[Ieee_vis] BioVis 2011 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

[BioVis 2011 CFP]

*** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ***

BioVis 2011: IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization

at VisWeek 2011 in Providence, RI
October 23-24, 2011

Website: http://www.biovis.net

Paper Submission Deadline: April 30, 2011
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 8, 2011

*** Contents ***

(1) Aims and Scope
(2) Topics
(3) Symposium Format
(4) Submission Types and Criteria
(5) General Expectations (Ethics Guidelines)
(6) Review Process
(7) Important Dates
(8) Supplemental Material and Formatting Guidelines
(9) Publications
(10) Submission
(11) Paper and Abstract Awards
(12) Organizing Committee


*** 1. Aims and Scope ***

The rapidly expanding field of biology creates enormous challenges for  
computational visualization techniques that enable researchers to gain  
insight from their large and highly complex data sets.

The goal of the first IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization  
(BioVis 2011) is to create the premier international and  
interdisciplinary event for all aspects of visualization in biology.  
This symposium will bring together researchers from the visualization,  
bioinformatics, and biology communities with the purpose of educating,  
inspiring, and engaging visualization researchers in biological data  
visualization, as well as bioinformatics and biology researchers in  
state-of-the-art visualization research. As the first annual BioVis  
Symposium, this event seeks to emphasize inclusion and interaction  
between these communities as its primary impact.

The symposium will serve as a platform for researchers from these  
fields to increase the impact of visualization approaches in biology.  
The breadth and diversity of biological research areas will enable  
researchers from all parts of the visualization community to  
contribute to this effort, and the symposium will provide an excellent  
opportunity to initiate interdisciplinary collaborations. Finally, it  
will provide an outlet and training ground for young and freshly  
minted visualization researchers with a keen interest in problems of  
biology and provide a venue for researchers in biology and  
bioinformatics to share pressing visualization challenges and  
potential solutions in their fields.


*** 2. Topics ***

We are looking for contributions on all aspects of visualization in  
biology. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

- Genome and sequence data, including genomic variation data
- Multivariate omics data (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics,  
etc.)
- Phylogenetic data
- Ecological and taxonomic data
- Biological networks and pathways
- Biological ontologies
- Molecular structures (protein structures, RNA structures, etc.)
- Subcellular, cellular, tissue- and organ-level structures
- Visualization of image data, such as microscopic or radiological data
- Integration of image and omics data for systems biology
- Modeling, simulation and visualization of biological systems
- Visualization in neurobiology and developmental biology
- Systems and software frameworks for biological visualization
- Integration of visualization in biological workflows or  
collaborative processes
- Visualization and visual analytics of integrated data sets
- Evaluation of biological visualization systems including interfaces,  
usability, laboratory experiments, and field studies
- Creation and visualization of biological atlases and metadata
- Processes for interdisciplinary collaboration between biology and  
visualization


*** 3. Symposium Format ***

The symposium will be a two-day single-track event with keynote and  
invited talks, papers sessions, panels, and abstracts presented  
through posters, demos, or videos. Tutorial sessions on visualization  
in bioinformatics/biology will be organized.


*** 4. Submission Types and Criteria ***

Given the goal of bringing together members of both the biology and  
visualization communities for discussion, the symposium solicitation  
is purposefully broad and open-minded to diverse types and lengths of  
submissions. Authors are encouraged to identify the intent of their  
submission. Each paper will be reviewed by the Program Committee and  
given appropriate time and venue at the symposium in accordance with  
its stated intent and length. Types of submissions include, but are  
not limited to:

- Detailed reports of original research
- Experience reports, highlighting lessons learned from the deployment  
of relevant previously published work
- Descriptions of work in progress and preliminary results
- Demonstrations of new or recent systems, both open source and  
proprietary
- Descriptions of analysis challenges where current tools fall short  
for specific datasets and goals, to inform the visualization community  
in producing better future solutions

Authors should indicate the intended publication type of their  
submissions, as one of two categories:

*Papers*: Up to 8 page papers describing high-quality research that is  
not necessarily fully completed but offers new insight. (Additional  
figures, etc. can be included as supplemental materials.) Selected  
papers will have an opportunity for an extended and refined invited  
follow-up submission (see Section 9).  Authors will have an oral  
presentation in a session with an emphasis on questions and discussion  
with the audience.

