[Infovis] Reminder - CfP VINCI '25 | International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction

[Günter Wallner]

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2nd Call for Papers
VINCI 2025
The 18th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and
Interaction
December 1-3, 2025, Linz, Austria
Submission Deadline: June 13, 2025
Full CfP: https://www.vinci-symp.org/
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VINCI '25 includes tracks of Technical Papers, Art Papers, and Art and 
Media Galleries, as well as a new special track on Cultural Heritage. 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solicit original, unpublished research papers that focus on all aspects 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.

** TRACKS **

Technical Papers:
A technical paper describes a new algorithm, technique, system, or 
theory that has 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, design, 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. The art papers call is open-theme, and this year, we 
have three types in the Art Papers: full papers, short papers and posters.

Art and Media Galleries:
The VINCI Art and Media Galleries celebrates artistic creations 
demonstrating conceptual and technological innovation related to visual 
information communication and interaction. We accept project topics, 
including data art, generative art and design, interactive graphics, 
real-time simulation, scientific illustration, creative and critical 
visualization, and more. The art and media galleries call is open-theme. 
This year, we have two types in the Art and Media Galleries: Media Demos 
and Artworks.

Cultural Heritage Special Track:
A new Special Track this year to explore and advance the intersection of 
visual information communication and cultural heritage. This special 
track invites contributions that demonstrate how visual techniques, 
tools, and systems can be applied to safeguard, promote, study, and 
interact with cultural heritage, encompassing both tangible and 
intangible aspects. Technical papers, artistic works, and interactive 
systems or prototypes that contribute to the field of cultural heritage 
through innovative visual communication and interaction are welcomed.

All submissions will be strictly peer-reviewed by at least three members 
of our international program committee.

** TOPICS OF INTEREST (including but not limited to) **

Topics for Technical Papers:
- Visual communication metaphors
- Cognitive aspects of visual information comprehension
- Empirical studies of novel visual metaphors
- Visualization of artificial intelligence, machine learning, ...
- 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
- Explainable AI
- Applications in SoftVis, BioVis, GeoVis, etc.

Topics for Art Papers & Art and Media Galleries:
- Generative Art & Design
- Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC)
- Metaverse applications
- Digital-twin applications
- Creative Visualization
- Critical Visualization
- Visualization for Culture/Cultural Heritage
- Tangible Visualization
- Data Sculpturing
- Visual Storytelling
- Data Art & Design
- Information Aesthetics
- Interactive Graphics & Design
- Real-time Simulation
- Creative Applications of Scientific Illustration
- Video Art
- AI Video/Film
- Digital Human applications


** PUBLICATION **

The peer-reviewed conference proceedings will be published by ACM as 
part of the ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS).

A number of selected high-impact full-text papers will also be 
considered for special issues in journals. For this year’s VINCI, we are 
going to set up two special issues: One in the Journal of Visualization 
(https://link.springer.com/journal/12650) and the other in Information 
Visualization (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/IVI) for selected 
extended papers. More details will be made available soon.

** IMPORTANT DATES **

Technical Papers Submission Deadline:        June 13, 2025
Art Papers Submission Deadline:              June 13, 2025
Art and Media Galleries Submission Deadline: June 13, 2025
Cultural Heritage Submission Deadline:       June 27, 2025

Notification of Acceptance (all tracks):     July 25, 2025
Paper submission of  revised  version:       August 22, 2025	
Final notification:                          September 5, 2025

Conference:                                  December 1-3, 2025

Full CfP:  https://www.vinci-symp.org/