Organising Committee
Honorary Chair:
to be announced
General Co-Chairs:
Prof. Hanene Azzag, Universitá Paris 13, Paris, FR
Prof. Mustapha Lebbah, Universitá Paris 13, Paris, FR
Prof. Gilles Venturini, University of Tours, FR
Prof. Ebad Banissi, LSBU, UK
Program Committee Chair:
to be announced
Publication Chairs:
Prof. Rita Francese, University of Salerno, IT
Prof. Joao Moura Pires, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, PT (publicity chair)
Prof. Nuno Datia, ISEL-Inst. Politecnico de Lisboa, PT (web chair)
Ana Figueiras, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, PT (media chair)
Steering Committee Chair:
to be announced
Local coordinator:
Ms. Nathalie TAVARES, Universitá Paris 13, Paris, FR
Overall Conference Coordinator:
GraphicsLink, UK
Programme Committee
- Abdellatif BETTAYEB, SA
 - Ahmad Aljamali, KW
 - Ahmad Khurshid, IE
 - Alejandro Garcia-Alonso, ES
 - Alexander Mikroyannidis, UK
 - Alfred Inselberg, IL
 - Alfredo Cuzzocrea, IT
 - Alma Leora Culén, NO
 - Ana Figueiras, PT
 - Ana Paula Afonso, PT
 - Ana Paula Cláudio, PT
 - Andre Skupin, US
 - Andrea Sterbini, IT
 - Andrew Fish, UK
 - Anna Ursyn, US
 - Antonio Fernandez Anta, ES
 - Arzu Çöltekin, CH
 - Blaz Zupan, SI
 - Bruno Martins, PT
 - Camilla Forsell, SE
 - Carla Limongelli, IT
 - Carla M.D.S Freitas, BR
 - Chen Zhong, UK
 - Cheng-Chieh Chiang, TW
 - Chris Walshaw, UK
 - Christin Seifert, NL
 - Christine Judith Nicholls, AU
 - Chun-Cheng Lin, TW
 - Clark Cory, US
 - Damiano Distante, IT
 - Daniel C Howe, HK
 - Daniel Gonçalves, PT
 - Daniela Sirbu, CA
 - Davide Taibi, IT
 - Delfina Malandrino, IT
 - Donato Pirozzi, IT
 - Dorrit Vibeke Sorensen, SG
 - Ebad Banissi, UK
 - Elena Railean, MD
 - Elvira Popescu, RO
 - Fabio Gasparetti, IT
 - Fatma Bouali, FR
 - Fatma Zohra Nouri, DZ
 - Fernando A. Costa, PT
 - Fernando Birra, PT
 - Filippo Sciarrone, IT
 - Fragkiskos Papadopoulo, CY
 - Francesco Bianconi, IT
 - Gearoid Patrick Lydon, CH
 - Gennady Andrienko, DE
 - Gennaro Costagliola, IT
 - Gilles Venturini, FR
 - Giovanni Issini, IT
 - Giuseppe Desolda, IT
 - Giuseppe Polese, IT
 - Haifeng Shen, AU
 - Harri Siirtola, FI
 - Hascoët Mountaz, FR
 - Hideki Aoyama, JP
 - Hovhannes Harutyunyan, CA
 - Hsu-Chun Yen, TW
 - Hussein Karam Abd-Elsattar, EG
