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Data Scientist Position
by Sohaib Ghani 01 Mar '22

01 Mar '22

Data Scientist Position The KAUST Visualization Core Lab (KVL) is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative data scientist with a strong background in machine learning and deep learning application design and support. KVL along with the Kaust Supercomputing Core Lab (KSL) advances the KAUST mission by providing cutting-edge visualization, HPC, and data science services; collaborating with domain researchers to accelerate discoveries through large-data analysis and visualization, machine learning, and data science; and supporting the needs of KAUST and In-Kingdom entities by providing access to and training on state-of-the-art visualization/HPC hardware and software for scientific discovery. The scientist will work in collaboration with other team members to build cutting-edge machine learning and deep learning workflows for domain scientists and industry partners on a variety of platforms, including Shaheen (KAUST's Cray XC40 supercomputer) and Ibex (KAUST's NVIDIA GPU Cluster). Major Responsibilities: • Assist KAUST stakeholders and their in-Kingdom partners in applying machine learning and deep learning tools and methods in their scientific research. • Survey relevant work from the HPC and data science communities to identify standard practices in optimizing machine learning and deep learning workflows for HPC machines. • Provide expert consulting on machine learning and deep learning methods as needed by KAUST stakeholders and their In-Kingdom partners. • Develop machine learning and deep learning workflows to analyze data collected by KAUST facilities and systems. • Provide hands-on data science and machine learning training to KAUST and In-Kingdom students/researchers. Competencies: • Proficiency in machine learning, deep learning, and data analytics. • Experience working with machine learning and deep learning frameworks such as Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, Tensorflow, etc. • Experience using tools to support self-service software installation and workflow management such as Git, Conda (+Pip), Docker, and Snakemake. • Experience developing and maintaining high-quality software documentation and conducting training and outreach activities. • Experience deploying machine learning and deep learning applications at scale. • Experience working with data generated by High-Performance Computing (HPC) machines. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. • Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a cross-disciplinary team. Qualifications: • Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or related field with demonstrated relevant expertise. Apply Here: https://bit.ly/3sujEIU Thank You Regards Sohaib --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sohaib Ghani, Ph.D. Lead Visualization Scientist, https://corelabs.kaust.edu.sa/visualization/, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955--‐6900, Saudi Arabia.

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CFP: AIMH - Symposium on Visualization and Artificial Intelligence for Medicine, Healthcare, and Social Good
by Cvek, Urska 25 Feb '22

