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treemap art at the NAS
by Ben Shneiderman 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

Dear InfoVis colleagues, I hope you might be able to join for this and invite you friends/colleagues... thanks... Ben I'm pleased to invite you to the opening reception for the Treemap Art Project at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in DC on Thursday October 16, 6-8pm, Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., N.W., Room 100: http://www.cpnas.org/events/daser-101614.html These monthly events, DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), are a great opportunity for interdisciplinary networking. The panel discussion, led by the NAS Director of Cultural Programs, J. D. Talasek, features Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Jon Froehlich, and Manuel Lima who will discuss the intersection of art and science. I'll do exhibit tours before and after for the 12 treemap art pieces: http://www.cpnas.org/exhibitions/archive/every-algorithm-has-art-in.html I am pleased that this exhibit, which is elegantly framed and installed by the NAS, will remain on view till April 2015. A second copy will go to curators for the collection of MOMA in NYC. The 20-page catalog describes each of the 12 pieces (http://www.cpnas.org/exhibitions/archive/treemaps.pdf) You may want to see the essays by Manuel Lima and JD Talasek. Even if you can't join, I hope you will enjoy the catalog and help spread the word to appropriate colleagues, email lists, blog post & twitter/facebook friends. Here's the Treemap free application www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemap<http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemap> And you can learn about their history at www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemap-history<http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemap-history> Sincerely... Ben Prof. Ben Shneiderman ben(a)cs.umd.edu<mailto:ben@cs.umd.edu> Dept of Computer Science 301-405-2680 A.V. Williams Building www.cs.umd.edu/~ben<http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben> University of Maryland www.cs.umd.edu/hcil<http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil> College Park, MD 20742 Twitter: @benbendc Founding Director Human-Computer Interaction Lab Glenn Martin Professor of Engineering Member, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies Member, National Academy of Engineering Fellow AAAS, ACM, IEEE, SIGCHI Academy

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IEEE VIS - Workshop on Envisioning Visualization Beyond Desktop Computing: Deadline approaching
by Yvonne Jansen 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

