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CFP: BELIV 2012 - Beyond Time and Errors - Novel Evaluation Methods for Visualization (Workshop at VisWeek 2012)
by Petra Isenberg 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

*** Call for Papers *** BELIV 2012: Beyond Time and Errors - Novel Evaluation Methods for Visualization A Workshop at the VisWeek 2012 Conference *** October 14(/15), 2012 - Seattle, WA, USA *** WORKSHOP WEBSITE: http://www.beliv.org/wiki/BELIV2012 DESCRIPTION Visualization has recently gained much relevance for its ability to cope with complex data analysis tasks and communication. While the overall use of visualizations is accelerating, the growth of techniques for the evaluation of these systems has been slow. To understand these complex behaviors, evaluation efforts should be targeted at the component level, the system level, and the work environment level. The commonly used evaluation metrics such as task time completion and number of errors appear often insufficient to quantify the quality of a visualization system; thus the name of the workshop: "beyond time and errors ...". The BELIV workshop series is a bi-annual event focusing on the challenges of evaluation in visualization. While it has been focused on information visualization in the past, BELIV 2012 aims at gathering researchers in all fields of visualization to continue the exploration of novel evaluation methods, and to structure the knowledge on evaluation in visualization around a schema, where researchers can easily identify unsolved problems and research gaps. This is the fourth edition of the BELIV workshop series. It will be held as an open full-day workshop with paper presentations and discussions on October 14th and continue on the 15th with focused discussion for attendees interested to follow-up on topics and challenges raised during the first day. The second day is meant as an extended opportunity for participants and organizers to re-engage most active discussion topics of the first day DATES Deadline for submissions: September 1, 2012 Notification of acceptance: September 24, 2012 Camera ready papers due: October 1, 2012 Workshop: October 14/(15), 2012 HOW TO PARTICIPATE All registered attendees of VisWeek will be able to attend the workshop. In order to present a paper and participate as a panelist in the discussions, it is necessary to have a paper accepted. The panel discussion itself is open to everybody. PAPER TYPES We accept 2 types of submissions: position papers or research papers: * Research papers are longer (4-8 pages) and present new work and unpublished results. Research papers will be peer-reviewed by members of the program committee and selected according to their novelty, quality and relevance. We are currently investigating whether we will, as in the past, be able to publish all accepted papers in a digital library including the assignment of DOIs to the papers. We plan to invite a selected subset of the research papers to contribute to a special issue journal publication in a major visualization journal venue such as TVCG. * Position papers are short statements (1-2 pages) describing a participant's relevant experience and ideas that can contribute to the discussion during the workshop. They will be made available online. For past BELIV papers see these links: * BELIV 2006: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1168149 * BELIV 2008: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1377966 * BELIV 2010: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2110192 SUBMISSION Information on the submission procedure and submission system will be published on the website shortly. FORMAT Information on the paper format will be published on the website shortly. Papers have to be submitted in PDF format. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics include, but are not limited to: * Evaluation in the visualization development lifecycle, * Utility characterization, * Evaluation metrics, * Insight characterization, * Synthetic data sets and benchmarks, * Taxonomy of tasks, * Computational evaluation, * Benchmark development and repositories, * Methods for longitudinal studies and adoption, * Evaluation of early prototypes, and * Evaluation heuristics and guidelines. ORGANIZERS Enrico Bertini (enrico.bertini(a)uni-konstanz.de) University of Konstanz Adam Perer (adam.perer(a)us.ibm.com) IBM Research Heidi Lam (heidi.lam(a)gmail.com) Google Inc. Petra Isenberg (petra.isenberg(a)inria.fr) INRIA Tobias Isenberg (tobias.isenberg(a)inria.fr) INRIA

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1st Call - ISSI 2013 - 14th Int. Conf. on Scientometrics and Informetrics
by Steinbrunner Silvia 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

