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Job Announcement: Associate Director in Visual Communication of the Center for Academic & Professional Communication, Rice University, Houston, TX
by Kyung-Hee Bae 01 Jul '24

01 Jul '24

Dear INFOVIS, I hope this email finds you all well. My name is Kyung-Hee Bae, and I am the director of the Center for Academic and Professional Communication at Rice University in Houston, TX. I am writing to see if I could post the following announcement via your listserv. We are currently seeking to fill the position of associate director in visual communication at the Center for Academic and Professional Communication at Rice University. This is a full-time, 12-month staff position. Please see attached for more information about the position. Thank you so much for posting this announcement, and please let me know if I can provide you with any further information about the position. Best wishes, Kyung-Hee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Associate Director in Visual Communication of the Center for Academic and Professional Communication at Rice University Position Summary: The role of Associate Director of Visual Communication at CAPC (Center for Academic and Professional Communication) is a leadership position that involves designing and implementing visual and multimodal communication initiatives within the organization. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing workshops and resources for faculty and students, consulting with individuals, especially those in STEM fields, on visual projects, organizing a biennial symposium, managing in-house visual projects, assisting with CAPC's visual communication assessment, and potentially teaching a credit-bearing course on visual and multimodal communication on an annual basis. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position, and the salary depending on qualifications and experience begins at $75,000 a year. Link to read the full job description and to apply online <https://emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2…>here <https://emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2…>. Education required: Master’s degree Skills preferred: Demonstrated experience working with STEM researchers is highly desirable, demonstrating the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas visually to diverse audiences. Demonstrated expertise in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, with a specialization in visual communication principles and practices. Proven track record of developing and maintaining partnerships between academic departments and programs, with a particular emphasis on integrating visual communication into curriculum and pedagogy. Exceptional leadership and project management skills, with the ability to effectively guide and mentor staff and faculty in utilizing visual tools and techniques. Strong problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to addressing challenges related to visual communication initiatives. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders, including faculty, students, and external partners. Prior experience in supervising and managing student workers is desirable, particularly in the context of visual communication projects. Expertise with visual tools and software, such as Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), and experience in visual communication, including graphic design, multimedia production, data visualization, and visual storytelling, is highly preferred. Additional skills: Demonstrated experience working with STEM researchers is highly desirable, demonstrating the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas visually to diverse audiences. Demonstrated expertise in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, with a specialization in visual communication principles and practices. Proven track record of developing and maintaining partnerships between academic departments and programs, with a particular emphasis on integrating visual communication into curriculum and pedagogy. Exceptional leadership and project management skills, with the ability to effectively guide and mentor staff and faculty in utilizing visual tools and techniques. Strong problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to addressing challenges related to visual communication initiatives. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders, including faculty, students, and external partners. Prior experience in supervising and managing student workers is desirable, particularly in the context of visual communication projects. Expertise with visual tools and software, such as Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), and experience in visual communication, including graphic design, multimedia production, data visualization, and visual storytelling, is highly preferred. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kyung-Hee Bae Pronouns: she, her, hers Director, Center for Academic and Professional Communication (CAPC) Senior Lecturer, Program in Writing and Communication 200A Fondren Library, MS 625 Rice University 713-348-4915 capc.rice.edu kbae(a)rice.edu

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Conferences: CFP: Fourth Workshop on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, Transparency and Ethics in XR (IDEATExR)
by IEEE VR Publicity 01 Jul '24

