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                        VLC 2006 Call For Papers 

     The International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing  

                          Grand Canyon, USA 

                     August 30 – September 1, 2006 

          http://www.labgis.dmi.unisa.it/vlc06/openconf.php


SCOPE AND TOPICS

Visual languages have been traditionally used to model human-computer interaction 
and computer-supported inter-human communication by exploiting graphical notations. 
The strong influence of visual languages on the art of computing is visible in the 
variety of computing activities that make extensive use of graphics, ranging from 
database manipulation, to generation of graphical user interfaces, to end-user 
programming, to software visualization techniques, etc. As a consequence, the 
concept of visual computing is used to refer to a computation based on the 
interaction with and the control of visual objects, either as direct work objects, 
e.g. 3-D scenes, or as objects representing other objects that are not necessarily 
visual themselves, e.g., block diagrams.

The International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing will be held in 
conjunction with the International Conference of Distributed Multimedia Systems 
in Grand Canyon, USA, August 30 - September 1, 2006. The workshop is intended to 
be a forum for discussion on latest research carried out in the area of visual 
languages and computing. Therefore, papers are solicited on emerging issues and 
challenges in the related research fields. Of special interest are the following 
topics:

Visual Languages and Techniques for Human-Computer Interaction 
Pictorial Databases 
Pictorial Information Systems 
Visual Languages for Geographic Information Systems 
Software Visualization 
Data Visualization 
Applications of Visual Computing 
Computer Animation 
Computer-Assisted Visual Arts 
Theoretical Aspects of Visual Languages 
Visual Modelling Languages 
Visual Programming Environments 
Enabling Technologies for Visual Computing 
Visual Computing in Computer Supported Cooperative Work 
End-User and Domain-Specific Languages


IMPORTANT DATES

   March 15, 2006	Paper submission due
   April 30, 2006       Notification of acceptance
   May 20, 2006       	Final manuscript due
   May 20, 2006       	Early conference registration due


CONFERENCE CHAIR 
Genny Tortora, University of Salerno, Italy


PROGRAM CHAIR 
Gennaro Costagliola, University of Salerno, Italy


PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS 
Monica Sebillo, University of Salerno, Italy
Giuliana Vitiello, University of Salerno, Italy


PROGRAM COMMITTEE 

Alfonso F. Cardenas, University of California, USA
Shi_Kuo Chang , University of Pittsburgh, USA
Maria Francesca Costabile, University of Bari, Italy
Philip Cox, Dalhousie University, Canada
Jing Dong, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Filomena Ferruci, University of Salerno, Italy
George W. Furnas, University of Michigan, USA
Angela Guercio, Kent State University, USA
John Hosking, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Chris Hundhausen, Washington State University, USA
Erland Jungert, Swedish Defence Research Establishment, Sweden
Hideki Koike, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
Zenon Kulpa, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland
Robert Laurini, University of Lyon, France
Stefano Levialdi University of Rome - La Sapienza, Italy
Kim Marriott, Monash University, Australia
Piero Mussio, University of Milan, Italy
Marc Najork, Microsoft, USA
Joseph J. Pfeiffer, New Mexico State University, USA
Steven P. Reiss, Brown University, USA
Trevor Smedley, Dalhousie University, Canada
David Stotts, University of North Carolina, USA
Kang Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA