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Call for Papers - C&G Special Issue on Visual Analytics
by Dr. David S. Ebert 19 Apr '06

19 Apr '06

Call for Contributions Computers & Graphics - Special Issue on Visual Analytics - vol. 31, no. 3, June 2007 Visual Analytics has become an increasingly important topic on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. The integration of data mining technology and information visualization is evolving into a foundation for dealing with the rapidly growing amounts of data in very different areas. All scenarios share the basic idea to support the capabilities of the human mind by computer systems, which extract and compile information from heterogeneous sources and present them in an appropriate way to the user. At the technological level, achievements in visualization, data processing and analysis from the last two decades have to be integrated into this emerging field of research. The International Journal "Computers & Graphics" has decided to dedicate a special issue to Visual Analytics. Contributions to this issue describing original research are solicited that contribute to the technical challenges posed by Visual Analytics. Thus, topics of interest - within the area of Visual Analytics - include, but are not limited to: - Visual representations and new visual paradigms - Integration with automated analysis, databases, statistics, design, perception, etc. - Knowledge representation and semantics - Data streams, data compression & feature extraction - Scalability in problem size - Data quality and uncertainty - Data provenance - Problem solving, decision science, human analytic discourse - Evaluation methods - User acceptability - Synthesis of problems in applications Papers for this special issue will be chosen from the submissions based on their quality and originality. Papers published previously in conferences should contain significant new material, while including the previous version with the submission. Please submit your manuscript via email to cg-special-issue(a)igd.fraunhofer.de Your email message should include the paper title, author names, contact author address and email, abstract and attached PDF-file. Important dates: ---------------- Email expression of interest: as soon as possible Submission of contribution: July 31st, 2006 Notification (accept/reject): October 4th, 2006 Final manuscripts: December 22nd, 2006 Publication: June 2007 Please address all questions and correspondence regarding this special issue to: cg-special-issue(a)igd.fraunhofer.de Guest Editors: -------------- Daniel Keim, University of Konstanz David Ebert, Purdue University Joern Kohlhammer, Fraunhofer IGD

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Invitation: Opening Reception of the "Places & Spaces: Mapping Science" exhibit at NYPL on 4/3/06
by Katy Borner 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

You are invited to join the Opening Reception of the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit at the Science, Industry and Business Library of The New York Public Library, New York, NY on Monday, April 3, 2006, 6:00-7:30pm. WHAT: Today, the word "science" encompasses myriad arenas of physical and abstract inquiry. This unique exhibition, at the Healy Hall in midtown Manhattan, uses innovative mapping techniques to physically show what and where science is today, how different branches of science relate to each other and where different branches of study are heading, where cutting edge science is erupting as archipelagos in the oceans of the yet unknown - and - how it all relates back to the physical centers of research. The world of science is turned into a navigable landscape. Modern mapping imagery has come a long way from Ptolemy. In this stimulating show compelling for all ages and backgrounds, audiences will both visually and tactilely uncover how contemporary scientific thought has expanded. Such visualization of scientific progress is approached through computer-generated relationships, featured on large panels as well through the collaboration of New York based artists W. Bradford Paley, Digital Image Design Incorporated and Columbia University and Ingo Gunther with renowned scientist from the field of scientonometrics: Eugene Garfield, Henry Small, André Skupin, Steven A. Morris, Kevin W. Boyack and Dick Klavans. Scientists will be stimulated, students and teachers encouraged, and the general public fascinated by this multi-layered accessible approach to the worlds of modern scientific thought. WHEN: On Display April 3rd - August 31h, 2006 | Exhibit Opening is on April 3rd, 2006, 6-7:30pm WHERE: Healey Hall <http://www.nypl.org/research/calendar/exhib/sibl/siblexhibdesc.cfm?id=421> at the Science, Industry and Business Library of The New York Public Library 188 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 (212) 592-7000 For information about this exhibit, please see: http://vw.indiana.edu/places&spaces/nypl http://www.nypl.org/research/calendar/exhib/sibl/uelistsibl.cfm (online exhibit available here) http://www.nypl.org/research/calendar/imagesexhib/places.pdf (exhibit brochure in PDF) Enjoy, Dr. Katy Börner <mailto:katy@indiana.edu>, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN <katy(a)indiana.edu <mailto:katy@indiana.edu>> Deborah MacPherson <mailto:debmacp@gmail.com>, Accuracy&Aesthetics, Washington, D.C. <debmacp(a)gmail.com <mailto:debmacp@gmail.com>> (Exhibit Curators) -- Katy Borner, Associate Professor Information Science & Cognitive Science Indiana University, SLIS 10th Street & Jordan Avenue Phone: (812) 855-3256 Fax: -6166 Main Library 019 E-mail: katy(a)indiana.edu Bloomington, IN 47405, USA WWW: ella.slis.indiana.edu/~katy Check out the new InfoVis Lab Gallery at http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~katy/gallery/