01 Jul '24

CFP: Fourth Workshop on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, Transparency and Ethics in XR (IDEATExR) To be held in conjunction with the 2024 International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality October 21-25, 2024 | Greater Seattle Area, Washington, USA ABSTRACT The potential benefits of XR should be for all, regardless of their cultural background, gender identity, race, neurodiversity, ethnicity, economic status, age, etc. However, our community is still facing challenges preventing equal involvement. Most research within this space relies on the M-WEIRD user populations and is done by M-WEIRD researchers (Male, White, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic), effectively missing most of the world’s population [1], thus hindering generalizability of findings and diversity of ideas. In fact, approximately 95% of the global population is excluded from VR research [1] and only 15% of first-paper authors at ISMAR and IEEEVR are women [2]. Moreover, the ethics informing XR research have been identified as one of the grand challenges facing human-computer interaction research today, with the replication crisis featuring transparency as a critical step for remediation. These factors make *formal discussions surrounding inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, transparency, and ethics in XR not only timely – but necessary. **And we want you to be a part of them.* It’s important to note that these concerns are also relevant to technical work not involving human participants as they also play a role in research teams, ideas, proposed solutions, conduct, etc. Due to the important, evolving, and shifting nature of inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, transparency, and ethics in XR, this workshop has five main goals: 1. To provide a vehicle through which to understand better the pulse of the community surrounding issues of inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, transparency, and ethics in XR, 2. To shine a spotlight on these issues for community members who perhaps haven’t seen or given them much consideration, 3. To celebrate those that are engaging in research either true to the spirit of inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, transparency, and ethics in XR, or those engaging in research about these topics specifically, 4. To help researchers better understand how to ensure their work are more inclusive, diverse, equitable, accessible, transparent, and ethical, particularly in their software and study design, 5. To spotlight how people are represented in XR technologies (or not) as researchers, designers, participants, and users, 6. And to bring together disparate perspectives and research foci together under a shared goal to be inclusive, diverse, equitable, accessible, transparent, and ethical in XR. This goal can be shared by software, hardware, and human-focused researchers. Participants in this workshop will have the opportunity to provide their insights on what is working for our community, as well as what isn’t – effectively helping to shape the future of IEEEVR and XR research. TOPICS OF INTEREST This workshop has six facets: inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, transparency, and ethics. We expect researchers to submit early work that has already shown a commitment to one or more of these aforementioned facets. These could include work with diverse participants, work examining skin-tone rendering in AR, computer vision algorithms for differently-abled hands, testing of accessibility and usability of a VR app for those with different sensory abilities, etc. Further, while we anticipate this next type of paper to be rarer, we anticipate papers that feature research explicitly regarding the realm of diversity in XR. Finally, position papers informed by either survey of the literature or profound experience in the facets of this workshop are also well within our scope. IMPORTANT DATES - *Paper Submission Deadline: Monday July 29th, 2024 (23:59 AoE)* - *Notification: Monday August 12th, 2024 (23:59 AoE)* - *Camera-ready version: Monday August 26th, 2024 (23:59 AoE)* SUBMISSION We welcome paper submissions from 2-4 pages, excluding references. Authors should also provide a brief explanation (At least one paragraph; no more than 1 page attached in supplementary materials) of how they feel their paper fits into this workshop or achieves the workshop’s facets. Paper quality versus length will be assessed according to a contribution-per-page judgment. Papers will be considered in relation to their intended scientific merit AND their contribution or adherence to inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, transparency, and ethics in XR. 7. Submissions must be written in English and follow the IEEE Computer Society VGTC format described at: https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/publications/conference/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2ffWST9hb0W5gXv-kCq1kIpB…> To submit to the workshop, authors must use the form here. <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2I924zMi1AsXion2i0F5vEjq…> Submissions will be reviewed by at least 2 program committee members following a single-blind review process. Accepted papers will be given guidelines for preparing and submitting the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance. Check out our website <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2Q70xalL1XVGYIyZuMzmppMR…> for more information! Please direct any questions to Lee Lisle at llisle(a)vt.edu ORGANIZERS Lee Lisle, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, llisle(a)vt.edu Cassidy R. Nelson, Virginia Tech, cassidynelson(a)vt.edu Matt Gottsacker, University of Central Florida, mattg(a)ucf.edu Missie Smith, Meta Reality Labs Research, missie.smith(a)gmail.com CITATIONS [1] T. C. Peck, K. A. McMullen, J. Quarles, K. Johnsen, C. Sandor, and M. Billinghurst, “DiVRsify: Break the Cycle and Develop VR for Everyone,” *IEEE Comput. Graph. Appl.*, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 133–142, 2021, doi: 10.1109/MCG.2021.3113455. [2] T. C. Peck, L. E. Sockol, and S. M. Hancock, “Mind the Gap: The Underrepresentation of Female Participants and Authors in Virtual Reality Research,” *IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph.*, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 1945–1954, 2020, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2020.2973498. [image: beacon]

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[CfP] SUMAC'24 @ACMMM'24: the 6th ACM International workshop on analySis, Understanding and proMotion of heritAge Contents ---> July 19, 2024
by Valerie Gouet 01 Jul '24

