<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>I hope this will be of interest to many— please note that there is the possibility of travel support!</div><div><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Evaluation of Visual Analytics Workshop</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Call for Participation</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Where: UCSD – San Diego, CA</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">When: May 20<sup>th</sup> – 21<sup>st</sup>, 2014 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify">In many mission-critical applications, evaluation of a visual analytics (VA) technique is essential, but challenging. The factors contributing to the difficulties may include the following:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>It is usually inappropriate or impractical for VA researchers to obtain authentic data, observe real operations, or seek detailed explanation from actual users. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Many mission-critical applications have to deal with unexpected scenarios. Therefore, part of evaluation may have to address the adaptability of the technique for previously unknown or poorly defined tasks. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Controlled user studies often over-abstract real world scenarios in order to minimize confounding effects, while relying on participants who do not have the same knowledge and skills as the intended users. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Usability evaluation is often based on the users' present understanding of the technique and their satisfaction here and now, forgetting the training needs for users to work with any new technology, especially novel techniques.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify">If we think of VA as an aspect of computer science, we then ask how human input might best be used to choose an algorithm or restrict the parameters of a model to generate a better/different solution. A science of mixed initiative human-computing systems would not localize cognition in either the human or the algorithm, but would propose an emergent distributed cognitive system that bridges human and computational processes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify">In this workshop, the participants will contribute a variety of solutions that may be able to address the aforementioned difficulties, compile the merits of different schools of thought, map out the scope of evaluation beyond the conventional methodologies, and simulate new research directions, efforts, and opportunities for collaboration.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify">If you would like to participate in this workshop, please submit the following items by <a name="OLE_LINK3"></a><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a>April 30, 2014:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>500 word statement regarding which problem stated above you would like to focus on, and what expertise you bring to this exploration<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Current 2-page CV<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Funding support needed to participate (full travel, partial travel funds – specify). VACCINE has funding to support some travel and lodging costs.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Organizers: Brian Fisher, Min Chen, Sheelagh Carpendale, David Kirsch, David Ebert<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><br><style><!--
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