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CFP: Eighth Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2024) - Deadline Extended!!
by Maurice Koch 12 Feb '24

12 Feb '24

Dear colleagues, We wanted to inform you that the deadline for the Eighth Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2024) has been extended. Extended Submission deadline: *Feb 22, 2024* ________________________________________________________________________ You are invited to submit relevant manuscripts for consideration in the * Eighth Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2024) * June 4 - June 7, 2024, Glasgow - United Kingdom in conjunction with the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA): https://etra.acm.org/2024/ All accepted papers will be published by ACM as part of the Workshop Proceedings of ETRA 2024. The details are appended and also available at https://www.etvis-workshop.org/etvis-2024. Please feel free to contact us directly for any further enquiry. Best regards, Michael Burch (University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland) Kuno Kurzhals (University of Stuttgart, Germany) ************************************************************************** Eighth Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2024) June 4 - June 7, 2024, Glasgow - United Kingdom in conjunction with ACM ETRA 2024 https://etra.acm.org/2024/ ************************************************************************** Contact: etvis2024(a)gmail.com ************************************************************************** ________________ IMPORTANT DATES ________________ ● Submission Due: Feb 22, 2024 (DEADLINE EXTENDED) ● Notification: Mar 14, 2024 ● Camera Ready: Apr 05, 2024 All accepted papers will be published by ACM. ______ SCOPE ______ Broadly, this workshop considers the intersection of eye tracking research with visualization, whether the contributions relate to eye tracking studies of visualizations, or vice versa, visualization techniques for eye tracking. Technological advances in computer vision algorithms and sensor hardware have greatly reduced the implementational and financial costs of eye tracking. Thus, it is unsurprising to witness a significant increase in its use as a research tool in fields beyond the traditional domains of biological vision, psychology, and neuroscience, in particular, in visualization and human-computer interaction research. One of the key challenges lies in the analysis, interaction, and visualization of complex spatio-temporal datasets of gaze behavior, which is further complicated by complementary datasets such as semantic labels, user interactions and/or accompanying physiological sensor recordings. Ultimately, the research objective is to allow eye tracking data to be effectively interpreted in terms of the observer’s decision-making and cognitive processes. To achieve this, it is necessary to draw upon our current understanding of gaze-behavior across various and related fields, from vision and cognition to visualization. All together eye tracking is an important field to be understood, be it in the sense of data analysis and visualization, interaction, or user-based evaluation of visualization. _______ TOPICS _______ Manuscripts are solicited on the following topics with an emphasis on the relationship between eye tracking and visualization, including but not limited to the following: ● Visualization techniques for eye-movement data (inc. spatio-temporal visualization, evolution of gaze patterns, visual analysis of individual behavior, 2D vs. 3D representations of eye-movement data) ● Visual analytics of gaze behavior (inc. visual data mining, aggregation, clustering techniques, and metrics for eye-movement data) ● Eye-movement data provenance ● Standardized metrics for evaluating gaze interactions with visualization ● Cognitive models for gaze interactions with visualizations ● Novel methods for eye tracking in challenging visualization scenarios ● Uncertainty visualization of gaze data ● Interactive annotation of gaze and stimulus data ● Systems for the visual exploration of eye-movement data ● Eye tracking studies that evaluate visualization or visual analytics ● Eye tracking in non-WIMP visualization environments, including mobile eye tracking, mobile devices, and large displays ● Visualization of eye tracking data in mixed and virtual reality (3df & 6df, 360°) ● Visualization applications that rely on eye tracking as an input parameter ____________ SUBMISSIONS ____________ Authors are invited to submit original work complying with the ETRA SHORT PAPER format (up to 8 pages in single-column format, any number of references, max. 150 words abstract). Also, ensure that the Author Guidelines (https://www.siggraph.org//learn/instructions-authors for SIG sponsored events [sigconf]) are met prior to submission. _________ ORGANIZERS _________ ● Michael Burch, University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland, michael.burch(a)fhgr.ch ● Kuno Kurzhals, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Kuno.Kurzhals(a)visus.uni-stuttgart.de ____________ PAPER CHAIRS ____________ ● Cindy Xiong Bearfield, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States, cxiong(a)u.northwestern.edu ● Minoru Nakayama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, nakayama(a)ict.e.titech.ac.jp __________________ STEERING COMMITTEE __________________ ● Michael Burch, University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland, michael.burch(a)fhgr.ch ● Lewis Chuang, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, lewis.chuang(a)phil.tu-chemnitz.de ● Daniel Weiskopf, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Daniel.Weiskopf(a)visus.uni-stuttgart.de ___________ MEDIA CHAIR ___________ ● Maurice Koch, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Maurice.Koch(a)visus.uni-stuttgart.de

