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CFP: INTERACT 2023 workshop on Designing Map-based Interfaces and Interactions (MAPII 2023)
by Masood Masoodian 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers – Designing Map-based Interfaces and Interactions (MAPII 2023)  INTERACT 2023 Workshop   28 August 2023 – York, UK More info: http://avcd.aalto.fi/mapii2023/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE WORKSHOP ----------------------- Maps, in their many forms, have long been used to guide and coordinate different human activities, ranging from local to global, and small scale to large scale. As such, maps continue to play a central role as the basis for a wide variety of interactive tools and applications in our modern digital age as well. This workshop aims to bring together researchers, designers and practitioners interested in maps and map-like visualizations as the underlying physical, theoretical, or metaphorical framework for designing interfaces and interactions. This workshop will create a common ground and a collaborative space for sharing design, research, and practical expertise to aid its participants with creating novel future map-based designs in different fields, including visualization, visual design, interaction design, user interface design, and cartography. This workshop is part of INTERACT 2023, and is supported by the IFIP TC 13 Working Group on Human-Centred Technology for Sustainability (WG 13.10). CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ----------------------- The primary objective of this workshop is to create common ground and a collaborative space for sharing design, research, and practical expertise, practices, learnings, and experiences to help its participants with creating novel future map-based designs in different fields, including visualization, visual design, interaction design, user interface design, and cartography. Prospective workshop participants are invited to submit a short paper describing their interests and work related to the topics of this workshop. Some of the main topics to be covered by this workshop will include, but not limited to, the following: – Research and design foundations of map-based interfaces and interactions. – Theories, principles and practices guiding the design of map-based interfaces and interactions. – Applications of map-based interfaces and interactions, in areas such environment, sustainability, epidemiology, healthcare, education, and entertainment. – User evaluations of map-based interfaces and interactions. WORKSHOP STRUCTURE ----------------------- This one-day workshop will be informal and interactive, combining short presentations of the accepted workshop papers with group discussions, aimed at assisting the authors and other participants with developing their research and design ideas. The workshop will also include a hands-on group activity. As part of this, the workshop participants will work in small groups to perform map-based tasks and create design sketches for an interactive application. The designs will then be shared at the main conference. We hope to run the workshop in person at the conference. Provisions will, however, be made to run the workshop in remote or hybrid mode if necessary. SUBMISSIONS ----------------------- Workshop paper submissions should be of maximum 10 pages, and prepared according to the Springer LNCS format, using the templates provided for CS Proceedings and other Multiauthor Volumes (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) Submissions should be made through Easychair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mapii2023. The workshop programme committee will review the submitted position papers, and select 10-15 papers for presentation at the workshop based on their quality and relevance to the workshop topics. In addition to sharing the accepted workshop papers with its participants, the authors will be invited to submit extended version of their papers for inclusion in an edited volume, to be published by INTERACT 2023 organizers. Furthermore, the workshop will include a discussion session on future publications in, for instance, a special issue of an international journal and/or a co-authored report for dissemination of the workshop findings. IMPORTANT DATES ----------------------- Submission deadline: 24 April 2023 Notification: 08 May 2023 Camera-ready: 22 May 2023 Workshop date: 28 August 2023 WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS ----------------------- Masood Masoodian, Aalto University (Finland) Saturnino Luz, University of Edinburgh (UK) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ----------------------- Saturnino Luz, University of Edinburgh (UK) Masood Masoodian, Aalto University (Finland) Shane Sheehan, University of Edinburgh (UK) Artemis Skarlatidou, University College London (UK) Thomas Rist, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) -- Prof. Masood Masoodian Visual Communication Design Aalto University avcd.aalto.fi

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Infovis Course projects.
by Kalpathi Subramanian 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

I am teaching an infovis course this semester (after a very long time!) and looking for ideas on data and projects.. we have done the following topics: 1. What is Data Vis and Why do it? (Munzner, Ch 1) 2. Visual Perception (Ward, Ch. 3) 3. Data/Vis Foundations/Distributions (Ward, Few book chapters) 4. Multivariate Vis (Ward, Ch 8) 5. Time Varying Vis (this week, Few, Ch. 8) We have done a project of building Scatterplot matrix using D3 (and numerous small lab exercises). Looking for roughly a 2 or 2.5 week project at this point. Preferably something thats not easy to cheat on! (Big problem these days! -:( ) -- krs -- ______________________________________________________________________ K.R.Subramanian Phone: (704) 687-8579 Assoc. Professor, Computer Science UNC Charlotte, Woodward 435E Email: krs(a)uncc.edu Charlotte, NC 28223-0001 Web: www.cs.uncc.edu/~krs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or other use of any of the information in this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify me immediately. Thank you.

