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Mini-Challenge 3 Data Now Available! VAST Challenge 2013
by Cook, Kristin A 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

VAST Challenge 2013 Call for Participation Mini-Challenge 3 Data now available! See http://vacommunity.org/VASTchallenge2013 for details. There is something for everyone in this year's VAST Challenge. This year's challenge presents three distinct mini-challenges to test your skills. These challenges are open to participation by individuals and teams in industry, government, and academia. Creative approaches to visual analytics are encouraged. Now Open! Mini-Challenge 1 focuses on predictive analytics for movie openings. It will challenge your ability to use visual analytics for predictive analysis, as well as your ability to manage large data and to make decisions in a short timeframe. Using data we specify, you will use your interactive visualization tools to predict upcoming movies' opening weekend box office successes and viewer ratings. It is decidedly different from previous VAST Challenges in that it will be continuous and iterative with reviewing and recognition being presented from now until the final judging session. Please visit boxofficevast.org<http://boxofficevast.org> for more information and to register. Now Open! Mini-Challenge 2 tests your skills in visual design. The fictitious Big Enterprise is searching for a design for their future situation awareness display. The company's intrepid network operations team will use this display to understand the health, security, and performance of their entire computer network. This challenge is also very different from previous VAST Challenges, because there is no data to process and no questions to answer. Instead, the challenge is to show off your design talents by producing a creative new design for situation awareness. Please visit VAST Challenge 2013: Mini-Challenge 2<http://vacommunity.org/VAST+Challenge+2013%3A+Mini-Challenge+2> for more information. Now Open! Mini-Challenge 3 focuses on unusual happenings on the computer network of a marketing company. Can you identify what looks amiss on the network using the network flow and network health data provided? And can you ask the right questions to help you piece together the timeline of events? Two weeks of data will be released for this challenge. Week 1 data is now available. Please visit http://www.vacommunity.org/VASTchallenge2013MC3 for more details. For more information, please contact vast_challenge(a)ieeevis.org<mailto:vast_challenge@ieeevis.org>. The submission deadline is July 8, 2013. We look forward to seeing your creative solutions. Kris Cook, Georges Grinstein, and Mark Whiting VAST Challenge Committee co-chairs

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[Extended deadline] CFP VINCI 2013: 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction
by Robert Biuk-Aghai 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Call for Papers VINCI 2013 - 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 17-18 August 2013 http://se.tju.edu.cn/vinci2013 Conference proceedings published by ACM Press and archived in the ACM Digital Library within its International Conference Proceedings Series. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of appropriate journals including the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC) and International Journal of Software and Informatics (IJSI). The 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI) is a multi-disciplinary conference that provides a forum for researchers, artists, designers, and industrial practitioners to discuss the state of the art in visual communication theories, designs, and applications. VINCI has been previously held in Shanghai, China (VINCI'2008), Sydney, Australia (VINCI'2009), Beijing, China (VINCI'2010), Hong Kong (VINCI'2011), and Hangzhou, China (VINCI'2012). VINCI 2013 will be held on August 17 and 18 in the beautiful city of Tianjin, China. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS We are soliciting high quality research papers reporting on original research as well as system development experiences across a wide spectrum of interests and disciplines, including computer science, design, arts, sociology, anthropology and psychology. We are particularly interested in work that bridges the divide between technology, art and design. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: 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) Area 2: Visualization applications * Visual Analytics * Sketching * Graphical user interface design * Software visualization * Visual approaches to knowledge discovery * Visual programming and modeling languages * Visualization on mobile devices * Animation * Game design Area 3: Visual design & art * Interaction design * Interactive art * Infographie and data-driven art * Virtual actors * Interactive storytelling * Augmented reality and its applications * Computational (or digital) aesthetics * Wearable computers * Ubiquitous / responsive environments * Entertainment technology PAPER SUBMISSION Submissions that address research and development on the above and other related topics are strongly encouraged. The scientific quality of contributed papers will be ensured by a rigorous review process, that will involve all members of the Program Committee. Papers may be up to 10 pages long and should be in ACM archival format. Accepted 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 and 2012 papers, accepted VINCI 2013 papers will be EI-indexed. