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Extended Deadline for Abstract Submission: 11th Conf. on BioMedical Visualization (MediViz 2014) - Paris July, 2014
by Cvek, Urska 19 Dec '13

19 Dec '13

** Extended Deadline for Abstract Submission: January 10, 2014** You are cordially invited to submit a paper and participate in a section of the 11th International Conference on BioMedical Visualization (MediViz 2014). The conference will be one of the events of the 18th International Conference on Information Visualization 2014 (http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/) to be held in Paris, France July 15 to 18, 2014. About MediViz 2014 MediViz is a forum for the presentation of original papers in the theory and applications of visualization to biomedical and biomolecular data and processes. The symposium covers all aspects of visualization, visual analytics and issues affecting interaction with big data from the medical field. We encourage the submission of papers covering novel techniques, old techniques applied in novel ways, new methods, interesting applications and in-depth surveys. MediViz has evolved rapidly from its original concentration purely on medical visualization and is now a leading interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas and results on visualization in the broader interdisciplinary biomedical sciences pushing forward the boundaries of modern medicine. Examples of biomedical topics include, but are not limited to - Nucleotide and protein sequence alignment, search and variant calling - Protein structure, interaction, function, sequence analysis - Signaling pathways, gene regulation, expression, identification and networks - DNA, RNA structure, function, sequence analysis - Biochemical and cellular simulations and models - Structural, functional and comparative genomics - Biomarkers and drug design - Systems Biology and Systems Medicine - Clinical and translational science - Public and global health - Computer aided diagnosis Examples of visualization topics include, but are not limited to: - Interaction and human factors - Novel approaches to data exploration - Visualizations of linked literature, semantics and data - High-performance computing and parallel rendering - Volume and flow visualization - Annotation and labeling - Overview and detail presentation of predictive or uncertain data - Comparative methods / user studies / surveys - Identification of correlated and anomalous relationships in disparate data sets - Application of previously published methods to analyze experiment-specific data Conference Proceedings Papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings after oral presentation, following a peer-review process. The Conference Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society with an ISBN number and will be indexed by IEEE Xplore and other major bibliographical databases. Please visit the Conference website for more information on proceedings (http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/IVPublications.htm) Abstract submissions Please create a login in the EasyChair web site for the conference (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=medivis2014) and submit your PDF document. Your submission must include a title, abstract and author names and contact information. Important deadlines Friday, January 10, 2014 Abstract submission (800 words) through the EasyChair site, for the review process Sunday, January 20, 2014 Notification of review outcome Friday, March 15, 2014 Submission of the camera-ready version (full papers, typically 6 pages with up to 4 excess pages which may be purchased) through the ConfTool web site (https://www.conftool.net/IV2014/) At least one of the co-authors is required to register for the Conference by May 20, 2014 and present the paper at the Conference. Individuals may appear as co-authors in more than one paper or poster. Please do not hesitate to contact one of the co-chairs (listed below) or the Program Administration (IV14(a)graphicslink.co.uk) should you need any assistance during this process. We look forward to your submission and participation. Kindest regards, MediViz 2014 Co-Chairs -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Urska Cvek, Sc.D. Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport Email: ucvek (AT) lsus (DOT) edu Georges Grinstein, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Lowell Email: grinstein (AT) cs (DOT) uml (DOT) edu Andreas Holzinger, Ph.D. Head Research Unit Human-Computer Interaction for Medicine and Health Medical University Graz (MUG) Email: andreas.holzinger (AT) medunigraz (DOT) at Heimo Mueller, Ph.D. Medical University Graz (MUG) Email: heimo (DOT) mueller (AT) medunigraz (DOT) at Marjan Trutschl, Sc.D. Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport Email: mtrutsch (AT) lsus (DOT) edu This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee(s) and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, and/or EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE under applicable law. 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UMAP 2014 - Second call for papers
by Ben Steichen 17 Dec '13

