Call for Papers VINCI 2013 - 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 17-18 August 2013 http://se.tju.edu.cn/vinci2013 Conference proceedings published by ACM Press and archived in the ACM Digital Library within its International Conference Proceedings Series. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of appropriate journals including the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC) and International Journal of Software and Informatics (IJSI). The 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI) is a multi-disciplinary conference that provides a forum for researchers, artists, designers, and industrial practitioners to discuss the state of the art in visual communication theories, designs, and applications. VINCI has been previously held in Shanghai, China (VINCI'2008), Sydney, Australia (VINCI'2009), Beijing, China (VINCI'2010), Hong Kong (VINCI'2011), and Hangzhou, China (VINCI'2012). VINCI 2013 will be held on August 17 and 18 in the beautiful city of Tianjin, China. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS We are soliciting high quality research papers reporting on original research as well as system development experiences across a wide spectrum of interests and disciplines, including computer science, design, arts, sociology, anthropology and psychology. We are particularly interested in work that bridges the divide between technology, art and design. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Area 1: Visualization methodologies * Information visualization * Graph drawing and visualization * Cognitive aspects of visual information comprehension * Visual metaphors and symbols * Usability or empirical study of new visual metaphors * Design theory in the digital age * Aesthetics in visual communication and digital media * Interaction methods (touch-based, haptic, vision-based, multi-modality) Area 2: Visualization applications * Visual Analytics * Sketching * Graphical user interface design * Software visualization * Visual approaches to knowledge discovery * Visual programming and modeling languages * Visualization on mobile devices * Animation * Game design Area 3: Visual design & art * Interaction design * Interactive art * Infographie and data-driven art * Virtual actors * Interactive storytelling * Augmented reality and its applications * Computational (or digital) aesthetics * Wearable computers * Ubiquitous / responsive environments * Entertainment technology PAPER SUBMISSION Submissions that address research and development on the above and other related topics are strongly encouraged. The scientific quality of contributed papers will be ensured by a rigorous review process, that will involve all members of the Program Committee. Papers may be up to 10 pages long and should be in ACM archival format. Accepted papers will be published by ACM Press and made available in the ACM Digital Library, as has been the case in previous years. Like VINCI 2010, 2011 and 2012 papers, accepted VINCI 2013 papers will be EI-indexed. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of appropriate journals including the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC) and International Journal of Software and Informatics (IJSI).Papers must be written in English. POSTERS, DEMOS AND VIDEOS VINCI 2013 offers a timely venue for artists, designers, industrial practitioners and researchers to present their ongoing projects, discuss innovative ideas and new problems or applications, and gain feedback from the community about their work. Authors will have a chance to give a short presentation at the demonstration session to discuss work and interact with the audience. Submissions can be made in the following form: * Posters: Submit a two-page paper describing work on topics listed above. Authors of accepted posters are required to bring a large hardcopy poster for display. Posters have no predefined formatting, but the dimensions may not exceed A0 paper size (841mm X 1189mm). Posters are not considered archival publications and thus can have subsequent full papers submitted to other conferences or journals. * Demos: Submit a one-page paper describing the system to be demonstrated. The live demo is limited to 20 minutes. Presenters should provide their own equipment if needed. * Videos: Submit a one-page paper describing a pre-captured movie in standard formats. The video demo is limited to 20 minutes. Presenters can show and narrate the videos. IMPORTANT DATES (*updated*) Paper submission: May 7, 2013 Notification of decision: June 7, 2013 Camera-ready copy: June 22, 2013 Conference: August 17-18, 2013 GENERAL CHAIRS Jiawan Zhang, Tianjin University, China jwzhang@tju.edu.cn Gennaro Costagliola, University of Salerno, Italy gencos@unisa.it PROGRAM CHAIR Robert P. Biuk-Aghai, University of Macau, Macau robertb@umac.mo PUBLICITY CHAIR Yi Zhang, Tianjin University, China yizhang@tju.edu.cn PROGRAM COMMITTEE Stephen Brooks, Dalhousie University, Canada Jian Chen, University of Maryland, USA Li Chen, Tsinghua University, China Wei Chen, Zhejiang University, China Shiwei Cheng, Zhejiang University of Technology, China Gennaro Costagliola, Universita di Salerno, Italy Phil Cox, Dalhousie University, Canada Weiwei Cui, Microsoft Research Asia, China Paul Fishwick, University of Florida, USA Scott Hessels, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Masahito Hirakawa, Shimane University, Japan Seok-Hee Hong, University of Sydney, Australia Maolin Huang, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Weidong Huang, CSIRO, Australia Xiaodi Huang, Charles Sturt University, Australia Takayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu University, Japan Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, Sweden Jun Kong, North Dakota State University, USA Machiko Kusahara, Waseda University, Japan Aidong Lu, UNC Charlotte, USA Roger Malina, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Ryohei Nakatsu, National University of Singapore, Singapore Quang Vinh Nguyen, University of Western Sydney, Australia Yoshihiro Okada, Kyushu University, Japan Francois Poulet, IRISA, France Lei Ren, Beihang University, China Akihiko Shirai, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan Guanglei Song, eBay, USA Hongzhi Song, South China Agricultural University, China Zhengxing Sun, Nanjing University, China Linmi Tao, Tsinghua University, China Dongxing Teng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Hongan Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Junhu Wang, Griffith University, Australia Xiaoyu Wang, University of North Carolina, USA Hidenori Watanave, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Yingcai Wu, UC Davis, USA Yu-Bin Yang, Nanjing University, China Xiaoru Yuan, Peking University, China Kang Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Xiaolong Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, USA Ye Zhao, Kent State University, USA Sam Zheng, Siemens Corporate Research, USA