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FINAL CALL for Papers: Diagrams 2021
by Mikkel Willum Johansen 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Dear all, Deadlines for submissions to the conference is getting close, especially for Papers, Abstracts and Posters. In the categories of Papers, Abstracts and Posters the deadline for pre-submission of title and descriptive abstract is: April 1, 2021. * For the Long Papers and Short Papers categories, full versions are due: April 8, 2021 * For the Abstracts and Posters categories, full versions are due: April 15, 2021 Deadlines for Tutorials and Graduate Symposia are on the conference webpage www.diagrams-conference.org/2021<http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021>. Please find more information in the final call for papers attached below or on the webpage - and do pass on the information if you know researchers or students for whom it may be relevant. I hope to see you at the conference! Best, Mikkel Willum Johansen Publicity Chair Diagrams 2021 *** FINAL CALL for Papers: Diagrams 2021 *** 12th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams September 28 – 30, 2021 Virtual Event www.diagrams-conference.org/2021<http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021> *** Highlights *** - FREE REGISTRATION - Proceedings published by Springer - Three Tracks: Main, Philosophy, and Psychology and Education. - Graduate Symposium - Best Paper and Best Student Paper awards - Submission dates in April 2021. ***************** Keynote Speakers Announced ******************* Shaaron Ainsworth, University of Nottingham Daniel Rosenberg, University of Oregon Katarina Scheiter, University of Tubingen Atsushi Shimojima, Doshisha University Frederik Stjernfelt, Aalborg University of Copenhagen Francesco Bellucci, University of Bologna, is the Inspirational ECR Speaker for Diagrams 2021 ******************* Novel Program Schedule ********************* Diagrams 2021 will adopt a novel approach to scheduling talks, to accommodate different time zones across the globe. See http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/program/ for more details. ************************************************************* Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams and has a multidisciplinary emphasis. For 2021, *MAIN TRACK* conference topics include, but are not limited to: – applications of diagrams, – computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams, – design of diagrammatic notations, – diagram understanding by humans or machines, – diagram aesthetics and layout,– evaluation of diagrammatic notations, – graphical communication and literacy, – heterogeneous notations involving diagrams, – history of diagrammatic notations, – information visualization using diagrams, – nature of diagrams and diagramming, – novel technologies for diagram use, – reasoning with diagrams, – semiotics of diagrams, – software to support the use of diagrams, and – usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams. In addition to the main track, Diagrams 2021 will have two further tracks: Philosophy, and Psychology and Education; for their topics of interest, see http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/main-track/ http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/philosophy/ http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/psychology-of-diagr…. If the main research contribution of your submission is considered to fit either of the other tracks then you are strongly encouraged to submit to the respective special track, each of which has a dedicated program committee. Authors of accepted submissions will be expected to be in attendance at the virtual conference to present their research and respond to questions presented by delegates. All presenters must accept that it is not within the power of the organisers to prevent delegates from recording talks. However, when registering, delegates will be asked to confirm that they will not record any part of the conference. ***************************************************************** Submission Categories The conference will include presentations of refereed Papers, Abstracts, and Posters, alongside a graduate symposium. We invite submissions for peer review that focus on any aspect of diagrams research, as follows: - Long Papers (16 pages), - Abstracts (3 pages), - Short Papers (8 pages), - Posters (4 pages – this is both a maximum and minimum requirement). More details and all important dates can be found on at www.diagrams-conference.org/2021<http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021>. ***************************************************************** ________________________________ Mikkel Willum Johansen Associate professor Department of Science Education University of Copenhagen Tlf: (+45) 28 72 84 41

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Lectureship in Interactive Media at the University of York, UK (Deadline 21st March)
by Jonathan Hook 17 Mar '21