*Abstracts*: Up to 2 page abstracts that either describe early-stage  
research or highlight previously published work that has been extended  
since the original publication. Accepted abstracts will be presented  
as posters, interactive demos or videos at the symposium and all  
presenters will have the opportunity to give a brief overview of their  
work in a plenary "fast-forward session". Additionally, presenters of  
selected abstracts will be given the opportunity for longer oral  
presentation at the symposium.


*** 5. General Expectations (Ethics Guidelines) ***

At least one author of an accepted submission must attend the  
symposium to present the work. When submitting your paper you will be  
asked to provide a complete list of authors even when submitting an  
anonymized version of the manuscript. This is required to avoid  
potential conflicts of interest when assigning reviewers. In the event  
that the authorship changes after submission, one of the initially  
specified authors must attend the symposium.

Submissions will be treated as confidential communications during the  
review process, so submission does not constitute public disclosure of  
any ideas therein. Submissions should contain no information or  
materials that will be proprietary or confidential at the time of  
publication (at the symposium), and should cite no publications that  
are proprietary or confidential at the time of publication. Our  
symposium will adhere to the VGTC ethics guidelines for reviewers that  
can be found at http://vgtc.org/wpmu/techcom/conferences/ethics-guidelines/ 
.


*** 6. Review Process ***

The Program Committee will involve reviewers from both the  
visualization and bioinformatics communities. Papers will be reviewed  
for novelty and contribution. Abstracts will be reviewed for quality  
and value to the symposium audience as well as format.


*** 7. Important Dates ***

Paper submission*: Saturday, April 30, 2011
Notification of acceptance of papers: Thursday, June 30, 2011

Abstract submission: Friday, July 8, 2011
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: August 15, 2011

Camera ready copy: Wednesday, August 31, 2011

All deadlines are at 5:00 pm Pacific Time (PDT).


*** 8. Supplemental Material and Formatting Guidelines ***

Papers can include full-color figures throughout. We encourage the use  
of digital video to enhance the submission, particularly if part or  
all of the work addresses interactive techniques. Submission of  
working code and other supplemental material in order to increase the  
reproducibility of the work is also encouraged.

The review process will be optionally double-blind for those who want  
to submit their work anonymously. When submitting for double-blind  
reviewing you are asked NOT to include any identifying information in  
the submission. Alternatively, the review process will be single- 
blind, i.e., the reviewers know the identity of the authors, but the  
authors do not know the identity of the reviewers.

Links to detailed guidelines for preparing a proper submission and  
supplementary data can be found on http://www.biovis.net. Authors must  
follow the style guidelines specified therein.


*** 9. Publications ***

The symposium proceedings will consist of all accepted papers and will  
appear in the IEEE Digital Library. Accepted abstracts will be made  
available on the symposium website.

To increase the visibility of visualization within the bioinformatics  
and biology communities, a selection of the best accepted papers will  
be invited to be published in expanded form in an open-access, peer- 
reviewed bioinformatics journal.


*** 10. Submission ***

Details on how to submit papers and abstracts will be provided on http://www.biovis.net 
  closer to the submission deadline.


*** 11. Paper and Abstract Awards ***

Best paper and abstract prizes will be awarded.  Submissions that  
resulted from a successful collaboration between researchers from both  
the visualization and biology communities will be especially regarded.  
Reviewers will be queried on the review form with a question "Should  
we consider this paper/abstract for the best paper/abstract award?  
(yes/no/maybe)".


*** 12. Organizing Committee ***

Email: contact at biovis.net

General Chairs:
- Nils Gehlenborg, Harvard University, USA
- Raghu Machiraju, The Ohio State University, USA
- Torsten Moeller, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Paper Chairs:
- Chris North, Virginia Tech, USA
- Jos Roerdink, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Abstract Chairs:
- Miriah Meyer, Harvard University, USA
- Cydney Nielsen, British Columbia Genome Sciences Center, Canada

Invited Session Chairs:
- Matt Hibbs, The Jackson Laboratory, USA
- Sean O'Donoghue, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany

Tutorial Chairs:
- Lars Linsen, Jacobs University, Germany
- William Ray, The Ohio State University, USA

Exhibit Chairs and Industry Liaisons:
- Michael McGuffin, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada
- Robert Kincaid, Agilent Laboratories, USA

Website and Publicity Chairs:
- Robert Kosara, UNC at Charlotte, USA
- Brian Staats, MITRE, USA