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CFP: Eighth Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2024)
by Maurice Koch 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

Dear colleagues, 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 15, 2024 ● 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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ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers
by Wanling Cai 08 Dec '23

08 Dec '23

* 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. ** Financial 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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ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Tutorial Proposals
by Wanling Cai 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * Online version: https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-tutorial/ ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Tutorial Proposals 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 pleased to invite proposals for tutorials to be given in conjunction with the conference. Tutorials are expected to be instructional sessions aimed to provide a comprehensive introduction to established or emerging research topics of interest for the UMAP community. An ideal tutorial should be broad enough to provide a basic introduction to the chosen area, but it should also cover the most important topics in depth. Tutorials are encouraged to be as dynamic and interactive as possible. Example topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * User modeling in the era of generative artificial intelligence. * Responsible user modeling and personalization. * Effective evaluation of personalized applications. * Strategies to let users be in control of the personalization process. Tutorial presenters can have 4 pages + 1 for references in the adjunct proceedings. ** Important Dates ** · Tutorial Proposal Submission: January 11, 2024 · Notification: February 1, 2024 · Tutorial Description & Website URL Submission: February 24, 2024 · Tutorial Summary Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 16, 2024 Note: The submission deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe> time. ** Submission ** All tutorial proposals must be written in English. Proposals should be submitted electronically, in a PDF format, through the EasyChair submission system, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap24, by selecting the “UMAP24 Workshop and Tutorial Proposals” track. ** Length and Formatting ** *Format*. Each proposal should be arranged into a single PDF document, not exceeding 5 pages (references included). *Template*. Following the ACM Publication Workflow<https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow>, the proposal should be arranged based on the new ACM single-column format. Instructions for the organizers 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. *Structure*. The proposal should include the following information: * Title and abstract of the tutorial (200 words maximum). * Tutorial description: · Learning objectives of the tutorial and relevance to ACM UMAP 2024. · Targeted audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced) and prerequisite knowledge or skills. · Brief outline of the tutorial structure. · Brief description of the practical sessions. * Tutorial length (ideally 1 hour and a half). * Other venues to which the tutorial or part thereof has been or will be presented, in addition to explaining how the current tutorial differs from the other editions, and from other tutorials on the same or similar topics (please specify conference name and year). * Name, email address, affiliation and brief professional biography of each tutorial organizer, indicating previous training and speaking experience. *Evaluation Criteria*. All proposals will be reviewed by the ACM UMAP 2024 Tutorial Chairs. The features that will be evaluated are: * ability of the tutorial to contribute to strengthening the foundations of UMAP research. * clarity of the tutorial, which should emerge from its description. * good organization, as appearing from the outline. * the value of any materials released with the tutorial for the community. * background/experience of tutorial instructor(s) in teaching the target topics. ** Instructions ** *Support*. We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit tutorial proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a tutorial proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for tutorial proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas. *Diversity*. We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing their different perspectives to the tutorial topic. We welcome tutorials with a creative structure that may attract various types of participants and may ensure rich interactions. *Expectations*. The organizers of accepted tutorials are expected to set up a webpage for the tutorial including detailed information about the tutorial organization and timeline, and disseminate a call for participation. They will be responsible for their own publicity. *Proceedings*. There will be conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM, and available via the ACM Digital Library. A camera-ready summary of the tutorial should be written by the organizers to be included in these adjunct proceedings. *Camera-ready Information*. Accepted summaries 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 summaries 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 tutorial summary must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the early registration date cut-off. Each tutorial has to be run by all organizers. Therefore, each tutorial organizer must be registered (at least 25% in person, the remaining online). Each accepted tutorial summary will be included in the conference adjunct proceedings. 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. ** Tutorial Chairs ** * Amra Delic, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Eelco Herder, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands * Noemi Mauro, University of Turin, Italy Contact information: umap2024-wt at um.org

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IEEE VR 2024 - Call for Tutorials
by IEEE VR Publicity 06 Dec '23

06 Dec '23

IEEE VR 2024: the 31st IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces March 16-20, 2024 | Orlando, Florida USA http://ieeevr.org/2024/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2K1rdkMV3Vy5Dhy6_JjWCv_f…> 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. - January 08, 2024: Tutorial submissions due - January 15, 2024: Acceptance notification - January 31, 2024: Advance program descriptions for IEEE VR 2024 website due Overview Tutorials are an excellent opportunity to offer education in topics in our field for both novice and experienced researchers. We invite members of our community to submit proposals for 90-minute or half-day tutorials. We anticipate that both tutorials and workshops will be presented during the conference. Proposed tutorials may be introductory or advanced and should address topics of interest to the extended reality communities (virtual, mixed, or augmented reality), as well as the 3D user interface community. Proposals will be evaluated on their relevance to the conference topics, their suitability for presentation in a virtual tutorial format, and the qualifications of the instructors. We will strive for a balance of topics in the tutorial program and also consider the potential for interest and attendance. Upon review of submitted proposals, suggestions may be provided by the Tutorial chairs to submitters on how to improve their submission. Suggested topics include but are not limited to: - 3D interaction - Input devices - Haptics, audio, and other non-visual interfaces - Systems, toolkits, software frameworks, and game engines for VR/AR/MR - Introduction to virtual, augmented, or mixed reality - Computer graphics techniques for VR/AR/MR - Advanced display technology - Immersive projection technology - Multi-user and distributed VR/AR/MR - Serious games - Tracking and sensing - Modeling and simulation - User studies and evaluation - Immersion, presence, perception, and cognition - Navigation and cybersickness - Applications of VR/AR/MR - Teleoperation and telepresence - AI and VR/AR/MR - Sanitation and hygiene for VR/AR/MR - Online studies and remote data collection We also welcome tutorial proposals on recently evolving topics such as Neural rendering and machine learning (deep learning, etc.) related to Virtual and Augmented Reality. Submission Guidelines Proposals are welcome on topics that have been previously addressed; in addition, new topics, approaches, or insights are especially appreciated. Submissions should include a statement indicating how the proposal differs from recent tutorial presentations that may have approached a similar topic, or why it is important to offer it again. Topics taken from the list of suggested topics appropriate for paper submissions to the main conference are also welcome. Proposals for tutorials should be submitted electronically (PDF) and should include: - Title - Expected duration (90 minute or half-day) - A brief description of the topics to be addressed, including time allotted to each (roughly 500 words) - The technical level and intended audience - The expected value to that audience - If the tutorial has been delivered before, include a description of where and when, and explain why it should be held again. This is required regardless of whether the proposers organized the previous tutorials themselves or the previous tutorials were taught by someone else. - The names, contact information and a short biography (roughly 200 words each) for the proposed instructors. Tutorial submissions must be submitted via email to the Tutorials Chairs at tutorials2024 [at] ieeevr.org <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/26wA366KV_8ho8BTyDeBHp6z…> . For each accepted tutorial we will be able to provide one complimentary workshop/tutorial (Saturday-Sunday) registration. Contacts For more information, to inquire about a particular tutorial topic, or to submit a proposal, please contact the Tutorials Chairs: - Ivan Rodriguez-Conde, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA - Kapil Chalil Madathil, Clemson University, USA - Heide Lukosch, University of Canterbury, NZ tutorials2024 [at] ieeevr.org <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2r_6kacH34zm-F7tYy7Qo46v…> [image: beacon]

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ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Workshop Proposals
by Wanling Cai 06 Dec '23

