[Infovis] VINCI '23 | CALL FOR PAPERS | Deadline Extended to May 1st

[Günter Wallner]

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VINCI '23 | CALL FOR PAPERS
International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction

Sept 22-24, 2023 | Guangzhou, China.
http://vinci-symp.org/index.html
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The International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and 
Interaction (VINCI) is the premier international forum for researchers 
and industrial practitioners to discuss the state of the art in visual 
communication theories, designs, and applications. The 16th 
International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and 
Interaction (VINCI '23) will be held during 22-24 September 2023, in 
Guangzhou, China.

*** SCOPE & TOPICS ***

VINCI'23 includes tracks of Technical Papers, Art Papers, Young Talent 
Summit Papers, and Art Gallery. We solicit original, unpublished 
research papers that focus on all aspects of visual information 
communication and interaction, either via images, computer graphics, 
animations, virtual reality, web, artistic projects, or other visual 
media. Research papers should address cognitive and design aspects, 
underlying theories, taxonomies, implementation work, tool support, and 
case studies. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the 
following:

- Visual communication metaphors
- Cognitive aspects of visual information comprehension
- Empirical studies of novel visual metaphors
- Visualization on artificial intelligence, machine learning and other 
fields
- Explainable artificial intelligence
- Aesthetics in visual communication and computational aesthetics
- Influence of visual arts and design to visual communication
- Information visualization and visual analytics
- Visual approaches to knowledge discovery
- Visual interaction through multimodality
- Visualization on mobile devices
- Graph drawing and network visualization
- Visual modeling languages
- Visual programming languages
- Graphical user interface design
- Human-computer interaction
- Applications in SoftVis, BioVis, GeoVis, etc.

Topics for Art Papers & Galleries

- Creative visualization
- Critical visualization
- Tangible visualization
- Data sculpturing
- Visual storytelling
- Data art
- Information aesthetics
- Interactive graphics
- Real-time simulation
- Generative art
- Creative applications of scientific illustration

*** SUBMISSION DEADLINES ***

Full Papers:             May 1, 2023
Short Papers:            May 1, 2023
Posters:                 May 1, 2023
Workshop Proposals:      May 1, 2023
Workshop Submissions:    May 1, 2023

*** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ***

Submissions that address research and development, and experience 
reports on the above topics are strongly encouraged. Papers can be 
submitted as full papers, short papers, and posters. Each submitted 
symposium paper will be peer-reviewed by at least three International 
Program Committee members. All accepted Full, Short, and Poster papers 
will be included in the ACM Proceedings as formal publications and 
EI-indexed. Authors of a number of selected full papers of high quality 
will be invited to prepare extended versions for submission to a Special 
Section of The Visual Computer (Springer), and a Special Issue of the 
Journal of Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art (Springer).

All paper submissions should be made through the EasyChair 
(easychair.org) conference management system. The review process will be 
double-blind, thus submitting an anonymized version of your manuscript 
by removing all author and affiliation information from submissions and 
supplemental files as well as substitute your paper's ID number for the 
author name. All submissions Manuscripts must be written in English and 
formatted according to the ACM Proceedings Template (using sigconf 
format/template double-column style) and should consist of a single PDF 
file.

Please note: the authors of accepted papers will be later requested to 
submit source Latex or Word files during camera-ready version 
submission. We appreciate the submission of videos or other supplemental 
material. Please provide supplemental videos in MPEG-4, and use PNG for 
supplemental images, both in sufficient resolution. In case of any 
questions related to the submission process or conference program, 
please contact the program chairs via vinciinfo23 at gmail.com.

*** PAPER TYPES ***

Technical Papers: A technical paper describes a new algorithm, 
technique, system, or theory that have not previously appeared in the 
literature. The description provided in the paper should be complete 
enough that a competent/qualified graduate student in visual information 
communication could implement or apply the work and should provide a 
formal/informal evaluation and discussion regarding its strengths and 
weaknesses.

