[Infovis] Graph Drawing 2024: Call for Papers

[Karsten Klein]

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Call for Papers

GD 2024

32nd International Symposium on
Graph Drawing and Network Visualization

September 18–20, 2024 – Vienna, Austria
https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2024/

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PDF version: 
https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2024/assets/pdfs/Call_for_Papers-2024.pdf
HTML version: https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2024/pages/cfp/

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IMPORTANT DATES

May 31:       Abstract submission deadline
June 07:      Paper submission deadline
July 20:      Notification of paper acceptance
August 16:    Poster submission deadline
August 31:    Notification of poster acceptance
September 06: Final versions due
September 01: Contest submission deadline

September 18-20: Symposium

(all deadlines are understood to be 23:59 AoE)

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Graph Drawing is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs 
and constitutes the algorithmic core of Network Visualization. Graph 
Drawing and Network Visualization are motivated by applications where it 
is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets. 
Examples of such application areas include data science, social 
sciences, web computing, information systems, life sciences, geography, 
business intelligence, information security, and software engineering.

GD has been the main annual event in this area for more than 30 years. 
Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing, 
their practical evaluation, as well as the design of network 
visualization systems and interfaces. Researchers and practitioners 
working on any aspects of graph drawing and network visualization are 
invited to contribute papers and posters and to participate in the 
symposium as well as the graph drawing contest.

GD 2024 will be held in Vienna, Austria, on September 18-20, 2024 with a 
reception on the evening of September 17. A pre-conference PhD school 
will take place September 16-17, 2024. GD 2024 is designed to be held 
on-site. It is expected that  regular papers are presented on site by 
one of the authors. To address the global challenges and as an offer for 
authors who are unable to attend we allow for a limited number of remote 
presentations in the form of preproduced videos.

The code of conduct for the GD conference can be found at 
http://graphdrawing.org/codeOfConduct.html

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PAPERS

We invite authors to submit papers describing original research of 
theoretical or practical significance to graph drawing and network 
visualization. To promote a balanced coverage of the field, GD has two 
distinct tracks, and papers submitted to one track will not compete with 
papers submitted to the other track. Regular papers must be submitted 
explicitly to one of the two tracks. However, all program committee 
members may review papers from either track.


TRACK 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects
This track is mainly devoted to fundamental theoretical graph drawing 
advances, such as combinatorial aspects and algorithm design.  The range 
of topics for this track includes (but is not limited to):
•    Design and analysis of graph drawing algorithms
•    Geometric and topological graph theory
•    Computational topology of graphs on surfaces
•    Graph representations
•    Geometric algorithms and optimization


TRACK 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects
This track is mainly devoted to the practical aspects of graph drawing, 
such as experimental evaluations of graph drawing related algorithms, 
the development and/or evaluation of related libraries and tools, or 
systems and interfaces in different application areas.  The range of 
topics for this track includes (but is not limited to):
•    Engineering of graph drawing algorithms and network visualization 
systems
•    Libraries, tools and systems in the context of graph drawing and 
network visualization
•    Interfaces and methods for interacting with graphs and networks
•    Benchmarks and experimental studies in the context of graph drawing 
and network visualization
•    Cognitive studies on network visualization readability and user 
interaction
•    Visualization of networks in real world applications


Authors of accepted applied papers are encouraged to show a demo of 
their software/system during the poster session.


SHORT PAPERS

In addition to the above two tracks, there will be a separate category 
for short papers. Here we welcome smaller and less elaborate 
contributions  on relevant topics. Papers in this category will be 
assigned a shorter time for presentation during the conference.


REMOTE PRESENTATION

For authors who cannot present their paper in person we offer the 
possibility for remote presentation. Authors of accepted papers in this 
category have to register for the conference. Papers in this category 
are evaluated and selected by the program committee by applying the same 
high standards as for the other tracks. In addition the authors have to 
submit a recording of their presentation two weeks after the submission 
of the paper.  The remote submission chair can influence the score of 
papers in this track based on the quality of the recording and even 
reject submissions if the quality of the recording is inappropriate. 
There is a limit of six remote presentations.


RULES FOR SUBMISSION

Results that have been previously published (or are scheduled for 
publication) in another conference proceedings or journal, as well as 
simultaneous submissions of results to other conferences with published 
proceedings or journals are not permitted. Each paper or poster must be 
presented at the conference by an author, otherwise the paper can be 
excluded from publication in the proceedings.

ChatGPT and similar large language models may be used to improve the 
paper’s language, but its use should be mentioned as a footnote and the 
authors remain responsible for the full paper. In particular, the 
unattributed use of any such tools in the creation of the paper’s 
scientific content is forbidden.