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*LAST CALL* [DL: March 1st] 1st Workshop on Visual Process Analytics (VIPRA 2024) - Co-Located EuroVis 2024
by alessio.arleo＠tuwien.ac.at 12 Feb '24

12 Feb '24

##################################################### ** FINAL CALL ** 1st Workshop on Visual Process Analytics (VIPRA 2024) https://vipra-workshop.github.io/homepage/ ##################################################### Call for Papers ---------------- The 2024 Workshop on Visual Process Analytics (Vipra 2024) is the 1st annual workshop that provides an opportunity for participants to discuss state-of-the-art event visualization and process mining and learn how both techniques can mutually benefit each other. In this workshop we aim to bring together researchers from both Visual Analytics and Process Mining, to learn, create a common language, spark collaborations, and advance both fields. Process Mining is a data-driven discipline that focuses on extracting valuable insights and knowledge from the vast amount of event data generated within organizations. It involves the discovery, analysis, and improvement of process models by leveraging techniques from data science, machine learning, and data analytics. By examining event logs and historical data, process mining aims to provide a clear, objective view of how processes actually operate, identifying bottlenecks, deviations, and opportunities for optimization. In turn, this supports organizations in making more data-informed decisions, and enhance operational efficiency. Visual analytics is an interdisciplinary field that combines data visualization, analytical techniques, and interactive interfaces to help people make sense of complex and often large datasets. It focuses on using the power of visual representations to facilitate data exploration, pattern recognition, and decision-making. By enabling users to interact with data through graphical interfaces, visual analytics promotes a deeper understanding of information, uncovers hidden insights, and supports the detection of trends, anomalies, and relationships that might be challenging to discern through traditional data analysis methods alone. We believe that process mining and visual analytics can mutually benefit each other. Until now, there has been limited interaction between the two fields, despite their shared objectives. In process mining, the emphasis has traditionally been on data extraction and process discovery, often neglecting the visualization aspect, whereas in visual analytics, event visualization efforts have often overlooked the wealth of process mining techniques that can enhance visualizations and analysis. Bridging this gap and fostering collaboration between the two fields will not only lead to more informed, efficient, and data-driven improvements in various domains but also advance the research and innovation in both process mining and visual analytics, ultimately contributing to a more holistic and integrated approach to understanding and optimizing complex processes. Topics and Scope ---------------- We encourage submissions from all areas on the intersection of visual analytics and process mining. The 2024 Workshop on Visual Process Analytics will cover a range of topics exploring the intersection of PM and VA including (but not limited to): - VA to support exploration and comparison of discovered process models - VA to support the comparison of event logs and process models, e.g., in conformance checking - VA to support the generation of hypotheses about the business process and the identification of process improvement ideas - VA to represent temporal and spatial uncertainty in PM models - Research challenges, pitfalls, and opportunities related to the intersection of VA and PM - The role of AI in PM, and how Visualization and explainable-AI solutions can support model comprehension, exploration, and refinement Paper Submission, Publication, and Format Guidelines -------------------------------------- We will accept short papers with up to 5 pages plus one page of references (5 + 1). We encourage a diverse range of submissions and demonstrations in any of the short paper types listed below: - Application/Case-study papers (format: 5 + 1) - Research papers (format: 5 + 1) - Position papers and system demos papers (format: 2 + 1) All material will be submitted via the Precision Conference System (PCS): https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions For all submissions, please use the EuroVis 2024 LateX2e Style. On Overleaf, this template can be imported easily by selecting "New Project" -> "Upload Project" and uploading the zip file. Use EGAuthorGuidelines-eurovis24-short.tex for your submission: https://medialib.cmcdn.dk/medialibrary/80234312-1C55-406C-86A7-410099EB2739… Accepted papers will be included in the EuroGraphics Digital Library and will be assigned a DOI as fully citable publications. Contact vipra.workshop at gmail.com if you have any questions or visit https://vipra-workshop.github.io/homepage/ Important Dates --------------- - Deadline for submission: March 1st, 2024 - Notification of acceptance: April 12th, 2024 - Camera-ready papers due: April 26th, 2024 - Vipra 2024 Workshop: May 27th, 2024 (in conjunction with EuroVis 2024) All submission deadlines are at 23:59 GMT on the date indicated. Organizers ---------- Alessio Arleo, Eindhoven University of Technology Stef van den Elzen, Eindhoven University of Technology Tatiana von Landesberger, Universität Köln Luise Pufahl, TU München - Heilbronn Jana-Rebecca Rehse, Universität Mannheim Francesca Zerbato, Universität St. Gallen

