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Senior Research Fellow
by Sheena Wells 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

Fellowship in Information Visualisation for the Biological Sciences Fixed term contract for up to 3 years (with possible 1 year extension) We are looking for an exceptional Senior Research Fellow to oversee the creation and management of 3D visualisation solutions across the 2020 Science research programme. The post is funded by a large EPSRC grant and will involve working on projects based across three principle sites, Oxford, UCL and Microsoft Research, Cambridge. The post holder will be expected to design and implement a visualisation strategy across the programme to determine where visualisation solutions would be most appropriate and the form they might take. We will consider candidates from various backgrounds, but all must be able to give evidence of their ability to produce outstanding and novel scientific visualisations and communicate their work effectively to a diverse mix of academics and scientists. Applicants should have a degree or PhD in a relevant area (e.g. Information Design, Computational Science, Mathematical or Computational Biology, Applied Mathematics, or Computer Science) coupled with an excellent portfolio of research in visualisation or information design. The Fellow will undertake research as a member of the University of Oxford, based in one of the Departments associated with the programme and be responsible to the Principal Investigators of the programme. The post is available for up to 3 years (with possible 1 year extension), has a salary on the University grade 08S scale (£37,012-£44,166 p.a.) or grade 07S scale (£29,249-£35,938 p.a.) depending on experience. For further details and to apply please visit: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs… The closing date for applications is 30 March 2012.

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CFP: GeoVA(T) - GeoVisual Analytics: Time to Focus on Time (2012 edition)
by Gennady Andrienko 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Dear colleagues, Please consider submitting your best work to our GIScience workshop GeoVA(T): GeoVisual Analytics: Time to Focus on Time The deadline is Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Submission format: PDF, up to 4 pages in IEEE VisWeek format We shall arrange and announce the conference management system soon. Best regards, Gennady Andrienko, on behalf of the workshop organizers ____________________________________________________________ Fraunhofer Institute IAIS: http://www.iais.fraunhofer.de ICA GeoVisualization Commission: http://geoanalytics.net/ica Andrienko's homepage: http://geoanalytics.net/and publications: http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=R370BREAAAAJ ____________________________________________________________ ---------------------- Call for papers ------------------------------- GeoVisual Analytics, Time to Focus on Time Workshop @ GIScience (18 September 2012, Columbus OH, USA) & Special issue of Information Visualization (early 2013) http://geoanalytics.net/GeoVA(t)2012 The workshop is a follow-up of the successful workshops on - Visualization, Analytics and Spatial Decision Support at the GIScience’2006 conference, - Geovisualization of Dynamics, Movement and Change at AGILE'2008, and - GeoSpatial Visual Analytics at GIScience'2008. - GeoSpatial Visual Analytics: Focus on Time at AGILE'2010. Selected papers from the previous workshops, including research agenda papers, were published as special issues of - International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 2007, v.21(8) - Information Visualization, 2008, v.7 (3/4), and - Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 2009, v.36 (3) - International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 2010, v.24(10) Geospatial visual analytics has a tendency to emphasize the spatial components of geographic information. At this workshop we encourage approaches that utilize and emphasize the temporal characteristics of geographic information in rich, novel and useful ways - it's time to focus on time. The theme for the workshop and this special issue of the Information Visualization journal is the use of GeoVisual Analytics approaches for exploring and analysing large data sets with both spatial and temporal components. Original papers are solicited in this area. In particular, we encourage innovative papers detailing tight integration of visualization, data mining, database processing, optimization and other computational processing. The workshop will provide participants with the possibility to present ongoing and developing work without committing to a full journal paper. The journal special issue will provide selected participants with the opportunity of reporting their work in a refereed journal. Papers will be selected for consideration for the spacial issue according to the quality, maturity and likely impact of the work in addition to its fit with the theme. Example topics include, but are not limited to, the visualization and interactive analysis of large data sets representing: - individual and group movement behaviours, either in physical or virtual spaces - dynamics of geo-localised sensor data - spatio-temporal events - visualization and analysis of multi-scale and multi-temporal data - large high-dimensional data sets in space and time - streams of spatio-temporal data as well as - models and semantics of time in geospatial visual analytics - knowledge construction and reasoning about spatial and temporal phenomena and processes - application of innovative visual analytics methods to real-life problems Organizers and Guest Editors: - Gennady and Natalia Andrienko (Fraunhofer Institute IAIS), - Jason Dykes (City University), - Menno-Jan Kraak (ITC), - Heidrun Schumann (University of Rostock) ICA Commission on GeoVisualization: http://geoanalytics.net/ica Supported by: - SPP VA - Scalable Visual Analytics: Interactive Visual Analysis Systems of Complex Information Spaces (DFG Priority Research Program) - MODAP - Mobility, Data Mining, and Privacy (FET-Open Coordination Action) - MOVE - Knowledge Discovery from Moving Objects (COST-Action IC0903) Please send all inquiries to G.Andrienko: Web site: http://geoanalytics.net/GeoVA(t)2012 Submission and selection procedure & deadlines end-October, 2011 preliminary CFP announced February 23, 2012 final CFP announced May 1, 2012 Authors should submit extended abstracts (PDF, up to 4 pages in IEEE TVCG format, see http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~vis/Tasks/camera_tvcg.html for formatting details) via the conference management system (to be announced) Abstracts should be up to four pages in length. Illustrations and supplementary online materials are welcome, they should be included to the PDF. Authors should indicate whether they are interested in developing the abstract into a full paper for the special issue June 1, 2012 Guest editors will select abstracts for the presentation at the workshop and notify authors. Short abstracts of accepted presentations will be published online at the workshop web site. September 1, 2012 Full papers for the special issue(s) are submitted September 18, 2012, Columbus, Ohio, USA Authors of accepted abstracts present their work at the workshop for feedback and discussion October 1, 2012 Authors will be notified about acceptance for the special issue November 1, 2012 Deadline for submitting final papers and responding to reviewer’s comments. December 1, 2012 Final notifications early 2013 IVS special issue published ________________________________________________________________________