SUBMISSION FORMAT

Submissions must be formatted in accordance with the LIPIcs proceedings 
guidelines. Authors must use the LaTeX class file GD-lipics-v1.cls, 
which is a wrapper around the standard LIPIcs class. The 
GD-lipics-v1.cls class file and further instructions can be found on the 
conference webpage. Submissions must not exceed 500 lines, (225 lines 
for short contributions) excluding front matter (title, authors, and 
affiliations), references, and a clearly marked appendix. The class 
files provide line counting which should be accurate in most cases. 
Authors should avoid substantial amounts of text in unnumbered lines.

To promote inclusion of figures in the submitted papers, submissions 
will have a strict limit on the number of text lines. Regular papers may 
have at most 500 lines, short papers 225 lines. We expect the main 
content of the paper to typically fit within 12 pages excluding 
references. For publishing purposes, the average length of final 
versions is limited to 20 pages (including everything).  The claims of 
the paper should be fully substantiated. If this information does not 
fit within the line limit, the authors should include it in a clearly 
marked appendix, whose length is not constrained and which the reviewers 
may read at their own discretion.


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POSTERS & CONTEST

Submissions of posters on graph drawing, network visualization, and 
related areas are solicited. The poster session will provide a forum for 
the communication of late-breaking research results (which may also 
appear elsewhere) to the GD community. Authors of posters should prepare 
an abstract (up to 2 pages in LIPIcs style) that must be submitted 
together with the poster itself.

Details about the traditional Graph Drawing Contest, which is held at 
the conference, are provided at the web site 
https://www.graphdrawing.org/gdcontest/contest2024


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LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE-BLIND REVIEW PROCESS

The review process will be handled in a “lightweight double-blind mode”. 
This means that authors are not allowed to reveal their identity in the 
submitted paper, but are free to disseminate draft versions of the paper 
prior to the conference and to give talks on the topic as they normally 
would. In particular, the submitted paper should not contain the 
authors' names, affiliations, and email addresses. References to their 
own related work are allowed, as long as the supporting text maintains 
anonymity (e.g., using sentences in the third person).

Members of the Program Committee will not have the identity of the 
authors of any paper revealed to them during the entire review process. 
To handle conflicts of interest effectively, authors will be offered the 
opportunity to declare conflicts of interest with PC members when they 
submit their paper.

PAPER SUBMISSION, PROCEEDINGS, AND SPECIAL ISSUES

Papers should be submitted electronically via EasyChair at the web site 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gd2024. The proceedings will be 
published in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics 
(LIPIcs) series and are available open access.

Selected papers from both tracks will be invited for submission to a 
special issue of the Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications 
(JGAA). The authors of two selected papers in Track 2 will be invited to 
submit a substantially extended and enhanced version of their work to 
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG).  A 
special TVCG papers session at the Graph Drawing conference will also 
feature regular TVCG papers. Further details can be found at 
https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-conferences.


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AWARDS

For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2024 will bestow 
a Best Paper Award. In addition, to recognize the effort of participants 
to present their work and to prepare their posters in a clear and 
elegant way, there will be a Best Presentation Award and a Best Poster 
Award voted on by the GD 2024 attendees.


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INVITED SPEAKERS

Otfried Cheong, SCALGO, Denmark
Monika Henzinger, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria


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PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Daniel Archambault, Newcastle University
David Auber, University of Bordeaux
Benjamin Bach, University of Edinburgh
Martin Balko, Charles University in Prague
Carla Binucci, University of Perugia
Giuseppe Di Battista, Third University of Rome
Vida Dujmovic, University of Ottawa
Tim Dwyer, Monash University
David Eppstein, University of California, Irvine
Stefan Felsner (co-chair), Technical University Berlin
Tom Freeman, Janssen Research and Development
Michael Hoffmann, ETH Zurich
Seok-Hee Hong, University of Sydney
Yifan Hu, Amazon
Tony Huang, University of Technology Sydney
Jonathan Klawitter, University of Auckland
Karsten Klein (co-chair), Konstanz University
Linda Kleist, Technische Universität Braunschweig
Boris Klemz, University of Würzburg
Maarten Löffler, Utrecht University
Maurizio Patrignani, Third University of Rome
Arnaud Sallaberry, University of Montpellier
Manfred Scheucher, Technical University Berlin
Alessandra Tappini, University of Perugia
Géza Tóth, Rényi Institute, Budapest
Torsten Ueckerdt (remote submission chair), KIT Karlsruhe
Birgit Vogtenhuber, Graz University of Technology
Hsiang-Yun Wu, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Doris Brazda, TU Wien, Austria
Thomas Depian, TU Wien, Austria
Alexander Dobler, TU Wien, Austria
Simon Dominik Fink, TU Wien, Austria
Robert Ganian (co-chair), TU Wien, Austria
Martin Nöllenburg (co-chair), TU Wien, Austria
Hsiang-Yun Wu, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences


CONTEST COMMITTEE

Sara Di Bartolomeo, University of Konstanz, Germany
Fabian Klute (chair), UPC Barcelona, Spain
Wouter Meulemans, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands
Debajyoti Mondal, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Jules Wulms, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands