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CfP: IVI Special Issue on Visualization Evaluation
by Petra Isenberg 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

**Visualization Evaluation** *A Special Issue of Information Visualization,* Guest Editors: Enrico Bertini, Petra Isenberg, Tobias Isenberg, Heidi Lam, Adam Perer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visualization has recently gained much relevance for its ability to cope with complex data analysis and communication. Thanks to its ability to convey complex concepts in an efficient manner it has been adopted in many contexts; from scientific laboratories to newspapers. While the overall use of visualization is accelerating, the growth of techniques for the evaluation of these systems has been slow. How do we measure the quality of a visualization? How do we decide on competing designs? How do we know whether a visualization meets its goal? These are only some of the questions researchers and practitioners are confronted with when designing visualization systems. To understand how, when and why visualization works, 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, when used in isolation, appear to be insufficient to quantify the complex quality and usage of a visualization system, therefore new metrics and methods to better evaluate visualizations are needed. This special issue calls for innovative ideas about how to evaluate visualization and reflections about its state of the art. We call for papers dealing with evaluation in the fields of scientific visualization, information visualization, and visual analytics. We explicitly discourage submissions describing exclusively the process and outcome of a given evaluation unless the methodology itself is innovative. 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 * Evaluation heuristics and guidelines * Evaluation of storytelling visualization * Evaluation of visualization as art Paper Submission Submissions due: Feb 8, 2013 Acceptance notices: Apr 15, 2013 Final revisions due: May 13, 2013 Publication: late 2013 Inquiries should be made to the guest editors by sending an email to chairs(a)beliv.orgElectronic submissions of manuscripts in PDF should be made using the online submission system and the papers should be formatted according to the journal standards. For details on the submission process, please visit the Journal's instruction website at: http://ivi.sagepub.com/ -- 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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Postdoc in Infovis/Visual Analytics, University of Washington, Seattle
by Cecilia Aragon 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Postdoctoral Opening in Information Visualization/Visual Analytics, University of Washington The Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington has an opening for a postdoctoral researcher to perform advanced research and development in the areas of information visualization and visual analytics. The long-term goal is to develop a better understanding of the use of visual interfaces in analyzing and exploring large, dynamic text-based data sets and networks. This work will involve developing new algorithms to visualize networks and text. Modeling of the visual interface and the nature of human-computer interaction over large data sets may also be involved. The work will be performed as part of an interdisciplinary team of students and faculty with expertise in a wide range of domains including computer science, social science, biology, physics, and other sciences. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their research skills in all aspects from conceptualization to publication and presentation. HCDE offers a vibrant multidisciplinary research environment with links to multiple departments within UW and research labs and companies in the Seattle area and around the world. NOTE: This is a full-time, one-year postdoctoral appointment with the possibility of extension to an additional year or two, depending on performance and availability of funding. Start date is September 15, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO APPLY, please contact Cecilia Aragon at aragon(a)uw.edu. To apply: email a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and a statement of research interests; also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to the same email address. The University of Washington is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. -- Cecilia R. Aragon Associate Professor Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington 407A Sieg Hall, Box 352315 Seattle, WA 98195 (510) 779-2722 aragon(a)uw.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/aragon

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Theme Issue on Designing Collaborative Interactive Spaces in the Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
by Hans-Christian Jetter 27 Nov '12

27 Nov '12

======================================================== Second CFP: Theme Issue on Designing Collaborative Interactive Spaces in the Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing <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: 14.12.2012 Acceptance notification: 01.02.2013 Final manuscript due: 01.03.2013 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 -- Hans-Christian Jetter (M.Sc.) Human-Computer Interaction Group <http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/staff/Jetter> http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/staff/Jetter University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, Box D 73, 78457 Konstanz, Germany Room A 615, Phone +49-7531-88-3534

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Visualisation and Business Intelligence, Special session at IV'2013, London, 15, 16, 17 and 18 July 2013
by Gilles Venturini 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

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/KV.htm> http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/VBI.htm <http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/> www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/ Visualizations 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: <mailto:IV13@graphicslink.co.uk> IV13(a)graphicslink.co.uk URL: <http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/> http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/

