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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US">Dear visualization and image processing experts,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US">This is to remind you, that submissions for the 8^th<span> </span>Karl-Heinz-Höhne<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">Award</span><span> </span>will be due next week, February 12th 2018. The award recognizes outstanding work in the area of visual computing with applications in biology and medicine.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US">Besides 'glory and honor', the top winners of this biannual  competition will receive in total 1.000 EUR, donated by the BrainLAB AG.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US">The price will be<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">awarded</span><span> </span>by the working group “Visual Computing in Biology and Medicine” of the German society for computer science (“Deutsche Gesellschaft für Informatik, GI”) during the  Workshop for Visual Computing in Biology and Medicine (VCBM),<span> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">April, 12 2018</span></span>, in Ulm, Germany.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US">Please submit innovative results focusing on visualization or user interaction with a clear application in biology and medicine.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US">Please find further information and submission details here:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.fg-medvis.de/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=medvisaward" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.fg-<span class="gmail-il">medvis</span>.de/<wbr>dokuwiki/doku.php?id=<wbr>medvisaward</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US">Applicants should not have defended their doctoral thesis before the submission deadline. Students or graduates with a diploma/master or even an outstanding bachelor thesis, completed after the previous<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">Award</span><span> </span>submission deadline (April 2016), or with up to two publications (published or to be reviewed) in this area are also invited to submit their work.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US">Please also remind or even encourage your colleagues or students to participate!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US">With best regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US">Timo Ropinski & Anja Hennemuth<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px"><span lang="EN-US">(<span class="gmail-il">Medvis</span><span> </span><span class="gmail-il">Award</span><span> </span>2018 Co-Chairs)</span></p>


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