WICI Data Symposium: Call for Proposals

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               Call for Proposals

 Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI)

*Data Visualization and Analysis Symposium
Thursday, November 21st – Friday, November 22nd, 2013*

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here<http://wici.ca/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/WICI_CFP_data_symposium.pdf>
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page<http://wici.ca/new/2012/09/data-visualization-workshop/>on our
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      The Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) is
seeking proposals for participant presentations in its data symposium.

Recent years have seen accelerating development of crowd-sourced and
remotely sensed “big” data from real-world systems such as urban land
markets, global financial networks, epidemic diseases, and the Earth’s
climate.  Concurrently, development of computer simulations designed to
model the systems producing these data has also accelerated.  As a result
of both trends, researchers and policymakers have access to steadily more
data that could provide information on the behavior and causal structure of
complex systems.  Tools and methods are needed to effectively evaluate and
interpret these data and present the results in accessible formats to a
broad range of stakeholders.  However, traditional data visualization and
analysis methods have been designed for data that are linear, monotonic,
and normally distributed.  Complex systems data, on the other hand, are
characterized by non-linearities, discontinuities, and non-Gaussian
distributions.   The development of visualization and analysis methods for
complex systems has not kept up with the soaring availability of data.

Recognizing this emerging need, WICI sponsored a Data Challenge competition
and subsequently awarded a CDN$10,000 prize for tools and methods designed
to improve the exploration, analysis, and visualization of complex-systems
data in summer 2013.  The fall 2013 WICI data symposium follows the prize
award, in order to publicize the work of the winner and runners-up from the
contest and to provide a forum where other interested researchers on campus
can present new work, engage in conversation, and coordinate to develop
on-campus research in this area.

Proposals should include a summary of no more than 1000 words describing
the proposed activity, and should contain a clear statement of the complex
systems data visualization and analysis challenge that the activity
addresses.  Activities can include traditional research presentations
(including work in progress), roundtable discussion and brainstorming
sessions, and hands-on workshops or tool demonstrations.  Innovative topics
and forums and participation by students at all levels are welcome.  The
proposal should also identify the desired length of the activity (likely 30
minutes for research presentations, 60 minutes for roundtable discussions
and brainstorming sessions, and 90 minutes for extended workshops) as well
as any scheduling constraints for the presenter(s) during the open
presentation times.  Please also note if your proposed activity would
require equipment and facilities beyond those found in a standard seminar
room with an overhead projector.  Proposals may also include links to
relevant publications and/or models.

The open presentation sessions for the workshop will be held *Thursday,
November 21st *(*9 AM-4:30 PM*) and *Friday, November 22nd* (*9 AM-12PM*)
in *M3-2134*.  Within this time slot, Przemyslaw Grabowicz will present the
winning Data Challenge
project<http://wici.ca/new/resources/wici-data-challenge-2/>(“Fast
Visualization of Relevant Portions of Large Dynamic Networks”) and
conduct a hands-on workshop to introduce the tool.

The symposium will conclude with a keynote presentation by Dr. Sheelagh
Carpendale, Professor of Computer Science at the University of
Calgary, at *1:30
PM* on *Friday, November 22nd* in *QNC-1502*, followed by a reception.

Participants will have the opportunity to submit a WICI occasional paper
based on their presentation for possible publication following the
symposium.  Depending on the scope and quality of the presentations and
participant interest, a special issue of a complex systems journal may also
be organized.

Please submit proposals to the WICI Administrative Assistant, Ms. Megan
Bean (megan.bean at wici.ca), with the e-mail subject header “*WICI data
symposium*” by *October 1, 2013*.  Please contact Professor Dawn Parker,
WICI Director, with any further questions, using the same e-mail header (
dcparker at uwaterloo.ca).
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