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Research Internships - Visual Analytics for Language Processing and Text Mining
by Daniela Oelke 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

The Leibniz Institute for Educational Research and Educational Information (DIPF) <http://www.dipf.de/> in Frankfurt am Main is a federally and state-funded member of the Leibniz Association. The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab at the DIPF's Information Center for Education currently seeking Research Interns (for a term of six months) in the field of Visual Analytics for Language Processing and Text Mining for its Frankfurt am Main location. The position is part of the establishment of the new working branch of the Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab under the leadership of Prof. Iryna Gurevych (UKP-DIPF) at the Frankfurt am Main location. The Lab cooperates closely with the Technology-based Assessment <http://tba.dipf.de/> and Information Management groups at DIPF, as well as with the Department of Computer Science (UKP-TUD <http://www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de/ukp-home/>, Prof. Iryna Gurevych) at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. It is the core of a newly built institutional research priority for knowledge processing <http://www.werc.tu-darmstadt.de/> at DIPF and the Technische Universität Darmstadt. The UKP Lab conducts research in the intersection of language processing and machine learning, text mining, and knowledge discovery in the Web. The Lab's approach combines the foundations of large-scale language processing, real-world text mining, and hands-on skills in the rapid development of scalable systems with practical relevance. Requirements We are looking for graduate students that would like to work on projects that research and apply visual analytics methods for language processing and text mining, with substantial theoretical knowledge, excellent problem-solving and programming (Java) skills for language processing and visualization, eagerness to apply the knowledge and skills in new contexts, and interest to participate in internationally competitive research leading to publications in the respective cutting-edge conferences. The ability to work independently, personal commitment, teamwork and communication skills, and a readiness to cooperate are required. The ability to speak German is desired, but is not a hard requirement. Experience in visual analytics and/or data visualization, as well as natural language processing, text mining, and machine learning is a plus. The position is ideally suited for individuals willing to acquire graduate-level research experience to qualify as a PhD student, research associate, or for an industry position. Applications from women are particularly encouraged. All other things being equal, candidates with disabilities will be given preference. The position is a fixed-term contract with an option to extend it, provided certain conditions are met. A part-time working arrangement is possible. As a scientific institution, the primary goals of the Leibniz Institute DIPF are high-profile basic research and innovative scientific services. Particular importance and visibility is attached to their application to education in the public sector. DIPF avails itself of the expertise of computer science at TU Darmstadt to build a research center for knowledge processing and educational computer science. The Department of Computer Science of TU Darmstadt is regularly ranked among the best in Germany. Among the distinguishing features of the nascent UKP-DIPF working group are its applications of semantic language technology, text mining, and information retrieval, as well as its powerful infrastructures for the aggregation and evaluation of knowledge. Applications (including CV, details of previous academic work, educational and professional references, and final thesis in electronic form) should be submitted by *March 17, 2012* to * gurevych (at) cs (dot) tu-darmstadt (dot) de <javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto('ocknvq,iwtgxaejBeu0vw/fctouvcfv0fg');>*.

