<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-7c394450-6978-b013-6be1-0955f1891b20"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">IEEE VIS 2017 is the premier forum for advances in visualization. The event-packed week, October 1-6, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona, brings together researchers and practitioners from academia, government, and industry to explore their shared interests in tools, techniques, and technology. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">===============</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Tutorials</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">===============</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Submission deadline: April 24, 2017 - **Note the new deadline**</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Tutorials are intended to cover a wide selection of topics related to visualization and provide background on techniques, tools and application domains relevant for visualization. Submissions consist of a three-page outline of your proposed tutorial.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">For details, visit </span><a href="http://ieeevis.org/year/2017/info/call-participation/tutorials" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://ieeevis.org/year/2017/info/call-participation/tutorials</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Contact: </span><a href="mailto:tutorials@ieeevis.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">tutorials@ieeevis.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">===============</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">VAHC 2017 (8th Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">===============</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Submission deadline: May 1, 2017 </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">The VAHC workshop brings together medical experts, leading scientists, and visionaries to discuss visualization techniques that can be applied to healthcare data and discuss the areas of healthcare that need more attention from the visualization and visual data mining communities. The workshop will allow participants to showcase their ongoing work on visual analytics of healthcare-related data through podium, posters, or demo presentations as well as to learn more about emerging techniques, software applications, and datasets.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">For details, visit </span><a href="http://www.visualanalyticshealthcare.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://www.visualanalyticshealthcare.org/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Contact: </span><a href="mailto:vahc.sig@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">vahc.sig@gmail.com</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">===============</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Doctoral Colloquium</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">===============</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Submission deadline: May 15, 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">The doctoral colloquium is a forum for PhD Students to present their proposed dissertation work and receive feedback from leading senior visualization researchers. We invite contributions from the visual analytics, information visualization, and scientific visualization student communities. The call is open to all PhD students, regardless of whether they are presenting research work at the main conference. Preference will be given to students who are in the process of formulating their dissertation topic or who have just formulated a dissertation topic. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">For details, visit </span><a href="http://ieeevis.org/year/2017/info/call-participation/doctoral-colloquium" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://ieeevis.org/year/2017/info/call-participation/doctoral-colloquium</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Contact: </span><a href="mailto:doctoral_coll@ieeevis.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">doctoral_coll@ieeevis.org</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">===============</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Student Volunteers - T-shirt design</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">===============</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Submission deadline: June 15, 2017</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Back for the third year, Student Volunteers can design the T-Shirt they will receive at the conference! In order to participate in the contest, you need to be eligible to be a Student Volunteer at VIS this year and submit a T-Shirt design before the June 15 deadline. The winner will automatically be selected to be a Student Volunteer on top of being acknowledged for designing the T-Shirt. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">For details, visit</span><a href="http://www.vissv.org/shirtcontest.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">www.vissv.org/shirtcontest.html</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Contact: </span><a href="mailto:visweeksvchairs@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">visweeksvchairs@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">===============</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Posters</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">===============</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Submission deadline: June 16, 2017</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">The poster program offers a timely venue to present and discuss new visualization research through a forum that encourages graphical presentation, demonstration and active engagement with IEEE VIS participants. Submissions consist of a two-page summary of your work. Interactive poster sessions will provide a forum for presenting your work and discussing new ideas with your peers. Live demos and videos are encouraged. Posters will be displayed throughout IEEE VIS and the summary will be published in the electronic conference proceedings (USB memory stick distributed to conference attendants). One presenter per poster will be eligible for the reduced conference rate for authors.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">For details, visit </span><a href="http://ieeevis.org/year/2017/info/call-participation/posters" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://ieeevis.org/year/2017/info/call-participation/posters</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Contact: </span><a href="mailto:posters@ieeevis.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">posters@ieeevis.org</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">===============</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr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