17 Mar '21

Lectureship in Interactive Media at the University of York, UK Salary: £40,322 to £49,553 a year Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent (equiv. tenure track Assistant Prof) Closes: 21st March 2021 (NOTE: earlier than previously advertised deadline) Apply: bit.ly/york-im-lecturer Role Description Applications are invited for a full-time Lecturer in Interactive Media, available from September 2021. The lectureship will be appointed on a research and teaching contract. You will join an innovative and rapidly expanding department, which brings together research, teaching and commercial activities in the fields of interactive media, film, television, theatre and the rich space in which they converge. The department is home to a lively and growing community of academics exploring technical, creative and socio-cultural perspectives on interactive media, with expertise spanning human-computer interaction, user-experience design, games, data visualization, accessibility, interactive film, immersive technology and digital culture. A particularly exciting feature of the department is the central role it plays in major government research investments in interactive media, including: the Digital Creativity Labs, a £19m EPSRC Digital Economy Hub that fosters impact driven research in the digital creative industries; XRStories, a £15m AHRC Creative Industry Cluster exploring immersive and interactive technologies for digital storytelling; WEAVR, a £4m ICSF Audience of the Future Demonstrator developing new data-driven and immersive spectator experiences in esports; and the £6.4m EPSRC Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence Centre for Doctoral Training. Role You will develop research objectives, carry out individual or collaborative research projects and lead on or contribute to the production of research outputs and research outcomes. You will also design, develop and deliver teaching across a wide range of modules and/or within a particular programme or subject area. You will also demonstrate the ability to play a significant role in the delivery and development of our innovative Interactive Media BSc, teaching and supervising students on topics relating to the design and prototyping of interactive media that match your knowledge and experience. You will also undertake departmental citizenship and administrative responsibilities. Skills, Experience & Qualification needed You will have the ambition to have substantial impact in your field, demonstrate international research potential, and inspire students through innovative teaching. You will have a PhD and be able to demonstrate knowledge and expertise in an area that complements our growing interactive media team and broader department’s research. Example research areas include, but are not limited to: interactive digital performance, digital media art, HCI and UX design, virtual and augmented reality, 3D graphics and animation, social media, interactive and immersive storytelling, games, data visualization, digital health, and human interaction with artificial intelligence. You will have the proven ability to contribute to high quality research and the dissemination of research findings. In addition, you will have experience of taking responsibility for teaching and learning at undergraduate and ideally postgraduate level as well as have evidence of successful course planning, design and delivery across a range of modules. We particularly encourage applications from female and BAME candidates, who are currently under-represented within the University of York in this area. Interview date: 16th April (provisional) For informal enquiries: please contact Dr Jonathan Hook: e-mail jonathan.hook(a)york.ac.uk. See also the department website at: www.york.ac.uk/tfti/ More info and apply: bit.ly/york-im-lecturer

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CDVE2021 Full Paper Deadline Coming Soon
by cdve .org 12 Mar '21

12 Mar '21

*CDVE2021 Full Paper Deadline Coming Soon* www.cdve.org, email: cdve2021(a)easychair.org The CDVE2021 conference will be held October 24-27, 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand. You are invited to submit unpublished papers. The conference proceedings of CDVE2021 will be published by the LNCS - Lecture Notes in Computer Science by Springer Nature. It will be indexed by ISI(CPCI-S), Web of Science, EI, Scopus, DBLP, ACM Digital Library. Selected papers will be invited to fully expand to be considered in a couple SCI indexed journals. In addition, this year we will have the best paper award for the authors. *Full paper 10-12 pages* Submission deadline: April 10, 2021. Notification of acceptance: May 20, 2021 Final camera ready paper due and registration for accepted paper authors: June 20, 2021 *Short paper 6 pages* Submission deadline: April 20, 2021. Notification of acceptance: May 20, 2021 Final camera ready paper due and registration for accepted paper authors: June 20, 2021 The submission is anonymous without author information. The submission page is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cdve2021 . To see how to write a paper and how we evaluate the papers, please see https://www.cdve.org/evaluate.html Please feel free to forward this call. You can also reply to this mail with a mail title: “Unsubscribe” to stop receiving further calls from CDVE2021. --------------------- The 18th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering Oct. 24-27, 2021, Bangkok, Thailand Email: cdve2021(a)easychair.org <cdve2020(a)easychair.org> Web: http://www.cdve.org

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Open postdoctoral research fellow post in Visualising Contact Networks in Response to COVID-19 at CIM, University of Warwick
by Turkay, Cagatay 05 Mar '21

