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CFP - Workshop on Personalised Multilingual Information Access (PMIA 2014) at UMAP
by Ben Steichen 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

--------------- Call for Papers --------------- The 1st International Workshop on Personalised Multilingual Information Access (PMIA 2014) http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~steichen/PMIA2014 held in conjunction with the 22nd Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP), Aalborg, Denmark, July 7-11, 2014. -------- Overview -------- With the unrelenting rise in global content production and usage, information systems increasingly need to handle 1) a growing variety of user differences (including language, culture, situational context), and 2) ever expanding heterogeneous and multilingual data sources (including corporate content, user-generated content, multimedia content). This full-day workshop aims tackle these challenges by bringing together researchers working on cross-/multilingual information access, multilingual semantic web, interactive search, information seeking, exploratory search, personalised search, personalisation for web and hypermedia, and recommender systems. The aim is to share, discuss, and combine ideas for novel solutions that support users according to their particular language abilities, as well as other characteristics (e.g. culture, domain expertise) and contexts (e.g. intent, topic) that influence what and how information should be retrieved, composed, and presented. The workshop aims to both advance the current state of the art in personalised multilingual information access, as well as to develop a detailed roadmap that identifies the most pressing current and future research challenges (e.g. novel information access interfaces, evaluation of complex systems). Themes of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas: • Individual user characteristics that influence information access, e.g. language proficiency, culture, user intent, topic domain • Modeling of user profiles, e.g. multilingual data collection, model creation, model exploitation • Novel interfaces, e.g. result presentation beyond the ranked list paradigm, presentations of content in multiple languages on a single screen, document summarisation • Adaptive systems for personalised multilingual information access, e.g. personalised search, recommender systems • Tools and methods for multilingual and cross lingual search • Content analysis and processing, e.g. knowledge extraction, duplication detection • Content translation and localisation • Multilingual semantic web, including search and extraction • External knowledge resources for personalised multilingual information access (e.g. ontologies) • Domain modeling (e.g. adaptation to different domains) • Issues and dangers of personalisation, e.g. over-personalisation (also known as “the filter bubble”), privacy issues • Personalisation of multilingual tools • Evaluation methods and metrics for personalised information access, e.g. how to evaluate compositions from multiple languages, aggregate search evaluation. ----------- Submissions ----------- We encourage submissions from diverse backgrounds and aim to promote the exchange of ideas between researchers working in the above-mentioned areas. In addition, submissions that focus on non-English data, or research with a clear application in a multilingual scenario are equally welcome. We invite submissions of more established ideas and methods as long papers (8 pages), preliminary work as short papers (4 pages), and demo/poster papers (2 pages). For full details on the submission format and procedure, please refer to the Submission Instructions page at http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~steichen/PMIA2014/submission.html. Papers will be selected based on originality, quality, and ability to promote discussion. Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings and published by CEUR. Extended versions of selected workshop papers may be included in a special journal issue (TBD). At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the workshop. --------------- Important dates --------------- Apr 01, 2014: Submission Deadline May 01, 2014: Notification to Authors May 15, 2014: Camera-ready Due Jul 07 or 11, 2014: Workshop day -------------------- Organizing Committee -------------------- Ben Steichen (University of British Columbia, Canada) - steichen(a)cs.ubc.ca Maristella Agosti (University of Padua, Italy) - agosti(a)dei.unipd.it Séamus Lawless (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) - seamus.lawless(a)scss.tcd.ie Vincent Wade (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) - vincent.wade(a)scss.tcd.ie For further questions please contact a member of the organising committee. -- 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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Research Fellow in Information Visualisation and HCI: University of St Andrews, UK (Jan 31st deadline)
by Aaron Quigley 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

