GD 2012 - GD 2012 20th International Symposium on Graph Drawing

GD 2012
20th International Symposium on Graph Drawing
September 19-21, 2012 - Redmond, Washington, USA
http://www.gd2012.org/

Graph Drawing is concerned with the visualization of graphs and networks.
It is motivated by those application domains where it is crucial to visually
analyze and interact with relational datasets. Examples of such application
domains include social sciences, Internet and Web computing, information
systems, computational biology, networking, VLSI circuit design, and
software engineering. Bridging the gap between theoretical advances and
system implementations is therefore a key factor of Graph Drawing.
The International Symposium on Graph Drawing is the main annual event in
this area. This year the conference celebrates its 20th anniversary. It
will take place on September 19-21, 2012, and will be hosted by Microsoft
Research in Redmond, Washington, USA. Researchers and practitioners working
on any aspect of graph drawing are invited to contribute papers and posters,
and participate in the graph drawing contest.
PAPERS

Submitted papers must describe original research of theoretical or practical
significance to graph drawing. This year, for the first time, the call for
papers is split into two distinct tracks. Each paper must be submitted in one
of the two tracks. Papers submitted to one track will not compete with papers
submitted to the other track.
Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects

This track is mainly devoted to fundamental graph drawing advances, such as
combinatorial aspects and algorithm design. The range of topics for this track
includes (but is not limited to) the following:
* Design and experimentation of graph drawing algorithms
* Geometric graph theory
* Geometric computing
* Planarity and topological graph theory
* Optimization on graphs
Track 2: Visualization systems and interfaces

This track is mainly devoted to practical aspects of graph drawing, such as the
development of graph visualization systems and interfaces in different
application areas. The range of topics for this track includes (but is not
limited to) the following:
* Visualization of graphs and networks in application areas
(e.g., social sciences, biology, geography, software engineering, circuit
design, business intelligence)
* Software systems for graph visualization
* Interfaces for interacting with graphs
* Benchmarks and experimental analysis for graph visualization systems and
user interfaces
* Cognitive studies on graph drawing readability and user interaction
All papers must be submitted in the single-spaced LNCS style. Each submission
may be either long (up to 12 pages) or short (up to 6 pages). The claims of the
paper should be fully substantiated, including full proofs or appropriate
experimental data. If this information does not fit within the page limits,
the authors should include it in a clearly marked appendix, whose length is not
constrained.
POSTERS

Submissions of posters on graph drawing and related areas are also solicited.
The poster session will provide a forum for the communication of late-breaking
research results (which may also appear elsewhere) to the graph drawing community.
Posters should be accompanied by an abstract (up to 2 pages in the single-spaced
LNCS style).
CONTEST

Entertainment during the conference will be provided by the graph drawing game
contest. We call for submissions in this contest: Develop a game that is playable,
relevant to graph drawing, and fun. A team of experts will judge the relevance of
the game to graph drawing, while conference attendees, whom we invite to test and
play all games, will judge the fun factor. We will provide further details on the
conference Web site.
PUBLICATION AND AWARDS

Accepted papers and abstracts of accepted posters will appear in the conference
proceedings, published by Springer in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
Selected papers will be invited for submission to a special issue of the Journal of
Graph Algorithms and Applications. Best paper awards for each of the two tracks
will be given. Details will be provided on the conference Web site.
IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission deadline: June 8
Notification of paper acceptance: July 17
Poster submission deadline: August 20
Notification of poster acceptance: August 30
Final versions due: September 4
Contest submission deadline: September 18
Symposium on Graph Drawing: September 19-21
All deadlines are 23:59 PDT and fixed. There will be no extensions.
INVITED SPEAKERS

Prosenjit K. Bose, Carleton University
Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland
PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Daniel Archambault, UCD, Dublin
Markus Chimani, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena
Sabine Cornelsen, University of Konstanz
Walter Didimo (co-chair), University of Perugia
David Eppstein, University of California, Irvine
Jean-Daniel Fekete, INRIA
Emden Gansner, AT&T
Seok-Hee Hong, University of Sydney
Michael Kaufmann, University of Tübingen
Stephen Kobourov, University of Arizona
Jan Kratochvil, Charles University of Prague
Marc van Kreveld, Utrecht University
Anna Lubiw, University of Waterloo
Guy Melançon, Université Bordeaux I
Yoshio Okamoto, JAIST
Maurizio Patrignani (co-chair), Roma Tre University
Nathalie Henry Riche, Microsoft Research
Ioannis G. Tollis, FORTH-ICS and Univ. of Crete
Christian Tominski, University of Rostock
Géza Tóth, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Jarke J. van Wijk, Eindhoven University of Technology
Alexander Wolff, University of Würzburg
Xiaoru Yuan, Peking University
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Tim Dwyer, Microsoft Corp
Bongshin Lee, Microsoft Research
Lev Nachmanson (chair), Microsoft Research
Nathalie Henry Riche, Microsoft Research
CONTEST COMMITTEE

Christian Duncan, Louisiana Tech University
Carsten Gutwenger (chair), TU Dortmund
Lev Nachmanson, Microsoft Research
Georg Sander, IBM, Frankfurt
PUBLICITY CHAIR

Emilio Di Giacomo, University of Perugia