Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished research and practical applications in all areas of visual communication and interaction across a wide spectrum of interests and disciplines, including computer science, design, arts, sociology, anthropology and psychology. We are particularly interested in work that bridges the divide between technology, art and design. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

Area 1: Visualization methodologies

Information visualization
Graph drawing and visualization
Cognitive aspects of visual information comprehension
Visual metaphors and symbols
Usability or empirical study of new visual metaphors
Design theory in the digital age
Aesthetics in visual communication and digital media
Interaction methods (touch-based, haptic, vision-based, multi-modality
Big Data
Visual languages
Diagrams
Art + Science

Area 2: Visualization applications

Visual Analytics
Sketching
Graphical user interface design
Software visualization
Visual approaches to knowledge discovery
Visualization on mobile devices
Animation
Game design
Biological visualizations

Area 3: Visual design and art

Interaction design
Interactive art
Infographie and data-driven art
Visual perception and cognition
Multimedia
Virtual actors
Interactive storytelling
Augmented reality and its applications
Virtual reality and its applications
Computational (or digital) aesthetics
Wearable computers
Ubiquitous / responsive environments
Entertainment technology

Papers can be submitted as long papers, short papers and posters. All accepted papers, including workshop papers, will be published by ACM Press and made available in the ACM Digital Library (EI-indexed), as has been the case in previous years. Further, it has been confirmed that a high number of selected papers will be published in a special issue of International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (IJSEKE, SCI indexed) and a special issue of International Journal of Software and Informatics (IJSI).

Important Dates:

Workshop proposals: March 25, 2014.
Tutorial proposals: March 25, 2014
Long papers: April 22, 2014
Short papers: April 22, 2014
Posters: May 20, 2014