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REMINDER WSCG2013-CfP - Graphics, Visualization, Computer Vision - Plzen Close to Prague
by Vaclav Skala 23 Feb '13

23 Feb '13

>> Please, disseminate INFOVISUALIZATION is a WSCG topic as well <<< Subject: REMINDER WSCG2013-CfP - Graphics, Visualization, Computer Vision - Plzen Close to Prague W S C G ' 2013 21st International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2013 http://www.wscg.eu or http://www.wscg.cz in co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS; SIGGRAPH and ACM listed will be held in Pilsen [Plzen] (http://www.pilsen.eu/en) close to Prague [Praha] the Golden European City, Czech Republic on June 24-27, 2013 Program Co-Chairs ========== Manuel M. Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia & VSB-Technical University, Czech Republic Important dates =============== Abstract submission: March 5, 2013 13:00 GMT (London time) Paper submission: March 15, 2013 13:00 GMT (London time) Poster submission: April 29, 2013 13:00 GMT (London time) Topics included ========== Computer graphics and visualization, computer vision, image processing and pattern recognition, fundamental algorithms, GPU graphics, graphical human computer interfaces, geometric modeling, computer aided geometric design, computational geometry, rendering and virtual reality, animation and multimedia, medical imaging, graphical interaction, object oriented graphics, parallel and distributed graphics, CAD and GIS systems, geometrical algebra and related topics. Accepted and presented papers and posters will be published in the WSCG proceedings with ISBN. The proceedings will be sent for indexing including ISI/Thomson Reuters, Scopus. All papers will be available on-line on WSCG WEB site after the conference with no access restriction for wide dissemination. Selected papers will be published in the Journal of WSCG, Vol.21. ISSN 1213 6972 Organizer and conference office ==================== Prof. Vaclav Skala http://www.VaclavSkala.eu c/o University of West Bohemia, Computer Science Dept., Univerzitni 8, CZ 30614 Plzen, Czech Republic e-mail: skala(a)kiv.zcu.cz Subject: INFO WSCG Conference office =========== Vaclav Skala, Union Agency http://www.unionagency.eu/ Na Mazinach 9, CZ 322 00 Plzen, Czech Republic Feel free to visit http://www.WSCG.eu All papers are available on-line since 1992 (no access restriction) =========== Vaclav Skala http://www.VaclavSkala.eu

