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Come and join us! We are seeking for an engaged and bright PostDoc to work with us in the areas of Information Visualization (InfoVis) and Visual Analytics (VA).
The position will be placed in the ISOVIS group (https://cs.lnu.se/isovis/), led by Professor Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University (https://lnu.se/en), Växjö Campus, Sweden. The postdoc fellow will conduct research at the borderline between the fields of information visualization / visual analytics as well as machine learning in close collaboration with ISOVIS members, other research groups of the department, and domain experts within the Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA). Work duties include the whole research cycle, i.e., from literature reviews and the identification of research challenges, throughout the implementation of visualization tools and performing user studies, to the reporting of the results in publications. Thematically, the research interests of the successful candidate can be aligned with the research foci of the group (cf. group web site), but we are especially interested in complementary expertise in the areas of InfoVis/VA and ML.
In this context, the postdoc fellow is expected to regularly present intermediate/final research results at international conferences/workshops and publish them in highly-ranked conference proceedings and journals in the areas of information visualization, visual analytics, applied machine learning, but possibly also in the areas of domain experts.
To the extent of about 20% of the working time, the postdoc fellow will be involved in teaching activities at different levels and providing visualization support for scientists affiliated to the DISA center or for researchers approaching us through the National Research Infrastructure For Data Visualization (InfraVis; https://infravis.se/).
For a more detailed description of the duties, formal requirements, and on how to apply for this position, please visit LNU’s vacancies page:
https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/work-with-us/vacancies-page/?rmp…
Please also consider to share this message with other interested candidates. Last day for application is April 30, 2025.
Best regards,
Andreas Kerren
ISOVIS Group @ Linnaeus University
ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics SCA ‘25
https://computeranimation.org/
The 24th annual Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) will take place in
Vancouver, Canada from August 8-10 2025. *We have extended the paper
submission deadline until April 7th.*
Important Dates
Submission Deadline (Papers): * April 7, 2025*
Notification of Conditional Acceptance: May 12, 2025
Revision Deadline (2nd review cycle): June 12, 2025
Journal Notification: June 30, 2025
Camera-ready due: July 10, 2025
Conference: August 8 to 10, 2025
All submission deadlines are *23:59 AoE timezone* (Anywhere on Earth).
Submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sca2025
About the Conference
SCA is the premier forum for presenting innovations on the theory,
software, and technology of computer animation. The conference is a focused
and intimate gathering of researchers and practitioners working on all
aspects of time-based phenomena. Its single track program features paper
sessions, poster presentations, panel discussions, and keynote talks. Plus
its emphasis on community interaction makes SCA the best venue to exchange
research results, get inspired, and initiate collaborations.
We invite submissions of original, high-quality papers on computer
animation, broadly defined as computation dealing with time-varying
phenomena. Papers will be submitted to the Proceedings of the ACM in
Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
<https://dl.acm.org/journal/pacmcgit> (PACMCGIT) journal and undergo two
rounds of review. Accepted papers will appear in the PACMCGIT issue on SCA
2025, and authors of accepted papers will present their work at the
conference.
Topics of Interest
We invite original work on a broad range of topics, including but not
limited to:
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2D, 3D, and N-D animation systems
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Autonomous agents
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Clothing animation and simulation
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Computational design of animated systems
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Expressive motion / communication
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Generative and morphable models
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3D and 4D motion modeling
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Learned character control
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Facial animation
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Feature learning of motions, faces, body shapes and hand gestures
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Foundation models for animation
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Group and crowd behavior
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Interactive computer graphics
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Intuitive interfaces for creating and editing animations
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Mathematical foundations of animation
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Methods of control and artistic direction of simulations
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Machine learning techniques for animation
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Multimodal techniques for animation
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Modeling and simulation of natural phenomena
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Nature in motion (natural phenomena, plants, clouds, etc.)
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New time-based art forms on the computer
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Novel time-varying phenomena
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Perceptual metrics of animation
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Physical realism / measuring the real world for animation
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Physical simulation
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Fluid animation and simulation
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Planning / learning / optimization for animation
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Real-time and interactive methods
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Camera control methods for computer animation
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Sound and speech for animation
... as well as related problems in robotics game development,
human-computer interaction, simulation visualization, and computer vision.
