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Job vacancy: postdoctoral computer scientist for scalable data visualization
by Jan Aerts 26 Sep '13

26 Sep '13

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to put his/her teeth in the scalability aspect of data visualization and visual analytics. See http://eng.kuleuven.be/datavislab/?p=280 for more details. jan. ================================ Prof Jan Aerts Biological Data Management and Visualization Faculty of Engineering - ESAT/SCD University of Leuven Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 bus 2446 3001 Leuven-Heverlee ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6416-2717 Tel: +32 16 321053 Fax: +32 16 321970

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UMAP 2014 First call for workshop proposals
by Ben Steichen 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

Apologies for cross posting. Ben =========================== CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ========================= In conjunction with the 22nd Conference on User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2014) Aalborg, Denmark, July 7-14, 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/ ------------------------------ -- 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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PhD positions in Interactive Visualization, University of Helsinki
by Giulio Jacucci 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

The Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT and the Department of Computer Science are looking for a skilled DOCTORAL STUDENT The position is initially offered for four years with a 4-month trial period. The Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki welcomes applications for a doctoral student in Human-Computer Interaction in particular: 1) Multimodal Interaction, for example gesture, touch, eye gaze 2) Mobile urban Augmented Reality for Cultural Access 3) Interactive Visualisation for Exploratory Search. The student will be working on a long-term project with Professor Giulio Jacucci, as part of the Ubiquitous Interaction (UIx) group (http://www.hiit.fi/uix) Successful applicants should have a Master's degree or equivalent qualification in computer science or other related field and demonstrate strong skills in either programming, scientific work, or design. The starting salary in PhD Positions follows the guidelines of Finnish universities (level 2), and the salary increases as the PhD work progress and includes healthcare benefits. The applicants are requested to enclose with their application a CV, a transcript of studies / copy of degree certificate, portfolio, letter of reference, research plan and a motivation letter describing the applicant’s interest in the subject. Applications should be addressed to the Department of Computer Science at rekry.uix(a)cs.helsinki.fi The closing date for applications is Monday 30 September 2013 at 15.45 local Helsinki time. The Department of Computer Science (http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/) at the University of Helsinki is the leading Finnish research and education institute in its field. The Department's research and teaching focus on 1) algorithms and machine learning, 2) networks and services as well as 3) software systems. The Department has three Finnish centres of excellence funded by the Academy of Finland and cooperates closely in research projects with the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT. The Department is also one of ten Finnish centres of excellence in university education. The Department has a staff of 170 and an overall budget of EUR 11 million. Its research infrastructure is excellent, including its own 1960-core computing cluster. Further information may be obtained from Professor Giulio Jacucci, rekry.uix(a)cs.helsinki.fi Giulio Jacucci Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT Department of Computer Science UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI giulio.jacucci(a)helsinki.fi

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE IN HELSINKI, FINLAND
by Giulio Jacucci 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

Please note positions on Human-Computer Interaction for example -Interactive Visualization -Information retrieval and HCI POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE IN HELSINKI, FINLAND http://www.hiit.fi/postdoc-call-2013 Application deadline Sept 30, 2013, 3:00 p.m. EEST Topics include: Algorithms, Bioinformatics, Human-Computer Interaction, Information retrieval, Logic, Machine Learning, Networks, Statistical Data Analysis, etc. Jobs are available at: Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT, Aalto Univ and Univ Helsinki; Dept Computer Science, Univ Helsinki; Dept Information and Computer Science, Aalto Univ; Dept Computer Science and Engineering, Aalto Univ; Dept Mathematics and Statistics, Univ Helsinki. Giulio Jacucci Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT Department of Computer Science UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI giulio.jacucci(a)helsinki.fi

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Major update of InfoVis:Wiki
by Wolfgang Aigner 09 Sep '13

09 Sep '13

Dear colleagues, I am very happy to be able to announce a major update of the InfoVis:Wiki (http://www.infovis-wiki.net) We used the time in summer to revamp the system, cleanup all spam and introduced a number of new anti-spam measures that hopefully keep the wiki much cleaner in the future... Thanks for using and contributing to the wiki! MAJOR UPDATES: - Updated to current MediaWiki base system - Updated skin - Major spam cleanup - Introduction of additional anti-spam features (no anonymous edits, request of user accounts) - Added social web features to share pages (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) - News entries on homepage are now in their own namespace (News) for having them on a separate RSS feed Best regards, Wolfgang Aigner Coordinator of the InfoVis:Wiki -- WOLFGANG AiGNER institute of software technology & interactive systems (isis) vienna university of technology aigner(a)ifs.tuwien.ac.at ::: http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/~aigner/ T +43-1-58801-18833 ::: F +43-1-58801-9-18833 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: N E W B O O K ::: VISUALIZATION OF TIME-ORIENTED DATA Wolfgang Aigner • Silvia Miksch • Heidrun Schumann • Christian Tominski Springer, 2011 • http://www.timeviz.net :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: N E W B O O K :::