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2nd CfP: DLAC: International Workshop on Diagrams, Logic and Cognition (Kolkata, India, Oct 2013)
by James Burton 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Dear colleagues, apologies if you receive multiple copies. ------------------------------ International Workshop on Diagram Logic and Cognition 2013 Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India 28th and 29th October 2013 http://www.cem.brighton.ac.uk/dlac2013/ Our world is increasingly visual, and diagrams are an essential aspect of many of the fields that try to make sense of it. These include demography, cartography, medical imaging, aviation, and so on. In particular, diagrammatic logic is gaining ground in logic and mathematics as an alternative to or when used in parallel with symbolic logics, and recent years have seen the appearance of increasingly expressive diagrammatic systems. Considering the growing interest in reasoning with diagrams in India, a session has been planned on the history, current state-of-the-art and future of diagrammatic logics such as Euler-Venn diagrams, concept diagrams and spider diagrams, to mention a few recent and representative systems. Though our main focus is on the following topics, submissions need not be limited to these. . History of diagrams . Inference in diagrammatic logics . Diagrams and cognition . Aesthetics and visual complexity We invite authors to submit an extended abstract (3-4 pages) via easychair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dlac2013. Accepted authors will then be required to prepare an 8-page paper for inclusion in the proceedings, which will be published online by CEUR (http://ceur-ws.org) As well as the refereed talks, we are delighted to be able to present several keynote speakers, including Dr Gem Stapleton -- see below for details. We also hope to include talks from several other distinguished researchers, whose names will be announced when available. The purpose of the workshop is twofold. Firstly, we want to gain deeper insights into the activities involved in reasoning with diagrammatic systems. The questions under consideration include: how can a modern, highly-expressive diagrammatic logic help with inferential tasks in practice, such as those undertaken in the field of knowledge engineering? What are the advantages and limitations of such a logic when considered for these tasks, and to what extent are any limitations defined by notations, tools, or the nature of the information itself? Answering these questions will lead to more suitable notations and better tools, and has a wide potential impact. Our second purpose, closely related to the first, is cognition. Reasoning through diagrams facilitates inferential tasks for a group of users known as the "visualisers". Recent research in cognitive science has examined the verbaliser-visualiser cognitive style classification. The category of visualiser can be divided into two contrasting groups: those with relatively high or low spatial ability. In recent work, Kozhevnikov has showed visualizers with high spatial ability usually generate abstract images whereas visualizers with low spatial ability tend to generate detailed pictorial images of individual objects. Barbara Tversky claims that when congruent mappings are made, the abstract concept matches the spatial representation, implying that abstract thought has roots in spatial world. The elegance of diagrams needs to be investigated from this perspective and these concepts should be considered in the context of the logic of diagrams. Finally, the use of diagrams as a vehicle of reasoning calls for simplicity, accessibility, visual clarity and expressiveness. Accordingly, our meeting will also focus on the topics of diagram aesthetics and visual complexity. Attendance at the workshop is free, but you will need to register in advance. Accommodation at Jadavpur University can be arranged at a minimal fee by contacting Dr Lopmudra Choudhury (choudhuryl(a)yahoo.com) . Keynote speakers Gem Stapleton on Inference in Diagrammatic Logics (title and abstract to be announced) Dr Gem Stapleton is a Reader in Computer Science at the University of Brighton. She first began research into diagrams during 2001 and has continued working on them ever since. She has published around 70 articles on topics spanning diagrammatic logics, automated reasoning, automated diagram generation and layout, and sketch recognition technologies. Much of this research has been collaborative, with colleagues at the Universities of Auckland, Cambridge and Kent. Her research has been supported by Nokia, who are applying results of her research in practice. Gem has undertaken many roles in the diagrams and visual languages communities, including being the Steering Committee Chair for the Diagrams Conference Series and a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing. . Program Committee Dave Barker Plummer, Stanford University, US Mihir Kumar Chakraborty, Jadavpur University, India Mark Minas, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany Kim Marriott, Monash University, Australia Peter Rodgers, University of Kent, UK Ryo Takemura, Keio University, Japan . Important dates Submission period ends: 2nd July 2013 Notification to authors: 6th August 2013 Registration opens: 6th August 2013 Workshop: 28th and 29th October 2013 The workshop is followed by the annual meeting of The Kolkata Logic Circle, 30th October to 2nd November 2013. If you have any queries, please contact one of the organisers Jim Burton (j.burton(a)brighton.ac.uk) or Lopmudra Choudhury (choudhuryl(a)yahoo.com) -- 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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CFP VINCI 2013: 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction
by Robert Biuk-Aghai 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '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 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 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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ESANN 2013: program
by Michel Verleysen 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

