[Infovis] Call for Nominations: IEEE VGTC Visualization Awards

[Chuck Hansen]

The IEEE VGTC announces a new awards program for the IEEE VGTC 
Visualization Awards.

The IEEE VGTC Awards program recognizes and honors individuals who have 
made a significant contribution to the community through their research 
and/or service. Furthermore, we seek out nominations of individuals that 
enable us to recognize both the diversity of individuals, as well as 
diversity of contributions, from the community at large.

The awards program will now have five awards plus induction to the IEEE 
VGTC Visualization Academy:

VGTC Visualization Dissertation Award
	The Doctoral Dissertation Award recognizes outstanding academic 
research and development in the field.

VGTC Visualization Significant New Researcher Award
The VGTC Significant New Researcher Award recognizes an individual who 
has made significant recent research contributions in the field.

VGTC Visualization Technical Achievement Award
The Technical Achievement Award is given each year to recognize an 
individual for a seminal technical achievement in the field.

VGTC Visualization Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an individual to honor that 
person’s lifetime contribution to the field.

VGTC Visualization Service Award
The IEEE VGTC Service Award recognizes extraordinary service to the 
community through the IEEE VGTC and/or the IEEE VGTC Sponsored 
Conferences and Symposia.

VGTC Visualization Academy Selection
The IEEE VGTC Visualization Academy is a prestigious academy that 
highlights the accomplishments of the leaders in the field.
	
The criteria for these awards can be found at:
https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/award-criteria

Nominations are due by May 31, 2021.
Nominations, except Dissertation award, should contain the name of the 
person nominated, the awards for which they are nominated, the short 
citation for the award, and a summary that carefully addresses the 
criteria below while not exceeding 600 words.

Dissertation Award nominations should include:
(1)	The title and abstract of the dissertation,
(2)	the name of the candidate,
(3)	the name of the candidate’s primary advisor,
(4)	the institution where the dissertation was defended,
(5)	the date of the dissertation defense,
(6)	A 1-2 page summary of the significance and impact of the 
dissertation research,
(7)	an electronic copy of the full dissertation, or a pointer to where 
it can be obtained,
(8)	one letter of recommendation, up to 2 pages in length, ideally from 
the candidate’s primary advisor, and
(9)	a list of publications, awards, and other recognition by peers 
produced from the dissertation work.

To nominate someone for any of these awards or the academy, please 
visit: https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/vis-award-nominations/

If you have any questions, please contact:

Chair of the Awards Committee for Visualization
Charles Hansen, University of Utah
vgtc-vis-awards at vgtc.org