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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Data Visualization
by Goerg, Carsten 20 Dec '12

20 Dec '12

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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CfP: International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing (VLC) 2013
by James Burton 16 Dec '12

16 Dec '12

Colleagues, 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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3rd Call - ISSI 2013 - 14th Int. Conf. on Scientometrics and Informetrics
by Steinbrunner Silvia 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

(Apologies for cross postings) 3rd 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: DMS 2013
by James Burton 12 Dec '12

12 Dec '12

Colleagues, apologies for multiple copies. ----------------------------------- 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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Tenure Track position in Data Visualization at the University of Minnesota, College of Design (second try)
by Victoria Interrante 08 Dec '12

08 Dec '12

Dear Colleagues, I apologize for the previously dropped attachment. The College of Design at the University of Minnesota is seeking candidates for a tenure-track faculty position in Graphic Design with a specialization in Data Visualization. Details are specified below: Position: Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Graphic Design with a Data Visualization focus, Twin Cities Campus. Nine-month, 100 percent time, academic year appointment. Responsibilities: The successful candidate will develop a research component in data visualization and will teach and develop undergraduate and graduate courses in graphic design with a focus on the communication of data via digital modeling using data visualization software and information design methods. Research agenda will include the perceptual and sociological aspects of data visualization and/or development of interactive systems for exploring data. The candidate will develop interdisciplinary connections with other programs of the College of Design, collaborate with faculty across the university, and will establish ties to local, national and international enterprises (business, civic and/or cultural) to leverage their research and teaching activities. The candidate will disseminate work in peer-reviewed venues and will pursue external funding to support their research agenda. The candidate will teach existing courses in the graphic design and/or foundations curriculum. The candidate will advise graduate students, will mentor undergraduate students and will participate in faculty governance at the program, department, college and university levels. Contribute to and support the mission of the land grant institution. Required Qualifications: Terminal degree earned by the start date with at least one degree in graphic design or a closely related field. Focus in data visualization. Professional and teaching experiences in the field. Expertise in computer programs for graphic and data visualization. Ability to teach courses in one or more of the areas in the graphic design curriculum such as foundations and/or graphic design studio courses. Ability to develop an active research or creative scholarship program and the ability to procure grants to support the program. Attention to cultural diversity in teaching and research. Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively with faculty, staff, and students. Ability to support interdisciplinary initiatives in teaching and research with related fields in the College of Design (architecture, apparel design, graphic design, housing studies, interior design, product design, retail merchandising or landscape architecture). Ability to forge productive connections with business, related professions, cultural institutions and communities beyond the University. Demonstrated or potential leadership skills. Preferred Qualifications: In addition to required qualifications: A record of creative activity or scholarly research in areas related to data visualization. A record of innovative teaching via effective learning environments that attend to students’ diverse cultural, educational and learning styles. Experience in program and curricular development in undergraduate or graduate education. International visibility in graphic design and data visualization or related areas. Evidence of collaboration with academic departments in multiple disciplines. Record of achievement in integrating design and business, and work that supports development of the design disciplines and society. Salary and Rank: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. Expected Start Date: August 26, 2013 Application Procedure: Required application procedure is on-line at: http://www.umn.edu/ohr/employment (Requisition # 181382). Please complete the application and submit the following required attachments: 1.) cover letter; 2.) curriculum vitae; 3.) transcripts of your graduate work (may be unofficial transcripts at time of application); 4.) statement of vision for creative or research work in data visualization; and statement of vision for teaching in graphic design/data visualization; 5.) portfolio of original design scholarly work, creative practice, student work, and recent teaching evaluations (this attachment should be no more than 10 pages total); 6.) contact information for three references. Attachments must be submitted as PDF’s in the on-line employment system. Process questions to Carrie Vigen, HR Specialist, PH: 612/624-1721; Email: cvigen(a)umn.edu. Content questions to Dr. Barbara Martinson, Search Committee Chair, PH: 612/624-4239; Email: bmartins(a)umn.edu . Review of applications will begin January 2, 2013. For more information, please visit our web site at http://dha.cdes.umn.edu. The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation. To request disability accommodations, please contact Julie Hillman, Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel, 240 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, 612/624-7721.

