1. Scope and Topics We solicit original, unpublished research papers that focus on all aspects of visual information communication and interaction, either via images, computer graphics, animations, virtual reality, web, or other media. Research papers may address cognitive and design aspects, underlying theories, taxonomies, implementation work, tool support, and case studies. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Aesthetics in visual communicationEmpirical studies of novel visual metaphors Cognitive aspects of visual information comprehensionVisual analyticsVisual communication metaphorGraphdrawing and network visualizationVisual approaches to knowledge discoveryComputational aestheticsVisual interaction through multimodalityGraphical user interface designVisual modeling languages and UMLInfluence of visual arts and designVisual programming languagesVisual on mobile devicesInformation visualizationApplications like SoftVis, BioVis, GeoVis, ...Human-computer interaction 2. Paper Submission Submissions that address research and development, as well as experience reports and tool demonstrations on the above and other related topics are strongly encouraged. Papers can be submitted as full papers, short papers and posters. Each submitted symposium paper will be peer-reviewed by at least three International Program Committee members. All accepted papers and posters will appear in the proceedings of VINCI 2017 published by ACM Press and made available in the ACM Digital Library (EI indexed). Moreover, authors of a number of selected full papers of high quality will be invited to prepare revised versions of their work for submission to a special issue of the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (Elsevier; SCI indexed). In addition, it is planned that revised versions of selected best papers in art and design will be invited for the subsequent publication in a special issue of Leonardo (MIT Press; AHCI indexed). Research papers and experience reports of up to eight (8), short papers of up to four (4), and tool demonstrations or posters of up to two (2) ACM double-column pages should be submitted through easychair.org. The review process will be single-blind. We appreciate the submission of videos or other supplemental material. Please provide a URL at the end of the submitted paper to enable the reviewers the download of your additional material. Detailed information on the electronic submission can be found at the end of this page. 3. Workshops and Tutorials VINCI '17 is also soliciting proposals for full-day or half-day workshops and tutorials on topics that address areas of interest to the community. Proposals should not be longer than a maximum of 2 pages. In particular, workshop proposals should include: The title and a brief description of the specific issues that the workshop will address, the reasons why the workshop is of interest in these times, and the main research areas involved. Contact information of the workshop chairs, their competence in the proposed topic(s) and previous experience in chairing scientific events. A tentative list of program committee members. Intended length (half or full day) and a draft of the Call for Papers. It is expected that the workshop organizers will setup an own workshop web page as soon as the workshop proposal has been accepted. Tutorials usually attract a broad range of audiences, including professionals, researchers, students, or practitioners, who wish to enhance their knowledge in the specific tutorial topic. Tutorials offer a unique opportunity to disseminate in-depth information on specific topics in visual information communication and interaction. Tutorial proposals should include short biographies of the proposers, a draft of the tutorial content, intended length, and evidence of the possibility of attracting audience to the tutorial. It is possible to extend the symposium by one day in case many workshops or tutorials are proposed and accepted. Detailed information on the submission of workshop and tutorial proposals can be found at the end of this page. 4. Special Sessions and Panels We also invite special session and panel proposals for VINCI '17. Proposals for special sessions and panels should include the title, aim and scope, the names and affiliations of the organizers together with a short biography. A list of potential contributors or panel members would be surely helpful too. The proposers are expected to have a good publication track record and excellent standing in the proposed area. Detailed information on the submission of special sessions and panel proposals can be found at the end of this page. Papers submitted to special sessions should be done through the VINCI '17 EasyChair submission system. The paper types are identical to those of regular submissions. It is the responsibility of the special session organizers to make sure that papers submitted to their special session clearly indicate the name of the special session the paper belongs to. All papers submitted to special sessions will be subject to the same peer-review procedure as the regular papers (however chaired by the special session organizers) and will appear in the VINCI '17 conference proceedings as well. The symposium chairs reserve the right to move accepted papers for a special session into a regular session in case the special session has finally less than four papers. In this case, the special session will be cancelled. Important Dates Workshop/Tutorial/Special Session/Panel proposals due March 15, 2017 Workshop/Tutorial/Special Session/Panel decision and notification April 15, 2017 Paper submission deadline March 15, 2017 (23:59 in PST) Notification of paper acceptance May 01, 2017 Camera-ready copy due June 01, 2017 Submission Guidelines All submissions (regular papers, proposals of workshops/tutorial/...) must be formatted using the ACM SIG Proceedings Template and should consist of one single PDF file. The maximum length of each symposium paper is defined as follows. Full paper: up to 8 pages (including references) Short paper: up to 4 pages (additional 1 page only for references is allowed) Poster: up to 2 pages (including references) NOTE: The full paper length is up to 8 pages and not up to 10 pages as accidentally mentioned in some email list notifications. All paper submissions should be made through the EasyChair conference management system. Workshop / Tutorial / Special Session / Panel proposals should be sent via email to proposals@vinci-conf.org. Please add the concrete proposal type to the subject line.