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Request for Proposals — Bid on ACM IUI 2023 (deadline extended)
by Axel Soto 12 Dec '20

12 Dec '20

Request for Proposals — Bid on ACM IUI 2023 (deadline extended) --------------------------------------------------------------- Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) is the premier conference series sponsored by ACM (SIGCHI and SIGAI) and has been held annually since 1993 as the principal international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. To involve the greater IUI community in conference organization and better plan for the conference, we request proposals for hosting and organizing IUI two years ahead of time. We regularly rotate the conference locations to engage with IUI research communities around the globe. Below shows the location and time of the three most recently scheduled IUI conferences: IUI 2020 Cagliari, Italy March 17-20 IUI 2021 College Station, Texas April 13-17 IUI 2022 Helsinki, Finland March 22-26 Why host IUI? There are several benefits of hosting and organizing an IUI conference. First, conference hosts/organizers have an opportunity to publicize their work, build relationships, and interact with the international IUI community. Second, this is a great opportunity for the organizers/hosts to introduce their students and colleagues to the IUI community and help grow the community as a whole. Third, hosts/organizers can use the opportunity to build local IUI communities, connecting representatives from both academia and industries. Bid Requirements All proposals must be written in English with a readable font not smaller than 12 point and margins not less than one inch on all sides. The proposal should address each aspect outlined below but not exceed 15000 characters (approx. 5-6 pages). Based on the merits of the proposals and factors such as ensuring a diversity of conference locations, the board will choose the top candidates and then a finalist will be chosen and announced at IUI 2021. Please note that the bid requirements have been modified from previous years. Please read the requirements below carefully before writing up your bid. Hosts/Organizers The conference hosts/organizers should have knowledge of the IUI community, such as having attended and published regularly at IUI, and have experience with conference organization. One of the main IUI goals is to bring together people from diverse backgrounds. For that reason, the bid proposal must suggest ONLY the conference general chairs. The IUI steering committee will work with the selected bid proposers on building the conference organizing team. We especially encourage that the key conference organizers consist of people from both industry and academia, representing both AI and HCI since the work presented at IUI is at the intersection of these disciplines. Please include short bios of the proposed conference general chair(s). Location Since IUI is an international forum, we expect that attendees will travel from different parts of the world to the conference location. It is important that the proposed location is conveniently located for all attendees to reach by available means of transportation. Time IUI conferences have been held at various times during late winter through early spring, most typically in March though earlier times will be considered. Your bid should include a proposed time with key dates (e.g., paper submission and notification). The choice of time should also take into account the weather conditions of the proposed location to avoid potential weather-caused travel delays and potential conflicts with other conferences and their submission deadlines. Virtual Attendance and the Impact of COVID-19 We hope that by the time of the 2023 conference that it will be possible to hold a physical conference similar to those held before 2020. Organizers should still prepare for decreased attendance and to offer virtual participation options for those who may not yet be comfortable traveling long distances. Conference Venue Please describe the proposed conference venue, including the following aspects: * Capacity. In recent years, IUI has typically had around 250 attendees, though IUI 2018 had a record high of over 350 participants and IUI 2019 had a similar number. No conference has been held since COVID, however current ACM recommendations are to anticipate a 30-40% decrease in attendance in the near term. IUI has typically taken place over four days, the first of which consists of workshops and tutorials hosted in parallel separate rooms (10-20 people). To encourage interaction among the attendees, during the main conference, it is also desirable to have additional space at the venue to put up IUI posters for the attendees to visit during coffee breaks. * Facilities. The venue should provide basic conference facilities, such as high speed internet access that can support the participants in parallel effectively and LCD projectors. * Location. The venue should be centrally located for attendees to reach quickly by ground transportation and have access to other amenities (e.g., restaurants). * Accessibility. The venue should be accessible to attendees with disabilities. * Reception and poster session dinner. Traditionally, IUI opens with a welcome reception on the night before the 1st day of the conference. The first night of the conference features a dinner reception with the poster and demo session. The location(s) of the receptions are not required to be co-located with the venue, however the location criterion above should still be used to minimize the travel for the attendees. * Social event. Traditionally, IUI has a social event + dinner on the second day of the main conference * Special events. Traditionally, during the conference the “test of time” paper award is given to the most influential IUI paper, which is accompanied by a plenary talk session for its authors. TiiS papers published in the last year are also integrated into the technical program, there is a “town hall meeting” where IUI community issues are discussed, and there is IUI steering committee lunch with current and upcoming conference and program chairs. These events need to be considered while planning the conference Accommodation Most attendees will need accommodation during the conference period. One of the responsibilities of the conference hosts/organizers is to locate and reserve a bulk of affordable lodging for attendees. Please describe the proposed accommodation options, including the price range of the hotel rooms and the distance to the main venue. Provisionary Budget Plan The proposal should also include a provisional budget, outlining the cost of major items, including the rental of the conference venue, cost/per person for the reception and banquet, and the estimated conference registration fee. Please consider including meals for participants in the budget, especially if there are limited food options near the conference venue. Important Dates Jan 29, 2021 (Extended): Bids are due. Please submit your bid to steering-chair(a)iui.acm.org Feb 26, 2021 (Extended): Notifications are sent to all submissions. For further information, please contact: jeff(a)jeffreynichols.com