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Open Position in IBM Research-Ireland: Research Scientist in Visual Analytics
by Fabio Pinelli 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

There is no application submission deadline associated with these positions. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until positions are filled The Smarter Cities Technology Centre (SCTC) at IBMâ€™s Dublin Research Laboratory, Ireland is accepting applications for full-time researchers in the area of visual analytics. We are hiring researchers who specialize in the visualization of spatial and spatio-temporal data and tools for visual analytics, exploratory data analysis, problem solving, and decision making. The successful candidate will develop novel interactive systems for visual analysis and communication that leverage a combination of compelling visualization and data analysis tools in order to gain actionable intelligence and insights from large data collections. Research will be conducted in the context of industry data and challenges, such as transportation, energy, social media analytics and effective natural resource management. In these domains, real-time, interactive, and incremental visualization tools are of special interest. The ideal candidate will be familiar with visualization programming environments such as IBM ILOG Visualization Software, Processing, HTML5, dojo, Java, Adobe Flex, and a basic knowledge of data mining and data analytics techniques. The successful research candidate must have demonstrated ability to define research plans, carry out leading research, and publish research results through professional journals, academic conferences, and patents. As a researcher you will be expected to organize challenging problems, develop new solutions, and work with business & development teams to ensure these solutions have a significant impact. The Smarter Cities Technology Centre is part of IBM Research and was created to take on the challenges of our increasingly urbanized world. We are an R&D organization that works closely with city authorities, universities, and small/large businesses to advance science & technology for smarter urban and environmental systems. We aim to expand our highly skilled and cross-disciplinary team to as many as 200 researchers and software engineers. Areas we currently focus on include: data mining and machine learning; data privacy; statistical modeling & organization, control and decision systems, social, semantic web; distributed information systems; knowledge & data engineering, geospatial analysis and organization, simulation, real-time computing, and urban and environmental systems, e.g., water, energy, transportation. We offer: -- A stimulating, cross-disciplinary environment in a leading research organization, -- Opportunities for a unique combination of scientific and industrial research into real-world problems -- Excellent ties to academic and industrial research labs worldwide -- Up-to-date infrastructure and resources -- The ability to take part in large-scale international research projects Required -- Doctorate Degree -- At least 3 years experience in the areas of visualization and analytics -- At least 1 year experience in publication in top-tier research conferences and journals -- At least 2 years experience in programming in Java and C/C++ -- English: Fluent Preferred -- At least 2 years experience in exploratory data analysis You can read more about us at: http://www-05.ibm.com/ie/smarterplanet/technologycentre/index.html IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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IEEE vgTC Visualization Pioneers Group Gathering at IEEE VIS 2013
by Wong, Pak C 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

IEEE Computer Society Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (vgTC) has recently established the IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group (VPG, http://www.vgtc.org/vpg.html) VPG will host its first member exclusive reception on Monday, Oct 14 at the SEAR Restaurant Atlanta (http://www.searatlanta.com/) located at the IEEE VIS 2013 conference hotel. To become a member of the VPG, one simply needs to have at least 20 years of contributions to some aspect of visualization and visual analytics. The membership fee is $US 50.00 per year and will be collected at the door of the reception. Additionally, there will be a VPG promotional table set up at the IEEE VIS conference lobby on Monday to accept membership applications. VPG will accept only U.S. bank checks or U.S. dollars for the membership dues. Walk-ins are welcome, but to help with head count, we ask that you send an email to vpg(a)vgtc.org in advance (by Oct 7, 2013). We look forward to meeting all the members at the VPG reception. Please mark it on your calendar: Time: 6pm Date: Monday, Oct 14, 2013 Location: SEAR Restaurant Atlanta, 265 Peachtree Center Ave., Atlanta, GA. Thank you, IEEE VPG Organizers

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Call for Papers - IEEE VR 2014 - Abstract Deadline - Sept 5
by Sabine Coquillart 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