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Tenure Track position in Data Visualization at the University of Minnesota, College of Design
by Victoria Interrante 08 Dec '12

08 Dec '12

Dear Colleagues, The College of Design at the University of Minnesota is seeking candidates for a tenure-track faculty position in Graphic Design with a specialization in Data Visualization. Please see the attachment for more details. Thank you, Vicki Interrante

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PacificVis 2013 Call for Posters
by Karsten Klein 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

-------------- Call for Posters --------------- IEEE PacificVis 2013 Sydney, Australia, February 27 to March 1, 2013 http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~pvis2013/ ----------------------------------------------- The 6th PacificVis Symposium (Pacific Visualization) will be held in Sydney, Australia from February 27 to March 1, 2013. As part of PacificVis, workshop/tutorial sessions will be held on February 26. PacificVis is an IEEE sponsored international visualization symposium held in the Asia-Pacific region, with the objective to foster greater exchange between visualization researchers and practitioners, and to draw more researchers in the Asia-Pacific region to enter this rapidly growing area of research. PacificVis 2013 is soliciting high quality poster proposals. The PacificVis 2013 poster program offers an opportunity to present innovative techniques in commercial products, work in progress, student projects, or non-traditional research. We especially welcome presentations of novel interface and interaction techniques for visualization. The objective is to foster exchange between researchers and practitioners in the fields of visualization and HCI. Important Dates: Poster submission deadline: December 17, 2012, 11:59pm (PDT) Notification of acceptance: January 8, 2013 Camera-ready version due: January 21, 2013 Symposium: February 27 - March 1, 2013 Workshop/Tutorial: February 26 Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: Data focused visualization research * high-dimensional and multi-variate data * causality and uncertainty data * time-varying data * scalar, vector and tensor fields * regular and unstructured data * spatial data * large-scale data Technique focused visualization research * volume modeling and rendering * feature extraction * topology-based and geometry-based techniques * glyph-based techniques * dimension reduction, machine-learning approaches Graph and network visualization research * graph drawing algorithms * graphs, trees, and other rational data * interaction techniques for graphs and networks * social and scale-free networks * aesthetic for graph drawing readability Interaction focused visualization research * focus+context techniques * animation * zooming and navigation * linking+brushing * labeling, editing, and annotation * collaborative * co-located and distributed * manipulation and deformation * visual data mining Empirical and comprehension focused visualization research * visual design and aesthetics * cognition and perception * presentation and storytelling, usability studies * validation and verification * color, texture, scene and motion perception System focused visualization research * mobile and ubiquitous * taxonomies and models * methodologies and frameworks * visualization system and toolkit design * illustrative visualization * database visualization * collaborative visualization Hardware, display and interaction technology * large and high-resolution displays * stereo displays; immersive and virtual environments * multimodal input * GPU and multi-core architectures * CPU and GPU clusters * grid and cloud environments Visualization application areas * visualization in mathematics, financial, security, and business visualization, geo-visualization, biomedical visualization, text and documents, visualization for education, multimedia visualization, social media visualization and health An interactive poster session will be held to allow plenty of opportunities for one-on-one dialogue and small group discussion in a casual setting. Extended abstracts of the accepted posters will be distributed at the conference, but these abstracts will NOT be included in the symposium proceedings and will NOT be considered publications. The same work can therefore be submitted to a journal or conference later. Posters should present at least partial results achieved with a new technique. Submissions describing unsubstantiated ideas for future research will not be accepted. Based on the results of paper review process, the PacificVis 2013 program committee will also decide to offer several authors to present their work as invited posters and we expect to build a high quality poster program based on these core contributions. Posters will be evaluated by the PacificVis 2013 Poster Co-Chairs based on the level of contribution, validity of the results, originality, and clarity of presentation. Submission Instructions Posters of up to 2 pages (two-column, single-spaced, 10 point font, including figures, tables and references) are invited. Manuscripts must be written in English, and follow the formatting guidelines. DOC and LaTeX templates are available at http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~vis/Track/pacvis.html. Submissions should be made electronically in Adobe PDF (no paper copy will be accepted) by e-mailing it to the Poster Co-Chairs (pvispstr(a)it.usyd.edu.au) by the deadline specified below. File name should start with primary author's full last name followed by an underscore and arbitrary poster name, for example smith_graph_drawing.pdf. Please do NOT use paper submission system for anything related to posters. Even if the PacificVis 2013 program committee offered you to present an invited poster based on your earlier paper submission, please send the new 2-page version to the Poster Co-Chairs (pvispstr(a)it.usyd.edu.au) by the deadline specified below. This will serve as an indication that you accept the invitation and are willing to present your work as a poster at the conference. Contact Email: pvispstr(a)it.usyd.edu.au Poster Co-Chairs: Shixia Liu, Microsoft Research Asia Quang Vinh Nguyen, University of Western Sydney Shigeo Takahashi, University of Tokyo

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*** DEADLINE EXTENDED ***: Theme Issue on Designing Collaborative Interactive Spaces in the Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
by Hans-Christian Jetter 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