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Call for Papers: VLC 2012 (August, Miami)
by J.Burton＠brighton.ac.uk 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies.) =========================================================== VLC 2012 CALL FOR PAPERS 2012 International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing in conjunction with The 18th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems Eden Roc Renaissance, Miami Beach, USA August 9 - August 11, 2012 (URL: http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms12.html) Theme: Effectiveness of Visual Languages Organized by Knowledge Systems Institute, U.S.A. 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 2012 International Conference of Distributed Multimedia Systems (http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms12.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 The following topics are of special interest: 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 2012. 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 2012 paper submission page: http://conf.ksi.edu/vlc2012/submit/SubmitPaper.php . IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission due: March 31, 2012 Notification of acceptance: May 20, 2012 Camera-ready copy: June 10, 2012 Early conference registration due: June 10, 2012 GENERAL CHAIR Levent Burak Kara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS A. J. Delaney, University of Brighton, UK; PC co-chair Metin Sezgin, Koc University, Turkey; PC co-chair PUBLICITY CHAIR J. Burton, University of Brighton, UK PROGRAM COMMITTEE Dorothea Blostein, Queen's University, Canada Jeff Browne, UC Santa Barbara, USA Alfonso F. Cardenas, University of California, USA Gennaro Costagliola, University of Salerno, Italy Philip Cox, Dalhousie University, Canada Sergiu Dascalu, University of Nevada, USA Aidan Delaney, University of Brighton, UK Vincenzo Deufemia, University of Salerno, Italy Filomena Ferrucci, University of Salerno, Italy Manuel J. Fonseca, INESC-ID, Portugal Vittorio Fuccella, University of Salerno, Italy Joaquim A Jorge, Instituto Suoerior Tecnico, Portugal Levent Burak Kara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Robert Laurini, University of Lyon, France Ian Oliver, Nokia, Finland Joseph J. Pfeiffer, New Mexico State University, USA Beryl Plimmer, University of Auckland, New Zealand Tevfik Metin Sezgin, Koc University, Turkey Gem Stapleton, University of Brighton, UK Stefano Valtolina, University of Milan, Italy Giuliana Vitiello, University of Salerno, Italy CONFERENCE LISTED BY DBLP INSPEC Compendex AllConferences.com WikiCFP ========================================================= Regards, Dr Jim Burton Lecturer in Computing 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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Only ten days left! Final CFP: Human centric visualization
by whua5569＠gmail.com 12 Feb '12