06 Dec '23

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * Online version: https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-workshop/ ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Workshop Proposals 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 pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The workshops will provide a venue to discuss and explore key emerging areas of user modeling, recommender systems and adaptive hypermedia research, among others, with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. Please 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. In this edition, our goal is to have a balanced workshop program, comprising different workshop formats and combining newly emerging, currently evolving, and established research topics. Workshops are encouraged to be as dynamic and interactive as possible. Different full-day and half-day workshop schemas are possible, such as: * Working group meetings around a specific problem or topic where participants are asked to submit a white paper or position statement. * Traditional mini-conferences on key, emerging, specialized topics, having their own paper submission and review processes. * Mini-competitions or research challenges around selected topics, with either individual or team participation and their own evaluation processes * Interactive discussion meetings focusing on subtopics of the main conference general tracks, with interactivity and engagement in mind. * Joint panels aiming to synthesize insights from diverse perspectives by bringing together experts from different workshops or sessions. ** Important Dates ** * Workshop Proposal Submission: January 11, 2024 * Notification: February 1, 2024 * Workshop Description & Website URL Submission: February 24, 2024 * Workshop Summary Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 16, 2024 * Workshop Day: July TBD, 2024 (it will happen in one of the conference days) We strongly encourage the organizers of accepted workshops to diligently follow the suggested deadlines in the schedule for the authors of workshop papers: * (Suggested) 1st Call for Workshop Papers: February 28, 2024 * (Suggested) 2nd Call for Workshop Papers: April 13, 2024 * (Suggested) Workshop Paper Submission: April 24, 2024 * (Suggested) Notification: May 8, 2024 * (Mandatory) Workshop Papers Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 16, 2024 These dates are synchronized with the notification of paper acceptance in the main conference track, and the availability of early registration for the authors of accepted workshop papers. Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe> time. ** Submission ** All workshop proposals must be written in English. Proposals should be submitted electronically, in a PDF format, through the EasyChair submission system, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap24, by selecting the “UMAP24 Workshop and Tutorial Proposals” track. ** Length and Formatting ** *Format*: Each proposal should be arranged into a single PDF document, not exceeding 5 pages (references included). *Template*: Following the ACM Publication Workflow<https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow>, the proposal should be arranged based on the new ACM single-column format. Instructions for the organizers 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. *Structure*: Each proposal is expected to include the following information: * Workshop title and acronym. * Workshop chair(s), including, for each organizer, their affiliation, main email address, website link, and experiences in organizing such events. Note that organizers are expected to attend the workshop and be actively involved in its organization. * Abstract (up to 300 words) and topics of interest. * Keywords (at least 3). * Motivation on why the workshop is of particular interest at this time and how it complements (rather than duplicates) the topics of the main conference. * Workshop format, particularly discussing the mix of expected events, such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussions. * Short description of the intended audience and the expected number of participants, including how they will be selected. * List of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% have to be confirmed at the time of the proposal). The program committee is mandatory. * Requested duration (half day or full day). * When available, past editions of the workshop, including their website URLs, a brief statement on the development of the workshop series, e.g., in terms of topics, number of paper submissions and participants, post-workshop publications over the years and acceptance statistics. * If this would be the first edition of the workshop, a description of how this workshop differs from others on the same or similar topics (include conference name and year). * Any other relevant information to support your proposal. ** Instructions ** *Support*: We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a workshop proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for workshop proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas. *Diversity*: We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing their different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that may attract various types of participants and may ensure rich interactions. *Expectations*: The organizers of accepted workshops are expected to set up a webpage for the workshop including detailed information about the workshop organization and timeline, disseminate a call for papers, a call for participation, select reviewers, and gather reviews before selecting the final program. They will be responsible for their own publicity and reviewing processes. *Proceedings*: There will be conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM, and available via the ACM Digital Library. A camera-ready summary of the workshop should be written by the organizers to be included in these adjunct proceedings. Moreover, all workshop papers will be published in the same proceedings. Hence, the workshop organizers will need to make sure that the authors of workshop papers adhere to the adjunct proceedings publication timeline. *Camera-ready Information*: Accepted summaries/papers 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 summaries/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 workshop summary must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the early registration date cut-off. Each workshop has to be run by all organizers. Therefore, each workshop organizer must be registered (at least 25% in person, the remaining online). Each accepted workshop summary will be included in the conference adjunct proceedings. 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. Each accepted workshop paper must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the early registration date cut-off. Each accepted workshop paper can be presented either in person or online and will be included in the conference adjunct proceedings. 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. ** Workshop Chairs ** * Amra Delic, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Eelco Herder, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands * Noemi Mauro, University of Turin, Italy Contact information: umap2024-wt at um.org

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Call for Tutorials | DIAGRAMS2024
by DIAGRAMS CONFERENCE 06 Dec '23