Research Fellow in Information Visualisation and Human Computer Interaction University of St Andrews - School of Computer Science Vacancy Details: The HCI Group in the University of St Andrews (SACHI) wishes to recruit a Research Fellow in Information Visualisation and Human Computer Interaction to support a number of new and ongoing research projects. The post will be based in the School of Computer Science so particular expertise and background experience in programming, interface design, evaluation or novel user interface development would be an advantage. In addition, demonstrated experience in information visualisation, intelligent user interfaces, web applications or ubiquitous and pervasive computing would be highly advantageous. We have over twenty members in our group and we are strongly active in the international community organising conferences such as UIST 2013, ITS 2013 and MobileHCI 2014. We regularly publish in the leading international HCI venues including CHI, UIST, IUI, AVI, ITS, PerDis etc. As a group we have several funded projects, organise an international seminar series, host visitors regularly and maintain a HCI lab with a wide range of equipment. See website: http://sachi.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk<http://sachi.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/> As a group we encourage group-wide collaborative research so there are opportunities to participate in in other projects, be involved with undergraduate and postgraduate supervision, in addition to working on emerging topics of interest in the group. You should have a good honours degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, and preferably have, or be about to obtain, a PhD in Computer Science. It is essential that you have strong software development and evaluation skills. In addition you must demonstrate that you are able to manage work across a number of projects with competing deadlines while leading the day-to-day work and development. The post is available for 2 years in the first instance, with possible extension, starting as soon as possible. Informal enquiries should be directed to Professor Aaron Quigley aquigley(a)st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:aquigley@st-andrews.ac.uk> or +44 (0) 1334 461623 Please quote ref: SB1190 Closing Date: 31 January 2014 Further Particulars: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AHX243/research-fellow Salary: £30,728 - £33,562 per annum Start: As soon as possible Fixed term for 2 years -- Professor Aaron Quigley Chair of Human Computer Interaction SACHI, School Of Computer Science North Haugh The University of St Andrews Fife KY16 9SX, Scotland phone: +44 (0) 1334 461623 fax: +44 (0) 1334 463278 email: aquigley(a)acm.org<mailto:aquigley@acm.org> web: http://sachi.org.uk/aaron-quigley/ skype: aquigley blog: http://aquigley.blogspot.com twitter: http://twitter.com/aquigley The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532

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UMAP 2014 - Third call for papers & confirmed keynote speakers
by Ben Steichen 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

======================== 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. CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Gregory D. Abowd (Georgia Tech) Kaj Grønbæk (University of Aarhus) More information at http://www.um.org/umap2014/?q=keynotes 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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1st CfP: International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI14) to be held in Sydney
by tony huang 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

Dear Colleagues Apologies for cross posting. Please consider contributing and help to distribute. ================================================= Call for papers, posters, workshop and tutorial proposals The 7th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI14) will be held on August 5-8 in Sydney, Australia. VINCI14 aims to provide an international forum for researchers and industrial practitioners to discuss the state of the art in visual communication theories, designs, and applications. This year’s edition of the conference features three exciting keynotes to be given by Professor Peter Eades from University of Sydney, Professor Bruce Thomas from the University of South Australia and Dr. Helen Purchase from University of Glasgow. 1. Papers and Posters Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished research and practical applications in all areas of visual communication and interaction. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: Area 1: Visualization methodologies Information visualization Graph drawing and visualization Cognitive aspects of visual information comprehension Visual metaphors and symbols Usability or empirical study of new visual metaphors Design theory in the digital age Aesthetics in visual communication and digital media Interaction methods (touch-based, haptic, vision-based, multi-modality Big Data Visual languages Diagrams Art + Science Area 2: Visualization applications Visual Analytics Sketching Graphical user interface design Software visualization Visual approaches to knowledge discovery Visualization on mobile devices Animation Game design Biological visualizations Area 3: Visual design and art Interaction design Interactive art Infographie and data-driven art Visual perception and cognition Multimedia Virtual actors Interactive storytelling Augmented reality and its applications Virtual reality and its applications Computational (or digital) aesthetics Wearable computers Ubiquitous / responsive environments Entertainment technology Papers can be submitted as long papers, short papers and posters. All accepted papers, including workshop papers, will be published by ACM Press and made available in the ACM Digital Library, as has been the case in previous years. Like VINCI 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 papers, accepted 2014 papers will be EI-indexed. Selected papers will be published in special issues of appropriate journals including the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC) and International Journal of Software and Informatics (IJSI). 2. Workshops and Tutorials VINCI14 is also soliciting proposals for full-day and half-day workshops and tutorials on topics that address areas of interest to the community. Workshops and tutorials will be held on August 5, 2014. Proposals should be a maximum of 2 pages and should include: Outline of the topic A proposed agenda A brief bio of the convenors A list of any requirements for running the workshop or tutorial, such as access to computer labs, data projectors, group work-tables. Proposals, and any queries, should be sent by email to: vinci2014(a)easychair.org 3. Important Dates: Workshop proposals: March 25, 2014. Tutorial proposals: March 25, 2014 Long papers: April 8, 2014 Short papers: April 8, 2014 Posters: May 20, 2014 -- VINCI14 Organizing committee August 5-8, 2014, Sydney Australia Email: info(a)vinci-conf.org Web: http://www.vinci-conf.org/

