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Call For Participation: VIS 2014 Workshop on Provenance for Sensemaking (details are now online)
by Kai Xu 03 Nov '14

03 Nov '14

Call for Participation: VIS 2014 Workshop on Provenance for Sensemaking http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/prov4sense/ 10 November 2014, Paris, France === Update === The following information is now on the workshop webpage - Agenda - Keynote - Discussion - Accepted papers (full PDF version) Hope to see you next week, Regards, Kai === Introduction === During complex analysis tasks, it can be valuable to maintain a history of the data and reasoning involved - referred to as ‘provenance’ information. Provenance information can be a resource for "reﬂection-in-action" during analysis, supporting collaboration between analysts, and reporting to decision makers. It can also act as a resource after the event, supporting the interpretation of claims, audit, accountability and training. There has been considerable work on capturing and visualizing of ‘data provenance’, which focuses on data collection and computation, and ‘analytic provenance’, which captures the interactive data exploration and reasoning process. However, there is limited work of utilizing such provenance information to support sensemaking, in terms of improving efficacy and avoiding pitfalls such as issues of data quality and human bias. This workshop aims to bring together researchers involved in visual analytics and various aspects of sensemaking to consider emerging positions, questions, and ﬁndings related to the capture, processing, representation and use of provenance information to support complex sensemaking tasks. The emphasis is on discussion and collaboration, with a goal of collaboratively producing a paper describing the state-of-the-art of provenance for sensemaking following the workshop. Email prov4sense(a)easychair.org for any enquiry. === Workshop Format (Half Day) === We solicit extended abstracts (statements of position or current work). Accepted authors will be asked to be present these as posters at the workshop. The abstracts will be used to stimulate discussion topics. This will form the basis of parallel breakout groups intended to explore and develop the thinking. We aim to collaboratively produce a paper covering these topics following the workshop. === Example Topics === - Data/analytic/sensemaking provenance capture and visualization. - Inferring sensemaking provenance from interaction data - User studies related to provenance recording and use - Using provenance to support reasoning/argumentation/reporting - Narrative construction and story telling - Distributed sensemaking - Uncertain and data quality provenance during sensemaking - Cognitive bias and sensemaking - Application of sensemaking and provenance in application domains === Organizers === Kai Xu, Middlesex University, UK Simon Attfield, Middlesex University, UK T.J. Jankun-Kelly, Mississippi State University, USA

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[NEW-MEDIA-CURATING] THE ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART (ADA) FEATURES SCENOCOSME
by Image Science 28 Oct '14