 - Ivana Marenzi, DE
 - James Faure Walker, UK
 - Janet Wesson, ZA
 - Javier Diaz-Martinez, AU
 - Jian J Zhang, UK
 - João Moura Pires, PT
 - Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro, FR
 - John Trobaugh, US
 - Jorge Delgado, ES
 - Joske Houtkamp, NL
 - Katherine Liapi, GR
 - Katja Wengler, DE
 - Kok Why Ng, MY
 - Laurent Moccozet, CH
 - Maiga Chang, CA
 - Malinka Ivanova, BG
 - Mao Lin Huang, AU
 - Marco Temperini, IT
 - Maria Beatriz Carmo, PT
 - Maria Caulo, IT
 - Maria De Marsico, IT
 - Mark Apperley, NZ
 - Mark Bannatyne, US
 - Maya Dimitrova, BG
 - Md Mizanur Rahman, UK
 - Michael Zeiller, AT
 - Michele Risi, IT
 - Michela Bertolotto, IE
 - Milos Kravcik, DE
 - Minoru Nakayama, JP
 - Min-Yuh Day, TW
 - Mohamed Salah HAMDI, QA
 - Muhammad Hussain, SA
 - Muhammad Sarfraz, KW
 - Nacéra Benamrane, DZ
 - Natasha Dejdumrong, TH
 - Nicholas Diakopoulos, US
 - Nicola Villa, IT
 - Nuno Datia, PT
 - Paloma Diaz, ES
 - Pär-Anders Albinsson, SE
 - Paul Cairns, UK
 - Paul Sant, UK
 - Pedro Miguel Cruz, US
 - Peter James Rodgers, UK
 - Peter Y Wu, US
 - Philip Rhodes, US
 - R. Brian Stone, US
 - Rachid Anane, UK
 - Rafael Santos, BR
 - Ralf Klamma, DE
 - Randolph George Goebel, CA
 - Remo Burkhard, CH
 - Ricardo Queiros, PT
 - Richard Back, AU
 - Richard Brath, CA
 - Richard Laing, UK
 - Rita Francese, IT
 - Roberto De Prisco, IT
 - Rocco Zaccagnino, IT
 - Roman Durikovic, SK
 - Rosane Minghim, BR
 - Ryan Flynn, UK
 - Sabrina Bresciani, CH
 - Sarah Kenderdine, AU
 - Sebastian Kernbach, CH
 - Sergio Di Martino, IT
 - Stefan Bertschi, UK
 - Stefan Müller Arisona, SG
 - Stefan Seipel, SE
 - Steven A Conrad, US
 - Stewart von Itzstein, AU
 - Tania Di Mascio, IT
 - Tatiana von Landesberger, DE
 - Teng-Wen Chang, TW
 - Teresa Romão, PT
 - Teresa Roselli, IT
 - Theodor Wyeld, AU
 - Theresa-Marie Rhyne, US
 - Timothy Cribbin, UK
 - Ting-Ting Wu, TW
 - Tom Arbuckle, IE
 - Tony Ackroyd, UK
 - Tully Barnett, AU
 - Tumasch Reichenbacher, CH
 - Ugo Erra, IT
 - Umberto Nanni, IT
 - Valery Adzhiev, UK
 - Veronica Rossano, IT
 - Vincenzo Del Fatto, IT
 - Vincenzo Deufemia, IT
 - Vittorio Fuccella, IT
 - Volker Coors, DE
 - Wei Zeng, SG
 - Wibke Weber, CH
 - Wolfgang Mueller, DE
 - Yoshihiro Okada, JP
 - Zulfiqar Habib, PK
 - Zuzana Kubincova, SK
 