17 Dec '13

======================== CALL FOR PAPERS ===================== UMAP2014: 22nd Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization 7-11 July 2014, Aalborg, Denmark http://um.org/umap2014/ ============================================================== UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to their individual users, or to groups of users, and collect and represent information about users for this purpose. UMAP is the successor to the biennial User Modeling (UM) and Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-based Systems (AH) conferences that were merged in 2009. It is organized under the auspices of User Modeling Inc. UMAP covers a wide variety of research areas where adaptation may be applied. This include (but is in no way limited to) a number of domains in which researchers are enabling significant innovations based on advances in user modeling and adaptation: Intelligent tutoring systems and intelligent learning environments; Recommender systems; eCommerce; Advertising; Credit checking; Digital humanities; eGovernment; Cultural heritage; Personalized health; and more. UMAP2014 will explore, study and shape a broad range of dimensions faced by modern user adaptive systems, covering the following Key Areas chaired by leading researchers: UMAP in the social era [area chairs: Kalina Bontcheva & Werner Geyer] - Modeling individuals, groups and communities - Social network analysis - Social recommenders - Social learning and learning support - Collaboration support - Social workforce & social organizations - Heterogeneous networks - Folksonomies - Social navigation - Crowdsourcing - Engagement, influence & sustainability UMAP in the era of big data [area chairs: Bamshad Mobasher & Wolfgang Nejdl] - Web dynamics and personalization - Large scale personalization, adaptation and recommendation - Personalization for individuals, groups and populations - Web tracking and personalization - Linked Data and personalization - Complex decision making - Adaptive information visualization UMAP in the era of pervasive computing [area chairs: Keith Cheverst & TBA] - Ongoing continuous modeling - Lifewide modelling - Context-awareness - Sensor networks - Handheld and mobile devices - Physiological signals - Natural interaction (speech, language, gestures) Infrastructures, architectures, and methodologies [area chairs: Bob Kummerfeld & Owen Conlan] - Non-standard database representations (networks, graphs) - Standards, specifications - Interoperability, semantics - Evolution, temporal aspects - Evaluation methodologies and metrics - Adaptive hypermedia systems - Adaptive Web-based systems Human factors and Models [area chairs: Elisabeth Andre & Cristina Conati] - Behavior change and persuasion - Affective aspects - User experience - UMAP underpinning by Sociology models - UMAP underpinning by Psychology models - UMAP and Anthropology theories - UMAP and Economics models Personal and Societal issues [area chairs: Kaska Porayska-Pomsta & Alfred Kobsa] - User awareness and control - Privacy, perceived security and trust - Special needs - Lifelong learning and support - Therapy - Personality - Cultural variations UMAP2014 will include high quality peer-reviewed papers related to the above key areas and organised in two main tracks - Experience Track and Research Track. Maintaining the high quality and impact of the UMAP series, each paper will have three reviews by program committee members and a meta-review presenting the reviewers’ consensual view; the review process will be coordinated by the program chairs in collaboration with the corresponding area chairs. EXPERIENCE TRACK Peer reviewed papers showcasing innovative use of User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalisation, exploring the benefits and challenges of applying user modeling techniques and adaptation technology in real-life applications and contexts. Papers will be assessed based on the novelty of the application, the potential impact from the utilization of user modeling and adaptation technologies in the specific case, and the usefulness of the presented experience for extending the UMAP research and application. - Long experience papers (12 pages): Long experience papers should present substantive ‘in-use’ case for UMAP research. They should place the work within the field, clearly indicate the novelty of the application, and present the impact and significance of the experience to advance the UMAP research and application. - Short experience papers (6 pages): Short experience papers should present an original and highly promising application of user modeling and adaptation technologies, whose merit will be assessed in terms of originality and importance rather than maturity and extensive user validation. RESEARCH TRACK Peer reviewed, original, and principled research papers addressing both the theory and practice of User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. Papers will be assessed based on the originality and significance of the presented contribution to the research field, as well as their technical soundness and overall readability. - Long research papers (12 pages): Long research papers should present original reports of substantive new research. They should place the work within the field, and clearly indicate its innovative aspects and its significance. - Short research papers (6 pages): Short research papers should present original and highly promising research, whose merit will be assessed in terms of originality and importance rather than maturity and technical validation. SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION Papers must be formatted according to Springer’s LNCS style guidelines ( http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) and not exceed the page length, as specified above. The long and short paper categories will be strictly kept apart in the submission and review process. Accepted papers will be distributed to conference attendees, and also published by Springer in both online and printed conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: 3rd February 2014 (abstract due 27th January) Notification to authors: 24th March 2014 Camera ready submission: 14th April 2014 Note the dates apply to both experience and research track papers. The submissions times are 11:59pm Hawaii time. CONFERENCE CHAIRS Program Chairs: Vania Dimitrova and Tsvi Kuflik General Chairs: Peter Dolog and Geert-Jan Houben CONFERENCE WEB SITE http://um.org/umap2014/ -- Dr. Ben Steichen Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Computer Science University of British Columbia 2366 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T14Z, Canada www.cs.ubc.ca/~steichen/

