[Infovis] highlights on PacificVAST2018

[lujinzhi at cad.zju.edu.cn]

Dear colleagues, 

In recognition of your research field, we are pleased to introduce to you a new open access journal: “Visual Informatics” ( https://www.journals.elsevier.com/visual-informatics/ ), which is mainly concerned with the theory and algorithms on perception based visual information modeling, synthesis and processing. 

Visual Informatics is a peer-reviewed, online journal with open access to the academic community,published by Elsevier,and spoonsored by Zhejiang University. 

The highlights of its special issue are attached below for you reference: 

1. A Visual Analytics System to Support the Formation of a Hypothesis from Calcium Waves Data 
Kozen Umezawa, Hiroaki Natsukawa, Yosuke Onoue, Koji Koyamada 

2. MultiSciView: Multivariate Scientific X-ray Image Visual Exploration with Cross-Data Space Views 
Wen Zhong, Wei Xu, Kevin G. Yager, Gregory S. Doerk, ... Kerstin Kleese Van Dam 

3. An Uncertainty-aware Workflow for Keyhole Surgery Planning using Hierarchical Image Semantics 
Christina Gillmann, Robin G.C. Maack, Tobias Post, Thomas Wischgoll, Hans Hagen 

4. MessageLens: A Visual Analytics System to Support Multifaceted Exploration of MOOC Forum Discussions 
Jian-Syuan Wong, Xiaolong “Luke” Zhang 

5. Metro-Wordle: An Interactive Visualization for Urban Text Distributions based on Wordle 
Chenlu Li, Xiaoju Dong, Xiaoru Yuan 

6. TideGrapher: Visual Analytics of Tactical Situations for Rugby Matches 
Yusuke Ishikawa, Issei fujishiro 

7. VisComposer: A Visual Programmable Composition Environment for Information Visualization 
Honghui Mei, Wei Chen, Yuxin Ma, Huihua Guan, Wanqi Hu 

8. LongLine: Visual Analytics System for Large-scale Audit Logs 
Seunghoon Yoo, Jaemin Jo, Bohyoung Kim, Jinwook Seo 

9. A Visual Analytics System for Optimizing the Performance of Large-Scale Networks in Supercomputing Systems 
Takanori Fujiwara, Jianping Kelvin Li, Misbah Mubarak, Caitlin Ross, ... Kwan-Liu Ma 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/visual-informatics/vol/2/issue/1 

Visual Informatics is launched by State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University in cooperation with Elsevier. We look forward to your kind attention and contribution to this new journal! 

With best regards! 
Editorial Office of Visual Informatics