=== VCBM 2017 Call for Papers ===

http://www.vcbm.org/

Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine 2017

in Bremen, Germany

*) Workshop Dates: September 7-8, 2017

*) Submission Deadline: ~~June 19~~ June 27, 2017

== Aims and Scope ==

EG VCBM (http://www.vcbm.org/), the Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and

Medicine, is an annual event addressing the state of the art in visual computing research with a

strong focus on applications in biology and medicine. It provides an interdisciplinary forum for

experts (researchers and practitioners) from visualization, visual analytics, computer graphics,

image processing, computer vision, human computer interfaces as well as experts from biology and

medicine, jointly working on next generation visual computing solutions for medicine, healthcare

and the biotechnology sector. This year’s workshop (already the 7th VCBM since its foundation in

2008) will be held during September 7-8, 2017, in Bremen, Germany.

EG VCBM solicits the submission of original, application-oriented research papers that advance the

fusion of visual computing methods within medicine and biology. All papers (regular papers as well

as short papers) should focus on a well-defined biological/medical problem, and demonstrate a

significant innovation or improvement in visual computing.

Suggested topics for papers include, but are not limited to:

*) Visual computing solutions for medical applications like radiology, surgery, pathology,

cardiology, nephrology, neurology, etc., including medical education

*) Visual computing solutions for applications that support biomedical research in systems biology,

*omics research, molecular pathology, neuroanatomy, biomedical imaging, etc.

*) Medical simulation and visual computing solutions that support new approaches in computational

medicine, including also the uses of stereoscopy and haptics

*) Visualization approaches for data from new or challenging imaging modalities including real-time

imaging (e.g., ultrasound)

*) Visual computing solutions in the context of the virtual physiological human

*) Survey papers on visual computing in biology and medicine

Methods might include, but are not limited to:

*) Visualization and analysis of all kinds of biomedical data (signals and images)

*) Visualization, mining and analysis of biomedical data collections, including cohort data

*) Information visualization of medical data sets, e.g., electronic health records

*) Computer models of biomechanical, physiological, and biochemical functions in living systems

*) Fusion, analysis and visualization of heterogeneous and/or multi-source data

*) Multi-scale methods and data structures for large data

*) Interaction and design of visual computing workflows in medicine and biology

*) Data tracking and registration

*) Data reconstruction and geometry extraction

*) Real time rendering and interaction with anatomy models

== Information for Authors ==

In addition to full-length papers, there will be again a short papers track, encouraging scientific

contributions from an even more diverse group of researchers and practitioners. All VCBM 2017

papers (full and short) will be peer-reviewed and will appear in the Eurographics Digital Library.

*) Full Papers: Full papers are up to 10 pages in length (including references) and describe

original research contributions in the areas outlined above. The authors of the best three papers

will be invited to submit an extended article version of their paper as journal publication to

Computer Graphics Forum.

*) Short Papers: Short papers describe a more focused and concise research contribution and are

likely to have a smaller - yet significant - scope of contribution. Potential examples include the

presentation of initial results from novel ongoing research projects or the exploration of new

application areas. Short papers draw from the same list of topics as full papers. Their length is

limited to a total of 5 pages (including references).

VCBM 2017 will also feature a poster program, the details of which will be announced in a separate

call.

== Submission Instructions ==

Papers can be submitted using the Eurographics SRM conference management system here:

https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/VCBM_2017

up to 10 pages (for full papers) or 5 pages (for short papers) and should be prepared using the

Eurographics style. More details can be found on the SRM web page. Please note that the reviewing

process will be double-blind, so take care to anonymize your submission.

More information on the preparation of your submissions will also be available on the VCBM 2017

website: http://www.vcbm.org/

== Important Dates ==

*) Paper submission deadline (full and short papers): June 27, 2017

*) Author notification: July 22, 2017

*) Camera-ready deadline: August 14, 2017

*) Workshop: September 7-8, 2017

All deadlines are at 23:59 CET (UTC+1).

Sincerely,

the Full Paper Co-Chairs of EG VCBM 2017,

Stefan Bruckner (University of Bergen, Norway),

Anja Hennemuth (Fraunhofer MEVIS, Bremen, Germany), and

Bernhard Kainz (Imperial College London, Great Britain),

together with the Short Paper Co-Chairs of EG VCBM 2017,

Dorit Merhof (RWTH Aachen, Germany),

Christian Rieder (Fraunhofer MEVIS, Germany),

Ingrid Hotz (Linköping University Norrköping, Schweden).