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CfP Full and Short Papers AVI 2014 International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces May 27-30, 2014 - Como, Italy
by Giulio Jacucci 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AVI 2014 – International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces May 27-30, 2014 - Como, Italy http://avi2014.deib.polimi.it IMPORTANT DATES Full and short research papers Abstract submission deadline January 7, 2014 Paper submission deadline January 13, 2014 Acceptance Notification March 7, 2014 Camera Ready due April 2, 2014 Workshops Proposals Submission deadline January 13, 2014 Acceptance Notification January 27, 2014 Demo Papers Submission deadline March 10, 2014 Acceptance Notification March 21, 2014 Camera Ready due April 2, 2014 Industrial Papers Submission deadline March 10, 2014 Acceptance Notification March 21, 2014 The 12th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2014) will be held in Como (Italy) at the campus of Politecnico di Milano, from May 27th to 30th, 2014. Started in 1992 in Rome, AVI has become a biannual appointment for a wide International community of experts with a broad range of backgrounds, who share the interest in the investigation, design, development, and evaluation of innovative interactive solutions impacting our world at individual and societal level. Through more than two decades, the Conference has contributed to the progress of Human-Computer Interaction, offering a forum to present and disseminate new technological results, new paradigms and new visions for interaction and interfaces. AVI 2014 offers a wide variety of submission types to suit many types of interests and works. They include full and short research papers, demos, industry papers, and workshops. Theoretical and formal approaches, novel methodologies, domain-specific applications, empirical studies, new technological solutions, and industrial achievements fit well into the framework of the conference. The program also includes a number of prestigious invited talks as well social events at magnificent villas on the Como lake. KEYNOTES SPEAKERS Gregory D. Abowd School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) Gregory D. Abowd is the Distinguished Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. His research interests concern how the advanced information technologies of ubiquitous computing impact our everyday lives when they are seamlessly integrated into our living spaces. http://www.gregoryabowd.com/ Piotr Adamczyk and Amit Sood Google Art Project, Google (USA) Google Art Project is an initiative aiming at bridging ICT and the world of cultural heritage. Many prestigious institutions are currently involved, digitally exhibiting their works and their buildings to a wide audience. Virtual visits to museums, in particular, are likely to set a new standard about users expectations for interaction and virtual spaces. Look at one example of virtual visit:http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/collection/uffizi-gallery?mus… Studio Azzurro (Italy) Founded in 1982, Studio Azzurro is an internationally known group of artists who pioneered interactive visual art. Their artistic research explores the poetic and expressive capability of technology to create interactive visual spaces and sensitive reactive environments that often involve theatrical performance. Studio Azzurro installations have been presented in major exhibition venues (including Biennale Arte in Venice, Documenta in Kassel, and EXPO in Shanghai) and can be experienced in major museums in all continents. http://www.studioazzurro.com/index.php COMO Como is located approximately 45 km North of downtown Milano and few km South of the Swiss border. The town and its area are renowned for their natural and cultural heritage that amazed generations of travellers, writers, and painters, and for the great number of cultural events that are organized here. The nearby unspoilt valleys and wild natural environments are full of opportunities for mountain lovers who can try out every kind of experience that this natural setting can offer. The wonderful lake, where visitors can enjoy a variety of trips and activities, is famous for its villas, its florid parks and secular trees, and its VIP guests. Como and its surroundings are rich in art and history, including museums, archaeological sites, architectural venues from old Romanesque churches to Rationalist buildings. Music and theatre play an important role in the cultural heritage of the area, where international events are organized. For shopping, visitors can find every kind of silk products, and visit silk factories or shops at concept stores. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: Paolo Paolini, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) Program Chair: Franca Garzotto, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) Full Paper Chairs: Antonella De Angeli, University of Trento (Italy) and Giulio Jacucci, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT (Finland) Short Paper Chairs: Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and Alessio Malizia, Brunel University (UK) Demo Chairs: Matteo Valoriani, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and Carmelo Ardito, University of Bari (Italy) Industry Track Chairs: Laurent Walter Goix and Massimo Valla, TELECOM IT (Italy) Workshop Chairs: Paolo Cremonesi, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and Virpi Roto, University of Aalto (Finland) Proceedings Chair: Rosa Lanzilotti, University of Bari (Italy) SUBMISSION DETAILS Online submission is required for all types of submissions. For long and short papers a 250-words abstract is requested before submission. All submission must be formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI format (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform/sigchi-papers- word-template/view). Full and Short Research Papers Long and Short Papers are archival publications that describe original unpublished research in the following general categories: 1. Theory, model, and method; 2. Design; 3. Evaluation/User Study; 4. Technology; 5. Application and tool Specific topics addressed include (but are not limited to) the following ones:  Adaptive and Context-Aware Interfaces  Full-body Interaction  Information Visualization  Interaction Design Tools  Interfaces for e-Culture and e-Tourism  Interfaces for e-Commerce and e-Branding  Interfaces for i-TV  Interfaces for Big Data  Interfaces for End-User Development  Interface Metaphors  Interfaces for Social Interaction and Cooperation  Mobile Interaction  Motion-base Interaction  Multimodal Interfaces  (Multi)Sensory Interfaces  (Multi)Touch Interaction  Search Interfaces  Usability and Accessibility  Virtual and Augmented Reality  Visual Analytics  Visual Databases  Web Interfaces Maximum length of full papers is 8 pages. Maximum length of short papers is 4 pages. Accepted full and short research papers will be included in the Proceedings published by ACM Press and will be available in the ACM Digital Library. DEMO PAPERS Demo papers (up to 2 pages) describe previously un-presented prototypes and systems and will be accompanied by a demonstration during a dedicated session at the conference. Demo paper submissions must include a description of hardware and software requirements on a separate sheet. Demonstrators will use their personal equipment. Accepted demo submissions will be included in the Proceedings published by ACM Press and will be available in the ACM Digital Library. INDUSTRY PAPERS Industry papers (up to 2 pages) address topics which are particularly relevant to the industrial world and are not necessarily intended to present research work only. Preferably, they are co-authored by at least one person from industry. Contributions concerning (amongst others) challenging research and development, innovative business cases, market insights, industrial research strategy, showcases and case studies, best practices and lessons learned, are welcomed. Accepted submissions will be included in the Adjunct Proceedings of the Conference. WORKSHOP PROPOSALS AVI 2014 will be a forum for workshops on emerging as well as established topics relevant to interface research and practice. The aims of workshops are to offer an opportunity to meet in the context of a focused and interactive discussion, to develop understanding, to exchange experiences, to build research communities and to pave the ground towards future developments. Workshops should ideally foster discussion and exchange rather than being miniaturized conference sessions. Workshops will be held on Tuesday May 27, 2014. A workshop may be half-day or full day in length, and typically have 15 to 20 participants. The extended abstract of the workshops and a selection of the best position papers will appear in the conference proceedings and in the ACM Digital Library. Persons interested in participating to an accepted workshop can submit a position paper to the organizers of that workshop, but workshop participation will be open to any AVI 2014 participant, upon place availability. FOR UPDATES AND FURTHER INFORMATION please refer to AVI 2’14 web site http://avi2014.deib.polimi.it or contact avi2014-deib(a)polimi.it