12 Feb '12

Dear Colleagues, Apologies for repeated posts. Only ten days left; this is a final call for contributions. Thank you! ******** CALL FOR CHAPTERS ************* *Chapter proposal due: Feb 24, 2012* Notification due: March 09, 2012 Full chapter due: June 15, 2012 *Human centric visualization: Theories, methodologies and case studies * A book edited by Tony Huang (CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia), to be published by Springer: www.springer.com Web: http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=19780%A9ownerid=14… *1. Introduction * Visualizations (diagrams) are produced for people to make sense or interact with them. Rapid advances in display technology and computer power have enabled researchers to produce visually appealing pictures or compelling visual environments to end users. However, the effectiveness of those pictures in conveying embedded information to the users and impact of visual environments on humans have not been fully understood. This book addresses issues related to design, evaluation and application of visualizations from a human centric perspective. This cutting-edge book is an edited volume whose contributors include experts worldwide, from diverse disciplines including psychologist, artists, engineers and scientists. Academics, students, engineers and consultants will find this book useful for both research and engineering purposes. *2. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: * *Part I: Introduction and overview * Current status and future challenges of visualization methods Current status and future challenges of human centric visualizations research Survey of evaluation methods in visualization Survey of theories, frameworks, models, heuristics and design principles for visualization *Part II: Theories, models, frameworks, heuristics and design principles for human centric visualization * Theories of visual thinking, diagram perception, cognition and reasoning and their applications Latest developments toward theories of visualization Latest development of frameworks, models, heuristics and design principles for visualization Applications of the theories, frameworks, models, heuristics and design principles Adaptations and applications of theories from other domains in visualization *Part III: Methodologies for design, development and evaluation of human centric visualization * Approaches and practices of visualization design Evaluation methods Measurement metrics Taxonomies of tasks Design and evaluation frameworks Development and validation of methodologies Application of methodologies Lessons learned and experience obtained in developing and applying methodologies *Part IV: Case studies of human centric visualization * Human factors (e.g., memory, cognitive ability, gender, individual differences) Visual perception and cognition Visual analytics Social, cultural aspects of visualization Implications of new technologies (e.g., displays, new media) on humans User experience Implications of interactive methods on humans Implications of new visualizations on humans Roles of human in collaborative visualization Use of visualizations for decision making, learning, business, software engineering, science, security, biology, design, construction, cartography, etc. Visualization in virtual reality/mixed reality/augmented reality Case studies and evaluations of interfaces, systems and prototypes of visualizations Lessons learned and experience obtained in evaluating and designing visualizations ......... *3. International editorial advisory board * Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University, USA Chaomei Chen, Drexel University, USA Philip Cox, Dalhousie University, Canada Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft Research, USA Joe Goldberg, Oracle, USA John Howse, University of Brighton, UK Maolin Huang, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden Christof Körner, University of Graz, Austria David Laidlaw, Brown University, USA Giuseppe Liotta, University of Perugia, Italy Ric Lowe, Curtin University, Australia Kim Marriott, Monash University, Australia Helen Purchase, University of Glasgow, UK Mary Beth Rosson, Penn State University, USA Jack van Wijk, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands *4. Important dates * *Proposal due: February 24, 2012 *(Proposal has no length limits, usually should include motivations, method, contributions and a brief outline of the full chapter)* * Notification: March 09, 2012 Full chapter due: June 15, 2012 Full manuscript due to publisher: August 1, 2012 Book publication: October 1, 2012 *5. Contact * All submissions and inquiries should be sent to: Tony Huang CSIRO ICT Center, Australia Email: whua5569(a)gmail.com

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CFP: 6th Int. Symposium on Information Visualization in Biomedical Informatics (IVBi)
by Urska Cvek 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

6th International Symposium of Information Visualization in Biomedical Informatics (IVBI) ****************** http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/IVbm.htm ************************** IVBI 2012: July 11, 2012 * IV 2012: July 10-13, 2012 * Montpellier * France ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Call for papers and participation Organized as part of the 2012 International Information Visualisation Conference, the 4th International Symposium on Information Visualization in Biomedical Informatics (IVBI) is a forum for the presentation of original papers in information visualization theory and applications to biomedical biomedical and biomolecular data and processes. The symposium covers all aspects of visualization and issues affecting interaction with large and complex data sets. We encourage the submission of papers covering new techniques, old techniques applied in novel ways, new methods, interesting applications and in-depth surveys. Peer-reviewed papers will be published in conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society, with ISBN number, and will be indexed by IEEE Xplore and other major bibliographical search engines. ** Example topics include, but are not limited to: High-performance computing and parallel rendering Nucleotide and protein sequence alignment and search Protein structure, function, sequence analysis Signaling pathways, biochemical networks Gene regulation, expression, identification and networks DNA, RNA structure, function, sequence analysis Biochemical and cellular simulations and models Structural, functional and comparative genomics Biomarkers Drug design Computer aided diagnosis ** Examples of visualization topics include, but are not limited to: Interaction with data sets, human factors Data exploration using classical and novel approaches Visualization and databases Linking literature and semantics in pathway visualizations Volume and flow visualization Annotation and labeling Overview and detail presentation of predictive or uncertain data Comparative Methods / User studies / Surveys Identification of correlated and anomalous relationships in disparate data sets ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: 1 March 2012 - Submission of papers through online submission system 5 May 2012 - Submission of camera-ready (accepted submissions) and early registration 11 July 2012 - Symposium ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Symposium: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/IVbm.htm Submission procedures: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/PAPERS.htm IV 2012: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/ ** Symposium chairs: Urska Cvek, Sc.D. Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport Email: ucvek (AT) lsus.edu Georges Grinstein, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Lowell Email: grinstein (AT) cs.uml.edu Marjan Trutschl, Sc.D. Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport Email: mtrutsch (AT) lsus.edu ** Instructions for Authors Reviewing is applied to all submitted papers. Authors are invited to upload full original papers to the conference online submission system by March 1, 2012. Electronic submissions (PDF) are preferred and should be formatted according to the instructions for papers at http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/PAPERS.htm. The final manuscripts for full papers are expected to be no more than 6 pages - up to 4 excess pages may be purchased and is set by publisher at 30GBP per page. With the camera ready paper submission for publication, you agree to pay the registration fee (or reduced registration fee if your registration form is received on or before the early registration date) and published papers must be presented by at least one of the authors. === Please, do not hesitate to contact us, should you have any questions. ===

