[AISWorld] 2nd CFP: TAProViz 2015 : 4th International Workshop on Theory and Applications of Process Visualization

Mon May 4 09:43:35 EDT 2015

''' 2nd CfP: TAProViz: 4th International Workshop on Theory and
Application of Visualizations and Human-centric Aspects in Processes'''

Innsbruck, Austria  -  31 August 2015

In conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Business Process
Management (http://bpm2015.q-e.at/)

Visualizations can make the structure and dependencies between elements in
processes accessible in order to support users who need to analyze process
models and their instances.
However, effectively visualizing processes in a user-friendly way is often
a big challenge, especially for complex process models which can consist
of hundreds of process components (e.g., process activities, data flows,
and resources) and thousands of running process instances in different
execution states.

Many challenges remain to be addressed within the broad area of process
visualization, human interaction and user led design such as: scalability,
human-computer interaction, cognitive aspects, applicability of different
approaches, collaboration, process evolution, run-time requirements of
process instances and applications, user-engagement etc.

'''Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):'''

* Visual Metaphors in Processes
* Visual Design and Aesthetics for Processes
* Visualization of Dynamic Data in Processes
* Change Visualization for Processes
* Interface and Interaction Techniques for Process Visualization
* Visualization Techniques for Collaboration and Distributed Processes
* Visualization of Large-scale Processes
* Cognition and Perception in Process Visualization
* Evaluation and User Studies of Process Visualization
* Evaluation Methods for Human Aspects in PAIS
* Visual Modeling Languages
* Analysis Techniques and Visualization for Processes
* Process Visualization of Large Screens
* Mobile Process Visualization
* Visualization Tools and Systems for Processes
* Visualization Techniques for Processes
* Process Visualization and Sonification
* Virtual World Process Visualization
* Immersive Process Modeling Approaches
* Human Computer Interaction Design Applied to Process Systems
* 3D Process Visualization Approaches
* Human-centric aspects in business process management
* User-centered design for BPM
* User Interface design for Processes

''' Format of the Workshop'''

The half day workshop will comprise accepted papers and tool evaluations.
Papers should be submitted in advance and will be reviewed by at least
three members of the program committee.

This year will also include a new innovation in the programme.  Part of
the workshop time (depending on the number of prototype submissions) will
be set aside for focus group assessments of tools.  We will be requesting
tool report authors, successful workshop paper authors and panel members
attending BPM, to assist in the assessment of demonstration visualization
techniques and software.  This evaluation process will be a service to
attendees, as these heuristic assessments can be written up later as
separate papers, or by the workshop chairs as an aggregated workshop
outcome.  Such evaluations will be an exciting addition to the workshop,
as people experienced in Information Visualization, BPM, HCI and related
fields, will provide detailed feedback on your prototypes.  The evaluation
approach is largely in the hands of the tool report writers, but at a
minimum, should involve direct interaction with your software and some
form of validation via a questionnaire.

All accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings published by
Springer in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP)
series. There will be a single LNBIP volume dedicated to the proceedings
of all BPM workshops. As this volume will appear after the conference,
there will be informal proceedings during the workshop. At least one
author for each accepted paper should register for the workshop and
present the paper.

''' Important Dates '''

* '''29 May 2015 ''': Deadline for workshop paper submissions
* '''29 June 2015''': Notification of acceptance
* '''20 July 2015''': Camera-ready version
* '''31 August 2015''': Workshop

''' Paper Submission'''

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers for presentation in any
of the areas listed above.

Three types of submissions are possible:

* (1) full papers (12 pages long) reporting mature research results
* (2) position papers reporting research that may be in preliminary stage
that has not yet been evaluated
* (3) tool reports, to be evaluated at the workshop

Position papers and tool reports should be no longer than 6 pages. Tool
reports should include a brief evaluation plan as an appendix, for the
evaluation session at the workshop on the day.

Only papers in English will be accepted and must present original research
contributions not concurrently submitted elsewhere. Papers should be
submitted in the LNBIP format. The title page must contain a short
abstract, a classification of the topics covered, preferably using the
list of topics above, and an indication of the submission category
(regular paper/position paper/tool report).

All accepted workshop papers will be published by Springer as a
post-workshop proceedings volume in the series Lecture Notes in Business
Information Processing (LNBIP). Hard copies of these proceedings will be
shipped to all registered participants approximately four months after the
workshops, while preliminary proceedings will be distributed during the
workshop.

Submitted papers will be evaluated, in a double blind manner, on the basis
of significance, originality, technical quality, and exposition. Papers
should clearly establish their research contribution and the relation to
the theory and application of process visualization.

''' Registration'''

Accepted papers imply that at least one of the authors will register for
the BPM2015  and present the paper at the TAProViz workshop.

Further workshop information is available from the website:
http://www.wst.univie.ac.at/topics/taproviz15/

Hope to see you at TAProViz'15!

Thanks and best regards,

Ross Brown
Simone Kriglstein
Stefanie Rinderle-Ma

TAProViz Organising Committee

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