- Infovis - infovis.org

IEEE VIS – Workshop on Envisioning Visualization Beyond Desktop Computing: Second Call For Participation
by Yvonne Jansen 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

Death of the Desktop – The Future has Changed ... Workshop on Envisioning Visualization Beyond Desktop Computing: Second Call For Participation 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

1 0

CFP 2014 IEEE VIS International Workshop on 3DVis
by Thierry Duval 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

Second 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 * Submission dates: o Deadline for all categories of submissions: september 21th, 2014 o Notification of acceptance: october 15th, 2014 o Final version of the contributions: november 1st, 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/

1 0

CFP: Visualizations and User Interfaces for Knowledge Engineering and Linked Data Analytics
by Kai Xu 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

CALL FOR PAPERS (Submission: September 19, 2014) Visualizations and User Interfaces for Knowledge Engineering and Linked Data Analytics International Workshop at EKAW 2014, 19th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management November 24 or 25, 2014, Linköping, Sweden http://linkedscience.org/events/visual2014/ Motivation and Objectives ========== With data continuously generated as a result of daily activities within organizations and new data sources (sensor streams, linked datasets, etc.) introduced within knowledge management, the growth of information is unprecedented. Providing knowledge engineers and data analysts with visualizations and well-designed user interfaces can significantly support understanding of the concepts, data instances and relationships of different domains. The development of appropriate visualizations and user interfaces is a challenging task, given the size and complexity of the information that needs to be displayed and the varied backgrounds of the users. Further challenges emerge from technological developments and diverse application contexts. There is no "one size fits all" solution but the various use cases demand different visualization and interaction techniques. Ultimately, providing better visualizations and user interfaces will foster user engagement and likely lead to higher-quality results in different areas of knowledge engineering and linked data analytics. This full-day workshop will be divided into two half-day tracks, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon, each focusing on one of the two workshop themes. Track 1: Visualizations and User Interfaces for Knowledge Engineering ========== Visualizations and user interfaces are an integral part of knowledge engineering. They help to bridge the gap between domain experts and data management, and are essential to handle the increasing diversity of knowledge that is being modeled in ontologies, ensuring that it is easily accessible to a wide community. As knowledge-based systems and ontologies grow in size and complexity, the demand for comprehensive visualization and optimized interaction also rises. A number of knowledge visualizations have become available in recent years, with some being already well-established, particularly in the field of ontology development. In other areas of knowledge engineering, such as ontology alignment and debugging, although several tools have recently been developed, few have a user interface, not to mention navigational aids or comprehensive visualization techniques. Other activities, such as data integration, rely on the relationships between the concepts of different ontologies, which not only multiplies the number of objects to be displayed but also compounds the problem with the portrayal of different kinds of relationships between concepts. Topics of interest in this track include (but are not limited to): - visualizations for (large and complex) ontologies - user interfaces for ontology alignment and debugging - visualizations and user interfaces for non-experts - applications of novel interaction techniques (e.g. touch and gesture interaction) - user interfaces for mobile knowledge engineering - requirements analysis for visualizations in knowledge engineering - user interfaces assisting people with disabilities - knowledge visualizations for large displays and high resolutions - user interfaces for collaborative knowledge engineering - case studies of applying visualizations in knowledge engineering - user interfaces and visualizations for linked data - context-aware visualization and interaction techniques Track 2: Visualizations and User Interfaces for Linked Data Analytics ========== New and traditional knowledge practices, digitization of organizational processes, high performance computing and affordable datastores create an unprecedented amount of data as a part of daily organizational activities, at break-neck speed in a variety of formats. Conventional systems struggle to capture, store and analyze such dynamic and large scale data continuously generated. On its own, raw data has little value, but its value and significance is only unleashed when the data is extracted, processed and interpreted. Visual Analytics attempts to address this challenge by harmoniously combining the strengths of human processing and electronic data processing. While semi-automated processes result in generating visualizations, humans can use visual processing and interactions to quickly identify trends, patterns and anomalies from large volumes of visual data. The growing challenges of analyzing big data, social media, linked data, and data streams have created an excellent opportunity for research in Visual Analytics. Topics of interest in this track include (but are not limited to): - interactive semantic systems - design of interactive systems - visual pattern discovery - (semi-)automatic hypothesis generation - augmented human reasoning - novel visualizations of data and metadata - visual approaches for semantic similarity measurement - exploratory information visualization - domain-specific visual analytics - interactive systems in business intelligence - cognition and sensemaking in visual contexts - evaluation of interactive systems Submission Guidelines ========== Paper submission and reviewing for this workshop will be electronic via EasyChair. The papers should be written in English, following Springer LNCS format, and be submitted in PDF. The following types of contributions are welcome: - Full research papers (8-12 pages); - Experience papers (8-12 pages); - Position papers (6-8 pages); - Short research papers (4-6 pages); - System papers (4-6 pages). Accepted papers will be published as a volume in the CEUR Workshop Proceedings series. Important Dates ========== - Submission: September 19, 2014 - Notification: October 17, 2014 - Camera-ready: November 7, 2014 - Workshop: November 24/25, 2014 Organizers ========== - Valentina Ivanova, Linköping University, Sweden - Tomi Kauppinen, Aalto University, Finland, and University of Bremen, Germany - Steffen Lohmann, University of Stuttgart, Germany - Suvodeep Mazumdar, The University of Sheffield, UK - Catia Pesquita, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Toomas Timpka, Linköping University, Sweden - Kai Xu, Middlesex University, UK

1 0

IEEE VIS 2014: Early-bird registration ends Sept 5th
by G.Elisabeta Marai 31 Aug '14

31 Aug '14

Gentle reminder: IEEE VIS 2014 http://ieeevis.org ****************************************************************************** Early-bird registration deadline: Sept 5th 2014 http://ieeevis.org/year/2014/info/registration/conference-registration ****************************************************************************** Paris, France 2014 9-14 November 2014 This edition of IEEE VIS will feature: * six exciting panels, from "2D vs 3D" to "Challenges in Financial Visualization": http://ieeevis.org/year/2014/info/overview-amp-topics/accepted-panels * ten insightful tutorials, from "Visualization with Python" to "Best Practice of Visual Design": http://ieeevis.org/year/2014/info/overview-amp-topics/accepted-tutorials * three complementary paper venues; program and video previews are now online: http://ieeevis.org/year/2014/info/overview-amp-topics/accepted-papers All events are accessible through a single registration: http://ieeevis.org/year/2014/info/registration/conference-registration Contact: visreg(a)ieee.org ************************************************************ ******************* -- Liz -- G. Elisabeta Marai Robotics Institute School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University http://visualizlab.org/people/marai

1 0

Fw: EMISA 2014 Doctoral Workshop
by Yoann Gabillon 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

From: Thomas Tamisier/CRP-GL/LU Subject: EMISA 2014 Doctoral Workshop ** Please accept apologies for cross-posting ** Together with the EMISA 2014 Main Conference in Luxembourg a Doctoral Workshop will be organised, September 26, 2014. The workshop will be a special occasion of exchanges with the R&D community for young researchers in topics related to Information Systems. The participation will be very valuable for PhD candidates at each stage of the thesis preparation. Submissions are accepted till September 19. Please find here the Call for Abstracts: [attachment "CFP-EMISADoctoralWorkshop-140820.pdf" deleted by Thomas Tamisier/CRP-GL/LU] Thanks to forward it to your students and contacts. More details on EMISA 2014 at: http://www.emisa2014.lu/ We stay at your disposal for further information, Thomas TAMISIER Mohammad GHONIEM Centre de Recherche Public - Gabriel Lippmann Departement Informatique, Systemes et Collaboration 41, rue du Brill, L-4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg Tel: +352-470261-622 - Fax: +352-470264 http.//www.lippmann.lu - tamisier(a)lippmann.lu

1 0

Second Call for ACM IUI 2015 Workshop Proposals
by Ben Steichen 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