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Next MEDIA ART HISTORIES Conference will be held in MONTREAL, November 2015
by Image Science 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

=== Next MEDIA ART HISTORIES Conference 2015 in MONTREAL ! === We are pleased to officially announce that the next MEDIA ART HISTORIES Conference will be held in MONTREAL, November 2015. "RE-CREATE: Theories, Methods and Practices of Research and Creation in the Histories of Media Arts and Sciences" will address the central question of what theories, methodologies and techniques can be used to understand past, present and indeed, future paradigms of creative material practice involving technologies within research contexts from a historical and critical point of view. This is a timely question for the MAH conferences as the issue of how material based practices within technical culture create new knowledge has been explicit and central to the historical roots of media art, design, science and technology. After Riga 2013 this fall, Liverpool 2011, Melbourne 2009, Berlin 2007 and Banff 2005, the Media Art Histories board is pleased to grant the 10th Anniversary conference to Montreal. RE-CREATE will be hosted by the Hexagram Centre for Research-Creation in Media Art and Technology at Concordia University and the UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal) in collaboration with McGill University (Department of Art History and Communication Studies; Media@McGill; * CIRMMT-Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Music and Media Technology). The Conference Chairs are Chris SALTER with Co-Chair Gisele TRUDEL. After an international call for proposals the Media Art Histories Steering Committee/Conference Series Board received six high quality proposals. The decision was made by Sean CUBITT (Goldsmith, London), Oliver GRAU (Danube Univ.), Linda HENDERSON (Univ. Texas, Austin), Erkki HUHTAMO (UCLA), Machiko KUSAHARA (Waseda Univ., Tokyo), Douglas KAHN (UNSW, Sydney), Martin KEMP (Oxford), Tim LENOIR (Duke Univ.), Gunalan NADARAJAN (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor) and Paul THOMAS (UNSW, Sydney). www.mediaarthistories.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original MISSION STATEMENT Media Art Histories Conference Series (2004): Recognizing the increasing significance of media art for our culture, this conference series on the Histories of Media Art will discuss for the first time the history of media art within the interdisciplinary and intercultural contexts of the histories of art. Numerous individuals and institutions collaborate to produce the international art history conference series covering art and new media, art and technology, art-science interaction, and the history of media as pertinent to contemporary art. written by: Irina ARISTARKHOVA, Annick BUREAUD, Dieter DANIELS, Sara DIAMOND, Diana DOMINGUES, Jean GAGNON, Oliver GRAU, Machiko KUSAHARA, Roger MALINA, Gunalan NADARAJAN, Manrai HSU, Ryszard KLUSZCYNSKI, Edward SHANKEN (Villa Vigoni, Lake Como, Summer 2004)

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Call for Applications: Research Technical Lead/Software Developer
by West, Ruth 15 Dec '13