SCA welcomes all kinds of contributions that advance the field of computer
animation. This includes new and improved algorithms, but also:
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New datasets, or carefully and thoughtfully designed (collections of)
datasets based on previously available data
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Advanced practices in data collection and curation
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Benchmarks and benchmarking tools
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Perceptual studies
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Experimental studies
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Material measurements
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Systems
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Hardware
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Theoretical foundations
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New promising approaches that do not yet achieve state-of-the-art
performance
Technical Papers
We invite you to submit high-quality work on animation and simulation
broadly defined as computation dealing with time-varying phenomena. Each
submission will be reviewed by an international program committee for
technical quality, novelty, significance, and clarity.
Papers should be written and presented in English. There is no strict
maximum length for submitted papers. However, we recommend that research
papers be up to 16 pages (excluding references), and longer papers should
make a very significant contribution. Authors are encouraged to use
supplementary documents to provide extra content. A paper submission should
describe an original work of the authors. Authors must not use ideas or
content originating from others without properly crediting their original
sources. Optional supplemental material does not count towards this
suggested limit.
Supplementary material such as videos may also be submitted electronically
and will be made available to reviewers (size up to 500MB). Videos are
required for techniques involving motion or animation.
Submitted articles will receive two rounds of reviewing by at least three
(3) expert reviewers. Technical papers conditionally accepted in the first
round will undergo a second round of revision and review and, conditional
on final acceptance, will be published in the PACMCGIT
<https://dl.acm.org/journal/pacmcgit> issue on SCA 2025. There is no
rebuttal process.
Papers can be submitted via the EasyChair
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sca2025> website.
Paper Format
Research papers should be in ACM article format
<https://www.siggraph.org/preparing-your-content/author-instructions/> using
the ACM small trim journal size (“acmsmall”). For the review version,
please use the command:
\documentclass[acmsmall, screen, review, anonymous]{acmart}
Anonymous Submissions
Paper submissions must be anonymous and include the unique paper ID that
will be assigned upon creating a submission using the online system. The
review process is double-anonymous
<https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/peer-review>, so please remove
all personal data, such as author names and affiliation from all your
submission files.
Papers should not have previously appeared in, or be currently submitted
to, any other conference or journal. SCA follows the same anonymity policy
as SIGGRAPH <https://s2025.siggraph.org/anonymity-policy/>. Any case of
violation will be determined by the chairs and could result in a desk
rejection.
Awards
Best Paper Awards will be given to exceptional submissions on the cutting
edge of computer animation.
Presentations
The author(s) of accepted papers must also attend the conference and
present their work in-person. At least one (1) author from each accepted
paper must register for the conference.
Program Chairs
Lingjie Liu, University of Pennsylvania
Sheldon Andrews, École de Technologie Supérieure
Conference Chairs
Bo Zhu, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yin Yang, University of Utah
Dear all,
We are thrilled to announce that, due to an unexpected number of interesting submissions, the total number of accepted papers has exceeded our initial expectations.
To ensure ample time for presentations and meaningful discussions and to incorporate an interesting art demo from the Goldsmiths University of London, we have decided to extend the conference by half a day before Eurographics.
According to the revised schedule, the Expressive+WICED'25 conference will now start at 13:00 on May 11, 2025, in addition to the full-day conference at BFI, London, on May 12. An art demo and selected paper presentations will take place at the Goldsmiths University of London on May 11, starting at 13:00. The main conference on May 12 will run from 09:00 to 17:00 at the British Film Institute, London.
For conference registration, please visit <https://onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-engineering…> https://onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-engineering…. Please note this is a separate registration from the main Eurographics event.
We eagerly look forward to seeing you all in London.
Regards
Expressive+WICED'25 Chairs
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AniNex - The 6th Workshop on Next Generation Computer Animation Techniques
<https://casa2025.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/5>
https://casa2025.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/5
Important Dates
Submission Deadline: 18 April 2025
Notification of Acceptance: 15 May 2025
Workshop Date: 3 June 2025
The sixth edition of the AniNex workshop will be held in conjunction with
the 38th International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents
(CASA 2025), which will take place between 2-4 June 2025, in Strasbourg,
France.
The workshop aims to disseminate state-of-the-art research on all aspects of
computer animation, including multidisciplinary approaches with industrial
applications. Through presentations and a poster session, the event will
showcase the latest advancements in AI and computer animation, serving as a
platform for discussions on the future of these technologies while fostering
collaboration among participants.