28 Oct '14

THE ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART (ADA) FEATURES SCENOCOSME Check it out: www.digitalartarchive.at The ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART (ADA) features the artist duo SCENOCOSME (Gregory LASSERRE & Anais MET DEN ANCXT), known for their inimitable poetic language of visualization and sonification of interrelations between humans and nature. The collective explores (invisible) energy flows between living beings and/or between humans and their environments by means of technology and make them perceptible for spectators. Their interactive artworks and choreographic collective performances make attendees share extraordinary sensory experiences. “Lights Contacts” (2010), “Akousmaflore” (2007), “Alsos*” (2006) or “SphèrAléas” (2004) are remarkable immersive environments and acousmatic soundscapes reflecting on connectivity and alternative ways of communication. At the intersection of art and science the artists explore sensor technologies and develop complex software transforming “natural energy” like static, heat or breath into sound and light installations. Evelyn TSITAS: “Lights Contacts invites people to touch another to create sound and light according to the intensity of their electrostatic energy. The work perfectly illustrates […] connectivity in the age of technology.” Peter WEIBEL: “Technology is nature made by humans. Scenocosme makes the man-made voice of nature visible and audible.” [Technik ist vom Menschen gemachte Natur. Scenocosme macht sichtbar und hörbar, wie die vom Menschen gemachte Stimme der Natur klingt.] Catherine MASON: “Scenocosme have been exploring ‘energetic coherence between living beings and their environment’ in their art for the last few years. By contrasting the relationship between the natural world and the man-made Scenocosme’s art highlights the challenges facing our planet and our human responses to it” COLLABORTIVE ARCHIVING OF DIGITAL ART The large assortment of information on SCENOCOSME and hundreds of other leading artists and their artworks were carried out by the artists themselves in assistance with members of the ADA community. The new ADA web tool allows members to archive artist statements, works descriptions, literature, information on exhibitions, high resolution images, blueprints, videos etc. Artists and scholars are invited to contribute actively to the archive and to work collaboratively on the documentation and analysis of digital art. EXPANDED DOCUMENTATION FOR THE NEEDS OF DIGITAL ART Due to the processual, ephemeral, interactive, technology-based and fundamentally context-dependent character of digital art, it is at risk for becoming extinct without an adequate documentation. Therefore, the ADA is based on an expanded concept of documentation, which takes account of the specific conditions of digital art. THE ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART – PIONEER IN THE FIELD Since its foundation in 1999, the Archive of Digital Art (former Database of Virtual Art) has become the most important scholarly online archive for media art. In cooperation with established media artists, researchers, and institutions, it has been documenting the rapidly evolving world of digital art and its related fields for more than a decade and contains today a selection of thousands of artworks at the intersection of art, science, and technology. ARTISTS represented, among many others: Rebecca ALLEN, Suzanne ANKER, Cory ARCANGEL, Roy ASCOTT, Louis BEC, Maurice BENAYOUN, Paolo CIRIO, Charlotte DAVIES, FLEISCHMANN & STRAUSS, Masaki FUJIHATA, Ken GOLDBERG, Agnes HEGEDÜS, Lynn HERSHMAN LEESON, Ryoji IKEDA, Eduardo KAC, Ken RINALDO, KNOWBOTIC RESEARCH, Lev MANOVICH, George LEGRADY, Golan LEVIN, Rafael LOZANO-HEMMER, Joseph NECHVATAL, Michael NAIMARK, David ROKEBY, Jeffrey SHAW, Julius v. BISMARCK, Paul SERMON, Karl SIMS,SOMMERER & MIGNONNEAU, STANZA, Nicole STENGER, THOMSON & CRAIGHEAD, Peter WEIBEL, et al. Advisory board: Christiane PAUL, Roy ASCOTT, Erkki HUHTAMO, Gunalan NADARAJAN, Martin ROTH, et. al. ADA team: Prof. Dr. habil. Oliver GRAU Michaela SEISER (Editor, Community Admin) Sebastian HALLER, Viola RÜHSE, Wendy COONES, Ann-Christin RENN (Editorial Team) digitalart.editor(a)donau-uni.ac.at www.digitalartarchive.at

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Campus Visualization Partnership: A model for academic transformation
by Ben Shneiderman 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

Dear Info-Vis colleagues, This article reports on our successful Campus Visualization Partnership Lecture Series. I hope others can use this as a model for transformation on your campuses or organizations... Best wishes.. Ben Shneiderman LoPresti, F., Elvove, J., Shneiderman, B., and Varshney, A., Campus Visualization Partnership: A model for academic transformation, EDUCAUSE Review Online (October 13, 2014). https://www.educause.edu/ero/article/campus-visualization-partnership-model… Key Takeaways * To harness visualization's increasing utility in new disciplines and departments, the University of Maryland launched a Campus Visualization Partnership between researchers and its central IT division. * The CVP's initial projects included both a lecture series and an electronic presence to publicize projects, events, and campus experts. * CVP also started a popular matching seed-grant program that offered up to $7,500 in matching funds to purchase new hardware. * The positive response to these early projects has shown the power of collaboration and a modest budget to raise visualization's profile across an institution.

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IEEE VIS 2014 CFP: Program Now Available Online
by G.Elisabeta Marai 26 Oct '14

26 Oct '14

IEEE VIS 2014 http://ieeevis.org Nov 9th-14th 2014, Paris, France The final VIS'14 program is now available online: 28 pages of amazing content and venues, at http://ieeevis.org/attachments/vis14-finalprogram.pdf -- Liz -- G. Elisabeta Marai Associate Professor of Computer Science (adj) Electronic Visualization Lab University of Illinois at Chicago http://visualizlab.org/people/marai Currently on sabbatical at: Robotics Institute School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University

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Joining IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group
by Wong, Pak C 25 Oct '14

25 Oct '14

Joining IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group (VPG) has never been easier-you can now join online at https://www.payitsquare.com/collect-page/51638. If you plan to attend the next VPG member exclusive VPG reception at VIS 2014, we highly encourage you to join VPG now so that we can have a more accurate head count for the reception. See also: 1. IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group: http://www.vgtc.org/content/ieee-vgtc-visualization-pioneers-group 2. IEEE VPG reception at IEEE VIS 2014: http://ieeevis.org/year/2014/info/overview-amp-topics/visualization-pioneer…