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VAST 2006 Visual Analytics CONTEST
by Plaisant, Catherine 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Test your tools / Sharpen your problem solving skills / Win prizes VAST 2006 CONTEST A tale of Alderwood (Part of IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics and Technology 2006) www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/VASTcontest06 The VAST Contest is a participation category of the IEEE VAST 2006 Symposium. It continues in the footsteps of the InfoVis contests with its purpose to promote the development of benchmarks for visual analytics and establish a forum to advance evaluation methods. The dataset consists mostly of news stories from Alderwood's city newspaper, along with some multimedia materials and background information. The goal is to determine if inappropriate activities are taking place and to provide evidence based hypotheses and conclusions. Participants will have several months to prepare their submissions. Selected entries will present at the conference, and some teams will be invited to participate in a special workshop before the conference, during which professional analysts will interact with the winners' systems and provide personal feedback. DATASET, TASKS AND SCORING METHODOLOGY are now posted Important Dates July 15th Deadline for submission August 14th Acceptance notification Oct 31st / Nov 2nd 2006 IEEE VAST Symposium in Baltimore, MD Contest Chairs Georges Grinstein, University of Massachusetts Lowell Catherine Plaisant, University of Maryland Jean Scholtz, National Institute of Standards and Technology Mark Whiting, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/VASTcontest06

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APGV06: Submissions now open -- 2 weeks to deadline
by Roland William Fleming 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

APGV 2006: THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED PERCEPTION IN GRAPHICS AND VISUALIZATION Co-located with ACM SIGGRAPH 06. Boston, MA. 28th - 30th July, 2006. http://www.apgv.org FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION --- SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN ! There are 2 weeks left until the paper submission deadline. Submit your paper now at <http://apgv06.confmaster.net> ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM: Research in computer graphics and visualization has great potential to benefit from, and contribute to, research in perception. Since 2004, this symposium has brought together researchers from the fields of perception, graphics and visualization, to facilitate a wider exchange of ideas. Our goals are to use insights from perception to advance the design of methods for visual, auditory and haptic representation, and to use computer graphics to enable perceptual research that would otherwise not be possible. Submissions are invited in the broad range of areas at the intersection of computer graphics, visualization and perception. Specific examples include, but are not limited to: - applications of insights from perception to the development of algorithms for more efficient, effective or realistic modeling, rendering and/or animation - applications of perception in the design and evaluation of methods for more effective representation and communication of data - the study of perception and perceptual issues in virtual environments - computational aesthetics, stylization, and perceptual aspects of non-photorealistic rendering Submissions are particularly welcome in all areas of basic perception research that have applications in computer graphics and visualization. Proceedings, which will include the poster abstracts, will be published by ACM SIGGRAPH. Best papers from the symposium will be invited to be extended for a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Applied Perception <http://www.acm.org/tap/>. For more information check our website: <www.apgv.org> Submission deadlines 31st March 2006 - full papers (up to 8 pages) - short papers (up to 4 pages) 8th May 2006 - posters (abstract up to 1 page) Conference Chairs Roland Fleming, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Sunghee Kim, Gettysburg College Program Chairs Erik Reinhard, University of Bristol William Thompson, University of Utah

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ACM SoftVis Call for Papers
by stasko＠cc.gatech.edu 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