Death of the Desktop – Workshop on Envisioning Visualization Beyond Desktop Computing The deadline for scenario submission is approaching: October 12. The submission system is now open: http://beyond.wallviz.dk/submit-your-future/ Co-Located with IEEE VIS'14 | Paris 9-14 Nov, 2014 http://beyond.wallviz.dk Workshop date: Sunday, November 9 (afternoon session) SUBMISSION EXTENSION: Oct 12, 2014 (see below details and other possibilities for participation) The one certain thing about the future - workshop submission deadlines will slip... PARTICIPATION: The workshop is open to all VIS 2014 attendees FOR INQUIRIES: Yvonne Jansen <yvja(a)di.ku.dk> The Desktop computer is dead. Monitors sit on desks, unplugged – hosting layers of Post-It notes or gathering dust as retro emergency low-light mirrors. Visualization is colorful, big, tangible, nosy, interactive, compelling and everywhere. It supports all sorts of creative activity and is key to problem solving in education, science, government and industry. But how? What is your ‘imagined future’ for visualization? We will be exploring possible visualization futures with short but rich scenarios in which designers, practitioners and researchers creatively explore opportunities for `beyond-the-desktop’ visualization. We will be discussing these and using them, and other means of engaging with the future, to develop the community’s perspective on the VIS of tomorrow and beyond. In particular, we want to discuss open questions such as: – how do we envision visualization systems in the next 5, 10, 25+ years? – is it possible that desktop systems will indeed die out and that visualizations will be primarily used through off-desktop technology? – what would be the consequences of a concerted community focus on non- desktop visualization? – which advances would make such a radical change possible? – how and where are the use of beyond-the-desktop displays most appropriate? What datasets are most amenable to different types of displays? Is beyond the desktop right for everyone (e.g., scientists, big data analysts, social networkers, artists, shopping mall users)? – what is the role and interplay of interaction and novel interaction displays in “beyond-the-desktop” settings? Can these two considerations be treated separately as research directions? – what kind of social settings are possible and best supported by “beyond-the-desktop” visualizations? What kind of collaborations are afforded and best supported? – is there a better name for this research theme than “beyond-the-desktop”? What are unifying features of these currently non-standard displays that could lead to a better descriptor for this research direction? can we develop a vision for visualization that helps to set goals for research to come? HOW TO PARTICIPATE We want to collect imaginative, creative, (even crazy) ideas and speculations on: – future designs and representations for beyond-the-desktop visualizations serving any of a variety of purposes – interaction techniques that take place in the physical world, or using paradigms outside the “mouse and keyboard” setting – technological solutions that could be utilized for beyond-desktop visualizations in the future – collaboration and social interaction around non-desktop visualizations – comparative experiences of visualizations on desktop and outside the desktop visualizations – authoring methods for beyond-desktop visualizations We encourage submissions in a variety of different formats: SCENARIOS - submission deadline: OCT 12 Share your imagined future in the form of scenarios illustrating future uses and forms of visualization whether desired, difficult, droll, dystopian - or all of these - we encourage an imaginative range of scenarios. 1+ pages in - upload directly through our webform at http://beyond.wallviz.dk [requirement to be considered for co-authorship of follow-up publications - see workshop outcomes] SHORT STATEMENTS & SKETCHES - submission phase: OCTOBER – NOVEMBER We invite everybody to engage in a pre-conference idea exchange on the workshop website through various means. We will enable a webform to allow submissions such as – imaginary titles and abstracts – short videos – graphical mockups, e.g., in the form of sketches or drawings. WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES The workshop will be split in 3 parts: – short presentations (up to 3min) similar to the fast-forward session to get a quick overview of the richness of ideas – discussion of future perspectives in the area of beyond-desktop visualization. The goal is to identify open problems requiring further investigations, and to converge on a research agenda or a vision for the future of visualization. – hands-on: creation of a wall-sized physical timeline of futures by workshop participants to visualize the outcomes of the discussions together with pre-conference submissions (see possible ways to participate) In conjunction with planned exhibits for the 25 year anniversary of VIS, we also plan to exhibit the created physical hypothetical timeline. After the workshop, this timeline will be publicly presented as a continuation next or near the exhibit for the past 25 years. All conference attendees are then invited to add their own thoughts and visions for the future of visualization. OUTCOMES Before the conference: from 1st October, everybody is invited to post ‘a future’ on this website be it a short scenario, a sketch, a video, or a paper title or abstract for a future article, or … Until 12th October scenarios can be submitted - authors can choose whether they want their contribution to be named or anonymous and whether they would like it to be available on the website or just at the workshop. During the conference: workshop participants work towards the creation of a physical timeline visualizing the variety of proposed futures. Posts from the website will be integrated there as well. After the conference: together with the outcome of the open discussions, the collection of visions will be published in a technical report or summarized in a more prestigious publication (e.g. a visualization viewpoint article) to make it more widely available. We will also explore the opportunity to write a STAR report on beyond-the-desktop visualizations together with interested workshop participants. ORGANIZERS Yvonne Jansen, Petra Isenberg, Jason Dykes, Sheelagh Carpendale, Sriram Subramanian, Dan Keefe

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Pre-Call for Applications: European Excellence Master in MEDIA ARTS CULTURES
by Image Science 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

