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<p><font size="3" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri"><b>Call for Papers</b></font><br>
<font size="3" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri"><b>1</b></font><font size="3" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri"><b><sup>st</sup></b></font><font size="3" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri"><b> International Symposium on Big Data Visual Analytics (BDVA)</b></font><br>
<font size="3" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri">22-25</font><font size="3" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri"><sup>th</sup></font><font size="3" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri"> September 2015, CSIRO, Hobart, Australia </font><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri">In the last decade Big Data Analytics has become a major decision support factor in industry and government organisations. Visual Analytics is the enabling science for effective exploration of big data through meaningful visualisations and interactive user interfaces. Understanding the multidisciplinary nature, including user querying, powerful analytics, machine learning, visualisation, human-computer interaction, perception and cognition, is critical for Visual Analytics to be effectively deployed.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>BDVA’15 </b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">The symposium will be held at the beautiful Hobart harbour site of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) on 22-25</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><sup>th</sup></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"> September 2015. BDVA’15 will host an exciting programme with internationally renowned keynote speakers, special sessions, and a day of complimentary hands-on workshops. BDVA’15 will be the first of its kind with the aims to </font>
<ul style="padding-left: 36pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri">- bring together leading experts from all relevant scientific domains to advance the understanding of visual analytics of complex, big, and dynamic data;</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- provide an exciting venue for researchers to network and establish national and international collaborations; and</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- provide early career scientists with an inspiring event allowing them to connect to relevant experts in the field.</font></ul>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>SCOPE</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">The symposium will accept a range of manuscript types, including methods, systems, applications, evaluation techniques and theoretical work in the area of Visual Analytics. The scientific scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to:</font>
<ul style="padding-left: 36pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri">- Visual Analytics of High-dimensional and Spatio-temporal Data</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Scientific and Information Visualisation</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Machine Learning and Data Mining for Big Data Visual Analytics </font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Visual Representation and Interaction</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Perception and Cognition of Visual Information</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Analytical Reasoning and Sense-making on Big Data</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Context-driven User Querying</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Semantics-driven Visual Analytics</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Evaluation Methods for Visual Analytics</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Visual Analytics Algorithms and Foundations</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- High Performance Graphics for Visualisation</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Advanced Technologies and Applications for Visual Analytics</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Virtual and Augmented Reality for Visual Analytics</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Art and Science for Visual Analytics</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Big Data Management, Transformation, and Presentation</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Visual Analytics Processes and Workflows</font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">- Simulation for Visual Analytics</font></ul>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>SUBMISSION INFORMATION</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished papers of up to </font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>8 pages </b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri">according to the guidelines on the conference website. The conference proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore. It is a condition of publication that accepted papers are presented by one of the authors. Presenters of accepted papers must register before the camera ready deadline to avoid withdrawal from the conference proceedings and programme. </font><br>
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<font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri"><b>IMPORTANT DATES</b></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri">Submission of regular papers closes: </font><font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri"><b>5</b></font><font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri"><b><sup>th</sup></b></font><font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri"><b> June 2015</b></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri">Early bird registration closes: </font><font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri"><b>15</b></font><font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri"><b><sup>th</sup></b></font><font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri"><b> August 2015</b></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri">BDVA’15 Symposium: </font><font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri"><b>22-25</b></font><font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri"><b><sup>th</sup></b></font><font size="2" color="#C00000" face="Calibri"><b> September 2015</b></font><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>FURTHER INFORMATION </b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">For further information please visit the BDVA’15 website:</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b> </b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>www.bdva.net</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Calibri">Please email any queries concerning BDVA’15 to:</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b> info@bdva.net</b></font><br>
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