[Ieee_vis] CALL FOR EuroVis 2019 STATE-OF-THE-ART REPORTS (STARs)

[Laramee R.S.]

Dear Colleagues,

http://eurovis2019.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/stars/

State-of-the-Art Reports (STARs) are intended to provide up-to-date and 
comprehensive surveys on topics of interest to the visualization research 
community.  We encourage the submission of STARs on topics that have not 
yet been covered in any recent previous STAR or other survey [1,2].  
We welcome submissions that introduce emerging technologies, as well as 
proposals on more traditional visualization topics.  We also welcome 
contributions from related disciplines and application areas demonstrating 
contributions to, or benefits from, the area of visualization including, but 
not limited to, visual computing, computer graphics, human-computer interaction, 
virtual reality, image processing, computer vision, psychology, geography, 
chemistry, computational fluid dynamics, data analysis, computational sciences, 
medicine, biology, economy, social science, etc.  Like last year, all accepted 
EuroVis STAR reports will be published in Computer Graphics Forum.  

STAR Sketch Submission Instructions
 
As part of the acceptance process into Computer Graphics Forum, STARs 
will undergo a multi-stage process.  First, authors are asked to submit 
an initial sketch in October 2018. A STAR sketch briefly describes the 
planned STAR by outlining the topic, discussing its relevance to the 
visualization community, providing the planned structure and outline of 
the STAR together with all key references, and short biographies of the 
authors. The length of a STAR sketch main text is limited to two pages. 
To demonstrate the relevant expertise needed to produce the proposed STAR, 
authors are required to submit brief biographies of all authors as 
supplementary material.  References and short biographies are considered 
supplementary pages and are not counted within the two page limit. STAR 
sketches will be reviewed by the STAR IPC and comments on suitability and 
relevance will be provided in early November 2018. 

Full STAR Submissions
 
In the next stage, authors are required to submit a full STAR. Full STAR 
submissions will then undergo a single blind, two-stage review process, 
similar to that of regular papers submitted to Computer Graphics Forum, 
where 3-4 external experts on the respective topic will evaluate the STAR.  
Full submissions are 25 pages maximum (including references). 
 
Electronic submission of the STAR sketch and full proposal is mandatory and 
will be conducted using the Precision Conference System according to 
the guidelines on:
http://eurovis2019.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/

We plan to schedule each STAR as an approximately 45 minute presentation 
(subject to the schedule management of the EuroVis 2019 program). In any 
circumstance, a STAR presentation will be given a longer time slot than 
that of a full paper.
 
For any questions concerning STAR submissions please contact the STARs 
co-chairs:
star at eurovis2019.org 

Important Dates
2018
Submission of STAR sketch (two pages, +references, +bibliography): 14 October
Invitation for full STAR submission: 5 Nov

2019
Submission of full STAR: 1 Feb 
Review notification: 16 March 
Second round submission: 16 April 
Second review notification: 30 April
Camera ready deadline: 7 May 

STAR CHAIRS (star at eurovis2019.org)
Robert S. Laramee, Swansea University, UK
Steffen Oeltze-Jafra, University of Magdeburg, Germany 
Michael Sedlmair, University of Stuttgart, Germany

References:
[1] Min Chen, Computer Graphics Forum, All STARs, Surveys, and Reviews,
https://sites.google.com/site/drminchen/cgf-info/cgf-stars
2018

[2] L. McNabb and R.S. Laramee, A Survey of Surveys (SoS)-Mapping 
the Landscape of Survey Papers in Information Visualization,
Computer Graphics Forum (CGF), Volume 36, Number 3, (June) 
2017, pages 589-617