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DIAGRAMS 2024 | Final Call for Workshops and Tutorials
by DIAGRAMS CONFERENCE 12 Feb '24

12 Feb '24

**** Final Call for Workshops and Tutorials: Diagrams 2024 **** *14th International Conference on * *the Theory **and Application * *of Diagrams* *September 27 – October 1, 2024* University of Münster, Germany www.diagrams-conference.org/2024 *************************************************************************** The Diagrams conference provides a united forum for all researchers with an interest in the study of diagrams. The conference fosters multi-disciplinarity and allows researchers from areas such as computer science, mathematics, psychology, philosophy, history (of science, art, etc.), education research, and more to meet and share their perspectives on the theory and application of diagrams. We invite proposals for half-day or full-day *workshops*. These workshops will be held on the first (Friday, September 27) and the last (Tuesday, October 1) conference day. They will occur at the main conference venue at Münster University in Germany. Workshops are expected to address topics of interest to the Diagrams 2024 conference attendees. These include but are not limited to, the issues of interest found on the Main Track, Philosophy Track, and Psychology & Education Track Calls pages at: www.diagrams-conference.org/2024. Examples of previous Workshops include: · International Workshop on Set Visualisation and Reasoning · The International Workshop on Euler Diagrams · Technology-Enhanced Diagrams Research · Accessible Graphics: Graphics for Vision Impaired People For more information, see: https://diagrams-2024.diagrams-conference.org/calls/workshops/ For further questions, please contact the Workshop Track Chair, Silvia De Toffoli (silvia.detoffoli(a)iusspavia.it) We also invite *tutorials* consisting of shorter presentations and activities that run for a maximum of 2 hours. Previously, attendees have particularly enjoyed tutorials that are interactive and spark debate. In contrast to Workshops, Tutorials do not solicit contributions from attendees. Tutorials are expected to address topics that are of interest to the Diagrams 2024 conference attendees. These include but are not limited to, the issues of interest found on the Main Track, Philosophy Track, and Psychology & Education Track Calls pages at: www.diagrams-conference.org/2024. Examples of previous Tutorials include: · Visualizing "Information" · Learning to use the Openbox: A Framework for the Implementation of Heterogeneous Reasoning · Drawing Euler Diagrams for Information Visualization · Interpreting and understanding relational database queries using diagrams · Representational Systems Theory: What, Why and How? · Square of Opposition: Theory and Applications For more information and examples of previous tutorials, see: https://diagrams-2024.diagrams-conference.org/calls/tutorials/ For further questions, please contact the Tutorial Track Chair: Andrea Reichenberger (andrea.reichenberger(a)uni-siegen.de) Please notice that for both Workshops and Tutorials, at least one of the authors of an accepted submission will be expected to attend the conference. Key deadlines: Submission: March 1, 2024. Notification: March 15, 2024. -- *Publicity Chair, Diagrams Conference 2024* Giulia Ferrari, PhD Mathematics Education University of Torino

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DIAGRAMS 2024 | Final Call for papers
by DIAGRAMS CONFERENCE 09 Feb '24

