[Ieee_vis] CFP: Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare 2013

[VAHC 2013 - Visual Analytics in Healthcare]

CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS:


         Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare
(In conjunction with AMIA 2013, Nov 16th, Washington, DC)


       Website: www.visualanalyticshealthcare.org


     *** Paper Submissions Due Sept 9th, 2013 ***



Call for Papers:
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The 2013 Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare (VAHC 2013) will
provide an opportunity for participants to discuss state-of-the-art
data visualization techniques and review how such techniques can be
used within clinical settings. The primary objective of the workshop
is to bring together leading scientists and clinical practitioners to
discuss the visualization techniques that can be applied to clinical
settings and discuss the areas of healthcare that need more attention
from the visualization community. The workshop will allow participants
to showcase their ongoing work on visualization and visual data mining
techniques as well as to learn more about emerging techniques,
software applications, and datasets.

To help transition visual analytics from research concepts to
practice, the VAHC 2013 will be co-located with the American Medical
Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium.



Topics and Scope:
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Topics of interests include but are not limited to:

  * Visual analysis and exploration of longitudinal clinical trial data

  * Visual data mining of electronic health records

  * Visualization of prescriptions drugs and interactions

  * Improving operating room (OR) workflow with visual analytics

  * Outcome forecasting or prediction

  * Visual analytics for patient safety

  * Pandemic forecasting and tracking

  * Visual analytics in surgery / radiology / OR / emergency room (ER)

  * Improving patients understanding with visual analytics

  * Clinical dashboards

  * Data summarization

  * Visual data fusion

  * Position papers advocating for specific visual analytics topics in
healthcare



Paper Submission and Format Guidelines:
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We encourage a diverse range of submissions and demonstrations from
academic, healthcare organizations, and industry that addresses any of
the topics listed above.  Submissions can be for (1) paper / podium
presentations, (2) poster presentations, or (3) live & interactive
demonstrations.

  - Paper: Papers are limited to four pages.  Papers should be
formatted in the IEEE or AMIA format styles.  The file format for
submissions is Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Other formats
will not be accepted.

  - Poster: Poster submissions are limited to two pages.

  - Demo: Demonstration submissions are limited two pages.



Important Dates:
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   Deadline for submission:        September 9, 2013

   Notification of Acceptance:     September 25, 2013

   Camera-ready Papers Due:     October 4, 2013

   Workshop:                             November 16, 2013



Organizers:
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Jesus J. Caban (NICoE, Walter Reed Bethesda /  jesus.j.caban.civ at health.mil)

David Gotz (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center  /  dgotz at us.ibm.com)