=========================== CALL FOR ACM IUI 2015 WORKSHOP PROPOSALS 20th ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI’15) Atlanta, USA March 29 - April 1, 2015 Deadline: September 12, 2014 Notification: October 15, 2014 http://iui.acm.org/2015/workshops.html =========================== =========================== Chairs =========================== Ben Steichen, University of British Columbia Nava Tintarev, University of Aberdeen Contact: workshop-tutorial2015(a)iui.acm.org =========================== Overview =========================== Workshops will be held on the first (March 29th) and last day (April 1st) of the conference. We invite submissions of full-day and half-day workshop proposals on any of the conference topics. The conference may provide a free registration for each workshop to assist its organization. =========================== Submission Guidelines and Notes =========================== The proposals should be PDF documents not exceeding 3 pages, submitted by e-mail to the workshop chairs at: workshop-tutorial2015(a)iui.acm.org Each workshop proposal should provide the following information: - Name and title: A one-word workshop name/acronym, and a full title. - Description of workshop topic and goal: This description should discuss the workshop’s relevance to the general IUI community and the IUI 2015 audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the workshop is of particular interest. - Organizers: Names, affiliation, email addresses and homepage URLs for all organizers. Please indicate the primary contact person. Strong proposals typically include organizers who bring diverse perspectives to the workshop topic and who are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. - Workshop program committee: Names and affiliation of the members of the workshop program committee in charge of evaluating the workshop submissions. - Participants: The expected number of participants and how you plan to invite them. - Workshop format: A brief description of the workshop format regarding the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, and general discussion. - Length: Full-day or half-day. Further guidelines: - Submission: September 12, 2014 - Workshop proposal format: Workshop proposals should be no more than 3 pages long and should follow the formatting instructions from SIGCHI. ( http://chi2014.acm.org/authors/format) - Review: Workshop proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the workshop chairs and the IUI 2015 conference and program committees. - Publication: Extended abstracts of the workshop are to be included in the ACM Digital Library. Workshop papers will be published in a joint CEUR proceedings (http://ceur-ws.org/) - Cancellation: Workshops with a low number (ca 10 for full day, 5 for half day) of paper submissions by December 22, 2014 may be cancelled. =========================== Responsibilities of Workshop Organizers =========================== - Producing a call for participation: This call will be posted on the IUI 2015 web site. - Publicity: Organizers are responsible for additional publicity such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups (e.g. wikicfp) and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the IUI conference community. - Submission: Submissions of the workshop papers will be handled by the workshop organizers. - Web site: Organizers must maintain their own website with updated information about the workshop. - Workshop notes: The workshop organizers coordinate the paper collection, production, and distribution of the working notes for the workshops. Produce a single PDF with the workshop material for a joint CEUR proceedings (http://ceur-ws.org/) - Extended Abstract: The extended abstract is a description of the workshop intended for publication in the IUI 2015 proceedings and may not exceed four pages. It must contain a summary of the workshop goals and an overview of the workshop topics. It must follow the formatting instructions from SIGCHI (http://chi2014.acm.org/authors/format) -- Dr. Ben Steichen University of British Columbia www.cs.ubc.ca/~steichen/

1 0

Second Call for ACM IUI 2015 Tutorial Proposals
by Ben Steichen 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

=========================== CALL FOR ACM IUI 2015 TUTORIAL PROPOSALS To be presented at the 20th ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI’15) Atlanta, USA March 29 - April 1, 2015 Deadline: September 12, 2014 Notification: October 15, 2014 http://iui.acm.org/2015/tutorials.html =========================== =========================== CHAIRS =========================== Ben Steichen, University of British Columbia Nava Tintarev, University of Aberdeen =========================== OVERVIEW =========================== IUI 2015 is pleased to invite tutorial proposals. Tutorials offer the community an opportunity to learn about the state-of-the-art concepts and techniques and allow the presenters to share their expertise. We invite proposals from active researchers and experienced presenters. Ideally, a tutorial will cover the state-of-the-art research and development in a specific area strongly related to IUI. Tutorials on interdisciplinary areas, novel or fast growing directions, and significant practical applications are also encouraged. Each accepted tutorial will receive one free IUI’15 registration. =========================== Submission Guidelines and Notes =========================== The proposals should be PDF documents not exceeding 3 pages, submitted by e-mail to the tutorial chairs at: workshop-tutorial2015(a)iui.acm.org We encourage prospective presenters to contact the tutorial chairs in advance and discuss their tutorial ideas. Each tutorial proposal should provide the following information: - Name and title: Your name, the tutorial title and the expected length of your tutorial (up to half a day) - Description of tutorial topic and goal: Detailed outline of the tutorial, along with descriptions of the objectives, its relevance to IUI, benefits to the attendees, and course materials/handouts (links to online materials encouraged). - Organizers: Name, email address, and affiliation of each presenter. Note that each listed presenter must register for the conference and be present at the tutorial. - Target audience and prerequisites: Target audience level (introductory, intermediate, advanced) and prerequisite knowledge or skills. - Experience: Tutors’ short bios and their expertise related to the tutorial, including history of previously given tutorials. - Equipment and software requirement: please list any that will be needed. -- Dr. Ben Steichen University of British Columbia www.cs.ubc.ca/~steichen/

