Special Issue on Illustrative Visualization
Computers & Graphics, August 2010
Guest Editors: Ivan Viola, Helwig Hauser, David Ebert
Submissions due: October 15th, 2009

Illustrative visualization is computer-supported interactive and 
expressive visual abstraction, motivated by traditional illustrations. 
This technology applies to scientific problem domains such as medicine, 
earth sciences, and material sciences.  They all have in common that 
the subjects of study are complex 3D or 4D structures.  Recent 
developments of illustrative information visualization indicate 
even the applicability to abstract high-dimensional data.  
A recent interdisciplinary gathering on illustrative visualization, 
i.e., IllustraVis09 (www.ii.uib.no/vis/events/IllustraVis09/), has 
emphasized the importance of a closer cooperation between visualization 
technologists and illustrators for advancing visual abstraction technology. 
Advancing the role of semantics in illustrative visualization, for 
example, requires interdisciplinary cooperation with the target domain. 
Combining illustrative visualization with another technology, such as 
sketch-based interfaces, seems to be another interesting opportunity. 
Also the great potential utility of illustative visualization in 
information dissemination for education or visual communication for 
masses is leading to interesting new technology.  Other technological 
challenges include the visual integration of data/information from 
multiple sources, uncertainty handling, or perceptual aspects of 
illustrative visualization.

This special issue on Illustrative Visualization of the Computers 
and Graphics journal seeks for articles that present new research
according to (but not necessarily limited to) the following topics:
* novel visual abstractions
* stylized rendering (line drawing, style transfer)
* expressive techniques (cut-aways, peel-aways, exploded views)
* temporal illustrative visualization
* computerized storytelling and reporting
* high-level interaction schemes
* semantics-driven visualization
* combination of skech-based interfaces with visualization
* illustrative visualization in immersive environments
* applications of illustrative visualization 
* evaluation of illustrative visualization
* taxonomy for illustrative visualization
* perceptual aspects of illustrative visualization
* illustrative visualization for the masses
* illustrative information visualization

For details about how to submit visit the C&G style and length 
guidelines for authors at 
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/371/authorinstructions. 
The paper should be submitted through the journal submission system 
available at http://ees.elsevier.com/cag/default.asp?pg=login.asp. 
Please select Illustrative Visualization as the special section title. 
In case of further questions with respect to the submission procedure, 
please contact authorsupport@elsevier.com. This information is also available at http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/resources/cfp/cg_illustravis_mmx/.

Important deadlines:
Submission deadline: October 15
First decision: November 30
Revised Versions: January 15
Second Review due: March 1
Revised Versions due March 30

For further inquiries, please contact the Guest Editors:
Ivan Viola, ivan.viola@uib.no
Helwig Hauser, Helwig.Hauser@UiB.no
David Ebert, ebertd@purdue.edu