[Infovis] Call for Nominations: 2023 IEEE VGTC Visualization Awards

[Charles (Chuck) Hansen]

The IEEE VGTC Visualization 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 VGTC Visualization Awards Program has 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 and/or significant contribution 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 April 30, 2023.

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/awards/vis-award-nominations/



If you have any questions, please contact:

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