Dear colleagues, Upon requests, we have extended the submission deadline to June 8 2018. Please also find detailed submission instructions below (my fault for not including these before.) ——————— Use-Inspired Basic Research in Immersive Analytics https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/6416/use-inspired-immersive-anal... *New* submission deadline: June 8 2018 About this Research Topic: ———————————————————————— Immersive analytics (IA) investigates how new interaction and display technologies can be used to support analytical reasoning and decision making. Here immersion is regarded as an objective measure of the quality of the system’s technology, a measure of the extent to which the system presents a vivid environment, be it high-fidelity rendering or not, tracked or not, and stereoscopic or not. As a result, large high-resolution displays and the entire spectrum of mixed reality (MR) and ubiquitous computing all introduce opportunities to facilitate analytical reasoning and thus fall into the immersive analytics paradigm. This Research Topic is dedicated to "use-inspired basic research in immersive analytics" where a real-world problem shapes the design and studies. We encourage the discussions on intriguing issues of persuasive power of communications utilizing immersive display technologies, understanding the multifarious symbiosis relationships between humans and computing, and how best display and interaction can be used not only as a mechanism to conceive and communicate reality or how a set of visual variables can be encoded, but a means for influence, a way to persuade viewers to share that reality or at least to act in accordance with it. The consequences for design will be more powerful if immersiveanalytics can alter human assessments of and actions on their data. We are also interested in the building blocks of thought and crucial insights to be gained from the underlying structure of mental activities: the brain’s operations, which is perhaps the great remaining mysteries of human-computer integrated analytical reasoning. We like to explore how visual aids can link seemingly unrelated actions and events and how embodiment and new metaphors shape our minds and thinking, inspired by real-world uses. Important Submission Requirements ———————————————————————— - Abstract submission is optional. The maximum allowed word count for the abstract is 350 words. - The (new) full paper submission deadline is on June 8 and the maximum allowed word count for the body text is 12000 words. - Resubmissions encouraged - authors are encouraged to include reviews and responses for previously rejected papers in their submission to this Frontiers special issue. Submission System ———————————————————————— We use the Frontiers journal submission system at: https://www.frontiersin.org/submissioninfo. The general submission guideline is online at https://www.frontiersin.org/about/author-guidelines. Frontiers Journal Format Templates ———————————————————————— Word: http://www.frontiersin.org/Design/zip/Frontiers_Word_Templates.zip LaTeX: http://www.frontiersin.org/design/zip/Frontiers_LaTeX_Templates.zip Step-by-Step Instructions: ———————————————————————— - Go onto https://www.frontiersin.org/submissioninfo. - Under “Select Submission Type”, please choose “Submit a manuscript to a Frontiers Journal.” - Under “Journal Info”, use “Engineering” for “Select Domain”, “Robotics and AI” for “Select Field.” and then select the article type (we accept all types including the original research and reviews). - Most importantly, please select “This article is part of a Research topic”. - Under the Research Topic screen, please choose “User-inspired immersive analytics.” Special Issue Editors: ———————————————————————— Benjamin Bach, University of Edinburgh Doug A. Bowman, Virginia Tech Jian Chen, The Ohio State University Steven M. Drucker, Microsoft Research Tim Dwyer, Monash University Brian Fisher, Simon Fraser University Arie Kaufman, Stony Brook University Karsten Klein, Monash University Liz Marai, University of Illinois at Chicago Kim Marriott, Monash University Dieter Schmalstieg, Graz University of Technology Falk Schreiber, Monash University Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Simon Fraser University Hui Su, IBM Research Judith Terrill, National Institute of Standards and Technology Bruce Thomas, University of South Australia Best regards, - Jian for Arie, Benjamin, Brian, Bruce, Dieter, Doug, Falk, Hui, Karsten, Kim, Judy, Liz, Steve, Tim, and Wolfgang ————— Jian Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering The Ohio State University 2015 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210 Office phone: 614.688.1981 Fax: 614.292.2911 My web home: http://www.cse.osu.edu/~chen.8028 Lab openings: http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~chen.8028/OSUHVCL/Hiring.html