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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We wanted to inform you that the paper submission deadline for the 10th Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2026) has been extended.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Extended Submission deadline: *Mar 05, 2026*<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For more details, please visit: https://www.etvis-workshop.org/etvis-2026<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<br>
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<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kuno Kurzhals (University of Stuttgart, Germany)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michael Burch (University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">**************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Tenth Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS 2026)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> June 1st - June 4th, 2026, Marrakech - Morocco<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> in conjunction with ACM ETRA 2026<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> https://etra.acm.org/2026/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">**************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Contact: etvis.workshop@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">**************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">IMPORTANT DATES (deadlines updated!) (AoE - Anywhere on Earth)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● Submission Due: Mar 05, 2026 (DEADLINE EXTENDED)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● Notification: Mar 23, 2026 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● Camera Ready: Mar 30, 2026<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All accepted papers will be published by ACM.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_____________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ACM's TRANSITION TO FULL OPEN ACCESS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_____________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">** Important update on ACM's new open access publishing model for 2026 ACM Conferences **<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Starting January 1, 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With over 2,600 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences (currently, around 76%).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open will need to pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial waiver.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open and review https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/policy-on-discretionary-open-access-apc-waivers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Keep in mind that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy for 2026 to ease the transition and allow more time for institutions to join ACM Open.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The subsidy will offer:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● $250 APC for ACM/SIG members<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● $350 for non-members<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This represents a 65% discount, funded directly by ACM.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This temporary subsidized pricing will apply to all conferences scheduled for 2026.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">______<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SCOPE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">______<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Broadly, this workshop considers the intersection of eye tracking research with visualization, whether the contributions relate to eye tracking studies of visualizations, or vice versa, visualization techniques for eye tracking.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Technological advances in computer vision algorithms and sensor hardware have greatly reduced the implementational and financial costs of eye tracking.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thus, it is unsurprising to witness a significant increase in its use as a research tool in fields beyond the traditional domains of biological vision, psychology, and neuroscience, in particular, in visualization and human-computer interaction
research.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of the key challenges lies in the analysis, interaction, and visualization of complex spatio-temporal datasets of gaze behavior, which is further complicated by complementary datasets such as semantic labels, user interactions and/or
accompanying physiological sensor recordings.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ultimately, the research objective is to allow eye tracking data to be effectively interpreted in terms of the observer’s decision-making and cognitive processes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To achieve this, it is necessary to draw upon our current understanding of gaze-behavior across various and related fields, from vision and cognition to visualization.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Altogether, eye tracking is an important field to be understood, be it in the sense of data analysis and visualization, interaction, or user-based evaluation of visualization.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_______<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TOPICS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_______<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Manuscripts are solicited on the following topics with an emphasis on the relationship between eye tracking and visualization, including but not limited to the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Visualization and visual analytics techniques for eye movement data<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Eye movement data analysis, visual data mining, aggregation, clustering, and metrics for eye movement data<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Eye movement data provenance, big eye movement data<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Uncertainty visualization of gaze data<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Standardized metrics for evaluating interactions with visualization<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Novel methods for eye-tracking in challenging visualization scenarios<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Interactive annotation of gaze and stimulus data<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Systems for visual exploration of eye movement data<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Reports of eye tracking studies evaluating visualization or visual analytics<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Eye tracking in non-WIMP visualization environments, including mobile eye tracking, mobile devices, virtual environments, mixed reality, and large displays<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Eye tracking-based interaction techniques for visualization<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Interpreting eye movement scanpaths from the perspective of human cognitive architecture and perceptuo-motor expertise<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Perception in eye tracking studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Evaluation of cartographic and other spatial visualizations with eye tracking<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Inferences that can be drawn from gaze behavior<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Cognitive models for inferring user states from gaze behavior with visualizations<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Applications that rely on eye-tracking as an adaptive input parameter<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) with a focus on eye tracking<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NEW THIS YEAR:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Position/road map papers for ETVIS related topics<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">____________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SUBMISSIONS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">____________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Authors are invited to submit original work complying with the ETRA SHORT PAPER format (up to 8 pages in single-column format, any number of references, max. 150 words abstract).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ETVIS uses the Precision Conference System (PCS) through ETRA 2026 to handle the submission and reviewing process.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Also, ensure that the Author Guidelines (https://www.siggraph.org/learn/instructions-authors for SIG sponsored events [sigconf]) are met prior to submission.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please read and follow the ACM Policy on Authorship (https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/new-acm-policy-on-authorship) regarding the use of Generative AI tools and technologies in ACM published Work.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NEW THIS YEAR: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We will allow authors to submit position/road map papers about ETVIS related topics.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In contrast to the regular research papers, this type should foster discussion and envision potential future directions for the research in our field.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We include an additional category of paper submissions: position/road map papers about ETVIS related topics.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ORGANIZERS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● Kuno Kurzhals, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Kuno.Kurzhals@visus.uni-stuttgart.de<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● Michael Burch, University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland, michael.burch@fhgr.ch
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">____________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">PAPER CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">____________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● Jacob Miller, Technical University of Munich, Germany, jacob.miller@tum.de
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● Stanislav Popelka, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, standa.popelka@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● Günter Wallner, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, guenter.wallner@jku.at<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">__________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">STEERING COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">__________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● Michael Burch, University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland, michael.burch@fhgr.ch
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● Lewis Chuang, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, lewis.chuang@phil.tu-chemnitz.de
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">● Daniel Weiskopf, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Daniel.Weiskopf@visus.uni-stuttgart.de<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">______________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">WEBSITE CHAIR<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">______________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Maurice Koch, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Maurice.Koch@visus.uni-stuttgart.de<o:p></o:p></p>
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