Dear List members, Please share. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erasmus+ funded - Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree International Masters in Media Arts Cultures CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - opens October 15, 2015 http://www.mediaartscultures.eu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are pleased to announce the upcoming call for applications for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master of Arts Degree in Media Arts Cultures, organized jointly by Danube University Krems (Austria), Aalborg University (Denmark), University of Lodz (Poland) and City University of Hong Kong (China). Associated partners: Ars Electronica, DAM, FACT, monochrom, Laboratory of Research in Art and Techno Science, transmediale, ZKM This is a new masters of arts program funded by the European Union and recognized as a European Master of Excellence. This distinction is based on offering high-quality learning opportunities for students in an emerging field and also signifies the importance of Media Arts for the cultural future of Europe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The objective of this Master Program is to provide education and training for future specialists in Media Arts Cultures and prepare them for emerging careers in the creative and cultural sectors, research and academia. Students from European or non-European countries will study as a group and in individually chosen modules on selected topics like Media Cultural Heritage, Archiving, Experience Design, Media Arts Theory, New Media Aesthetics, Curating & Arts Management, or Media Arts Futures. The language of instruction is English. As part of the program, students will complete an internship at one of the consortium's full or associated partners and complete a master's thesis supervised by lecturers from the partner universities. MediaAC faculty include: Ana PERAICA, Christiane PAUL, Erkki HUHTAMO, Falk HEINRICH, Harald KRAEMER, Irina ARISTARKHOVA, Jane PROPHET, Jeffrey SHAW, Lev MANOVICH, Maciej OZÓG, Margit ROSEN, Morten SONDERGAARD, Oliver GRAU, Ryszard W. KLUSZCZYZSKI, Sean CUBITT, Wendy COONES and many others.. www.mediaartscultures.eu Media Arts Cultures is a mobility program, enabling students to study across Europe and in Asia. During the two-year program, each student will spend three semesters at least three universities, and choose among the four in the final semester. After completing the program, students will receive a joint master degree in Media Arts Cultures from the universities they have attended. The program is 120 ECTS and allows graduates to further pursue a PhD within Europe or other international higher education regions. More than 13 of the best EU and non-EU candidates will be offered Erasmus+ fully-funded scholarships for the duration of the program. As an internationally recognized Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree, students accepted into the MediaAC program without Erasmus+ scholarships will have increased chances of securing funding from external-funding sources. www.mediaartscultures.eu/wp/scholarships/erasmus-scholarships/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For applicants requesting an Erasmus+ scholarship via the MediaAC Consortium the deadline for submitting applications is January 1, 2015. For self-funded / external-funded applicants the deadline for submitting applications is April 2015 for non-EU students and June 2015 for EU students. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more information on the program, please visit: http://www.mediaartscultures.eu/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sent from: Department for Image Science (coordinating Partner) Danube University, Austria www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis

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CFP: VISTech2: Second Workshop on Visualization, Infrastructure & Systems Technology
by Kelly Gaither 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

We are soliciting papers for the second annual VISTech workshop on Visualization, Infrastructure & Systems Technology held in conjunction with SC 14. Accepted papers will be archived. Please see submission details below. We look forward to receiving your submissions by October 7. Thanks, Kelly, Jason, Falko, Eric and Aditi VISTech2: Second Workshop on Visualization, Infrastructure & Systems Technology November 17, 2014 8:30 am – 5 pm New Orleans Convention Center New Orleans, LA https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/sc14/workshops/vistech Important Dates: Paper submission Deadline: October 7, 2014 Paper Notification Date: October 18, 2014 Final Manuscripts: October 22, 2014 Human perception is centered on the ability to process information contained in visible light, and our visual interface is a tremendously powerful data processor. Every day we are inundated with staggering amounts of digital data. In research for some computational sciences, visualization techniques are the only viable means of extracting information and developing a deep and clear understanding from data at scale. Thus, integrating our visual capacity with technological capabilities has tremendous potential for providing a transformational ability to understanding this data. In this workshop, we will explore the intersection between human perception and large-scale visual analysis through the study of visualization interfaces and interactive displays. This rich intersection includes virtual reality systems, visualization through augmented reality, large-scale visualization systems, novel visualization interfaces, high-resolution interfaces, mobile displays, and visualization display middleware. The VISTech (Visualization Infrastructure & Systems Technology) workshop will provide a forum in which experts in the large-scale visualization technology field and users can come together to discuss state-of-the art technologies for visualization infrastructures and systems. Topics of the workshop include but are not limited to: ● High-resolution displays and interfaces ● Interaction technologies ● Mobile displays ● Virtual reality systems ● Augmented reality ● Ubiquitous displays ● Visualization display middleware ● Large scale visualization systems Papers submitted to this workshop should be in the IEEE format and no longer than 4 pages plus 1 additional page for images. We encourage authors to submit YouTube video up to 3 minutes long and animations of their work.The papers should be original and not previously published. Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the workshop topics. Papers presented at the workshop will be archived. This workshop is held in conjunction with SC14: The International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis Submission URL: http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vistech14 Paper Format Requirements: 4 pages (maximum) plus one additional page for images in the IEEE format. http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html Contact e-mail:v<mailto:VDTworkshop@tacc.utexas.edu>istech14(a)easychair.org<mailto:istech14@easychair.org> Workshop Organizers: Kelly Gaither, TACC, The University of Texas at Austin Jason Leigh, Electronic Visualization Laboratory, The University of Illinois at Chicago Falko Kuester, CalIT2, University of California, San Diego Eric A. Wernert, Pervasive Technology Institute, Indiana University Aditi Majumder, University of California, Irvine