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NASA Call for Interns
by Davidoff, Scott (US 397F) 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

COME USE VISUALIZATION TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE https://datavis.caltech.edu Create new ways to analyze planetary scale science data with the NASA JPL / Caltech / Art Center Data-to-Discovery summer visualization internship, a multi-disciplinary program for computer scientists and designers. Students will develop creative, interactive visual analytic tools to support scientific research and engineering groups at JPL and Caltech. Multi-disciplinary student teams will merge methods from Human-Centered Design with computing, 3D graphics and user interfaces, to visualize real-world physical science data sets. Students will partner with active research projects to learn how they conduct research, and iteratively create and test tools to innovate their methods. Program mentors create a collaborative studio bridging multiple projects that all students contribute to. The program offers experience crossing disciplinary boundaries, while solving hard, real-world problems with visualization. Projects have delivered prototype tools that have gone on to be used to drive rovers and look for alien life on Mars, and made contributions to top-tier academic research conferences. QUESTIONS? Join the info session, Monday December 14th, 3-4 PM-EST, 12-1 PM-PST, https://bit.ly/datavis21-info-session<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/bit.ly/datavis21-info-session__;!!PvBDto6…> DATES | June 14 - August 20, 2021 (to be confirmed) LOCATION | Online SALARY | $7.3K for undergraduates, $9K for graduate students APPLY | https://bit.ly/datavis21-interns DEADLINE | Accepting applications now, until positions are filled PROJECTS | https://datavis.caltech.edu ELIGIBILITY 1. Open to continuing students in Fall 2021 2. US citizens or permanent residents (for NASA data), working from US 3. GPA must be >= 3.0 at application time Scott Davidoff, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Maggie Hendrie, Art Center Santiago Lombeyda, Caltech Hillary Mushkin, Caltech

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CfP: EuroVis 2021 - Full Papers
by Borgo, Rita 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

