in all stages of their studies, regardless of whether they are presenting research work at the main conference or not. Only selected applicants will be allowed to participate in the colloquium, and will be expected to attend the full day of events. Preference will be given to students who have formulated a dissertation topic but are still a year or more away from graduating. In North American terms, this corresponds to students that will or have recently defended their thesis proposal. Students who are in the process of formulating their research topic are particularly encouraged to apply, as this is the time where external feedback can have most impact. It is our experience that students who participate in the DC too early in their studies will not be able to get focused and useful feedback, whereas participating too late means that any significant feedback received will not be possible to incorporate in the student's dissertation due to time constraints. All research topics suitable for the IEEE SciVis, IEEE InfoVis, and IEEE VAST main programs as well as associated workshops and symposia are appropriate for the Doctoral Colloquium. *FORMAT* The colloquium will likely consist of both parallel sessions of student presentations as well as common discussions with the expert panelists. A lunch is also planned that will give student participants the opportunity to interact more informally with panelists. *FUNDING* Contingent upon pending requests for external sponsorship of the VIS DC, we might be able to partially fund the travel, conference registration, and lodging for some accepted DC student participants. *DEADLINE* The deadline for DC submissions is *May 10, 2015 (5PM PST)*. Notification: *July 1, 2015* *SUBMISSION INFORMATION* Applicants to the Doctoral Colloquium should submit: - A four-page summary of their thesis research, including the problem being addressed, methodology and plan of research, a description of the progress to date, and the type of input expected from DC panelists. Please distinguish between work that has been accomplished and that which remains to be completed. The writing should be in a proposal format to facilitate feedback from the panelists as to validity of your problem and the efficacy of your approach. - A short statement (in plain text or pdf format) from the student's advisor supporting the student's attendance at the colloquium and confirming that the student is in a good position to benefit from participating. Note that this should NOT be a letter of recommendation; a brief statement of support is sufficient. Student submissions, accompanied by the mandatory advisor statement (as a supplementation file), should be submitted athttps:// easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeedcvis15. Formatting guidelines and LaTeX/Word templates can be found athttp:// www.cs.sfu.ca/~vis/Tasks/camera.html. Student submissions will be peer-reviewed and selections will be made on the basis of their contribution to the colloquium's goals, strength of research direction, and the advisor's assessment. Accepted submissions will be printed for colloquium participants. *CHAIRS* Christopher Collins, University of Ontario Institute of Technology Liz Marai, University of Illinois Chicago Margit Pohl, TU / Wien Contact VIS DC co-chairs: doctoral_coll(at)ieeevis.org <doctoral_coll(a)ieeevis.org> Best regards, - Jian ------------------------------------------------------------- Jian Chen, PhD, Assistant Prof. CSEE, University of Maryland Baltimore County http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~jichen

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