09 Feb '24

**** Final Call for Papers: Diagrams 2024 **** *14th International Conference on * *the Theory **and Application * *of Diagrams* *September 27 – October 1, 2024* University of Münster, Germany www.diagrams-conference.org/2024 *** Highlights *** - Proceedings published by Springer - Graduate Symposium - Three Tracks: Main, Philosophy, and Psychology and Education - Best Paper and Best Student Paper awards - Keynote speakers: Mateja Jamnik, Catarina Dutilh Novaes and Barbara Tversky ***************************************************************** The Diagrams conference provides a united forum for all researchers with an interest in the study of diagrams. The conference fosters multi-disciplinarity and allows researchers from areas such as computer science, mathematics, psychology, philosophy, history (of science, art, etc.), education research, and more to meet and share their perspectives on the theory and application of diagrams. Authors can submit to the conference through different tracks: - Main track <http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2024/index.php/calls/main-track/> - Philosophy track <http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2024/index.php/calls/philosophy/> - Psychology & Education track <http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2024/index.php/calls/psychology-and-educ…> Please submit to the track that fits the main contribution of your research best. ***************************************************************** SUBMISSION We invite submissions for peer review in the following submission categories: - Long Papers (16 pages), - Short Papers (8 pages), - Posters (4 pages – this is both a maximum and minimum requirement), - Abstracts, i.e. non-archival contributions (3 pages). Submission date: *March 1, 2024* At least one author of each accepted submission is expected to attend the conference to present their research and respond to questions presented by delegates. Multiple submissions are accepted. Long Papers, Short Papers and Posters will be published in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be published by Springer shortly before the conference. Abstracts will not be included in the published proceedings but will be made available on the conference web site. Abstracts allow for conference presentations without the need to publish a paper. More details, including formatting instructions and important dates, can be found at https://diagrams-conference.org/2024. ***************************************************************** -- *Publicity Chair, Diagrams Conference 2024* Giulia Ferrari, PhD Mathematics Education University of Torino

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Virtual Meetup: Harmonizing Life's Symphony with Dr. Kay Nieselt, Feb 21
by Helena Jambor 09 Feb '24

09 Feb '24

Revival of the biovis meetups! 🔬 Join the Expedition: Harmonizing Life's Symphony with Dr. Kay Nieselt! 🎵 Navigate from Genomes to Graphs in our Multi-Omics Adventure! 🚀" —> Join us Feb 21st Wednesday, 4 PM Berlin / 3 PM London/ 10 AM NYC / 7 AM California ****************** Integrative multi-omics visualizations Dr. Kay Nieselt Head of the Integrative Transcriptomics research group Interfaculty Institute for Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics (IBMI) Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen, Germany Bio: Dr. Kay Nieselt has a doctor in mathematics from the University of Bielefeld. She is a professor for bioinformatics at the University of Tübingen, where she coordinates the Bachelor and Master bioinformatics degree programs. Her research focuses on computational genomics, transcriptomics and, more recently, proteomics, as well as visual analytics of large-scale life science data. She is principal investigator in the Cluster of Excellence “Controlling microbes to fight infections” as well as in the Cluster of Excellence “Machine Learning for science“. She has developed a number of new key concepts and innovative visualizations for genome including ancient genome, pan-genome and transcriptome data. She was General Chair of the Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (BioVis) conducted at the International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB). She has co-organized two Dagstuhl seminars on Visualization of Biological Data. Where: Zoom link: https://mssm.zoom.us/j/89982260341?pwd=YWhuaFBrTXBWbmtYRUhuVDNpM3NEQT09 Meeting ID: 899 8226 0341 Passcode: 476378 _________________________ Dr Helena JAMBOR National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Cancer Center, NCT-UCC Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden

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[ACM IUI 2024] Call For Early Registration (Deadline: Feb 12)
by Wanling Cai 08 Feb '24

08 Feb '24

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this email * * Online version: https://iui.acm.org/2024/registration.html ACM IUI 2024 - Call For Early Registration 29th International ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI 2024) Greenville, South Carolina, USA, March 18-21, 2024 https://iui.acm.org/2024/ https://iui.acm.org/2024/index.html ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI) 2024 is the 29th annual premiere venue, where researchers and practitioners will meet and discuss state-of-the-art advances at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Ideal IUI submissions should address practical HCI challenges using machine intelligence and discuss both computational and human-centric aspects of such methodologies, techniques, and systems. The theme for this year will be Resilience, covering a wide variety of topics, such as COVID-19 recovery, organizational cyber resilience, economic growth and stability, climate change recovery, intelligent user interface resilience, and similar. While we encourage submissions related to this theme, the scope of the conference is not limited to the theme only. Thanks for your interest in IUI 2024! Please read the information link below carefully regarding costs and deadlines. * Registration information: https://iui.acm.org/2024/registration.html - Early Registration until Feb 12, 2024 - Standard Registration until Mar 7, 2024 - Onsite Registration after Mar 7, 2024 * Registration Link: https://web.cvent.com/event/9865c85a-e052-4e7e-9947-cf19114283eb/summary Registration for the IUI 2024 full conference includes access to all sessions and workshops. Payment and registration is being handled through a 3rd party provider. If you have questions, please email the registration chair at registration2024(a)iui.acm.org<mailto:registration2024@iui.acm.org>.

