[General] EuroVis 2011: Eurographics / IEEE Symposium on Visualization

================================================ EuroVis 2011: Eurographics / IEEE Symposium on Visualization June 1-3, Bergen, Norway <http://www.UiB.no/EuroVis2011/> http://www.UiB.no/EuroVis2011/ ================================================ Building on the success of past EuroVis conferences, we invite you to participate in the 13th annual Eurographics / IEEE Symposium on Visualization. EuroVis is the *most important visualization venue* in Europe and it is the first time that EuroVis takes place in Norway. This presents a unique opportunity to see some of the best works in visualization research. The symposium program contains *two invited* *talks* and presentations of *over 50 peer-reviewed papers*, reporting significant new research results and case studies on the practical application of visualization in data analysis. The papers are published in a special issue of the *Computer Graphics Forum* journal after an international two-stage reviewing process. You can find a sneak preview on the conference program via the following URL: <http://www.UiB.no/eurovis2011/program.php> http://www.UiB.no/eurovis2011/program.php The conference also hosts a co-located one-day workshop on the new and upcoming topic of Visual Analytics, EuroVA 2011, May 31, 2011: http://www.EuroVA.org/ Bergen is Norway's second largest city and the main center of life and business on the beautiful west coast of the country. The University of Bergen is a major part of the compact center of the city and students, residents, as well as a larger numbers of tourists enjoy the historic Hanse city during the long and light summer days. Early June is amongst the very best weeks in the year to visit Bergen and is indeed very popular during this time -- early booking of accommodation is thus strongly recommended! EuroVis 2011 is organized by the local research group in visualization at the Department of Informatics, University of Bergen [ <http://www.ii.UiB.no/vis/> http://www.ii.UiB.no/vis/ ]. The group is related to several important local research fields such as medicine, geosciences, marine life research, and climatology. Before April 16, 2011, participants of EuroVis 2011 can register at a significantly reduced *early-bird registration* rate: <https://registrer.app.uib.no/eurovis/> https://registrer.app.uib.no/eurovis/ After registration, the participants will receive information about hotels that have a contracted rate, reserved for EuroVis participants. Please note that these rooms are only bookable as long as they are available, at the latest until mid-April. After that the rooms will be given away by the hotels freely and to non-fixed rates. Please let us repeat that it is strongly recommended to *book accomodation as soon* *as possible*. Bergen in summer is very, very popular amongst tourists from all over the world. Usually the hotels in town get booked out very quickly. You can find touristic information on Bergen here: <http://www.uib.no/eurovis2011/bergen.php> http://www.uib.no/eurovis2011/bergen.php If you have colleagues that may also be interested in seeing Europe's best visualization conference and meet some of the leading experts in visualization, please, share this information. We are also very, very thankful to the Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and other sponsors of EuroVis 2011 as well as to Forskningsrådet for their substantial support. Our sponsors and supporters are listed here: <http://www.uib.no/eurovis2011/sponsors.php> http://www.uib.no/eurovis2011/sponsors.php For more information on this venue, please visit our website: <http://www.UiB.no/EuroVis2011/> http://www.UiB.no/EuroVis2011/ -- Ivan Viola, Assoc. Prof. in Visualization University of Bergen, Norway web: <http://www.ii.uib.no/vis> www.ii.uib.no/vis mailto: <mailto:ivan.viola@uib.no> ivan.viola(a)uib.no skype: ivanviola callto:+4755584282