(Apologies for cross postings) 1st CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS, TUTORIALS & DOCTORAL FORUM APPLICATIONS ISSI 2013 - 14th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics July 15-19, 2013, Vienna, Austria http://www.issi2013.org Most important dates: *** Deadline for papers and workshops/tutorials: 21 January 2013*** *** Deadline for Doctoral Forum applications: 4 February 2013*** *** Deadline for posters: 18 March 2013 *** The Conference Organizing Committee cordially invites you to attend the 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference 2013 in Vienna, Austria, hosted by the University of Vienna and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. All the relevant information is available at the conference website: http://www.issi2013.org We are looking forward to seeing you in Vienna. Best regards, Edgar Schiebel & Juan Gorraiz

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CFP - VDA 2013 submission deadline extension
by Wong, Pak C 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Newly extended deadline: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers SPIE 2013 Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis February 4-6, 2013 Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Burlingame, CA http://vda-conference.org Important Dates =============== Paper Submission Deadline: July 31, 2012 Notification: September 28, 2012 Final Manuscripts: November 26, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA) 2013 covers all research and development and application aspects of data visualization and, more recently, visual analytics. Since the first VDA conference was held in 1994, the annual event has grown steadily into a major venue for visualization researchers and practitioners from around the world to present their work and share their experience every year. We invite you to participate by submitting your original research as full paper or a poster. Both paper and poster submissions will be peer reviewed. The paper acceptance rate at VDA 2012 was 48%. Papers presented at this conference will be published in a bound proceedings published by IS&T/SPIE. Papers and posters are solicited on all topics of data visualization, including: * Internet imaging, medical imaging, image processing * Biomedical visualization and applications * Internet, web, and security visualizations * Analysis techniques and data mining * Data exploration using classical and novel approaches * Databases and visualization * High-performance computing and parallel rendering * Tools and applications exemplified by case studies * Virtual environments and data visualization * Information and scientific visualization * Volume and flow visualization * Interaction paradigms and human factors * Big data visualization and analytics Authors of the best papers will be invited to revise and extend their work for publication in a special issue of the journal Information Visualization. Questions regarding paper submission or conference participation should be directed to the conference chairs: * Pak Chung Wong (pak.wong(a)pnnl.gov<mailto:pak.wong@pnnl.gov>), Pacific Northwest National Lab * David L. Kao (david.l.kao(a)nasa.gov<mailto:david.l.kao@nasa.gov>), NASA Ames Research Center * Ming C. Hao (ming_hao(a)hp.com<mailto:ming_hao@hp.com>), Hewlett-Packard Labs * Chaomei Chen (Chaomei.Chen(a)cis.drexel.edu<mailto:Chaomei.Chen@cis.drexel.edu>), Drexel University ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steering Committee ================== * Umeshwar Dayal, Hewlett Packard Laboratories * Robert Erbacher, Northwest Security Institute Conference Chairs ================= * Pak Chung Wong, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory * David Kao, NASA Ames Research Center * Ming C. Hao, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories * Chaomei Chen, Drexel University Conference Co-Chairs ==================== * Christoper G. Healey, North Carolina State University * Mark A. Livingston, Naval Research Laboratory * Thomas Wischgoll, Wright State University * Ian Roberts, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Program Committee ================= * Aidong Lu, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte * Alark Joshi, Boise State Univ. * Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden * Anna Shaverdian, University of Michigan * Barry Becker, Pros * Bob Lewis, Washington State Univ. * Caixia Zhang, Google * Caroline Ziemkiewicz, Brown University * Chad A. Steed, Oak Ridge National Lab. * Chaoli Wang, Michigan Tech University * Dan Keefe, Univ. of Minnesota * Donald A. Pellegrino, Dow Chemical * George Chin, Pacific Northwest National Lab. * Gunther Weber, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory * Guoning Chen, The Univ. of Utah * Guo-Shi Li, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company * Halldor Janetzko, Univ. Konstanz, Germany * Harald Obermaier, University of California, Davis * Jaegul Choo, Georgia Tech * Jian Zhang, IBM China * Jing Yang, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte * Joerg Meyer, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory * John Gerth, Stanford University * Kalpathi R. Subramanian, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte * Lars Linsen, Jacobs Univ. Bremen gGmbH, Germany * Madjid Allili, Bishop's Univ., Canada * Matti T. Gröhn, Ctr. for Scientific Computing, Finland * Ming Jiang, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. * Peter Lindstrom, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. * Remco Chang, Tufts University * Rene Rosenbaum, University of California Davis * Richard May, Pacific Northwest National Lab. * Scott E. Dillard, Google * Shigeo Takahashi, University of Tokyo * Song Zhang, Mississippi State Univ. * Soon Tee Teoh, San Jose State Univ. * Sussan Einakian, The Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville * Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Computer Graphics and E-Learning * Tobias Schreck, Univ. Konstanz, Germany * Tom Malzbender, HP Labs * Yi-Jen Chiang, Polytechnic Institute of NYU * Yingcai Wu, University of California, Davis * Zhanping Liu, Kentucky State University Corporate Sponsors: * Hewlett-Packard (HP) * Kitware, Inc. * Sage Publications