05 Mar '21

Dear all, We are looking for a postdoctoral research fellow within the UKRI (EPSRC) funded “Visualising Contact Networks in Response to COVID-19” project which is a collaboration between Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) at University of Warwick, Computer Science Department at Swansea University and The Zeeman Institute at the University of Warwick . The post is for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow for 9 months commencing Spring 2021 or as soon as possible. The post holder will be working closely with Dr Cagatay Turkay at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies along with Dr Daniel Archambault and a further Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Swansea University, and Prof Matt Keeling from The Zeeman Institute, as well as with scientists from the Royal Society’s Rapid Assistance in Modelling the Pandemic consortium. The post holder is expected to be actively involved in the design and evaluation of “visualisations for communicating epidemiological modelling results with broad audiences for information and evidencing policy recommendations”. The post is based at The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies at the University of Warwick -- https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/ and further information on the project can be found here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/research/visualising-contact-networ… The deadline for applications is 24 March 2021. For further details of the post and the details of the application: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5062452&ownertype=fair… Feel free to distribute to those who might be interested. Feel free to reach out over email (Cagatay.Turkay(a)warwick.ac.uk) for any queries about the post. Best, Cagatay Dr Cagatay Turkay Associate Professor Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies University of Warwick w: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/people/cagatay-turkay

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2 Open PhD Positions in Information Visualization / Visual Analytics at Linköping University, Sweden
by Andreas Kerren 02 Mar '21

02 Mar '21

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** We are seeking for two engaged and bright PhD students to work with us in the areas of Information Visualization and Visual Analytics. The main foci of the two advertised positions are on the following topics: 1. Visual analysis of large and complex, multivariate networks and/or text data. Research in this project will involve foundational visualization principles, techniques and visual analytics tools for analyzing heterogeneous network/text data coming from various data sources. The work will even include the development and provisioning of a suitable backend infrastructure to serve the web-based, interactive visual display with the needed original and derived data streams, and/or user data collected during the analytical process. Main supervisor for this topic and candidate will be Prof Andreas Kerren (andreas.kerren(a)liu.se) Please visit the official vacancy website of Linköping University for a more detailed description of the topic, formal requirements, and on how to apply for this position: https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies?rmpage=job&rmjob=15811&rmlang=UK 2. Visual analysis of temporal event data. Research in this project will be conducted at the intersection of temporal data mining and interactive visualization with the aim to introduce methods that facilitate progressive user-driven analysis of large and complex temporal event data sets. Topics of central focus include interactive, user-centred and context-aware mining approaches for pattern identification, and visual reasoning and visual causality analysis methods for pattern exploration. Main supervisor for this topic and candidate will be Assoc. Prof Katerina Vrotsou (katerina.vrotsou(a)liu.se) Please visit the official vacancy website of Linköping University for a more detailed description of the topic, formal requirements, and on how to apply for this position: https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies?rmpage=job&rmjob=15815&rmlang=UK It is possible to apply for both full-time positions at the same time. The application deadline is: April 11, 2021 Note that a PhD position in Sweden is a salaried employment with the right to social benefits. As a doctoral student, you devote most of your time to doctoral studies and the research projects of which you are part. Your work may also include teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20% of full-time. The PhD thesis must be completed and defended within the official appointment up to a maximum of five years (i.e., 4 years doctoral studies and 1 year departmental tasks, full-time equivalent). The advertised positions will be placed in the iVis research group (http://bit.ly/ivis-liu) led by Professor Andreas Kerren, 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 the life sciences, humanities, or environmental sciences. Our research vision is to attack the big data challenge through the combination of human-centered data analysis and interactive visualization for decision making. These research topics are highly relevant for academia and economy as both science and industry make increasing use of data-intensive technologies. Please share this message with any great candidates. Best regards, Andreas Kerren and Katerina Vrotsou iVis Group @ Linköping University

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Special Issue "Trends and Opportunities in Visualization and Visual Analytics"
by Fernando Vieira Paulovich 02 Mar '21

02 Mar '21

Dear Colleagues, The following special issue of which I am the guest editor will be published in Information (ISSN 2078-2489, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information) and is open to receive submissions of full research articles and comprehensive review papers for peer-review and possible publication: Special Issue: Trends and Opportunities in Visualization and Visual Analytics Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/visualization_visua… Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2021 The official deadline for submission is 31 May 2021. However, you may send your manuscript at any time before the deadline. We can organize a very fast peer-review. If accepted, the paper will be published very soon. In case you need any further information, please never hesitate to contact us (myself or the Editorial Office: information(a)mdpi.com) Thank you very much in advance for your kind support and cooperation. We look forward to collaborating with you and to hearing back from you soon. Best regards, Fernando V. Paulovich ------------- Fernando V. Paulovich, Ph.D. Canada Research Chair in Data Visualization Associate Professor Room 434, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University Goldberg Computer Science Building 6050 University Avenue, PO BOX 15000, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2 Tel:(902)494-1986, Fax:(902)492-1517 email: paulovich(a)dal.ca -------------