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CFP: DCIS 2012 "Designing Collaborative Interactive Spaces" at AVI 2012
by Hans-Christian Jetter 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Apologies for cross-posting. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Workshop DCIS 2012 @ AVI 2012, Capri, Italy (May 21 or 25, 2012) "Designing Collaborative Interactive Spaces for e-Creativity, e-Science and e-Learning." Website: http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/dcis/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission until: March 19, 2012 (4 page research & position papers, ACM SIG Proceedings Format) 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 late 1990s and early 2000s, many findings about the theory, design and practice of interactive spaces have to be re-evaluated today. Due to the recent advances in commercially available hardware and software (novel tabletops such as Microsoft Surface 2.0, light high-performance tablets and tablet PCs, pico projectors & depth cameras for gestural and 'touch anywhere' interaction, operating systems bridging mobile and stationary devices, e.g. Microsoft Windows 8), this field moves quickly and formerly impossible designs and visions can now be put into practice. This new generation of interactive spaces with natural user interfaces is of great relevance in knowledge-intensive and collaborative domains such as e-Creativity, e-Science and e-Learning. The DCIS 2012 workshop aims at documenting and advancing the current state-of-the-art of co-located collaboration in interactive spaces. Our goal is to identify the essential research challenges and formulating a future research agenda by inviting high-quality position and 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. *** Submissions: *** We invite high-quality non anonymized research and position papers of up to 4 pages in the ACM SIG Proceedings format http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. To submit your position or research paper, please send it to dcis(a)inf.uni-konstanz.de. Each submission will be peer-reviewed by anonymous reviewers from the workshops program committee. All accepted submissions will be published on the workshop website. Extended versions of selected submissions will be published in a special issue of the Springer journal Personal Ubiquitous Computing (http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/779) Topics include but are not limited to: - Understanding users natural collaboration in rooms when using interactive spaces or non-digital physical artifacts. - Conceptual frameworks for natural user collaboration, learning and interaction. - Novel designs of interaction techniques, visualizations, smart furniture or devices for natural collaboration in interactive spaces. - 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). - Best-practice examples and lessons learned from different application domains based on the experiences of academics and industry. As participants, we invite researchers from academia (professors, postdocs, PhD and graduate students), researchers from research labs, and practitioners from industry. In particular, we invite professional users of interactive spaces (e.g. designers, scientists, architects, analysts, journalists) to report about their real-world tasks, needs and experiences. Please note that the submission and acceptance of a research or position paper is necessary for attending the workshop (max. 3 participants per paper). *** At the workshop: *** We aim at high-quality 25 minute presentations (15 minute talk, 10 minute discussion) for each peer-reviewed submission. The presentations are followed by an open discussion or working groups to formulate a future research agenda for collaborative interactive spaces from the different domains. We hope to continue our discussion in a relaxed informal atmosphere at a workshop dinner as social event in the evening. *** Important dates: *** Submission deadline for research & position papers: March 19, 2012. Notification of acceptance: April 16, 2012. Date of the workshop: May 21 or 25, 2012. *** Contact: *** For question about the workshop please contact hans-christian.jetter(a)uni-konstanz.de. To submit your position or research paper, please send it to dcis(a)inf.uni-konstanz.de. *** Organizers: *** Hans-Christian Jetter, Florian Geyer, Harald Reiterer, University of Konstanz, Germany. Raimund Dachselt, University of Magdeburg, Germany. Gerhard Fischer, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. Rainer Groh, Media Design, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. Michael Haller, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Austria. Thomas Herrmann, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. *** Journal Publication Chair: *** Peter Thomas, Manifesto Group, London, Melbourne & New York. *** Program Committee: *** Hans-Christian Jetter, Florian Geyer, Harald Reiterer, University of Konstanz, Germany. Raimund Dachselt, University of Magdeburg, Germany. Gerhard Fischer, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. Rainer Groh, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. Michael Haller, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Austria. Thomas Herrmann, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Peter Thomas, Manifesto Group, London, Melbourne & New York tbc -- Hans-Christian Jetter (M.Sc.) Human-Computer Interaction Group http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/staff/Jetter University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, Box D 73, 78457 Konstanz, Germany Room D 212, Phone +49-7531-88-3534

