[Infovis] VisWeek 2012 Doctoral Colloquium

[Meghan Haley]

***Call for Participation VisWeek 2012 Doctoral Colloquium***
With apologies for cross-posting

We solicit submissions to the doctoral colloquium (DC) for VisWeek
2012.  The DC is a single-day invitation-only event at the beginning
of IEEE VisWeek where Ph.D. students in any visualization
field---preferably those at the proposal defense stage or
equivalent---present their proposed dissertation work and receive
feedback from leading senior visualization researchers.  We invite
contributions from the scientific visualization, information
visualization, and visual analytics student communities.

More specifically, DC submissions can cover a wide selection of
topics related to VisWeek, including but not limited to

* Visual data mining
* Perception in visualization
* Design aspects of visualization
* High-dimensional visualization
* Data management and knowledge representation
* Large data visualization
* Analytical reasoning and sensemaking
* GPGPU methods in visualization
* Usability testing and evaluation
* Mathematics and statistics
* Principles and foundations of visualization
* Relevant application areas (climate, chemistry, hydrology, CFD,
  medicine, genomics/proteomics, molecular biology, etc.)

The colloquium will allow students to discuss their research
directions in a supportive atmosphere with a panel of distinguished
leaders and with their peers.  Students can expect helpful feedback
and fresh perspectives on their research topics and possible career
paths, and will have the opportunity to interact closely with expert
researchers in their field.  The colloquium will support
community-building by connecting beginning and advanced researchers.

**Format**
The colloquium will likely consist of four sessions of student
presentations including in-depth discussion with the expert
panelists and the audience.  A lunch is also planned that will give
student participants the opportunity to interact one-on-one with
panelists. 

NOTE: Past doctoral colloquia have partially funded student
participants for their travel and conference registration.  We hope
to be able to fund participants for the 2012 DC as well.

**Submissions**
The deadline for DC submissions is June 27, 2012.

Applicants to the Doctoral Colloquium should submit:

* A four-page summary of their thesis research, including the
  problem being addressed, methodology and plan of research, and a
  description of the progress to date. 
  
* An email from the student's advisor recommending the student for
  participation in the colloquium, emailed directly to
  doctoral_coll at visweek.org.

* (Optional) A draft poster in PDF format (see below).

Student submissions should be emailed to doctoral_coll at visweek.org.
Formatting guidelines and LaTeX/Word templates can be found at

  http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~vis/Tasks/camera.html.

Student submissions will be peer-reviewed and selections will be
made on the basis of their contribution to the colloquium's goals,
strength of research direction, and the advisor's assessment.
Accepted submissions will be printed for colloquium participants.

**Poster Presentations**
Accepted participants of the Doctoral Colloquium will also be
allowed to present their work as a poster that will be displayed
together with the regular poster program.  Please consider including
a draft poster with your DC submission.  Participants may be asked
to refine their posters and summaries based upon reviewer feedback.
The poster session chairs will have a final say in accepting all
poster submissions, even for DC participants.

The posters themselves have no predefined formatting, but dimensions
may not exceed A0 paper size (841mm x 1189mm / 33.1" x 46.8").
Participants are responsible for bringing a hardcopy poster for
display during VisWeek.  They should be available at the poster to
discuss their work during the scheduled evening poster session(s).

**Doctoral Colloquium Chairs**
Niklas Elmqvist, Purdue University
Christopher G. Healey, North Carolina State University
Leland Wilkinson, Systat Software
Contact: doctoral_coll at visweek.org