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Web3D 2023 - Call for Papers and Contributions 9-11 October 2023 - San Sebastian, Spain (in-person and virtual)
by Web3D 2023 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

*9-11 October 2023 - Call for Papers and Contributions - **Submission deadline 15 June 2023* *Call for Papers <https://web3d.siggraph.org/cfp/> and **Submission Details <https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=web3d2023> * Join your fellow 3D technologists and peers by contributing your scientific innovation, technical development or artistic accomplishments! We welcome all topics related to Web/mobile 3D content creation, publishing technology, tools, Virtual worlds, Metaverse and related studies. Share your latest 3D work! The 28th *Web3D 2023 Conference <https://web3d.siggraph.org/>* on 3D Web Technology will be hosted by Vicomtech <https://www.vicomtech.org/en> <http://vicomtech.org>in San Sebastian, Spain from *9-11 October 2023*. Sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH <http://www.acm.org/> in cooperation with the Web3D Consortium <http://www.web3d.org/>. This year's theme is "*Towards inter-connectivity of Metaverses*" *Topics and areas of interest:* We welcome all topics related to Web/mobile 3D content creation, immersive realities, 3D compression, publishing technology, tools, and related studies. - VR/AR/MR/XR: virtual, augmented, mixed, cross and extended realities - Novel interactive 3D web applications in all areas and sectors such as entertainment, education, training, cultural heritage and tourism, digital twins, medicine, military, smart-manufacturing / industry 4.0, information & data visualization, science, geographic information systems, digital globes, subsurface exploration and mining, integrated marine data management and visualization, smart city, building information modeling, and architecture. - HTML5 3D, WebGL, WebGPU, glTF, MPEG and other languages and formats that support the 3D Web - Semantic Web for 3D objects and scenes - X3D application examples - Novel APIs, toolkits, and frameworks for 3D web and associated application domains - 3D content creation and modeling, 3D content scanning, reconstruction, compression, printing, visualization - Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies for 3D processing and its various use cases - Algorithms for shape modeling, optimization, analysis, and processing - 3D technologies for Digital humans - 3D technologies for Medical and Health Data - Digital Twins on the Web: modeling, cinematics, photorealism, simulation, etc. - User-centered applications: usability, ergonomics, speed and responsiveness, customization of the virtual experience - Visual analytics to enhance understability of large data in virtual environments - Cloud-based rendering, services, interoperability for large-scale models, animations, virtual worlds and metaverses - End to end systems for streaming, compression, and transmission of 3D content - Motion capture for composition and streaming of behaviors and expressions - Multi-modal 3D interaction paradigms, including spatial UI, gesture and voice - Diffusion and adoption of 3D Web technologies, comparative studies, historical perspectives, www integration - Mobile 3D applications and usability studies, including navigation performance and immersion Impact. - Metaverse in education and its impact on learning outcomes. - Metaverse in digital legacy and its impact on tourism. - Metaverse in entertainment and its impact on traditional media. - Metaverse for training and simulation in various industries. - The impact of the Metaverse on speech, communication, interaction, and physical spaces. The accepted papers and poster summaries will be published in the Web3D 2023 ACM Conference Proceedings, available in the ACM Digital Library. Works selected for the Best Paper awards will be invited to submit extended versions to a selection of specialized journals For questions about the program and conference topics please email us at: program2023(a)web3d.org