25 Feb '22

** Paper deadline: March 15, 2022 ** You are cordially invited to submit a paper and participate in the newly restructured symposium of the 26th International Conference on Information Visualisation 2022 (https://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2022/index.htm) to be held online July 19-22, 2022. * AIMH - Symposium on Visualization and Artificial Intelligence for Medicine, Healthcare, and Social Good The long-time standing symposium on BioMedical Visualization (IVBi) is updated for the 2022 year and covers all aspects of visualization and issues affecting large and complex data sets in the realms of medicine, healthcare, and social good. Artificial intelligence in medicine and healthcare is an all-encompassing term employed to describe the use of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and deep-learning and related developments to aid, automate and/or strengthen presentation and comprehension of complex medical diagnosis and healthcare data. Technology for social good aims to improve individual’s lives and their impact on the environment, equality, inclusion, hunger, education, mobility, transport, and human rights. We encourage the submission of papers covering new techniques, old techniques applied in novel ways, new methods, interesting applications, and in-depth surveys. * Medical and healthcare topics include, but are not limited to: - High-performance computing and parallel rendering - Signaling pathways, biochemical networks - AI & Computer aided diagnosis - Visualization of longitudinal health data - Operational initiatives support - Data-driven drug discovery, digital drug discovery and development - Small molecule drug design - Health-related event detection in large data collections - Fusing, interpretation, and visualization of health and wellness data - Multimedia for the self-management of personal health - AI & Decision support systems in healthcare - Monitoring of health-related daily activities - Sensors and IoT for e-health * Social good topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Supporting self-monitoring of personal health - Social good for people with special needs - HCI for social good - Social good for equality and inclusion - AI & Machine learning applications for social good - Systems and devices for inclusion - Systems for patient empowerment - Games and multimedia applications for social good * Examples of visualization topics include, but are not limited to: - Interaction with data sets, as well as human factors - Data exploration using classical and novel approaches - Visualization and databases - Linking literature and semantics in pathway visualizations - Volume and flow visualization - Annotation and labelling - Overview and detail presentation of predictive or uncertain data - Comparative Methods / User studies / Surveys - Identification of correlated and anomalous relationships in disparate data sets * Conference Proceedings Papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings after oral presentation, following a peer-review process. Authors must submit papers compliant with the conference Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings (IEEE Conference Template) available at: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html. The Conference Proceedings will be published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS) with a Library of Congress/ISSN/ISBN number and indexing will be arranged through SCOPUS, INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI and other indexing services. Please visit the Conference website for more information on proceedings (https://iv.csites.fct.unl.pt/at/call-for-papers/publication/) * Paper Submission Please check the detailed submission procedures on the submission page https://iv.csites.fct.unl.pt/at/call-for-papers/paper-poster-cfp/ Please create a login in the ConfTool web site for the conference (https://www.conftool.org/IV-cgiv-2022/) and submit your short or full paper. * Important deadlines - March 15, 2022 Submission of papers - May 31, 2022 Notification of reviewing result - June 5, 2022 Submission of the camera-ready version At least one of the co-authors is required to register for the Conference by June 5, 2022 and present the paper at the Conference. Individuals may appear as co-authors in more than one paper or poster. Please do not hesitate to contact one of the co-chairs (listed below) or the Program Administration (iV_CGiV(a)graphicslink.co.uk) should you need any assistance during this process. We look forward to your submission and participation. Kindest regards, AIMH 2022 Co-Chairs -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Urska Cvek. Sc.D., MBA, Louisiana State University, USA, ucvek (AT) lsus (DOT) edu Marjan Trutschl, Sc.D., Louisiana State University, USA, mtrutsch (AT) lsus (DOT) edu Heimo Mueller, Ph.D., Medical University Graz, Austria, heimo (DOT) mueller (AT) medunigraz (DOT) at Harri Siirtola, Ph.D. Tampere University, Finland, harri (DOT) siirtola (AT) tuni (DOT) fi Wai Lok Woo. Ph.D., AI and Digital Technology Research Cluster, UK, wailok (DOT) woo (AT) northumbria (DOT) ac (DOT) uk Rita Francese, Universita degli Studi di Salerno, Italy, francese (AT) unisa (DOT) it Veronica Rossano, University of Bari, Italy, veronica (DOT) rossano (AT) uniba (DOT) it

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Final Call for Papers - JGAA special issue on Parameterized and Approximation Algorithms in Graph Drawing
by Giordano Da Lozzo 25 Feb '22

