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CFP 5th International Symposium on Information Visualization in Biomedical Informatics (IVBI)
by Urska Cvek 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

5th International Symposium on Information Visualization in Biomedical Informatics (IVBI) ** http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2011/IVbm.htm ** July 13, 2011 * London * United Kingdom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper submission deadline: March 15, 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ** 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 15, 2011 - Submission of papers through online submission system 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 15, 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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Engineer position at INRIA Paris-Sud
by Jean-Daniel Fekete 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

The AVIZ Team (www.aviz.fr) at INRIA (www.inria.fr) - a leading French National Research Center in Computer Science - is seeking for a highly motivated engineer for 12 months starting immediately to work on a new generation Toolkit for Information Visualization. AVIZ wants to facilitate the development and adoption of Information Visualization in the industry by providing an open-source industry-strength toolkit built from its experience in research and applications. The required skills are: - expert in middle-ware and n-tiers technologies (e.g. REST) - knowledgeable of Web-based software engineering methods (agile programming, component-based systems) - familiar with Web-based technologies (javascript, HTML5, jquery, the canvas, WebML) - familiar with research to collaborate tightly with researchers - knowledgeable in HCI and Visualization, at least in term of design patterns and programming paradigms. Salaries varies depending on the experience, from 2000€ to 2800€ per month. Please, send a CV and motivation letter to: Jean-Daniel Fekete (Jean-Daniel.Fekete(a)inria.fr) -- Jean-Daniel Fekete Jean-Daniel.Fekete(a)inria.fr AVIZ Team Leader, INRIA www.aviz.fr INRIA Saclay - Île-de-France www.aviz.fr/~fekete Bat 490, Université Paris-Sud tel: +33 1 69156494 F91405 ORSAY Cedex, France fax: +33 1 69154240

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visualization faculty positions
by Lu, Aidong 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Please distribute. Thanks, Aidong -------------------------------------- FIVE FACULTY POSITIONS IN URBAN MODELING, SIMULATION, AND VISUALIZATION Shanghai Key Laboratory for Urban Ecology and Sustainability (SKLUES), East China Normal University, Shanghai, China invites nominations and applications for FIVE tenure-track, open-rank faculty positions, beginning May 1st, 2011. Under a new campus-wide initiative, SKLUES has identified urban ecology and urban sustainability as two intertwined areas of strategic emphasis, and adopted a transdisciplinary approach to urban ecosystem and sustainability research. SKLUES views an urban area as a coupled human and natural system (CHANS), and believes that a sustainable future resides in a harmony between human communities and their natural and built environments. Its research, education, and outreach activities focus on ecology of cities, instead of ecology in cities, with an emphasis on human safety, health, and well-being. To substantiate this strategic re-orientation and re-structuring, SKLUES invites nominations and applications for five tenure-track, open-rank faculty positions in the area of URBAN MODELING, SIMULATION AND VISUALIZATION. SKLUES seeks scholars whose expertise in modeling, simulation, and visualization focuses on the intersection of urban ecology, society, and economy, all broadly defined. Especially welcome are applicants who are versed in diverse theoretical and methodological approaches and prepared to collaborate with ecological and social scientists, economists, and humanists. Of particular interest are applicants with expertise in agent-based modeling, complex adaptive systems, carbon-cycle modeling, such as GEOCARB, GIS and remote sensing based spatial modeling, spatial decision support, and geo-visualization. Basic qualifications include a Ph.D. in a related field by the start date of the appointment; evidence of a high-quality research agenda; a track record of/or potential for excellence in research, scholarship, and teaching; capability of working in a trans-disciplinary team; and competence to teach classes in English. SCHOLARS WHOSE NATIVE LANGUAGE IS NOT CHINESE ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. Application materials should be submitted electronically to the attention of Professor Wei-Ning Xiang, Chair of the search committee, at wnxiang(a)mail.ecnu.edu.cn. A complete application package includes a letter of application addressing applicants qualifications for the position; a curriculum vita; a statement outlining current and future research and teaching interests; three to five papers (published or in progress); names, affiliations, and email addresses of five referees. The review will begin on January 1st, 2011, and continue on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. The East China Normal University is one of Chinas primary national research institutions under the prestigious Project 211 and Project 985 (http://www.ecnu.edu.cn/english/) It offers a competitive compensation and startup package, commensurate with the candidates experience and accomplishments.