01 Jul '24

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CfP] Call for Papers SUMAC 2024 6th ACM International workshop on analySis, Understanding and proMotion of heritAge Contents Advances in machine learning, signal processing, multimodal techniques and human-machine interaction 28 Oct - 1 Nov, 2024 Melbourne, Australia (attendance mode TBA) In conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2024 Workshop: [ https://sumac-workshops.github.io/2024/ | https://sumac-workshops.github.io/2024/ ] Main Conference: [ https://2024.acmmm.org/ | https://2024.acmmm.org/ ] *** Aims and scope The ambition of SUMAC is to bring together researchers and practitioners from different disciplines to share ideas and methods on current trends in the analysis, understanding and promotion of heritage contents. These challenges are reflected in the corresponding sub-fields of machine learning, signal processing, multi-modal techniques and human-machine interaction. We welcome research contributions for the following (but not limited to) topics: - Monomodal analysis: text, structured referentials, image, video, 3D, music, sensor data - Information retrieval for multimedia heritage - Automated archaeology and heritage data processing - Multi-modal deep learning and time series analysis for heritage data - Heritage modeling, visualization, and virtualization - Smart digitization and reconstruction of heritage data - Open heritage data and bench-marking The scope of targeted applications is extensive and includes: - Analysis, archaeometry of artifacts - Diagnosis and monitoring for restoration and preventive conservation - Geosciences / Geomatics for cultural heritage - Education - Smart and sustainable tourism - Urban planning - Digital Twins *** Important dates (AoE) - Paper submission: July 19, 2024 - Author acceptance notification: August 5, 2024 - Camera-Ready: August 19, 2024 - Workshop date: TBA (28 Oct - 1 Nov, 2024) *** Keynote speakers - Dr. Jing Zhang (School of Computer Science, The University of Sydney): talk on Large Vision Models in Heritage Content Understanding. - Dr. Vera Moitinho de Almeida (Centre for Digital Culture and Innovation, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto): talk on Reusing 3D Models of Cultural Heritage Objects for Research and Conservation. *** Special Highlights Best Paper Award. Following tradition, SUMAC 2024 will also be awarding a best paper award, accompanied with a certificate and a trophy. *** Submission guidelines Submission format. All submissions must be original work not under review at any other workshop, conference, or journal. The workshop will accept papers describing completed work (full paper) as well as work in progress (short paper). Two submission formats are accepted: a) 4 pages plus 1-page reference (short paper); or b) 8 pages plus up to 2-page reference (full paper). They must be encoded as PDF using the ACM Article Template of the main conference ACM Multimedia 2024 (https://2024.acmmm.org/regular-papers) Peer Review and publication in ACM Digital Library. Paper submissions must conform with the “double-blind” review policy. All papers will be peer-reviewed by experts in the field, they will receive at least two reviews. Acceptance will be based on relevance to the workshop, scientific novelty, and technical quality. Depending on the number, maturity and topics of the accepted submissions, the work will be presented via oral or poster sessions. The workshop papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library. *** Organizers Valerie Gouet-Brunet (LaSTIG Lab / IGN - Gustave Eiffel University, France) Ronak Kosti (Picsart AI Research Lab, Germany) Li Weng (Zhejiang Financial College, China) Looking forward to hearing from you at SUMAC! The workshop organizers -- Valerie Gouet-Brunet Senior researcher / DR1 Ministère de la Transition Ecologique LASTIG Lab. / Univ. Gustave Eiffel / IGN (French mapping agency) https://www.umr-lastig.fr/vgouet/

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IEEE EduVis 2024 cfp [Deadline extension]
by Fateme Rajabiyazdi 29 Jun '24

29 Jun '24

The submission deadline for the 2nd IEEE EduVis workshop has been extended to July 8th. We welcome submissions in the form of full papers or education reports that share opinions or teaching reflections. Submissions will focus on special topics relevant to the EduVIS community: * Visualization for Education [Vis4Ed]: use of visualization in educational settings of any discipline or topic * AI for Visualization Education [AI]: integrate or limit tools like ChatGPT and generative AI into visualization education * Generic Topics in Visualization and Education [General]: includes any other submission relevant to the workshop For more information, please view: https://ieee-eduvis.github.io/ [cid:image001.png@01DAC9FB.7A33A470] Fateme Rajabi, PhD, PEng Assistant Professor Systems and Computer Engineering Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada http://healthvisfutures.sce.carleton.ca/ This email contains links to content or websites. Always be cautious when opening external links or attachments. Please visit https://carleton.ca/its/help-centre/report-phishing/ for information on reporting phishing messages. When in doubt, the ITS Service Desk can provide assistance. https://carleton.ca/its/chat -----End of Disclaimer-----