25 Feb '22

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue on Parameterized and Approximation Algorithms in Graph Drawing of Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA) Dear Colleagues, It is a great pleasure to invite you to submit a paper to the Special Issue of Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA) on "Parameterized and Approximation Algorithms in Graph Drawing". In the course of a few decades, the fields of parameterized complexity and approximation algorithms have emerged as distinguished research areas providing an impressive collection of broadly usable methodologies and remarkable theoretical and practical contributions. These branches of complexity theory provide a framework of powerful techniques that allow us to tackle hard (often NP-hard) problems, by either considering restricted graph classes or by seeking solutions "close" to the optimal ones. Moreover, in recent years, the research efforts in these two fields have converged into the study of the unified notion of parameterized approximation algorithms. CFP on the journal's page: https://jgaa.info/docs/cfp-param-algo.pdf Submission Deadline: *March 25, 2022 (extended).* Topics ====== The emphasis of this special issue is on original results in the areas of fixed-parameter tractable and approximation algorithms in graph drawing and network visualization. This includes, but is not limited to, theoretical and combinatorial aspects that arise at the interface of graph drawing with computational and discrete geometry, combinatorial optimization, visual computing, VLSI and computer-aided design, computer graphics, and information visualization. The range of topics includes: - fixed-parameter tractable and approximation algorithms - (parameterized) inapproximability - W[k]-hardness - parameterized approximations - (lossy) kernelization - fine-grained complexity of approximations - subexponential-time approximations Other topics that are not listed but that might be of interest for the study of parameterized and approximation algorithms in graph drawing will also be evaluated. To bridge the gap between theory and practice, we welcome contributions dealing with techniques and data structures to obtain efficient parameterized and approximation algorithms to tackle graph-visualization problems as well as implementations, experimental evaluations, and algorithm engineering issues of approximation, parameterized, and kernelization algorithms that emerge in practice. Paper Submission ================ We invite authors to submit papers describing original research of theoretical or practical significance concerned with parameterized and approximation algorithms in graph drawing and network visualization until March 25, 2022. We aim for a fast reviewing process in order to have this special issue available at the end of 2022. Papers should be submitted to the editors of the special issue in PDF format. All communications between the editors, authors, and reviewers will be done by email unless otherwise requested by the author or reviewer. All submissions must be formatted using the LaTeX style file of Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (http://jgaa.info/authors.jsp) The default margins and fonts must not be modified. The submission should contain a scholarly exposition of ideas, techniques, and results, including motivation and a clear comparison with related work. The claims of the paper should be fully substantiated, including full proofs or appropriate experimental data. Papers of good quality that do not fit within the scope of this special issue might be handled as regular JGAA submissions. Guest Editors ============= Giordano Da Lozzo, Roma Tre University; giordano.dalozzo(a)uniroma3.it Philipp Kindermann, Universität Trier; kindermann(a)uni-trier.de

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CFP: ETVIS 2022 - Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (DEADLINE EXTENDED)
by Vidyapu Sandeep 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

Dear colleagues, You are invited to submit relevant manuscripts for consideration in the * Sixth Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2022) * June 8-11, 2022, Seattle, US. For the third time in conjunction with the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA): https://etra.acm.org/2022 All accepted papers will be published by ACM. The details are appended and also available at https://etra.acm.org/2022 under co-located events. Please feel free to contact us directly for any further enquiry. Best regards, Zoya Bylinskii (Adobe) Benedict Fehringer (University of Mannheim) Kuno Kurzhals (University of Stuttgart) ************************************************************************** Sixth Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2022) June 8-11, 2022, Seattle, US in conjunction with ACM ETRA 2022 https://etra.acm.org/2022/workshops/ETVIS2022/ETVIS2022.html ************************************************************************** Contact: etvis2022(a)gmail.com ************************************************************************** _____________________ IMPORTANT DATES (AOE) _____________________ ● Submission Due: Mar 08, 2022 (DEADLINE EXTENDED) ● Notification: Apr 08, 2022 ● Camera Ready: Apr 19, 2022 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 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 ________ ● Zoya Bylinskii, Adobe, bylinski[at]adobe.com ● Benedict Fehringer, University of Mannheim, b.fehringer[at]uni-mannheim.de ● Kuno Kurzhals, University of Stuttgart, kuno.kurzhals[at] visus.uni-stuttgart.de ________ MEDIA CHAIR ________ ● Sandeep Vidyapu, University of Stuttgart, Sandeep.Vidyapu[at] visus.uni-stuttgart.de -- Thanks and regards, Dr. Sandeep Vidyapu, Ph.D. Postdoc Research Fellow Universität Stuttgart

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Call for Tutorials & Workshops | DIAGRAMS 2022
by DIAGRAMS CONFERENCE 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

*TL;DR: deadline for workshops & tutorials MARCH 6 (DIAGRAMS 2022 )* **** Call for Workshops and Tutorials: Diagrams 2022 **** 13th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams September 14 – 16, 2022 in Rome, Italy Diagrams is an international interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. We invite proposals for half-day or full-day workshops. These workshops will be held before the main conference, and take place at the main conference venue. We also invite proposals for tutorials of 1.5 hours in length. Tutorials are expected to address topics that are of interest to the Diagrams 2022 conference attendees. Tutorials differ from workshops in that they do not solicit contributions from attendees. Previously, attendees have particularly enjoyed tutorials that are interactive and spark debate. Workshops and Tutorials are expected to address topics that are of interest to the Diagrams 2022 conference attendees. Please refer to the calls for the three tracks for their associated list of topics: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2022/index.php/calls/main-track/ http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2022/index.php/calls/philosophy/ http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2022/index.php/calls/psychology-of-diagr… ———————————————————————- Submission of Workshop Proposals ———————————————————————- 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. a brief biography of the main organizer d. the anticipated duration of the workshop (half- or full-day) 2. A description of the topic and rationale for the workshop, including a brief description of why the workshop will be relevant to Diagrams 2022 conference attendees. 3. A Call for Participation document of up to 500 words that can be used to advertise the workshop on the Diagrams 2022 conference website. Workshop organizers are expected to distribute their call for papers and solicit papers for submission. Workshop organisers must ensure that paper submission deadlines are at least two weeks after those for the main conference. In addition, they are encouraged to set submission deadlines after the notification date for Diagram 2022 papers (i.e. May 31, 2022). They must also notify authors of acceptance before the early registration deadline (mid of August, 2022). ———————————————————————- Submission of Tutorial Proposals ———————————————————————- A tutorial proposal must contain: 1. A single page listing: the title of the tutorial, the names and contact information for all organizers, and 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 2022 conference attendees. 3. Information on any requirements for delivering the tutorial. This could include, for example, the use of a whiteboard or other materials. 4. An abstract, of up to 500 words, describing the tutorial that can be used to advertise the tutorial on the Diagrams 2022 website. ———————————————————————- How to Submit a Proposal ———————————————————————- Submissions should be made by 6th March 2022 via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=diagrams2022 Please choose the track “Workshops and Tutorials” for your submission. ———————————————————————- Important Dates ———————————————————————- Workshop and Tutorial proposal submissions 6th March 2022 Notification 13th March 2022 ———————————————————————- For more information please contact the Diagrams 2022 Senior Program Chair: Sven Linker s.linker’(a)xn--lancaster-fb0e.ac.uk -- *Publicity Chair, Diagrams Conference 2022* Amy Rae Fox (she / her) <https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why/> PhD Candidate Cognitive Science, UC San Diego www.amyraefox.com @thoughtafox <https://twitter.com/thoughtafox>

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Conferences: IEEE VR 2022 Call for student volunteers - deadline Feb 25
by IEEE VR Publicity 22 Feb '22

22 Feb '22

The call for Student Volunteers (SV) is now open! SVs will have an opportunity to be much more involved with the conference attendees, getting to learn new skills, know more peers and receive some benefits! All the details you need to know are in the link below and do reach out to studentvolunteers2022(a)ieeevr.org if there are any enquiries. Call for Student Volunteers: https://ieeevr.org/2022/contribute/studentVolunteers/ <https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/1rCPx_-WnNIMh8KqcayecYo3…> [image: beacon]

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CfP: AVI 2022 Workshop on Audio-Visual Analytics (Submission: March, 27)
by Rind Alexander 22 Feb '22

22 Feb '22

**************************************** Call for Short Papers AVI 2022 Workshop on Audio-Visual Analytics Location: Rome, Italy (hybrid format pending) Workshop Date: June 7, 2022 Submission Deadline: March 27, 2022 Website: https://audio-visual-analytics.github.io/avi2022.html **************************************** About the Workshop In their daily lives, people use more than one sense to perceive and interpret their environment. Therefore, we think designing audio-visual interfaces will help human analysts understand their data even better in the future. The 3rd Workshop on Audio-Visual Analytics continues building a community (AVAC) of researchers interested in combining information visualization and sonification. The first two workshops were held interactively at the Audio Mostly 2021 and the IEEE VIS 2021 conferences. The third edition at AVI 2022 will be the first one with the possibility to submit short papers or position papers. The workshop will be held in hybrid format (confirmation pending) and is part of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI). Website: https://audio-visual-analytics.github.io/avi2022.html Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wava22 Call for Participation and Submission The workshop encourages the submission of short papers or position papers addressing the workshop theme and the list of topics below. Submitted papers should discuss both visual and auditory representations of data to be interpreted by humans. Ideally, the contribution can be categorized to one of the following topics: Theory, Tools, Evaluation, Design, and Accessibility.  All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome: - Short papers describe work in progress with respect to the workshop focus. - Position papers are problem discussions or statements describing the author’s relevant experience and ideas in regards to methods and methodologies for visualization and sonification research, and in particular the focus topic of the workshop. Position papers and short papers should be 2-4 pages long with additional pages for references only and prepared according to two-colum CEUR-ART template. Word / Latex / Overleaf-Templates can be downloaded via the workshop website. The workshop program committee will review the submitted papers, and select 5-8 papers for presentation at the workshop based on their quality and relevance to the workshop topics. Position papers will be selected according to their importance and relevance for the workshop topics, and how well they will fit the planned discussions. Topics of interest Any combination of two or more of these topics (not exclusive): - Audio-Visual Analytics - Information Visualization - Sonification and Auditory Display - Multimodal Interfaces - Usability and Accessibility - Human-Computer Interaction Workshop Structure This half-day workshop will be a combination of paper presentations and an open discussion. Authors will be able to present their papers both on site or virtually. In case of a virtual presentation, we will ask authors of accepted papers to provide a previously recorded video of their presentation and to be online for the Q&A and the open discussion.  Program and Organizing Committee Wolfgang Aigner, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Austria and TU Wien, Austria Niklas Elmqvist, University of Maryland, College Park, USA Kajetan Enge, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Austria and University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria Robert Hoeldrich, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria Michael Iber, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Austria Alexander Rind, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Austria Niklas Rönnberg, Linköping University, Sweden Bruce Walker, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA ... Important Dates - Submission deadline: 27 March 2022 - Notification: 27 April 2022 - Camera-ready: 08 May 2022 - Workshop date: 07 June 2022 (morning) Publication We are planning to published accepted papers as part of a CEUR workshop proceedings volume under the CC-BY 4.0 open access license. The copyright remains with the papers’ authors/owners of the individual papers, which allows them to publish an extended version elsewhere. Venue The hybrid workshop will be held in Villa Tuscolana Park Hotel, Frascati, Rome, Italy, and online as part of AVI 2022. At least one author needs to participate and present each accepted paper. Registration at AVI will be required for all participants. Contact All questions about submissions should be emailed to kajetan.enge(a)fhstp.ac.at and alexander.rind(a)fhstp.ac.at _________________________________________________ Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Alexander Rind Researcher Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies Department of Media and Digital Technologies St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences Campus-Platz 1, A-3100 St. Pölten office: A.3.21 or elsewhere phone: +43/2742/313 228-653 e-mail: alexander.rind(a)fhstp.ac.at twitter: @alexrindvis https://icmt.fhstp.ac.at/en/team/alexander-rind FN 146616m, LG St. Pölten, DVR 1028669F "Information visualizations should do for the mind what automobiles do for the feet." (Stuart Card, 2008) "AI itself does not talk to the user - you still need the last mile of the interfaces." (Rico Malvar, 2019) _________________________________________________ Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Alexander Rind Researcher Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies Department of Media and Digital Technologies St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences Campus-Platz 1, A-3100 St. Pölten office: A.3.21 or elsewhere phone: +43/2742/313 228-653 e-mail: alexander.rind(a)fhstp.ac.at twitter: @alexrindvis https://icmt.fhstp.ac.at/en/team/alexander-rind FN 146616m, LG St. Pölten, DVR 1028669F "Information visualizations should do for the mind what automobiles do for the feet." (Stuart Card, 2008) "AI itself does not talk to the user - you still need the last mile of the interfaces." (Rico Malvar, 2019)

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Lecturer in Visualisation for AI and Data Science at King’s College London
by Abdul Rahman, Alfie 21 Feb '22

21 Feb '22

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** Come and join us at the Department of Informatics, King’s College, as a Lecturer in Visualisation for AI and Data Science. We are a growing, dynamic, and experienced group of visualization researchers based in central London. Job title: Lecturer in Visualisation for AI and Data Science Closing date: 17 Mar 2022 Job advert: https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/041268/Lecturer-in-Visualisation-for-AI-an…

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Open PostDoc Position in Information Visualization / Visual Analytics at Linköping University (LiU), Sweden
by Andreas Kerren 20 Feb '22