******************************************************************** C A L L F O R P A P E R S ACM Symposium on Software Visualization S O F T V I S ' 0 6 September 4-5, 2006 Brighton, UK=20 http://www.softvis.org/softvis06 ******************************************************************** NEWS: - Submission site is now open - Ron Baecker will be the joint keynote for VL/HCC and SoftVis. DEADLINES Paper submission: April 7, 2006 Notification of acceptance: June 12, 2006 Final papers due: July 7, 2006 Software visualization encompasses the development and evaluation of methods for graphically representing different aspects of software, including its structure, its abstract and concrete execution, and its evolution. The goal of this symposium is to provide a forum for researchers from different backgrounds (HCI, software engineering, programming languages, visualization, computer science education) to discuss and present original research on software visualization. Over the years SOFTIVS has become the premier venue for presenting all types of research on software visualization. After SOFTVIS03 in San Diego, and SOFTVIS05 in St. Louis, the third iteration of this conference series will be co-located with the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing and with the Psychology of Programmers Interest Group (PPIG) Workshop in Brighton, UK. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Papers We seek theoretical as well as practical papers on applications, techniques, tools and case studies. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following: - Visualization of algorithms and programs - Visualization "beyond programs", eg: software design, database schemas, software process, security, debugging. - Software visualization in education - Integration of software visualization tools with development environments - Graph drawing algorithms for software visualization - Empirical evaluation of software visualization system effectiveness Papers should represent original, unpublished results and will be rigorously reviewed by the international Program Committee. Papers must be in standard ACM 2-column format and cannot exceed 10 pages in total length. Authors should prepare and electronically submit a PDF version of their paper. Videos not exceeding 5 minutes in length can accompany a paper submission. Papers are due April 7, 2006. Some hints for prospective authors are available online. For more details on the submission process see the SOFTVIS06 web site at www.softvis.org General Chair: Eileen Kraemer, The University of Georgia, USA Program Co-Chairs: Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University, USA Stephan Diehl, Catholic University Eichstaett, Germany Program Committee: Rob DeLine, Microsoft Research, USA Mary Jean Harrold, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA John Hosking, Univ. Auckland, New Zealand Chris Hundhausen, Washington State University Daniel Keim, University of Konstanz, Germany Andreas Kerren, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Stephen Kobourov, University of Arizona, USA Hideki Koike, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland Jonathan I. Maletic, Kent State University, USA Malcolm Munro, University of Durham, UK Tom Naps, University of Wisconsin -- Oshkosh, USA Helen Purchase, University of Glasgow, UK Steve Reiss, Brown University, USA John Stasko, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Margaret-Anne Storey, University of Victoria, Canada Ayellet Tal, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Alexandru Telea, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

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Post Doctoral position Bordeaux
by Maylis Delest 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

Post-doctoral position at CNRS, LaBRI, Bordeaux, France, 12 months, Begin September 1 or October 1, 2006 Deadline for application June 30, 2006 Monthly pay : 2150 Euros gross Contact : maylis.delest(a)labri.fr Title : Interaction and Information Visualization More information on www.labri.fr/~maylis/postDoc.2006.Bordeaux.html

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Information Visualization Post-Doc and Summer Internship Positions at INRIA
by Jean-Daniel Fekete 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

The research laboratory IN-SITU, part of INRIA Futurs (insitu.lri.fr), is seeking 3-5 highly motivated individuals for research projects in the field of Information Visualization: · Bioinformatics within the Microbiogenomics project (see http://microbiogenomics.u-psud.fr/) · Analysis of large online communities (see http://autograph.fing.org/news/12.shtml) · Visualization for understanding and controlling supervised classification methods, with several application domains. There is a considerable degree of flexibility for the direction of the research. The existing infrastructure for these projects relies on the opensource InfoVis Toolkit (ivtk.sourceforge.net) Summer internships run from June through the end of September. Post-Doc positions are currently available and last between 1 and 2 years. Send a cover letter and CV to Jean-Daniel Fekete (Jean-Daniel.Fekete(a)inria.fr; insitu.lri.fr/~fekete), Project Manager and Senior Researcher at INRIA. INRIA is the leading French Research Center in Computer Science. The IN-SITU laboratory is among the best ranked French research groups in the field of Human-Computer Interaction and Information Visualization. It is located in the University of Paris-South, approximately 25 km south of Paris. It gathers scientists from the University, INRIA and CNRS. -- Jean-Daniel Fekete Jean-Daniel.Fekete(a)inria.fr INRIA Futurs, LRI tel: +33 1 69153460 <-- NEW! 08Oct03 Bat 490, Université Paris-Sud fax: +33 1 69156586 F91405 ORSAY Cedex, France

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CFP: KVD'06, 06 Sep 2006, Graz, Austria
by Keith Andrews 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