EuroVis 2021 Call for Papers With this call for papers, we invite submission of high-quality papers that will set the standard astimulate future trends in the field of visualization and visual analytics. Accepted full papers will be published in a special issue of Computer Graphics Forum, the International Journal of the Eurographics Association, after a two-stage peer-reviewing process. All accepted papers will be presented orally at the conference. EuroVis 2021 (https://www.eurovis.org/) will be held in Zürich, Switzerland on June 14-16, 2021. We encourage submissions from all areas of visualization and visual analytics. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: * Techniques: novel algorithms, visual encoding methods, and/or interaction techniques for data analysis, exploration, or communication. All sub-areas of data visualization and visual analytics are welcomed, including high-dimensional, time-series, spatial, geographic, text, hierarchical, and network data. Techniques may be specialized for specific devices or form-factors (e.g., mobile or wall-scale visualization). * Systems: new software frameworks, languages, or tools for visualization; systems for large-scale visualization; integrated graphical systems for visual analysis or interactive machine learning; collaborative and web-scale visualization systems. * Applications & Design Studies: novel use of visualization to address problems in an application domain, including accounts of innovative system design, deployment and impact. We welcome diverse application areas, including the physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences, engineering, arts, sports, and humanities. * Evaluation & Empirical Research: Comparative evaluation of competing visualization approaches; controlled experiments to inform visualization best practices; longitudinal and qualitative studies to understand user needs, visualization adoption, and use. * Theory: models of visual encoding, interaction, and/or analysis tasks; implications from theories of perception, cognition, design, and/or aesthetics; methods for automated design or visualization recommendation. For a wider range of paper types, please see “Broadening Intellectual Diversity in Visualization Research Papers<http://cmci.colorado.edu/visualab/papers/19-CGA-ContributionTypes.pdf>” by B. Lee et al. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS The maximum lengths for submitted papers to the full papers track is 10 pages (in Computer Graphics Forum (CGF) style, including all images, but excluding references). Authors are encouraged to use supplementary documents to provide extra content. Papers exceeding the maximum allowed number of pages will be automatically rejected. Submissions must be made using the Computer Graphics Forum style, using the conference LaTeX template for full papers. A LaTeX style sheet and overleaf template will be provided as well as a sample document explaining the required format. Authors have the option to submit their papers anonymously. In contrast to previous years, double-blind reviewing is optional, not required: authors may choose to disclose their identities to the reviewers. The reviewing process does not consider anonymity as a factor. The process will attempt to preserve anonymity of authors of anonymized submissions. However, the program committee, which is responsible for half of the reviews, will know the authors of submissions reviewed by them. Authors have the option of submitting additional material with their submissions. Supplementary materials, such as videos and supporting data, are encouraged. For papers that have previously been reviewed for other venues and have been rejected or withdrawn, the authors are strongly encouraged to provide the original submission with a cover letter describing the changes they have made to comply with reviewers' comments and requests. All full papers accepted to EuroVis appear in a special issue of Computer Graphics Forum, containing the conference proceedings, and will appear at the same time in the Eurographics digital library. EuroVis submissions and papers are subject to the pre-print and self-archiving policies of the Computer Graphics Forum journal. Details are available from the journal web site: https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/open-acce… Given the uncertainty due to the pandemic, further details will be communicated regarding possible Open Access charges. Abstracts and full papers are submitted using the Precision Conference System (PCS): https://new.precisionconference.com/eurovis21a Please note you shall select Eurographics as Society. Submission of an abstract is mandatory by the abstract deadline, with completed papers due on by the full paper deadline. Submissions will not be accepted if an abstract is not submitted by the abstract deadline. Abstract submissions require the title, authors, paper type, abstract, and keywords in the form. The remaining fields (the document, additional material) are submitted by the full paper deadline. Please note that EuroVis accepted papers are published as a regular-length journal article, so submitting just an abstract is not sufficient. Submitters should choose keywords and categories appropriate for their paper as this information is used in reviewer selection. For more details please see the EuroVis 2021 website: https://www.eurovis.org/index.php/for-submitters/full-papers/ IMPORTANT DATES Abstract deadline: November 25, 2020 (Wednesday!) Full paper deadline: December 4, 2020 Reviews available, rebuttal start: January 27, 2021 Rebuttal deadline: February 1, 2021 First Round Notification: February 19, 2021 Revised Submission: March 10, 2021 Final Notification: March 26, 2021 Camera Ready Version: April 19, 2021 All submission deadlines are at 23:59 GMT on the date indicated. For any questions concerning full paper submissions please contact the full papers chairs: fullpapers(a)eurovis.org FULL PAPERS CHAIRS Rita Borgo, King’s College London, UK G. Elisabeta Marai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Tatiana von Landesberger, Technische Universität Darmstadt , Germany

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ETRA 2021: CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
by Soha Rostaminia 08 Dec '20