======================================================== Theme Issue on Designing Collaborative Interactive Spaces in the Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (Extended Deadline) <http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/dcis/puc-issue> http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/dcis/puc-issue ======================================================== 'Interactive spaces' are physical environments or rooms for co-located collaborative work that are augmented with ubiquitous computing technology. Their purpose is to enable a computer-supported collaboration between multiple users based on a seamless use of different devices for natural post-'Windows-Icons-Menu-Pointer' interaction, e.g., multi-display environments, multi-touch walls, interactive tabletops, tablet PCs, tangible user interfaces, or digital pen & paper. These environments can serve to support or augment group activities such as presentation, discussion, brainstorming, sketching, drafting, or sensemaking. While the original vision of interactive spaces can be traced back to the 1990s and 2000s, recent advances in commercially available hardware and software (e.g., multi-touch tabletops, ubiquitous smartphones and tablets, or pico projectors & depth cameras for gestural and 'touch anywhere' interaction) now allow to realize and evaluate formerly impossible designs and visions. This new generation of interactive spaces with natural user interfaces is of particular relevance in knowledge-intensive and collaborative domains, among them e-Creativity, e-Science, and e-Learning. The goal of this theme issue is to report on the current state of research on interactive spaces for co-located collaboration. This includes the underlying design, concepts and technologies as well as promising fields of application. This special issue will accept original research papers from HCI, Information Visualization, CSCW, e-Science, and CSCL. This multi-disciplinary perspective is intended to provide an overview of the field beyond the typical boundaries of disciplines. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): . Understanding users' natural collaboration in rooms. . Conceptual frameworks for natural user collaboration, learning, and interaction. . Design frameworks and theories for blending digital and physical objects and spaces. . Novel designs of interaction techniques, visualizations, smart furniture, or devices for natural collaboration in interactive spaces. . Tangible and gestural interaction. . Enabling technologies for natural interaction in interactive spaces ranging from software frameworks to computer vision and new sensor technology. . New observation and evaluation approaches for interactive spaces (e.g. longitudinal evaluation). . Issues of ownership and privacy in interactive spaces. . Systems, best-practice examples, and lessons learned from real-world applications. The theme issue is linked to the DCIS 2012 workshop on Designing Collaborative Interactive Spaces for e-Creativity, e-Science, and e-Learning held at AVI 2012 ( <http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/dcis> http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/dcis) Whereas extended versions of presented papers are welcome, the call is also open to high-quality, original articles. Important dates: ============== Full manuscript due: Jan 14, 2013 (extended) Acceptance notification: Mar 4, 2013 Final manuscript due: Apr 1, 2013 Publication date: summer 2013 (tentative) Submission guidelines: ================== Submissions should be prepared according to the author instructions available at the journal homepage, <http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/779> http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/779. Manuscripts must be submitted as a PDF to <mailto:submissions_puc@inf.uni-konstanz.de> submissions_puc(a)inf.uni-konstanz.de. Information about the manuscript (title, full list of authors, corresponding author's contact, abstract, and keywords) must be included in the submission email. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least two international reviewers. Submissions should be no more than 8000 words in length. Guest editors: ============ - Hans-Christian Jetter, University of Konstanz (Germany) - Harald Reiterer, University of Konstanz (Germany) - Raimund Dachselt, Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) Information about the Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing: ====================================================== - Editor-in-Chief: Peter Thomas - Journal web site: <http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/779> http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/779 - Facebook web site: <http://www.facebook.com/personalubicomp> http://www.facebook.com/personalubicomp

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FW: CHI'13 Workshop "Blended Interaction: Envisioning Future Collaborative Interactive Spaces"
by Hans-Christian Jetter 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