Art Papers: This track serves as a link between arts, technology and 
science by offering creative views and artistic applications. We are 
especially interested in the submissions that demonstrate tangible and 
artistic ways of visual information communication, and address 
information aesthetics. The topics range from experimental and 
interdisciplinary case studies and methodologies, novel and critical 
interfaces for VINCI topics to critical analysis of theory and reference 
works in the field.

Young Talent Summit Papers: This track serves as a link between young 
students and Academica by offering creative views and various research 
applications. Young Talent Summit aims to encourage young potential 
scholars, such as high school students, to present their original 
research/findings for the analysis and visualization in the advanced 
technologies. The topics range from experimental and interdisciplinary 
applications to critical analysis. There are two formats: short (≤ 4 
pages) and poster (≤ 2 pages). The short paper demonstrates an in-depth 
analysis and a relatively novel contribution, while the poster paper 
shares alternative approaches, ideas or experiments.

*** ART GALLERY ***

The VINCI Art Gallery celebrates artistic creation that demonstrate 
conceptual and technological innovation related to visual information 
communication and interaction. We accept project types include data art, 
generative art, interactive graphics, real-time simulation, scientific 
illustration, creative and critical visualization, and more. The art 
gallery call is open-theme, and this year we especially encourage 
artworks that respond to environmental and health issues or explore the 
relationship between art and science. Projects that thoughtfully engage 
with recent popular interests in machine learning, blockchain, and 
metaverse are also welcome.

Artwork submissions to the Art Gallery should include a 1-to-2-page 
poster / description / artist’s statement. The artwork should be 
completed within the last 5 years (in or after 2018) and ready to be 
installed. We do not place restrictions on previously exhibited work, 
but the accompanying poster / description / statement should not have 
been published or accepted for publication elsewhere.

Selected works will be exhibited in the brand new HKUST-GZ Multimedia 
and XR Spaces. We will further work with selected artists to discuss 
exhibition logistics and the final display form. Shipping of physical 
objects is expected to be covered by the artist(s) unless otherwise noted.

All Art Gallery submissions should be made through EasyChair 
(easychair.org). Submission materials include:

Submission form: with basic information including title, year, medium, 
abstract, etc.
Main image in JPG or PNG format for promotional use.
Up to 3 additional images in JPG or PNG format for web publication and 
communication.
An accompanying poster / description / artist’s statement of up to 2 
pages. This document should not have been published or accepted for 
publication elsewhere.
For screen-based, installation, or interactive work: video of up to 5 
minutes in MP4 or MOV format.>
For static 2D/3D work: up to 6 images in JPG or PNG format.
Installation specification: details for installing the work, including 
dimension, required floor / wall space, power, hardware, sound, network, 
furniture, etc. Including optional images of installation illustration 
or documentation.
For logistics questions regarding installation and equipment, please 
contact vinciinfo23 at gmail.com.

*** WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ****

VINCI '23 is also soliciting proposals for full-day or half-day 
workshops and tutorials on topics that address areas of interest to the 
community. In particular, workshop proposals should include:

- A title and brief description of the specific issues that the workshop 
will address, the reasons why the workshop is of interest to VINCI, and 
the main research areas involved.

- Contact information of the workshop chairs, their competence in the 
proposed topic(s) and previous experience in chairing scientific events.

- A tentative list of program committee members.

- Intended length (half or full day) and a draft of the Call for Papers.

It is expected that the workshop organizers will setup an own workshop 
web page as soon as the workshop proposal has been accepted.

Tutorials usually attract a broad range of audiences, including 
professionals, researchers, students, or practitioners, who wish to 
enhance their knowledge in the specific tutorial topic. Tutorials offer 
a unique opportunity to disseminate in-depth information on specific 
topics in visual information communication and interaction. Tutorial 
proposals should include short biographies of the proposers, a draft of 
the tutorial content, intended length, and evidence of the possibility 
of attracting audience to the tutorial.

Further information: http://vinci-symp.org/index.html