08 Dec '20

Since ETRA'16 tutorials are part of ETRA conference being an important platform for the up-to-day knowledge sharing within the eye tracking community. The tutorials are meant to be a platform for sharing in-depth information on eye tracking methodology, data analyses, visualizations, and applications in different fields. ETRA'21 will include a number of half-day and full-day tutorials, where experts in the field cover a topic related to eye tracking or eye movement research within the general theme of the conference "Bridging the Communities". All tutorials as the whole ETRA’21 conference are going to be online only. We encourage all experienced eye tracking researchers to submit the tutorial propositions which are going to be of high importance for the field. The submission should include the A) extended abstract (up to 350 words), B) tutorial scope (up to 100 words), C) tutorial audience (up to 100 words), D) bio sketch of the teacher(s) (up to 100 words). Indicate also, which conferencing and communication technologies you plan to use for various activities. The deadline for the submission is March 28, 2021. Submissions can be made through the submission form https://forms.gle/iLR5WWEn2vkcSH8J9 <https://forms.gle/iLR5WWEn2vkcSH8J9> For questions, please email Krzysztof Krejtz (kkrejtz(a)swps.edu.pl <mailto:kkrejtz@swps.edu.pl>) or Roman Bednarik (roman.bednarik(a)uef.fi <mailto:roman.bednarik@uef.fi>) ETRA 2021 Tutorial Chairs. Kindest Regards, ETRA 2021 publicity chair, -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soha Rostaminia (people.cs.umass.edu/~srostaminia/ <http://people.cs.umass.edu/~srostaminia/>) College of Information and Computer Sciences, UMass Amherst

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2nd CFP: IUI Workshop on Exploratory Search and Interactive Data Analytics (ESIDA)
by Axel Soto 07 Dec '20

07 Dec '20

Fourth IUI Workshop on Exploratory Search and Interactive Data Analytics (ESIDA) https://sites.google.com/view/esida2021/home 13 April 2021, Virtual Important Dates: Submission deadline: December 23, 2020 (midnight Hawaii time) Acceptance notification: January 31, 2021 Final manuscript due: February 15, 2021 Workshop: April 13, 2021 Workshop Description: This workshop will be part of the ACM Intelligent User Interfaces 2021 Conference (http://iui.acm.org/2021/) The workshop focuses on systems that personalize, summarize and visualize the data for supporting interactive information seeking and information discovery, along with tools that enable user modeling and methods for incorporating the user needs and preferences into both analytics and visualization. Our aim is to bring together researchers and practitioners working on different personalization aspects and applications of exploratory search and interactive data analytics. This will allow us to achieve four goals: (1) propose new strategies for systems that need to convey the rationale behind their decisions or inference, and the sequence of steps that lead to speciﬁc (search) results; (2) develop new user modeling and personalization techniques for exploratory search and interactive data analytics; (3) develop a common set of design principles for this type of systems across platforms, contexts, users and applications; (4) develop a set of evaluation metrics for personalization in exploratory search. The workshop aims to solicit submissions in the following areas of personalized interactive data analytics and exploratory search: Personalized interactive exploration via interactive data analytics: – personalization aspects in systems for exploratory search. – cross-domain/ context-aware/ cross-platform exploratory search systems. – interactively modelling the user’s information needs for high-recall information retrieval. – new applications of exploratory search and interactive data analytics. Data analytics: – interactive interfaces for data-intensive platforms. – interaction degrees of freedom. – preprocessing vs. online processing. – interactive data visualization evaluation of interactive systems for exploratory search and data analytics. Metrics for explainable intelligent systems: – metrics for explainable exploratory search. – explainability and transparency in expert vs. non-expert systems. – human-in-the-loop analytics systems. – efﬁcient vs. explainable analytics. – user perception of explainability and transparency in interactive intelligent systems. Organisers: Dorota Glowacka, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki (Finland), glowacka[at]cs.heelsinki.fi Evangelos Milios, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University (Canada), eem[at]cs.dal.ca Axel J. Soto, Institute for Computer Science and Engineering, UNS - CONICET (Argentina), axel.soto[at]cs.uns.edu.ar Fernando V. Paulovich, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University (Canada), paulovich[at]dal.ca Denis Parra, Department of Computer Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica (Chile) , dparra[at]ing.puc.cl Osnat (Ossi) Mokryn, Department of Information and Knowledge Management, University of Haifa (Israel), omokryn[at]univ.haifa.ac.il Submission Information: We encourage submissions of work in progress, concept papers, case studies, ongoing research projects, reports on recently completed PhD dissertations or recently accepted journal papers, and generally material that will stimulate discussion, generate useful feedback to the authors, encourage research collaborations and vigorous exchange of ideas on promising research directions, in one of the following formats: -full papers (up to 8 pages in ACM sigconf format), which will presented either as contributed talks or posters -extended abstracts (up to 4 pages in ACM sigconf format), which will be presented as posters with a possibility to be accompanied by a demo. Papers can be submitted through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esida21