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Final call and Extension to Jan 20 AVI 2014 International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces May 27-30, 2014 - Como, Italy
by Giulio Jacucci 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ***PLEASE NOTICE THE DEADLINE EXTENSION (JANUARY 20) FOR FINAL SUBMISSION OF LONG AND SHORT PAPERS*** AVI 2014 – International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI, SIGWEB, SIGMM, SIGCHI Italy May 27-30, 2014 - Como, Italy http://avi2014.deib.polimi.it 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?museumvie… 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. IMPORTANT DATES **Full and short research papers Paper submission deadline January 20, 2014 Acceptance Notification March 7, 2014 Camera Ready due April 2, 2014 **Workshops Proposals Submission deadline January 20, 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 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) FOR UPDATES AND FURTHER INFORMATION please refer to AVI 2014 web site http://avi2014.deib.polimi.it or contact avi2014-deib(a)polimi.it SUBMISSION DETAILS For all types of submissions, online submission is required for on EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=avi2014 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.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates/ 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 Recommender Systems • Interfaces for Big Data • Interfaces for e-gaming • 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. Please refer to AVI2014 web site for the suggested format of workshop proposals

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WSCG 2014-Graphics, Visualization, Computer vision - deadline 2014-03-05
by Vaclav Skala 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

>>> WSCG 2014 June 2-5, 2014 Plzen - close to Prague - Czech Republic <<< >>> Eurographics, ACM and ACM SIGGRAPH listed <<< ------------------------ Please, use "password forgotten" option first as you might be already in our database at http://wscgreg.zcu.cz and update your data/affiliation to get new information (2-3 per a year) ------------------------ infovis(a)infovis.org 9176 >>> Call for Papers WSCG 2014 June 2-5, 2014 <<< >>> Eurographics, ACM and ACM SIGGRAPH listed <<< WSCG 2014 - 22nd International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2014 (http://www.wscg.eu - WSCG events) http://www.wscg.cz will be held at Primavera Congress Center, Pilsen (Plzen - the European City of Culture 2015) close to Prague - the Golden European City in June 2-5, 2014. Download PDF version of the WSCG 2014 Call for papers http://wscg.zcu.cz/wscg2014/CfP-2014-A4.pdf Keynote speakers: -------------------- Manuel M. Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Tino Wienkauf, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrucken, Germany Important Dates: ------------------- Paper submission: March 5, 2014 Acceptance notification: April 14, 2014 Venue: June 2 - 5, 2014 Accepted and Presented papers will be published in WSCG proceedings with ISBN and submitted for indexing to Thomson Reuters, SCOPUS and others. The best papers will be selected for publication in the Journal of WSCG ISSN 1213-6972 (http://wscg.zcu.cz/JWSCG/) ALL WSCG proceedings and Journal of WSCG since 1992 are available at http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm, access free. The Pilsen City is close to Prague (Praha) - the Golden European city approx. 80km from the Plzen city (60 mins. by a coach). To reach the Pilsen city from the Prague airport is approx. 75 mins. by public transport - actually faster than to reach the Prague central parts. Call for new reviewers: -------------------------- If you or colleague of yours would like to act as a reviewer for WSCG events, please, send: - First Name, Last Name, @mail, URL personal page by @mail to skala(a)kiv.zcu.cz subj. WSCG - Reviewing Feel free to contact me if you would have any question Prof.Vaclav Skala http://www.VaclavSkala.eu skala(a)kiv.zcu.cz - SUBJ.: WSCG 2014 --- Tato zpráva neobsahuje viry ani jiný škodlivý kód - avast! Antivirus je aktivní. http://www.avast.com

