[Infovis] VLC 2012: Call for Participation

J.Burton at brighton.ac.uk J.Burton at brighton.ac.uk
Mon May 14 15:21:02 CEST 2012


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VLC 2012 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

2012 International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing
in conjunction with
The 18th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems
Eden Roc Renaissance, Miami Beach, USA August 9 - August 11, 2012
(URL: http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms12.html)

Early registration ends June 15, 2012.

Theme: Effectiveness of Visual Languages

Organized by Knowledge Systems Institute, U.S.A.


SCOPE
Visual languages mediate human and computer interaction.  For some visual languages this mediation is straightforward; using a mouse to access a drop-down menu is well-known to computer users.  For others, this mediation can be enriched via sketch and gesture recognition.  This is made possible by advances in commodity hardware.  More formal visual languages allow experts to accurately specify complex systems, such as software architecture or chemical molecules.  A visual language can also encompass complex human-computer interaction such as navigating a set of semantically linked videos.  Indeed, precision of semantics underlies visual languages and computation.

Aspects of visual computing are multi-faceted in goals that are to be achieved during information or language design. The following represents a short list of qualities that are of importance to the study within visual computing: efficiency, aesthetics, pleasure, emotion, engagement, immersion, collaboration, and culture. Aspects of art, engineering, and science play key roles where certain practitioners focus on design and engineering of visual interactions whereas others analyze and study these interactions (i.e., science).

The International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing will explore these issues, and will be held in conjunction with the 2012 International Conference of Distributed Multimedia Systems (http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms12.html).

GENERAL CHAIR
Levent Burak Kara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
A. J. Delaney, University of Brighton, UK; PC co-chair
Metin Sezgin, Koc University, Turkey; PC co-chair

PUBLICITY CHAIR
J. Burton, University of Brighton, UK

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Dorothea Blostein, Queen's University, Canada
Jeff Browne, UC Santa Barbara, USA 
Alfonso F. Cardenas, University of California, USA
Gennaro Costagliola, University of Salerno, Italy
Philip Cox, Dalhousie University, Canada
Sergiu Dascalu, University of Nevada, USA
Aidan Delaney, University of Brighton, UK
Vincenzo Deufemia, University of Salerno, Italy
Filomena Ferrucci, University of Salerno, Italy
Manuel J. Fonseca, INESC-ID, Portugal
Vittorio Fuccella, University of Salerno, Italy
Joaquim A Jorge, Instituto Suoerior Tecnico, Portugal 
Levent Burak Kara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 
Robert Laurini, University of Lyon, France
Ian Oliver, Nokia, Finland
Joseph J. Pfeiffer, New Mexico State University, USA
Beryl Plimmer, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Tevfik Metin Sezgin, Koc University, Turkey
Gem Stapleton, University of Brighton, UK
Stefano Valtolina, University of Milan, Italy
Giuliana Vitiello, University of Salerno, Italy


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Dr Jim Burton
Lecturer in Computing
University of Brighton


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