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Scientific Visualization Practitioner Research Study
by Kalina Borkiewicz 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

Do you create scientific visualizations for communication? If so, we want to hear from you! The University of Utah is conducting a research study to get an understanding of the practices and challenges of practitioners who create scientific visualizations with a focus on communication, rather than solely on data analysis. If you choose to participate, you will be asked to take part in a 1-hour Zoom discussion. Please reply to kalina(a)sci.utah.edu to express your interest or to get more information. Sincerely, Kalina – Kalina Borkiewicz Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute University of Utah

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ACM UMAP 2024 - 2nd Call for Late-Breaking Results and Demos
by Wanling Cai 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * Online version: https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-lbr-and-demos/ ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Late-Breaking Results and Demos ACM UMAP 2024: The 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy July 1-4, 2024 The 32nd International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2024) is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP 2024 is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI<https://sigchi.org/> and SIGWEB<https://www.sigweb.org/>. User Modeling Inc.<https://um.org/>, as the core Steering Committee, oversees the conference organization. ACM UMAP operates under the ACM Conference Code of Conduct<https://www.acm.org/about-acm/policy-against-harassment>. The proceedings, published by ACM, will be part of the ACM Digital Library. ACM UMAP 2024 invites Late-Breaking Results (LBR) papers as well as Demonstrations (demos) of innovative UMAP-based systems (including research prototypes). The topics for these submissions are the same as the ones included in the Call for Full and Short Papers<https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-full-and-short-papers/>. However, their scope and timing is different. In particular, although short papers (from the main track) and the LBR papers of this call have the same maximum length, LBR papers are expected to present innovative ideas that are being explored and have already shown some promising results. It is also a dissemination channel for new research directions. Mature results which have already gone through experimental validation are more suitable for the general call, either as a full or short paper. Thus, rejected papers from the main track are not expected to be a valuable contribution as an LBR paper unless their contents are revised to address the scope of this track. Note also that LBR papers are to be presented physically during the conference in a poster format, allowing for more informal discussions on the ideas shared. Demos are intended to present systems that have been used to achieve the research outcomes presented as full and short papers. Thus, we highly recommend authors of accepted full and short papers to also prepare a submission for a demo of their system to be showcased at the conference in the LBR and Demo session. ** Important Dates ** * Submission: April 18, 2024 * Notification: May 9 2024 * Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 16, 2024 * Conference: July 1 – 4, 2024 Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe> time. ** Submission ** All submissions must be written in English. Papers should be submitted electronically, in a PDF format, through the EasyChair submission system, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap24, by selecting the “UMAP24 Late Breaking Results and Demo Papers” track ** Length and Formatting ** -- Late-Breaking Results Format -- * Page Limits. Up to 7 pages, plus up to 2 additional pages for references (figures, tables, proofs, appendixes, acknowledgments, and any other content count toward the page limit). * Proceedings. Publication in ACM UMAP 2024 adjunct proceedings. * Presentation. Physically presented as a poster during the conference. * Description. LBRs are research-in-progress that must contain original and unpublished accounts of innovative research ideas, preliminary results, industry showcases, and system prototypes, addressing both the theory and practice of UMAP. In addition, papers introducing recently started research projects or summarizing project results are welcome as well. We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit late-breaking work as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. In case that papers rejected in the main track (i.e. submitted as full or short papers) are submitted to this track, they should be revised not only to take into account the comments made to help improve the paper, but to fulfill the scope of the LBR, which emphasizes novelty of ideas. This is also valid for papers that have been recommended as an LBR when rejected in the main track. -- Demos Format -- * Page Limits *. Up to 5 pages, plus up to 1 additional page for references (figures, tables, proofs, appendixes, acknowledgments, and any other content count toward the page limit). On an extra page (not to be published), submissions should include a specification of the technical requirements for demonstrating the system at UMAP 2024. * Supporting Material *. Video or external material demonstrating the system. * Proceedings *. Publication in ACM UMAP 2024 adjunct proceedings. * Presentation * . Physically presented as a demo plus as a poster during the conference. * Description *. Demos will showcase research prototypes and commercially available products in a dedicated session. Demo submissions must be based on an implemented and tested system that pursues one or more innovative ideas in the interest areas of the conference. Demonstrations are an excellent and exciting way to showcase implementations and get valuable feedback from the community, especially for those papers that have been presented in the main track. Each demo submission must make clear which aspects of the system will be demonstrated, and how these will be demonstrated on-site as well as online. To better identify the value of demos, we also encourage authors to submit a pointer to a screencast (max. 5 minutes on Vimeo or YouTube) or any external material related to the demo (e.g., shared code on GitHub). *Non-Anonymity.