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WSCG 2014 - Graphics, Visualization, Vision - CfP
by Vaclav Skala 05 Jan '14

05 Jan '14

Dear friends, Please, distribute the Call for Papers according to your mailing list Many thanks Vaclav Skala sent to: infovis(a)infovis.org ---------------------------- CUT HERE -------------------------- >>> Call for Papers WSCG 2014 <<< >>> WSCG 2014 June 2-5, 2014 <<< >>> Eurographics, ACM and ACM SIGGRAPH listed <<< WSCG 2014 - 22nd International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2014 (http://www.wscg.eu - all WSCG events) http://www.wscg.cz will be held at Primavera Congress Center, Pilsen (Plzen - the European City of Culture 2015) close to Prague in June 2-5, 2014. Download PDF version of the WSCG 2014 Call for papers http://wscg.zcu.cz/wscg2014/CfP-2014-A4.pdf (paper submission will be open in February) Keynote speakers: -------------------- Manuel M. Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Tino Wienkauf, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrucken, Germany Important Dates: ------------------- Paper submission: March 5, 2014 Acceptance notification: April 14, 2014 Venue: June 2 - 5, 2014 Accepted and Presented papers will be published in WSCG proceedings with ISBN and submitted for indexing to Thomson Reuters, SCOPUS and others. The best papers will be selected for publication in the Journal of WSCG ISSN 1213-6972 (http://wscg.zcu.cz/JWSCG/) ALL WSCG proceedings and Journal of WSCG since 1992 are available at http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm, access free. The Pilsen City is close to Prague (Praha) - the Golden European city approx. 80km from the Plzen city (60 mins. by a coach). To reach the Pilsen city from the Prague airport is approx. 75 mins. by public transport - actually faster than to reach the Prague central parts. Call for new reviewers: -------------------------- If you or colleague of yours would like to act as a reviewer for WSCG events, please, send: - First Name, Last Name, @mail, URL personal page by @mail to skala(a)kiv.zcu.cz subj. WSCG - Reviewing Feel free to contact me if you would have any question Prof.Vaclav Skala http://www.VaclavSkala.eu skala(a)kiv.zcu.cz - SUBJ.: WSCG 2014 --- Tato zpráva neobsahuje viry ani jiný škodlivý kód - avast! Antivirus je aktivní. http://www.avast.com

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CFP: IEEE VAST 2014: Two paper tracks
by Chris North 20 Dec '13

20 Dec '13

CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST 2014) Paris France, 9-14 November 2014 NEW: IEEE VAST 2014 will feature an expanded set of accepted papers in two categories: (a) IEEE TVCG publications, (b) Conference-only papers. For details, please visit: http://ieeevis.org/year/2014/info/call-participation/vast-papers Important Dates: Abstract submission: Friday, March 21, 2014 Paper submission: Monday, March 31, 2014 The IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (IEEE VAST) is the leading international conference dedicated to advances in Visual Analytics Science and Technology. Visual analytics is the science of analytical reasoning supported by highly interactive visual interfaces. Visual analytics is an interdisciplinary science, including visualization, knowledge discovery, statistics, mathematics, cognitive sciences, decision sciences, human-computer interaction and more. The scope of the conference, co-located with the annual IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference and the IEEE Information Visualization Conference, includes both fundamental research contributions within visual analytics as well as applications of visual analytics in science, engineering, business and commerce, medicine and healthcare, media and social interaction, arts and humanities, public safety, logistics, and other disciplines. We invite you to participate in IEEE VAST 2014 by submitting your original research and application papers. VAST Conference Chair: Giuseppe Santucci VAST Papers Co-chairs: Min Chen and Chris North vast_papers(at)ieeevis.org