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of appropriate journals including the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC) and International Journal of Software and Informatics (IJSI).Papers must be written in English. POSTERS, DEMOS AND VIDEOS VINCI 2013 offers a timely venue for artists, designers, industrial practitioners and researchers to present their ongoing projects, discuss innovative ideas and new problems or applications, and gain feedback from the community about their work. Authors will have a chance to give a short presentation at the demonstration session to discuss work and interact with the audience. Submissions can be made in the following form: * Posters: Submit a two-page paper describing work on topics listed above. Authors of accepted posters are required to bring a large hardcopy poster for display. Posters have no predefined formatting, but the dimensions may not exceed A0 paper size (841mm X 1189mm). Posters are not considered archival publications and thus can have subsequent full papers submitted to other conferences or journals. * Demos: Submit a one-page paper describing the system to be demonstrated. The live demo is limited to 20 minutes. Presenters should provide their own equipment if needed. * Videos: Submit a one-page paper describing a pre-captured movie in standard formats. The video demo is limited to 20 minutes. Presenters can show and narrate the videos. IMPORTANT DATES (*updated*) Paper submission: May 7, 2013 Notification of decision: June 7, 2013 Camera-ready copy: June 22, 2013 Conference: August 17-18, 2013 GENERAL CHAIRS Jiawan Zhang, Tianjin University, China jwzhang(a)tju.edu.cn Gennaro Costagliola, University of Salerno, Italy gencos(a)unisa.it PROGRAM CHAIR Robert P. Biuk-Aghai, University of Macau, Macau robertb(a)umac.mo PUBLICITY CHAIR Yi Zhang, Tianjin University, China yizhang(a)tju.edu.cn PROGRAM COMMITTEE Stephen Brooks, Dalhousie University, Canada Jian Chen, University of Maryland, USA Li Chen, Tsinghua University, China Wei Chen, Zhejiang University, China Shiwei Cheng, Zhejiang University of Technology, China Gennaro Costagliola, Universita di Salerno, Italy Phil Cox, Dalhousie University, Canada Weiwei Cui, Microsoft Research Asia, China Paul Fishwick, University of Florida, USA Scott Hessels, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Masahito Hirakawa, Shimane University, Japan Seok-Hee Hong, University of Sydney, Australia Maolin Huang, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Weidong Huang, CSIRO, Australia Xiaodi Huang, Charles Sturt University, Australia Takayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu University, Japan Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden Jun Kong, North Dakota State University, USA Machiko Kusahara, Waseda University, Japan Aidong Lu, UNC Charlotte, USA Roger Malina, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Ryohei Nakatsu, National University of Singapore, Singapore Quang Vinh Nguyen, University of Western Sydney, Australia Yoshihiro Okada, Kyushu University, Japan Francois Poulet, IRISA, France Lei Ren, Beihang University, China Akihiko Shirai, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan Guanglei Song, eBay, USA Hongzhi Song, South China Agricultural University, China Zhengxing Sun, Nanjing University, China Linmi Tao, Tsinghua University, China Dongxing Teng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Hongan Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Junhu Wang, Griffith University, Australia Xiaoyu Wang, University of North Carolina, USA Hidenori Watanave, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Yingcai Wu, UC Davis, USA Yu-Bin Yang, Nanjing University, China Xiaoru Yuan, Peking University, China Kang Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Xiaolong Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, USA Ye Zhao, Kent State University, USA Sam Zheng, Siemens Corporate Research, USA

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CFP: IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications issue on Visual Analytics for Biological Data
by Goerg, Carsten 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Visual Analytics for Biological Data Final submissions due: 21 July 2013 Publication date: March/April 2014 http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cgacfp2 The emergence of pre-eminent systems approaches in biological and life-sciences creates enormous challenges for computational visualization techniques to enable researchers to gain insight from their large, highly complex, and multiple data sets. The special issue of IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications on Visual Analytics for Biological Data seeks contributions that describe applications of visual analytics techniques to yield viable results that are biologically relevant and significant. We welcome case studies that were greatly facilitated or could not have been completed in the absence of visual analytics techniques. Existing, modified, or new analytical and visualization techniques can be applied to verify prevailing or novel hypotheses or to allow for discovery of new facts and hypotheses as manifest in the data. Ideally, the submitted case studies should be conducted by teams of researchers from the visualization and bioinformatics or biology communities. We are looking for contributions ranging from data on organization, form, and function of phenotypes that may come from a multitude of scales ranging from molecular and subcellular, to cell, tissue, organism and populations thereof. Similarly, contributions that visualize and analyze genomic alterations and explain associations between genotypes and phenotypes (for example, eQTL studies, GWAS) are welcome. It is important that the submissions have a narrative that highlights utility in terms of successful, biologically-relevant results. Suggested case studies include, but are not limited to: - genome