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CFP: Workshop on Discovery through Visualization in Large Scale Digital Libraries
by Christopher Collins 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

------------------Workshop Announcement-------------------- Discovery through Visualization in large scale Digital Libraries June 16-17, 2011 (Thursday afternoon - Friday morning) Ottawa, Canada http://vialab.science.uoit.ca/dvlsdl11 A Workshop in conjunction with ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2011 (JCDL2011) http://jcdl2011.org The "Discovery through Visualization in large scale Digital Libraries" workshop will be held on June 16th and 17th, 2011 in Ottawa, Canada in conjunction with the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries. We solicit your participation to make this workshop a success. Organizers ---------- Christopher Collins, University of Ontario Institute of Technology Christopher.Collins(a)uoit.ca Glen Newton, Carleton University newtong(a)acm.org Program Committee ----------------- Stéfan Sinclair, McMaster University Contact ------- Please send inquiries for further information to: dvlsdl11(a)easychair.org. Themes ------ Large scale digital repositories are becoming ever more prevalent, allowing researchers easy access to large amounts of data in a wide variety of forms -- electronic and scanned books, archival records, audio documents, illustrations, etc. These DLs contain valuable and useful domain knowledge, but discovering this knowledge is constrained both by the scale of the DL and the limits of the tools extant to exploit it. This workshop will focus on interactive information visualization as a collection of tools and techniques which promise to increase our ability to understand, curate, manage, and analyze large scale DLs, and to support research and discovery by end users of DLs. This includes the discovery of knowledge about (new and existing) facts, concepts, relationships, behaviours, and processes. Goals ----- * to provide a stimulating forum for researchers in visualization and large scale DLs. * to identify a research agenda concerning the area of visualization of large scale DLs * to exploit potentially useful theories, methodologies, and technologies * to establish long-term interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers * to raise the awareness of the state of the art in this area Call for Papers --------------- All interested persons are invited to register for the workshop even if they do not submit a paper but papers are encouraged to focus discussion and increase participation. Position papers as well as those reporting on work in progress are welcome. We invite submissions on a broad range of topics including: * Domain specific discovery * Link and relationship analysis * Semantic web and linked data visualization * Mixed-media (e.g. text+illustration) DLs * Usability and interaction techniques for visual interfaces * Structure and granularity of textual information * Visualizing data variation over time and space * Real world applications & examples * Scalability issues Paper proposals are due on May 22nd. Please see the submission details for information about paper format and the submission process. The submitted papers will be assessed for their relevance to the workshop and a limited number of papers will be selected for presentation at the workshop. Selected papers will be distributed to attendees at the workshop and made available for long-term access through publication in a special issue of the IEEE-TCDL Bulletin. All interested persons are invited to register for the workshop even if they do not submit a paper. However, in order to focus discussion and increase participation, submission of papers is strongly encouraged. Paper Format ------------ Papers must not exceed 6 pages. All contributions must be written in English and must follow the ACM formatting guidelines and use the ACM templates, which are available at: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html . Submission Process ------------------ Please submit papers by May 22nd via the workshop's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dvlsdl11 Important dates --------------- May 22: Paper submissions due May 27: Notification of acceptance June 1: Submission of final, camera-ready papers for distribution at the workshop June 13-17: JCDL 2011 June 16-17: Discovery through Visualization in large scale Digital Libraries June 16: Workshop dinner-plan to go to dinner with other participants Important JCDL dates -------------------- Web site: http://www.jcdl2011.org/ June 13: Conference: Tutorials June 14-16: JCDL Conference program June 16-17: Conference: Workshops ______________________________________________________________ Christopher Collins, Ph.D. \ Assistant Professor Faculty of Science \ University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) (905) 721-8668 ext. 6581 \ http://www.christophercollins.ca

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CFP: Symposium on Biological Data Visualization
by Carsten Görg 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

*** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *** BioVis 2011: IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization at VisWeek 2011 in Providence, RI October 23-24, 2011 Website: http://www.biovis.net Paper Submission Deadline: April 30, 2011 Abstract Submission Deadline: July 8, 2011 *** Contents *** (1) Aims and Scope (2) Topics (3) Symposium Format (4) Submission Types and Criteria (5) General Expectations (Ethics Guidelines) (6) Review Process (7) Important Dates (8) Supplemental Material and Formatting Guidelines (9) Publications (10) Submission (11) Paper and Abstract Awards (12) Organizing Committee (13) International Program Committee *** 1. Aims and Scope *** The rapidly expanding field of biology creates enormous challenges for computational visualization techniques that enable researchers to gain insight from their large and highly complex data sets. The goal of the first IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (BioVis 2011) is to create the premier international and interdisciplinary event for all aspects of visualization in biology. This symposium will bring together researchers from the visualization, bioinformatics, and biology communities with the purpose of educating, inspiring, and engaging visualization researchers in biological data visualization, as well as bioinformatics and biology researchers in state-of-the-art visualization research. As the first annual BioVis Symposium, this event seeks to emphasize inclusion and interaction between these communities as its primary impact. The symposium will serve as a platform for researchers from these fields to increase the impact of visualization approaches in biology. The breadth and diversity of biological research areas will enable researchers from all parts of the visualization community to contribute to this effort, and the symposium will provide an excellent opportunity to initiate interdisciplinary collaborations. Finally, it will provide an outlet and training ground for young and freshly minted visualization researchers with a keen interest in problems of biology and provide a venue for researchers in biology and bioinformatics to share pressing visualization challenges and potential solutions in their fields. *** 2. Topics *** We are looking for contributions on all aspects of visualization in biology. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: - Genome and sequence data, including genomic variation data - Multivariate omics data (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc.) - Phylogenetic data - Ecological and taxonomic data - Biological networks and pathways - Biological ontologies - Molecular structures (protein structures, RNA structures, etc.) - Subcellular, cellular, tissue- and organ-level structures - Visualization of image data, such as microscopic or radiological data - Integration of image and omics data for systems biology - Modeling, simulation and visualization of biological systems - Visualization in neurobiology and developmental biology - Systems and software frameworks for biological visualization - Integration of visualization in biological workflows or collaborative processes - Visualization and visual analytics of integrated data sets - Evaluation of biological visualization systems including interfaces, usability, laboratory experiments, and field studies - Creation and visualization of biological atlases and metadata - Processes for interdisciplinary collaboration between biology and visualization *** 3. Symposium Format *** The symposium will be a two-day single-track event with keynote and invited talks, papers sessions, panels, and abstracts presented through posters, demos, or videos. Tutorial sessions on visualization in bioinformatics/biology will be organized. *** 4. Submission Types and Criteria *** Given the goal of bringing together members of both the biology and visualization communities for discussion, the symposium solicitation is purposefully broad and open-minded to diverse types and lengths of submissions. Authors are encouraged to identify the intent of their submission. Each paper will be reviewed by the Program Committee and given appropriate time and venue at the symposium in accordance with its stated intent and length. Types of submissions include, but are not limited to: - Detailed reports of original research - Experience reports, highlighting lessons learned from the deployment of relevant previously published work - Descriptions of work in progress and preliminary results - Demonstrations of new or recent systems, both open source and proprietary - Descriptions of analysis challenges where current tools fall short for specific datasets and goals, to inform the visualization community in producing better future solutions Authors should indicate the intended publication type of their submissions, as one of two categories: *Papers*: Up to 8 page papers describing high-quality research that is not necessarily fully completed but offers new insight. (Additional figures, etc. can be included as supplemental materials.) Selected papers will have an opportunity for an extended and refined invited follow-up submission (see Section 9). Authors will have an oral presentation in a session with an emphasis on questions and discussion with the audience. *Abstracts*: Up to 2 page abstracts that either describe early-stage research or highlight previously published work that has been extended since the original publication. Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters, interactive demos or videos at the symposium and all presenters will have the opportunity to give a brief overview of their work in a plenary "fast-forward session". Additionally, presenters of selected abstracts will be given the opportunity for longer oral presentation at the symposium. *** 5. General Expectations (Ethics Guidelines) *** At least one author of an accepted submission must attend the symposium to present the work. When submitting your paper you will be asked to provide a complete list of authors even when submitting an anonymized version of the manuscript. This is required to avoid potential conflicts of interest when assigning reviewers. In the event that the authorship changes after submission, one of the initially specified authors must attend the symposium. Submissions will be treated as confidential communications during the review process, so submission does not constitute public disclosure of any ideas therein. Submissions should contain no information or materials that will be proprietary or confidential at the time of publication (at the symposium), and should cite no publications that are proprietary or confidential at the time of publication. Our symposium will adhere to the VGTC ethics guidelines for reviewers that can be found at http://vgtc.org/wpmu/techcom/conferences/ethics-guidelines/ . *** 6. Review Process *** The Program Committee will involve reviewers from both the visualization and bioinformatics communities. Papers will be reviewed for novelty and contribution. Abstracts will be reviewed for quality and value to the symposium audience as well as format. *** 7. Important Dates *** Paper submission*: Saturday, April 30, 2011 Notification of acceptance of papers: Thursday, June 30, 2011 Abstract submission: Friday, July 8, 2011 Notification of acceptance of abstracts: August 15, 2011 Camera ready copy: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 All deadlines are at 5:00 pm Pacific Time (PDT). *** 8. Supplemental Material and Formatting Guidelines *** Papers can include full-color figures throughout. We encourage the use of digital video to enhance the submission, particularly if part or all of the work addresses interactive techniques. Submission of working code and other supplemental material in order to increase the reproducibility of the work is also encouraged. The review process will be optionally double-blind for those who want to submit their work anonymously. When submitting for double-blind reviewing you are asked NOT to include any identifying information in the submission. Alternatively, the review process will be single- blind, i.e., the reviewers know the identity of the authors, but the authors do not know the identity of the reviewers. Links to detailed guidelines for preparing a proper submission and supplementary data can be found on http://www.biovis.net. Authors must follow the style guidelines specified therein. *** 9. Publications *** The symposium proceedings will consist of all accepted papers and will appear in the IEEE Digital Library. Accepted abstracts will be made available on the symposium website. To increase the visibility of visualization within the bioinformatics and biology communities, a selection of the best accepted papers will be invited to be published in expanded form in an open-access, peer- reviewed bioinformatics journal. *** 10. Submission *** Details on how to submit papers and abstracts are provided on http://www.biovis.net/submission.html . *** 11. Paper and Abstract Awards *** Best paper and abstract prizes will be awarded. Submissions that resulted from a successful collaboration between researchers from both the visualization and biology communities will be especially regarded. Reviewers will be queried on the review form with a question "Should we consider this paper/abstract for the best paper/abstract award? (yes/no/maybe)". *** 12. Organizing Committee *** Email: contact(a)biovis.net General Chairs: - Nils Gehlenborg, Harvard University, USA - Raghu Machiraju, The Ohio State University, USA - Torsten Möller, Simon Fraser University, Canada Paper Chairs: - Jessie Kennedy, Edinburgh Napier University, UK - Jos Roerdink, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Abstract Chairs: - Miriah Meyer, Harvard University, USA - Cydney Nielsen, British Columbia Genome Sciences Center, Canada Invited Session Chairs: - Matt Hibbs, The Jackson Laboratory, USA - Sean O'Donoghue, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany Tutorial Chairs: - Lars Linsen, Jacobs University, Germany - William Ray, The Ohio State University, USA Exhibit Chairs and Industry Liaisons: - Michael McGuffin, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada - Robert Kincaid, Agilent Laboratories, USA Website and Publicity Chairs: - Carsten Görg, University of Colorado Denver, USA - Brian Staats, MITRE, USA *** 13. International Program Committee *** - Jan Aerts, KU Leuven, Belgium - Enrico Bertini, University of Konstanz, Germany - Chengpeng Bi, Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, USA - John Boyle, Institute for Systems Biology, USA - Alvis Brazma, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK - Michael Cantor, Lawrence Berkley Laboratory, USA - Urska Cvek, Louisiana State University Shreveport, USA - Inna Dubchak, Lawrence Berkley Laboratory, USA - David Duke, University of Leeds, UK - Tom Freeman, The Roslin Institute, UK - Carsten Görg, University of Colorado, USA - Georges Grinstein, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA - Hans-Christian Hege, Zuse-Institute Berlin, Germany - Daniel Huson, University of Tübingen, Germany - Matt Hibbs, The Jackson Laboratory, USA - Larry Hunter, University of Colorado, USA - Chris Johnson, University of Utah, USA - Steven Jones, British Columbia Genome Sciences Center, Canada - Alark Joshi, Boise State, USA - Igor Jurisica, University of Toronto, Canada - Robert Kincaid, Agilent Laboratories, USA - Martin Krzywinski, British Columbia Genome Sciences Center, Canada - Michael Lappe, Max Planck Berlin, Germany - Robert van Liere, Amsterdam, Netherlands - David Marshall, Scottish Crop Research Institute, UK - Guy Melancon, University of Bordeaux, France - Jill Mesirov, Broad Institute, USA - Scooter Morris, UCSF, USA - Kay Nieselt, University of Tübingen, Germany - Bernhard Preim, University of Magdeburg, Germany - James Procter, University of Dundee, UK - Sonja Prohaska, University of Leipzig, Germany - William Ray, The Ohio State University, USA - Reinhard Schneider, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany - Falk Schreiber, IPK Gatersleben, Germany - Brian Staats, MITRE, USA - Marjan Trutschl, Louisiana State University Shreveport, USA - Fons Verbeek, University of Leiden, The Netherlands - Ting Wang, Washington University, USA - Gunter Weber, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, USA - Michel Westenberg, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands - Ross Whitaker, University of Utah, USA - Bang Wong, Broad Institute, USA