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[Deadline Extension] First IEEE VIS Workshop on Progressive Data Analysis and Visualization (PDAV)
by Jean-Daniel Fekete 28 Jun '24

28 Jun '24

The submission deadline is extended to the 15th of July. Take the chance to submit your late-breaking research results, or give your planned submission the final touch! https://ieee-vis-pdav.github.io/ We solicit contributions that focus on progressive visualization and visual analytics The increasing amount of data is a long-standing challenge for data analysis systems. Although building interactive systems has been a central focus of the visualization community, when applied to large-scale data and complex algorithms, most current visualization systems suffer from long, unmanaged computation delays between user interactions and system responses, rendering the systems unusable. The critical challenge we face here is to make a system’s latency manageable, ultimately ensuring it remains below the golden limits of human latency regardless of the amount of input data and complexity of algorithms. Progressive Data Analysis and Visualization (PDAV) is a novel programming paradigm to control latency by replacing long computations with a series of smaller computations with bounded latency, improving iteratively until the whole computation is completed or until the user is satisfied with the latest iteration and stops. Thus, PDAV computations also need to inform the user about the quality of the result to allow early decisions with controlled quality. With PDAV, visual exploration systems can scale to large data sizes and use complex algorithms interactively, provided they are adapted to run progressively. This new paradigm is promising but will require important research and technical work to become mainstream. This workshop is aimed at explaining and accelerating the development of the paradigm. The workshop will present state-of-the-art research and work-in-progress to design and implement PDAV systems. We encourage late-breaking work, research in progress, and position papers; for example, topics of interest to the workshop include (but are not limited to): Progressive Techniques for Information and Scientific Visualization Progressive Visual Analytics Systems Progressive Algorithms and Data Structures Progressive Databases and Data Management Systems Progressive Machine Learning Progressive Artificial Intelligence Progressive Data Science User Interfaces for Progressive Systems Languages and Toolkits for Progressive Systems Uncertainty in Progressive Systems Infrastructure for Progressive Systems Human Factors in Progressive Data Analysis Applications of Progressive Visual Data Analysis Theories for Progressive Visual Data Analysis Evaluation of Progressive Systems Important Dates Submission Deadline: 1st July 2024 Notification of Acceptance: 19th July 2024 Camera Ready Paper and Poster: 26th August 2024 Workshop (1/2 Day, Morning): 14th October 2024 Organizers Alex Ulmer, Fraunhofer IGD Jaemin Jo, Sungkyunkwan University Michael Sedlmair, University of Stuttgart Jean-Daniel Fekete, Inria & Université Paris-Saclay More info: https://ieee-vis-pdav.github.io/ For questions, please email the workshop chairs directly: pdav-chairs(a)ieeevis.org Alex, Jaemin, Michael & Jean-Daniel -- Jean-Daniel Fekete Jean-Daniel.Fekete(a)inria.fr Aviz Team Leader Inria, Université Paris-Saclay INRIA Saclay Centre www.aviz.fr/~fekete Bat 660, Université Paris-Saclay tel: +33 1 69156551 F91405 ORSAY Cedex, France fax: +33 1 69154240

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IEEE VR 2025 Call for Papers - Abstracts due September 11, 2024
by IEEE VR Publicity 27 Jun '24

