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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">IEEE VGTC Visualization Pioneers Group (<a href="http://vgtc.org/content/ieee-vgtc-visualization-pioneers-group"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://vgtc.org/content/ieee-vgtc-visualization-pioneers-group</span></a>)
is collaborating with ACT (<a href="http://act.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://act.org</span></a>) this year to host the second IEEE VGTC VPG International Data-Visualization Contest. If you are a student, teacher, or parent
that cares about the state of today's education, if you think you have what it takes to solve the "perceived vs. actual student interest" mystery, please consider entering the 2015 Data Visualization Contest. The winner of the contest will receive, among other
prizes, a chance to see their work being applied to ACT's data analysis, product development, and/or marketing/promotional efforts. The submission deadline is Friday, September 11, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">Call for Participation, 2015
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">The IEEE VGTC VPG International Data-Visualization Contest</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Contest Theme: Perceived vs. Actual Student Interest</span></b></em><br>
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Collaborator and Support:
</span></b></em><a href="http://www.act.org/"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#428BCA;text-decoration:none">ACT, Inc.</span></b></em></a>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red">DEADLINE</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red">:
Friday, September 11, 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">The
<a href="http://vgtc.org/">IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC)</a> is sponsoring its second International Data-Visualization Contest to recognize outstanding design in visualization and visual analytics from around the world. The 2015
contest theme is “<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Perceived vs. Actual Student Interest</span></strong>.” The contest will be administrated by the
<a href="http://vgtc.org/content/ieee-vgtc-visualization-pioneers-group">IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group (VPG)</a> under the auspices of IEEE VGTC and in collaboration with
<a href="http://www.act.org/">ACT</a>, Inc. (ACT is a non-profit organization in the education readiness assessment sector.) The awards will be announced at the IEEE VPG Reception to be held at the
<a href="http://ieeevis.org/">IEEE VIS 2015</a> conference. You are not required to attend either the VIS 2015 conference or the VPG reception to participate in the contest.
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<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333">Contest Challenge: Perceived vs. Actual Student Interest</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">The importance of selecting and pursuing a major or career that fits a student’s interests and passions cannot be overstated.
ACT’s research has shown that over time, students tend to declare the same or similar majors in their first year of college as their indicated planned major. However, ACT also has data regarding students’ measured—rather than self-reported—interests and has
developed a “fit index” that can help accurately predict success based on their fit with selected or intended majors.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">VPG’s contest challenge is to develop a visual representation of
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Interest Perceived vs. Actual</span></em> data that helps to relate the complexities of how students’ measured interests match with their indicated plans, declared majors, or their persistence into their
sophomore year. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Which majors are most affected by the influx/outflux of students?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Which majors have had an increase or decrease in measured interest over time?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Which majors have experienced differences in follow-through of students over time?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Interested parties can read relevant literature online, such as
<a href="http://www.act.org/emtrends/12/interestmajor.html">http://www.act.org/emtrends/12/interestmajor.html</a> and start planning their contest entries.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">Contest Data
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/2015/student_flow_aggregated_file.csv">CSV data file</a> (corrected July
17, 2015 - "15-Jan" was changed to "1-15")<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/2015/student_flow_aggregated_file.xlsx">XLSX data file</a> (same as CSV,
but in Excel format)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/2015/student_flow_aggregated_data_file_summary.pdf">PDF File Summary</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/2015/student_flow_aggregated_field_descriptions.pdf">PDF Field Descriptions</a>
(added July 16, 2015)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Clarification to the description for the HighestLevel2 field: It is the category that contains the major that best fits
the results of the student's interest inventory, which is taken only once. This field allows you to compare a student's high interest-major and the major they actually choose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></h4>
<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333">Eligibility</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">All visualization and visual analytics designers, developers, researchers, and practitioners from business, academia,
and government sectors around the world are eligible to participate. Submissions cannot promote a commercial product.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333">Submission Limitation</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Contestants may be lead author on no more than three submissions to the 2015 contest. They may be a co-author of any
number of submissions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333">Submission Deadline</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Contest packets must be received by
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">5 p.m. PDT on Friday, September 11, 2015</span></strong> to qualify for the 2015 contest.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333">Selection Procedure</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">All active
<a href="http://vgtc.org/content/vpg-members">IEEE VPG members</a> who do not make a submission to the contest will be invited to participate in the first-round review. The top contest submissions from this first-round review will undergo a second round of
reviews conducted by five distinguished IEEE VPG members representing different backgrounds, who will be chosen jointly by the VGTC and VPG chairs. The five-member selection committee will thoroughly review and assess the top contest submissions. The chair
of the selection committee will submit his or her recommendation for best visualization to the IEEE VGTC chair by Friday, Oct 16, 2015.
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<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333">Contest Award</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Along with a certificate, VPG will give a check for $100 USD to the winner in each of the following categories:
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Most practical<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Most original<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">One or more surprise categories in areas determined by the committee after reviewing the submissions.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Submissions will be considered in all categories and may win more than one award. Perhaps most importantly, winners
in all categories will have a chance to see their work being applied to ACT’s data analysis, product development, and/or marketing/promotional efforts.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">The 2015 contest accepts only static visualizations in the form of an image. Contest participants should email the submission
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