KVD'06 6th of September 2006 Graz, Austria Call for Papers I-Know '06 Special Track on Knowledge Visualization and Knowledge Discovery (http://i-know.know-center.tugraz.at/i_know_06/topics/kvd_06) Introduction: ============= I-KNOW '06 special track on Knowledge Visualization and Knowledge Discovery addresses the emerging fields of knowledge and information visualization, knowledge discovery and information retrieval, involving discovery, interaction with and visual presentation of abstract knowledge, information spaces and structures to facilitate their rapid assimilation and understanding. Original papers are solicited in all aforementioned areas. Submissions will be reviewed by a board of international experts. Topics include: * Visualisation of text and multimedia corpora * Visualisation of search results * Visualisation of web information systems * Visualisation of abstract information structures and spaces * Visualisation of knowledge and concept structures * Mapping and editing of knowledge structures * Concept mapping * Human computer interfaces for knowledge and information visualisation * Empirical studies of knowledge and information visualisation techniques * Perceptual factors for knowledge and information visualisation * Adaptive visualisation metaphors * Visual data mining * Data structures, frameworks, and models underlying visualisation * Knowledge discovery and web mining techniques * Knowledge discovery from unstructured and multimedia data * Clustering and classification techniques * Multimedia and cross-modal retrieval * Information and knowledge extraction * Information summarization * Intelligent network agents * Natural language processing * Topic detection and tracking * Data structures, frameworks, and models underlying knowledge discovery data mining Submissions might also address applications of knowledge discovery and visualisation in areas such as mind mapping, decision support, e-learning, CSCW, healthcare, virtual environments, search engines, mobile and pervasive computing, or bioinformatics. Target Group The topics mentioned above are addressed at researchers and developers as well as at practitioners and providers in the fields of knowledge discovery and knowledge and information visualization. The special track will be held in English. Important Dates: ================ * 03 April 2006 - Submissions of Full Papers (8 Pages) * 22 May 2006 - Notification of Acceptance * 26 June 2006 - Final Versions (8 Pages) Submission Procedure: ===================== Submissions should be handed in as full papers and should not exceed 8 pages. Please use the I-KNOW style guides and submit your contribution in PDF or MS Word format using http://www.i-know.at/submission. In case of problems or questions concerning the submission of papers, please contact the track chairs at kvd(a)know-center.at . Publication =========== Accepted papers will be published within the I-KNOW '06 conference proceedings in cooperation with Springer Co. Pub. Papers must present previously unpublished, original results. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for I-KNOW '06 before the deadline for Final Versions (26 June 2006). If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact kvd(a)know-center.at or mgrani(a)know-center.at -- Keith Andrews IICM, Graz University of Technology, Austria http://www.iicm.edu/keith "The kangaroos in Austria are in the zoo"

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CFP (Extended Deadline): BELIV'06 (workshop on infovis evaluation @ AVI'06)
by Enrico Bertini 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

----------------------------------------------- New deadline for submission is *March 19, 2006* ----------------------------------------------- *** Call for Papers *** ---------------------------- BELIV’06 - AVI 2006 Workshop ---------------------------- BEyond time and errors: novel evaLuation methods for Information Visualization Held in conjunction with *AVI Advanced Visual Interfaces* International Working Conference May, 23 2006 - Venice, ITALY WORKSHOP WEBSITE http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~beliv06 DESCRIPTION Controlled experiments remain the workhorse of evaluation but there is a growing sense that information visualization systems need new methods of evaluation, from longitudinal field studies, insight based evaluation and other metrics adapted to the perceptual aspects of visualization as well as the exploratory nature of discovery. We solicit position and research papers discussing proposed new information visualization evaluation methods e.g. new ways of conducting user studies, definition and assessment of infovis effectiveness through the formal characterization of perceptual and cognitive tasks and insights, definition of quality criteria and metrics. Case study and survey papers are also welcomed when clearly presenting general guidelines, practical advices, and lessons learned. DATES Deadline for submissions: March 19, 2006 Notification of acceptance: March 27, 2006 Camera ready papers due: April 24, 2006 Workshop: May 23, 2006 HOW TO PARTICIPATE We solicit position and research papers up to 6 pages (less is fine). All the submissions should be formatted according to the guidelines used for the papers of the main conference. Suitable templates can be downloaded from: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Submission should be either in PDF (preferred) or Word format and uploaded to the review system accessible from the following url: http://www.programchair.com/BELIV06/. For any questions contact Enrico Bertini at: bertini(a)dis.uniroma1.it. Accepted papers will be revised after the workshop and ***published in the ACM Digital Library***. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics include, but are not limited to: • Utility characterization and evaluation • Quality criteria • Metrics • Insight characterization • Synthetic data set generation • Taxonomies of tasks • Benchmark development and repositories • Longitudinal case studies • Adoption ORGANIZERS Enrico Bertini Dip. di Informatica e Sistemistica University of Rome “La Sapienza” bertini(a)dis.uniroma1.it Catherine Plaisant HCIL/UMIACS University of Maryland plaisant(a)cs.umd.edu Giuseppe Santucci Dip. di Informatica e Sistemistica University of Rome “La Sapienza” santucci(a)dis.uniroma1.it PROGRAM COMMITTEE Alan Blackwell, Cambridge University Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University Tiziana Catarci (University of Rome, Italy) Luca Chittaro (University of Udine, Italy) Mary Czerwinski (Microsoft Research) Alan Dix (University of Lancaster, UK) Jean Daniel Fekete (INRIA) George Grinstein (UMass) Stephen Kimani (University of Rome, Italy) Chris North (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA) George Robertson (Microsoft Research) Ben Shneiderman (Maryland University, USA) John Stasko (Georgia Tech)