[ Apologies for cross-postings / Please forward to interested colleagues and students ] IEEE VR 2014 Call for Papers Minneapolis - Mar 29 - Apr 2, 2014 http://ieeevr.org/2014/ Abstract Deadline - Sept 5 *********************************************************************************** IEEE VR 2014 seeks original, high-quality papers in all areas related to virtual reality, including augmented reality, mixed reality, and 3D user interfaces. Each paper should be classifiable as mainly covering research, applications, or systems, using the following guidelines for each: Research papers should describe results that contribute to advances in state-of-the-art software, hardware, algorithms, interaction, or human-factors. Application papers should explain how the authors built upon existing ideas and applied them to solve an interesting problem in a novel way. Each paper should include an evaluation of the success of the use of VR/AR/MR in the given application domain. System papers should indicate how the implementers integrated known techniques and technologies to produce an effective system, along with any lessons learned in the process. Each paper should include an evaluation of the system, including benchmarking that was performed (e.g., latency or frame-rate). Topics include: Immersive gaming 3D interaction for VR/AR/MR Input devices for VR/AR/MR Haptics, audio, and other non-visual interfaces VR systems and toolkits Augmented and mixed reality Computer graphics techniques for VR/AR/MR Advanced display technology Immersive projection technology Multi-user and distributed VR/AR/MR Serious games Tracking and sensing Modeling and simulation User studies and evaluation Perception, presence, and cognition Navigation Applications of VR/AR/MR Teleoperation and telepresence This year, we will continue the process of having all accepted long papers published in a special issue of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). To meet TVCG standards, long papers will undergo a two-stage review process (see subission deadlines below). Authors of long papers that are determined to be acceptable with minor revisions during a first review cycle will be invited to submit a revised version for a second review cycle. Only long papers that are accepted in this second review cycle will appear in the journal issue and be presented at the conference. Short papers can cover preliminary studies, prototype applications, or initial implementations. Short papers will be published separately in the standard conference proceedings. The primary difference between short and long papers is in the size of their contributions and NOT in the importance/impact of their contributions. To assure this, short and long papers will be treated as separate tracks and will be accepted or rejected according to the merit of their contributions. Rejected long papers will NOT be considered for acceptance as short papers, unless the reviewers unanimously feel this is the right decision, and rewriting is determined to be doable in the time available. Consequently, authors should carefully consider the category for each submitted paper. Note that an abstract must be uploaded prior to the paper. This facilitates assigning reviewers, as the review process is on a tight schedule. All paper submissions must be in English. Long papers must not exceed ten (10) pages in length, with the caveat that the standard is eight (8) pages. If the reviewers find a paper overly long for the size of its contribution, they may ask for it to be shortened it if it is accepted. Short papers must not exceed six (6) pages in length. Both long and short papers should be formatted using the IEEE Computer Society format described at http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~vis/Track/vr-menu.html . For index terms, please use the descriptors from the ACM Computing Classification System, located at http://www.acm.org/class . IEEE VR uses a double-blind review process, meaning both the authors and the reviewers remain anonymous to each other. Submissions (including citations and optional videos) should not contain information that unnecessarily identifies the authors, their institutions, or their places of work. Relevant previous work by the authors should be cited in the third person to preserve anonymity. In order to fully explain the relationship between the submitted paper and relevant previous work by the authors, authors may additionally upload previous papers as well as a non-anonymous letter of explanation; these materials will only been seen by the primary reviewer. All papers must be submitted electronically. Authors may also submit videos to aid the program committee in reviewing their submissions. Videos must be submitted according to the instructions at the conference website. Videos submitted with papers will automatically be considered for possible inclusion in the video proceedings (video submissions may also be made independently, as described in the "Call for Videos"). When submitted as supporting material, videos must be free of identifying information. If accepted for the video proceedings, a revised version will be requested. Paper submissions must not have been published previously. A paper is considered to have been published previously if it has appeared in a peer-reviewed journal, magazine, book, or meeting proceedings that is reliably and permanently available afterward in print or electronic form to non-attendees, regardless of the language of that publication. A paper identical or substantially similar in content (in its entirety or in part) to one submitted to VR should not be simultaneously under consideration for another conference or journal during the entire VR review process (from the submission deadline until notifications of decisions are emailed to authors). Further information on the reviewing process can be found in the Reviewing Guidelines DEADLINES: Each deadline is at 23:59 GMT/UTC on the stated day, no matter where the submitter is located. Long & Short Paper abstracts due (REQUIRED): September 5, 2013 Long & Short Paper submissions due: September 12, 2013 Notification of results of first review cycle: November 4, 2013 Revised paper submission due for second review cycle (REQUIRED FOR LONG PAPERS): December 7, 2013 Final notification for second review cycle: December 21, 2013 Camera-ready material due (to be published in TVCG for long papers and in a standard conference proceedings for short papers): January 10, 2014. The submission deadlines will be strictly enforced. Paper abstracts and complete papers must be submitted through the online submission system. For more information, please contact the Program Chairs: programchairs [at] ieeevr.org Doug A. Bowman, Virginia Tech., USA Sabine Coquillart, INRIA, France Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Osaka University, Japan Edward Swan II, Mississippi State University

