IEEE InfoVis 2007 Call for Participation http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2007/ We solicit papers, posters, artistic works, and contest entries for IEEE InfoVis 2007. In addition, we encourage the submission of proposals for InfoVis-related tutorials, workshops, interactive demos, and panels to be held during the conference week (see Vis conference web site for details). InfoVis is the primary meeting in the field of information visualization, and is held on October 28 through 30, in conjunction with the IEEE Visualization 2007 (Vis07) conference and the IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology Symposium (VAST 07) in Sacramento, California, the week of October 28 through November 1, 2007. Computer-based information visualization, or "InfoVis", centers around helping people explore or explain data through interactive software that exploits the capabilities of the human perceptual system. A key challenge in information visualization is designing a cognitively useful spatial mapping of a dataset that is not inherently spatial and accompanying the mapping by interaction techniques that allow people to intuitively explore the dataset. Information visualization draws on the intellectual history of several traditions, including computer graphics, human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, semiotics, graphic design, statistical graphics, cartography, and art. The synthesis of relevant ideas from these fields with new methodologies and techniques made possible by interactive computation are critical for helping people keep pace with the torrents of data confronting them. One of the few resources increasing faster than the speed of computer hardware is the amount of data to be processed. ** Important Deadlines ** March 21, 2007 Paper Abstracts (mandatory for paper submissions) March 31, 2007 Full Papers April 30, 2007 Tutorial Proposals April 30, 2007 Workshop Proposals May 31, 2007 Panel Proposals June 30, 2007 Posters June 30, 2007 Art Exhibit Submissions July 13, 2007 Contest Entries July 31, 2007 Interactive Demos Sept 15, 2007 Birds of a Feather ------------ PAPERS Abstracts due (mandatory): March 21, 2007 Full papers due: March 31, 2007 Papers can be up to a maximum of eight (8) pages in length, including full-color figures throughout. We encourage the use of digital video to support the submission, particularly if part or all of the work covers interactive techniques. At least one author of an accepted paper must attend the conference to present the work, and authors will also be required to present a very brief one-minute summary of their talk at the opening papers preview session. All papers accepted at InfoVis will also appear in an issue of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). For more information on paper categories (technique, system, design study, valuation, and model) and the review process, see the InfoVis 07 site: http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2007/papers.html ------------ INTERACTIVE POSTERS Due: June 30, 2007 The InfoVis Poster Program provides a forum for researchers to present work that is in progress and not yet sufficiently mature for a regular paper submission. Posters are typically summaries of ongoing work that authors present to gain feedback from the community. In addition to having a two-page article in the Conference Compendium, authors will create a large poster summarizing their work and will be available to discuss it during the scheduled evening conference reception and poster session. Accepted poster summaries will be included electronically on the IEEE Vis/InfoVis 2007 Conference DVD, placed on the official InfoVis web site, and also distributed in a hardcopy compendium to all symposium and conference attendees. At least one author of an accepted poster must attend the conference to present the work at the evening poster session, and authors will also be required to present a one-minute summary of their work at a posters preview session earlier in that day. For details on format and electronic submission of posters and optional accompanying digital video, see: http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2007/posters.html ------------- ART EXHIBIT Due: June 30, 2007 Traditionally the tool of the statistician and engineer, information visualization has increasingly become a powerful new medium for artists and designers as well. Owing in part to the mainstreaming of computer graphics and the democratization of information sources on the Internet, this new cadre of creative researchers has discovered the possibility of visualization techniques to reveal thought-provoking but otherwise hidden narratives. Often using little more than home computers and widely available programming toolkits, artists and designers have taken material evidence into their own hands and expanded the conceptual horizons of information visualization as a mode of artistic practice and critical inquiry. The IEEE InfoVis Art Exhibit examines the merging of artistic intention and visualization technique. We seek artworks that reveal information patterns in aesthetic, provocative and innovative ways. The goal of the exhibit is to prompt viewers towards greater introspection about what information is worth visualizing and why. The InfoVis Art Exhibit will consider the following types of work: * Interactive CD/DVD-ROM work * Interactive web-based work * Printed artwork Interactive pieces should run on a standard computer configuration (Windows Operating System, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive, 1024 x 768 pixel monitor resolution) as such systems will be available at the exhibit. If both standalone and networked versions of interactive projects are available, please send standalone versions. Accepted art submissions will be included and/or documented electronically on the IEEE Vis/InfoVis 2007 Conference DVD, exhibited during InfoVis, and summarized in a hardcopy compendium distributed to all conference attendees. For instructions on how to submit your work, see the submission page at: http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2007/art_exhibit.html --------------------------------- CONTEST Due: July 13, 2007 Contest Dataset and Tasks: http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2007/contest.html Following last year's U.S. Census 2000 data, the InfoVis Contest "goes to the movies." The goal of the contest is to promote the development of benchmarks for information visualization, establish a forum to promote evaluation methods, and encourage creativity and utility. The data set consists of data about Hollywood movies, including actors, actresses, awards, and similar. This years focus is on the design aspects of the visualization in addition to its exploratory and analytical aspects, and entrants are encouraged to augment the data set with any publicly available data. Contest entries will be submitted as a two (2) page summary, a video and accompanying materials. All accepted entry materials will be made available online after the conference. At least one author of an accepted entry must attend the conference to present the work. Authors of first place entries will present their work during the main contest session. Authors of second place entries will present their work during the poster session. Duplicate submissions should *not* be made to both the poster and contest categories. ------------------------------- TUTORIALS, WORKSHOPS, PANELS, INTERACTIVE DEMOS, BoF We encourage submissions about InfoVis-related topics to any of the categories listed above. Due dates vary, and can be found earlier in this message. For more details on each of these categories, please see the main InfoVis Conference web page at: http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2007/