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Open Position: PhD candidate at the Information Engineering Group, Vienna University of Technology, Austria (Information Visualization and Visual Analytics)
by Silvia Miksch (asgaard) 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Open Position: PhD candidate at the Information Engineering Group, Vienna University of Technology, Austria ********************************************************************************************** The Information Engineering Group, at the Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems of the Vienna University of Technology, is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate in the field of Information Visualization and Visual Analytics. RESPONSIBILITIES The successful applicant will * perform research in the field of Information Visualization and Visual Analytics * design new techniques and implement interactive prototypes * write and review scientific publications * participate in scientific and consulting projects * work within a creative, highly motivated, and international team REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS * university degree (bachelor or master) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or an equivalent university study * experience in programming (preferably Java, Javascript, C++, or similar) * knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: Visual Analytics, Information Visualization, Computer Graphics, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Mining * abilities to work as an independent and flexible researcher in interdisciplinary teams * fluency in the English language both orally and in written form DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS * knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: Graph Theory, Social Network Analysis, Business Process Management, Medical Informatics * (for international applicants) basic proficiency in German or willingness to learn DATES * Application deadline: August 15, 2012 * Start date: October 1, 2012 (negotiable) * Duration: 3 years APPLICATION AND CONTACT Please send your application (with the usual documents including a statement of interest, full CV, list of subjects taken at university plus grades, publications, etc.) by email with the subject "iegJob1201" to Mr. Paolo Federico:federico@cvast.tuwien.ac.at The Vienna University of Technology aims for enhancing the number of women in scientific positions and therefore particularly invites women to apply. We encourage sending your application in electronic form. Applicants are not entitled to claim reimbursement of traveling expenses and/or other costs caused by the application procedures. If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Silvia Miksch: miksch(a)ifs.tuwien.ac.at MORE INFO Vienna University of Technology:www.tuwien.ac.at Institute for Software Technology and Interactive Systems: www.isis.tuwien.ac.at Information Engineering Group: ieg.ifs.tuwien.ac.at Information Visualization: www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php?title=Information_Visualization

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RS/Postdoc position available (visual analytics)
by John Stasko 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