06 Dec '23

*** Call for 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 *** Highlights *** - Tutorial sessions - 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. We 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 At least one of the authors of an accepted tutorial submission will be expected to attend the conference to give the tutorial to interested conference attendees. For more information and examples of previous tutorials, see: https://diagrams-2024.diagrams-conference.org/calls/tutorials/ ***************************************************************** SUBMISSION We invite submissions for review that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. A tutorial proposal must contain: 1. A single page listing: a. the title of the tutorial, b. the names and contact information for all organizers, c. brief biographies of the main organizers. 2. A description of the topic and rationale for the tutorial, including a brief description of why the tutorial will be relevant to Diagrams 2024 conference attendees. 3. Information on any requirements for delivering the tutorial (e.g. blackboard, flipovers, projector etc.). 4. An abstract, of up to 500 words, describing the tutorial that can be used to advertise the tutorial on the Diagrams 2024 website. *Submission date: March 1, 2024.* Notification: March 15, 2024. More details, including formatting instructions and all important dates can be found at https://diagrams-conference.org/2024. For further questions, please contact the Tutorial Track Chair: Andrea Reichenberger (andrea.reichenberger(a)uni-siegen.de) ***************************************************************** -- *Publicity Chair, Diagrams Conference 2024* Giulia Ferrari, PhD Mathematics Education University of Torino

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IEEE VR 2024 extended one more day
by IEEE VR Publicity 04 Dec '23

04 Dec '23

*IEEE VR 2024 adds one more day to the program!* Due to the high number of submissions and interest to participate, we are adding one more day to the Main conference. *IEEEVR 2024 will be March 16-21st *https://ieeevr.org/2024/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2cgqj8x7qqIiYvRVIrLjMnsQ…> We are looking forward to seeing all of you at this exciting event that will bring our community back together in person after four challenging years! Best regards, IEEE VR 2024 Organizing Committee [image: beacon]

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Call for Workshops | DIAGRAMS 2024
by DIAGRAMS CONFERENCE 03 Dec '23

03 Dec '23

*** Call for Workshops: 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 *** - Workshop sessions - 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. 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 At least one of the organizers of an accepted Workshop submission will be expected to attend the conference. For more information, see: https://diagrams-2024.diagrams-conference.org/calls/workshops/ ***************************************************************** SUBMISSION A Workshop proposal must contain: 1. A single page listing: a. the title of the workshop, b. the names and contact information for all organizers, c. brief biographies of the main organizers. 2. A description of the topic and rationale for the workshop, including a brief description of why the workshop will be relevant to Diagrams 2024 conference attendees. 3. A Call for Participation document of up to 500 words that can be used to advertise the workshop on the Diagrams 2024 website. Submission date for workshop proposals: March 1, 2024. Notification for acceptance of workshops: March 15, 2024. Workshop organizers are expected to distribute their call for abstracts and solicit abstracts for submission shortly after notification. Abstract submission for the accepted workshop should be no later than June 1, 2024. Workshop organizers must notify acceptance of abstracts by the registration deadline for the conference, June 7, 2024. More details, including formatting instructions and all important dates, can be found at https://diagrams-conference.org/2024. For further questions, please contact the Workshop Track Chair, Silvia De Toffoli (silvia.detoffoli(a)iusspavia.it) ***************************************************************** -- *Publicity Chair, Diagrams Conference 2024* Giulia Ferrari, PhD Mathematics Education University of Torino

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University Teacher Position in Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh
by Uta Hinrichs 03 Dec '23