* Submissions will be reviewed single-masked (i.e., authors’ names should be included in the papers) thus there is no need to be anonymized before submission. *Template for the Research Description.* Following the ACM Publication Workflow<https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow>, all authors should submit manuscripts for review in the new ACM single-column format. Instructions for authors are given below: * LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript, review, anonymous]{acmart} in the sample-authordraft.tex file for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with LaTeX<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…>. * Overleaf (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Overleaf<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/overleaf>. * Word. Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Microsoft Word<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…> Should you have any questions or issues going through the instructions above, please contact support at acmtexsupport(a)aptaracorp.com<mailto:acmtexsupport@aptaracorp.com> for LaTeX and Microsoft Word inquiries. * Accessibility.* Authors are strongly encouraged to provide “alt text” (alternative text) for floats (images, tables, etc.) in their content so that readers with disabilities can be given descriptive information for these floats that are important to the work. The descriptive text will be displayed in place of a float if the float cannot be loaded. This benefits the author and it broadens the reader base for the author’s work. Moreover, the alt text provides in-depth float descriptions to search engine crawlers, which helps to properly index these floats. Additionally, authors should follow the ACM Accessibility Recommendations for Publishing in Color and SIG ACCESS guidelines on describing figures<https://authors.acm.org/journals/accessibility-recommendations-for-publishi…>. ** Review Process & Camera-ready Submission ** * Review * Submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. They will be assessed based on their originality and novelty, potential contribution to the research field, potential impact in particular use cases, and the usefulness of presented experiences, as well as their overall readability. Papers that exceed the page limits or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review. The ACM Code of Ethics<https://ethics.acm.org/> gives the UMAP program committee the right to (desk-)reject papers that perpetuate harmful stereotypes, employ unethical research practices, or uncritically present outcomes/implications that clearly disadvantage minority communities. Further, reviewers will be explicitly asked to consider whether the research was conducted in compliance with professional ethical standards and applicable regulatory guidelines. Failure to do so could lead to a (desk-)rejection. *Camera-ready Information.* Accepted papers will be subject to further revision to meet the requirements of the camera-ready format required by ACM. We strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX/Overleaf for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting. Users of the Word template must use either the version for Microsoft Word for Windows, Macintosh Office 2011, or Macintosh Office 2016 (other formats such as Open Office, etc., are not admitted) for the camera-ready submission to avoid incompatibility issues. Instructions for preparing the camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be provided after acceptance. This might include instructions to prepare a video of the accepted contribution. Camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be later submitted using ACM’s new production platform<https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template> where authors will be able to review PDF and HTML output formats before publication. ** Registration and Presentation Policy ** Each accepted paper must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the early registration date cut-off. Each accepted paper must be presented in person to be included in the conference adjunct proceedings, published by ACM and available via the ACM Digital Library. The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of UMAP 2024. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. During the conference, all categories will be presented at the poster reception, in the form of a poster and/or a software demonstration following poster format. This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the conference. *Grants and Support* To help students and early career researchers attend ACM UMAP 2024, we are able to provide several grants for participants at ACM UMAP 2024. * Category 1: Discounted Registration Rates * Category 2: Gary Marsden Travel Awards (GMTA) * Category 3: ACM UMAP 2024 Grants More information can be found in https://www.um.org/umap2024/grants-and-support/. Please refer to the website information, to learn the eligibility and application process for each category. ** Late-Breaking Results and Demos Chairs ** * Bamshad Mobasher, DePaul University, USA * Hanna Hauptmann, Utrecht University, Netherlands * Olga C. Santos, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED), Spain Contact information: umap2024-lbr at um.org