FODAVA: Seeking a Research Scientist/Postdoctoral Researcher The FODAVA (Foundations of Data Analysis and Visual Analytics) Center at Georgia Tech is seeking a Research Scientist to join our team. For candidates holding a doctoral degree, this position could become a postdoctoral researcher. Enormous amounts of data are being generated every day in health care, computational biology, homeland security, commerce, and many other areas. Analyzing these massive and complex data sets is essential to achieve new discoveries, but is extremely difficult. An emerging research field known as data and visual analytics is concerned with synthesizing information and deriving insight from massive, dynamic, ambiguous and possibly conflicting digital data for increased understanding and effective decision making. The FODAVA research initiative is dedicated to both defining the foundations of the data and visual analytics fields and advancing the state-of-the-art. Established in 2008, the FODAVA initiative is a collaborative effort funded jointly by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). For further information about the Center, please seehttp://fodava.gatech.edu/. We are seeking a Research Scientist (RS) to join our group and assist with ongoing research. The position will involve work on two main projects. First, the RS will contribute to the Jigsaw project (http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/ii/jigsaw) for visual analytics and sensemaking on document collections. Second, the RS will assist in the design and development of a visual analytics system for document discovery based on the fundamental data analytic theory and methods we have developed. In addition to these two projects, there will be opportunities for the RS to collaborate on other ongoing research as well as to initiate new projects. Georgia Tech faculty are dedicated to working with the successful applicant in mentoring and career growth. The ideal candidate should have at least an MS in a related discipline or a BS with equivalent experience. We also welcome candidates with a recently earned PhD who are seeking a postdoctoral research position. Prior work in areas such as visual analytics, data analysis, data mining, machine learning, and/or HCI will be extremely useful. Candidates also should have strong software engineering and programming skills (knowledge of Java and Swing is a must) and good verbal, writing, and communication skills. This is a one year position, beginning immediately, with a potential renewal of a second year. To apply, please send a brief cover letter describing your background and interests, as well as a your current CV/resume, to Ms. Lometa Mitchell (lometa(a)cc.gatech.edu) Please direct informal questions about the position to Prof. Haesun Park (hpark(a)cc.gatech.edu) and/or Prof. John Stasko (stasko(a)cc.gatech.edu) We will review applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Workshop on Aesthetic Data Visualization @NordiCHI2012
by John Stasko 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

Call for Papers Workshop on Aesthetic Data Visualization: Tools & Challenges for Interaction Designers at NordiCHI 2012 October 14th, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark http://datavis.hkjung.com/ Data visualization has been a big interest among interaction designers thanks to the advances of visualization authoring tools. With the tools including programming languages, visualization generation websites, and open source libraries, interaction designers can easily create data visualization harnessing their prototyping skills and aesthetic sensibility. However, there still exist some technical and methodological challenges for interaction designers in jumping into the scene. At the workshop, we will discuss new roles of designers in this interdisciplinary field, and the ways of using and enhancing visualization tools to support designers. We encourage experts in the intersection of data visualization and interaction design to share their experiences in designing interactive visualizations in both industry and academic contexts. Important Dates • Paper submission deadline: Monday, August 6th, 2012 • Paper notification: Friday, August 24th, 2012 • Camera-ready submission: Friday, August 31st, 2012 • Workshop: Sunday, October 14th, 2012 Topics Discussions in this workshop will include, but not limited to, following topics: • Theories, models, and principles of design-oriented data visualization • Aesthetic quality of interactive data visualization • Survey of current tools for data visualization • Current and envisioned roles of designers in visualization-related research collaboration. • Case studies of data visualization by graphic, communication, or interaction designers, including descriptive design process and challenges faced • Methods to teach data visualization to graphic or interaction design students Submissions All submissions should follow CHI extended abstracts format 2 or 4 pages. All papers should be submitted via an email to junghg(a)uc.edu by August 6th. Submissions do NOT need to be anonymized. For more information please visit the workshop web page at http://datavis.hkjung.com/ or email junghg(a)uc.edu or tanykim(a)gatech.edu. Regards, Heekyoung Jung, University of Cincinnati, junghg(a)uc.edu Tanyoung Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology, tanykim(a)gatech.edu

