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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Dear colleagues,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">We would like to invite you to contribute to:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">VisGap - The Gap between Visualization Research and Visualization Software</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">(co-located with EuroVis 2021) June 14th, 2021, online / Zurich, Switzerland</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Over the years, many visualization methods and tools have been developed and published by the visualization research community. However, most
of these are prototypes and never reach a state that can be reliably used by the target audience, e.g., domain scientists. Also, availability of these prototypes as source code or at least as executables is still the exception rather than the norm. The VisGap
Symposium aims to shed a light on this gap between research and practical applicability, examine the obstacles every researcher faces, and propose solutions to overcome this problem as a community.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">VisGap’21 aims at gathering experts from all over the visualization community in order to advance the way our field works with software, sustains
software, and values the effort our members put into developing said software.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">We solicit papers with 4-8 pages, with an additional page allowed for references. All submissions must be original works that have not been published
previously in any conference proceedings, magazine, journal, or edited book or must present a substantial extension of previous work (at least 30%). Papers must be submitted through PCS (https://new.precisionconference.com/). All submissions will undergo a
single-blind, single-stage peer review process. Accepted papers will be published by the Eurographics Association, and be stored in the Eurographics Digital Library. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and participate in the VisGap'21
workshop to present their work.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Topics include, but are not limited to:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">- Requirements for successful visualization in applications in general</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">- Domain-specific requirements for visualizations</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">- Reflections on the research community and the visualization software ecosystem</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">- Incentives and funding for developing/maintaining visualization research software</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">- Legal requirements (e.g., licensing, certification) for visualizations in applications</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">- Case studies of (un)successful visualization solutions in applications</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">- Requirements for novel visualization libraries</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Important Dates</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Paper Submission Deadline: March 10, 2021</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Notification of Acceptance: April 10, 2021</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Camera-ready Deadline: April 24, 2021</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Workshop Date: June 14, 2021</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">More info:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">https://visgap.gitlab.io/visgap21/</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Organizers and Contact</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Christina Gillmann, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Michael Krone, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Guido Reina, University of Stuttgart, Germany</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Thomas Wischgoll, Wright State University, Dayton, USA </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">If you have any questions, please contact us:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">mailto: visgap@googlegroups.com</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Submission</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Please submit your short and full papers via PCS (Deadline: March 10, 2021):</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">https://new.precisionconference.com/ (Society: Eurographics / Conference/Journal: VisGap 2021) </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Please follow the VisGap’21 guidelines for writing the paper. You can find more info here and templates below:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">https://visgap.gitlab.io/visgap21/#papers</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">https://visgap.gitlab.io/visgap21/files/egPublStyle-VisGap-2021.zip</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Best regards,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"> Christina Gillmann, Michael Krone, Guido Reina, Thomas Wischgoll</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">VisGap'21 Organizing Committee</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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