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Two year post-doctoral position in Risk Communication and Visualisation
by Donna L Gresh 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Job Title: Two year post-doctoral position in Risk Communication and Visualisation Application Deadline: Open Until Filled Job Description Immediate opening for a post-doctoral researcher with strong experience in data visualisation. Good knowledge of visualisation tools a MUST; experience with software engineering a plus. Familiarity with the literature on psychology and communication of risk would be a definite advantage. The project involves designing new tools to help professionals and laypeople describe and understand information about risk in a variety of domains, such as general business settings and the healthcare domain. (Note: We are not focussed on financial risk in the banking/insurance domains.) A strong record of productivity (e.g. publications in recognized conferences/journals, presentations at major conferences), creative temperament, good communication skills and a strong work ethic a MUST. We are a multidisciplinary and highly productive group of scientists from diverse fields working in a joint project between IBM Dublin and University College Cork. The post-doc will have the opportunity to work on challenging problems at the interface of computer science, visualisation techniques, and cognitive psychology. It is anticipated that the candidate will split their time between Cork and the IBM Dublin Research Lab. Please visit our website at https://researcher.ibm.com/researcher/view_project.php?id=1260 for more details on the risk project. Contact: Dylan Evans, University College Cork, d.evans(a)ucc.ie

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ESANN'11 special session on "Kernel methods for Structured Data": Call for papers
by Fabrice Rossi 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Apologies for cross-posting ESANN 2011 Special Session: "Seeing is believing: The importance of visualization in real-world machine learning applications" European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning 27-29 April 2011, Bruges, Belgium http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/esann Sponsors: IEEE CIS Task Forces on Data Visualization and Data Analysis, and on Medical Data Analysis; INNS SIG on Biopattern. ======================= AIMS & SCOPE ============ Data visualization is crucial in many real-world problems dealing with knowledge extraction. Adequate and intuitive data visualization techniques may provide much insight about the information underlying a given data set. Visualization processes are usually unproblematic when data sets consist of only a reduced number of attributes, but the scenario may become much more difficult when dealing with high-dimensional data. These are becoming increasingly common in real-world applications. Straightforward visualization can also be non-trivial for structured data such as large trees, graphs or time series. Lately, much research in the machine learning and computational intelligence fields has been devoted to the development of high-dimensional and structured data visualization techniques. Dynamic and/or interactive visualization methods are also becoming more readily available. This session aims to respond to the need for such techniques in real-world application areas for which visualization is paramount. A particular emphasis will be put on medical applications, but the submission of results from other fields is encouraged, especially if research addresses the challenges outlined above, concerning data dimensionality or complexity issues. The theme should appeal both to scientists interested in the development of novel data visualization methods and to those mainly interested in the application of such techniques to specific real problems. Session organizers: Dr. Alfredo Vellido (Technical University of Catalonia, Spain), Dr. José D. Martín (University of Valencia, Spain), Prof. Paulo J. G. Lisboa (Liverpool John Moores University, U.K.) Prof. Fabrice Rossi (Télécom ParisTech, France). ================================================ Important dates: deadline for submission: November, 24th