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Call for Paper: [Information] (Tracked for IF in 2023, ISSN 2078-2489) — Special Issue "Information Visualization Theory and Applications"
by Jeong, Dong H. 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of Information Visualization Theory and Applications ================================================== Submission deadline: August 30, 2023 In data science, information visualization has become a central component to understanding complex scientific problems or data through visualization. Thus, designing innovative visualization systems is essential to address and solve various domain problems. For this, a theoretical understanding of visualization models and design principles through visual encoding, interaction, and/or analysis tasks is critical to solving domain problems and understanding data effectively. Identifying possible implications from theories of perception, cognition, design, and/or aesthetics is also important. Automated design guidelines and visualization recommendations should be determined to find scientific limitations of understanding data through visualization. This Special Issue aims to seek high-quality papers that highlight visualization challenges to be accomplished, elucidate solutions for understanding domain problems through visualizations, and theoretical visualization principles for advancing visualization techniques and applications. Specific topics of interest, all in context of visual text analytics, are for instance - information visualization - science of user interactions in visualization - visualization theory - knowledge-assisted visualization - visualization technique - visualization in machine learning - visualziatioin applications and design studies - evaluation and empirical research in visualization - visual data analysis and knowledge discovery - visual representation and interaction - visualization applications - visualization taxonomies and models - visualization algorithms and technologies - uncertainty visualization - visualization tools and systems for simulation and modeling Inquiries can be made to any of the guest editors. For further information and submission guidelines, pleasre refer to the web page: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/4LU4AFN729 Guest Editors: Dong H. Jeong (University of the District of Columbia, USA), djeong(a)udc.edu<mailto:djeong@udc.edu> Soo-Yeon Ji (Bowie State University, USA), sji(a)bowiestate.edu<mailto:sji@bowiestate.edu> Bong-Keun Jeong (Coastal Carolina University, USA), bjeong(a)coastal.edu<mailto:bjeong@coastal.edu>

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Fwd: Invitation to submit to SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater
by Kalina Borkiewicz 06 Mar '23

06 Mar '23

Hello IEEE VIS members, I'd like to extend an invitation to you to submit videos of your visualization work to the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater, an annual computer graphics showcase. Each year, hundreds of your peers contribute scientific innovations, technical achievements, and artistic accomplishments. What results is an unparalleled, collaborative experience that is one of the world's largest and most influential events at the intersection of art, science, and technology. In honor of this year being the 50th SIGGRAPH conference, we are also planning a second event to celebrate computer graphics history. In addition to submitting to our main program, we also encourage you to re-submit previously-screened content and/or reels showcasing earlier work to our Electronic Theater Retrospective. We are accepting submissions through 21 March. Head here for more information about submitting → https://s2023.siggraph.org/program/electronic-theater/ I hope you’ll join us this summer for SIGGRAPH 2023! Sincerely, Kalina [image: 50 years] [image: s2023 logo] Kalina Borkiewicz ELECTRONIC THEATER DIRECTOR 219-232-8535 S2023.SIGGRAPH.ORG <https://s2023.siggraph.org/>

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[CHI 2023 Course] Transparent Practices for Quantitative Empirical Research
by Fumeng Yang 04 Mar '23

04 Mar '23

We are offering a course on *“Transparent Practices for Quantitative Empirical Research”* at CHI 2023 (hybrid course). The course will cover the following topics: * Planning, analyzing, and sharing quantitative research * Transparency for frequentist and Bayesian data analysis * Transparency-oriented visualizations *Target audience*: HCI researchers and students who already have elementary knowledge in quantitative research design and statistical analysis 3 online sessions + 1 hybrid session *Online dates*: 12, 14, and 17 April 2023 *Online Time*: 9:00–10:15 (Pacific) = 11:00–12:15 (Central) = 12:00–13:15 (Eastern) = 18:00–19:15 (Europe) *The hybrid date at CHI 2023*: 24 April, late-morning session (Hamburg time, TBA) *Max number of participants*: 40 Instructors: * Chat Wacharamanotham <https://chatchavan.github.io/> (Swansea University) * Fumeng Yang <http://www.fmyang.com/> (Northwestern University) * Abhraneel Sarma <http://abhsarma.github.io/> (Northwestern University) * Xiaoying Pu <https://abhsarma.github.io/transparent-quant-chi-2023-website/xiaoyingpu.gi…> Further information and registration: https://abhsarma.github.io/transparent-quant-chi-2023-website <https://abhsarma.github.io/transparent-quant-chi-2023-website> We’d be grateful if you could forward this announcement to people in your network who may be interested in this course! Thanks!