Call for Papers/Posters
We invite abstract submissions (up to two pages) for the poster track and
full paper submissions (up to ten pages) for the oral presentation track.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
. Machine learning and its applications in computer graphics, including
computer vision, motion data retrieval and analysis, facial expression and
emotion modelling, information visualisation;
. Application of natural language processing for computer graphics and
computer games;
. Advances in physically based animation, fluid simulation, deformation
modelling, collision handling, natural environment modelling, GPU-based
modelling and simulation, and rendering;
. Virtual reality and augmented reality applications, including hardware and
software support, and novel human-computer interaction design and
application;
. Other advanced computer animation techniques.
Submission documents must be anonymous (they should not contain author
names). The paper submission format follows the same guidelines as the
conference, and templates are available via the following links: LaTeX
template [ <https://casa2025.sciencesconf.org/data/tmpl_pac.zip> LaTex], or
MS Word template [ <https://casa2025.sciencesconf.org/data/mswrd_pac.zip>
Microsoft Word].
Selected works will be invited to submit an extended version for
consideration in a special section of Computers & Graphics.
Please submit your submission here (AniNex Workshop):
<https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=casa2025>
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=casa2025
Organising Committee
Prof Jian Chang, Bournemouth University, UK
Dr Anil Bas, Bournemouth University, UK
Prof Shihui Guo, Xiamen University, China
Prof Jian Jun Zhang, Bournemouth University, UK
During the workshop, the Centre for Applied Creative Technologies (CfACTs)
will host an introductory session. Working with industry, CfACTs Fellows
apply their research cross-sectorally, including but not limited to computer
animation, visual effects (VFX), computer vision, visualisation, healthcare,
retail and assistive technology.
This workshop is partially funded by the EU H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie
COFUND Scheme (CfACTs 900025) and the Bournemouth University Research
Capacity Transformation Fund.
CfACTs draws upon the academic excellence of the Faculty of Media &
Communication, including the National Centre for Computer Animation, the
Faculty of Science & Technology and the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
at Bournemouth University, UK. For more information, please visit:
<https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/cfacts-research>
https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/cfacts-research
CASA 2025 Call for Short Papers (Hybrid conference)
<https://casa2025.sciencesconf.org/> https://casa2025.sciencesconf.org/
The 38th International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents
(CASA 2025) will be held on June 2-4, 2025, in Strasbourg, France. The
conference is organized by the <https://en.unistra.fr/> University of
Strasbourg and the <https://icube.unistra.fr/en> ICube laboratory. Founded
in Geneva in 1988 under the name of Computer Animation (CA) by the Computer
Graphics Society (CGS), CASA is the oldest international conference in
computer animation and social agents in the world.
In the past few years, CASA has been held in Europe, Asia, North America,
and Australia. CASA 2025 will provide a great opportunity to interact with
leading experts, share your own work, and educate yourself through exposure
to the research of your peers from around the world.
This year, the conference will be in HYBRID format. Authors will have the
option to present their paper either in person or online.
IMPORTANT DATES
* Submission deadline: April 7, 2025
* Notification to Authors: April 21, 2025
* Author Registration: May 18 (final deadline)
PAPER SUBMISSION
We invite submissions of short research papers (minimum 6 pages) on a broad
range of topics, including but not limited to Computer Animation, Embodied
Agents, Social Agents, Virtual and Augmented Reality, and Visualization (see
below for a detailed list). This year, we particularly welcome papers in the
following domains: AI image generation, AI video generation, AI music
generation, AI storytelling, and AI applications in VR.
Submitted papers will be reviewed by the program committee and papers of
high quality will be referred for publication in the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS, <https://link.springer.com/conference/casa>
https://link.springer.com/conference/casa) published by Springer. Authors
will have to register and present the papers at the conference either onsite
or online.