20 Feb '22

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** Come and join us! We are seeking for an engaged and bright PostDoc to work with us in the areas of Information Visualization and Visual Analytics. This position (ref. LiU-2022-00141) is part of a joint collaboration between the two largest research programs in Sweden, the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP) and the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS), with the ultimate goal of solving ground-breaking research questions across disciplines. The successful candidate will become member of an interdisciplinary research project entitled “Visual Analytics for Enhancing Quality and Trust in Genome-wide Expression Clustering and Annotation”, where the Information Visualization group at Linköping University (LiU) and the Systems Biology group at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) work closely together. There is a need for a functional genome-wide annotation of the protein-coding genes to get a deeper understanding of mammalian biology. The new data-driven strategy to be developed in the project is based on interpretable unsupervised learning (e.g., dimensionality reduction and clustering) of whole-body co-expression patterns, supported by state-of-the-art visual analytics. Interactive guiding of the clustering process will be used to explore the gene expression landscape in humans and other mammalian species, and to create a whole-body map of all protein-coding genes in all major cell types, tissues and organs. This will allow for the improvement of the quality of the classification of all protein-coding genes according to their whole-body co-expression patterns, resulting in every gene being annotated to a unique expression cluster together with other genes with a similar body-wide pattern. The focus of this PostDoc position at LiU will be on research and development of an interactive and interpretable (human-in-the-loop) clustering strategy to reach these goals. The successful candidate will develop visual analytics approaches that provide fine-grained quality analysis of the clustering processes and better interpretation/annotation of clusters. Please visit the official vacancy website of Linköping University for a more detailed description of the duties, formal requirements, and on how to apply for this position: https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies?rmpage=job&rmjob=18150&rmlang=UK The application deadline is February 28, 2022. The advertised position will be affiliated to the iVis research group led by Professor Andreas Kerren (see http://bit.ly/ivis-liu) Linköping University, Norrköping Campus, which is part of the division for Media and Information Technology. The research group mainly focuses on the explorative analysis and visualization of typically large and complex information spaces, for example in environmental research, transportation systems, social sciences, or artificial intelligence. Our vision is to attack the big data challenge by a combination of human-centered data analysis and interactive visualization for deriving meaning from the data and final decision making. Our research is highly relevant for academia and industry as both make increasing use of data-intensive technologies. We are looking forward to receiving your application! Please also consider to share this message with any great candidates. Best regards, Andreas Kerren iVis Group @ Linköping University -- +------------------------------------------------------- + Prof. Dr. Andreas Kerren + + Linköping University + Department of Science and Technology + Kopparhammaren 2, Room 3028 + SE-602 33 Norrköping, Sweden + + Phone: +46 11 36 34 06 + Email: andreas.kerren(a)liu.se + WWW: https://liu.se/en/employee/andke01 + WWW: https://ivis.itn.liu.se +-------------------------------------------------------

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Openings on the VGTC Executive Committee
by Paul Rosen 17 Feb '22

17 Feb '22

Dear VGTC Community, Several VGTC Executive Committee members are reaching the end of their tenure, and we are seeking self-nominations to fill their roles. Nominations are sought from active participants of any VGTC sponsored conference (https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/conferences/currently-sponsored-events/) at any career level, from industry or academia. The available positions include: Vice Chair (helps the general chair manage the VTGC) Finance Co-chair (helps the finance chair manage the finances for VTGC) Secretary (the go-to person for VTGC organization, organizes voting, meeting notes, etc.) International Liaison (setup sharing and collaboration with other associations) Publications Chair (gather and disseminates best publication practices from VGTC as well as interfacing to the IEEE publication office) Member-at-large (help the committee chair with special projects, brings new perspectives to the committee) To learn more about the VGTC, please visit: http://vgtc.org/ If you would like to self-nominate, please complete the survey at: https://forms.gle/FUU6qzcuzitvKqf9A Self-nominations are due Feb 25th AOE. You may direct any questions to me, Jim Ahrens (current VGTC Chair), or Bongshin Lee (incoming VGTC Chair). Thanks, Paul (on behalf of the VGTC) ==================================== Paul Rosen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Computer Science and Engineering University of South Florida prosen(a)usf.edu<mailto:prosen@usf.edu> http://www.cspaul.com

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