[Ieee_vis] EuroVis 2020 Awards - Call for Nominations

[Jean-Daniel Fekete]

Dear colleagues,

The *EuroVis Best PhD Dissertation Award* recognizes outstanding
dissertations in academic research and development over topics relevant
to visualization. The intent of this award is to recognize excellent
young researchers in their early career and to highlight visualization
research. Eligibility: all PhDs from the European visualization
community (e.g., through contributions to the EuroVis conference) that
defended and get awarded the degree of Doctor between Jan 1, 2018 and
Dec 31, 2019 are eligible for the 2020 competition. Submission: the
student’s advisor should email the nomination package to Jean-Daniel
Fekete (Jean-Daniel.Fekete at inria.fr); it should contain:

1) A nomination letter written by the student’s advisor including the
name, email address and CV of the candidate, a one-page summary of the
significance of the dissertations
2) A copy of the dissertation.
3) Optional additional letters of recommendation can also be attached.

Deadline for nominations is *January, 15th 2020*. See
https://www.eg.org/wp/eurovis-phd-award/


The *EuroVis Young Researcher Award* is given each year to one young
researcher in the field who has already made a significant contribution
to visualization in general and more specifically to the European
visualization community (e.g., through outstanding scientific
contributions to the EuroVis conference (https://www.eurovis.org/). The
intent of this award is to recognize people early on in their career who
have already made a notable contribution and are likely to make more.
Nominations: Members of the visualization research community may
nominate individuals for the EuroVis Young Researcher Award by
contacting the awards chair, Eduard Gröller (groeller at cg.tuwien.ac.at).
Candidates to the EuroVis Young Researcher Award 2020 must have finished
their PhD in 2014 or later. Deadline for nominations is *January, 15th
2020*.

Jean-Daniel Fekete (EuroVis PhD Dissertation Award Chair)
Eduard Gröller (EuroVis Young Researcher Award Chair)