*** Call for Papers *** ---------------------------- BELIV’06 - AVI 2006 Workshop ---------------------------- BEyond time and errors: novel evaLuation methods for Information Visualization Held in conjunction with *AVI Advanced Visual Interfaces* International Working Conference May, 23 2006 - Venice, ITALY WORKSHOP WEBSITE http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~beliv06 DESCRIPTION Controlled experiments remain the workhorse of evaluation but there is a growing sense that information visualization systems need new methods of evaluation, from longitudinal field studies, insight based evaluation and other metrics adapted to the perceptual aspects of visualization as well as the exploratory nature of discovery. We solicit position and research papers discussing proposed new information visualization evaluation methods e.g. new ways of conducting user studies, definition and assessment of infovis effectiveness through the formal characterization of perceptual and cognitive tasks and insights, definition of quality criteria and metrics. Case study and survey papers are also welcomed when clearly presenting general guidelines, practical advices, and lessons learned. DATES Deadline for submissions: March 12, 2006 Notification of acceptance: March 27, 2006 Camera ready papers due: April 24, 2006 Workshop: May 23, 2006 HOW TO PARTICIPATE We solicit position and research papers up to 6 pages (less is fine). All the submissions should be formatted according to the guidelines used for the papers of the main conference. Suitable templates can be downloaded from: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Submission should be either in PDF (preferred) or Word format and uploaded to the review system accessible from the following url: http://www.programchair.com/BELIV06/. For any questions contact Enrico Bertini at: bertini@dis.uniroma1.it. ******************************** Accepted papers will be revised after the workshop and published in the ACM Digital Library ******************************** A possible outcome of the workshop is to organize a special issue on the topic for the Information Visualization Journal. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics include, but are not limited to: • Utility characterization and evaluation • Quality criteria • Metrics • Insight characterization • Synthetic data set generation • Taxonomies of tasks • Benchmark development and repositories • Longitudinal case studies • Adoption ORGANIZERS Enrico Bertini Dip. di Informatica e Sistemistica University of Rome “La Sapienza” bertini@dis.uniroma1.it Catherine Plaisant HCIL/UMIACS University of Maryland plaisant@cs.umd.edu Giuseppe Santucci Dip. di Informatica e Sistemistica University of Rome “La Sapienza” santucci@dis.uniroma1.it PROGRAM COMMITTEE Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Margaret Burnett (Oregon State University, USA) Tiziana Catarci (University of Rome, Italy) Chaomei Chen (Drexel University, USA) Luca Chittaro (University of Udine, Italy) Maria Francesca Costabile (University of Bari, Italy) Mary Czerwinski (Microsoft Research, USA) Alan Dix (University of Lancaster, UK) Jean Daniel Fekete (INRIA, France) George Grinstein (UMass, USA) Stephen Kimani (University of Rome, Italy) Chris North (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA) George Robertson (Microsoft Research, USA) Ben Shneiderman (Maryland University, USA) John Stasko (Georgia Tech, USA)