CFP: BELIV 2010 - CHI 2010 Workshop

> *** Call for Papers ***
> *BELIV 2010 - CHI 2010 Workshop*
> BEyond time and errors: novel evaLuation methods for Information
> Visualization
> A Workshop of the ACM CHI 2010 Conference
>
> April 10-11, 2010 - Altanta, GA, USA
>
> WORKSHOP WEBSITE
>
> http://www.beliv.org/beliv2010/
>
> DESCRIPTION
> The purpose of information visualization is to provide users with
> accurate
> visual representations of data and natural interaction tools to
> support
> discovery and sense making. These activities are often exploratory
> in nature
> and can take place over days, weeks or months and rarely follow a
> predefined
> or linear workflow. While the overall use of information
> visualizations is
> accelerating, the growth of techniques for the evaluation of these
> systems
> has been slow. To understand these complex behaviors, evaluation
> efforts
> should be targeted at the component level, the system level, and the
> work
> environment level. The commonly used evaluation metrics such as task
> time
> completion and number of errors appear insufficient to quantify the
> quality
> of an information visualization system; thus the name of the workshop:
> "beyond time and errors …".
>
> BELIV 2010 aims at gathering researchers in the field to continue the
> exploration of novel evaluation methods, and to structure the
> knowledge on
> evaluation in information visualization around a schema, where
> researchers
> can easily identify unsolved problems and research gaps.
>
> This is the third edition of the BELIV workshop series. Based on
> feedback
> from past workshop participants, BELIV 2010 will be a *2-day
> workshop* to
> provide a more interactive environment where participants can
> produce a
> research agenda to be published online.
>
> DATES
>
> Deadline for submissions: November 30, 2009 (5:00pm PDT)
> Notification of acceptance: December 21, 2009
> Camera ready papers due: Mid-March
> Workshop: April 10-11, 2008
>
> HOW TO PARTICIPATE
>
> To participate to the workshop it is necessary to have a paper
> accepted and
> be registered both to the workshop and the main CHI conference.
>
> Paper Types
> We accept 2 types of submissions: position papers or research papers:
>
> * Research papers are longer (4-8 pages) and present new work and
> unpublished results. Research papers will be peer-reviewed by
> members of the
> program committee and selected according to their novelty, quality and
> relevance. Authors of accepted research papers will have a chance to
> revise
> their papers before they are published in the **ACM digital library**.
>
> * Position papers are short statements (1-2 pages) describing a
> participant's relevant experience and ideas that can contribute to the
> discussion during the workshop. They will be made available to the
> workshop
> participants only.
>
> Submission
> To submit a paper create an account and submit the paper to the
> submission
> system at: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/BELIV2010/. Please
> clarify if
> you are submitting a position or research paper.
>
> Format
> All the submissions should be formatted in the ACM style. Suitable
> templates, in LaTeX and Word, can be downloaded from:
> http://<http://goog_1254882892965/>
> www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Submission should be
> either in
> PDF (preferred) or Word formats.
>
> TOPICS OF INTEREST
>
> Topics include, but are not limited to:
>
> • Evaluation in the visualization lifecycle
> • Utility characterization
> • Evaluation metrics
> • Insight characterization
> • Synthetic data set generation
> • Taxonomies of tasks
> • Benchmark development and repositories
> • Methodology of longitudinal case studies
> • Evaluation of early prototypes
> • Evaluation heuristics and guidelines
>
> ORGANIZERS
>
> Enrico Bertini
> University of Konstanz
> Konstanz, Germany
>
> Heidi Lam
> Google Inc.
> Mountain View, CA, USA
> Adam Perer
> IBM Haifa Research Lab
> Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel
> <adamp@il.ibm.com>