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IEEE VIS'14 CFP: Visualizing Electronic Health Record Data Workshop - AGENDA NOW POSTED
by G.Elisabeta Marai 19 Oct '14

19 Oct '14

IEEE VIS 2014 http://ieeevis.org Paris, France JOIN US on Sunday NOVEMBER 9 for papers, demos, and lively discussions! The agenda of the Visualizing Electronic Health Record Data workshop has been posted: http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/parisehrvis ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Visualizing Electronic Health Record Data (Workshop) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A workshop of the IEEE VIS 2014 Conference Catherine Plaisant, Silvia Miksch, Theresia Gschwandtner, Sana Malik Electronic Health Record (EHR) databases contain millions of patient records including events such as diagnoses, test results, or medication prescriptions. These records are an invaluable data source for clinical research and improvement of clinical quality, as they provide longitudinal health information about patient populations. The use of EHR databases could be dramatically improved if easy-to-use interfaces allowed clinical researchers and quality improvement analysts to explore complex patterns in order to build and test hypotheses regarding the benefits, risks, and appropriateness of treatments or medication regimens. See http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/parisehrvis for more details -- Liz -- G. Elisabeta Marai Associate Professor of Computer Science (adj) Electronic Visualization Lab University of Illinois at Chicago http://visualizlab.org/people/marai Currently on sabbatical at: Robotics Institute School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University

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[NEW-MEDIA-CURATING] THE ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART (ADA) FEATURES SCENOCOSME
by Image Science 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

THE ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART (ADA) FEATURES SCENOCOSME Check it out: www.digitalartarchive.at The ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART (ADA) features the artist duo SCENOCOSME (Gregory LASSERRE & Anais MET DEN ANCXT), known for their inimitable poetic language of visualization and sonification of interrelations between humans and nature. The collective explores (invisible) energy flows between living beings and/or between humans and their environments by means of technology and make them perceptible for spectators. Their interactive artworks and choreographic collective performances make attendees share extraordinary sensory experiences. “Lights Contacts” (2010), “Akousmaflore” (2007), “Alsos*” (2006) or “SphèrAléas” (2004) are remarkable immersive environments and acousmatic soundscapes reflecting on connectivity and alternative ways of communication. At the intersection of art and science the artists explore sensor technologies and develop complex software transforming “natural energy” like static, heat or breath into sound and light installations. Evelyn TSITAS: “Lights Contacts invites people to touch another to create sound and light according to the intensity of their electrostatic energy. The work perfectly illustrates […] connectivity in the age of technology.” Peter WEIBEL: “Technology is nature made by humans. Scenocosme makes the man-made voice of nature visible and audible.” [Technik ist vom Menschen gemachte Natur. Scenocosme macht sichtbar und hörbar, wie die vom Menschen gemachte Stimme der Natur klingt.] Catherine MASON: “Scenocosme have been exploring ‘energetic coherence between living beings and their environment’ in their art for the last few years. By contrasting the relationship between the natural world and the man-made Scenocosme’s art highlights the challenges facing our planet and our human responses to it” COLLABORTIVE ARCHIVING OF DIGITAL ART The large assortment of information on SCENOCOSME and hundreds of other leading artists and their artworks were carried out by the artists themselves in assistance with members of the ADA community. The new ADA web tool allows members to archive artist statements, works descriptions, literature, information on exhibitions, high resolution images, blueprints, videos etc. Artists and scholars are invited to contribute actively to the archive and to work collaboratively on the documentation and analysis of digital art. EXPANDED DOCUMENTATION FOR THE NEEDS OF DIGITAL ART Due to the processual, ephemeral, interactive, technology-based and fundamentally context-dependent character of digital art, it is at risk for becoming extinct without an adequate documentation. Therefore, the ADA is based on an expanded concept of documentation, which takes account of the specific conditions of digital art. THE ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART – PIONEER IN THE FIELD Since its foundation in 1999, the Archive of Digital Art (former Database of Virtual Art) has become the most important scholarly online archive for media art. In cooperation with established media artists, researchers, and institutions, it has been documenting the rapidly evolving world of digital art and its related fields for more than a decade and contains today a selection of thousands of artworks at the intersection of art, science, and technology. ARTISTS represented, among many others: Rebecca ALLEN, Suzanne ANKER, Cory ARCANGEL, Roy ASCOTT, Louis BEC, Maurice BENAYOUN, Paolo CIRIO, Charlotte DAVIES, FLEISCHMANN & STRAUSS, Masaki FUJIHATA, Ken GOLDBERG, Agnes HEGEDÜS, Lynn HERSHMAN LEESON, Ryoji IKEDA, Eduardo KAC, Ken RINALDO, KNOWBOTIC RESEARCH, Lev MANOVICH, George LEGRADY, Golan LEVIN, Rafael LOZANO-HEMMER, Joseph NECHVATAL, Michael NAIMARK, David ROKEBY, Jeffrey SHAW, Julius v. BISMARCK, Paul SERMON, Karl SIMS,SOMMERER & MIGNONNEAU, STANZA, Nicole STENGER, THOMSON & CRAIGHEAD, Peter WEIBEL, et al. Advisory board: Christiane PAUL, Roy ASCOTT, Erkki HUHTAMO, Gunalan NADARAJAN, Martin ROTH, et. al. ADA team: Prof. Dr. habil. Oliver GRAU Michaela SEISER (Editor, Community Admin) Sebastian HALLER, Viola RÜHSE, Wendy COONES, Ann-Christin RENN (Editorial Team) digitalart.editor(a)donau-uni.ac.at www.digitalartarchive.at