03 Dec '23

The School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced candidate to the post of University Teacher in Design Informatics. This post is part of a continuing expansion of the Institute for Design Informatics, and associated expertise at the intersection of design, computer science, human-computer interaction, data science and visualization, and artificial intelligence at the University. More information about this position can be found below and here <https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1…>. *APPLY HERE* <https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1…> by *January 5, 2024; 23:59 GMT*. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor John Vines (john.vines(a)ed.ac.uk) and Dr. Uta Hinrichs (uhinrich(a)ed.ac.uk) *The Opportunity* This post is associated with the Institute for Design Informatics (IDI) (designinformatics.org <https://www.designinformatics.org/>), a joint research initiative between the Edinburgh School of Informatics <https://www.ed.ac.uk/informatics> and the School of Design <https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/school-design>. About to enter its tenth year, IDI draws upon Edinburgh’s unique combination of strengths in Informatics and Design, to inspire, equip and nurture a new generation of researchers, practitioners and entrepreneurs at the intersection of data, design and technology. IDI researchers engage in a wide-range of projects, with strengths around digital health and care, creative industries, fintech, data visualisation and analysis, digital humanities, co-creative and speculative methods, human-computer interaction, human-centered security and privacy, and the societal and ethical dimensions of data and AI. The successful candidate will join IDI’s dynamic team of 90+ academics, researchers, PhD students, software research engineers and professional services staff and their dedicated fully equipped lab spaces for data visualization, digital fabrication, and public and student engagement. The University of Edinburgh <https://www.ed.ac.uk/> is one of the top 5 UK universities. In the recent REF2021 assessment exercise, the School of Informatics was the computer science department with the largest research power (i.e., the combination of size and research excellence) in the UK. The School of Informatics and the School of Design both have well established connections with UK and international funding schemes. For example, as one of the founding partners of the UK's Alan Turing Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, staff and research students within IDI have opportunities to interact with PhD students, research fellows and senior researchers within the Turing Institute's network of partners, fostering further collaborations. The post will involve facilitating student learning, through the planning and delivery of effective teaching to undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses, in particular in the area of Design Informatics. This will include development and adaption of course teaching materials, production of assessment materials, marking, moderation, providing feedback and participation in Boards of Examiners. Additional duties will include a combination of course tutoring, Honours and Masters’ project supervision, and acting as a personal tutor to a group of students. The post is available on a full-time or part-time basis, including with flexibility of hours during different periods of the academic year. Candidates who are interested in a part-time appointment should provide details of their preferred fractional contract (i.e. percentage of full-time) and any proposal for variation in working pattern over the academic year. Final details of any fractional contract will be by negotiation with successful candidates. *Candidates* We are open to applications from candidates across the whole spectrum of subject areas and fields where design intersects with computer science, human-computer interaction, data science and visualization, or artificial intelligence. We are seeking applicants who can complement the existing strengths of the team, especially in terms of teaching, and who are able to deliver and further develop teaching within IDI. Candidates should have experience in teaching and be interested and able to teach undergraduate and master’s level courses in Design Informatics as well as other areas of human-centred computing and human-computer interaction. In particular, we are very interested in applicants who have experience and a strong interest in teaching interdisciplinary courses and supervising student projects that, for example, explore the fusion of design with data science and visualization, interactive and explainable machine learning, human-computer interaction, tangible computing, multi-modal, intelligent interfaces, human-robot interaction, and/or immersive environments in virtual, mixed reality and cross-device interaction. We are particularly interested in applicants who can demonstrate experience in bringing across technical topics (e.g., programming) to students with a non-technical background in an engaging way. This new appointment will contribute to the Institute’s diverse teaching, research and entrepreneurship activities, help shape the future of its unique interdisciplinary Master’s programme, and build their own portfolio of externally funded research. An ideal candidate should also a publication track record, in prominent conference and journals (e.g., SIGCHI, SIGGRAPH, and other relevant IEEE and ACM venues). The successful candidate will have (or be near to completing) a PhD, in a subject of relevance to Design Informatics (including but not limited to: human-computer interaction, interaction design, data visualization, human-AI interaction etc.), an excellent teaching statement and portfolio demonstrating an enthusiasm and ability in teaching at the intersection of design and computer science, in engaging with diverse student cohorts (in terms of disciplinary and cultural background), and in developing student-oriented and innovative approaches to course materials and delivery. A successful candidate will also demonstrate an enthusiasm and ability to develop and supervise honours and MSc projects in the area of Design Informatics. *Application* Applicants must provide a recent CV, a 2-3 page teaching statement, which should specify the candidate's experience and approach to teaching, and what specialty and introductory (particularly MSc Design Informatics) courses they would be prepared and qualified to teach. All applications must contain the following supporting documents: ● Teaching statement, 2-3 pages ● Research statement, 2-3 pages ● Full CV (resume) and publication list ● 2 references *Equal Opportunities * The University values equality, diversity and inclusion. Applications from individuals from under-represented groups are encouraged. The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. We also recognise that life and especially the pandemic may have affected some applicants disproportionately and aim to take this into account in the selection process. Applicants can optionally include a short statement regarding how their work has been disrupted (e.g., career breaks due to family commitments, Covid etc.), and how this affects their recent track record. This statement should be part of the cover letter and shouldn't be more than a paragraph in length. *Requirements and Expectations* */UE07 University Teacher/* (full job description <https://uoe.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/jobdescriptionlibrary/ESIb-qafW-RJgn6bGUGR…>) * PhD in a subject of relevance to Design Informatics (including but not limited to: human-computer interaction, interaction design, data visualization, human-AI interaction etc.), OR a Masters’ degree (or other professional qualification), and equivalent experience in anarea of Design Informatics and substantial previous experience and achievement in delivering and facilitating student learning. * Candidates who are close to completing their PhD, and who otherwise meet the selection criteria, will be considered. * Experience and demonstrated commitment to effective teaching, developing teaching materials, methods and approaches and assessment of student performance on a range of non-honours courses as well as more specialist areas of relevance to Design Informatics. * Proven experience of attracting research funding as an independent researcher. * A track record of first author and/or collaborative publications in high quality journals and international conferences. * Strong relevant teaching skills. * Effective written and oral communication skills in a range of contexts (e.g. teaching, research presentations and publications). * Experience of contributing to teaching on a range of non-Honours courses as well as in more specialist areas of relevance to Design Informatics. * Experience of engaging with a range of teaching mediums including online and distance learning. */UE08 University Teacher/* (full job description <https://uoe.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/jobdescriptionlibrary/EdoT-pOLYn5Jg5GVx6ao…>) As above and including * Extensive experience in teaching and postgraduate supervision is essential. * Proven ability to foster and embed a strong student-focused culture. * Experience of managing, motivating and developing teaching staff and tutors, students and projects. * *Feedback is only provided to interviewed candidates. References will be sought for all shortlisted candidates, where approval has been given on application. *As a valued member of our team you can expect...* An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme <https://www.ed.ac.uk/finance/pensions>, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives <http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/equality-diversity/help-advice/fami…>, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page <http://www.ed.ac.uk/human-resources/staff-benefits> for further information and use our reward calculator <http://www.ed.ac.uk/human-resources/pay-reward/reward-calculator> to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided. The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. If invited for an interview, you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work <https://www.ed.ac.uk/human-resources/demonstrating-rtw> webpages. The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant. *Key Dates* * Application deadline: *January, 5, 2024; 23:59 GMT* * Interviews are likely to be held in *February, 2024* ---------------- Uta Hinrichs, PhD Reader in Data Visualisation School of Informatics University of Edinburgh uhinrich(a)ed.ac.uk

