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CFP -- businessvis15 @ VIS15

  • 1.  CFP -- businessvis15 @ VIS15

    Posted 07-09-2015 15:14
    Call for Papers

    business|vis|15 -- From Data to Actionable Insights with Visualization

    October 24, 2015
    Chicago, IL

    Companies of all sizes (startups to incumbents), shapes (public, private, non-profit), and across all industries (e.g., manufacturing, energy, healthcare, finance, technology, education, tourism) are inundated by an accelerating tsunami of relevant business data. This data may be generated by various business functions – operations, supply chains, finance, marketing, strategy, etc. – or by other stakeholders, such as customers, suppliers, and partners. Converting these data first into actionable insights, and then into better business outcomes is a pressing and strategic challenge for many managers, decision makers, and executives. Despite the potential of visualization, existing applications are often limited to corporate dashboards. The real value is still untapped. With the growing prevalence of business analytics, what is the future of visualization in an increasingly data-driven business environment? How can visualizations be used to drive and augment business decisions? How do we bridge the gap between visualization research and practice?

    While business analytics has been a topic of interest to the enterprise domain, information visualization and visual analytics is only emerging as an important tool to business users. Commercial software offerings such as Spotfire and Tableau have greatly increased the popularity of using visualizations in the executive toolkit. Libraries like D3 have spurred a growing range of visualizations for advanced web visualizations, also in the business context.

    However, complex structures and relationships in business data frequently necessitate techniques and tools that leverage domain knowledge. Furthermore, these complex structures require visualization and visual analytics techniques beyond what is currently available as the typical visualization repertoire in business analytics tools. Tasks and scales can range from micro (solving a business problem) to macro (understanding an industry). At the same time there is a broad range of stakeholders, with different needs, interests, and skills– from executives interested in visual reporting to data scientists analyzing big data repositories. Furthermore, any new visual technique has to be integrated with the currently used IT environment to effectively transform and enhance business processes.

    This workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners interested in taking a step beyond what the market currently offers for presenting, exploring, and understanding business data through visualization and visual analytics.

    *** Selected papers may be invited for a special issue on Visualization in Business in the Journal of Enterprise Transformation ***

    Paper Submission Deadline: August 15, 2015

    For more information, go to: http://entsci.gatech.edu/businessvis15/

    Workshop Organizers:
    Rahul C. Basole, Georgia Tech
    Steven Drucker, Microsoft Research
    Jörn Kohlhammer, Fraunhofer IGD
    Jarke J. van Wijk, Eindhoven University of Technology

    Program Committee:
    Brandon Barnett, Intel Corporation
    Elliot Bendoly, Ohio State University
    Raul Chao, Darden School of Business
    Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft Research
    Cody Dunne, IBM Research
    Jason Dykes, City University London
    Martin J. Eppler, University St. Gallen
    Miguel Encarnacao, ACT
    Peter Evans, Center for Global Enterprise
    Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research
    Pankaj Ghemawat, IESE/NYU Stern School of Business
    Cesar Hidalgo, MIT
    Jukka Huhtamaki, Tampere Univ. of Technology
    Jessica Hullman, University of Washington
    Daniel Keim, University of Konstanz
    Robert Kosara, Tableau Software
    Helmut Krcmar, TU Munich
    Erik-Jan van der Linden, MagnaView
    Juergen Pfeffer, Carnegie Mellon University
    Sam Ransbotham, Boston College
    Bernice Rogowitz, Visual Perspectives
    Paul Rosenthal, TU Chemnitz
    Martha Russell, mediaX, Stanford University
    John Stasko, Georgia Tech
    Frank van Ham, IBM
    Romain Vuillemot, Harvard University
    Krist Wongsuphasawat, Twitter