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[IEEE VIS 2014] Attending IEEE VIS this year? Sign up for the Digital Compass Events
by Alex Endert 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

IEEE VIS 2014 is proud to offer our attendees activities to socialize and meet fellow VIS researchers through the Compass program. One of our goals in organizing the Compass activities at the main IEEE VIS conference is to support the next generation of visualization researchers by helping connect beginning and advanced researchers from the scientific visualization, information visualization and visual analytics communities. The Compass activities are open to all registered IEEE VIS participants. The activities are organized by the IEEE VIS Compass Chairs. CONTACT For more information contact IEEE VIS 2014 Compass Chairs: Alex Endert, Georgia Tech Daniel Best, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Mohammad Ghoniem, Centre de Recherche Public - Gabriel Lippmann Email: compass(a)ieeevis.org

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Research Scientist, Visual Analysis at Tableau Software
by Robert Kosara 30 Sep '14

30 Sep '14

Tableau Software is looking to fill research scientist positions in specific areas, including visual analysis. I am including the main parts of the job ad below; for the full description and to apply, see here: https://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH11/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=TABLEAU&cws=1… Research Scientist, Visual Analysis Department: Engineering Location: Seattle, WA or Kirkland, WA or Menlo Park, CA Description Tableau has a strong team focused on innovation in the area of visual analysis including people who regularly write academic papers. We are looking for visual analysis researcher who will be a member of Tableau Research and will work collaboratively with the entire development team on a range of topics similar to the following: * Geographic visualization * Temporal visualization * Node-link visualization * Multiple coordinated displays * Storytelling with data * Human computer interaction * Visual perception related to visual analytics What you’ll be doing… *LI-DA1 As a member of Tableau Research focused on visual analysis, you will select and drive forward a portfolio of research topics relevant to Tableau’s mission to help people see and understand data. You will work collaboratively with everyone at Tableau including engineers, product managers, executives, and designers throughout the planning and development life-cycle. You will be constantly challenged to leverage your creativity and your technical prowess to help everyone at Tableau to innovate. Some of the things you’ll be doing include… * Research a portfolio of topics relevant to Tableau Software * Write academic papers and participate in the academic community (including membership in review committees) * Give talks inside and outside Tableau including at conferences and to customers * Design and implement prototypes to validate research innovations and communicate those innovations to the rest of Tableau * Work directly with developers and feature teams to ensure designs are implemented as useful user experiences * Monitor and report on external research activities in the areas relevant to Tableau * Mentor Tableau research interns * Other duties as assigned Who you are… * Educated. PhD or equivalent in one or more areas relevant to Tableau’s work on databases. * Communicator. Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills * Experienced. Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs. * Flexible. Occasional travel may be required -- Robert Kosara Research Scientist Tableau Software rkosara(a)tableausoftware.com<mailto:rkosara@tableausoftware.com> — eagereyes.org<http://eagereyes.org/> — @eagereyes<https://twitter.com/eagereyes>

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The IEEE International Data-Visualization Contest 2014
by Wong, Pak C 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

