Increased exposure and participation through additional Conference-only Papers. Innovative VAST submissions with focuses beyond the scope of the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) may be accepted as conference-only papers, in addition to the normal TVCG acceptances (see details below).

The IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (IEEE VAST) is the leading international conference dedicated to advances in Visual Analytics Science and Technology. The scope of the conference, co-located with the annual IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference and the IEEE Information Visualization Conference, includes both fundamental research contributions within visual analytics as well as applications of visual analytics in science, engineering, business and commerce, medicine and healthcare, media and social interaction, arts and humanities, public safety, logistics, and other disciplines. We invite you to participate in IEEE VAST 2014 by submitting your original research and application papers.

IEEE VAST 2014 will feature an expanded set of accepted papers in two categories. (a) Papers that exhibit the highest quality in terms of originality, rigor and significance will appear in a special issue (Dec 2014) of the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). This special issue will be published online the first day of the conference. The acceptance rate is anticipated to be similar to that of 2013 subject to the decisions resulting from the review process. After initial notification of review results, conditionally accepted papers (including supplemental material) will undergo a revision and review cycle in order to ensure that they are acceptable for publication and presentation in the journal. The paper and supplemental material will also be published in the IEEE Digital Library. (b) Those papers, which feature high quality new contributions but are not accepted for TVCG publication, will be offered an opportunity to be presented as Conference-only Papers during IEEE VAST, and will be included on the IEEE VIS 2014 USB and published online. After initial notification of review results, conditionally accepted papers (including supplemental material) will undergo a revision and approval cycle. The paper and supplemental material will also be published in the IEEE Digital Library.

Visual analytics is the science of analytical reasoning supported by highly interactive visual interfaces. People use visual analytics tools and techniques in different academic disciplines as well as in real world environments (e.g., media, business, industry, government, etc.) to synthesize information into knowledge; derive insight from massive, dynamic, and often conflicting data; detect the expected and discover the unexpected; provide timely, defensible, and understandable assessments; and communicate assessments effectively for action. The issues stimulating this body of research provide a grand challenge in science: turning information overload into a significant opportunity. Visual analytics requires interdisciplinary science, going beyond traditional scientific and information visualization to include statistics, mathematics, knowledge representation, management and discovery technologies, cognitive and perceptual sciences, decision sciences, and more. Your submission should help develop and/or apply visual analytics, clearly showing an interdisciplinary approach.

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission (MANDATORY) Friday, March 21, 2014
Paper submission Monday, March 31, 2014
Notification of results of first review cycle Friday, June 6, 2014
Paper submission for second review cycle Friday, June 27, 2014
Final notification Friday, July 11, 2014
Camera ready copy Friday, August 1, 2014

All deadlines are at 5:00pm Pacific Time (PDT).