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ESANN 2023 - 2nd call for papers and announcement of special sessions
by Michel Verleysen 03 Mar '23

03 Mar '23

ESANN 2023 - 31st European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning Bruges (Belgium) and online, 4-5-6 October 2023 https://www.esann.org Call for papers The call for papers is available at https://www.esann.org. Deadline for submissions: May 2, 2023. The ESANN conferences cover machine learning, artificial neural networks, statistical information processing and computational intelligence. Mathematical foundations, algorithms and tools, and applications are covered. In addition to regular sessions, 7 special sessions will be organized on the following topics: - Efficient Learning In Spiking Neural Networks - Quantum Artificial Intelligence - Green Machine Learning - Graph Representation Learning - Towards Machine Learning Models that We Can Trust: Testing, Improving, and Explaining Robustness - Neuro-Symbolic AI: Techniques, Applications, and Challenges - Machine Learning Applied to Sign Language ESANN 2023 builds upon a successful series of conferences organized each year since 1993. ESANN has become a major scientific event in the machine learning, computational intelligence and artificial neural networks fields over the years. The conference will be organized in hybrid mode. In-person participation is preferred, however online participation is possible for those who prefer not to travel. The physical conference will be organized in Bruges, one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Europe. Designated as the "Venice of the North", the city has preserved all the charms of the medieval heritage. Its centre, which is inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list, is in itself a real open air museum. We hope to receive your submission to ESANN 2023 and to see you in Bruges or online! ======================================================== ESANN - European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning http://www.esann.org/ * For submissions of papers, reviews, registrations: Michel Verleysen UCLouvain - Machine Learning Group 3, pl. du Levant - B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium tel: +32 10 47 25 51 - fax: + 32 10 47 25 98 mailto:esann@uclouvain.be * Conference secretariat d-side conference services 24 av. L. Mommaerts - B-1140 Evere - Belgium tel: + 32 2 730 06 11 - fax: + 32 2 730 06 00 mailto:esann@uclouvain.be ========================================================

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Lecturer in Management and the Creative Industries (University of York)
by Jonathan Hook 02 Mar '23

02 Mar '23

Lecturer in Management and the Creative Industries (University of York) Role: Lecturer in Management and the Creative Industries (equiv. to Assistant Prof) Institution: University of York Contract type: Full time, permanent Salary: £42,155 to £51,805 per year Closing: 20th March 2023 https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CXP854/lecturer-in-management-and-the-creative-i… Applications are invited for a full-time, open Lectureship in Management and the Creative Industries, available from September 2023. The successful candidate will join the innovative and rapidly expanding School of Arts and Creative Technologies (ACT) and work closely in collaboration with the School for Business and Society (SBS). The School of ACT brings together research, teaching and public engagement in the creative industries (including music, film, television, theatre, and interactive media); its facilities include a bespoke £30m building with superb industry-standard equipment, which opened in 2010. The SBS has just recently moved to a newly designed, state-of-the-art facility. The University of York is a research-intensive Russell Group university, and the post holder will be appointed on a research and teaching contract. Role The successful candidate will mainly contribute to our two postgraduate programmes in management, the MA in Management in the Creative and Cultural Industries and the new MA in Music, Management and Marketing. S/he will undertake PhD supervision as appropriate, and enhance the School’s reputation for highly innovative, impactful research. The ideal candidate will understand both the theory and professional practices of the creative industries – ideally with a global, or at least not solely western-centric, perspective – and they will be able to adapt their teaching to meet the needs of students from both the UK and overseas. Some administrative duties are also part of this role, including participation in relevant School committees as well as activities related to pastoral care, student recruitment and public outreach. Skills, Experience and Qualification needed - A PhD in an area relevant to management and the creative and cultural industries. - Appropriate academic professional and teaching qualifications, or a willingness to complete York’s - Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice. - Specialist knowledge in Management, Marketing, and/or Entrepreneurship, Business, and Strategy as they apply to creative and cultural industry businesses and environments. - Demonstrable ability to develop research objectives, projects, and proposals, to publish/disseminate work in appropriate, high-profile ways, and to deliver presentations at conferences and other events. - A commitment to citizenship, including the ability to perform administrative tasks in a timely fashion, and to contribute to the collegial and collaborative ethos of the School of ACT. More information and apply: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CXP854/lecturer-in-management-and-the-creative-i… Contact for questions: marta.herrero(a)york.ac.uk