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CFP - SPIE 2013 Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis
by Wong, Pak C 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Call for Papers SPIE 2013 Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis February 4-6, 2013 Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Burlingame, CA http://vda-conference.org Important Dates =============== Paper Submission Deadline: July 23, 2012 Notification: September 28, 2012 Final Manuscripts: November 26, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA) 2013 covers all research and development and application aspects of data visualization and, more recently, visual analytics. Since the first VDA conference was held in 1994, the annual event has grown steadily into a major venue for visualization researchers and practitioners from around the world to present their work and share their experience every year. We invite you to participate by submitting your original research as full paper or a poster. Both paper and poster submissions will be peer reviewed. The paper acceptance rate at VDA 2012 was 48%. Papers presented at this conference will be published in a bound proceedings published by IS&T/SPIE. Papers and posters are solicited on all topics of data visualization, including: * Internet imaging, medical imaging, image processing * Biomedical visualization and applications * Internet, web, and security visualizations * Analysis techniques and data mining * Data exploration using classical and novel approaches * Databases and visualization * High-performance computing and parallel rendering * Tools and applications exemplified by case studies * Virtual environments and data visualization * Information and scientific visualization * Volume and flow visualization * Interaction paradigms and human factors * Big data visualization and analytics Authors of the best papers will be invited to revise and extend their work for publication in a special issue of the journal Information Visualization. Questions regarding paper submission or conference participation should be directed to the conference chairs: * Pak Chung Wong (pak.wong(a)pnnl.gov<mailto:pak.wong@pnnl.gov>), Pacific Northwest National Lab * David L. Kao (david.l.kao(a)nasa.gov<mailto:david.l.kao@nasa.gov>), NASA Ames Research Center * Ming C. Hao (ming_hao(a)hp.com<mailto:ming_hao@hp.com>), Hewlett-Packard Labs * Chaomei Chen (Chaomei.Chen(a)cis.drexel.edu<mailto:Chaomei.Chen@cis.drexel.edu>), Drexel University ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steering Committee ================== * Umeshwar Dayal, Hewlett Packard Laboratories * Robert Erbacher, Northwest Security Institute Conference Chairs ================= * Pak Chung Wong, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory * David Kao, NASA Ames Research Center * Ming C. Hao, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories * Chaomei Chen, Drexel University Conference Co-Chairs ==================== * Christoper G. Healey, North Carolina State University * Mark A. Livingston, Naval Research Laboratory * Thomas Wischgoll, Wright State University * Ian Roberts, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Program Committee ================= * Aidong Lu, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte * Alark Joshi, Boise State Univ. * Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden * Anna Shaverdian, University of Michigan * Barry Becker, Pros * Bob Lewis, Washington State Univ. * Caixia Zhang, Google * Caroline Ziemkiewicz, Brown University * Chad A. Steed, Oak Ridge National Lab. * Chaoli Wang, Michigan Tech University * Dan Keefe, Univ. of Minnesota * Donald A. Pellegrino, Dow Chemical * George Chin, Pacific Northwest National Lab. * Gunther Weber, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory * Guoning Chen, The Univ. of Utah * Guo-Shi Li, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company * Halldor Janetzko, Univ. Konstanz, Germany * Harald Obermaier, University of California, Davis * Jaegul Choo, Georgia Tech * Jian Zhang, IBM China * Jing Yang, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte * Joerg Meyer, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory * John Gerth, Stanford University * Kalpathi R. Subramanian, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte * Lars Linsen, Jacobs Univ. Bremen gGmbH, Germany * Madjid Allili, Bishop's Univ., Canada * Matti T. Gröhn, Ctr. for Scientific Computing, Finland * Ming Jiang, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. * Peter Lindstrom, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. * Remco Chang, Tufts University * Rene Rosenbaum, University of California Davis * Richard May, Pacific Northwest National Lab. * Scott E. Dillard, Google * Shigeo Takahashi, University of Tokyo * Song Zhang, Mississippi State Univ. * Soon Tee Teoh, San Jose State Univ. * Sussan Einakian, The Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville * Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Computer Graphics and E-Learning * Tobias Schreck, Univ. Konstanz, Germany * Tom Malzbender, HP Labs * Yi-Jen Chiang, Polytechnic Institute of NYU * Yingcai Wu, University of California, Davis * Zhanping Liu, Kentucky State University Corporate Sponsors: * Hewlett-Packard (HP) * Kitware, Inc. * Sage Publications

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Cfp: ACM ITS, Workshops, demos, posters, DC
by Petra Isenberg 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