and sequence data, including genomic variation data, - multivariate omics data (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and so on), - biological networks (protein-protein interactions, co-expression, and so on) and pathways, - structures (for example, protein or RNA structures) and their relationship to function, - association studies in the clinic and the laboratory (eQTL, GWAS), - visualization in neurobiology and developmental biology, - integration of visualization in biological workflows or collaborative processes, - visualization and visual analytics of integrated biological data sets (for example, image and omics data) for purposes of biomarkers, and subtyping, and so on, - creative visual-analysis of publicly available datasets (for example, The Cancer Genome Atlas, Allen Brain Atlas, and son on) and privately curated datasets, and - creation and visualization of ontologies, biological atlases and metadata. Questions? Please direct any correspondence before submission to the guest editors: Carsten Görg, University of Colorado, Carsten.Goerg(a)ucdenver.edu Raghu Machiraju, The Ohio State University, machiraju.1(a)osu.edu Arthur Olson, Scripps Institute, olson(a)scripps.edu Submission Guidelines Articles should be no more than eight magazine pages, where a page is 800 words and a quarter-page image counts as 200 words. Please cite only the 12 most relevant references, and consider providing (technical) background information in sidebars for nonexpert readers. Color images are preferable and should be limited to a total of 10. Visit the CG&A style and length guidelines at www.computer.org/portal/web/peerreviewmagazines/cga. We also strongly encourage you to submit multimedia (videos etc.) to enhance your article. Visit CG&A supplemental guidelines at www.computer.org/portal/web/peerreviewmagazines/accga#supplemental Please submit your paper using the online manuscript submission service at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cs-ieee. When uploading your paper, select the appropriate special-issue title under the category "Manuscript Type." Also, include complete contact information for all authors. If you have any questions about submitting your article, contact the peer review coordinator at cga-ma(a)computer.org.

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2nd CFP: 1st IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT 2013)
by Jonas Trümper 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

*** apologies for cross-posting *** Call for Papers: IEEE VISSOFT 2013 ---------------------------------- Location: Eindhoven, NL Date: September 27-28, 2013 Website: http://icsm2013.tue.nl/VISSOFT/ *** Paper submission deadline: May 6, 2013 *** The first IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT 2013) follows six editions of the IEEE International Workshop on Visualizing Software for Understanding and Analysis (VISSOFT) and five editions of the ACM Symposium on Software Visualization (SOFTVIS). In 2013, these two events will be united in a single top-tier conference on software visualization which is co-located with ICSM 2013. Software Visualization is a broad research area encompassing techniques that assist in a range of software engineering activities, such as, specification, design, programming, testing, maintenance, reverse engineering and reengineering. Covered methods contain the development and evaluation of approaches for visually analyzing software and software systems, including their structure, execution behavior, and evolution. In this conference, we focus on visualization techniques that target aspects of software maintenance and evolution, program comprehension, reverse engineering, and reengineering, i.e., how visualization helps programmers to understand, analyze, and evolve software. We aim to gather tool developers, users and researchers from software engineering, information visualization, and human-computer interaction to discuss theoretical foundations, algorithms, techniques, tools, and applications related to software visualization. We seek theoretical, as well as practical papers on applications, techniques, tools, case studies, and empirical studies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Program visualization * Visual software analytics * Network visualizations in software engineering * Visualization of software documentations * Visualization of parallel programs * Visualization-based software in computer science and software engineering education * Visualization of workflow and business processes * Integration of software visualization tools and development environments * Visualization of web services * Visualization of software evolution * Visualization of database schemes * Protocol and log visualization (security, trust) * Graph algorithms for software visualization * Visual debugging * Software visualization on the internet * Empirical evaluation of software visualization * Visualization to support program comprehension Papers are solicited that present original, unpublished research results and will be rigorously reviewed by an international program committee. In addition to full papers, VISSOFT features a New Ideas or Emerging Results (NIER) track and a tool demo track related to the same list of topics suggested above. All accepted submissions will appear in the conference proceedings and the IEEE Digital Library. More information on how to submit a paper including paper formatting as well as more information on the NIER and tool demo tracks can be found here: http://icsm2013.tue.nl/VISSOFT/ Important Dates --------------- * Full Paper submission deadline: May 6, 2013 * Author notification: June 17, 2013 * Camera ready paper deadline: July 12, 2013S * Deadline for submissions to NIER