1 0

*DEADLINE EXTENSION* AWC 2015 Third Australasian Web Conference 2015 in SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
by Alessandro Bozzon 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Dear Colleagues, due to several requests regarding the submission period, the deadline for the 2014 Australian Web Conference has been extended to September 1, 2014. Please find below the complete CFP for your information. Best regards, Alessandro Bozzon [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call, it has been posted to several relevant mailing lists. Please redistribute within your own group or among colleagues, thank you!] *************************************************************************** [DEADLINE EXTENDED - 1st September 2015] AWC 2015 The Third Australasian Web Conference 27-30 January 2015, Parramata, Sydney, Australia Conference Website: http://www.uws.edu.au/acsw2015/australasian_computer_science_week_2015/aust… *EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE*: September 1st, 2014 *NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE*: October 8th, 2014 **************************************************************************** Aims and Scope -------------- As we celebrate its 25th anniversary, the World Wide Web continues to play a transformative role in all walks of life. It also provides a platform for exciting and innovative research on a wide range of themes. AWC 2015 aims to bring together researchers and PhD students who work on topics related to the Web in an effort to highlight the state-of-the-art, to discuss critical issues and opportunities, and to explore new research directions. Topics of Interest ------------------ AWC 2015 invites submissions dealing with all areas of Web research, including but not limited to the following topics: * Semantic web * Linked Open Data * Crowdsourcing and Human Computation * Web mining * Deep Web * Emerging Web techniques * Information retrieval * Interfaces and Accessibility * Interoperability and heterogeneous systems * Mobile Web * Performance, scalability and availability * Personalisation and recommender systems * Security and Privacy * Social networks and communities * Social Web and analytics * Mashups * Web of Things * Web search * Service Web, Web services, and service-oriented computing * XML and semi-structured data management All submissions will be reviewed by the programme committee for inclusion in the AWC 2015 proceedings. Each paper will be judged on its originality, significance, technical quality, relevance to AWC 2015, and presentation. AWC is part of the Australasian Computer Science Week. Registration to the Australasian Computer Science Conference enables delegates to attend sessions in any conference participating in the Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW). The proceedings will be included in the ACM digital library and indexed on Scopus and DBLP. General Chair ------------- * Joseph G. Davis (University of Sydney) Program Chair ------------- * Alessandro Bozzon (Delft University of Technology) Programme Committee ------------- * Helen Ashman, University of South Australia * Ali Babar, University of Adelaide * Boualem Benatallah, University of New South Wales * Athman Bouguettaya, RMIT University * Jia Tina Du, University of South Australia * David Eyers, University of Otago * Aditya Ghose, University of Wollongong * David Hawking, Australian National University * Renato Iannella, Semantic Identity * Xiang-Fei Jia, University of Otago * Dong Seong Kim, University of Canterbury * Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China * Jiangang Ma, University of Adelaide * Alistair Moffat, The University of Melbourne * Hamid Motahari, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA * Russel Pears, Auckland University of Technology * Yongrui Qin, The University of Adelaide * Michael Sheng, The University of Adelaide * Andrew Trotman, Otago University, New Zealand * Hua Wang, University of Southern Queensland, Australia * Jian Yu, Auckland University of Technology * Uwe Roehm, University of Sydney * Weiliang Zhao, University of Wollongong * In-young Ko, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea * Wei Chen, Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China * Dickson K.W. Chiu, Dickson Computer Systems, Hong Kong * Luis Olsina, GIDIS_Web, Engineering School, UNLPam, Argentina * Kerry Taylor, CSIRO * Andrew Trotman, University of Otago, New Zealand Submission Procedure -------------------- We welcome papers describing original contributions in all fields of Web-related research. Its contribution should be clearly explained in both general and technical terms, and authors should make every effort to ensure that its technical content is understandable by a broad audience without taking away from its impact and significance. All submissions will be reviewed by the programme committee for inclusion in the AWC 2015 proceedings. Each paper will be judged on its originality, significance, technical quality, relevance to AWC 2015, and presentation. Papers should be *no more than 10 pages* in length conforming to the formatting instructions for the Australian Computer Society (ACS) (http://www.acs.org.au/) - Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology (CRPIT) (http://crpit.com/) Australian Computer Science Communications series. Submission to AWC 2015 will only be accepted electronically using EasyChair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=awc2015) Authors are requested to submit an abstract first, then to upload the full paper using the paper-id assigned by the system. By submitting to the conference authors accept that they are aware of the Guidelines on Research Practice in Computer Science by the Computer Research and Education Association (CORE) (http://www.core.edu.au/) and the policy listed at CRPIT (http://crpit.com/) In particular, authors are encouraged to review the points on authorship. Best Student Paper -------------------- A prize will be awarded to the best student paper as chosen by the programme committee. The student paper award is given on the conditions that: (1) all other non-student co-authors confirm to the program chair(s) that the nominated author has had a substantial participation into the paper; and (2) the student academic supervisor confirms to the program chair that the contribution reflected in the paper is the result of a major component from progress for a research higher degree Publication -------------------- The proceedings will be included in the ACM digital library and indexed on Scopus and DBLP. Please note that it is ACSW conference policy that at least one author of all accepted papers to the conferences and workshops in the series would both register and present at the event concerned. Failure to do so without a reason acceptable to the organisers of the event will result in the paper being retrospectively withdrawn from both the proceedings and all citation sources.

