[GDNET] Call for Papers: Graph Drawing and Network Visualization GD 2019

Toth, Csaba D csaba.toth at csun.edu
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                  Call for Papers

                      GD 2019

         27th International Symposium on
     Graph Drawing and Network Visualization

     September 17-20, 2019 - Prague, Czech Republic
            https://kam.mff.cuni.cz/gd2019/

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PDF version: https://kam.mff.cuni.cz/gd2019/callForPapers.pdf

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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, biology, geography, 
business intelligence, information security, and software engineering.

GD has been the main annual event in this area for more than 25 years. 
Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing 
as well as the design of network visualization systems and interfaces. 
GD 2019 will take place September 17-20, 2019, at the Floret conference 
center in Pruhonice near Prague, Czech Republic. 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 and the graph drawing contest

PAPERS
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We invite authors to submit papers describing original research of 
theoretical or practical significance to graph drawing and network 
visualization. Regular papers must be submitted explicitly to one of two 
distinct tracks described below. Papers submitted to one track will not 
compete with papers submitted to the other track.

Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects
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This track is mainly devoted to fundamental 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
* Geometric network design and optimization
* Geometric computing

Track 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects
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This track is mainly devoted to the practical aspects of graph drawing, 
such as the development of network visualization systems and interfaces 
in different application areas. The range of topics for this track 
includes (but is not limited to):

* Visualization of graphs and networks in real world applications, 
including big data analysis
* Engineering of network visualization algorithms and systems
* Experimental results in graph theory and algorithms
* Benchmarks and experimental studies of network visualization systems 
and user interfaces
* Cognitive studies on graph drawing readability and user interaction
* Interfaces and methods for interacting with graphs

Authors of applied papers will have the opportunity to show a demo of 
their software/system during the poster session.

Short papers
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In addition to the above two tracks, there will be a separate category 
for short papers, describing theoretical or applied contributions of 
shorter length. Papers in this category will be assigned a shorter time 
for presentation during the conference.

Submission format
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All submissions must be formatted using the LaTeX style file for the 
conference series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) provided by 
Springer. The default margins and fonts must not be modified; in 
particular, the use of packages such as times.sty is not allowed. 
Submissions that do not comply with this format risk rejection without 
consideration of their merits. The length of regular papers is limited 
to 12 pages (excluding references), while the length of short papers is 
limited to 6 pages (excluding references). The claims of the paper 
should be fully substantiated. If this information does not fit within 
the page limits, 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.

All submissions will be handled through EasyChair at the web site
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gd2019

Posters & Contest
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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 the LNCS style) that must be submitted 
together with the poster itself.

Details about the traditional Graph Drawing Contest held at the 
conference are provided on the contest web site.
     http://graphdrawing.de/contest2019/contest.html

PUBLICATION
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All accepted papers (including the two-page poster abstracts) will 
appear in the conference proceedings, published by Springer in the 
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The LNCS proceedings 
will be made freely accessible to the GD community upon publication and 
openly accessible to anyone after four years.

Authors will be required to submit their accepted papers to the arXiv 
repository, in order to provide immediate and unrestricted open access 
to them. The self-archived arXiv papers shall consist of the LNCS 
proceedings version (identical, except for possibly changed references 
to the appendix resp. the arXiv version) plus an optional clearly marked 
appendix. Subsequent submissions of revised versions of the paper to the 
arXiv (known as arXiv "replacements") are allowed. Failure to comply 
with these guidelines will impede the publication of the paper.

Each paper or poster must be presented at the conference by an author 
(barring unforeseen circumstances), otherwise the paper will not be 
included in the proceedings. Should any visa restriction prevent an 
author from attending the conference and presenting a paper, he/she will 
be given ways to participate and give the talk via electronic means.

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 version of their work to IEEE 
Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG).

AWARDS
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For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2019 will give 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 2019 attendees.

IMPORTANT DATES
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* Abstract submission deadline         June 10 (23:59 PDT)
* Paper submission deadline            June 12 (23:59 PDT)
* Notification of paper acceptance     July 22
* Poster submission deadline           August 12 (23:59 PDT)
* Notification of poster acceptance    August 21
* Final versions due                   August 26 (23:59 PDT)
* Contest submission deadline          September 5 (23:59 PDT)
* Symposium                            September 17-20

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Daniel Archambault (co-chair), Swansea University
David Auber, Université Bordeaux I
Benjamin Bach, The University of Edinburgh
Fabian Beck, University of Duisburg-Essen
Michael Bekos, University of Tübingen
Prosenjit Bose, Carleton University
Maike Buchin, Technical University of Dortmund
Nan Cao, Tongji University
Giordano Da Lozzo, Roma Tre University
Emilio Di Giacomo, University of Perugia
Tim Dwyer, Monash University
David Eppstein, University of California, Irvine
Yifan Hu, Yahoo!
Irina Kostitsyna, TU Eindhoven
Jan Kyn?l, Charles University
Anna Lubiw, University of Waterloo
Maarten Löffler, Utrecht University
Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California, Davis
Silvia Miksch, Vienna University of Technology
Kazuo Misue, University of Tsukuba
Helen Purchase, University of Glasgow
Ignaz Rutter, University of Passau
Alexandru Telea, Utrecht University
Csaba Tóth (co-chair), California State University, Northridge
Torsten Ueckerdt, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Birgit Vogtenhuber, Graz University of Technology
Hsiang-Yun Wu, Vienna University of Technology

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Martin Balko, Charles University
Ji?í Fiala (co-chair), Charles University
Anna Kot?šovcová, Charles University
Pavel Valtr (co-chair), Charles University

CONTEST COMMITTEE
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Philipp Kindermann (chair), University of Würzburg
Tamara Mchedlidze, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ignaz Rutter, University of Passau





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