/Haven't had the time to submit a paper? There are still plenty of ways to participate in ITS 2012!/ Call for Participation: Workshops, demos, posters, and doctoral symposium ACM Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces 2012 "Surfaces Every Day" ---------------------------- November 11-14, 2012 Cambridge, MA, USA http://its2012conf.org/ Twitter: @its_2012 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ITS-2012/201803849895141 ------------------------------ *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: WORKSHOPS* TS 2012 is a premier venue for presenting research in the design and use of new and emerging tabletop and interactive surface technologies. Workshops organizers will select a topic of interest and manage submissions and reviews for proposals (workshop participants should submit their proposals by October 1). Authors are welcome to submit any topic of interest, some suggestions include: * Multitouch on mobile devices * Large (wall-sized) surfaces * Surfaces in public spaces, workplaces, homes * Surfaces in domain specific environments (e.g. safety critical, education, games) * Information or Scientific Visualization on Tabletops * Works in progress * ... and other exciting topics! The workshop chairs are looking for leaders in interactive surface topics to run workshops that will last 4 hours in length and occur the day before the conference starts. We request a short 1-2 page proposal in the ITS posters format. For submission details visit: its2012conf.org/participationTutorials.html Please submit your proposal and questions to the tutorial chairs by *July 31, 5pm pacific standard time (PDT)*. *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: DEMOS * The ITS demo session provides an interactive forum for authors to present research prototypes and work-in-progress to conference attendees and receive feedback from the leading experts in interactive surface research. Both independent demonstrations and those accompanying accepted papers and posters are welcome. At the conference, we want the ITS participants to literally get in touch with your demos with the goal of having lively discussion and a hands-on experience. Demo proposals should be submitted through our online system in the form of: * a video of up to 3 minutes length * a 2-page extended abstract that will be published in the ACM DL (Latex template, Word template) and * a supplemental text document describing the necessary spatial and technical requirements for your demo (template will be made available soon). Please submit your video and PDF documents through the conference submission system by August 7, 2012. For specific queries, please contact: demos(a)its2012conf.org *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: POSTERS * We invite researchers and practitioners to submit their work to the poster category of ITS 2012. Posters provide an interactive forum for authors to present research prototypes and works in progress to conference attendees. Posters provide the opportunity for researchers to get feedback on early-stage work, and to discuss potential collaborations in an informal setting during the conference. Submissions should be in the form of a 4-page extended abstract. The posters themselves will not be submitted with the abstracts - instead they should be brought to the conference by the author. The abstracts will be published in the main conference proceedings and will be included in the conference USB memory stick. They will also be placed in the ACM Digital Library, where they will remain accessible to thousands of researchers and practitioners worldwide. Important Dates * August 7, 5 p.m. PDT: Submission deadline * September 10: Notification to authors * September 20: Camera Ready version due *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM * The ITS Doctoral Symposium is a forum in which Ph.D. students can meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced Tabletop researchers in an informal and interactive setting. We will give preference to applicants beyond the proposal stage and well into their dissertation research. Each applicant should provide a short written paper (no more than six pages in ACM landscape format). This paper should describe ongoing work and might summarize the student's full dissertation work, or highlight a particular part in depth. In addition, each student is asked to present a poster describing his or her work to the full conference. Doctoral Symposium papers will be published in the ITS conference companion distributed at the conference.*Accepted authors will have free registration to the conference*. The Doctoral Symposium will take place at the conference venue on Sunday, November 11, 2011 (for accepted authors only!). Submission details * Doctoral Symposium Submission Template * August 7, 5 p.m. PDT: Submission deadline * August 24: Notification to authors * September 20: Camera Ready version due * Submit proposals to: doctoralsymposium(a)its2012conf.org -- Petra Isenberg, PhD Research Scientist AVIZ group | INRIA Saclay Île-de-France phone: +33 16 91 54 249 |http://www.aviz.fr/~isenberg/

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VizSec 2012 - paper deadline
by John Goodall 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

The paper deadline for VizSec 2012 has been extended to July 13 to accommodate requests from authors. See http://vizsec.org/ for more information.