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Cfp: IJWET -- Special Issue on Visualization and Integration on the Web
by Alessandro Bozzon 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call, it has been posted to several relevant mailing lists. Please redistribute within your own group or among colleagues, thank you!] *************************************************************************** C A L L F O R P A P E R S IJWET -- Special Issue on Visualization and Integration on the Web Journal Website: http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/titledetails.aspx?titleid=1093&detailst… **************************************************************************** INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND WEB ENGINEERING (IJITWE) SPECIAL ISSUE ON Visualization and Integration on the Web *SUBMISSION DUE DATE*: August 20, 2011 Aims and Scope -------------- Recent years witnessed a proliferation of semi-structured, structured, and semantically annotated data on the Web: an increasing amount of individuals, public organization and enterprises, is currently publishing information for free usage. The nature and the abundance of such structured data shifts the nature of user interactions, where models based on navigation of documents are replaced by paradigms that leverage the exploration of object repositories; in such a context, providing a satisfactory user experience has proven to be a challenging task for application developers. In addition, as the richness and value of data also increases, Web applications must provide users with visualizations and interaction paradigms that leverage properties such as the underlying data relationships, source type, provenance, and quality. Contextually, the availability of a wide spectrum of high-level data integration tools - such as mash-up platforms ‚Äì has offered to developers (and to end users) several means for the integration of such data, enabling novel applications and business scenario. The usage of the Web as a common publication, mediation, aggregation, and consumption platform decreased the existing gap between Web and enterprise applications, which often leverage common data integration methodologies and tools. As a consequence, a deeper understanding of data integration, visualization and user interaction issues is becoming more and more compelling in applications design and development. In order to tackle the new challenges provided by a Web of Data, data integration, visualization and user interaction methodologies and tools need to be revised to effectively manage the design and the interaction application with information. The objective of this special issue is to review recent works that address state-of-the-art of analysis and design techniques on how to create effective Web applications where the integration, visualization and interaction with data is a main concern, as well as the application of assessed methods and techniques to existing design and development environments. Topics of Interest ------------------ Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following: * Integration and visualization of heterogeneous data on the Web * Interfaces for Web-scale and large-scale data repositories search and exploration * Linked Data visualization and exploration * Taxonomies and ontologies for data visualization * Lightweight (semantic) metadata or knowledge integration * Conceptual models for data visualization and exploration * Data visualization for next-generation mobile devices * Studies on quality, usability, effectiveness of data visualization techniques * Innovative uses of tag clouds * Ambient information displays * Data visualization for large screens and interactive tablets * Augmented reality and cross-media interfaces * Visualizations for multimodal interaction * Tools for Web data visualizations * Applications: Search, Semantic Web, Social Web and Web 2.0, Adaptive and personalized Web applications, SaaS, Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse Guest Editors ------------- * Alessandro Bozzon (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) * Sara Comai (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) * Moira Norrie (ETH Z≈±rich, Switzerland) Submission Procedure -------------------- Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on Visualization and Integration in Enterprises and on the Web on or before August 20, 2011. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL‚ÄôS GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igiglobal.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations. All submissions should be directed to the attention of: Alessandro Bozzon, Sara Comai, Moira Norrie Guest Editors INT. JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND WEB ENGINEERING E-mails: alessandro.bozzon(a)polimi.it, sara.comai(a)polimi.it, norrie(a)inf.ethz.ch About IJITWE ------------ This journal is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association www.igi-global.com/ijitwe The INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND WEB ENGINEERING is published quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form) since 2006 by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the ‚ÄúInformation Science Reference‚Äù (formerly Idea Group Reference), ‚ÄúMedical Information Science Reference‚Äù, ‚ÄúBusiness Science Reference‚Äù, and ‚ÄúEngineering Science Reference‚Äù imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. -Editors-in-Chief- * Ghazi I. Alkhatib (Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan) * Ernesto Damiani (University of Milan, Italy) Indices ------- Burrelle's Media Directory, Cabell's Directory, Compendex (Elsevier Engineering Index), CSA Illumina. DBLP, Gale Directory of Publication & Broadcast Media, GetCited, Google Scholar, The Index of Information Systems Journals, INSPEC, MediaFinder, SCOPUS, The Standard Periodical Directory, and Ulrich's Periodicals Directory.