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Campus Visualization Partnership
by Ben Shneiderman 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Dear InfoVis Community I am pleased to let you know that our Campus Visualization Partnership report has appeared online: LoPresti, F., Elvove, J., Shneiderman, B., and Varshney, A., Campus Visualization Partnership: A model for academic transformation, EDUCAUSE Review Online (October 13, 2014). https://www.educause.edu/ero/article/campus-visualization-partnership-model… You can help us spread the word by commenting, posting, or tweeting... we're pleased that this story will spread widely and help promote our aspiration to make UMd a role model for use of visualization across the curriculum for research and teaching. We hope our strategy is repeatable on your campus or community. This year's speakers are drawing great interest, with our 60 reserved seats being taken within hours of each announcement, and livestream groups viewing the lectures on and off campus. Visit http://viz.umd.edu to see archived talks and sign up for the listserv to receive invitations to future talks. Sincerely... Ben Shneiderman

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PostDoc position (visualization) at the Univ. of Bergen, Norway (4 years) -- the application deadline is Nov. 2
by Helwig Hauser 11 Oct '14

11 Oct '14

Good day! In the visualization group [1] at the Dept. of Informatics [2], Univ. of Bergen [3], Norway, we seek to hire ... ..... a postdoctoral fellow in visualization ..... (for four years, applications until Nov. 2) Please follow URL http://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/106516/postdoctoral-fellow-in… for all information about the announced position (all applications must be made through this web portal, also), or see the text further below. Questions about this position can be directed to me, Helwig Hauser <Helwig.Hauser(a)UiB.no>. Please distribute this information to potentially interested candidates. [1] www.ii.UiB.no/vis [2] www.UiB.no/ii [3] www.UiB.no ----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<---- The University of Bergen (UiB) is an internationally recognised research university with more than 14,000 students and close to 3,500 employees at six faculties. The university is located in the heart of Bergen. Our main contribution to society is excellent basic research and education across a wide range of disciplines. *** Postdoctoral fellow in visualization At the Department of Informatics (www.uib.no/ii) a vacant position for a postdoctoral fellow in visualization is to be filled. The postdoctoral fellowship is a fixed-term position; the chief objective being to qualify the selected candidate for work in senior positions in his/her discipline. This position is for a fixed term of 4 years, of which 25% will be comprised of mandatory work, such as teaching and/or administrative tasks. It is not possible for any person to work under more than one fixed term appointment as a postdoctoral fellow for the same institution. --- Project/work tasks The UiB Visualization Group (www.ii.UiB.no/vis) is a new and flourishing research group at the Department of Informatics. Currently two professors, two postdoctoral scholars, several adjunct researchers and a research engineer, four Ph.D. students, and several master’s degree students work on medical visualization, the visualization of data from biology/bioinformatics, the geo-sciences, as well as from other application fields. The activities of the group focus on (a) computer science education with a special emphasis on visualization and computer graphics (we offer a related 120 ECTS master’s program) and (b) visualization research that is internationally acknowledged, while at the same time being oriented at the needs of application fields – primarily considering the local and national context, with lots of interesting opportunities. --- Qualifications and personal qualities * You must have completed a doctoral degree in visualization, or a tightly related field, or have submitted your doctoral thesis for evaluation before expiry of the application deadline. It is a requirement that the doctoral degree has been completed before the decision to appoint can be made. * You must have a strong potential for successful visualization research on an international level. Preferences with respect to selected directions in visualization are welcome as long as they blend well with the ongoing and planned research activities of the group. Currently, the focus is on interactive visual data exploration and analysis, interactive visual knowledge discovery from rich scientific data, and application-oriented basic research in visualization in cooperation with medicine, biology, the geosciences * You are willing, and able, to contribute to the teaching which is required to continuously offer our master’s degree program on visualization, as well as to support undergraduate teaching in computer science, involving the teaching of courses, coaching of students during their projects (in particular their master’s thesis projects) * According to our expectations, we foresee that the new appointee in visualization will (a) help with offering the master’s study program in