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Handbook of Human Centric Visualization has just published!
by whua5569＠gmail.com 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

Hi there I am not sure if it is ok to send this message. I thought this book might be of interest to the community. **** If not, please ignore this email!**** ** ** ===**** Handbook of Human Centric Visualization by Springer.**** ** ** Forward by Peter Eades**** ** ** International Advisory Board:**** Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University, USA**** Chaomei Chen, Drexel University, USA**** Philip Cox, Dalhousie University, Canada**** Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft Research, USA**** Joseph H. Goldberg, Oracle, USA**** John Howse, University of Brighton, UK**** Mao Lin Huang, University of Technology Sydney, Australia**** Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden**** Christof Körner, University of Graz, Austria**** David H. Laidlaw, Brown University, USA**** Giuseppe Liotta, University of Perugia, Italy**** Richard K. Lowe, Curtin University, Australia**** Katerina Mania, Technical University of Crete, Greece**** Kim Marriott, Monash University, Australia**** Helen Purchase, University of Glasgow, UK**** Mary Beth Rosson, Penn State University, USA**** Jack van Wijk, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands**** ** ** The book has twenty-nine chapters, which are grouped into the following six parts:**** **1. **Visual communication**** **2. **Theory and science**** **3. **Principles, guidelines and recommendations**** **4. **Methods**** **5. **Perception and cognition**** **6. **Dynamic visualization**** For more details, please go to the link below:**** ** ** http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/book/978-1-4614-7484-5**** ** ** Best regards**** Tony Huang **

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CFP: The 3rd IEEE Workshop on Interactive Visual Text Analytics at IEEE VIS 2013
by Eser Kandogan 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

TextVis 2013 : The 3rd IEEE Workshop on Interactive Visual Text Analytics at IEEE VIS 2013 http://www.textvis.org/ Important Dates ================= Papers Due: August 31, 2013 Notification: September 14, 2013 Final Version: October 1, 2013 Workshop: October 14, 2013 Description ================= Much research has been reported on visual text analytics for plain text documents viewed in traditional analytic settings. In this workshop, we would like to push the boundary of visual text analytics toward heterogeneous textual data (text associated with other data types) and ubiquitous text analytics. First, we would like to use the workshop to collect various use cases about heterogeneous data and ubiquitous text analytics. From the use cases, we hope to better understand the requirements of heterogeneous textual data analysis from a task-driven perspective. Although there is some work on visual analysis of heterogeneous textual data, there is not a clear understanding of the typical tasks that people would like to achieve in analyzing heterogeneous textual data. Moreover, how will different tasks influence the design and development of both text analytics and visualization technologies? We thus would like to leverage the power of the crowd at the workshop to examine a number of use cases and draft a taxonomy that characterizes the design dimensions of the space and can also be used to guide the future design and development. Second, based on the use cases, we would like to use this workshop to examine how to best leverage state-of-the-art text analytics and traditional data mining techniques in conjunction with novel interactive visual analytics to address the challenges manifested by the collected use cases. Call for Participation ================= We invite 2-4 page position paper submissions that address topics related to interactive visual analysis of heterogeneous textual data or visual analysis of text data on mobile devices or other ubiquitous scenarios, with a requirement that every submission must clearly state one or more concrete use cases, including the tasks to be achieved, the two or more types of data to be analyzed, and data analytic methods used. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Task taxonomy of analysis of heterogeneous textual data or ubiquitous text analytics - Visual metaphors for heterogeneous textual data or ubiquitous text analytics - Coordinated visualizations of textual and non-textual data - Perception and cognition in heterogeneous data visualization or ubiquitous text analytics - Mobile visual text analytics and mobile visual interaction - Systems, languages, and architectures for heterogeneous textual data analysis - Collaborative analysis of heterogeneous textual data - Real-time visualization of streaming heterogeneous textual data - Opinion summarization from heterogeneous textual data - Visual event identification and prediction from heterogeneous textual data - Uncertainty in interactive heterogeneous textual data analysis or ubiquitous text analytics - Industry-specific applications of visual analysis of heterogeneous textual data (e.g. Retail, Healthcare, Government, etc.) - Studies and evaluation of heterogeneous textual data visualization techniques, systems, metrics, and bench-marks - Datasets and tasks for visual text analysis of heterogeneous textual data -------------------------------------------- Eser Kandogan, Ph.D. User Systems and Experience Research, Computer Science IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, CA 95120 Ph: 408-927-1949

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