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Postdoc Position at CU Boulder Geography
by Morteza Karimzadeh 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

Dear Colleagues, Our postdoc opportunity might be of interest to you or your team members. The start date is very flexible, and the candidate does not need to check all these boxes, since they will be part of an interdisciplinary team. The bullet points indicate our wish list. Creating software infrastructure for interactive labeling and deep learning to facilitate earth data fusion is central to this position, and we anticipate user studies with expert geoscientists in the future. Regards, Morteza Morteza Karimzadeh, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Geography Affiliate Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Information Science University of Colorado Boulder Traditional Territories of the Arapaho, Cheyenne and Ute Nations 303-492-3252 karimzadeh(a)colorado.edu<mailto:karimzadeh@colorado.edu> Transdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Spatial Data Science and Geoscience University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO Starting date (very flexible): 1/7/2021 Application review begins December 7, 2020 on a rolling basis until the position is filled. We invite applications for a postdoctoral research associate position at the Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), with a flexible starting date of 1/7/2021 and possibility for remote work, although the ability to work on the CU Boulder campus in the long term is desirable. The initial offer is for 12 months, with potential for renewal contingent upon favorable progress. The postdoctoral scholar will primarily work on a recently funded NSF EarthCube project (Data Capabilities: Enabling Analysis of Heterogeneous, Multi-source Cryospheric Data, Award# 2026962) under the supervision of principal investigator, Dr. Morteza Karimzadeh. The project is focused on creating software systems and cyber-infrastructure for harmonizing heterogeneous big data products (including satellite imagery and in situ observations) in a cloud environment for various downstream tasks. The technologies developed are expected to be extendable to a variety of applications, but for this project, the focus will be on classification and mapping of sea ice. Sea ice is an important component of the climate system and a key indicator of climate change. Sea ice is spatiotemporally dynamic, exhibiting a variety of evolving ice types that need classification for scientific analysis or operational planning. The mapping of sea ice at high spatial and temporal resolutions remains a scientific challenge. With the increasing availability of high-resolution remote sensing products such as SAR and lidar, there is a renewed desire for tackling this challenge. However, bridging data science and geoscience is key in successfully harnessing these large heterogeneous data for sea ice mapping. The postdoctoral position will be homed in the Geography Department at CU Boulder and will actively collaborate with the co-PIs, scientists and students in the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and CU Denver’s Department of Computer Science. The postdoc duties will include: * Design and implement software and computational modules in collaboration with the team’s sea ice scientists, remote sensing experts, and spatial data scientists. * Draft and lead scholarly publications and reports. * Assist the PI with leading research activities within the group and project management. * Assist the PI with user evaluations and stakeholder engagement at NSIDC, NOAA, NCAR, the U.S. National Ice Center (NIC) and the Canadian Ice Service (CIS). * Assist in supervising graduate and undergraduate students in the team. * Assist in drafting successful research grant proposals. * Interface with other research groups at and beyond the NSF EarthCube community and the University of Colorado. * Work with research assistants to prepare training and outreach material, including easy-to-use Jupyter notebooks for product adoption. Given the transdisciplinary nature of this postdoctoral position, we expect that the candidate has foundation in either one or both spatial data science and/or geosciences, with the position strengthening the postdoc’s expertise in both disciplines. The qualified candidate will possess a majority of the following, with interest in developing the rest: * A Ph.D. in geography, geoscience, computer science, information science, statistics, or a cognate field is mandatory. * Research background and expertise in applied machine learning and particularly, deep learning. * Background and experience working with, spatial data, geographic information systems and earth observations. * Familiarity with passive and active microwave imagery, airborne and spaceborne lidar altimetry is desirable (examples include SAR imagery from Sentinel-1, lidar altimetry data from Operation IceBridge, ICESat and ICESat-2, and radar altimetry data from CryoSat-2). * Programming skills in Python, Scikit-learn and deep learning libraries (TensorFlow, or Keras or PyTorch). Working ability with R and its spatial packages is a plus. * Interest or background in visual analytics for interactive machine learning is desirable. * Experience working with cloud storage and compute instances is desirable. * Experience in working with the output of climate models is desirable. * Front-end development and visualization skills using D3.js, leaflet.js and the React framework is desirable. * Excellent oral and written communication skills. Both beginning and senior postdoctoral candidates are encouraged to apply. To apply, please upload your CV, a research statement (no more than one page) and the contact information of references to the application portal: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Postdoctoral-Associate/27487 Please direct your questions to Dr. Morteza Karimzadeh (karimzadeh(a)colorado.edu<mailto:karimzadeh@colorado.edu>). Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting December 7, 2020 until the position is filled.