15 Dec '13

Hi, We are recruiting a research technical lead/software developer. Would you please forward this to anyone whom you think would be interested. Thanks and wishing everyone a happy holiday season! - Ruth Call for Applications: Research Technical Lead/Software Developer The xREZ ArtScience lab is accepting applications for a research software developer and technologist to join the art-science lab team working on data visualization, sonification, and human computer interaction. This position centers on supporting interdisciplinary research projects through collaboratively specifying, building, and deploying applications with faculty and students across the arts, sciences, engineering, and humanities. The applications are highly heterogeneous, spanning desktop, mobile, web, cloud, and data centers and site-specific (Google Glass, tiled displays, computer vision, machine learning, etc). Technical direction, system specification / recommendation, documentation, and software development all are skills used daily. The lab is on the University of North Texas campus. UNT is a comprehensive public research university with 36,000 students in the city of Denton, located about half an hour drive north west of Dallas. Web: http://www.viewingspace.com/ and http://www.xrezlab.com/. To Apply: jobs.unt.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=59131 Questions: Contact Prof. Ruth West ruth.west(a)unt.edu<mailto:ruth.west@unt.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruth West Associate Professor Director, xREZ Lab College of Information / Department of Library and Information Sciences College of Visual Art and Design / Department of New Media College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Biological Sciences College of Engineering / Department of Computer Science iARTA Research Cluster ruth.west(a)unt.edu http://viewingspace.com http://xrezlab.com 310.386.2902 mobile

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Research Scientist positions for Visualization/Visual Analytics at IBM Research
by Adam Perer 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Research Scientist – IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York The Healthcare Informatics Research department at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY is seeking an experienced research staff member to join a multi-disciplinary research group focusing on analytics for healthcare, particularly the analysis and visualization of healthcare and other related data to derive insights for improved care delivery, care and wellness management, and to support the generation of real world evidence. The ideal candidate should possess a doctorate in computer science, medical informatics, or biostatistics, with a demonstrated track record of developing advanced statistics, machine learning, data mining or visual analytics techniques to solving real world healthcare problems. He/she must demonstrate a strong publication record and the ability to carry out world-class research. In addition to being technically abreast of the literature and progress within the specific and related areas of expertise and generating highly novel ideas, the researcher is expected to lead interactions with clients and partners to define high impact research projects, and lead research teams to execute these projects. The researcher should also have strong programming and system development skills and should be able to deploy software individually and as part of an extended team. Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team are also critical qualities sought after. To learn more about the opening or to apply, please contact Adam Perer ( adam DOT perer AT us DOT ibm DOT com) and visit: https://jobs3.netmedia1.com/cp/faces/job_summary?job_id=RES-0621049 In addition, we are also planning to hire Post-doctoral Researchers focusing on visualization and visual analytics. Please contact Adam Perer ( adam DOT perer AT us DOT ibm DOT com ) for these opportunities as well. Adam Perer, Ph.D. Healthcare Analytics Research Group IBM T.J. Watson Research Center http://www.research.ibm.com/healthcare/ http://perer.org

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Call for Participants: ShARe/CLEF eHealth Evaluation Lab 2014 - Visualisation, Extraction and Retrieval Tasks
by Tobias Schreck 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

(apologies for multiple postings) ========================================================== ShARe/CLEF eHealth Evaluation Lab 2014 Task 1: Health information visualisation - Visual-Interactive Search and Exploration of eHealth Data Task 2: Information extraction from clinical text - Disease/Disorder Template Filling Task 3: User-centred health information retrieval - Monolingual and multilingual IR Lab registration now opened at http://147.162.2.122:8888/clef2014labs/ ============================================================ The ShARe/CLEF eHealth Evaluation Lab is a set of three shared tasks focused on interface design, natural language processing and information retrieval for clinical care. The tasks are open to all registered lab participants. Please refer to the website for detailed information: http://clefehealth2014.dcu.ie/. The vision for the ShARe/CLEF eHealth Evaluation Lab is two-fold: (1) to develop tasks that potentially impact patient understanding of medical information and (2) to provide the community with an increasingly sophisticated dataset of clinical narrative to advance the state-of-the-art in information visualisation, natural language processing, information extraction and information retrieval in healthcare. CLEF eHealth ORGANISING COMMITTEE =================================== Lorraine Goeuriot, Dublin City University, Ireland Liadh Kelly, Dublin City University, Ireland Gondy Leroy, University of Arizone, USA Danielle L. Mowery, University of Pittsburg, PA, USA Tobias Schreck, University of Konstanz, Germany Hanna Suominen, NICTA, Australia Sumithra Velupillai, Stockholm University, Sweden

