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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>this is the</span><span lang=EN-US> *<b>FINAL</b>*</span><span lang=en-AT> Call for Papers for the Workshop on Visual Analytics in<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Healthcare (VAHC) (in conjunction with IEEE VIS 2023)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Website: <a href="http://www.visualanalyticshealthcare.org">http://www.visualanalyticshealthcare.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>The submission deadline is July 17, 2023, creating an opportunity to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>showcase late-breaking research results on Visual Analytics in Healthcare.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>CALL FOR PAPERS:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>The 2023 Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare (VAHC 2023) is the 14th<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>annual workshop that provides an opportunity for participants to discuss<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>state-of-the-art interactive visual data analysis techniques and review how<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>such techniques can be applied to healthcare data. The primary objective of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>the workshop is to bring together leading VIS designers, scientists, medical<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>experts, and visionaries to discuss: a) interactive data visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>techniques that can be applied to healthcare data, b) areas of healthcare<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>that need more attention from visualization and visual data analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>research, and c) emerging research trends, visualization techniques,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>software applications, benchmarks, and open datasets. The workshop will<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>enable presenters to showcase their ongoing work through oral presentations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>and system demos, either as video supplemental material or live demos during<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>the workshop to be arranged with the organizers for maximum visibility. In<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>years past, demos of prototype and/or production visual analytics software<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>have been particularly well received, and paper submitters are encouraged to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>submit a companion demo proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>BEST PAPERS:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>VAHC assigns Best Paper and Honorable Mention awards. The awards entail a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>certificate and recognition on the VAHC website. This year, we also plan to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>invite authors of high-quality papers to submit a revised and extended<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>version to an internationally recognized scientific journal (t.b.a. soon).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>The topic of this special issue will be ?Interactive Visualization of Health<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Data for Digital and Personal Health?. The review process will seek to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>assign the same reviewers for previously accepted VAHC papers. Watch out for<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>details in our second call for papers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>TOPICS AND SCOPE:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>We welcome discussions of the use of visual approaches, interaction design,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>statistical methods, and machine learning for healthcare data analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Participants may address the needs of various user groups, including (but<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>not limited to) patients, clinical researchers, epidemiologists, public<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>health analysts, physicians, hospital-based quality assurance officers, and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>insurance claim analysts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>The 2023 Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare will cover a range of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>topics on the design, implementation, deployment, evaluation, and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>abstraction of visual analytics methods, including (but not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Clinical care<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Prescription drugs and drug-drug interactions <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Multi-omic datasets <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Longitudinal clinical data <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Visual data mining of EMRs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Specific treatment contexts, emergency department, patient safety,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>mental health.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Clinical workflows<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Outcome forecasting or prediction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Explainable AI and ML in healthcare <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Digital health and personal health<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Mobile health<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Wearable devices' data control and processing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Telehealth and telemedicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Personalized medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Patient-related applications:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Patient-generated health data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Understanding of patient behavior and experience <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Patient education <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Physician-patient communication <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Public health data:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Pandemic forecasting and tracking <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Learning from crises with visualization <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT> - Public health surveillance systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>PAPER SUBMISSION AND FORMAT GUIDELINES:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>VAHC 2023 will have a new paper format!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>We will accept short papers with up to six pages plus one page of references<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>(6+1).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>We encourage a diverse range of submissions and demonstrations from<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>academia, healthcare organizations, and industry in any of the short paper<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>types listed below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Application papers (format: 6+1)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Research papers (format: 6+1)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Positions and system demo papers (format 2+1) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Posters (format: 2+1 abstract and A0 poster)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Accepted application papers and research papers will be published in the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>IEEE Xplore digital library. Accepted system demo papers and posters will be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>included in the VAHC proceedings and made available via IEEE VIS for digital<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>download. We remind you that at least one author of each accepted paper is<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>expected to be in person at the workshop to present. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>All accepted types of submissions will have the chance for an oral<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>presentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Demo: Every system demo paper may be accompanied by a video demo submission<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>All material will be submitted via the Precision Conference System (PCS):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><a href="https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login?society=vgtc">https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login?society=vgtc</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>For all submissions, please use the VGTC conference-style template:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><a href="http://ieeevis.org/year/2021/info/call-participation/shortpapers">http://ieeevis.org/year/2021/info/call-participation/shortpapers</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Contact vahc.sig at gmail.com if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>IMPORTANT DATES:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Deadline for submission: July 17, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Notification of acceptance: August 14, 2023 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Camera-ready papers due: August 28, 2023 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>VAHC 2023 workshop: October 22 or 23, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>JOIN OUR MAILING LIST:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Visit <a href="http://www.visualanalyticshealthcare.org">http://www.visualanalyticshealthcare.org</a> to join our mailing list.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>ORGANIZERS:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>General Chair - Jurgen Bernard, University of Zurich<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Co-Chair - Annie T. Chen, University of Washington<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Co-Chair - Danny T.Y. Wu, University of Cincinnati<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>PAPER CHAIRS:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Alessio Arleo, Vienna University of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Swaminathan Kandaswamy, Emory University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=en-AT>Karthik Adapa, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-AT style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-AT style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Alessio Arleo, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Faculty of Informatics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Institute of Visual Computing & Human-Centered Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Favoritenstrasse 9-11 /193-07<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>A-1040 Vienna, Austria, Europe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>email: </span><span lang=en-AT><a href="mailto:alessio.arleo@tuwien.ac.at"><span lang=IT style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none'>alessio.arleo@tuwien.ac.at</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>url: </span><span lang=en-AT><a href="https://alessioarleo.com"><span lang=IT style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none'>https://alessioarleo.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>phone: +43-1-58801-188211<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>=================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>