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Your help needed: the effect of aesthetics on visualization
by Martin Tomitsch 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

We are currently running an online study on the effect of aesthetics in data visualization. The purpose of the study is to measure what non-trivial and unexpected insights are found from interacting with a specific data representation. The study is part of a collaborative research project between K.U. Leuven, Vienna University of Technology, and the University of Sydney. If you have about 10-20 minutes of uninterrupted time please help us by completing the study at: http://www.aesthetic-impact.com/ The main task that will be expected from you, is to interact with a visualization, and to describe what you have learned from it. The study is anonymous and the collected data will only be used for research purposes. Should you have any questions about the study, please don't hesitate to contact us at study(a)aesthetic-impact.com. Please help us by distributing this message, including people outside the infovis community. Thank you in advance.

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REVISED DEADLINE: CFP - 5th International Symposium on Information Visualization in Biomedical Informatics (IVBI)
by Urska Cvek 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

5th International Symposium on Information Visualization in Biomedical Informatics (IVBI) ** http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2011/IVbm.htm ** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATED ** Paper submission deadline: March 21, 2011 ** EXTENDED --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Symposium: July 13, 2011 * London * United Kingdom ** Call for Papers and Participation Proceeding will be published by the IEEE Computer Society, with ISBN number, and to be indexed by IEEE Xplore and other major bibliographical search engines. Organized as part of the 2011 International Information Visualisation Conference, the 5th International Symposium of Information Visualization in Biomedical Informatics (IVBI) is a forum for the presentation of original research in information visualization theory and applications to biomedical data. The symposium covers all aspects of visualization and issues affecting presentation and interaction with large and complex data sets. We encourage submission of papers covering new techniques, old techniques applied in novel ways, new methods, interesting applications, and in-depth surveys. ** Examples of biomedical topics include, but are not limited to: Next-Gen Sequencing data Biochemical networks Phylogenies Sequence alignment Medical records Clinical data Proteomics, metabolomics, bio-repositories Biosignatures of diseases ** Examples of visualization topics include, but are not limited to: Comparative methods / User studies / Surveys Interaction methods Colors Large data sets Temporal data visualization Real-time data visualization ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Important Dates: March 21, 2011 - Submission of papers through online submission system (updated) May 5, 2011 - Submission of camera-ready (accepted submissions) May 15, 2011 - Early registration deadline July 13, 2011 - Symposium ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Symposium URL: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2011/IVbm.htm Submission procedures: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2011/PAPERS.htm IV 2011 URL: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2011/ ** Symposium chairs: Urska Cvek, Sc.D., MBA Computer Science Department Louisiana State University Shreveport Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Email: ucvek (AT) lsus.edu Georges Grinstein, Ph.D. Computer Science Department University of Massachusetts Lowell Email: grinstein (AT) cs.uml.edu Marjan Trutschl, Sc.D. Computer Science Department Louisiana State University Shreveport Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center 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 21, 2011. Electronic submission (PDF) is required and should be formatted according to the instructions for papers at http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2011/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 25 GBP per page. With the camera ready paper submission for publication, you agree to pay the registration fee (or reduced registration fee if your registration form is received on or before the early registration date) and published papers must be presented by at least one of the authors.

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TAVA 2011, 07 Sep 2011, Graz, Austria (Submissions: 30 Apr 2011)
by Keith Andrews 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

I-Know 2011 Special Track on Theory and Applications of Visual Analytics (TAVA 2011) 07 September 2011 Graz, Austria http://i-know.at/tava TAVA 2011 addresses theoretical advances and practical applications of Visual Analytics. This is the sixth event in a series of special tracks on visualization topics organized in conjunction with the annual I-Know conference on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Technologies. Former events included the KIV (Knowledge and Information Visualisation) special tracks since I-Know 2003 and the KVD (Knowledge Visualisation and Discovery) special tracks since I-Know 2006. The focus of TAVA 2011 on Visual Analytics reflects the increasing scientific importance and the growing practical relevance of this exciting new discipline. This one-day special track is a programme item of I-Know 2011, the 11th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Technologies which takes place in Graz, Austria from September 7th to September 9th 2011. The special track provides an interdisciplinary forum for international scientists and practitioners to discuss theoretical and practical aspects of Visual Analytics. I-Know 2011 brings together international researchers and practitioners from the fields of knowledge management and knowledge technologies. The conference will cover relevant aspects from the fields of Knowledge Management, Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Services, Social Media, Enterprise 2.0 and the Social Web. I-Know 2011 will be held concurrently with I-Semantics 2011, the International Conference on Semantic Systems. Objectives Visual Analytics is the science of analytical reasoning supported by interactive visual techniques. It integrates techniques from visualization and computer graphics, statistics and mathematics, data management and knowledge representation, data analysis and machine learning and cognitive and perceptual sciences. Real-world applications in areas like business intelligence, media analysis or protection of intellectual property rights require efficient access and analysis of massive, heterogeneous, dynamic knowledge repositories which frequently contain ambiguous or conflicting evidence. Visual Analytics advocates a promising combination of automatic analysis and human pattern recognition abilities and domain knowledge to address this challenge. TAVA 2011 addresses theoretical advances and practical applications of Visual Analytics. In the best tradition of the i-KNOW conference series, the objective of the special track is to bring together researchers and practitioners in the field. TAVA 2011 will provide a forum for the promotion of research and developments in Visual Analytics with particular attention towards the application of Visual Analytics in Knowledge Technologies and Knowledge Management. We encourage submission of original research papers reporting on theoretical advances, evaluation results or applications of Visual Analytics in relevant real-world scenarios. Submissions will be reviewed by a board of international experts with accepted papers to be published in the I-Know conference proceedings. The special track will be held in English. Topics Topics of interest include but are not limited to: o Visual representations and interaction techniques o Visualisation of search results, text and multimedia corpora o Visualisation of knowledge structures o Visualisation of temporal and spatial data o Human computer interfaces for knowledge and information visualisation o New display and interaction technologies, i.e. multitouch and stereoscopic 3D o Analytical reasoning support, i.e. discourse and collaborative visualization o Data management and knowledge representations o Data analysis and machine learning o Knowledge relationship discovery o Cognitive and perceptual factors in Visual Analytics o Empirical studies of Visual Analytics techniques o Evaluation of Visual Analytics techniques o Application reports, i.e. success stories or stories on spectacular failures Target Group The topics mentioned above are addressed at researchers and developers as well as at practitioners and providers in the fields of Visual Analytics. Organisation TAVA ’11 will be inaugurated by a conference-wide keynote given by Prof. Daniel Keim (University of Konstanz, Germany). The special track program will be opened by a keynote given by Prof. Jack van Wijk (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands). Three paper presentation sessions will be separated by comfortably scheduled breaks allowing for fruitful discussions among participants. A closing panel headed by Dr. Jörn Kohlhammer (Fraunhofer IGD, Germany) will investigate the future role of Visual Analytics in the context of Knowledge Technologies and conclude the special track. Important Dates 30 Apr 2011: Submission of the full papers (8 pages) 31 May 2011: Notification of acceptance 30 Jun 2011: Camera ready version (8 pages) 07 Sep - 09 Sep 2011: i-KNOW 2011 Conference 07 Sep 2011: TAVA 2011 Special Track Submission Procedure Paper Submission: http://i-know.at/paper-submission In case of problems or questions concerning the submission of papers, please contact the track chairs at tava(a)know-center.at. Notification of Acceptance and Publishing Authors of accepted papers will be notified by 31 May 2011. Accepted papers will be published within the I-Know 2011 conference proceedings. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for I-Know 2011 before the deadline for camera ready versions (30 June 2011) in order to get the paper published in the conference proceedings. Chairs of TAVA 2011 o Michael Granitzer, Know-Center Graz (Austria) o Wolfgang Kienreich, Know-Center Graz (Austria) o Vedran Sabol, Know-Center Graz (Austria) Programme Committee o Wolfgang Aigner, Technical University Vienna (Austria) o Gennady Andrienko,Fraunhofer IAIS (Germany) o Alessio Bertone, Donau University (Austria) o Anastasia Bezerianos, ECP (France) o Jean-Yves Blaise, CNRS (France) o Giuseppe Conti, Fondazione Graphitech (Italy) o Raffaele de Amicis, Fondazione Graphitech (Italy) o Urska Demsar, National centre for geocomputation (Ireland) o Geoff Ellis, Lancaster University (UK) o Petra Isenberg, INRIA (France) o Tobias Isenberg, University of Groningen (The Netherlands) o Jörn Kohlhammer, Fraunhofer IGD (Germany) o Florian Mansmann, University of Konstanz (Germany) o Kresimir Matkovic, VR-VIS (Austria) o Silvia Miksch, Technical University Vienna (Austria) o Arno Scharl, Modul University Vienna (Austria) o Christin Seifert, Know-Center Graz (Austria) o Daniel Weiskopf, University of Stuttgart (Germany) I-Know 2011 Keynote on Visual Analytics o Prof. Daniel Keim, University of Konstanz (Germany) TAVA 2011 Scientific Keynote o Prof. Jack van Wijk, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands TAVA 2011 Panel o Head of Panel: Dr. Jörn Kohlhammer, Fraunhofer IGD, Germany (Head of Panel) o Panelists to be announced -- Keith Andrews IICM, Graz University of Technology, Austria http://www.iicm.tugraz.at/keith "No wild kangaroos in Austria"

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Postdoc position in visualization/neuroscience
by Kay Robbins 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Job Description: We are seeking two highly motivated postdoctoral fellows in computational neuroscience to be part of an interdisciplinary research alliance working to develop mobile brain/body imaging experimental and data analysis methods in support of a research program in neuroergonomics (the study of the brain and body at work). An overall goal of the research is to discover underlying principles describing the relationship of non-invasively recorded EEG brain dynamics and motivated behavior (recorded by body motion capture, eye tracking, etc) in interactive, information-rich human-system operating environments and to apply these principles to support overall performance of complex system operations. The ideal candidates will have research experience in neuroscience or cognitive science with a strong interest in computation, data analysis, or visualization. The candidates will be based near Baltimore, Maryland at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Aberdeen, MD, where they will collaborate with a group of Army-funded government and industry researchers in gathering and analyzing data from successively more complex and realistic experiments. Successful candidates will be hired by and will interface with academic research groups at UC San Diego (Scott Makeig, Tzyy-Ping Jung, Roger Levy, Ken Kreutz-Delgatho, Angela Yu, Falko Kuester), UT San Antonio (Kay Robbins, Yufei Huang, Nandini Kannan), and/or University of Michigan (Dan Ferris), with additional ongoing collaborations with groups at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (Chin-Teng Lin), and University of Osnabrück, Germany (Peter König). The researchers will be encouraged to work closely with researchers and students at participating universities and to present their research at conferences and in the open research literature. Funding Period: Salaries will be competitive. The project is in the first of five years of funding, with subsequent renewal for an equal period possible. Transitions to permanent government research positions may be available for successful candidates. Minimum Requirements: Ph.D. with research experience in computational approaches to cognitive psychology or neuroscience. Both beginning and more senior postdoctoral candidates are encouraged to apply. Preferred Qualifications: Strong computational skills with experience in design, analysis, and statistical signal processing/machine learning applied to data from complex experimental designs. American citizenship preferred. Instructions to Applicants: Applicants should submit a cover letter and CV, including the names and contact information of three references. Include in the cover letter accompanying the application a summary of your research experience and goals. Please send application materials by e-mail to: Scott Makeig, Director, Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, Institute for Neural Computation, University of California San Diego; smakeig(a)ucsd.edu; http://sccn.ucsd.edu; E-mail subject: ARL Aberdeen position. Kay Robbins, Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio; krobbins(a)cs.utsa.edu; http://visual.cs.utsa.edu; (210) 458-5543; E-mail subject: ARL Aberdeen position. The University of California at San Diego and the University of Texas at San Antonio are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. As part of the application process, applicants will be invited to complete an online confidential and voluntary self-disclosure card.

