Technical Committee on Visualization and Graphics
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Type | Professional Organization |
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Focus | Visualization Computer graphics Virtual reality |
Origins | IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) |
Area served | Worldwide |
Method | Conferences, Publications, and Industry standards, Certification and training |
Key people | Claudio Silva (Current Chair) |
Website | www |
The Technical Committee on Visualization and Graphics (VGTC) is a constituency of IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) that oversees various technical activities related to visualization, computer graphics, virtual and augmented reality, and interaction..[1] VGTC is one of the 26 technical committees/councils of IEEE-CS that covers various specializations of computer science and computer engineering.[2]
Membership[edit]
Membership in VGTC is open and free of charge to researchers, practitioners and students. Membership in IEEE or the IEEE Computer Society is not required for membership, and members are eligible to serve in most positions including chairing annual conferences or serving on the executive committee.[3] Members are also able to nominate others for technical awards.
Visualization Pioneers Group[edit]
The Visualization Pioneers Group is open to members after 20 years of contributions to some aspect of visualization. Members commit to serving the visualization community, be it through conference or journal paper reviews, financial support for the mentoring program, or serving as a mentor. Members also pay USD $50 in dues per year.[4]
Conferences[edit]
The VGTC has two flagship annual conferences. The annual executive committee meeting is held during the same week as IEEE Visualization.
IEEE Visualization[edit]
Also known, as VIS, the IEEE Visualization conference is considered one of the top-tier venues for presenting visualization research.[5]
IEEE VIS is a combination of conferences and symposia:
- IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis - formerly Symposium on Information Visualization)
- IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology Conference (VAST - formerly Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology)
- IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference (SciVis - formerly Vis)
- IEEE Large Scale Data Analysis and Visualization Symposium (LDAV)
Past conferences:
- 2019: Vancouver, Canada
- 2018: Berlin, Germany
- 2017: Phoenix, Arizona
- 2016: Baltimore, Maryland
- 2015: Chicago, Illinois,
- 2014: Paris, France
- 2013: Atlanta, Georgia
- 2012: Seattle, Washington
- 2011: Providence, Rhode Island
- 2010: Salt Lake City, Utah
- 2009: Atlantic City, New Jersey
- 2008: Columbus, Ohio
- 2007: Sacramento, California
- 2006: Baltimore, Maryland
- 2005: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 2004: Austin, Texas
- 2003: Seattle, Washington
- 2002: Boston, Massachusetts
- 2001: San Diego, California
- 2000: Salt Lake City, Utah
- 1999: San Francisco, California
- 1998: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
- 1997: Phoenix, Arizona
- 1996: San Francisco, California
Future conferences:
- 2020: Salt Lake City, Utah
- 2021: New Orleans, Louisiana
IEEE Virtual Reality[edit]
Past conferences:
- 2019: Osaka, Japan
- 2018: Berlin, Germany[6]
- 2017: Los Angeles, California
- 2016: Greenville, South Carolina
- 2015: Arles, Camargue-Provence, France
- 2014: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 2013: Orlando, Florida, United States
- 2012: Orange County, California
- 2011: Singapore
Future conferences:
- 2020: Atlanta, Georgia
Sponsored symposia[edit]
The VGTC also sponsors other related IEEE symposia:
- IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI now combined with IEEE VR)
- EG/IEEE Symposium on Visualization (EuroVis - formerly VisSym)
- International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR)
- IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis - formerly APVIS)
- BioVis
Publications[edit]
The IEEE VGTC has run special issues of Computer and IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, and is the sponsor of the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG).[7]
Awards[edit]
The IEEE VGTC grants awards for individuals who have made significant contributions to the community through their research and volunteer efforts. The Technical Achievement Awards are presented during the opening sessions of the annual Visualization and Virtual Reality conferences.[8] Members who have given outstanding service are routinely awarded with the IEEE Certificate of Appreciation and IEEE Meritorious Service Awards. Graduate student members are eligible for the IEEE VGTC VPG Doctoral Dissertation Award presented through the Visualization Pioneers Group annually at the IEEE VIS conference.[9]
Visualization Technical Achievement Awards[edit]
- 2019
- Career: Thomas Ertl
- Technical Achievement: Eduard Gröller
- 2018
- Career: Sheelagh Carpendale
- Technical Achievement: Anders Ynnerman
- 2017
- Career: Charles D. Hansen
- Technical Achievement: Jeffrey Heer
- 2016
- Career: John C. Dill
