CFP

VisCHI 22: 2nd International Conference on Visualization and Computer Human Interaction 2022

Online Webinar

Doha, Qatar, September 26-27, 2022

Conference website	https://www.hbku.edu.qa/en/vischi
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vischi22
Abstract registration deadline	September 5, 2022
Submission deadline	September 5, 2022

Topics: visualization and visual analytics visual computing and explainable ai chi and user centric design architecture and islamic arts

VisCHI (2^nd International Conference of Visualization and Computer Human Interaction) 2022 will be an international conference organized by the ICT Division at the College of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.

The aim of VisCHI is to bridge the fields of Visualization and Computer Human Interaction by disseminating research activities and novel ideas on both theoretical and application-oriented aspects, and by bringing together researchers and practitioners from universities, government, and industry to exchange recent findings on the design and use of visualization and computer human interaction technologies.

The ultimate goal is to establish and enforce novel connections between visualization and computer human interaction practitioners, to stimulate discussion on potential overlaps and cross-contamination between the two fields, to foster collaborations, and to attract more researchers in Qatar and Middle East to enter these rapidly growing areas of research.

Registration

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This event is sponsored by Qatar National Research Fund.

Program

Click HERE to download a copy of the program.

September 26, 2022

1:00pm	Opening & Welcome: Dr. Mounir Hamdi, Dean CSE
1:05pm	Invited Talk: Dr. Giovanni Pintore on 3D Indoor Reconstruction
1:55pm	QNRF Sponsor talk: Dr. Ali Alaboudy
2:15pm	BREAK
2:25pm	SPIDER: SPherical Indoor DEpth Renderer Muhammad Tukur, Giovanni Pintore, Enrico Gobbetti and Marco Agus
2:40pm	A Preliminary Framework to Enhance AI-generated Images With Arabic Culture Wala Elsharif, James She, Preslav Nakov and Simon Wong
2:55pm	What Sentiment and Fun Facts We Learnt Before FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Using Twitter and AI James She, Kamilla Swart-Arries, Mohammad Belal and Simon Wong
3:20pm	MENA-150: AI end-to-end Framework for Fine-grained Classification on Noisy and Imbalanced Dataset Nauman Ullah Gilal, Khaled A. Al−Thelaya, Marco Agus and Jens Schneider
3:35pm	Virtual/Augmented Reality for Atomistic Simulation Research and STEAM Education El Tayeb Bentria, Fedwa El-Mellouhi and Johanne Medina
3:50pm	End of Day 1

September 27, 2022

1:00pm	Invited Talk: Dr. Michael Aupetit on Information Visualization
1:50pm	Medicinal Plant Species Identification with Explainability using Lime Ameya Ranade, Mihir Nikam, Rushil Patel, Aarti Milind Karande and Prachi Dalvi
2:05pm	Overcoming Challenges of clustering overlapping materials science data class Fadwa El-Mellouhi, Satyanarayana Bonakala, Michael Aupetit and Halima Bensmail
2:20pm	Accelerating the Adoption of Research Data Management Strategies Johanne Medina, Abdul Wahab Ziaullah, Heesoo Park, Ivano Castelli, Arif Shoan, Halima Bensmail and Fedwa El-Mellouhi
2:35pm	BREAK
2:45pm	Invited Talk: Bernard Ghanem on Ego4D
3:25pm	Co-designing Inclusive Play With and For Autistic Children Mohamad Hassan Fadi Hijab, Dena Al-Thani, Nahwan Al-Aswadi, and Joselia Neves
3:40pm	Changing Designers First: A Nudge-based Design Framework for Inclusiveness and Wellbeing Reem Al-Mansoori, Dena Al-Thani, and Raian Ali
4:05pm	Classification of Nuclei in Whole Slide Imaging Based on Deep Ensemble Learning and Manual Feature Analysis Khaled Al-Thelaya, Mahmood Alzubaidi, Fahad Majeed, Nauman Ullah Gilal, Marco Agus and Jens Schneider
4:20pm	End of Day 2

Submission Guidelines

With this call for papers, we invite two kinds of contributions:

Sketch submission: an extended abstract or short paper no longer than 4 pages including references. Sketches focus on novel ideas, late-breaking results, work in progress, follow-up extensions or evaluations of existing methods, as well as position statements and surveys about recent and trendy technologies. The purpose of sketches is to present your work to a broader audience and discuss with researchers in similar fields.
Poster submission: a one-page abstract together with an A0 poster describing work in progress, follow-up extensions, application case studies, or evaluations of existing methods. The goal is to provide young researchers, especially postgraduate students, the valuable opportunity of gathering feedback from other researchers and engage in stimulating discussions.

The contributions will be peer-reviewed by an international committee.

Authors may choose whether to anonymize their submission or not - reviewers’ identities are never revealed.

At least one author of an accepted contribution must register and attend the conference to present the work.

A selection of accepted sketch papers and eventually poster submissions will be invited to submit an extended version to be published as a book chapter.

Submission format: A4 pdf, English language, Times New Roman 12pt, single column, single line spacing, margins of 1in.

List of Topics

We encourage submissions from all areas of visualization and computer human interaction.

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

Data, Information, and Scientific Visualization
Visual Analytics, Visual Computing, and Explainable AI
Human-Computer Interaction, User Experiments, and User-Centric Design
Constructive Geometry, Architecture, and Islamic Arts

Work in other fields concerned with techniques that support human-machine interactions to analyze and control complex systems, will be considered, including: energy, security, education, and health. We also warmly encourage submission targeting topics of particular interest for Qatar region, such us: Islamic and Middle East Culture, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

Committees

Program Committee

Alberto Jaspe Vilanueva, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Pere Pau Vasquez, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Giovanni Pintore, CRS4, Italy
Fabio Marton, CRS4, Italy
Thomas Hollt, TU Delft,,Netherlands
Noora Fetais, Qatar University, Qatar
Michael Aupetit, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar
Osama Halabi, Qatar University, Qatar
James She, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Mowafa Househ, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Barbora Kozlikova, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Oussama Metatla, University of Bristol, UK
Michael Krone, University of Tubingen, Germany

Organizing committee (Conference chairs)

Dena Al-Thani, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar (dalthani@hbku.edu.qa)
Marco Agus, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar (magus@hbku.edu.qa)
Jens Schneider, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar (jeschneider@hbku.edu.qa)

Contact

For any questions concerning the submissions and the conference please contact conference chairs.