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software and book announcement NodeXL
by Shneiderman, Ben 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Dear InfoVis Colleagues, Below is our announcement of the NodeXL software and new book... best wishes... Ben Shneiderman Our free and open source network analysis and visualization tool, NodeXL (www.codeplex.com/nodexl) now has an accompanying book to help students, researchers, and professionals import, analyze, and visualize social networks. "Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL" is now available from Elsevier/MorganKaufmann Publishers: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/723354/descrip tion also available at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Analyzing-Social-Media-Networks-NodeXL/dp/01238222 97 We've had satisfying success in getting information, computer science, communications, and business students to do substantive network analysis and create revealing visualizations, while professionals have been able to develop actionable business analyses. Of course, there are legitimate concerns about how a tool as powerful as NodeXL could be used to extract personal information and business insights that might raise concerns for some people. So much data is now public, but the NodeXL interface enables connecting the dots in ways that were difficult in the past. Powerful tools have many beneficial uses, but raise concerns, demanding increased public and professional understanding of what is possible. We hope you will help in that process within the Washington, DC community that are interested in network analysis. We think there are compelling stories around Pierre de Vries' analysis of FCC filings that indicate surprisingly strong collaborations between rural communication providers, Peter Aldhous of New Scientist who used NodeXL to collect and present evidence for unfair reviewing practices around the hot topic of stem cell research, and our work with Chris Wilson of Slate to show Senate voting patterns. The NodeXL tool, a plug-in for Excel 2007/2010, which has been supported by Microsoft External Research for three years is free to download at www.codeplex.com/nodexl. Users can also download datasets used as examples in the book, or use the NodeXL interface to get network data from email, twitter, facebook, flickr, youtube, and other sources. The book describes the power of social media, gives a solid introduction to network analysis, and then leads readers through the steps of using NodeXL. The software and book combination is proving to be a real game-changer - getting instructors to revise their courses and professionals to make better use of social media. Let us know if you have any questions. We hope you will help us spread the word about this timely book and the potent NodeXL technology that lowers the barriers to making significant analytic insights about social media and networks of all types. Sincerely, Ben, on behalf of Derek Hansen shakmatt(a)gmail.com Ben Shneiderman ben(a)cs.umd.edu Marc Smith marc(a)connectedaction.net Book Description: Businesses, entrepreneurs, individuals, and government agencies alike are looking to social network analysis (SNA) tools for insight into trends, connections, and fluctuations in social media. Microsoft's NodeXL is a free, open-source SNA plug-in for use with Excel. It provides instant graphical representation of relationships of complex networked data. But it goes further than other SNA tools -- NodeXL was developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts that bring together information studies, computer science, sociology, human-computer interaction, and over 20 years of visual analytic theory and information visualization into a simple tool anyone can use. This makes NodeXL of interest not only to end-users but also to researchers and students studying visual and network analytics and their application in the real world. In Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL, members of the NodeXL development team up provide readers with a thorough and practical guide for using the tool while also explaining the development behind each feature. Blending the theoretical with the practical, this book applies specific SNA instructions directly to NodeXL, but the theory behind the implementation can be applied to any SNA. *Walks readers through using NodeXL while explaining the theory and development behind each step, providing takeaways that can apply any SNA *Demonstrates how visual analytics research can be applied to SNA tools for the mass market *Presents readers with case studies using NodeXL on popular networks like email, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and Wikis http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/723354/descrip tion

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XmdvTool 8.0 released
by Matt Ward 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