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evaluation of the visual approach to detect connections in a dataset?
by Clement Levallois 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

Dear list members, I am looking for papers discussing if / how visualization helps detecting connections in a dataset. For instance, a discussion of how fast / accurately the most connected actor is detected in a dataset of relations in a social network, when this dataset is presented as a visual network as compared to just showing the raw, numerical source (this is just an example, I'd be interested in papers discussing similar situations as well). Thanks, Clement -------------------------------------------- Clement Levallois, PhD Erasmus University Rotterdam The Netherlands pro website<http://www.erim.eur.nl/ERIM/People/Person_Details?p_aff_id=4321> / personal website <http://www.clementlevallois.net/> twitter and skype: @seinecle Discover the NESSHI project: http://www.nesshi.eu

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Visualization - Opening 2 Permanent Positions - Research Centre Luxembourg
by Benoît Otjacques 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Dear all, The Public Research Centre - Gabriel Lippmann (Luxembourg) has opened two new permanent positions in the Visualization domain. The recently refocused mission of the ISC (Informatics, Systems and Collaboration) department is to use computer science to ease the understanding of complex big data coming from multiple and heterogeneous sources by primarily using visual representations accessed via any type of devices in various contexts of use. Four complementary domains have been identified as highly strategic for the years to come: Information Visualization Approaches and Techniques, Visual Analytics, Data Provisioning Issues for Visualization Purposes and Model-Driven Visualization Software. This offer is a unique opportunity to join a fast growing and ambitious team in the visualization domain. Various interdisciplinary collaborations are foreseen with our colleagues in environmental or material sciences as well as with external public or private organizations (e.g. in finance, manufacturing, public administration, energy, retail industry...). The candidates should submit their application on our web site: www.lippmann.lu (Section Job Opportunities) Feel free to distribute this call. Best regards, Benoît Otjacques (See attached file: ISC-20121019-CHREVISU2.pdf)(See attached file: ISC-20121023-PLEVISU.pdf) PS: Apologies for multiple postings for people included in several mailing lists. ********************************************************************************* Dr Ir Benoît Otjacques Deputy scientific Director Centre de Recherche Public - Gabriel Lippmann Department ISC - Informatics, Systems and Collaboration 41, Rue du Brill L-4422 Belvaux Luxembourg http://www.lippmann.lu *********************************************************************************

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Call for Students - Doctoral College Environmental Informatics
by Silvia Miksch (asgaard) 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

10 Open PhD Positions for Environmental Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology In the framework of the doctoral college "Environmental Informatics", expected to start in March 2013 for a period of 3 years, the Vienna University of Technology has 10 open PhD student positions of which 5 positions are dedicated to female students. An accepted PhD student will be paid a salary of 949.50 EUR per month, 14 times per year for 15 hours/week working basis (salary scale 2012). Additional payments are possible based on availability of external funding sources (up to 35.448 EUR per year for 40 working hours/week in the salary scale 2012). The doctoral college "Environmental Informatics" as an interdisciplinary approach aims to establish research collaboration amongst Architecture & Planning, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Informatics and Mathematics and Geoinformation. Five research areas are covered: A) Information semantics, management and integration, B) Visual analytics, C) Algorithmic modeling, simulation, optimization, D) Large-scale data and compute-intensive systems, E) Governance and decision support. PhD students will be supervised by Profs Schahram Dustdar, Andrew Frank, Wolfgang Gawlik, Wolfgang Kastner, Ardeshir Mahdavi, Silvia Miksch, Nebojsa Nakicenovic , Günther Raidl, A Min Tjoa, and Jesper Larsson Träff . Possible PhD research topics include: - Platform-as-a-Service for Environmental Informatics - Ontologies to Model the Construction and the Use Processes in the Built Environment - Adaptive Micro Grid Control and Protection - Information Modeling and Ontologies - Coupled Multi-level Models for Performance Assessment of Built Environments - Exploring and Analyzing Environmental Data with Visual Analytics Methods - Decarbonization and Efficiency Revolution - Optimization Issues in Public Bike Sharing Systems - Exploiting Linked Open Data in Environmental Informatics - Parallel Computing for Energy Efficiency Applicants should have completed a master degree in computer science, informatics, business informatics, mathematics or equivalent area. Submissions will be considered in different rounds, until all positions filled. The deadline for the next submission consideration is 15. November 2012. Further information about topics and submission procedure are available at:http://ei.infosys.tuwien.ac.at.