We apologize for possible duplicates of this message sent to distribution lists. ESANN 2013: European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning Bruges, Belgium, 24-25-26 April 2013 <http://www.esann.org/> http://www.esann.org/ Preliminary program The preliminary program of the ESANN 2013 conference is now available on the Web: <http://www.esann.org/> http://www.esann.org/ For those of you who maintain WWW pages including lists of related machine learning and artificial neural networks sites: we would appreciate if you could add the above URL to your list; thank you very much! For 21 years the ESANN conference has become a major event in the field of neural computation and machine learning. ESANN is a selective conference focusing on fundamental aspects of artificial neural networks, machine learning, statistical information processing and computational intelligence. Mathematical foundations, algorithms and tools, and applications are covered. The titles of the sessions are: - Machine Learning Methods for Processing and Analysis of Hyperspectral Data - Recurrent networks and modeling - Dimensionality reduction - Image, signal and time series analysis - Feature selection - Reinforcement learning, control and optimization - Machine Learning for multimedia applications - Clustering - Regression and forecasting - Developments in kernel design - Human Activity and Motion Disorder Recognition: towards smarter Interactive Cognitive Environments - Human activity recognition competition - Classification - Sparsity for interpretation and visualization in inference models The program of the conference can be found at <http://www.esann.org/> http://www.esann.org/, together with practical information about the conference venue, registration, etc. Other information can be obtained by sending an e-mail to <mailto:esann@uclouvain.be> esann(a)uclouvain.be. Venue ------ The conference will be held in Bruges (also called "Venice of the North"), one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Europe. Bruges can be reached by train from Brussels in less than one hour (frequent trains). Designated as the "Venice of the North", the city has preserved all the charms of the medieval heritage. Its centre, which is inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list, is in itself a real open air museum. Steering and local committee ---------------------------- François Blayo Ipseite (CH) Gianluca Bontempi Univ. Libre Bruxelles (B) Marie Cottrell Univ. Paris I (F) Jeanny Hérault INPG Grenoble (F) Mia Loccufier Univ. Gent (B) Bernard Manderick Vrije Univ. Brussel (B) Jean-Pierre Peters FUNDP Namur (B) Joos Vandewalle KUL Leuven (B) Michel Verleysen UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (B) Louis Wehenkel Univ. Liège (B) Scientific committee -------------------- Cecilio Angulo Univ. Polit. de Catalunya (E) Aluizio Araújo Univ. Federal de Pernambuco (Brazil) Miguel Atencia Univ. Malaga (E) Michael Aupetit CEA (F) Michael Biehl University of Groningen (NL) Martin Bogdan Univ. Leipzig (D) Hervé Bourlard IDIAP Martigny (CH) Charles Bouveyron Univ. Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (F) Antonio Braga Federal Univ. of Minas Gerais (Brazil) Joan Cabestany Univ. Polit. de Catalunya (E) Stéphane Canu Inst. Nat. Sciences App. (F) Sylvain Chevallier University of Versailles (F) Valentina Colla Scuola Sup. Sant'Anna Pisa (I) Nigel Crook Oxford Brookes University (UK) Holk Cruse Universität Bielefeld (D) Giovanni Da San Martino Univ. of Padova (I) Bernard de Baets Univ. Gent (B) Kris De Brabanter K. U. Leuven (B) Massimo De Gregorio Istituto di Cibernetica-CNR (I) Dante Del Corso Politecnico di Torino (I) Wlodek Duch Nicholas Copernicus Univ. (PL) Marc Duranton CEA Saclay (F) Richard Duro Univ. Coruna (E) Deniz Erdogmus Oregon Health & Science Univ. (USA) Anibal Figueiras-Vidal Univ. Carlos III Madrid (E) Jean-Claude Fort Université Paris Descartes (F) Felipe M. G. França Univ. Federal Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Leonardo Franco Univ. Malaga (E) Damien François Université catholique de Louvain (B) Colin Fyfe Univ. Paisley (UK) João Gama Univ. do Porto (P) Manjunath Gandhi Jacobs University (D) Luis Gonzalez Abril University of Sevilla (E) Marco Gori Univ. Siena (I) Bernard Gosselin Univ. Mons (B) Manuel Grana UPV San Sebastian (E) Barbara Hammer Bielefeld Univ. (D) Martin Hasler EPFL Lausanne (CH) Verena Heidrich-Meisner CAU Kiel (D) Tom Heskes Univ. Nijmegen (NL) Katerina Hlavackova-Schindler Univ. Life Sci. & Natural Resources (A) Christian Igel Univ. Copenhagen (DK) Jose Jerez Univ. Malaga (E) Gonzalo Joya Univ. Malaga (E) Christian Jutten INPG Grenoble (F) Juha Karhunen Aalto Univ. (FIN) Stefanos Kollias National Tech. Univ. Athens (GR) Jouko Lampinen Aalto Univ. (FIN) Petr Lansky Acad. of Sci. of the Czech Rep. (CZ) Beatrice Lazzerini Univ. Pisa (I) John Lee Univ. cat Louvain (B) Amaury Lendasse Aalto Univ. (FIN) Priscila M. V. Lima Univ. Fed. Rural Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Paulo Lisboa Liverpool John Moores Univ. (UK) José D. Martín Univ. of Valencia (E) Erzsebet Merenyi Rice Univ. (USA) David Meunier Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (F) Anke Meyer-Bäse Florida State university (USA) Yoan Miche Aalto Univ. (FIN) Alessio Micheli University of Pisa (I) Erkki Oja Aalto Univ. (FIN) Tjeerd olde Scheper Oxford Brookes University (UK) Madalina Olteanu Univ. Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (F) Gilles Pagès Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) (F) Hélène Paugam-Moisy INRIA Saclay (F) Kristiaan Pelckmans Uppsala University (SE) Gadi Pinkas The Center for Acad. Studies (Israel) Alberto Prieto Universitad de Granada (E) Jose Principe Univ. of Florida (USA) Didier Puzenat Univ. Antilles-Guyane (F) John Quinn Makerere Univ., Kampala (Uganda) Sébastien Rebecchi INRIA Saclay (F) Jean-Pierre Rospars INRA Versailles (F) Fabrice Rossi Univ. Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (F) Ulrich Rückert Bielefeld University (D) David Saad Aston Univ. (UK) Francisco Sandoval Univ.Malaga (E) Jose Santos Reyes Univ. Coruna (E) Frank-Michael Schleif Univ. Bielefeld (D) Benjamin Schrauwen Univ. Gent (B) Udo Seiffert Fraunhofer-Institute IFF Magdeburg (D) Jochen Steil Univ. Bielefeld (D) Johan Suykens K. U. Leuven (B) Peter Tino Univ. of Birmingham (UK) Claude Touzet Univ. Provence (F) Thiago Turchetti Maia Vetta Group (Brazil) Marc Van Hulle K. U. Leuven (B) Alfredo Vellido Polytechnic University of Catalonia (E) Thomas Villmann Univ. Apllied Sciences Mittweida (D) Willem Waegeman Univ. Gent (B) Heiko Wersing Honda Research Institute Europe (D) Axel Wismüller Univ. of Rochester, New York (USA) Dietlind Zühlke Fraunhofer Inst. for App. Information (D) ======================================================== ESANN - European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning <http://www.esann.org/> http://www.esann.org/ * For submissions of papers, reviews, registrations: Michel Verleysen Univ. Cath. de Louvain - Machine Learning Group 3, pl. du Levant - B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium tel: +32 10 47 25 51 - fax: + 32 10 47 25 98 <mailto:esann@uclouvain.be> mailto:esann@uclouvain.be * Conference secretariat d-side conference services 24 av. L. Mommaerts - B-1140 Evere - Belgium tel: + 32 2 730 06 11 - fax: + 32 2 730 06 00 <mailto:esann@uclouvain.be> mailto:esann@uclouvain.be =======================================================

