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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US>CALL FOR POSITION PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US>International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - IVAPP 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US>Website: http://www.ivapp.visigrapp.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US>February 21 - 24, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US>Barcelona, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Important Deadlines: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Position Paper Submission (Only available for IVAPP and VISAPP Conferences): November 7, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Authors Notification (position papers): December 11, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Final Position Paper Submission and Registration: December 21, 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Sponsored by<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>INSTICC - Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>INSTICC is Member of:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>WFMC- Workflow Management Coalition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications aims at becoming a major point of contact between researchers, engineers and practitioners in Information Visualization. The conference will be structured along several topics related to Information Visualization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We welcome papers describing original work in any of the topics listed below. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques as well as general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Paper acceptance will be based on quality, relevance to the conference theme and originality. The conference program will include both oral and poster presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as technical tutorials, dedicated to technical/scientific topics, are also envisaged. Companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in lecturing a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IVAPP 2013 is part of the 7th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2013) that has 2 more conferences with very strong synergies between them, namely:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- GRAPP: International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (http://www.grapp.visigrapp.org)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- VISAPP: International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (http://www.visapp.visigrapp.org)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>These three concurrent conferences are held in parallel and registration to one warrants delegates to attend all three.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Jeffrey Ventrella, Visual Music Systems, United States<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Roberto Scopigno, VCG-ISTI, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Frank van Ham, IBM Watson Research Center, United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>PUBLICATIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>All accepted papers (full, short and posters) will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in a CCIS Series book.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC, DBLP and EI.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>AWARDS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Best paper awards will be distributed during the conference closing session.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please check the website for further information (http://www.ivapp.visigrapp.org/best_paper_awards.asp). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>CONFERENCE CHAIR<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>José Braz, Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, Portugal <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Program Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Robert S. Laramee, Swansea University, United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>CONFERENCE AREAS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>1. ABSTRACT DATA VISUALIZATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>2. GENERAL DATA VISUALIZATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>3. SPATIAL DATA VISUALIZATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>AREA 1: ABSTRACT DATA VISUALIZATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Information Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Visual Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Visual Representation and Interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Data Management and Knowledge Representation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Visual Analytical Reasoning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Mathematical Foundations of Interactive Visual Analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Display and Interaction Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Hardware-Assisted Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Databases and visualization, Visual Data Mining<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Graph Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Interface and Interaction Techniques for Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Internet, Web and Security Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Software Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> High-dimensional Data and Dimensionality Reduction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Text and Document Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>AREA 2: GENERAL DATA VISUALIZATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Knowledge-assisted Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Interpretation and Evaluation Methods<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Interactive Visual Interfaces for Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Large Data Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Perception and Cognition in Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Time-dependent Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Usability Studies and Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Visualization Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Visualization Taxonomies and Models<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Visualization Algorithms and Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Visualization Tools and Systems for Simulation and Modeling<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Glyph-based Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Collaborative Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Coordinated and Multiple Views<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>AREA 3: SPATIAL DATA VISUALIZATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Biomedical Visualization and Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Flow Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> GPU-based Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Image/Video Summarization and Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Scientific Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Multi-field Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Parallel Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Uncertainty Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Vector/Tensor Field Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Virtual Environments and Data Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Volume Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Program Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.ivapp.visigrapp.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please check further details at the conference website (http://www.ivapp.visigrapp.org).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>