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PhD Position in Information Visualization, Linnaeus University, Sweden
by Prof. Dr. Andreas Kerren 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Linnaeus University (LNU) seeks PhD student in Computer Science with specialization in Information Visualization placed at the School of Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics (DFM) Job status: full time Location: Växjö, Sweden Subject Area: Computer Science with specialization in Information Visualization Deadline: March 15, 2011 **Tasks** 1 Graduate studies in the field of Computer Science, in particular Information Visualization, with a doctoral degree as the goal. 2 Research in the field of Computer Science with a particular focus on the field of Information Visualization. 3 No more than 20% of working time will be dedicated to teaching, tutoring and examination in Computer Science. **Bases of assessment** Qualification requirements: General entry requirements comprise a completed undergraduate program of at least 240 credits, including 60 credits at advanced level, or the equivalent knowledge in some other way in or out of Sweden. The specific entry requirements are at least a Master's degree in Computer Science or any equivalent education. Other bases of assessment: Good knowledge in the focused research area "Information Visualization" is a strong advantage. However, everybody who is strongly interested in Information Visualization and Human-Computer Interaction is encouraged to apply. Demonstrated working experience within the focused research and educational areas is a great advantage, e.g. within the following topics: 1 Network Visualization and/or Graph Drawing 2 Collaborative visual analysis of large data sets 3 Experiences in specific application domains and their visualization, for instance in social and biochemical networks 4 Multimodal interaction in the context of visualization Good command in English is required. **Weighing qualifications** Basis of assessment for admission to graduate studies is the degree of ability to benefit from the graduate program. Since the subject is male-dominated, we encourage female applicants. **Further information** Professor Andreas Kerren, phone number: +46 470 767502, email: andreas.kerren at lnu.se, or the University website Lnu.se. Union representatives can be accessed through the University switchboard: +46 772 288000. To be a PhD student means four years of education at research level ending with a PhD degree. The position is a salaried employment with the right to social benefits and paid vacations. The Application must be marked with ref no: PA 2011/74. It can be submitted to registrator at lnu.se or via mail to Registrator, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden, no later than 2011-03-15. The application must include a cover letter and resume. **URLs** ISOVIS Research Group (http://cs.lnu.se/isovis/) LNU (http://lnu.se/?l=en) Advertisement as PDF (http://cs.lnu.se/isovis/news/PA-2011-74.pdf) -- +------------------------------------------------------- + Prof. Dr. Andreas Kerren + + Linnaeus University + School of Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics + Vejdes Plats 7, Room B3019 + SE-351 95 Växjö, Sweden + + Phone: +46 470 767502 + Fax: +46 470 84004 + Email: andreas.kerren at lnu.se + WWW: http://homepage.lnu.se/staff/akemsi/ + WWW: http://cs.lnu.se/isovis/ +-------------------------------------------------------

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Postdoctoral Position in Intelligent User Interfaces / InfoVis - UBC-CS
by Giuseppe Carenini 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

====================================== Postdoctoral Position in Intelligent User Interfaces / InfoVis, Dept. of Computer Science, University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, BC, Canada ====================================== We are seeking outstanding candidates with a background in adaptive interfaces and possibly information visualization to contribute to a project aimed at developing user-adaptive visualizations. Experience with eye-tracking technology is an asset. The project involves an interdisciplinary team from the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology, adaptive interfaces, and information visualization. There is growing evidence that visualization effectiveness can depend on user traits such as cognitive skills, knowledge, preferences and attention. The goal of our project is two-fold: (i) conduct user studies to identify the role of individual differences in visualization effectiveness; (ii) develop user-adaptive visualizations that adapt in real time to specific user needs, using information on the relevant individual differences as well as behavioral data collected via eye-tracking and other sensors. The post holder will contribute to the design of the user studies as well as the development and testing of adaptive visualization techniques. The candidate will also help supervise and coordinate graduate students. The ideal applicant should be qualified at the PhD level (or equivalent) and must have excellent interpersonal, writing and research skills, strong time management and organizational skills, the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines and work both independently and as a member of the multidisciplinary research team. The successful applicant will joint the world-class AI and HCI communities in the UBC CS department. http://www.cs.ubc.ca/nest/lci/ and http://www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/imager/imager.php Timescale of Appointment: 1.5 years, extendable pending availability of funding. Target start date: As soon as possible. Exact start date is negotiable. Salary: CA$45-50K/year Informal inquiries are welcome, and may be made to Dr. Cristina Conati (conati(a)cs.ubc.edu) Submit vita, statement of research interests, and three letters of reference to conati(a)cs.ubc.edu. -- Giuseppe Carenini, Department of Computer Science, CICSR #129, University of British Columbia, 2366 Main Mall Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z4 carenini(a)cs.ubc.ca, http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~carenini Office Phone: (604) 822-5109 Cell. : 778-9949042 Fax: (604) 822-5485