1 0

IEEE VIS 2014: Call for Meetups (formerly known as BOFs)
by G.Elisabeta Marai 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

IEEE VIS 2014 http://ieeevis.org Paris, France 9-14 November 2014 CFP: Meetups We invite you to submit proposals for informal meetups on scientific visualization, information visualization, visual analytics, application areas, or related topics. Meetups: Meetups (previously known as BOFs or Birds of a Feather) are an excellent forum to discuss a wide range of topics related to visualization. For example, if you are an experienced researcher, consider submitting a proposal to share your knowledge in an informal setting with conference participants. Proposals devoted to a particular discipline's methods and cross disciplinary proposals are both welcome. For example, some recent meetup meetings included opportunities to meet and discuss topics related to blogging about visualization, the BioVis contest, and the connection between art and science. VIS 2014 is eager to expand its meetup sessions and will consider proposals for each day and evening of the conference, given room availability. VIS2014 meetups are public and open to all attendees. Meetup organizers need to be registered at the conference for at least the day of the meetup. Proposal format: A meetup proposal should include a title, a brief description of the topic to be addressed, and a list of prospective attendees. The proposal should be no longer than two pages in length. Meetup proposals should be sent to the Meetup Chairs at meetups(a)ieeevis.org. Impromptu meetups: We also encourage impromptu meetups to be organized during the conference itself. Please contact the chairs by email or in person during the conference in order to secure a conference room and time slot. Networking: To find other people interested in VIS 2014 meetups on social media, please use the hashtag #vis2014meetup. IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline: Sep. 26th 2014. SUBMISSIONS: Submissions should be emailed to meetups(a)ieeevis.org CHAIRS: Shixia Liu, Microsoft Research Tatiana von Landesberger, TU Darmstadt Carlos Scheidegger, AT&T Research CONTACT: meetups(a)ieeevis.org -- Liz -- G. Elisabeta Marai Robotics Institute School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University http://visualizlab.org/people/marai

1 0

The ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART 2.0 is online! www.digitalartarchive.at
by Image Science 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

The ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART 2.0 is online! 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 today contains a selection of thousands of artwork at the intersection of art, science, and technology. A New Tool Enables Collaborative Archiving With two large international grants, the archive is evolving into a web 2.0 environment. The idea is to provide community features and user-oriented applications to enable a collective scientific exchange between artists, researchers and the public to foster interdisciplinary and global collaborative analysis and a proactive process of knowledge transfer. Meta-Thesaurus Cross-links Media Art with Art History Furthermore the archive’s rich data collection - based on a ‘concept of expanded documentation’ for media art - will be semantically cross-linked with classical art from the Renaissance to the present by a newly developed meta-thesaurus. This innovative tool will expedite the contextualisation of media art in art history and enable large-scale comparative image studies. The aim is to foster a better understanding and systematic integration of media art in scientific studies and cultural institutions. Content Meets High Academic Standards The collaboratively-compiled data gives a broad and vivid picture of the multifarious developments in digital art. ADA allows the upload of high resolution images, videos, academic texts, literature, and information on exhibition, technology etc. More than 500 artists selected from 5000 applicants offer the best selection of high quality work. To ensure the high academic and artistic level of the contributions, the prerequisite for becoming become a member is a minimum of five exhibitions and/or publications. The Advisory Board, represented by Christiane PAUL, Roy ASCOTT, Erkki HUHTAMO, Gunalan NADARAJAN, Martin ROTH a.o. guarantees the high standards of the archive. ADA already contains thousands of high quality artworks from most renowned artists such as: 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 etc.. Check it out: www.digitalartarchive.at ADA is hosted by Danube University and is partner of the World Conference Series on MediaArtHistories www.mediaarthistory.org and partner of the international Master in MediaArtHistories: www.donau-uni.ac.at/mah

1 0