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     Call for Papers
 Special Track on Knowledge and Information Visualisation
  (http://www.i-know.at/KIV)

Introduction
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The I-KNOW '05 special track on Knowledge and Information Visualization
addresses the emerging fields of knowledge and information visualization,
involving the visual presentation of and interaction with abstract knowledge
and information spaces and structures to facilitate their rapid assimilation
and understanding. Original papers
are solicited in all areas of knowledge and information visualization.
Topics include:

    * Visualisation of text and multimedia corpora
    * Visualisation of abstract information structures and spaces
    * Visualisation of search results
    * Human computer interfaces for knowledge and information visualisation
    * Empirical studies of knowledge and information visualisation techniques
    * Perceptual factors for knowledge and information visualisation
    * Visualisation of web information systems
    * Mapping and editing of knowledge structures
    * Concept mapping
    * Visualisation of knowledge and concept structures
    * Data structures, frameworks, and models underlying visualisation
    * Adaptive visualisation metaphors
    * Visual data mining

Submissions might also address applications of knowledge and information
visualisation in areas such as mind mapping, decision support, e-learning,
CSCW, healthcare, mobile computing, virtual environments, or bioinformatics.

Target Group
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The topics mentioned above are addressed at researchers and developers as
well as at practitioners and providers in the fields of knowledge and
information visualisation.

The special track will be held in English.

Submission Categories
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Papers: Mon 24 Jan 2005

Papers should be at most eight (8) printed pages. Papers must present previously
unpublished, original results. Accepted papers will be published within the
J.UCS conference proceedings of the I-Know ’05 Conference.

At least one author of an accepted paper must attend the special track to
present the work

Submission Instructions
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Please prepare your submission according to I-Know style guidelines. All
submissions, regardless of category, should include title, author(s),
abstract, keywords, body, and references.
Submissions are to be made electronically in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document
Format) or MS Word format. Submissions are treated as confidential
communications during the review process, so submission does not constitute
public disclosure of any ideas therein. Submissions should contain no
information or materials that will be proprietary or confidential at the
time of publication, and should cite no publications that are proprietary or
confidential at the time of publication.

Submission Procedure
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Please submit your contribution via http://www.i-know.at/submission. In case
of problems or questions concerning the submission of papers, please contact
the track chairs at [log in to unmask] via email.

Important Dates
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    * 24 January 2005: Submission deadline (8 pages)
    * 14 March 2005: Notification of acceptance
    * 18 April 2005: Camera ready-copy (8 pages)
    * 29 June 2005: KIV 2005 special track

Publication
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Accepted papers will be published within the I-KNOW '05 conference
proceedings in cooperation with J.UCS and Springer Co. Pub.
Additional Information
For additional information please consult the I-KNOW '05 conference website
at http://www.i-know.at or the website of the special track on Knowledge and
Information Visualisation at http://www.i -know.at/KIV or contact the KIV
organizers at [log in to unmask] via email.