There are still time for the IEEE Data Visualization contest. The deadline is Monday, Sept 29. See http://vgtc.org/content/ieee-vgtc-international-data-visualization-contest for submission details. _____________________________________________ Deadline: Monday, Sept 29, 2014 Call for Participation The IEEE VGTC International Data-Visualization Contest Contest Theme: Visualization-Now I See It! http://vgtc.org/content/ieee-vgtc-international-data-visualization-contest DEADLINE: Monday, Sept 29, 2014 The IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC)<http://vgtc.org/> is sponsoring its first International Data-Visualization Contest to recognize outstanding design in visualization and visual analytics from around the world. The 2014 contest theme is "Visualization-Now I See It!" The contest will be administrated by the IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group (VPG)<http://vgtc.org/content/ieee-vgtc-visualization-pioneers-group> under the auspices of IEEE VGTC. The award will be announced at the IEEE VPG Reception to be held at the IEEE VIS 2014<http://ieeevis.org/> conference. You are not required to attend either the VIS 2014 conference or the VPG reception to participate in the contest. Eligibility All visualization and visual analytics designers, developers, researchers, and practitioners from business, academia, and government sectors around the world are eligible to participate. Submissions cannot promote a commercial product. Submission Limitation Contestants may be lead author on no more than 3 submissions to the 2014 contest. They may be a co-author of any number of submissions. Submission Deadline Nomination packets must be received by 5pm PDT on Monday, September 29, 2014 to qualify for the 2014 contest. Selection Procedure All active IEEE VPG members<http://vgtc.org/content/vis-pioneers-group-vpg-members> who do not make a submission to the contest will be invited to participate in the first-round review. The top contest submissions from this first-round review will undergo a second round of reviews conducted by five distinguished IEEE VPG members representing different backgrounds, who will be chosen jointly by the VGTC and VPG chairs. The 5-member selection committee will thoroughly review and assess the top contest submissions based on communication effectiveness and design originality. The selection committee will submit their recommendation for best visualization to the IEEE VGTC chair by Monday, Oct 27, 2014. Monetary Award Along with a certificate, the winner of the IEEE/VGTC VIS Pioneers Group Best Data-Visualization Award will receive a check for $500 USD. Only one monetary award will be given in 2014. Submission Details The 2014 contest accepts only static visualizations in the form of an image. The contest participant should email the submission package to ieeevpg(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:ieeevpg@googlegroups.com>. The package will include: 1. A pdf file that contains: a. Title of the data-visualization contest submission b. Name, affiliation, email address, and postal address of the participant c. An up to 200 words description of the visualization written in English 2. A static visualization figure in jpg or png format. The size of the total submission package must be less than 10MB. For questions, contact vpg_awards(a)vgtc.org<mailto:vpg_awards@vgtc.org>.