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Cfp, Visualisation in Business Intelligence and Open Data, IV'2014
by Gilles Venturini 20 Dec '13

20 Dec '13

(Sorry for cross-posting) Call for Papers 2nd International Symposium, Visualisation in Business Intelligence and Open Data http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/VBI_OD.htm as part of IV2014 - 18th International Conference, Information Visualisation 15, 16, 17 and 18 July 2014, University of Paris Descartes, Paris, France. http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/ http://www.univ-paris5.fr This VBI-OD session focuses on two important issues and inter-dependent domains in which visualisations can play a key role. Business Intelligence (BI) is a domain where data, knowledge and users are tightly related. Data in BI are stored in Data Warehouses and are generally large, heterogeneous, geo-localized and time-dependent. Visualisations in BI must be intuitive and must support an interactive, collaborative and ubiquitous discovery process. These visualisations must deal both with the exploration of data and knowledge, and also with the presentation of results to managers. Open Data (OD) share common properties with BI from the data analysis and visualisation points of view. OD represents a recent issue that concerns the free delivery of a huge amount of information produced by public or private organizations and other data providers. Such Open Datasets cover various topics including politics, taxes, citizens, cities, health, education etc. The users who wish to explore such datasets are often citizens, journalists, politicians, managers and other data or business analysts. In this area, the visualisations are expected to help the users in their exploration of this huge amount of information. This may concern various aspects of visual and interactive methods (overview of a large collection of Open datasets, details on an dataset, interactive discovery, user interfaces, aesthetics, etc). BI and OD thus represent important challenges in the visualisation domain. The aim of this symposium is precisely to make a state of the art and to contribute to these challenging objectives by covering all aspects of interactive visualisations in BI and OD, from both a theoretical and practical point of view. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: § Visual OLAP and visualisations for data cubes, dynamic cross tables, dashboards, scorecards, key performance indicators, reporting, CRM, market basket analysis, strategic watch, § Visualisations for Open Data in various domains (health, education, politics, ...) § Visual assistants, data to visualisation mappings, user feedback, § User interfaces for BI and OD (collaborative, ubiquitous) and aesthetics in visualisations, use of new technologies § Visualisation of time-dependent data, geo-localized data, maps, multidimensional data, hierarchies, big data § Interactions, interactive knowledge discovery, visual operators on data and knowledge, graphical requests, visual analytics for BI and OD § User evaluations and case studies, reports on real cases and experiments Submission procedures: www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/PAPERS.htm Further information: www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Important Dates: 1 March 2014 Submission of papers & Submission of tutorials: https://www.conftool.net/IV2014/ <https://www.conftool.net/IV2014/%3cwill> <will be available shortly> 05 May 2014 Submission of camera-ready & early registration closes Symposium Chair: Dr. Fatma Bouali, University of Lille 2, France Fatma.bouali(a)univ-lille2.fr Patrick Beaucamp , Founder of the Vanilla Project, the True Honest Open Source Business Process Information Platform patrick.beaucamp(a)bpm-conseil.com Prof. Gilles Venturini, University Francois Rabelais of Tours, France venturini(a)univ-tours.fr

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CFP - IEEE VIS 2014 - InfoVis Papers - Abstracts due March 21, 2014
by Adam Perer 19 Dec '13