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2nd Call - ISSI 2013 - 14th Int. Conf. on Scientometrics and Informetrics
by Steinbrunner Silvia 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

(Apologies for cross postings) 2nd 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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tenure track position: Canada Research Chair, Tier II, Visual Analytics
by sheelagh 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

apologies for cross-postings *Canada Research Chair, Tier II, Visual Analytics* *Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary * Applications are invited from emerging leaders in the area of *Visual Analytics* for a *Tier II Canada Research Chair *position at the University of Calgary.The chair will be housed in the Department of Computer Science, in the Faculty of Science. Details for this position appear at:http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca.The chair holder is expected to establish an extensive research agenda and to teach at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Successful candidates will be expected to actively recruit and supervise graduate students, building a dynamic research team that will include undergraduate and graduate students (M.Sc. and Ph.D.), and post-doctoral fellows.The Chair will develop collaborations with fellow professors and researchers, particularly those involved in the Imaging and Visualization strategic research direction, but also those at other institutions throughout Canada and abroad. Peer-reviewed external funding is expected to be sustained, and industrial partnerships are strongly encouraged. Applicants must possess a doctorate in Computer Science at the time of appointment, and have a stellar research record. Successful applicants will be enthusiastic about contributing to both teaching and research, and will be appointed at either the Assistant or Associate Professor level, depending on relevant experience. This appointment is conditional upon a successful CRC application. The Department of Computer Science is one of Canada's leaders, as evidenced by our commitment to excellence in research and teaching. It has large undergraduate and graduate programs and extensive state-of-the-art computing facilities. Calgary is a multicultural city that is the fastest growing city in Canada. Calgary enjoys a moderate climate located beside the natural beauty of the Rocky Mountains. Further information about the Department is available at http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/. Interested applicants should send a CV, a concise description of their research area and program, a statement of teaching philosophy, and arrange to have at least three reference letters sent to: ** *Dr. Carey Williamson, Head * Department of Computer Science University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 Or email to: search(a)cpsc.ucalgary.ca <mailto:search@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> Completed applications received by January 15, 2013 will receive full consideration, though the review process will continue until the position is filled. Hiring decisions will be finalized in Spring 2013. The successful applicant will develop with the University of Calgary the Canada Research Chair application for the October 2013 deadline, with the goal of joining the University of Calgary on July 1, 2014.

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Post Doctoral Fellowship: InnoVis University of Calgary
by sheelagh 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Social Data Visualization, Personal Visual Analytics, and/or Visualization on Large Displays =========================================== The Innovations in Visualization (InnoVis) Research Group at the University of Calgary is inviting applications for a post-doctoral fellowship. The successful candidate will work closely with Dr. Sheelagh Carpendale and other faculty and researchers in the Visual and Interactive Research Group. The required background includes a PhD in Computer Science (or its equivalent). A research focus of information visualization, visual analytics, graphics and/or human computer interaction are preferred. Good programming skills and experience in empirical research, either quantitative or qualitative are considered assets. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their research skills in all aspects including innovation, realization, evaluation, publication, and presentation. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record that demonstrates high-quality independent research. Of particular interest are candidates with interests in collaborative information visualization, social visualization, personal visual analytics, and visualization on large displays. The position will be located in the Interactions Laboratory, a rich community of students, researchers and faculty that specialize in many aspects of Information Visualization and Human Computer Interaction. An immediate start date is preferable but negotiable since the candidate's PhD must have been successfully defended. The appointments of one or two years duration are possible. For further information contact Sheelagh Carpendalesheelagh(a)ucalgary.ca <mailto:sheelagh@ucalgary.ca> http://innovis.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/Research

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