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The submission deadline for the 3DVis Workshop has been extended to september 28th
by Thierry Duval 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Submission deadline has been extended to september 28th, 2014 Last Call For Papers 2014 IEEE VIS International Workshop on 3DVis: Does 3D really make sense for Data Visualization? Context * The aim of this workshop is to discuss 3D display and 3D user interfaces for scientific and information visualization and Visual Analytics. * As such, it is interesting to analyze the state of the art in 3D visualization and associated interaction. It is also the good place to review how 3D displays and user interfaces match human perceptual, cognitive and motor capabilities. * Indeed, it is the heart of the 2D vs. 3D debate. On the one hand, 3D technologies provide additional options for display and interaction, which broadens the space of potential solutions considerably. Consequently, many 3D visualization approaches have been implemented. The recent introduction of low-cost virtual and augmented reality hardware further paves the way towards a deeper exploration of the design space for 3D visualization. Moreover, better consistency in terms of dimensions between the visualization and interaction may also improve the immersion and navigation in huge amounts of data. * On the other hand, the experimental results from studies that investigate the differences between 2D and 3D visualization interfaces provide no real evidence for the claimed benefits of 3D technologies. Thus, the current body of literature provides at best inconclusive guidance on the benefits of 3D approaches. Moreover, a deep consideration of human abilities and capabilities identifies a potential mismatch with full 3D user interfaces. Yet, there may be a bias in the evaluations, as the prevalent visualization and interaction techniques in all areas of visualization are based on non-immersive technologies. * In this workshop, we would like to present evidence for both sides of this debate, and also provide directions for future work. Description * This workshop is a satellite event of the IEEE VIS 2014 conference: http://ieeevis.org/ * Although 3D interfaces may add additional possibilities for data representation as well as more natural interaction, current experimental results are inconclusive and the adoption of 3D methods by end users is rare. * This 2D vs. 3D debate, far from having a final answer, is the focus of this workshop. * New low-cost 3D systems make this technology accessible to everyone and also enable new modes of interaction. This has the potential to facilitate interaction with huge data sets. Technical Scope * Immersive visualization, navigation and interaction * 3D for Scientific visualization, Information visualization, Visual analytics * VR, AR and MR for 3D visualization * Key factors and issues in 3D Data Visualization * User evaluation of 2D vs 3D Duration * Sunday morning, november 9th (and afternoon, depending on the number of accepted papers) Submissions * We sollicit research papers, technotes, states of the art, position papers and demonstrations within the scope of 3D Visualization: o Research Papers (up to 8 pages) should describe original research results or original 3D Vis systems or frameworks o Technotes (up to 4 pages) should contain unpublished preliminary results of research, application, design or system work o State of the art reports (up to 8 pages) should provide surveys on one of the topics of this workshop o Position Papers (up to 6 pages) should present interesting and possibly controversial points of view on one of the topics of this workshop o Demonstrations (up to 2 pages associated to a video) should illustrate some limitations of the 2D or the 3D approach * *New Submission dates:* o *Deadline for all categories of submissions: september 28th, 2014* o *Notification of acceptance: october 22th, 2014* o *Final version of the contributions: november 6th, 2014* * Submitted papers will be evaluated through a double blind reviewing process of the submissions by the PC committee members * The workshop proceedings will consist of all accepted papers and will be submitted to the IEEE Digital Library (this workshop received official IEEE approval on august 1st, 2014) * Blind submissions should be made through the Easychair system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3dvisieeevis2014 * If you have any question about this workshop, you can send an email to: o thierry.duval(a)telecom-bretagne.eu Website of the workshop: * https://sites.google.com/site/3dvisieeevis2014/ -- Professeur à l'Institut Mines-Télécom Télécom Bretagne - Département LUSSI Technopôle Brest-Iroise CS 83818 - 29238 Brest Cedex 3 - France Membre de l'équipe IHSEV du Lab-STICC (UMR CNRS 6285) Responsable Scientifique du Laboratoire ATOL phone: +33 2 29 00 14 67 - Fax: +33 2 29 00 10 00 http://sites.google.com/site/thierryduvalwebsite/

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ACM RecSys 2014 (Silicon Valley): final registration deadline for workshops and tutorials coming up
by Alfred Kobsa 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

8th ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS (RecSys 2014) Oct 6 + 10, 2014, Foster City (Silicon Valley), CA, USA http://recsys.acm.org/recsys14 (Workshop and tutorial days only) ===================================================================== REGISTRATION ===================================================================== Final deadline: Sept. 30 (PDT), at http://recsys.acm.org/recsys14/registration/ No onsite registration will be available. The main conference is already sold out, but registration for one or both workshop/tutorial days is still possible until capacity is met. Registrants can also still buy tickets for the reception at the Computer History Museum and the conference banquet. ===================================================================== WORKSHOPS AND DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM ===================================================================== Nine workshops will be organized in conjunction with RecSys 2014, including the RecSys Challenge. Additionally, a doctoral symposium will be held: - RecSys Challenge 2014: User Engagement as Evaluation - REDD: Recommender Systems Evaluation: Dimensions and Design - RecSysTV: Recommendation Systems for Television and Movies - LSRS: Large Scale Recommender Systems: Research and Best Practice - RecSysAB: Controlled Experimentation in Recommendations, Ranking & Response Prediction - CrowdRec: Crowdsourcing and Human Computation for Recommender Systems - IntRS: Interfaces and Human Decision Making for Recommender Systems - CBRecSys: New Trends in Content-based Recommender Systems - RSWeb: Recommender Systems and the Social Web Workshops http://recsys.acm.org/recsys14/workshops/ Doctoral Symposium http://recsys.acm.org/recsys14/doctoral-symposium/ ===================================================================== TUTORIALS ===================================================================== Four tutorials will be offered on the first day of the conference: - Xavier Amatriain: The Recommender Problem Revisited - Huiji Gao, Jiliang Tang, and Huan Liu: Personalized Location Recommendation on Location-based Social Networks - Iván Cantador and Paolo Cremonesi: Cross-Domain Recommender Systems - Ido Guy and Werner Geyer: Social Recommender Systems http://recsys.acm.org/recsys14/tutorials/ ===================================================================== SOCIAL PROGRAM ===================================================================== A reception at the Computer History Museum and a banquet at the conference hotel are being planned. Information about attractions in the neighborhood will be provided.

