CALL
FOR PAPERS
WORKSHOP
ON Visualisation and Distributed Systems
Technology in Dynamic Work Contexts
13-14
Dec 2006, Middlesex University, London, UK Hosted by the AD4 Virtual
Airspace Management System Consortium, the Interaction Design
Centre, Middlesex University, and the European Commission. workshop
website: http://www.ad4-project.com/workshop
We
invite the submission of papers for the Workshop on Visualisation
and Distributed Systems Technology in Dynamic Work Contexts. The
purpose of this Workshop is to bring together two distinct yet
complementary themes being researched in people-based dynamic
processes, and to showcase the state-of-the-art in research and
innovation in:
(i)
approaches to visualization of information to support work activities
and collaborations ‘in context’ for control and situation awareness;
and
(ii)
approaches to the development and deployment of distributed systems
and infrastructures to support novel visualisations.
Such
innovations could be developed in a number of critical, dynamic,
distributed, information-rich domains. This could include application
areas such as Air Traffic Management, Emergency and Disaster Management,
Coastal and Maritime Surveillance, Military Command and Control,
and industrial and financial systems.
BACKGROUND
The Workshop is organised by the AD4 Virtual Airspace Management
System Consortium, and sponsored by the European Commission under
the framework of VIth FP. The Consortium’s purpose is to develop
an innovative 4D (3D space and time) visualisation system for
air traffic control that would operate safely and securely across
a distributed systems environment.
THEMES
Submissions are sought that describe research and developments
which are outside the scope of the AD4 project that demonstrate
advances and innovations on, but not limited to, the following
themes:
1.
Innovations in Visualisation in Context, including topics such
as:
- Approaches to analysing the context of information use as a
precursor to the design of novel visualisations
- Techniques for bridging between qualitative studies of work
(e.g.
ethnographies) to the design of innovative ways of visualising
information
- Visualisation frameworks for spatio-temporal information
- Visualising 3D or 4D space within 2D views
- Interactive visualisations that support multi-agent collaboration,
control and situation awareness
- Virtual and Augmented Reality-based 4D visualization
2.
Innovations in Distributed Systems Technology to support novel
information visualisations such as:
- ensuring secure middleware deployment across the internet
- model driven approaches in software engineering
- integration of methodologies
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions may be up to 6 pages long, in the format that to be
downloaded from the Workshop website. PAPER
FORMAT DOWNLOAD (RTF)
For
papers or queries in the Visualisation theme, please send your
submission via email to Bob Fields at B.Fields@mdx.ac.uk; and
for papers or queries in the Distributed Systems theme, please
send you submission via email to Rudolf Schreiner at ras@objectsecurity.com,
by
29 September 2006
PARTICIPATION
IN THE WORKSHOP
Participation at the workshop will be open to all. However, due
to space limitations at the venue, priority for attendance will
be accorded to those groups with papers accepted for presentation.
Once a paper has been accepted, at least one of the authors is
expected to register for the Workshop and present the paper.
PROCEEDINGS
The submitted papers will be published in a workshop proceedings,
with an ISBN number, and will also be available for download from
the Workshop website after the event.
IMPORTANT
DATES
Friday 29 Sep 2006: deadline for papers to be submitted
Friday 27 Oct 2006: notification to authors
Monday 13 Nov 2006: final camera-ready to be submitted
Wednesday 15 Nov 2006: final date for registration by authors
13-14 Dec 2006: Workshop
REGISTRATION
Registration fee is €70.00, and includes a copy of the proceedings,
lunches for the two days, and coffee and tea breaks.
ORGANISING
COMMITTEE
General Co-Chairs:
Luigi Mazzucchelli, NEXT-Ingegneria dei Sistemi S.p.A., Rome,
Italy William Wong, Middlesex University, UK.
Technical
Co-Chairs:
Alessandro Boccalatte, Space Applications Services, NV, Belgium
Marc Bourgois, EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre, France Bob Fields,
Middlesex University, London, UK Antonio Monteleone, NEXT-Ingegneria
dei Sistemi S.p.A., Rome, Italy Emanuele Panizzi, Università
degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy Tom Ritter, Fraunhofer
FOKUS, Berlin Germany Rudolf Schreiner, ObjectSecurity Ltd, Cambridge,
UK
Programme
Committee:
Paola Amaldi, Middlesex University, UK
Terry Bailey, European Software Institute, Bilbao, Spain Ramesh
Bharadwaj, US Naval Research Lab Teodora Bozheva, European Software
Institute, Bilbao, Spain Matt Cooper, University of Linkoping,
Sweden Alan Dix, Lancaster University, UK Alistair Jackson, EUROCONTROL
Experimental Centre, Bretigny, France
Local
Organising Committee
Claudia Kalay, Middlesex University, UK
Pia Wallington, Middlesex University, UK
Secretariat,
Website and Publicity
Manuela Tomassini, NEXT-Ingegneria dei Sistemi S.p.A., Rome, Italy
CONTACT
INFORMATION
For general queries regarding registration or workshop organisation
contact Manuela Tomassini manuela.tomassini@next.it
