<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-f3f70264-7fff-41ab-0dfa-02884433191e"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear colleagues:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">PacificVis is pleased to seek nominations for the 2026 Early Career Researcher Award recognizing significant research contributions in the field. Nominees must have received their most recent degree within seven years prior to nomination. In addition, nominees must have previously either published in PacificVis or served on a PacificVis committee. Self-nominations are not permitted. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">To make a nomination, please use this Google Form: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://forms.gle/vFMQjyopbeoJU8ja6" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">https://forms.gle/vFMQjyopbeoJU8ja6</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">and submit the nomination by January 30, 2026.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Nominators may contact the award committee chair (<a href="mailto:klma@ucdavis.edu">klma@ucdavis.edu</a>) for any questions regarding eligibility and the nomination process.</span></p><br>Award Committee<br>Issei Fujishiro<br>Kwan-Liu Ma (Chair)<br>Xiaoru Yuan</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Kwan-Liu Ma<div>Distinguished Professor</div><div>Department of Computer Science</div><div>University of California at Davis</div><div><a href="http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~ma" target="_blank">http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~ma</a></div><div><a href="mailto:klma@ucdavis.edu" target="_blank">klma@ucdavis.edu</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>