Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

Visualization Application Areas:

  • Statistical Graphics and Mathematics

  • Financial, Security and Business Visualization

  • Physical Sciences and Engineering

  • Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences

  • Geographic, Geospatial, and Terrain Visualization

  • Molecular, Biomedical, Bioinformatics, and Medical Visualization

  • Text, Document, and Software Visualization

  • Social and Information Sciences

  • Education and Everyday Visualization

  • Multimedia (Image/Video/Music) Visualization

Data-focused Visualization Research:

  • High-dimensional Data, Dimensionality Reduction, and Data Compression

  • Multi-field, Multi-modal, Multi-resolution, and Multi-variate Data

  • Causality and Uncertainty Data

  • Time Series, Time Varying, Streaming, and Flow Data

  • Scalar, Vector, and Tensor Fields

  • Regular and Unstructured Grids

  • Point-based Data

  • Large-scale Data (Petabytes, ...)

Technique-focused Visualization Research:

  • Volume Modeling and Rendering

  • Extraction of Surfaces

  • Topology-based and Geometry-based Techniques

  • Glyph-based Techniques

  • Integrating Spatial and Non-spatial Data Visualization

  • Machine Learning Approaches

Graph and Network Visualization Research:

  • Design and Experimentation of Graph Drawing Algorithms

  • Techniques, Interfaces, and Interaction Methods for Graphs, Trees, and Other Relational Data

  • Visualization of Graphs and Networks in Application Areas

  • Interfaces and Interaction Techniques for Graph and Network Visualizations

  • Benchmarks and Experimental Analysis for Graph Visualization Systems

Interaction-focused Visualization Research:

  • Icon- and Glyph-based Visualization

  • Focus + Context Techniques

  • Animation

  • Zooming and Navigation

  • Brushing + Linking

  • Coordinated Multiple Views

  • View-dependent Visualization

  • Data Labeling, Editing, and Annotation

  • Collaborative, Co-located, and Distributed Visualization

  • Manipulation and Deformation

  • Visual Data Mining and Visual Knowledge Discovery

Empirical and Comprehension-focused Visualization Research:

  • Visual Design and Aesthetics

  • Illustrative Visualization

  • Cognition and Perception Issues

  • User Studies on Visualization Readability and User Interaction

  • Presentation, Dissemination, and Storytelling

  • Design Studies, Case Studies, and Focus Groups

  • Task and Requirements Analysis

  • Metrics and Benchmarks

  • Evaluations of All Types: Qualitative, Quantitative, Laboratory, Field, and Usability Studies

  • Use of Eye Tracking and Other Biometric Measures

System-focused Visualization Research:

  • Novel Algorithms and Mathematics

  • Taxonomies and Models

  • Methodologies, Discussions, and Frameworks

  • Visual Design, Visualization System, and Toolkit Design

  • Data Warehousing, Database Visualization, and Data Mining

  • Collaborative and Distributed Visualization

Hardware, Display, and Interaction Technology:

  • Large and High-resolution Displays

  • Stereo Displays

  • Mobile and Ubiquitous Environments

  • Immersive and Virtual Environments

  • Multimodal Input (Touch, Haptics, Voice, etc.)

  • Hardware Acceleration

  • GPUs and Multi-core Architectures

  • CPU and GPU Clusters

  • Distributed Systems, Grid, and Cloud Environments

  • Volume Graphics Hardware