visualization, (b) strengthen ongoing/ planned visualization research, (c) support Ph.D. projects in the group through collaboration, and (d) will help with the acquisition of new funding for new research projects. * You must have relevant experience from previous research work in visualization or any tightly related field, and need to have good knowledge of the state of the art in visualization research. * You must be able to work independently and in a structured manner and to demonstrate good organizational abilities and collaborative skills. * You must be proficient in both written and oral English. * A good command of the Norwegian language is an advantage, but no requirement. --- Project proposal outline for the qualifying work The appointee, together with the project manager/head of department, shall prepare a project proposal outline for the qualifying work, which shall comprise a description of the project and a progress plan outline. It is a premise that the selected candidate will complete the project within the stipulated period of employment. --- We offer * a good and professionally challenging working environment * starting salary at pay grade 57 in the Civil Service pay grade table (code 1352). Further increases will be made according to length of service in the position. * good welfare benefits, inclusive workplace (IW) --- The application must include * a brief account of your research interests and the motivation for applying * CV * the names and contact details of at least two referees * documentation of experiences and skills in terms of teaching/education (if any) * transcripts and diplomas, or official confirmation that your doctoral thesis has been submitted * relevant certificates / written references / letters of recommendation * a list of publications * publications If your diploma, grade transcripts, and/or other documentation are in a language other than a Scandinavian language or English, you must upload certified translations of these. Closing date for application: 2 November 2014 --- General information Further information about the position can be obtained from Professor Helwig Hauser at the Department of Informatics, email Helwig.Hauser(a)UiB.no. The successful candidate must comply with the guidelines and regulations that apply to the position. The teaching language will normally be Norwegian, but may also be English. State employment shall reflect the diversity of Norwegian society to the greatest extent possible. Age and gender balance among employees is therefore a goal. It is also a goal to recruit employees of various immigrant backgrounds as well as persons with disabilities. We encourage persons with an immigrant background and persons with disabilities to apply for the position. Information about applicants may be made public even if the applicant has requested to remain anonymous. The applicant will be notified if the request must be refused. The University of Bergen adheres to the principle of public access to information when recruiting academic staff. Women in particular are invited to apply. If, in the opinion of the evaluation committee, several applicants have approximately equivalent qualifications, the rules on equal opportunities laid down in the Personnel Regulations for Academic Positions will be applied. -- Dr. Helwig Hauser, professor in visualization Helwig.Hauser(a)UiB.no, callto:+47/55584380, http://www.ii.UiB.no/vis/ Høyteknologisenteret, Thormøhlensg. 55, data blokk, etasje 3, rom 3134 Mailing address: Helwig Hauser, Dept. of Informatics, Univ. of Bergen, Postboks 7803, N-5020 Bergen, Norway FAX:+47/55584199 (''c/o Hauser'')

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Position: Director of Visualization Services at NCSU Libraries
by Steven Morris 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

(Apologies for cross-postings) The NCSU Libraries is seeking applicants for the position of Director of Visualization Services. The NCSU Libraries offers advanced visualization spaces, services, and technologies that support university research and teaching in all disciplines. The Director of Visualization Services provides leadership in developing and advancing visualization services, collaborates with library colleagues in developing a visualization program, engaging research faculty, and creating tools and guides to enhance data visualization at NC State. Requires an ALA-accredited MLS, MIS, or equivalent advanced degree in a relevant field such as GIS; and at least one year of experience working in the area of information visualization, or comparable education and experience. The Libraries offers a highly competitive salary in recognition of applicable education and experience for this position. Librarians have non-tenure track faculty status (without levels of rank). Applications will be reviewed upon receipt; applications will be accepted until finalist candidates are selected. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to receive full consideration. Apply at https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/42308 -- Steve Morris Interim Associate Director for the Digital Library North Carolina State University Libraries spmorris(a)ncsu.edu ph: (919) 515-1361

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