1. Scope and Topics

We solicit original, unpublished research papers that focus on all aspects of visual information communication and interaction, either via images, computer graphics, animations, virtual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, or other media. Research papers may address cognitive and design aspects, underlying theories, taxonomies, implementation work, tool support, and case studies. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

    Aesthetics in visual communication
    Empirical studies of novel visual metaphors
    Cognitive aspects of visual information comprehension
    Visual analytics
    Visual communication metaphors
    Graph drawing and network visualization
    Visual approaches to knowledge discovery
    Computational aesthetics
    Visual interaction through multimodality
    Graphical user interface design
    Visual modeling languages and UML
    Influence of visual arts and design
    Visual programming languages
    Visualization on mobile devices
    Information visualization
    Applications like SoftVis, BioVis, GeoVis, etc
    Human-computer interaction

2. Paper Submission

Submissions that address research and development, as well as experience reports and tool demonstrations on the above and other related topics are strongly encouraged. Papers can be submitted as full papers, short papers and posters. Each submitted symposium paper will be peer-reviewed by at least three International Program Committee members. You are welcome to submit a paper to VINCI 2020. All accepted papers and posters will appear in the proceedings of VINCI 2020 published by ACM Press and made available in the ACM Digital Library (EI indexed). Moreover, authors of a number of selected full papers of high quality will be invited to prepare revised versions of their work for submission to a special issue of the Journal of Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art, and a special issue of the Journal of Visualization (SCI indexed).

Research papers and experience reports of up to eight (8), short papers of up to four (4), and tool demonstrations or posters of up to two (2) ACM double-column pages should be submitted through easychair.org. The review process will be single-blind. We appreciate the submission of videos or other supplemental material. Please provide a URL at the end of the submitted paper to enable the reviewers the download of your additional material. Detailed information on the electronic submission can be found at the end of this page.

3. Workshops and Tutorials

VINCI '20 is also soliciting proposals for full-day or half-day workshops and tutorials on topics that address areas of interest to the community. Proposals should not be longer than a maximum of 2 pages. In particular, workshop proposals should include:

    The title and a brief description of the specific issues that the workshop will address, the reasons why the workshop is of interest in these times, and the main research areas involved.
    Contact information of the workshop chairs, their competence in the proposed topic(s) and previous experience in chairing scientific events.
    A tentative list of program committee members.
    Intended length (half or full day) and a draft of the Call for Papers.
    It is expected that the workshop organizers will setup an own workshop web page as soon as the workshop proposal has been accepted.

Tutorials usually attract a broad range of audiences, including professionals, researchers, students, or practitioners, who wish to enhance their knowledge in the specific tutorial topic. Tutorials offer a unique opportunity to disseminate in-depth information on specific topics in visual information communication and interaction. Tutorial proposals should include short biographies of the proposers, a draft of the tutorial content, intended length, and evidence of the possibility of attracting audience to the tutorial.

It is possible to extend the symposium by one day in case many workshops or tutorials are proposed and accepted. Detailed information on the submission of workshop and tutorial proposals can be found at the end of this page.