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CfP CG&A Special Issue on Visualization Education and Teaching Visualization Literacy: >April, 28, 2021.
by Benjamin Bach 26 Nov '20

26 Nov '20

Dear Colleagues, It is our great pleasure to announce the call for papers for our Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A) Special Issue on Visualization Education and Teaching Visualization Literacy. Please help us spread the word as we solicit submissions from across the disciplines. The deadline for submission is April 28, 2021 with a publication date around November/December 2021 (set by CG&A). https://www.computer.org/digital-library/magazines/cg/call-for-papers-speci… <https://www.computer.org/digital-library/magazines/cg/call-for-papers-speci…> Focus and relevance: Visualisation literacy is the ability to read, write and create visualizations of data using digital or physical representations. This is a key asset for any informed use and critical engagement with visual representations of data. With the increasing use of visualizations, it is becoming essential for everybody to be able to understand and use visualizations to prevent misuse and misinterpretation of visually represented data. Visualisation literacy includes skills related to the design, reading, interpretation, critical discussion, as well as interaction and effective communication with data and visualisations. While structured guidelines and extensive empirical knowledge exist on how to visually represent data, there is little foundational and empirical knowledge about how to teach and train visualisation literacy skills for specific sectors (e.g., professionals in an industry, children, etc.) and general audiences. In addition, visualisation literacy is key for a society of critical and informed citizens, effective analysts, informed decision-makers, and honest advocates for the use of data that supports human values. Building knowledge around teaching and learning visualization and visualization literacy is challenging because of the open and broad nature of visualisation and its wide application to different domains and audiences that engage in a variety of activities following different conventions. This special issue calls for ground-breaking work to advance our knowledge around education in visualization. This includes advances in how to teach visualization to diverse audiences and in diverse settings; which skills to teach (e.g., design, critical thinking, data literacy, programming, interacting with data), in which contexts we teach visualization (e.g., storytelling, formal education, professional development, collaborations), to which audiences (e.g., scientists, developers, designers, collaborators) in which domains we teach visualization (e.g., data science, journalism, business), what forms visualization education can take (e.g., autodidactic learning, online learning, educating professionals, games, storytelling), and which materials (e.g., schemas, tools, cheat sheets, toolkits) and activities we use to educate (e.g., design cards, sketching, physicalizing, elicitation, peer feedback). Answers to these questions are crucial, not only to new university faculty and visualization instructors (few of which had the chance to enjoy formal training in pedagogy), but also practitioners in visualization, news agencies, museums, curriculum writers, businesses, school teachers, and many others. At the same time, being part of the global scientific community at the forefront of knowledge generation, it is our mission to engage with the wider community to transfer our knowledge in creative and effective ways. This Special Issue asks for original, unpublished, contributions—research, opinions, and surveys—from a wide variety of domains including visualization, pedagogy, social science, psychology, human-computer interaction, data science, and other related disciplines. Topics: Learning material, tools, and resources to support in-class learning and beyond Learning goals, skill sets, taxonomies Visualization guidelines and approaches to making data visualization knowledge and practical skills available to a wider audience in a structured form Guidelines to help novice teachers teach visualizations Critical reflections on conducting visualization activities and classes (teaching experience), Evaluation strategies for learning activities, material, classes, methods Assessment strategies to test for visualization knowledge and literacy Teaching activities for in-class engagement (classroom, workshop, etc.) Teaching approaches and methodology Surveys and reviews on teaching methods and materials for visualization Ethical, social, and critical considerations on visualization education Studies on visualization literacy and engagement Guest Editors: Benjamin Bach, University of Edinburgh, bbach(a)ed.ac.uk <mailto:bbach@ed.ac.uk> Samuel Huron, Institut Polytechnique de Paris samuel.huron(a)telecom-paris.fr <mailto:samuel.huron@telecom-paristech.fr> Uta Hinrichs, University of St. Andrews, uh3(a)st-andrews.ac.uk <mailto:uh3@st-andrews.ac.uk> Jonathan Roberts, Bangor University, j.c.roberts(a)bangor.ac.uk <mailto:j.c.roberts@bangor.ac.uk> Sheelagh Carpendale, Simon Fraser University, sheelagh(a)sfu.ca <mailto:sheelagh@sfu.ca> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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2nd CFP: Targeting Environmental Challenges Using Interactive Visual Technology, for a special issue of Sustainability journal
by Masood Masoodian 23 Nov '20