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Final CFP: Targeting Environmental Challenges Using Interactive Visual Technology, for a special issue of Sustainability journal
by Masood Masoodian 01 Mar '21

01 Mar '21

CFP: Targeting Environmental Challenges Using Interactive Visual Technology A special issue of Sustainability Journal Final deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2021 (manuscripts are reviewed when they are submitted) https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/environmental_ch… Environmental concerns have now become global challenges faced by the entire world. Human-centered technologies, tools, and services are, therefore, urgently needed to assist people in dealing with these challenges. Interactive visual technologies can play an important role in helping users to become better aware of environmental issues and challenges, and understand their causes, as well as their socio-economic impacts. As a consequence, users can then take environmentally-conscious and appropriate actions, such as conserving energy, consuming natural resources more efficiently, dealing with sustainability-related concerns, and so on. Interactive visual technologies can also, in particular, address human behavior and support changes in negative behavior, which can then result in better achieving environmental user goals. Furthermore, such technologies can be used to create a bridge between environmental sciences and other disciplines, including many life sciences, economics, and sociology. This Special Issue focuses on the role of interactive visual technologies in targeting current and future environmental challenges. The emphasis is on the interactive and visual aspects of such technologies, which might be software applications, tools, visualizations, educational games, gamification, and other digital services in the private, public, or industrial sectors. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the design, development, deployment, and evaluation of interactive visual technologies for: - Monitoring and visualization of different kinds of environmental and user data; - Monitoring and detection of human behavior and activity patterns impacting environmental factors, both on the small-scale, individual level and on the large-scale, population level; - Facilitating exploration, interpretation, comparison, explanation, and simulation modeling using different kinds of environmental and user data; - Creating awareness, influencing choices, and encouraging environmentally conscious human behavior changes; - Utilizing different kinds of environmental data to support related applications in other areas, such as education, policy-making, public health, and well-being. For more information, including submission details, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/environmental_ch… Guest Editors, Masood Masoodian and Thomas Rist -- Prof. Masood Masoodian Visual Communication Design Aalto University avcd.aalto.fi

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Lectureship in Interactive Media at the University of York, UK
by Jonathan Hook 01 Mar '21

01 Mar '21

Lectureship in Interactive Media at the University of York, UK Salary: £40,322 to £49,553 a year Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Closes: 28th March 2021 Apply: bit.ly/york-im-lecturer Role Description Applications are invited for a full-time Lecturer in Interactive Media, available from September 2021. The lectureship will be appointed on a research and teaching contract. You will join an innovative and rapidly expanding department, which brings together research, teaching and commercial activities in the fields of interactive media, film, television, theatre and the rich space in which they converge. The department is home to a lively and growing community of academics exploring technical, creative and socio-cultural perspectives on interactive media, with expertise spanning human-computer interaction, user-experience design, games, data visualization, accessibility, interactive film, immersive technology and digital culture. A particularly exciting feature of the department is the central role it plays in major government research investments in interactive media, including: the Digital Creativity Labs, a £19m EPSRC Digital Economy Hub that fosters impact driven research in the digital creative industries; XRStories, a £15m AHRC Creative Industry Cluster exploring immersive and interactive technologies for digital storytelling; WEAVR, a £4m ICSF Audience of the Future Demonstrator developing new data-driven and immersive spectator experiences in esports; and the £6.4m EPSRC Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence Centre for Doctoral Training. Role You will develop research objectives, carry out individual or collaborative research projects and lead on or contribute to the production of research outputs and research outcomes. You will also design, develop and deliver teaching across a wide range of modules and/or within a particular programme or subject area. You will also demonstrate the ability to play a significant role in the delivery and development of our innovative Interactive Media BSc, teaching and supervising students on topics relating to the design and prototyping of interactive media that match your knowledge and experience. You will also undertake departmental citizenship and administrative responsibilities. Skills, Experience & Qualification needed You will have the ambition to have substantial impact in your field, demonstrate international research potential, and inspire students through innovative teaching. You will have a PhD and be able to demonstrate knowledge and expertise in an area that complements our growing interactive media team and broader department’s research. Example research areas include, but are not limited to: interactive digital performance, digital media art, HCI and UX design, virtual and augmented reality, 3D graphics and animation, social media, interactive and immersive storytelling, games, data visualization, digital health, and human interaction with artificial intelligence. You will have the proven ability to contribute to high quality research and the dissemination of research findings. In addition, you will have experience of taking responsibility for teaching and learning at undergraduate and ideally postgraduate level as well as have evidence of successful course planning, design and delivery across a range of modules. We particularly encourage applications from female and BAME candidates, who are currently under-represented within the University of York in this area. Interview date: TBC For informal enquiries: please contact Dr Jonathan Hook: e-mail jonathan.hook(a)york.ac.uk. See also the department website at: www.york.ac.uk/tfti/ More info and apply: bit.ly/york-im-lecturer

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3x PhD positions in Data Visualization and Visual Analytics at Utrecht University, Netherlands
by Michael Behrisch 27 Feb '21

27 Feb '21

Dear all, We are offering three full-time Ph.D. positions in Data Visualization and Visual Analytics at the Utrecht University, Netherlands. TYPE: 3x Ph.D. position (5 year funding) HOURS PER WEEK: 38 to 40h FACULTY: Faculty of Science DEPARTMENT: Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Visualization and Graphics Group APPLICATION DEADLINE: 28 March 2021 *Job description* We are looking for three bright Ph.D. candidates to work in the area of visualization and visual analytics on the following topics: *1. Visual Quality Metrics (VQM) supervised by Dr Michael Behrisch * The aim of this project is to create next-generation Visual Quality Metrics and embed them into knowledge generation processes. VQMs are innovative visual feature and pattern descriptors that mimic the human’s powerful cognition and perception system; they (partially) automate the cognitively demanding task of finding interpretable visualizations. Embedded into Visual Analytics (VA) systems, VQMs will guide to primary domain/task specific visual patterns, while monitoring the progress for convergence and cognitive biases. This multidisciplinary project unites computer sciences with cognitive science insights. It builds on previous research, which demonstrates that guided visual pattern exploration raises trust and confidence in complex analytical scenarios. The novel VQM-enabled VA systems will have a far-reaching impact across sciences—from medicine to engineering, biology to physics—where Researchers are increasingly making use of big data. VQM-enabled VA will allow these domain experts to access complex datasets without data science expertise. This project will lay the foundation for a visual pattern-focused analysis, which in turn will be the key enabler for the user-centric, multi-faceted, and objective data exploration of the future. Project-specific requirements (basic knowledge in one or more of the following areas will be considered an advantage): web-technologies and scalable data analysis platforms, visual data analytics, data visualization, machine learning, and AI. For detailed questions on this topic and the PhD itself feel free to contact m.behrisch(a)uu.nl. *2. Data Visualization for Decision Making (DEC) supervised by Dr Evanthia Dimara * There are decisions neither humans nor computers can make alone. Information Visualization leverages the human vision system -- the single most powerful system in our brain-- to support reasoning over complex information. The goal of this PhD project is to investigate how visualization systems can better support decision making with data in use cases where pure AI solutions appear inadequate, while the human intuition alone leads to biased judgements. While visualization research originates in computer science, this project opts to incorporate methodologies from other disciplines that study decisions, such as economics, psychology, cognitive, or management science. Visualisation solutions will further build on findings derived from empirical research, extracting user behaviour, expectations, and needs via both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Such findings are essential to ensure that the visual analytic systems do benefit the decision-makers and ultimately gain insights on how to refine them. Project-specific requirements: Skills in any of the following: programming (preferably with web-technologies), data visualisation, experiment design, statistical analysis, machine learning, as well as multidisciplinary backgrounds would be desired. Independent thinking, curiosity, and enthusiasm will be celebrated. You are advised to visit evanthiadimara.com/work-with-me and contact Evanthia before applying. *3. Algorithms for Network Visualization (ANV) supervised by Dr Tamara Mchedlidze * One of the most common and intuitive network visualizations are so-called node-link diagrams. In these diagrams, nodes are depicted by geometric shapes such as circles or rectangles and links are represented by lines or curves connecting corresponding nodes. Algorithms for the construction of node-link diagrams are based on quality metrics, which are heuristic measures that specify how readable and appealing a visualization is. The goal of this project is to advance the state-of-the-art in network visualization algorithms. In particular, the goal of the PhD thesis is twofold. On the one hand, the aim is to develop network quality metrics that closely match the human perception of aesthetics, readability, and clarity of node-link diagrams. On the other hand, the goal is to develop algorithms that construct node-link diagrams by optimizing the newly developed quality metrics. Project-specific requirements (basic knowledge in one or more of the following areas will be considered an advantage): design and analysis of algorithms, combinatorial optimization, machine learning, experimental evaluation