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UMAP 2014 - Final call for workshop proposals
by Ben Steichen 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

Apologies for cross posting. 1 week left! Ben =========================== CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ========================= In conjunction with the 22nd Conference on User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2014) Aalborg, Denmark, July 7-11, 2014 http://um.org/umap2014/?q=callforworkshops http://um.org/umap2014 ================================================================================= UMAP 2014 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The workshops provide a venue to discuss and explore emerging areas of User Modelling and Adaptive Hypermedia research with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners from Industry and academia. We welcome proposals for half-day and full-day workshops. We encourage proposals for a wide range of workshops, including but not limited to: - Working group meetings around a specific problem or topic; such workshops may wish to ask participants to submit a white paper or position statement. - Mini-conferences on specialized topics; such workshops may have their own paper submission and review processes. - Mini-competitions or challenges around selected topics with individual or team participation. =============== PROPOSAL FORMAT =============== The workshop proposals should be PDF documents not exceeding 5 pages, submitted by email to the workshop chairs. The proposals should be organized as follows: - Workshop title and acronym - Workshop chair(s), including affiliation, email address, homepage, and experiences in organizing such events - Abstract (up to 300 words) and topics - Motivation on why the topic is of particular interest at this time - Workshop format, discussing the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussion - Intended audience and expected number of participants - List of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% have to be confirmed at the time of the proposal) - Requested duration (half day or full day) - Past versions of the workshop, including URLs as well as submission and acceptance statistics. Additionally, we strongly suggest to have organizers from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that attracts various types of contributions and ensures rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops will prepare a workshop web site containing the call for papers and detailed information about the workshop organization and timeline. The organizers will be responsible for their own reviewing process, publicity, and publishing electronic proceedings (e.g., on the CEUR-WS website). They will be required to closely cooperate with the UMAP workshops chairs to finalize the above mentioned details. =============== IMPORTANT DATES =============== December 10, 2013: Workshop proposals due January 14, 2014: Decisions announced July 7 and July 11, 2014: Workshop days =============== SUGGESTED TIMELINE =============== Workshop web site: January 28, 2014 Workshop Call for Papers (suggested): February 1, 2014 Paper submission deadline: April 1, 2014 Notification to authors: May 1, 2014 ================== WORKSHOP CHAIRS ================== Rosta Farzan, University of Pittsburg, USA E-mail: rfarzan(a)pitt.edu Web: http://rosta-farzan.net/ Robert Jäschke, University of Hannover, Germany E-mail: jaeschke(a)l3s.de Web: http://www.kbs.uni-hannover.de/~jaeschke/

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CfP CROSSWORLDS: THEORY, DEVELOPMENT, & EVALUATION OF SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY
by Paul Rosenthal 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