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CFP: AAAI ICWSM Workshop on Social Media Visualization
by Eser Kandogan 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Call for Papers Workshop on Social Media Visualization (SocMedVis) at the International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM'12) 4th June 2012, Dublin, Ireland http://socmedvis.ucd.ie Social media study and analysis brings researchers from many fields into a single setting. Even though the tasks of these researchers are varied, data visualization and analytics plays an important role. For industry and academics alike, visualization of social media data helps with hypothesis formation and supports the explanation of phenomena. The Workshop on Social Media Visualization (SocMedVis) will be held in conjunction with the International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM'12) in Dublin on 4th June 2012. The workshop is a venue for presentation of research and applications of visualization of social media data. The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers and industry practitioners interested in visual and interactive techniques for social media analysis to discuss their potential application to the social sciences, humanities, and industry. We solicit contributions that discuss novel techniques and applications of visualization and visual analytics approaches to social media data sources. Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: 2nd March 2012 Notification: 16th March 2012 Paper Camera-Ready Deadline: 2nd April 2012 Early registration for ICWSM'12: 6th April 2012 Workshop: 4th June 2012 Topics We invite research, application, and position papers on the topic of visualization and social media. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Visual Analysis of Evolving Social Media Data Interactive Techniques for Sentiment Analysis and Brand Perception Visualization of Memes and Trends in Social Media Visualization of Social Media for Media Studies Social Media in Social Sciences and Humanities Data Mining and Machine Learning in Social Media Visual Analytics of Social Media in Industry Formal Evaluation Techniques in Social Media Systems and Languages for Social Media Analytics Methodologies and Processes for Social Media Analysis Collaborative Analysis of Text Corpora Real-Time Visualization of Social Media Data Visualization and Visual Text Analytics in Social Media Visualization and Visual Analytics of Social Media Networks Studies of Analytic Work on Social Media Representations of Uncertainty in Text Analytics Submissions Papers are limited to 4 pages in length and should have a visualization or visual analytics component to them. Papers must be formatted according to AAAI guidelines. Papers in PDF format must be submitted using EasyChair by 2nd March 2012. A subset of the accepted papers will be invited for oral presentation at the workshop. All other accepted papers will be presented as posters during the poster session or interactive demo session. The program will also include a madness session at the beginning of the workshop to allow anyone attending the workshop to briefly introduce themselves, their work, and state their positions and goals related to the scope of the workshop. If you are planning to attend the workshop you are welcome to send an email to conference organizers to ensure a slot in the madness session by 2nd April 2012. We also plan to host a panel of researchers in social sciences and humanities and industrial researchers of varied perspectives on the application of visualization to academic disciplines and industry where visualization is needed to understand social media data. For more information please visit the workshop web page at http://socmedvis.ucd.ie or email socmedvis(a)ucd.ie. Regards, Daniel Archambault, University College Dublin, daniel.archambault(a)ucd.ie Eser Kandogan, IBM Research, eser(a)us.ibm.com Martin Harrigan, University College Dublin, martin.harrigan(a)ucd.ie

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CFP: IEEE Network, Special Issue on Computer Network Visualization
by John Goodall 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

