[General] VCBM 2024 Call for Short Papers

VCBM 2024 Call for Short Papers We are happy to announce that the annual Eurographics Symposium on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (EG VCBM) will be hosted by the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, on September 19/20, 2024. Call for Short Papers Aims and Scope Work presented at the Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (EG VCBM) should reflect the state of the art in visual computing and its applications in biology and medicine. VCBM’s scope encompasses all aspects of visual computing research, technological development, and practices in medicine and life sciences. Relevant topics include both the acquisition, processing, visualization and interpretation of image data in biology and medicine and the visual analysis and communication of life science data. Submission types for VCBM 2024 Submissions for this year’s meeting include original papers (full and short) survey papers, and tutorial sessions. Please see previous EG VCBM’s proceedings for examples of published papers. We encourage authors to provide supporting information in the form of videos and other media. The deadline for short paper submissions is June 21, 2024. All EG VCBM 2024 short papers will be peer-reviewed and will appear in the Eurographics Digital Library. Short Papers should describe original, application-oriented research that advances the fusion of visual computing methods within medicine and biology. Accepted work will focus on a well-defined biological or medical problem, and demonstrate significant innovation or improvement in visual computing. Topics All aspects relating to the development, application and practices of visual computing in the life sciences are relevant to the meeting. These include: ■ Visual computing solutions designed for use by medical, biomedical, and biological practitioners, researchers and educators. ■ The use of eXtended Reality (e.g., for surgical procedures, molecular visualization, rehabilitation, and therapy). ■ Approaches for processing, visual analysis, and communication of data from new or challenging modalities (e.g., real-time ultrasound, CyTOF, Spectroscopy, layer fMRI, single-cell and spatial-omics, environmental monitoring). ■ Visual computing approaches incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) and explainable AI. ■ Visual computing solutions that support new approaches for modeling and simulation with application in medicine and biology. ■ Workflows and processes leveraging visual computing to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration in biology and medicine. We encourage the use of digital videos to support all submissions. Please use only the most common video codecs, such as MP4 H.264, to maximize the chances that the reviewers can view them. 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 (in CGF LaTeX style including all images and references). Authors may choose to anonymize their submissions, but this is not required. EG VCBM 2024 will also feature a poster and an image contest 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. Instructions regarding the submission process can be found here. Important Dates Short papers ■ Short paper submission deadline: June 21, 2024 ■ Author notification: July 19, 2024 ■ Camera-ready deadline: August 9, 2024 ■ Final notification: August 23, 2024 ■ Workshop: September 19 & 20, 2024 All deadlines are at 23:59 CET (UTC+1). Sincerely, the Short Paper Co-Chairs of EG VCBM 2024, ■ Laura Garrison (University of Bergen, Norway) ■ Daniel Jönsson (Linköping University, Sweden)