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REMINDER: [Funded PhD Position] ViSual ANalytics for Event-based Diffusion on Networks @ TU Wien f/m/d (30-40h)
by Arleo, Alessio 03 Dec '23

03 Dec '23

** FUNDED PHD POSITION AT TU VIENNA ** [Funded PhD Position] ViSual ANalytics for Event-based Diffusion on Networks @ TU Wien f/m/d (30-40h) We are hiring a talented PhD candidate in an international project on the visual analytics of complex diffusion processes over temporal networks. You will work in the context of SANE, a project held by TU Vienna (Austria), the University of Cologne (Germany) and the University of Newcastle (United Kingdom). This project arrangement gives you unique career opportunities, including student exchanges abroad, regular meetings with researchers from the other institutions participating to the project. We are looking for a PhD candidate to work from the TU Wien, at the Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, in the Research Unit of Visual Analytics. We offer a position as project assistant (prae-doc) limited to 3 years for 30 hours/week (that can beex-tended to 40). Gross annual (monthly) salary of Euro 43,650 (2,464.80) according to FWF regulations. In this position, you will begin your doctoral journey studying problems related to the topic of event-based network visualization. In Event-based (also known as “temporal”) networks, In Event-based (also known as “temporal”) networks, the time coordinates where the nodes and the edges are “active” are an explicit element of the representation, differently from traditional timeslicing where a time structure is imposed over the input data. You will apply these concepts to the problem of Information Diffusion. Information Diffusion studies how “information” flows and spreads through an underlying network, and has been used to model, simulate, and predict natural and human-made phenomena in countless different domains (e.g., pathogen spread, malware outbreak in computer networks, viral marketing, etc.). However, little research has been done on this problem within the context of visualization. Wanna know more? Check the project description and complete job posting at https://www.cvast.tuwien.ac.at/projects/sane Deadline for applications: 8 December 2023 Expected start: January 2024 Questions? You can reach me at Alessio.arleo(a)tuwien.ac.at<mailto:Alessio.arleo@tuwien.ac.at> ================================================================ Alessio Arleo, Ph.D. Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) Faculty of Informatics Institute of Visual Computing & Human-Centered Technology Favoritenstrasse 9-11 /193-07 A-1040 Vienna, Austria, Europe email: alessio.arleo(a)tuwien.ac.at<mailto:alessio.arleo@tuwien.ac.at> url: https://alessioarleo.com phone: +43-1-58801-188211 =================================================================

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