======================================================================== Blended Interaction: Envisioning Future Collaborative Interactive Spaces CHI 2013 Workshop http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/blendedinteraction2013/ ======================================================================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Blended Interaction is interaction in physical environments including meeting rooms, studios, or libraries that are augmented with post-WIMP UI technologies to blend the power of digital computing with natural work practices and collaboration. Blended Interaction combines the virtues of physical and digital artifacts, so that desired properties of each are preserved while integrating computing power in a considered manner. Examples of Blended Interaction range from digital pen & paper and pen & multi-touch interaction to tangible displays in rooms of mixed or augmented reality. The ACM CHI 2013 Workshop on "Blended Interaction: Envisioning Future Collaborative Interactive Spaces" is the first international workshop that will bring together leading experts in cognitive theories and post-WIMP designs and technologies to create a unified vision and theory of Blended Interaction in a multidisciplinary approach. WORKSHOP SUBMISSIONS We invite submissions about the (1.) technology, (2.) vision, and (3.) theory of Blended Interaction and will carefully select participants to ensure an equal distribution of expertise from these three fields. Typical topics include, but are not limited to: * Display and sensor technologies that enable blending the digital and the physical * Interaction techniques and gestures that mimic and extend the real world * (Multi-)touch and/or pen input on everyday objects and surfaces * Tangible user interfaces, tangible information representations and tangible displays * Technology and designs for mixed and augmented reality * Collaboration concepts in interactive spaces, models and theories of collaboration * Theories and models of embodied cognition and natural interaction * Cognitive linguistics, conceptual blending, image schemata, metaphors * Models of reality-based and embodied interaction * Influence of proprioception and kinesthesia on cognition * Proxemics in human-computer interaction * Architecture, ergonomics and interior design of digitally-augmented physical environments * Visions of future human-computer interaction SUBMISSION DETAILS All papers should be submitted on the workshop homepage (http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/blendedinteraction2013/) by January 11, 2013. Participants will be selected based on their submission in either of two categories: 1.) short position papers (up to 4 pages in CHI extended abstracts format), in which they have to demonstrate informed positions about the topic 2.) workshop papers (up to 6 pages in CHI extended abstracts format) describing their on-going research. All contributions will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers from an international program committee. Like in past workshops of the organizers (e.g., <http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/dcis> http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/dcis) we plan on publishing extended versions of selected workshop papers in a special issue on Blended Interaction of a scientific journal. Deadline for submissions: Jan 11th, 2013. Notifications of acceptance: Feb 8th, 2013. One author of each paper is required to register to the workshop and one day of CHI'13. The one-day workshop will take place in conjunction with CHI'13 in Paris, on either April 27 or April 28 (exact date to be confirmed soon). Questions should be directed to hans-christian.jetter(a)uni-konstanz.de. ORGANIZERS Hans-Christian Jetter, University of Konstanz Raimund Dachselt, Technische Universität Dresden Harald Reiterer, University of Konstanz Aaron Quigley, University of St Andrews David Benyon, Edinburgh Napier University Michael Haller, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

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Eye tracking: why, when, and how? - workshop in Dresden, 23-24 August 2013
by Gennady Andrienko 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

http://geoanalytics.net/ica/icc2013et/ :: ICC 2013 in Dresden NEW CALL ICA Commission on Cognitive Visualization ICA Commission on Geovisualization ICA Commission on Use and User Issues International Cartographic Conference 2013: Pre-Conference Workshop :: Eye tracking: why, when, and how? 23 (noon)-24 (all day) August 2013 @ the Technical University in Dresden, Germany We cordially invite you to participate in a hands-on workshop on how to efficiently and effectively collect, analyze, and make sense of eye movement data in empirical user studies. We will work hands-on with real eye-trackers and real data during the workshop, and discuss issues in the group. This workshop is intended to bring together a broad mix of researchers interested in eye movement data collection methods, ranging from the eye tracking novice who might wish to learn more about this empirical technique, to the seasoned eye tracking expert who wishes to share advanced analytical approaches with other like-minded empirical researchers. Part of the program will use parallel tracks to meet the needs of both novices and experts, and a ‘data challenge’ will form a key component of the meeting. We thus encourage various avenues for involvement in this hands-on workshop, and call for the following contributions: .. Short papers involving ~ Case studies and applications ~ Work in progress reports ~ Open problems ~ Demos and tools ~ Novel analysis techniques and methods .. Responses to our data challenges ~ the organizers provide real eye-tracking datasets, together with analytical tasks by early December 2012. Three different data sets for the data challenge are available. .. Different data sets and their descriptions are available here: ~ CogVis | https://www.geo.uzh.ch/microsite/icacogvis/icc13_dc.html ~ Geovis | http://geoanalytics.net/and/papers/vast2012em/data/index.html ~ UUI | http://www.univie.ac.at/icacomuse/index.php?title=Data_challenge Participation cost: 40 EUR (lunch on the first day is included in the workshop fee) We expect your abstract containing a statement of interest, including the type of proposed contribution (ca. 1 page, PDF or MSWord) by FEB 1 2013. Please send your contributions to: icacogvis(a)geo.uzh.ch (Subject: ICC13) Notifications of acceptance: MAR 1, 2013. Details about workshop, registration etc. will be published here, as they become available: https://www.geo.uzh.ch/microsite/icacogvis/activities.html Further questions can be directed to the commission chairs: Sara Fabrikant (sara at geo.uzh.ch), Gennady Andrienko (gennady.andrienko at iais.fraunhofer.de), and Corné van Elzakker (elzakker at itc.nl). CogVis | https://www.geo.uzh.ch/microsite/icacogvis/ Geovis | http://geoanalytics.net/ica/ UUI | http://www.univie.ac.at/icacomuse/ ____________________________________________________________

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