- Technical Achievement: David S. Ebert
- 2015
- Career: Markus Gross
- Technical Achievement: Tamara Munzner
- 2014
- Career: Kenneth Joy
- Technical Achievement: Claudio T. Silva
- 2013
- Career: Gregory M. Nielson
- Technical Achievement: Kwan-Liu Ma
- 2012
- Career: Ben Shneiderman
- Technical Achievement: John Stasko
- 2011
- Career: Frits Post
- Technical Achievement: Daniel A. Keim
- 2010
- Career: Christopher R. Johnson
- Technical Achievement: Hanspeter Pfister
- 2009
- Career: Hans Hagen
- Technical Achievement: Jock D. Mackinlay
- 2008
- Career: Lawrence J. Rosenblum
- Technical Achievement: David Laidlaw
- 2007
- Career: Stuart Card
- Technical Achievement: Jarke van Wijk
- 2006
- Career: Pat Hanrahan
- Technical Achievement: Thomas Ertl
- 2005
- Career: Arie Kaufman
- Technical Achievement: Charles D. Hansen
- 2004
- Career: Bill Lorensen
- Technical Achievement: Amitabh Varshney
Virtual and Augmented Reality Technical Achievement Awards[edit]
- 2019
- Career: Mark Billinghurst
- Technical Achievement: Anatole Lécuyer
- 2018
- Career: Mark Bolas
- Technical Achievement: Gregory Welch
- 2017
- Career: Grigore Burdea
- Technical Achievement: Michael Zyda
- 2016
- Career: Thomas A. Furness III
- Technical Achievement: Anthony Steed
- 2015
- Career: Michitaka Hirose
- Technical Achievement: Brendan Iribe, Michael Antonov, and Palmer Luckey
- 2014
- Career: Steven K. Feiner
- Technical Achievement: Doug Bowman
- 2013
- Career: Henry Fuchs
- Technical Achievement: Mark Billinghurst
- 2012
- Career: Lawrence J. Rosenblum
- Technical Achievement: Dieter Schmalstieg
- 2010
- Career: Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
- Technical Achievement: Ming C. Lin
- 2009
- Career: Jaron Lanier
- Technical Achievement: Hirokazu Kato
- 2008
- Career: Bowen Loftin
- Technical Achievement: Bernd Fröhlich
- 2007
- Career: Susumu Tachi
- Technical Achievement: Carolina Cruz-Neira
- 2006
- Career: Larry F. Hodges
- Technical Achievement: Kay Stanney
- 2005
- Career: Mel Slater
- Technical Achievement: Mark Bolas
IEEE Visualization Academy[edit]
The IEEE Visualization Academy (or in short Vis Academy) was established in 2018 by the IEEE VGTC Executive Committee, with the inaugural "class" of inductees to include all the Visualization Career Awardees and all the Visualization Technical Achievement Awardees, from 2004 to 2019, for a total of 30 unique inductees. Induction into the Vis Academy is the highest and most prestigious honor in the field of visualization.
The Vis Academy is a prestigious academy, the "visualization technology hall of fame" or the "visualization fellows assembly", and will highlight the accomplishments of the research leaders of the field of visualization that will indirectly underscore the accomplishments of the entire field. In addition to being an honorary academy, the academy will be called upon to provide technical leadership, mentoring and fostering new talents, and other community services, as necessary.
Members include: Stuart Card, Sheelagh Carpendale, John C. Dill, David S. Ebert, Thomas Ertl, Eduard Gröller, Markus Gross, Hans Hagen, Pat Hanrahan, Charles Hansen, Jeffrey Heer, Christopher R. Johnson, Ken Joy, Arie E. Kaufman, Daniel Keim, David Laidlaw, Kwan-Liu Ma, Bill Lorensen, Jock Mackinlay, Tamara Munzner, Gregory Nielson, Hanspeter Pfister, Frits Post, Lawrence Rosenblum, Ben Shneiderman, Claudio Silva, John Stasko, Amitabh Varshney, J.J. van Wijk, Anders Ynnerman
Leadership[edit]
Executive Committee[edit]
- Chair - James Ahrens, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Vice Chair - Miriah Meyer, University of Utah
- Vice Chair for Conferences - Aditi Majumder, University of California, Irvine
Directors[edit]
- Chair for Technical Awards Committee for Virtual Reality - Henry Fuchs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chair for Technical Awards Committee for Visualization; IEEE Service Awards Chair for ISMAR, Visualization, and Virtual Reality - Holly Rushimeyer, Yale University
- Claudio Silva, New York University
- Robert Moorhead, Mississippi State University
- Hanspeter Pfister, Harvard University
- Amitabh Varshney, University of Maryland, College Park
- Klaus Mueller, Stony Brook University
References[edit]
- ↑ IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee, http://www.vgtc.org/about-us
- ↑ Technical Committees & Councils, IEEE-CS, http://www.computer.org/web/tandc/technical-committees
- ↑ "Membership". Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ↑ "IEEE VGTC Visualization Pioneers Group". IEEE VIS Pioneer. IEEE. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ↑ Kosara, Robert (11 November 2013). "A Guide to the Quality of Different Visualization Venues". Eager Eyes.
- ↑ "IEEE Virtual Reality 2018, Germany". IEEE VR.
- ↑ "Visualization and Graphics, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on". IEEE. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ↑ "VGTC Awards". VGTC. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ↑ "The IEEE VGTC VPG Doctoral Dissertation Award". IEEE VIS Pioneer. IEEE. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
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