and tool demo tracks: June 28, 2013 * Notification for NIER and tool demo tracks: July 18, 2013 Organizers ---------- * General Chair Alexandru C. Telea, University of Groningen, NL * Program Co-Chairs Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, SE Andrian Marcus, Wayne State University, MI, USA * Publicity & Web Chair Jonas Trümper, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Univ. of Potsdam, DE * NIER & Tool Demo Track Co-Chairs Stephan Diehl, University of Trier, DE James A. Jones, University of California, Irvine, USA Programm Committee ------------------ Wim De Pauw, IBM Research, USA Stephan Diehl, University of Trier, Germany Jürgen Döllner, Hasso Plattner Institut, Germany Carsten Görg, University of Colorado Denver, USA James A. Jones, University of California Irvine, USA Michael Kaufmann, University of Tuebingen, Germany Holger Kienle, University of Victoria, Canada Stephen Kobourov, University of Arizona, USA Eileen Kraemer, University of Georgia, USA Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland Bongshin Lee, Microsoft Research, USA Claus Lewerentz, BTU Cottbus, Germany Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California Davis, USA Jonathan Maletic, Kent State University, USA Hausi Müller, University of Victoria, Canada Emerson Murphy-Hill, North Carolina State University, USA Helen Purchase, University of Glasgow, UK Steven P. Reiss, Brown University, USA Houari Sahraoui, Université de Montréal, Canada Bonita Sharif, Youngstown State University, USA Margaret-Anne Storey, University of Victoria, CA Jarke J. van Wijk, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands Robert Walker, University of Calgary, USA Kang Zhang, University of Texas, Dallas USA

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Final CfP: DMS2013 -- International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems
by James Burton 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Dear colleague, apologies for multiple copies. The submission date for DMS is in just over three weeks time. ----------------------------------------- The 19th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems Holiday Inn, Brighton - Seafront, United Kingdom August 8 - August 10, 2013 http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms13.html With today's proliferation of multimedia data (e.g., images, animations, video, and sound), comes the challenge of using such information to facilitate data analysis, modeling, presentation, interaction and programming, particularly for end-users who are domain experts, but not IT professionals. The main theme of the 19th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS'2013) is multimedia inspired computing. The conference organizers seek contributions of high quality papers, panels or tutorials, addressing any novel aspect of computing (e.g., programming language or environment, data analysis, scientific visualization, etc.) that significantly benefits from the incorporation/integration of multimedia data (e.g., visual, audio, pen, voice, image, etc.), for presentation at the conference and publication in the proceedings. Both research and case study papers or demonstrations describing results in research area as well as industrial development cases and experiences are solicited. The use of prototypes and demonstration video for presentations is encouraged. Special issue of Journals: The DMS conference is closely coordinated with the International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing and the International Journal of Distance Education Technologies. Usually the best ranked papers from the conference, after rigorous reviews, extensive revisions and further enhancements, will appear in one or more special issues of the above journals. Papers suggested for the special issue(s) will be reviewed by external reviewers following the standard procedure of review stipulated by the respective journal. Topics: Distributed Multimedia Technology media coding, acquisition and standards QoS and Quality of Experience control digital rights management and conditional access solutions privacy and security issues mobile devices and wireless networks mobile intelligent applications sensor networks, environment control and management Distributed Multimedia Models and Systems human-computer interaction languages for distributed multimedia multimedia software engineering issues semantic computing and processing media grid computing, cloud and virtualization web services and multi-agent systems multimedia databases and information systems multimedia indexing and retrieval systems multimedia and cross media authoring Applications of Distributed Multimedia Systems collaborative and social multimedia systems and solutions humanities and cultural heritage applications, management and fruition multimedia preservation cultural heritage preservation, management and fruition distance and lifelong learning emergency and safety management e-commerce and e-government applications health care management and disability assistance intelligent multimedia computing internet multimedia computing virtual, mixed and augmented reality user profiling, reasoning and recommendations Information for Authors: Papers must be written in English. An electronic version (Postscript, PDF, or MS Word format) of the full paper should be submitted using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/dms2013/submit/SubmitPaper.php (submission site will be open Jan 1, 2013). Manuscript must include a 200-word abstract and no more than 6 pages of 2-column text (include figures and references). All submissions must not be published or under consideration for publication in a journal or in a conference with proceedings. Papers will be evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness and clarify of exposition. Depending upon the results of evaluation a paper may be accepted as regular paper (6 pages), short paper (4 pages) or poster (poster presentation only). Hotel Information: The DMS 2013 Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn, Brighton - Seafront, United Kingdom. See: http://hibrighton.com A special daily rate of 99 pounds, VAT included, will be available during the conference period. This rate includes breakfast. For two persons, the rate will be 105 pounds. To make reservation at the special rate, please go to: http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/brighton/bhtsf/hoteldetail?groupCode… Keynote Speaker: Professor Roberto Laurini, Professor Emeritus of the University of Lyon, France and KSI Fellow, will deliver a keynote speech at DMS2013. Workshops and Special Sessions: The following workshops and special sessions are being planned: International Workshop on Distance Education Technology (DET) International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing (VLC) Please contact the conference program co-chairs if you are interested in organizing a workshop or a special session. A one-page proposal with the following items is required: Title of the workshop/special session Name of the organizer(s) A list of program committee members (reviewers) E-mail address of the lead organizer A brief description of the theme Conference Contact Information: DMS 2013 Conference Secretariat Knowledge Systems Institute 3420 Main Street Skokie, IL 60076 USA Tel: 847-679-3135 Fax: 847-679-3166 E-mail: dms13(a)ksi.edu Important Dates: Paper submission due: April 29, 2013 Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2013 Camera-ready copy: June 15, 2013 Early conference registration due: June 15, 2013 Conference organized by: Knowledge Systems Institute, USA Conference listed by: DBLP INSPEC Compendex Library of Congress AllConferences.com WikiCFP -- Dr Jim Burton Lecturer in Computing School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics University of Brighton ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. 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Final CfP: VLC 2013 -- International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing
by James Burton 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Dear colleague, apologies for multiple copies. The submission date for VLC is in just over three weeks time. -------------------------------------------------- 2013 International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing Holiday Inn, Brighton - Seafront, United Kingdom, August 8 to 10, 2013 http://www.ksi.edu/seke/vlc13cfp.html SCOPE Visual languages mediate human and computer interaction. For some visual languages this mediation is straightforward; using a mouse to access a drop-down menu is well-known to computer users. For others, this mediation can be enriched via sketch and gesture recognition. This is made possible by advances in commodity hardware. More formal visual languages allow experts to accurately specify complex systems, such as software architecture or chemical molecules. A visual language can also encompass complex human-computer interaction such as navigating a set of semantically linked videos. Indeed, precision of semantics underlies visual languages and computation. Aspects of visual computing are multi-faceted in goals that are to be achieved during information or language design. The following represents a short list of qualities that are of importance to the study within visual computing: efficiency, aesthetics, pleasure, emotion, engagement, immersion, collaboration, and culture. Aspects of art, engineering, and science play key roles where certain practitioners focus on design and engineering of visual interactions whereas others analyze and study these interactions (i.e., science). The International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing will explore these issues, and will be held in conjunction with the 2013 International Conference of Distributed Multimedia Systems (http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms13.html) For this year's special theme we request high-quality submissions on visual languages that increase the efficacy of various tasks, or on the effectiveness of visual languages themselves. In addition to the special theme, we continue to solicit papers on all aspects and approaches to visual languages and computing, including interactive visual computing, computer-empowered visual computing, human-empowered visual computing, transformation algorithms for visual computing, and visual languages for visual computing. TOPICS Aesthetic Computing Ambient Information Interaction Automated Generation and Layout of Visualisations Biomedical Imagery Computer-Assisted Visual Art and Design Fusion of Vision with Audio and Other Modalities Gestural Computing Human-Machine Interface Design Human Vision Systems and Models Parallel/Distributed/Neural Computing and Representations for Visual Information Pictorial Databases and Information Systems Scientific Visualization Sketch and Gesture based design Sketch and Gesture based interaction with data Sketch Recognition Software to Support the use of Visual Languages Visual and Spatial/Temporal Reasoning Visual Computing for Expert Communities Visual Computing in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Visual Computing on Sensed Data Visual Languages Visual Programming Visualization of Computational Processes SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Submissions that address research and development on the above and other related topics are strongly encouraged. All the submitted papers will be reviewed by the international Program Committee members. Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of DMS 2013. A selection of the best papers will be invited for subsequent publication in a special issue of the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing. Papers of up to six (6) IEEE double-column pages should be submitted electronically via the VLC 2013 paper submission page: http://conf.ksi.edu/vlc2013/submit/SubmitPaper.php (submission site will be open Jan 1, 2013). IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission due: April 29, 2013 Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2013 Camera-ready copy: June 15, 2013 Early conference registration due: June 15, 2013 Conference listed by DBLP INSPEC Compendex AllConferences.com WikiCFP -- Dr Jim Burton Lecturer in Computing School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics University of Brighton ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. For more information see http://www.brighton.ac.uk/is/spam/ ___________________________________________________________

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS to host the 10th Anniversary International Conference on the Histories of Medi
by Image Science 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

CALL FOR PROPOSALS to host the 10th Anniversary International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology: Re:2015. The Media Art Histories Board invites applications to host the 10th Anniversary International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology. The international conference series, which was inaugurated in 2005 in Banff, Canada, has since been held in several international venues around the globe including Berlin in 2007, Melbourne 2009, Liverpool 2011 and will be held this fall in Riga. The conference series aims to engage the growing community of scholars from a range of disciplines including art history, contemporary art practice, art theory, history of science, history of technology, science and technology studies, media studies, image science, visual studies, philosophy, cultural studies, anthropology, architecture theory, sound studies, computer science among others to develop and share new research and scholarship in the intersecting fields of the histories of media art, science and technology. The host of the next conference in 2015 will have the opportunity to continue to build on the impressive history of the conference series and celebrate its 10 year anniversary. CONFERENCE SERIES MISSION *Recognizing the increasing significance of media art for our culture, the conference series on the Histories of Media Art will discuss the history of media arts within the interdisciplinary and intercultural contexts of the histories of the arts. Numerous individuals and institutions collaborate to produce the international art history conference series covering the media arts, the arts and technology, art-science interaction, and the history of media as pertinent to the contemporary arts.* GUIDELINES, SELECTION CRITERIA AND DEADLINES Proposals to host the conference will include the following information: 1. Proposed Dates 2. Proposed Venues (including information on number, capacity and AV and network capabilities of spaces) 3. Rationale for hosting the conference 4. Host Local Organizing Committee 5. Relevant previous experience (e.g., committee members* experience in hosting conferences, events, etc.) 6. Publicity Plan 7. Funding / Sponsorship plan 8. Preliminary Budget Those interested in making a bid to host the conference can download GUIDELINES here (http://www.mediaarthistory.org/mah-conf-series/call-re2015) and are encouraged to write to Wendy Coones at wendy.coones(at)donau-uni.ac.at with an expression of interest prior to submitting a formal proposal. Deadline for final submission of proposals: May 31, 2013 MAH Advisory Board’s final decision for the 2015 host: July 31, 2013. MediaArtHistory Board (Steering Committee) Sean CUBITT – Goldsmiths College, University of London Jorge LAFERLA – University of Buenos Aires Oliver GRAU – Danube University Linda HENDERSON, University of Texas, Austin Erkki HUHTAMO University of California Los Angeles Douglas KAHN – University of New South Wales Martin KEMP – Oxford University Timothy LENIOR – Duke University Machiko KUSAHARA – Waseda University, Tokyo Gunalan NADARAJAN – University of Michigan Paul THOMAS – UNSW Sydney www.mediaarthistory.org http://www.mediaarthistory.org/mah-conf-series/call-re2015

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Full-Time Assistant/Associate Professor Position in Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Information Visualisation)
by Beat Signer 17 Mar '13

17 Mar '13

A tenured professor position (assistant or associate) in Computer Science (in the domain of Web and Information Systems Engineering) is available in the Department of Computer Science (Faculty of Sciences) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Planned starting date: October 1, 2013 Required degree: PhD in (Computer) Science/Engineering Application deadline: March 28, 2013 Research -------- The candidate is expected to reinforce the research of the WISE Lab (http://wise.vub.ac.be) by initiating and conducting research in a field that is related but complementary to the WISE lab's current research on Web and Information Systems Engineering. Special preference will be given to candidates with a strong expertise in information visualisation, information retrieval or information (data) mining. The applicant has to fit in the research culture of the WISE lab, which puts a strong emphasis on conceptual modelling, design techniques and methods, semantics and usability, as well as on engineering methodologies, tool development and software