Call for Papers IEEE Network Magazine Special Issue on Computer Network Visualization, Nov./Dec. 2012 issue Background Computer networks are dynamic, growing, and continually evolving. As complexity grows, it becomes harder to effectively communicate to human decision-makers the results of methods and metrics for monitoring networks, classifying traffic, and identifying malicious or abnormal events. Network administrators and security analysts require tools that help them understand, reason about, and make decisions about the information their analytic systems produce. To this end, information visualization and visual analytics hold great promise for making the information accessible, usable, and actionable by taking advantage of the human perceptual abilities. Information visualization techniques help network administrators and security analysts to quickly recognize patterns and anomalies; visually integrate heterogeneous data sources; and provide context for critical events. Scope This special issue seeks original articles examining the state of the art, open issues, research results, evaluations of visualization and visual analytic tools, and future research directions in computer network visualization and visual analytics. All submissions should be written to be understandable and appealing to a general audience. Research papers should contain a substantial amount of tutorial content and minimal mathematics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Uses of visualization for network status monitoring and situational awareness * Visualization methods employed in the classification of network traffic and its analysis * Visualization methods enhancing network intrusion detection and anomaly detection * Visualization methods for the analysis of network threats (e.g. botnets) * Visualization methods for the analysis of network routing * Methods for integrating analytics and visualization together for network analysis tasks * Methods for visually integrating heterogeneous data sources to support network analysis tasks * Case studies of open source visualization tools in network analysis tasks * Evaluations of network visualization tools in situ Manuscript Submission Articles should be written in a style comprehensible and appealing to readers outside the speciality of the article. Authors must follow the IEEE Network Magazine guidelines regarding the manuscript and its format. For details, please refer to the "Guidelines for manuscripts" at the IEEE Network Magazine web site at http://dl.comsoc.org/livepubs/ni/info/authors.html. Submitted papers must be original work and must not be under consideration for publication in other venues. Authors should submit their manuscripts in PDF through ScholarOne for IEEE Network Magazine. Choose this special issue from the drop down menu on the submission page. Authors uncertain about the relevance of their paper to this special issue should inquire with the guest editors before submission. Schedule Submissions: April 1, 2012 Author notifications: July 1, 2012 Final papers: September 1, 2012 Publication: November 2012 Guest Editors John Goodall Oak Ridge National Lab jgoodall(a)ornl.gov John Gerth Stanford University gerth(a)graphics.stanford.edu Florian Mansmann University of Konstanz Florian.Mansmann(a)uni-konstanz.de

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CFP: VisualCol 2012 (1-week deadline reminder, submissions due Feb 5, 2012)
by Robert Biuk-Aghai 30 Jan '12

30 Jan '12

Call for Papers and Participation International Workshop on Visualization and Collaboration (VisualCol 2012) As part of The 2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2012) May 21-25, 2012, The Westin Westminster Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA Workshop website: http://cts2012.cisedu.info/2-conference/workshops/workshop-17-visualcol In Cooperation with ACM, IEEE, and IFIP Submission Deadline: February 05, 2012 Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters Brief Description: In many collaborative situations, multiple distributed users simultaneously interact with and analyse complex information while sharing their results with others. It is through such collaboration that multiple users bring their expertise to bear on a particular problem to analyse incomplete information and reach collaborative decisions. Such collaboration is far more effective when users collaborate by interacting with meaningful visualizations that accurately depict shared information. Visualizations must present information in a manner that is easily understood by individuals with different expertise and perspectives on the problem at hand. Users must be able to interact with the visualization to highlight or manipulate information in a natural way that is readily observed by other participants. At the same time it is also important to understand the collaborative processes that users in collaborative environments carry out, and the outcomes of these processes, particularly in large-scale collaborations such as wikis, blogs, micro-blogging (twitter, identica etc), social networking and other Web 2.0 collaborative environments. Visualizations of collaborative structures, processes and outcomes help researchers, site administrators and end-users to perceive such patterns that are otherwise difficult to perceive given the vastness of the information involved. This workshop on Visualization and Collaboration – to be held as part of the 2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2012) – will have a dual focus on visualization and its role in collaboration, as well as visualization of collaboration. The objective is to highlight key issues and solutions for visualization in and of collaborative environments. We invite original contributions from researchers and practitioners in academia, government, and industry in this emerging visualization speciality. Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to): - Collaborative visualization architectures, technologies, or algorithms - Visualization for managing collaborative environments - Unique challenges in collaborative visualization - Collaborative visualization solutions and applications - Web-based collaborative visualization - Visualization in collaborative decision making and support - Collaborative data analysis and visualization - Visualization in/of Social Networks and Media - Visualization of collaborative structures, processes and outcomes of collaborative environments and social networks Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline ---------------- February 05, 2012 Notification of Acceptance --------------- February 19, 2012 Registration & Camera-Ready Paper Due ---- March 01, 2012 Conference Dates: ------------------------ May 21 - 25, 2012

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