The newest version of XmdvTool, a software package for visual exploration of multivariate datasets, is now available at http://davis.wpi.edu/xmdv. XmdvTool has been in the public domain since 1994, and has been under continuous development since then. It supports many popular methods for multivariate data visualization, including parallel coordinates, scatterplot matrices, star glyphs, dimensional stacking, and pixel oriented techniques, as well as a powerful set of interaction tools. New features in version 8 include: (1)A new software architecture: The new system is based on the information visualization reference model (or visualization pipeline) developed by Ed Chi. For more details on our extensions to this pipeline, please see our paper in VDA10 (available on our website). (2)New development environment: We have ported XmdvTool to Eclipse using Qt for the UI to enhance portability. Source code is freely available for developers. (3)Multiple views: User can open multiple datasets at once, and observe each dataset in multiple sub windows with different visualizations. These windows can be tiled and cascaded. (4)Color strategy: With a new color strategy dialog, users can assign colors to datapoints based on data values or different orderings. We support sequential, diverging, and qualitative color maps based on Cynthia Brewer's work (http://colorbrewer2.org) (5)CSV files support: We enable users to open comma-separated values (CSV) files directly in XmdvTool, in addition to the XmdvTool native file format (.okc). The website contains links to the source code and executables, as well as documentation, translation tools, datasets, and case studies. The XmdvTool Project is supported by the National Science Foundation under grants IIS-9732897, IRIS 97-29878, IIS-0119276, IIS-0414380, IIS-0812027, and CCF-0811510. Questions can be directed to xmdv(a)cs.wpi.edu. Matt Ward Computer Science Department Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Position at Univ. Bonn, DFG project on mobility analysis
by Andrienko 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Preliminary job announcement The Computer Science Department (Informatik III) of the University of Bonn, Germany, invites applications for the following position Researcher (Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in) - visual and algorithmic analysis of movement and event data – The position is part of the Knowledge Discovery research group, which focuses on the subfields of computer science known as knowledge discovery in databases (KDD, sometimes referred to simply as data mining) and machine learning (ML). For us, these fields include on the one hand the automated and visually explorative analysis of large data sets including intelligent algorithms that are capable of extracting from the collected data hidden knowledge in order to produce models that can be used for prediction and decision making. On the other hand, they also include algorithms and methods that are capable of learning from experience and adapting to their environment or their users. The candidate would specifically elaborate and develop scalable visual and algorithmic methods for the analysis of spatiotemporal data, which involve a high complexity of geographical space, time, and multidimensional non-spatial attributes. The candidate has completed a Diplom, Master degree, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or Geoinformatics, and has proven capabilities in software engineering and mathematical modelling. Knowledge of Data Mining and Information Visualization is a prerequisite, knowledge of Geographical Information Systems and practical handling of spatiotemporal data is an advantage. The candidate should be fluent in English and have good writing skills. For non-German speakers gradual learning of the German language is required. The position is available for an initial period of 12-15 months. Anticipated start date is January-April 2011. Salary is according to EG 13, TV-L. Extension of the position for additional 3 years depends on the availability of external funding. The University of Bonn is an equal opportunities employer. Preference will be given to suitably qualified women or handicapped people, all other conditions being equal. Applicants are expected to submit a cover letter, CV, and certificates of high school and university diploma. If you are interested in this position, please contact Professor Dr. Stefan Wrobel and Dr. Gennady Andrienko: Stefan.Wrobel at iais.fraunhofer.de, http://visual-analytics.info Gennady.Andrienko at iais.fraunhofer.de, http://geoanalytics.net/and ____________________________________________________________ Fraunhofer Institute IAIS: http://www.iais.fraunhofer.de ICA GeoVisualization Commission: http://geoanalytics.net/ica Andrienko's homepage: http://geoanalytics.net/and ____________________________________________________________

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CFP: GeoViz workshop in Hamburg, 10-11 March 2011
by Gennady Andrienko 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

Dear colleagues, Please consider submitting your work to the GeoViz workshop in Hamburg, 10-11 March 2011: http://www.geomatik-hamburg.de/geoviz/ The deadline for extended abstracts (2 pages in IEEE 2-column format) is November 1, 2010. Best submissions will be invited to a special issue of the Cartographica journal - to be published soon after the workshop Best regards, Gennady ____________________________________________________________ Fraunhofer Institute IAIS: http://www.iais.fraunhofer.de ICA GeoVisualization Commission: http://geoanalytics.net/ica Andrienko's homepage: http://geoanalytics.net/and ____________________________________________________________

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CFP: GeoViz workshop in Hamburg, 10-11 March 2011
by Gennady Andrienko 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

Dear colleagues, Please consider submitting your work to the GeoViz workshop in Hamburg, 10-11 March 2011: http://www.geomatik-hamburg.de/geoviz/ The deadline for extended abstracts (2 pages in IEEE 2-column format) is November 1, 2010. Best submissions will be invited to a special issue of the Cartographica journal - to be published soon after the workshop Best regards, Gennady ____________________________________________________________ Fraunhofer Institute IAIS: http://www.iais.fraunhofer.de ICA GeoVisualization Commission: http://geoanalytics.net/ica Andrienko's homepage: http://geoanalytics.net/and ____________________________________________________________

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