of algorithms, empirical evaluation of visualization methods, graph theory, computational geometry, network information theory. For further information on the project and the requirements, you are highly encouraged to contact Tamara at t.mtsentlintze(a)uu.nl before applying. As a PhD candidate in these fully funded 5-year projects, you will primarily perform research and publish your results in scientific papers in international conferences and journals, and complete a PhD thesis. You will also contribute to teaching by supervising tutorial groups and student projects and by co-teaching courses at the Bachelor's and Master's level (30% of employment time). This may lead to a University Teaching Qualification certificate. *Qualifications* We are looking for candidates with: • a Master’s degree in computer science, social sciences, design or relevant fields; • strong written and oral communication skills in English; • programming skills; • a strong motivation for conducting multidisciplinary research. *Offer* a position for five years; a full-time gross salary that starts at €2,395 and increases to €3,061 per month in the fourth year (scale P of the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities(cao)); benefits including 8% holiday bonus and 8.3% end-of-year bonus; a pension scheme, partially paid parental leave, and flexible employment conditions based on the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities. In addition to the employment conditions laid down in the cao for Dutch Universities,Utrecht University has a number of its own arrangements. For example, there are agreements on professional development, leave arrangements, and sports. We also give you the opportunity to expand your terms of employment yourself via the Employment Conditions Selection Model. This is how we like to encourage you to continue to grow. *About the organization* The three positions correspond to three distinct projects offered by Dr Michael Behrisch (VQM), Dr Evanthia Dimara (DEC) and Dr Tamara Mchedlidze (ANV) respectively. All PhD theses will be supervised jointly by each Assistant Professor (daily supervisor) and Prof Alexandru Telea (thesis promotor). You will also be part of the Visualization and Graphics (VIG) group . Main research areas of the VIG group are information visualization, human-computer interaction, graph, and network visualization, high-dimensional data visualization, visual analytics, and decision-making support. We also provide the opportunity to have broad collaborations with other groups in our department (including Algorithms, Intelligent Software Systems, and Interaction divisions), as well as to conduct multidisciplinary research with scientists in Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Health Sciences, and Geosciences. At the Faculty of Science , there are six departments to make a fundamental connection with: Biology, Chemistry, Information and Computing Sciences, Mathematics, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Physics. Each of these is made up of distinct institutes that work together to focus on answering some of humanity’s most pressing problems. More fundamental still are the individual research groups – the building blocks of our ambitious scientific projects. Utrecht University is a friendly and ambitious university at the heart of an ancient city. We love to welcome new scientists to our city – a thriving cultural hub that is consistently rated as one of the world’s happiest cities. We are renowned for our innovative interdisciplinary research and our emphasis on inspirational research and excellent education. We are equally well-known for our familiar atmosphere and the can-do attitude of our people. This fundamental connection attracts Researchers, Professors and PhD candidates from all over the globe, making both the university and the Faculty of Science a vibrant international and wonderfully diverse community. Please visit the official vacancy website below for more information on how to apply : https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/three-… *The application deadline is 28 March 2021.* Kind Regards, Michael Behrisch, Evanthia Dimara, Tamara Mchedlidze

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--|| Call for Workshop proposals - ACM Mobile HCI 2021 ||--
by Klen Čopič Pucihar 26 Feb '21

26 Feb '21

Are you researching an exciting & emerging area in MobileHCI? Organising a workshop provides an opportunity to build a community around such a topic, to meet in the context of a focused and interactive discussion and to move an emerging area of research forward. You are invited to submit a workshop proposal including: Your motivations and goals for the workshop How you plan to run it Expected outcomes Short bio of the organisers *Deadline* for submission is March 7. Please refer to the conference website for further details http://mobilehci.acm.org/2021/participating/call-for-workshops Yours sincerely. Workshop chairs Matjaž Kljun and Klen Čopič Pucihar

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