27 Jun '24

IEEE VR 2025: the 32nd IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces March 8-12, 2025 | Saint-Malo, France https://ieeevr.org/2025/contribute/papers/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2kguxk3NB9N4AqYJmj_yyoSr…> <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2hy2if9tcQB8N-lxQ5nahPrF…> Overview IEEE VR 2025 seeks original, high-quality papers in all areas related to virtual reality (VR), including augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and 3D user interfaces (3DUIs). This year, there is again a SINGLE submission deadline for a unified review process for both the IEEE TVCG and the conference only papers. The possible outcomes of this unified process are: 1. Accept as IEEE TVCG paper, with presentation at IEEE VR 2025 2. Accept as IEEE VR 2025 conference paper, with presentation at IEEE VR 2025 3. Accept as IEEE VR 2025 poster 4. Reject Inquiries: program2025 [at] ieeevr.org <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2Uq2u5ja6VB7ljZdWOLnSHkR…> Important Dates Each deadline is 23:59:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth) == GMT/UTC-12:00 on the stated day, no matter where the submitter is located. The submission deadlines will be strictly enforced. Requests for extensions will not be honored. - September 11 Wednesday, 2024: Abstracts due (REQUIRED) - September 18 Wednesday, 2024: Submissions due - December 10 Tuesday, 2024: Initial notifications - January 2 Thursday, 2025: Revised submissions due - January 9 Thursday, 2025: Final notifications - January 16 Thursday, 2025: Camera-ready materials due Submission Guidelines Submissions will be accepted through Precision Conference Solutions this year. https://new.precisionconference.com/vr <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2lIJY-lbFWEdpVmDJelE4eXE…> IMPORTANT: IEEE VR 2025 uses a DOUBLE-BLIND review process. Failure to anonymize submissions will result in desk rejection. Each research paper should provide a contribution covering one or more of the following categories: methodological, technical, applications, and systems. - Methodological papers should describe advances in theories and methods of AR/VR/MR and 3DUI, such as ethical issues, theories on presence, or human factors. - Technical papers should describe advancements in algorithms or devices critical to AR/VR/MR and 3DUI development such as input, display, user interaction, or tracking. - Application papers provide an important insight to the community by explaining how the authors built upon existing ideas and applied them to solve an interesting problem in a novel way. Each paper should include an evaluation of the success of the use of AR/VR/MR and/or 3DUI in the given application domain. - System papers should indicate how the developers integrated techniques and technologies to produce an effective system, and convey any lessons learned in the process. Each paper should include an evaluation of its contributions, such as user studies, benchmarking and/or comparison with existing systems/techniques/methods. We welcome paper submissions between 4 and 9 pages, not including references. Authors are encouraged to submit videos to aid the program committee in reviewing their submissions. All paper submissions must be formatted using the IEEE Computer Society TVCG conference format ( https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/publications/conference/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2SJ7b3TB64yWDm5tc7LQrApC…>). Accepted papers and posters will have to be formatted by the authors according to the relevant camera-ready guidelines. Topics IEEE VR 2025 seeks contributions in VR/AR/MR and 3DUI, including, but not limited to, the following topics: - 360° video - 3D and volumetric display and projection technology - 3D authoring - 3D User Interfaces - Accessibility of immersive interfaces - Audio interfaces and rendering - Collaborative interactions - Computer graphics techniques - Crowd simulation - Cybersickness - Diversity and gender issues - Embodied agents, virtual humans, and (self-)avatars - Ethical issues - Evaluation methods - Haptic interfaces and rendering - Human factors and ergonomics - Immersive analytics and visualization - Immersive applications and games - Input devices - Locomotion and navigation - Mediated and diminished reality - Mobile, desktop, or hybrid 3DUIs - Modeling and simulation - Multi-user and distributed systems - Multimodal capturing and reconstruction - Multimodal/cross-modal interaction and perception - Multisensory interfaces and rendering - Perception and cognition - Presence, body ownership, and agency - Redirection - Software architectures, toolkits, and engineering - Teleoperation and telepresence - Therapy and rehabilitation - Touch, tangible, and gesture interfaces - Tracking - User experience and usability - XR technology infrastructure Review process The review process will have two cycles. Review Cycle I (Submission to Initial notification) Submissions will be assigned to two members of the VR 2025 International Program Committee (IPC): a coordinator (primary) and a secondary reviewer. Submissions that violate the submission guidelines or that receive low review scores from the coordinator and the secondary reviewer will be early rejected. This stage of the review process will be double blind. We will strive to have all other submissions receive a total of at least three reviews. Based on the reviews and in consultation with a subset of the IPC, the Program Chairs will make one of the following initial recommendations for each submission: - Conditionally accept as IEEE TVCG paper. Continuing our cooperation with the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), these submissions with substantial contribution will be considered for publication in a special issue of IEEE TVCG. - Conditionally accept as conference paper. These submissions will be considered for inclusion in the Proceedings of IEEE VR, archived in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. - Recommend as a two-page poster. Authors of a submission receiving this recommendation have the option of condensing their submission into a two-page poster, including references. Subject to a final approval by the Posters chairs, accepted posters will be included in the IEEE VR Abstracts and Workshops proceedings and will be archived in the IEEE Digital Library. Note that IEEE VR does not consider posters as a final disclosure of research results. Thus, work accepted as an IEEE VR poster might be eligible for inclusion in future publications. - Reject. Review Cycle II (Initial notification to Final decision) The revision of each conditionally accepted paper will be reviewed by its coordinator, who will make a final recommendation regarding acceptance. Should the conditions for acceptance not be met, the paper will be rejected. Additional Guidelines Abstract Submission. Note that a paper abstract must be uploaded seven days prior to the actual paper submission deadline. This facilitates the process of assigning reviewers, as the review process operates on a very tight schedule. Ethics and Responsibility. All submissions describing research experiments with human participants must follow the appropriate ethical