[Infovis] Graph Drawing Contest 2016

[Maarten Löffler]

Dear Graph Drawers & Network Visualizers!

As you may know, the 24th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and  
Network Visualization will take place in Athens, Greece, from September 19  
to 21, 2016. As has been tradition since 1994, the symposium will be  
accompanied by a Graph Drawing Contest, allowing all community members to  
demonstrate their graph drawing skills in a fun competitive setting. I am  
pleased to announce the contents of this year's contest.

Creative Topics

For your entertainment and inspiration, we have composed two nice graphs  
that you may draw with full artistic freedom. The first graph represents  
relations between countries through off-shore companies, as recently  
revealed in the so-called "Panama papers". The second graph is a family  
tree of the most popular (according to the internet) ancient Greek gods.  
In both cases, you may visualize the graph in any way you like.  
Submissions will be judged both on aesthetic appeal and clarity of  
displayed structure and information. For more details, visit  
http://graphdrawing.de/contest2016/topics.html

Live Challenge

Following popular tradition, a live challenge will be held during the  
symposium in a format similar to a typical programming contest. Teams are  
presented with a collection of challenge graphs and have approximately one  
hour to submit their highest scoring drawings. This year, as last year,  
the challenge shall focus on minimizing the crossing number in book  
embeddings. Teams may either draw the graphs manually, or use their own  
customized tools. Remote participation will also be possible. For more  
details, visit http://graphdrawing.de/contest2016/challenge.html

Awards

Thanks to our generous sponsors, a monetary prize will be awarded to the  
winner or winning team in four different categories.

We are looking forward to your submissions!

On behalf of the contest committee,
best regards,

Maarten Löffler