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CFP: 1st IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT 2013)
by Jonas Trümper 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '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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CfP: 10th International Conference on BioMedical Visualization (MediViz) Deadline March 15, 2013
by Urska Cvek 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

10th International Conference on BioMedical Visualization (MediViz) ***** http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/MediViz2013 ***** MediViz 2013: July 16, 2013 * IV 2013: July 15-18, 2013 University of London * London * UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper submission deadline: March 15, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Call for papers and participation Organized as part of the 2013 International Information Visualisation Conference, the 10th International Conference on BioMedical Visualization (MediViz) is a forum for the presentation of original papers in visualization theory and applications to biomedical and biomolecular data and processes. The symposium covers all aspects of visualization and issues affecting interaction with large and complex data sets. We encourage the submission of papers covering new techniques, old techniques applied in novel ways, new methods, interesting applications and in-depth surveys. Peer-reviewed papers will be published in conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society, with ISBN number, and will be indexed by IEEE Xplore and other major bibliographical search engines. ** Example application topics include, but are not limited to - Nucleotide and protein sequence alignment and search - Protein structure, function, sequence analysis - Signaling pathways, biochemical networks - Gene regulation, expression, identification and networks - DNA, RNA structure, function, sequence analysis - Biochemical and cellular simulations and models - Structural, functional and comparative genomics - Biomarkers - Drug design - Computer aided diagnosis - Biomedical informatics - Health informatics - Electronic health records - Epidemiology - Clinical trials ** Examples of visualization topics as applied to the above include, but are not limited to: - Interaction - Human factors - Data exploration - Visualization and databases - Graphs and networks - Information retrieval - Annotation and labeling - Temporal data - Visualization of predictive or uncertainty data - Identification of correlated and anomalous relationships in disparate data sets - Computer graphics and rendering for biomedical visualization - Visual analytics - Text and semantic visualizations - Toolkits and systems - Comparative Methods / User studies / Surveys ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: 15 March 2013 - Submission of papers through online submission system 5 May 2013 - Submission of camera-ready accepted submission 5 May 2013 - Early registration ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MediViz 2013: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/MediViz2013 Submission procedures: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/PAPERS.htm IV 2013: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013 Urska Cvek, Sc.D. Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport Email: ucvek (AT) lsus (DOT) edu Georges Grinstein, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Lowell Email: grinstein (AT) cs (DOT) uml (DOT) edu Heimo Mueller, Ph.D. Medizinische Universitaet Graz Email: heimo (DOT) mueller (AT) medunigraz (DOT) at Marjan Trutschl, Sc.D. Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport Email: mtrutsch (AT) lsus (DOT) edu ** Instructions for Authors Reviewing is applied to all submitted papers. Authors are invited to upload full original papers to the conference online submission system by March 15, 2013. Electronic submissions (PDF) are preferred and should be formatted according to the instructions for papers at http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/PAPERS.htm. The final manuscripts for full papers are expected to be no more than 6 pages - up to 4 excess pages may be purchased with the cost set by the publisher at 30GBP per page. With the camera ready paper submission for publication, you agree to pay the registration fee (or reduced registration fee, if your registration form is received on or before the early registration date) and published papers must be presented by at least one of the authors.