23 Nov '20

*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_challenges <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… <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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EuroVis 2021 Full Papers CFP
by G.Elisabeta Marai 22 Nov '20

22 Nov '20

The EuroVis 2021 Full Papers submission deadline is approaching! See https://www.eurovis.org/index.php/for-submitters/full-papers/ for submission instructions. Please submit your abstracts by Nov 25, 2020 and full papers by Dec 4, 2020. When submitting your paper under http://new.precisionconference.com/, please select "Eurographics" (*not* VGTC) in the first box, and then EuroVis 2021 in the second box. ---The Papers Chairs, ---Tatiana von Landesberger, Rita Borgo, & Liz Marai -- Liz -- G. Elisabeta Marai Associate Professor of Computer Science Electronic Visualization Laboratory University of Illinois at Chicago http://evl.uic.edu/marai

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Two tenure-track positions at Purdue University
by Parsons, Paul 22 Nov '20

22 Nov '20

Dear Colleagues, We are hiring two tenure-track positions at Purdue broadly focusing on human-computer interaction and interactive media. Candidates with a human-centered approach to visualization are encouraged to apply! Review of applications will begin December 1, 2020 and will continue until the positions are filled. Assistant Professor in Human-Computer Interaction The Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University (CGT) seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). An earned doctorate in a field related to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), completed by August 1, 2021 Focus areas may include interactive computing, computer science, digital media, information sciences, engineering, computational media, information design, tangible and embodied interaction, AR/VR/xR, interactive media development, user experience, and visualization. Evidence of the ability to pursue interdisciplinary funded research and work with and teach diverse groups of students is required. The full advertisement, application requirements, and submission instructions can be found at: https://career8.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=11874&compan…. A background check will be required for employment in this position. Purdue University is an EOE/AA employer. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Assistant Professor in Interactive Applications Development The Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University (CGT) seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the field of Interactive Media Development (IMD). An earned doctorate in a field related to interactive media development (IMD) or information science, completed by August 1, 2021. Focus areas may include interactive and human-centered computing, AR/VR/xR, physical computing, computer science, digital media, information sciences, HCI, engineering, computational media, information design, tangible and embodied interaction, user experience, and visualization. Evidence of the ability to pursue interdisciplinary funded research and work with and teach diverse groups of students is required. The full advertisement, application requirements, and submission instructions can be found at: https://career8.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=11880&compan…. A background check will be required for employment in this position. Purdue University is an EOE/AA employer. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Any questions about these positions should be sent to the search committee chair: Dr. Bedrich Benes (bbenes(a)purdue.edu<mailto:bbenes@purdue.edu>) Department of Computer Graphics Technology Polytechnic Institute Purdue University

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