guidelines required by the authors’ institution(s), and authors are required to secure and report their approval by the relevant ethics committee prior to collecting data. An approval by any ethical review board, if required by your institution, needs to be indicated via the submission system. Authors will be required to submit the name of the ethical review board, approved protocol title and number, and date that ethical approval was obtained prior to running human participants. Authors must be able to provide proof of ethical approval upon request. Incorrect reporting of ethical approval will result in desk rejection. Participant Diversity. To support high-quality research, all submissions describing research with human participants should strive for participant diversity. As first steps toward this goal, VR 2025 is encouraging the following: - Research that aims to benefit a general population should be representative of that population. (e.g. balanced across gender or age). Research that claims to benefit a specific population should clearly state and justify its focus on that population (e.g. pilots, surgeons). - All submissions must report participant demographics (gender, age, etc.). Notes about recruiting representative populations: - Recruiting more diverse samples does not imply that the research must treat these data as independent variables and analyze differences in independent variables between demographic groups. - Recruiting more diverse samples does not increase the number of participants required for adequate statistical power given an effect size. - Many ethics review boards and funding sources already require participant diversity for inclusive and unbiased research. The VR 2025 program committee and external reviewers will be strongly encouraged to consider participant diversity in relation to the generality of the claims made by a submission as a first-order reviewing concern. Submissions that make general claims yet rely on a severely imbalanced participant groups may be negatively impacted by the reviewing process. Review Duties for Authors. The increasing number of submissions for IEEE VR makes us all dependent on a large number of good reviewers who are willing to provide constructive feedback and engage with authors on their work. Every paper needs three quality reviews. To expand the reviewing pool and to promote quality reviews, for each submitted paper, one author will be required to register to review up to three papers through PCS at the time of submission. For example, if the same author group submits two papers, they need to commit to reviewing six papers. Additionally, senior authors are encouraged to ask experienced junior authors to register in PCS to review papers, and then to mentor the junior authors during the review process. Presentation at the Conference. All accepted submissions must be presented orally at the conference. An in-person presentation is expected, and online presentations will be accommodated only in exceptional cases. Requests for online presentations due to exceptional cases must be made at least one month before the conference. Submission Language. All paper submissions must be in English. Previous Publication and Plagiarism. Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published. A manuscript is considered to have been previously published if it has appeared in a peer-reviewed journal, magazine, book, or meeting proceedings that is reliably and permanently available afterward in print or electronic form to non-attendees, regardless of the language of that publication. A manuscript identical or substantially similar in content (in its entirety or in part) to one submitted to VR should not be simultaneously under consideration for another conference or journal during any part of the VR review process, from the submission deadline until notifications of decisions are emailed to authors. In some situations, a submission may build upon prior work. In order to fully explain the relationship between the submitted paper and prior work, authors may upload additional papers as well as a non-anonymous letter of explanation that highlights the significant changes or advances; these materials will only be seen by the primary reviewer. Specifically, this treatment is applied to the following cases: - non peer-reviewed works that are publicly available (on arXiv, as a technical report, etc.) - non-archival publications presented in past IEEE VR conferences (posters, demos, etc.) Submissions will be checked for plagiarism using IEEE Crosscheck. Detection of significant plagiarism will lead to rejection. For more information about definitions of plagiarism and IEEE policies in this area, please see the Introduction to the Guidelines for Handling Plagiarism Complaints <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2gV13m8ERUbLRagVpHL5bsw7…> and the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board Operations Manual <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/28ghcITD8lWGwVuuOb_cM1SQ…> . AI-generated Text. Large-scale language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT can only be used by the authors to edit grammar of their own text. Submission Anonymity. * IEEE VR uses a DOUBLE-BLIND review process * This means that both the authors and the reviewers must remain anonymous to each other. Submissions (including citations and optional videos) must not contain information that identifies the authors, their institutions, funding sources, or their places of work. Relevant previous work by the authors must be cited in the third person to preserve anonymity (exceptions were described above). Authors should work diligently to ensure that their submissions do not expose their identities either intentionally or through carelessness. Authors that have questions/issues around the double-blind submission policy should contact the program chairs. * Failure to make reasonable attempts to adhere to the double-blind policy will result in desk rejection. * Pre-dissemination through public online repositories. Uploading the submitted manuscript to an online repository (e.g., arXiv) before the end of the review process does not constitute a reason for rejecting the manuscript. However, the authors should be advised that doing so can compromise the anonymity of their manuscript and therefore bias its double-blind review. Videos. Videos must be submitted according to the instructions on the submission website. Videos submitted with papers will automatically be considered for possible inclusion in the video proceedings (video submissions may also be made independently, as described in the separate Call for Videos). When submitted as supporting material, videos must be free of any identifying information prior to reviewing as per the double-blind submission policy. If accepted for the video proceedings, a revised version of the materials will be requested. Contactsprogram2025 [at] ieeevr.org <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/209hfx8FieJdmIeERcjTMMGj…> Technical Papers Chairs: - Daisuke Iwai, University of Osaka, Japan - Luciana Nedel, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Tabitha Peck, Davidson College, USA - Voicu Popescu, Purdue University, USA [image: beacon]