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2nd CfP: International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing
by James Burton 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

Apologies if you receive multiple copies. ------------------ VLC 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS 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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2nd CfP: International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (Brighton, UK)
by James Burton 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

Apologies if you receive multiple copies. ------------------- DMS2013 Call For Papers 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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3 PhD Positions in Text Analytics Project, Sweden
by Andreas Kerren 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

*** apologies for cross-posting *** THREE SALARIED PHD POSITIONS IN TEXT ANALYTICS PROJECT DESCRIPTION ---------------------- Applications are invited for three PhD positions in Sweden starting in September 2013. Position 1: PhD position in computer science with specialization in information visualization / visual analytics located at Linnaeus University, Växjö. Enquiries should be directed to Professor Andreas Kerren (andreas.kerren(a)lnu.se) Position 2: PhD position in computer science with specialization in computational linguistics located at Gavagai AB in Stockholm (with formal affiliation to Linnaeus University, Växjö). Enquiries should be directed to Dr Magnus Sahlgren (mange(a)gavagai.se) Position 3: PhD position in English linguistics, specializing in semantics/pragmatics using computational techniques located at the Centre for Languages and Literature at Lund University. Enquiries should be directed to Professor Carita Paradis (carita.paradis(a)englund.lu.se) All three positions are part of the StaViCTA project on advances in the description and explanation of stance in discourse using visual and computational text analytics funded by the framework grant No. 2012-5659 from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet). The research team consists of three senior researchers and three doctoral students, whose work will be carried out under the supervision of the three senior researchers. HOW TO APPLY ------------------------- Interested candidates find detailed application information on the web page below http://cs.lnu.se/stavicta/index.php/jobs Applications will be received until March 15, 2013 (Positions 1 and 2) and March 1, 2013 (Position 3). PROJECT PARTNERS & AIMS ---------------------------------------------- - Professor Andreas Kerren (PI of the project), Department of Computer Science, Linnaeus University, Växjö (http://cs.lnu.se/isovis/) - Professor Carita Paradis, Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University (http://www.sol.lu.se/en/sol/staff/CaritaParadis/) - Dr Magnus Sahlgren, Gavagai AB, Stockholm (http://www.gavagai.se) This interdisciplinary project across semantics, computational linguistics and information visualization investigates stance in human communication. Stancetaking, which is crucial for the social construction of meaning, involves expressions of attitudes, feelings, perspectives, judgements, doubts, trust and certainty. Stancetaking is a forceful factor in the communicative dynamics of Web-based social media such as websites, blogs, communities or forums. StaViCTA focuses on analyzing stance in such real-world streaming language data. Our goal is to identify the resources that language offers, how these resources act together and how they evolve in large amounts of digital text over time. This goal is achieved through the development of innovative, computational and interactive information visualization techniques. We propose a visual text analytics approach for the description, explanation and interpretation of stance in digital text media that includes automatic analyses seamlessly interwoven with interactive visualizations. This combination will make it possible for human beings to make sense of large and dynamic text data and allows for exploration, control and final evaluation of the analysis processes and results. Such an approach for analyzing stance is crucial for many application fields, including intelligence and security analytics, early warning and crisis management systems, financial analytics and business intelligence, and social media monitoring. REQUIREMENTS & ELIGIBILITY ------------------------------------------------- Applicants should hold a good MA degree in a relevant field of study. Good command of English is also required for all positions. The specific requirements for the different PhD positions are listed in the following: Position 1: The candidate should hold a good MA degree in Computer Science with an excellent background in information visualization, visual analytics, and/or human-computer interaction. Good programming skills and training in computer graphics are presupposed. Knowledge of visual text analytics, visualization of streaming data, machine learning or natural language processing is an advantage. Position 2: The candidate should hold a good MA degree in Computer Science or Computational Linguistics (or the equivalent), with an excellent background in machine learning/data mining and natural language processing. Experience with deep learning algorithms is an additional important qualification. Good programming skills (e.g. Java, Python) and a solid training in mathematics and statistics are required. Knowledge of linguistics and semantics is preferred. Position 3: The candidate should hold a good MA degree in English Linguistics (or comparable) with a solid background in semantics/pragmatics. Programming skills (e.g. Java, Python) and statistical training are advantages. Native or near-native command of English is a requirement. All three PhD students are expected to: - complete and defend a PhD thesis within the official appointment duration of four years; - collaborate with the other project members on common research targets; - regularly present intermediate research results at international conferences and workshops, and publish them in conference proceedings and journals. All three PhD candidates are employed by the universities with regular salaries (starting salary is about 23,000 SEK before taxes (around 30%)), and the positions include common benefits for social security according to Swedish laws and university regulations.

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Visualisation and BI, IV2013, London
by Gilles Venturini 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

(sorry for cross-posting) Visualisation and BI: deadline is approaching! (end of February) iV2013 - VBI 1st International Symposium Visualisation and Business Intelligence 15, 16, 17 and 18 July 2013 SOAS - University of London ● London ● UK ● <http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/VBI.htm> http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/VBI.htm <http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/> www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/ Visualisations play a key role in Business Intelligence (BI), a domain where data, knowledge and users are tightly related. Visualisations in BI must be intuitive and must support an interactive, collaborative and ubiquitous discovery process. These visualisations must deal both with data and knowledge exploration, and also with presentation of results to managers. Data in BI are stored in Data Warehouses and are generally large, heterogeneous, geo-localized and time-dependent. In addition, the discovery process involving visualisations in BI is necessarily interactive and highly user-centred. In this context, visualisations in BI must be dynamic and are not only concerned with the representation of data and knowledge, but also with the representation of operators acting on data. The results of an analysis in BI have to be presented to managers, which concerns not only the produced knowledge but also the facts that support this knowledge. Here visualisations can be used to report on the results and on the discovery process, a task where visualisations aesthetics and innovative technologies for data presentation come into play. BI thus creates 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, from both a theoretical and practical point of view. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: ・ Visual OLAP, data cubes, dynamic cross tables, ・ Visualisations for dashboards, score cards, key performance indicators , reporting ・ Visualisations for big data, ・ Visualisations for mobile BI, ・ Visualisations and cloud computing, ・ Collaborative visualisations for BI, ・ Visualisation of time-dependent data, geo-localized data, maps, multidimensional data, hierarchies, ・ Visualisation of knowledge, visualisations for decision support in BI ・ Interactions, interactive knowledge discovery, visual operators on data and knowledge, graphical requests, ・ Visual analytics, integration of visualisations and data mining methods for BI ・ Innovative visual presentations and reporting of results, aesthetics in visualisations, use of advanced technologies for data/knowledge presentation, ・ Visualisations for CRM, market basket analysis, strategic watch, education, open data ・ User and case studies, reports on real cases and experiments Submission procedures: <http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/PAPERS.htm> www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/PAPERS.htm Further information: <http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/> www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Important Dates: 1 March 2013 - Submission of papers & Submission of tutorials: <https://www.conftool.net/IV2013/> https://www.conftool.net/IV2013/ <will be available shortly> 05 May 2013 - Submission of camera-ready & early registration closes Symposium Chair: Dr. Fatma Bouali, University of Lille 2, France <mailto:Fatma.bouali@univ-lille2.fr> Fatma.bouali(a)univ-lille2.fr Prof. Alfredo Cuzzocrea, ICAR-CNR & University of Calabria, Italy <mailto:cuzzocrea@si.deis.unical.it> cuzzocrea(a)si.deis.unical.it Prof. Gilles Venturini, University Francois Rabelais of Tours, France <mailto:venturini@univ-tours.fr> venturini(a)univ-tours.fr All other enquiries and submissions should be addressed to: Conference Co-ordinator P.O. BOX 29, HATFIELD, AL9 7ZL,United Kingdom. Tel: (Int. +44) 1707 - 652 224 Fax: (Int. +44) 1707 - 652 247 Email: IV13(a)graphicslink.co.uk URL: <http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/> http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/

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