frameworks. The selected candidate is expected to contribute to the general duties of the department and the research group as specified by the university for the grade given (i.e. supervision of PhD and MSc students as well as launching and seeking financing for new research projects). Teaching -------- The teaching load associated with a full-time appointment includes teaching general Computer Science courses at the bachelor level as well as specialised, research related courses at the master level. The concrete list of courses will be negotiated based on the selected candidate's expertise but will be situated in the broad field of databases, information systems and/or web systems. Desired Profile --------------- - The candidate should preferably have a strong expertise in one of the following domains: information visualisation, information retrieval, or information (data) mining. - The applicant has to have outstanding academic credentials and an excellent publication record that demonstrate the required expertise. - The applicant is expected to have experience with supervising PhD and MSc students and with managing research. - The applicant has to have a track record or has to demonstrate potential for launching and seeking financing for new research projects. - The candidate should be able to teach both in English and in Dutch. A candidate without knowledge of Dutch must be prepared to learn Dutch in a reasonable period of time, which is a condition for a permanent position after 3 years. - Female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. - The candidate is expected to endorse the educational vision of the university (full text available on the university web site). - Every first appointment is dependent upon the successful delivery of a teaching session. More details about the position and the application procedure are available at: http://vub.talentfinder.be/en/vacature/3948/we-2013-003-senior-academic-staf f--senior-lecturer--100--computer-science--web--information-systems/ If you have questions about the position please feel free to contact: - Prof. Olga De Troyer, Olga.DeTroyer(a)vub.ac.be, +32 2 629 3504 - Prof. Beat Signer, Beat.Signer(a)vub.ac.be, +32 2 629 1239

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CFP VINCI 2013: 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (1-month deadline reminder)
by Robert Biuk-Aghai 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Call for Papers VINCI 2013 - 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 17-18 August 2013 http://se.tju.edu.cn/vinci2013 Conference proceedings published by ACM Press and archived in the ACM Digital Library within its International Conference Proceedings Series. The 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI) is a multi-disciplinary conference that provides a forum for researchers, artists, designers, and industrial practitioners to discuss the state of the art in visual communication theories, designs, and applications. VINCI has been previously held in Shanghai, China (VINCI'2008), Sydney, Australia (VINCI'2009), Beijing, China (VINCI'2010), Hong Kong (VINCI'2011), and Hangzhou, China (VINCI'2012). VINCI 2013 will be held on August 17 and 18 in the beautiful city of Tianjin, China. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS We are soliciting high quality research papers reporting on original research as well as system development experiences across a wide spectrum of interests and disciplines, including computer science, design, arts, sociology, anthropology and psychology. We are particularly interested in work that bridges the divide between technology, art and design. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: 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) Area 2: Visualization applications * Visual Analytics * Sketching * Graphical user interface design * Software visualization * Visual approaches to knowledge discovery * Visual programming and modeling languages * Visualization on mobile devices * Animation * Game design Area 3: Visual design & art * Interaction design * Interactive art * Infographie and data-driven art * Virtual actors * Interactive storytelling * Augmented reality and its applications * Computational (or digital) aesthetics * Wearable computers * Ubiquitous / responsive environments * Entertainment technology PAPER SUBMISSION Submissions that address research and development on the above and other related topics are strongly encouraged. The scientific quality of contributed papers will be ensured by a rigorous review process, that will involve all members of the Program Committee. Papers may be up to 10 pages long and should be in ACM archival format. Accepted 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 and 2012 papers, accepted VINCI 2013 papers will be EI-indexed. Selected papers will be published in special issues of appropriate journals. Papers must be written in English. POSTERS, DEMOS AND VIDEOS VINCI 2013 offers a timely venue for artists, designers, industrial practitioners and researchers to present their ongoing projects, discuss innovative ideas and new problems or applications, and gain feedback from the community about their work. Authors will have a chance to give a short presentation at the demonstration session to discuss work and interact with the audience. Submissions can be made in the following form: * Posters: Submit a two-page paper describing work on topics listed above. Authors of accepted posters are required to bring a large hardcopy poster for display. Posters have no predefined formatting, but the dimensions may not exceed A0 paper size (841mm X 1189mm). Posters are not considered archival publications and thus can have subsequent full papers submitted to other conferences or journals. * Demos: Submit a one-page paper describing the system to be demonstrated. The live demo is limited to 20 minutes. Presenters should provide their own equipment if needed. * Videos: Submit a one-page paper describing a pre-captured movie in standard formats. The video demo is limited to 20 minutes. Presenters can show and narrate the videos. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: April 15, 2013 Notification of decision: May 15, 2013 Camera-ready copy: June 5, 2013 Conference: August 17-18, 2013 GENERAL CHAIRS Jiawan Zhang, Tianjin University, China jwzhang(a)tju.edu.cn Gennaro Costagliola, University of Salerno, Italy gencos(a)unisa.it PROGRAM CHAIR Robert P. Biuk-Aghai, University of Macau, Macau robertb(a)umac.mo PUBLICITY CHAIR Yi Zhang, Tianjin University, China yizhang(a)tju.edu.cn PROGRAM COMMITTEE Stephen Brooks, Dalhousie University, Canada Jian Chen, University of Maryland, USA Li Chen, Tsinghua University, China Wei Chen, Zhejiang University, China Shiwei Cheng, Zhejiang University of Technology, China Gennaro Costagliola, Universita di Salerno, Italy Phil Cox, Dalhousie University, Canada Weiwei Cui, Microsoft Research Asia, China Paul Fishwick, University of Florida, USA Scott Hessels, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Masahito Hirakawa, Shimane University, Japan Seok-Hee Hong, University of Sydney, Australia Maolin Huang, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Weidong Huang, CSIRO, Australia Xiaodi Huang, Charles Sturt University, Australia Takayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu University, Japan Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden Jun Kong, North Dakota State University, USA Machiko Kusahara, Waseda University, Japan Aidong Lu, UNC Charlotte, USA Roger Malina, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Quang Vinh Nguyen, University of Western Sydney, Australia Yoshihiro Okada, Kyushu University, Japan Francois Poulet, IRISA, France Lei Ren, Beihang University, China Akihiko Shirai, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan Guanglei Song, eBay, USA Hongzhi Song, South China Agricultural University, China Zhengxing Sun, Nanjing University, China Linmi Tao, Tsinghua University, China Dongxing Teng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Hongan Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Junhu Wang, Griffith University, Australia Xiaoyu Wang, University of North Carolina, USA Yingcai Wu, UC Davis, USA Yu-Bin Yang, Nanjing University, China Xiaoru Yuan, Peking University, China Kang Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Xiaolong Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, USA Ye Zhao, Kent State University, USA Sam Zheng, Siemens Corporate Research, USA

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Data Visualization
by Goerg, Carsten 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Data Visualization =========================================== http://compbio.ucdenver.edu/goerg/postdoc-ad.pdf The Computational Bioscience Program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine invites applications for an NLM (NIH) funded post-doctoral fellowship. The successful candidate will conduct interdisciplinary research in biological data visualization and work closely with Dr. Carsten Görg and other faculty and researchers in the Computational Bioscience Program. A Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Computational Biology, or a related discipline, and being a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident are minimal requirements. The ideal candidate would also have a background in information visualization or visual analytics, and experience in visualizing and analyzing structured data, such as networks, as well as unstructured data, such as textual documents. Programming skills in Java, web-based graphics development, and domain knowledge in biology are beneficial. The candidate will have the opportunity to develop his/her research, publication, and presentation skills under mentorship from Dr. Görg. Start date: Immediately. The initial appointment will be for a one-year period, with the possibility of a yearly extension to up to three years based upon performance. Qualifications: Candidates must have a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Computational Biology, or a related discipline, and be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents. Salary & Benefits: Successful candidates will be offered the NRSA specified stipend (based on years of experience), medical insurance, $2000 per year in travel support and $6500 per year in additional research-related expenses. To apply: Send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and a statement of research interests to Carsten.Goerg(a)ucdenver.edu; also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to the same email address. Contact Dr. Görg for questions about the position or the program. About the Computational Bioscience Program The Computational Bioscience Program is home to twelve core faculty working in the areas of genomics, visualization, text mining, knowledge representation, network analysis, molecular evolution, phylogenetics, statistical methods, microarray, biomedical ontology, and other areas. The School of Medicine is home to a broad array of outstanding research and instrumentation, including extensive DNA sequencing and microarray facilities. We are housed on the first all-new medical campus of the 21st century, close to both the urban amenities of Denver and the beautiful Rocky Mountains. For more information, please consult http://compbio.ucdenver.edu UC Denver is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply.

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