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CFP (Reminder): BELIV'06 (workshop on infovis evaluation @ AVI'06)
by Enrico Bertini 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

------------------------------------------- Deadline for submission is *March 12, 2006* ------------------------------------------- *** Call for Papers *** ---------------------------- BELIV’06 - AVI 2006 Workshop ---------------------------- BEyond time and errors: novel evaLuation methods for Information Visualization Held in conjunction with *AVI Advanced Visual Interfaces* International Working Conference May, 23 2006 - Venice, ITALY WORKSHOP WEBSITE http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~beliv06 DESCRIPTION Controlled experiments remain the workhorse of evaluation but there is a growing sense that information visualization systems need new methods of evaluation, from longitudinal field studies, insight based evaluation and other metrics adapted to the perceptual aspects of visualization as well as the exploratory nature of discovery. We solicit position and research papers discussing proposed new information visualization evaluation methods e.g. new ways of conducting user studies, definition and assessment of infovis effectiveness through the formal characterization of perceptual and cognitive tasks and insights, definition of quality criteria and metrics. Case study and survey papers are also welcomed when clearly presenting general guidelines, practical advices, and lessons learned. DATES Deadline for submissions: March 12, 2006 Notification of acceptance: March 27, 2006 Camera ready papers due: April 24, 2006 Workshop: May 23, 2006 HOW TO PARTICIPATE We solicit position and research papers up to 6 pages (less is fine). All the submissions should be formatted according to the guidelines used for the papers of the main conference. Suitable templates can be downloaded from: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Submission should be either in PDF (preferred) or Word format and uploaded to the review system accessible from the following url: http://www.programchair.com/BELIV06/. For any questions contact Enrico Bertini at: bertini at dis.uniroma1.it. ******************************** Accepted papers will be revised after the workshop and published in the ACM Digital Library ******************************** A possible outcome of the workshop is to organize a special issue on the topic for the Information Visualization Journal. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics include, but are not limited to: • Utility characterization and evaluation • Quality criteria • Metrics • Insight characterization • Synthetic data set generation • Taxonomies of tasks • Benchmark development and repositories • Longitudinal case studies • Adoption ORGANIZERS Enrico Bertini Dip. di Informatica e Sistemistica University of Rome “La Sapienza” bertini at dis.uniroma1.it Catherine Plaisant HCIL/UMIACS University of Maryland plaisant at cs.umd.edu Giuseppe Santucci Dip. di Informatica e Sistemistica University of Rome “La Sapienza” santucci at dis.uniroma1.it PROGRAM COMMITTEE Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Margaret Burnett (Oregon State University, USA) Tiziana Catarci (University of Rome, Italy) Chaomei Chen (Drexel University, USA) Luca Chittaro (University of Udine, Italy) Maria Francesca Costabile (University of Bari, Italy) Mary Czerwinski (Microsoft Research, USA) Alan Dix (University of Lancaster, UK) Jean Daniel Fekete (INRIA, France) George Grinstein (UMass, USA) Stephen Kimani (University of Rome, Italy) Chris North (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA) George Robertson (Microsoft Research, USA) Ben Shneiderman (Maryland University, USA) John Stasko (Georgia Tech, USA)

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