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ACM UMAP 2024 - 3rd Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers
by Wanling Cai 05 Feb '24

05 Feb '24

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * Online version: https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-doctoral-consortium-papers/ ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers ACM UMAP 2024: The 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy July 1-4, 2024 The 32nd International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2024) is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. The ACM UMAP 2024 Doctoral Consortium (DC) will take place as part of the conference. The DC provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers and industry practitioners from the field. Doctoral students are invited to apply for presenting their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive feedback and advice. Students should consider participating in the DC if they are at least one year away from completing their dissertation at the time of the event, but after having settled on a research area or dissertation topic. This forum will provide doctoral students with an opportunity to: * Present and discuss their research ideas to experienced scholars in a supportive, formative, and yet critical environment. * Explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers from the field who will provide constructive feedback and advice. * Explore career pathways available after completing their doctoral degree. * Network and build collaborations with other members of the community. Students are asked to submit a brief proposal outlining their doctoral research (see detailed requirements below), which will be evaluated by the doctoral consortium committee. Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a DC session as part of the conference. Each student with an accepted submission will be assigned a mentor who will provide feedback on the student’s work. A mentoring session will take place during the conference, and the DC students are expected to attend. ** Important Dates ** Paper Submission: March 28, 2024 Notification: April 26, 2024 Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 9, 2024 Conference: July 1 – 4, 2024 DC Day: July TBD, 2024 (it will happen in one of the conference days) Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe> time. ** Submission ** All submissions must be written in English. Submissions should be a single PDF document consisting of: (i) the recommendation letter, (ii) the research description, and (iii) the curriculum vitae. This PDF document should be submitted electronically through the EasyChair submission system, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap24, by selecting the “UMAP24 Doctoral Consortium Papers” track. ** Length and Formatting ** Format and Content Guidelines. Consult the ACM UMAP 2024 general call for full and short papers<https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-full-and-short-papers/> concerning the key topics of this call as well. Each proposal should be a single PDF document, with three required components: (i) a recommendation letter, (ii) a description of your doctoral path, (iii) and a curriculum vitae. If you are unable to obtain a letter of recommendation from your dissertation advisor, please include a short explanation. Specifically, for each component, please consider the following instructions: 1. Letter of Recommendation (from your primary dissertation advisor, in any format): * Describe your interaction with the student and your assessment of the quality of their work. Explain how the ACM UMAP 2024 doctoral consortium would benefit this student at this point in their doctoral program, as well as the contributions you expect the student to make to the group. * The DC targets students who have a clear idea of their research plans and have started their research but have not yet executed a majority of their research. Please explain the structure of your student’s program and their expected level of progress by July 2024. * Recall that students who are unable to obtain a letter of recommendation from their dissertation advisor (or the equivalent) should instead include a short explanation and a description of where the student is in their doctoral progress and the anticipated timeline. 1. Research description (6 pages at most plus additional pages for references; figures, tables, proofs, appendixes, acknowledgments, and any other content count toward the page limit): using a single-column manuscript formatted according to the guidelines discussed below, please include the following: * Your name, advisor(s) name(s), and the university where you are conducting your doctoral work. * Current year of study and projected completion date (plus information about the regulations of your doctoral program regarding length, any part-time study, etc.). * Context and motivation for your research. * Key related work that frames your research. * Specific research objectives, goals, or questions. * Research approach, methods, and rationale. * Results and contributions to date. * Expected next steps. * Dissertation status and long-term goals. 1. Curriculum vitae (2 pages at most, in any format): a concise summary of your current curriculum vitae, including research publications. Clearly separate published papers from those under review or in press. Please ensure that your submission is complete and conforms to the format and content guidelines above. Submissions that do not meet these requirements will be desk-rejected. *Single-Blind Policy*. Proposals will be reviewed single-blind and, therefore, do not need to be anonymized before submission. *Template for the Research Description*. Following the ACM Publication Workflow<https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow>, the research description component should be arranged based on the new ACM single-column format. Instructions for students are given below: * LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript, review, anonymous]{acmart} in the sample-authordraft.tex file for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with LaTeX<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…>. * Overleaf (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Overleaf<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/overleaf>. * Word. Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Microsoft Word<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…> Should you have any questions or issues going through the instructions above, please contact support at acmtexsupport(a)aptaracorp.com<mailto:acmtexsupport@aptaracorp.com> for LaTeX and Microsoft Word inquiries. *Accessibility*. DC students are strongly encouraged to provide “alt text” (alternative text) for floats (images, tables, etc.) in their content so that readers with disabilities can be given descriptive information for these floats that are important to the work. The descriptive text will be displayed in place of a float if the float cannot be loaded. This benefits the author and it broadens the reader base for the author’s work. Moreover, the alt text provides in-depth float descriptions to search engine crawlers, which helps to properly index these floats. Additionally, authors should follow the ACM Accessibility Recommendations for Publishing in Color and SIG ACCESS guidelines on describing figures<https://authors.acm.org/journals/accessibility-recommendations-for-publishi…>. *Submission Policy*. Please consider the following ACM’s publication policies: 1. “By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies<https://www.acm.org/publications/policies>, including ACM’s new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects<https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/research-involving-human-particip…>. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.” 2. “Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID<https://orcid.org/register>, so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has been involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors<https://authors.acm.org/author-resources/orcid-faqs>. We are committed to improve author discoverability, ensure proper attribution and contribute to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts.” *Camera-ready Information*. Accepted proposals (i.e., the research description component) will require a further revision in order to meet the requirements and the page limits of the camera-ready format required by ACM. Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready versions of the papers will be provided after acceptance. We strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX/Overleaf for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting. Users of the Word template must use either the version for Microsoft Word for Windows, Macintosh Office 2011, or Macintosh Office 2016 (other formats such as Open Office, etc., are not admitted) for the camera-ready submission to avoid incompatibility issues. ** Registration and Presentation Policy ** Each accepted proposal in the doctoral consortium track must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the doctoral student by the early registration date cut-off. Each accepted proposal must be presented in person in the doctoral consortium session to be included in the conference proceedings, published by ACM and available via the ACM Digital Library. The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of UMAP 2024. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. ** Grants and Support ** ACM UMAP has a long history of supporting students who want to attend the conference. Doctoral students of the accepted DC proposals will have higher priority for the ACM UMAP grant applications. Please periodically consult the page that summarizes grants and support opportunities, available at https://www.um.org/umap2024/grants-and-support/. ** Doctoral Consortium Chairs ** * Martijn C. Willemsen, Eindhoven University of Technology & JADS, The Netherlands * Styliani Kleanthous, CYENS CoE and Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus * Rodrygo Santos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Contact information: umap2024-dc at um.org