SCOPE AND LIST OF TOPICS
CASA invites submissions on a broad range of topics, including but not
limited to:
Computer Animation
* Motion Control
* Motion Capture & Retargeting
* Path Planning
* Physics-based Animation
* Vision-based Techniques for Animation
* Behavioral Animation
* Deformation
* Facial Animation
* Image-based Animation
* AI Storytelling
* AI Visual Generator
* Group and Crowd Simulation
* Modeling Natural Phenomena
* Deep Learning based Animation
* Fluid Animation
* Multi-scale Models
* Animation Compression & Transmission
* Machine Learning for Animation
* Advanced Multimodal Models
* Game-based Learning
Virtual Worlds
* Virtual Heritage
* Humanoid and Social Robots
* User Studies on AI or Robots Acceptance
* Machine Learning for VR and AR
* Artificial Agents in Virtual Reality
* Mixed and Augmented Reality
* Population Generation for Virtual Worlds
* Virtual Cities
* Virtual Humans and Avatars
* Anthropometric Virtual Human Models
* Digital Clones
* VR Health Applications
* Shared Virtual Environments
* Semantics & Ontologies for Animation in VR
* AI applications in VR and AR experiences
* Anthropometric Virtual Human Models
* Metaverse
* 3D Telepresence
* Haptics
* Locomotion and Navigation
* Presence and Immersion
* Cultural Heritage Applications
* Social Agents
WEBSITE: <https://casa2025.sciencesconf.org/>
https://casa2025.sciencesconf.org/
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
* Frederic Cordier (University of Haute-Alsace, France)
* Kun Zhou (Zhejiang University, China)
* Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann (MIRALab--University of Geneva, Switzerland)
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
* Christos Mousas (Purdue University, United States)
* Hyewon Seo (CNRS--University of Strasbourg, France)
* Daniel Thalmann (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
Switzerland)
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATOR
* Bin Sheng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
PUBLICITY CHAIR
* Xiaosong Yang (Bournemouth University, UK)
ORGANIZATION CHAIR
* Hadrien Courtecuisse (CNRS--University of Strasbourg, France)
CALL FOR PAPERS: SHAPE MODELING INTERNATIONAL (SMI) 2025
<https://smiconf.github.io/2025/> https://smiconf.github.io/2025/
Updates: Full paper submission deadline extended to April-22, 2025
Abstract submission extended to April-14, 2025
Shape Modeling International (SMI) provides an international forum for the
dissemination of new mathematical theories and computational techniques for
modeling, simulating and processing digital representations of shapes and
their properties to a community of researchers, developers, students, and
practitioners across a wide range of fields. Conference proceedings will be
published in a Special Issue of Computers & Graphics Journal, Elsevier.
Papers presenting original research are being sought in all areas of shape
modeling and its applications. SMI 2025 will be co-located with Solid and
Physical Modeling (SPM 2025). The joint conference will take place from
October 29 to November 2, 2025, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
SMI also participates in the Replicability Stamp Initiative, an additional
recognition for authors who are willing to go one step further, and in
addition to publishing the paper, provide a complete open-source
implementation. The Replicability Stamp is a prerequisite for SMI best paper
nomination. More information on topics, submission guidelines, and important
dates are given at the SMI2025 website.
IMPORTANT DATES SMI 2025 (23:59 UTC/GMT):
Abstract submission (new!): April 14, 2025
Full paper submission (new!): April 22, 2025
First review notification (new!): May 26, 2025
Revised papers due (new!): June 23, 2025
Second review notification (new!): July 14, 2025
Camera-ready full papers due (new!): August 4, 2025
Conference: October 29 - November 2, 2025
SUBMISSION:
Papers should present previously unpublished, original results that are not
simultaneously submitted elsewhere. The SMI conference will use a
double-blind review process. Consequently, all submissions must be
anonymous. All papers should be submitted using the EasyChair website.
Submissions should be formatted according to the style guidelines for the
Computers & Graphics Journal and should not exceed 12 pages, including
figures and references. We strongly recommend using the LaTeX template to
format your paper. We also accept papers formatted by MS Word according to
the style guidelines for Computers & Graphics. The file must be exported to
a pdf file for the first round of submission. For format details, please
refer to the Computers & Graphics Journal Guide for Authors.