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* extended * DECISIVe workshop on Dealing with Cognitive Biases in Visualisations
by Geoff Ellis 21 Sep '14

21 Sep '14

** Due to popular demand and the clash with the CHI deadline, the submission deadline has been extended to 26th Sept ** *************************************************************************************** CfP: DECISIVe workshop on Dealing with Cognitive Biases in Visualisations http://decisive-workshop.dbvis.de/ *************************************************************************************** This one-day workshop will be held as part of IEEE VIS 2014, in Paris, 9-14 November IMPORTANT DATES - Submission of extended abstract: 26th Sept ** extended ** - Notifications of acceptance: 6th Oct - Workshop day: 9th Nov SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP Our inherent reliance on mental shortcuts, or heuristics, sometimes results in deviations in judgment from what rational decision models would predict. These deviations are known as cognitive biases. Heuristics allow us to make “good enough” decisions without expending all of our cognitive effort on the task, however, in critical decision environments, “good enough” is often NOT good enough. Visualisation tools are increasingly adept at making sense of complex data, but researchers who study cognitive biases have come to realise that the quality of decisions made with these tools are often impaired because tool designers fail to address how heuristics and biases operate in a human-computer interactive setting. Despite decades of research on cognitive biases in controlled settings, there is yet no “recipe book” for experimentally-validated tools and techniques to avoid judgment biases when building tools for solving complex problems in the real world. As well as considering software mitigation solutions, we would also like to explore whether the way we visualise data is subject to cognitive biases. We invite participants from a wide range of disciplines such as information visualisation, visual analytics, software engineering, cognitive psychology and decision science, as well as those close to end-user groups like intelligence analysts, to explore some of the ways in which biases impact user performance and share ideas and experiences about practical ways to reduce or overcome these potentially harmful effects. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ▪ analytic techniques to mitigate cognitive biases ▪ cognitive biases and information visualisation ▪ integrating cognitive bias mitigation into existing software ▪ measuring susceptibility to cognitive bias ▪ empirical methods for investigating cognitive biases ▪ cognitive biases in collaborative systems ▪ new classification schemes for cognitive biases ▪ persuasive technology ▪ evaluation techniques/methodologies ▪ survey/SOTA The workshop will include invited talks, short individual presentations, panel sessions and group activities and will provide a forum for participants to exchange ideas and establish a roadmap of the state of the art and identify future research potential. We hope to grow this interdisciplinary community to promote future collaboration. SUBMISSIONS We invite authors to submit an extended abstract (about 2 pages) of either a position or technical paper. All submissions will be peer-reviewed and judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, and relevance to the workshop. Authors will then be invited to contribute to the workshop through individual presentations and to submit full papers, which will be published in the workshop proceedings. Further details on website. CONTACT For further details please contact Geoffrey Ellis, ellis(a)dbvis.inf.uni-konstanz.de Twitter: @DECISIVe_ws website: http://decisive-workshop.dbvis.de/ ORGANISERS Geoffrey Ellis, University of Konstanz, Germany David Peebles, University of Huddersfield, UK Donald Kretz, Raytheon, USA Gaëlle Lortal, THALES Research & Technology, Paris

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