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Precall "Bilateral AI" (50 PhDs, 10 Postdocs), fall 2024
by Miksch Silvia 26 Jun '24

26 Jun '24

Cluster of Excellence Bilateral Artificial Intelligence Pre-Call for Applications For the recently established Cluster of Excellence CoE Bilateral Artificial Intelligence (BILAI), funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), we are looking for more than 50 PhD students and 10 Post-Doc researchers (m/f/d) to join our team at one of the six leading research institutions across Austria (see below). In BILAI, major Austrian players in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are teaming up to work towards Broad AI. As opposed to Narrow AI, which is characterized by task-specific skills, Broad AI seeks to address a wide array of problems, rather than being limited to a single task or domain. To develop its foundations, BILAI employs a Bilateral AI approach, effectively combining sub-symbolic AI (neural networks and machine learning) with symbolic AI (logic, knowledge representation, and reasoning) in various ways. Harnessing the full potential of both symbolic and sub-symbolic approaches can open new avenues for AI, enhancing its ability to solve novel problems, adapt to diverse environments, improve reasoning skills, and increase efficiency in computation and data use. These key features enable a broad range of applications for Broad AI, from drug development and medicine to planning and scheduling, autonomous traffic management, and recommendation systems. Prioritizing fairness, transparency, and explainability, the development of Broad AI is crucial for addressing ethical concerns and ensuring a positive impact on society. The research team is committed to cross-disciplinary work in order to provide theory and models for future AI and deployment to applications. CoE Research Institutions: Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU Linz) Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien) Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (AAU) Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) Technische Universität Graz (TU Graz) Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU Wien) Board of directors: Sepp Hochreiter (JKU Linz) Agata Ciabattoni (TU Wien) Thomas Eiter (TU Wien) Gerhard Friedrich (AAU) Christoph Lampert (ISTA) Robert Legenstein (TU Graz) Axel Polleres (WU Wien) Martina Seidl (JKU Linz) The call for applications will open on *** September 1,*** 2024. For more information, see http://www.bilateral-ai.net Stay tuned

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Your Input Needed for Our Visualization Design Research Survey
by fatimah alaboud 26 Jun '24

26 Jun '24

Hi all, I hope this message finds you well. I'm writing to invite you to participate in a short survey (around 5-10 minutes) for a data visualization research project. Your expertise in visualization design would be incredibly helpful! This survey aims to gather insights from visualization designers about the factors they consider when creating visualizations. Your anonymous responses will be used solely for research purposes, ultimately aiming to develop more effective visualization design methods. The survey is divided into six parts, covering your background, design considerations, visual encoding and interaction, evaluation and user feedback, machine learning usage, and open feedback. Please take your time and answer honestly. There are no right or wrong answers. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclCDJV6hxRKalDKbjtkiF2K5HhrAalsm_… Thank you for your participation! Best regards, Fatimah Alqahtani PhD Student fatimahalaboud(a)hotmail.com<mailto:fatimahalaboud@hotmail.com> Newcastle University

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Two Industry-Driven Post-Doc Positions at CoSTAR LiveLAB (University of York, UK)
by Jonathan Hook 24 Jun '24