Call for Papers CROSSWORLDS: THEORY, DEVELOPMENT, & EVALUATION OF SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY Monday 30th June and July 1st, 2014 Chemnitz, Germany Chemnitz University of Technology www.tu-chemnitz.de www.crossworlds.info Organizers: Research Training Group Crossworlds, Department of Computer Science and Institute for Media Research We invite researchers from various disciplines to submit short papers to CrossWorlds 2014, the 1st international conference on theory, development, and evaluation of social technology. Social technologies include both technologies that directly interact with users (e.g. social robots, virtual agents, assistance systems) and technologies that facilitate the interaction between two or more users (e.g. computer mediated communication, multiplayer games, multitouch tables). Digital technologies have become an inherent part of our society, thus evolving into social actors themselves. This development changed the focus of research from questioning the general potential of technologies to more specific issues. Research from different disciplines addresses topics from modeling social aspects of technology to the design of human-computer interfaces. Following these focused approaches, it becomes even more important to understand the emerging connections between users, contexts and social technologies. The conference addresses this issue and provides a platform for vital discussions about different aspects of social technology. To enable a broad debate on the subject, approaches from various disciplines, methods and perspectives are encouraged. Presentations may feature algorithms, technology, implemented systems, empirical research, and theoretical considerations. Conference topics include (but are not limited to): • What makes social technology social and intelligent and which procedures can be employed? • How can we model social behavior theoretically and practically? • Do we need new methods? How can we assess social interaction in the context of technology usage and development? • Which methodological approaches are appropriate for evaluation? Can social technology evaluate itself? • How can we account for ethical issues as well as non-affirmative and critical approaches in HCI? • How can social technology be employed to catalyse interaction between users in non-virtual space? • How can the design of social technology be carried out interdisciplinarily? • How do developers’ tacit knowledge and concepts of sociality affect the design of social technologies? • How do different degrees of virtuality shape social interaction? • How can social technology motivate user interaction and interaction between users (e.g. gamification, proxemics, mobile interaction)? • How can virtual and augmented reality be designed to create (virtual) sociality? • How can social technology account for user needs? In which ways can systems act proactively? • How can we shape user experience of social technologies? How important is it for social technology to be entertaining? • How can computer based learning be facilitated by social technologies? SUBMISSION GUIDELINES We invite you to submit short papers (PDF, between 10.000-25.000 characters including spaces, figure captions, but excluding references) to the program committee (crossworlds2014(a)tu-chemnitz.de) no later than 31.01.2014. The submissions will be subject to peer reviews. Please make sure, that you remove any author information including author names and references as well as acknowledgments and funding information. However, you should send your author and contact information on a separate cover page for the program committee. Papers should make absolutely clear what the current status of the proposed work is. A preference is given to finished work ready for presentation (note: this also includes theoretical/conceptual papers, if the concept itself is the main subject of presentation). By submitting a paper the authors agree to personally present their research at the conference. Conference Papers will not be published/indexed, but are electronically distributed to the conference attendees. However, selected papers will be invited to extend their papers to full papers to be published in an edited collection of the conference proceedings. Please use the IEEE template for your submission. Further information on the paper layout can be found here: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html DEADLINES Submission: 31.01.14 Notification of acceptance: 31.03.14 Camera-Ready-Deadline: 13.04.14 Conference: 30.06./01.07.14 ORGANIZING CHAIRS Andreas Bischof (andreas.bischof(a)phil.tu-chemnitz.de) Benny Liebold (benny.liebold(a)phil.tu-chemnitz.de) PROGRAM CHAIRS Michael Teichmann (michael.teichmann(a)informatik.tu-chemnitz.de) Michael Heidt (michael.heidt(a)informatik.tu-chemnitz.de) For more detailed information, please visit www.crossworlds.info/conference We look forward to meeting you in Chemnitz! <http://www.paul-rosenthal.de>

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Diagrams 2014 - Call for Workshop Proposals - Deadline extended
by Karsten Klein 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Apologies for cross posting ---------- Call for Workshop Proposals ---------- Diagrams 2014 - The 8th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia, July 28 - August 1, 2014 ** Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline Extended to December 20 ** In conjunction with the Diagrams conference, workshops will be held. Prospective workshop organizers are invited to submit a workshop proposal for review. The goal of the workshops is to facilitate discussions on more focused areas within the wide coverage provided by the main conference. In addition, our hope is that the informal setting allows for more discussion and provides an outlet for research that is promising but still under development. Workshops should be either 1 day or half a day in length and they will run either side the main program, on 28th of July 2014 or 1st of August 2014. The authors of the accepted proposals will become the organizers of their respective workshops. For full details of the submission process please see the workshops web page http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2014/workshops ==== IMPORTANT DATES ==== December 20, 2013: Workshop proposal deadline January 5, 2014: Notification of acceptance ==== WORKSHOP CHAIR ==== Karsten Klein Email: workshops(a)diagrams-conference.org

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