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Call for Papers

13th International Symposium on Graph Drawing September 12 - 14, 2005,
Limerick, Ireland http://www.gd2005.org/

Graph Drawing is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and
networks and is motivated by those applications where it is crucial to
visualize structural information as graphs. Bridging the gap between
theoretical advances and implemented solutions is an important aspect of the
conference. Indeed, advances in graph drawing are a key factor in such
technological areas as Web computing, e-commerce, VLSI circuit design,
information systems, software engineering, computational cartography, visual
interfaces, bioinformatics, and networking.
Researchers and practitioners working on theoretical and practical aspects
of graph drawing are welcome to participate. Human performance studies based
on perceptual and cognitive evaluations are encouraged.

SCOPE
The range of topics that are within the scope of the International Symposium
on Graph Drawing includes (but is not limited to): 
* Visualization of networks, Web maps, software engineering diagrams,
database schemas, chemical structures and molecules
* Graph algorithms
* Geometric graph theory and geometric computing
* Software systems for graph visualization
* Topology and planarity
* Graph theory and optimization on graphs
* Interfaces for interacting with graphs
* Empirical assessment of graph drawing systems
* Task analysis to guide graph drawing

INVITED SPEAKERS
Kurt Mehlhorn (Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik) George G. Robertson
(Microsoft Research)

CALL FOR PAPERS, DEMOS, AND POSTERS
Authors are invited to submit papers describing original research and
surveys of theoretical or practical significance to graph drawing.
Demonstrations of systems incorporating original and innovative research
ideas are also solicited. A system demonstration should include illustrative
screen dumps and a description of the system's functionalities. Regular
papers and demos must be labeled as either long or short; long papers will
be assigned 12 pages in the conference proceedings, and short papers 6
pages. Submissions of posters in graph drawing and related areas are also
solicited. The purpose is to provide a forum for the communication of
results (which may appear elsewhere) to the graph drawing community. A
poster will be given 2 pages in the conference proceedings.  Submission of
substantially similar papers or demos to GD 2005 and to other conferences
with published proceedings is not allowed.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Each submission must include an indication of its type (paper, demo
description, or poster) and contact information for the primary author.
For a paper or a demo, an indication about whether it is a regular or a
short submission must also be given. Electronic submissions are strongly
encouraged. Detailed submission instructions will be provided on the
conference web site.

SOFTWARE EXHIBITION
During the conference there will be a graph drawing software exhibition for
which we hope to attract all state-of-the-art software tools in graph
drawing. Participants can bring their own laptop or request a PC for the
exhibition. Details about how to register will be announced in the
conference website.

GRAPH DRAWING CONTEST
Following the tradition of previous conferences, a graph drawing contest
will be held. A $1,000 prize will be awarded to the winner. Details on the
contest will be provided on the conference web site.

IMPORTANT DATES
* Submissions of papers, demos, and posters: May 31, 2005
* Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2005
* Graph Drawing Contest Submissions: September 5, 2005

PROCEEDINGS
Accepted submissions will be published in the conference proceedings, which
will be included in the Springer-Verlag series Lecture Notes in Computer
Science. Final versions of accepted submissions are due at conference. 

RELATED EVENTS
Workshop on Social Network Analysis and Visualisation, Sep 11, 2005.
Workshop organizers: Seokhee Hong, Dorothea Wagner, and Ulrik Brandes.
Please check the conference website for further details.

LOCATION
The International Symposium on Graph Drawing will be held at University of
Limerick (UL) in Limerick, Ireland. UL is an independent, internationally
focused university. Its campus, with the river Shannon at its centre, is
located 5km from Limerick City and 20km from Shannon International Airport.
Adjacent to the University is the National Technology Park Limerick (NTP).
The tourist attractions near Limerick include the magnificent Cliffs of
Moher on the Atlantic coast and Bunratty castle. 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Giuseppe Di Battista (Univ. di Roma III) Ulrik Brandes (University of
Konstanz,) Peter Eades (NICTA, University of Sydney), co-chair Jean-Daniel
Fekete (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en
Automatique)
Emden Gansner (AT&T Labs)
Patrick Healy (University of Limerick), co-chair Seokhee Hong (NICTA,
University of Sydney) Michael Kaufmann (University of Tübingen) Jan
Kratochvil (Charles Univer) Giuseppe Liotta (Universitá degli Studi di
Perugia) Kim Marriott (Monash University) Patrice de Mendez (Centre National
de la Recherche Scientifique) Petra Mutzel (University of Dortmund) János
Pach (City College and Courant Institute) Helen Purchase (University of
Glasgow) Md. Saidur Rahman (Bangladesh University of Engineering and
Technology) Ben Shneiderman (University of Maryland) Ondrej Sykora
(Loughborough University) Sue Whitesides (McGill University) Steve Wismath
(University of Lethbridge) David Wood (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Patrick Healy (University of Limerick), co-chair Stephen Kobourov
(University of Arizona) Karol Lynch (University of Limerick,) Joseph Manning
(University College Cork) Nikola S. Nikolov (NICTA, University of Limerick),
co-chair Aaron Quigley (University College Dublin), treasury chair Gemma
Swift (University of Limerick) Alexandre Tarassov (University of Limerick)

CONTEST COMMITTEE
Christian Duncan (University of Miami)
Stephen Kobourov (University of Arizona), chair Dorothea Wagner (University
of Karlsruhe) 

CONTACT INFORMATION
The symposium's website is available at http://www.gd2005.org. The
organizing committee can be contacted at gd2005 at ul.ie.

Nikola Nikolov
IMAGEN Program, NICTA,
Bay 15 Locomotive Workshop,
Australian Technology Park,
Eveleigh NSW 1430, AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 2 8374 5474, Fax: +61 2 8374 5527
E-mail: nikola.nikolov at nicta.com.au

Patrick Healy
CSIS Department,
University of Limerick,
Limerick, IRELAND
Phone: +353 61 202 727, Fax: +353 61 202 734
E-mail: patrick.healy at ul.ie

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Sponsors: Microsoft Corp., Tom Sawyer Software, NICTA Ltd., Enterprise
Ireland, Fáilte Ireland, aiSee, Lucent, MERL, IEEE UK&RI

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