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2nd call: PhD position in machine learning, data analysis and visualization (Aalto University, Finland, deadline June 29)
by Peltonen Jaakko 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

2nd call: PhD position in machine learning, data analysis and visualization Aalto University School of Science invites applications for a doctoral student / research assistant position for a fixed term (4 years: initial contract for 1 year, extension to the remaining 3 years decided at the end of the year). Start date: 1 September 2012 (negotiable) Application deadline: 29 June 2012 Visualization and exploratory analysis are crucial in analysis of new phenomena where strong hypotheses are not yet available. You will develop advanced machine learning methods for exploratory analysis, including methods for nonlinear dimensionality reduction, visualization, and exploratory data analysis with multiple data sources. The methods will involve novel probabilistic models for the structure and dependencies between multiple data sets. The methods will be used in bioinformatics, neuroinformatics, analysis of structured data like graphs, proactive information retrieval, and other domains. We have developed novel frameworks for visualization from an information retrieval perspective, and for multitask learning in asymmetric scenarios; your work will extend these research lines. Research Site: The position is at the Department of Information and Computer Science, Aalto University School of Science. The department hosts three national Centres of Excellence: the Centre of Excellence in Computational Inference Research (COIN) and parts of the Centres of Excellence in Algorithmic Data Analysis Research and Molecular Systems Immunology and Physiology Research. The department also contributes to the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT and the Helsinki node of the EIT ICT Labs. The department was ranked among the top two departments of Aalto University in the Research Assessment Exercise 2009. The position is located in the Statistical Machine Learning and Bioinformatics research group at the Department. The group is part of Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT in Aalto University. The group is a member of the new Finnish Centre of Excellence in Computational Inference Research (COIN), and is also a member in the EU PASCAL2 network of excellence. The work will be supervised by academy research fellow Jaakko Peltonen. The work involves collaboration with Finnish researchers including members of the Statistical Machine Learning and Bioinformatics research group at Aalto University led by Prof. Samuel Kaski, and international researchers from the UK, Belgium, and the USA. The research site is located on the Aalto University campus in Otaniemi, a short bus ride away from the centre of Finland's capital Helsinki. Helsinki and the capital area are a great place to live, with numerous local attractions and events, scenic landscapes of small forests, islands and urban areas, a high standard of living, and excellent travel connections. Helsinki is the World Design Capital in 2012. Department website: http://ics.aalto.fi/en/ HIIT website: http://www.hiit.fi/ Research group website: http://research.ics.aalto.fi/mi/ Principal investigator website: http://users.ics.aalto.fi/jtpelto/ Required and Desired Qualities of the Applicant: A successful applicant must have a MSc degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related field. It is also possible to start as a research assistant working on one's Master's thesis. - A strong mathematical background and an interest in probabilistic modeling and/or machine learning are necessary. - An interest in some of the following topics is essential: exploratory data analysis, dimensionality reduction, manifold learning, visualization, and multi-task learning. Experience in these topics is an advantage. - A strong study record and strong track record in research are advantages. - Good programming skills in languages such as C/C++/Matlab/R/Python and good written and spoken communication skills are desired. Contract Details: The salary will be determined based on the Aalto University salary system (2200-3200 euro per month before tax for a doctoral student depending on qualifications and performance). Funding is expected to be available for 4 years: the initial appointment will be for one year with extension to the remaining 3 years decided at the end of the year. Application Procedure: The application deadline is 29 June 2012. The application materials must include a curriculum vitae, a copy of study records, contact details of at least two references, and any other materials deemed relevant. Applications must be submitted to the Registry of Aalto University, no later than the deadline. Applications must be submitted preferably by email to kirjaamo(a)aalto.fi or alternatively by physical mail to The Registry of Aalto University, Aalto University, P.O.Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland (street address Otakaari 1, Espoo). Application materials will not be returned. Candidates may be asked for an interview at Aalto University or via phone or Skype. For additional information, please contact academy research fellow Jaakko Peltonen or HR Coordinator Stefan Ehrstedt. E-mail: firstname.lastname(a)aalto.fi

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