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EuroVA 2011 - Call for Papers
by Silvia Miksch 12 Feb '11

12 Feb '11

CALL FOR PAPERS EuroVA 2011 - EuroVis Workshop on Visual Analytics in Bergen, Norway - May 31st, 2011 - www.EuroVA.org http://www.eurova.org/ ********************************************************************************************************** SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 18th, 2011 Short paper submissions, 4 pages in length (maximum), are solicited. Submitted short papers should clearly relate to visual analytics and show the integration of computational data analysis and interactive visualization. Short papers should address either focused mature and concise contributions or interesting preliminary results of work in progress; full paper contributions should be submitted to the EuroVis Symposium by November 26th, 2010. The EuroVA 2011 Conference Proceedings will be published by the Eurographics Association. ********************************************************************************************************** EuroVA 2011 (EuroVAST in 2010) is the second international workshop on visual analytics held in Europe and aims at continuing the success of the first edition, held in Bordeaux, France, on June 8th, 2010, co-located with EuroVis 2011. Also this year the goal of the workshop is to promote and advance the combination and integration of visualization and analytics methods for the purpose of problem solving in a variety of application domains, including engineering, business, public policy, medicine, security, etc. EuroVA 2011 will be held on May 31st, 2011, in Bergen, Norway, co-located with the annual EuroVis 2011 Conference. The EuroVA 2011 program will include one invited speaker from research or industry as well as short paper presentations and posters. Visual Analytics is the science of analytical reasoning supported by interactive visual techniques, which requires interdisciplinary science integrating techniques from visualization and computer graphics, statistics and mathematics, data management and knowledge representation, data analysis and machine learning, cognitive and perceptual sciences, and more. TOPICS of interest include but are not limited to * Visual representations and interaction techniques * Data management and knowledge representation * Data analysis and machine learning * Cognitive and perceptual aspects * Infrastructure and Evaluation * Applications, as far as they are strictly related to visual analytics. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT DATES Short Paper submission deadline: February 18th, 2011 Notification of acceptance: March 18th, 2011 Camera-ready papers due: March 31st, 2011 EuroVA Conference: May 31st, 2011 SHORT PAPERS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Short papers, 4 pages in length (maximum), must be prepared using the formatting guidelines (size of fonts, illustrations, ...) which can be found at http://www.eurova.org/wp-content/uploads/egPublStyle-EuroVA2011.zip. Authors of accepted short papers will give a short oral presentation and will present their work at the poster session. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Workshop Chairs Silvia Miksch, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Giuseppe Santucci, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy Program Committee Wolfgang Aigner - Danube University Krems, Austria Gennady Andrienko - Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany Natalia Andrienko - Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany Thomas Baudel - ILOG-IBM, France Enrico Bertini - University of Konstanz, Germany Alessio Bertone - Danube University Krems, Austria Remco Chang - UNC Charlotte, USA John Dill - Simon Fraser University, USA Alan Dix - Lancaster University, United Kingdom David Ebert - Purdue University, USA Thomas Ertl - Stuttgart University, Germany Jean-Daniel Fekete - INRIA, France Carsten Goerg - University of Colorado Denver, USA Diansheng Guo - University of South Carolina, USA Helwig Hauser - University of Bergen, Norway Petra Isenberg - INRIA, France Dykes Jason - City University London, United Kingdom Jimmy Johansson - Linkoping University, Sweden Daniel Keim - University of Konstanz, Germany Jorn Kohlhammer - Fraunhofer IGD, Germany Robert Kosara - UNC Charlotte Florian Mansmann - University of Konstanz, Germany Kresimir Matkovic - VRVis, Austria Bill Pike - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA Margit Pohl - Vienna University of Technology, Austria Markus Rester - Vienna University of Technology, Austria Anthony Robinson - Penn State, USA Jos Roerdink - University of Groningen, Netherlands Heidrun Schumann - University of Rostock, Germany Chris Shaw - Simon Fraser University, USA John Stasko - Georgia Tech, USA Alexandru Telea - University of Groningen, Netherlands Jarke Van Wijk - Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany Matt Ward - Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Chris Weaver - University of Oklahoma, USA Kent Wittenburg - MERL, USA Pak Wong - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA William Wright - Oculus Info, USA Stefan Wrobel - Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany Jing Yang - UNC Charlotte, USA

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