SMI&SPM CONFERENCE CHAIRS:
Georges-Pierre Bonneau Université Grenoble Alpes, France
Gang Xu Hangzhou Dianzi University, China
Weiwei Xu Zhejiang University, China
SMI TECHNICAL PAPERS CHAIRS:
Hongwei Lin Zhejiang University, China
Michela Mortara CNR-IMATI Genova, Italy
Zichun Zhong Wayne State University, USA
SMI COMMUNICATION CHAIRS:
Ergun Akleman Texas A&M University, USA
Silvia Biasotti CNR-IMATI, Italy
Yang Liu Microsoft Research Asia, China
LIST OF TOPICS (non-restrictive):
Acquisition and reconstruction
AR/VR environments
Behavior and animation models
Compression and streaming
Computational topology
Correspondence and registration
Curves and surfaces
Digital fabrication and 3D printing
Exploration of shape collections
Feature extraction and classification
Geometric deep learning
Healing and resampling
Implicit surfaces
Interactive modeling, design, and editing
Learning techniques for shape modeling
Medial and skeletal representations
Neural 3D reconstruction, synthesis, and processing
Parametric and procedural models
Segmentation
Semantics of shapes
Shape analysis and synthesis
Shape modeling applications (product design, biomedicine, GIS, geoscience,
art, education and training, cultural heritage, gaming, and others)
Shape statistics
Shape transformation and deformation
Simulation
Sketching and 3D input modalities
Triangle and polygonal meshes
3D digital twins
3D retrieval
Dear all,
Eurographics early registration deadline is March 30th - ending soon!
Act now: https://eg25.cs.ucl.ac.uk/main/registration.html. By
registering now, you may save up to 25%, depending on your category.
The keynotes, awards, full papers, STAR, tutorial, short papers
(announced soon), and educational (announced soon) programs/schedules are
now available at
<https://eg25.cs.ucl.ac.uk/main/talks.html>
https://eg25.cs.ucl.ac.uk/main/talks.html
We are looking forward to welcoming you. Book early-last-minute
hotel/travel bookings can be expensive.
Cheers
Tobias and Niloy
Eurographics 2025 Conference Chairs
Call for Participation - SHREC 2025 Track "Partial Retrieval Benchmark"
The aim of this track is to compare the matching performance of local 3D
shape descriptors for partial retrieval. We base our evaluation in the
newly proposed ShapeBench, a benchmarking methodology specifically aimed
for comparing the effectiveness of local descriptors.
Please find all the relevant information regarding this SHREC Track in the
Track Website:
https://bartiver.folk.ntnu.no/shrec2025/
Deadline to register for the track: April 1, 2025.
Deadline for submission of results: April 22, 2025.
The Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2025 will take place from Wednesday, June 25, through Friday, June 27, at CPH Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark. This 36th event continues the series of highly successful Eurographics Symposia and Workshops on Rendering.
Call for Papers and other information is at <https://conferences.eg.org/egsr2025/> https://conferences.eg.org/egsr2025/
Key dates (all deadlines are midnight, 23:59 UTC):
* Abstract deadline: Tuesday, April 1
* Research Track papers deadline: Monday, April 7
* Industry Track papers deadline: Wednesday, May 21
* Research Track final papers due: Thursday, June 5
* Industry Track final papers due: Wednesday, June 18
* Conference: Wednesday, June 25, through Friday, June 27
Please spread the word, and we look forward to your participation.
--
Beibei Wang and Alexander Wilkie, Program Chairs
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Dear All,
This year, EuroVis 2025<https://www.eurovis2025.lu/>—Europe’s leading conference on visualization research—will take place in Luxembourg City from June 2-6. Since its inception in 1999 as a symposium, EuroVis has grown into a premier platform for advancing visualization research and applications across Europe and beyond. It offers a unique opportunity to connect with visualization researchers and practitioners across disciplines, exchange ideas, and foster new collaborations.
We are looking for motivated Student Volunteers<https://www.eurovis2025.lu/student-volunteers> (SVs) to help with the on-site organization of the conference. In return for about 20h of work, you will receive free access to the entire event—including workshops, talks, meals, and social events—as well as a chance to gain hands-on experience and expand your professional network.
Interested students are welcome to apply<https://app.sli.do/event/mrZFV1PvLjRXeiHWbiZefQ> by April 18th, 2025, 23:59 GMT.
Find out more on the EuroVis 2025 website, or reach out to us at sv [at] eurovis [dot] org with any questions.
Looking forward to seeing you in Luxembourg!
Best regards,
Eloi Durant
Student Volunteer Chair, EuroVis 2025
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Éloi Durant | PostDoctoral Researcher
ITIS | RDSA Unit | VisInt Group
(+352) 275 888 5102
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