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)