24 Jun '24

Two Industry-Driven Post-Doc Positions at CoSTAR LiveLAB (University of York, UK) - Apply by: 01/07/2024 - Salary: £36,024 - £38,205 per year - Contract status: Fixed Term for 56 Months CoSTAR LiveLAB, led by the University of York, and based at Production Park in Wakefield, is a new research centre that focusses on applying new virtual production technologies to live events and how the latest developments can be used to ensure the UK has the skills and infrastructure to stay on the cutting edge of this type of technology. https://www.ukri.org/councils/ahrc/remit-programmes-and-priorities/converge… We are seeking two Postdoctoral Research Associates for the development of new technologies for immersive live performances. The PDRAs will conduct R&D activities at Production Park in Wakefield, in close liaison with the Project Directors and Co-Investigators. Successful candidates will have a strong track record of R&D in creative technologies, including one or more of the following: Machine vision; machine learning; Data science and analytics; immersive and interactive audio; media signal processing; low latency networking; psychophysics; UX design and testing; VR/AR. Candidates should have strong coding skills. The PDRAs will be expected to work closely with industry partners and other relevant stakeholders on a range of different projects. Find out more and apply here: https://jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-associate-for-costar-… -- Jonathan Hook Professor of Interactive Media UX & Access Programme Lead: CoStar Live Lab <https://www.ukri.org/councils/ahrc/remit-programmes-and-priorities/converge…> School of Arts and Creative Technologies University of York, York, YO10 5DD http://www.jonhook.co.uk <http://www.jonhook.co.uk/>

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[CfP] Call for Posters for ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS) 2024 (Deadline August 15, 2024)
by Yang, Yalong 23 Jun '24

23 Jun '24

*** Apologies for cross postings *** Call for Posters for ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS) 2024 ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS) is the premier academic venue for research in the design, development, and use of new and emerging interactive surface technologies and interactive spaces. This years conference will take place 27-30 October 2024 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The venue will be UBC Robson Campus. The ACM ISS 2024 poster program offers an engaging venue to present and discuss new and developing research. Posters enable researchers to get feedback on early-stage work and work-in-progress, establish potential collaborations, and discuss burning issues in ISS with the larger community in an informal manner during the interactive poster session. A poster will enable you to: * Present your poster in person at the conference. There will also be a Best Poster Award at the conference. * Publish an extended abstract of the poster in the electronic conference proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. * Publish an optional video of up to 3 minutes long in the electronic conference proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. * Work that is best suited for a poster submission includes, but is not limited to, preliminary results, thought-provoking and current topics, novel experiences and/or prototypes that have not been fully tested but show great promise, summaries of small-scale studies, and design-led explorations of interactive tabletops, surfaces and spaces. Deadline: Your poster and additional files<https://iss2024.acm.org/track/iss-2024-posters> should be submitted by August 15. Topic Areas ISS 2024 welcomes Poster Submissions about a range of topics relating to interactive surfaces and spaces, as well as novel interface technologies, that include (but not limited to): * Large display interfaces and multi-display environments * Gesture-based interfaces (i.e., hands, fingers, body) * Multi-modal interfaces * Tangible user interfaces * Novel interaction techniques and paradigms * Interaction with mobile and body-worn devices * Different materials and form factors (e.g., curved, sand, water, and so on) * Interactive 3D spaces (i.e., Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality, mid-air displays, and so on) * Large scale and outdoor interactive spaces (e.g., projected interfaces, drones, and so on) * Interactive architecture * Beyond traditional surfaces (i.e., shape-changing and actuated surfaces, body-related, and so on) * Interactive information visualization/data presentation * Software engineering methods and frameworks * Social aspects and protocols related to interacting with surfaces and spaces * Interactive surfaces and spaces that support group work or social interaction * Hardware, including sensing and input technologies with novel capabilities, and results from maker communities * Human-centered design and methodologies related to interactive surfaces and spaces * Empirical evaluations of novel interactive surfaces and/or spaces designs * Evaluations of deployed interactive surfaces and/or spaces in specific domains (e.g., public spaces, education, science, business, entertainment, health, art, homes, and so on) Please refer to our homepage for the full call for posters and additional information: https://iss2024.acm.org/track/iss-2024-posters Posters Co-Chairs Yalong Yang, Georgia Tech Michelle Annett, MishMashMakers posters2024(a)iss.acm.org<mailto:posters2024@iss.acm.org>

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