19 Dec '13

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: InfoVis Papers IEEE VIS 2014 is the premier forum for advances in visualization for academia, government, and industry. This event brings together researchers and practitioners with a shared interest in visualization solutions. The IEEE Information Visualization Conference solicits novel research ideas and innovative applications in all areas of information visualization. Please carefully read the submission guidelines below, especially pertaining to submission venue, the length of manuscripts and optional author anonymity. Full details at: http://www.ieeevis.org/year/2014/info/call-participation/infovis-papers IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission (MANDATORY) Friday, March 21, 2014 Paper submission Monday, March 31, 2014 Notification of results of first review cycle Friday, June 6, 2014 Paper submission for second review cycle Friday, June 27, 2014 Final notification Friday, July 11, 2014 Camera ready copy Friday, August 1, 2014 All deadlines are at 5:00pm Pacific Time (PDT). JOURNAL PUBLICATION AND DATE OF PUBLICATION Papers accepted to IEEE InfoVis will appear in a special issue (Dec 2014) of the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). This special issue will be published online the first day of the conference. Papers (including supplemental material) will undergo a revision and review cycle after initial notification of review results in order to ensure that they are acceptable for publication and presentation in the journal. The paper and supplemental material will also appear in the IEEE Digital Library. SUBMISSION All three conferences at IEEE VIS 2014 (VAST, InfoVis and SciVis) use the Precision Conference System (PCS) to handle their submission and reviewing process. PCS is available at https://precisionconference.com/~vgtc/. When submitting your manuscript please make sure that you submit it to your intended conference by clicking the appropriate conference header in the conference system landing page. If you are unsure which venue you should submit to, you can use the call for papers on this website, as well as last year's published proceedings as a guideline. DETAILED SUBMISSION GUIDELINES When preparing your submission, please make sure that you carefully read and adhere to the paper submission guidelines. TOPICS The IEEE InfoVis conference solicits research papers on diverse topics related to information visualization. Information visualization, broadly defined, involves the design of visual data representations and interaction techniques that support human activities, where the spatial layout of the visual representation is chosen by the designer. Papers might contribute novel visual encoding or interaction techniques, tools and techniques to support the visual data analysis process, evaluations of InfoVis techniques and tools, models or taxonomies related to InfoVis, systems that support visual data analysis, or experience applying information visualization to a domain specific problem. Please note that topics primarily involving spatial data (such as scalar, vector and tensor fields) might be a better match for the IEEE SciVis Conference at IEEE VIS. Similarly, topics which clearly focus on visual analytics, e.g., the integration of computational solutions, might be a better match for the IEEE VAST Conference, also at IEEE VIS. Specific topics include, but are not limited to: Information visualizations techniques for • graphs and trees and other relational or structured data • high-dimensional data and dimensionality reduction • multi-variate data and heterogeneous data • personal or social data • text and documents • non-numeric data (categorical data, nominal data, etc.) • non-expert audiences • causality and uncertainty data • time series data • any other non-spatial data • spatial data that is visualized with a new spatial mapping • streaming or time-varying data • very large data sets (scalability) Techniques for interacting with visualizations or supporting the data analysis process, including • recordkeeping, sensemaking, and storytelling • collaboration support, either co-located or distributed • integration of visualization with other software tools • touch and gesture interactions • focus + context methods • zooming, navigation and distortion techniques • brushing and linking • coordinated multiple views • data labeling, editing and annotation Fit of visualizations into the context of use, including • visual design and aesthetics • cminimal attention contexts, e.g. ambient displays • mobile and ubiquitous • public environments Information visualization fundamentals and methodologies • visualization systems • novel algorithms and mathematics • taxonomies and models • research methodology, discussions and frameworks • cognition and perception issues Evaluation • task and requirements analysis • metrics and benchmarks • qualitative and quantitative evaluation • laboratory and field studies • novel evaluation methods • usability studies and focus groups • case studies Applied information visualization • reports of information visualization in domains where it has impact • design studies CHAIRS Melanie Tory, University of Victoria Helwig Hauser, University of Bergen Jeff Heer, Stanford University For more information, please email: infovis_papers(at)ieeevis.org. ----- Adam Perer IEEE VIS Publicity Co-Chair http://perer.org

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