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IEEE VR 2024 Early Bird Registration Deadline - February 14, 2024
by IEEE VR Publicity 05 Feb '24

05 Feb '24

Dear All, We hope this message finds you well. We are excited to announce that registration for the IEEE VR 2024 conference is now open and the *early bird registration due date is Feb 14, 2024.* *Conference Details:**Event*: IEEE VR 2024 <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2K28IVzXuvtYQ9YDvUjKiyNr…> *Date*: March 16-21, 2024 *Location*: Orlando, Florida USA *Registration Link*: https://ieeevr.org/2024/attend/registration/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/23DHBREABTo4GJTZrms1ce8W…> *Early Bird Deadline*: *14 February, 2024* *Why Attend IEEE VR 2024?* We anticipate the IEEE VR 2024 will be a special event that will bring us all back together after the challenging pandemic years to present our innovative research, experience new advances in VR and 3D interfaces, and catch up with what's happening with our community. Come and join us for exciting presentations featuring research papers, workshops and tutorials in current VR and 3D interfaces topics, research demos on innovative techniques and applications, and posters about upcoming work. Be part of this talented community of researchers and innovators pushing the limits of VR and 3D Interfaces. Mingle, experience, and enjoy the event! *Stay Connected:*Follow us on social media Facebook <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2hTr5pMZ0lPxgJkdY-Z4Hdpu…> and Twitter (now X ) <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2C2x_9d9m5RBNOkcG9e1bNx6…> to stay updated on the latest conference news, speaker announcements, and more. Thank you for your interest in IEEE VR 2024. We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting and enriching event. Best regards, IEEE VR 2024 Publicity [image: beacon]

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