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Vacancy: Fully-Funded PhD Position for Visual Analytics Applied to Fine-Arts Analysis at TU Delft, Netherlands
by Thomas Höllt 02 Mar '23

02 Mar '23

Fully-Funded PhD Position for Visual Analytics Applied to Fine-Arts Analysis The Computer Graphics and Visualization (CGV)<http://graphics.tudelft.nl/> group at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)<https://www.tudelft.nl/en/eemcs/the-faculty/>, TU Delft invites applications for full-time doctoral candidates in the area of Visualization and Visual Analytics applied to analysis of Fine-Art. Together with the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and the department of Material Science and Engineering at TU Delft, we are already working on Visual Analytics methods for identifying pigments in historical paintings (e.g., see https://www.thomashollt.com/publications/2022_gch_andra/) The successful candidate will continue this collaboration with several possible topics such as the identification of layering structures in paintings, reasoning on the aging process of identified pigments, or the simulation of different lighting conditions. For this, we work with hyperspectral and other high-dimensional imaging data modalities. Besides workflows and design of visual representations, the project will provide different opportunities to work on methodological improvements for the analysis of this data. An example is the adaptation of dimensionality reduction algorithms for information visualization or the improvement of the acquisition process by (partially) predicting modalities using machine learning methods. The CGV group investigates realistic, perceptual, and expressive rendering, visualization of scientific and medical data, interaction and game technologies, and modelling of 3D content. Our goal is to develop methods to produce virtual worlds and provide high-quality display solutions efficiently and effectively. We aim for solutions to produce instructive illustrations with real-world applications (e.g., medical visualization, or flooding simulations) and make use of perceptual findings to increase the effectiveness of the displayed information. Our work is often multi-disciplinary and combines aspects of various fields, such as physics, parallel programming, algorithms, perception, or numerical methods. Full details and the application procedure can be found here<https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/werken-bij-tu-delft/vacatures/details?…>. For any questions you can contact me directly at t.hollt-1(a)tudelft.nl<mailto:t.hollt-1@tudelft.nl> -- Thomas Höllt, Assistant Professor Computer Graphics and Visualization https://graphics.tudelft.nl<https://graphics.tudelft.nl/> Department of Intelligent Systems Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Delft University of Technology

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TU/e (Eindhoven) - Assistant professor positions in visualization and related areas
by Fernando Paulovich 01 Mar '23

01 Mar '23

We are Hiring! The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), one of the world's top-ranked institutions in innovation, has an ambitious plan to address the ever-increasing demand for high-tech strategic workforce for the Netherlands. Embedded in the Brainport Region, a booming science hub hotspot with more than 230 high-tech companies and start-ups, it is time for the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science to grow to keep pace. And we are growing substantially. No less than 25 talented assistants, associates, or full professors will be hired. As one of the pillars of this growth, the visualization cluster ( https://vis.win.tue.nl/) is looking for applications with solid visualization and computer graphics research backgrounds willing to generate impact. With a long history of award-winning contributions and several spin-off start-ups, we are especially interested in applicants focusing on *visual analytics* in a broad sense, *visual text analytics*, *bioinformatics visualization*, *computer-human interaction*, and *immersive data analytics* to deepen and broaden our expertise. Interested? Please visit our website for an offer you can't refuse! https://bit.ly/3Xhmnld Or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. All the best, Prof. Dr. Anna Vilanova (a.vilanova(a)tue.nl) Dr. Fernando Paulovich (f.paulovich(a)tue.nl) -- -------------- Fernando V. Paulovich, Ph.D. Associate Professor in Visual Analytics for Data Science Department of Mathematics and Computer Science TU Eindhoven Email: f.paulovich(a)tue.nl De Zaale, Metaforum MF 7.089 PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands -------------

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