Organising & Liaison Committee of Symposium
InfVis – Information Visualisation Theory & Practice
- Ebad Banissi, VGRU, London South Bank University, UK
 - Mao Lin Huang, University of Technology, Sydney, AU
 
IV-App – Applications of Information Visualization
- Fatma Bouali, University of Lille 2, FR
 - Gilles Venturini, University Francois Rabelais of Tours, FR
 
Glyphs – Glyphs: Shapes, Icons, Text and Imagery in Visualization
- Richard Brath and Ebad Banissi, London South Bank University, UK.
 
IVE – Information Visualization Evaluation
- Prof. Michele Risi, University of Salerno, IT
 - Prof. Ugo Erra, University of Basilicata, IT
 
VA – Visual Analytics
- Dennis Groth, Indiana University, USA
 
GVA – GeoVisual Analytics
- Joao Moura Pires, NOVA LINCS Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, PT
 - Nuno Miguel Soares Datia, NOVA LINCS and ISEL-Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, PT
 
KV – Knowledge Visualization and Visual Thinking
- Sebastian Kernbach & Martin J. Eppler, University of St.Gallen, Sankt Gallen, CH
 - Remo Burkhard, ETH Zurich, Zurich, CH
- Advisory Committee
- Sabrina Bresciani, University of St Gallen, http://www.sabrinabresciani.com
 - Dominique Brodbeck, Macrofocus GmbH, http://www.macrofocus.com
 - Tom Crawford, Visualization Network, http://www.viznetwork.com
 - Serge Gebhardt, Jan Halatsch, Antje Kunze, Stefan Muller Arisona, Lukas Treyer, ETH Zurich, http://www.ia.arch.ethz.ch
 - Randy Goebel, University of Alberta, http://www.cs.ualberta.ca
 - Michael Granitzer, Wolfgang Kienreich, Vedran Sabol, Christin Seifert, Mario Zechner, Know-Center, http://www.know-center.at
 - Michael Meier, vasp datatecture GmbH, http://www.vasp.ch
 - Jeanne Mengis, University of Lugano (USI), http://www.usi.ch
 - Roland Pfister, University of St. Gallen, http://www.mcm.unisg.ch
 - Andrew Vande Moere, KU Leuven, http://www.asro.kuleuven.be
 - Wibke Weber, Stuttgart Media University (HdM), http://www.hdm-stuttgart.de
 - Chen Zhong, ETH Future Cities Laboratory Singapore
 - Wei Zeng, ETH Future Cities Laboratory Singapore and NTU
 
 
 - Advisory Committee
 
AIVDC – Advances in Interactive and Visual Data Clustering
- Hanane Azzag & Mustapha Lebbah, University of Paris 13, FR
 - Barbara Hammer, Bielefeld University, DE
 
VBI_OD – Visualisation in Business Intelligence and Open Data
- Giuseppe Polese, University of Salerno, IT
 - Vincenzo Deufemia, University of Salerno, IT
 
HCI – Human-Computer Interaction for Information Visualization
- Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, AUS
 - Mountaz Hascoet, Universite Montpellier, FR
 - Minoru Nakayama, The Center for Research And Development of Educational technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JP
 
AGT – Applications of Graph Theory
- Carsten Maple & Dr Paul Sant, University of Bedforshire, UK
 - Adrian Rusu, Department of Computer Science, Rowan University, USA
 
DHKV – Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualisation
- Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, AUS
 - Sarah Kenderdine, National Institute of Experimental Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, AUS
- Advisory, Programme and reviewing committee:
- Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, AUS
 - Sarah Kenderdine, Museum Victoria, AUS
 - Ekaterina Prasolova-Forland, NTNU, Trondheim, NOR
 - Teng-Wen Chang, NYUST, TWN
 - Brett Leavy (CyberDreaming, AUS)
 - Malcolm Pumpa, QUT, AUS
 - Marinos Ioannides, CUT, CY
 - Giovanni Issini, DFI, IT
 
 
 - Advisory, Programme and reviewing committee:
 
LA – Learning Analytics
- Tania Di Mascio, University of L’Aquila, IT
 - Marco Temperini, Sapienza University, Rome, IT
 - Filippo Sciarrone, Sapienza University, Rome, IT
- Advisory, Programme and reviewing committee:
- Andrea Sterbini, Sapienza University, Rome, IT
 - Carla Limongelli, RomaTre University, Rome, IT
 - Davide Taibi, Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche, CNR, Palermo, IT
 - Elvira Popescu, University of Craiova, RO
 - Fabio Gasparetti, RomaTre University, Rome, IT
 - Ivana Marenzi, L3S Research Center, Hannover, DE
 - Malinka Ivanova, TU Sofia, Bulgaria
 - Maria De Marsico, Sapienza University of Rome, IT
 - Minoru Nakayama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JP
 - Milos Kravcik, RWTH Aachen University, DE
 - Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, DE
 - Ting-Ting Wu, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, TW
 
 
 - Advisory, Programme and reviewing committee:
 
SSNN – Social Issues Analysis and Visualisation
- Paloma Díaz. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, ES
 - Fragkiskos Papadopoulos. Cyprus University of Technology, CY
- Advisory, Programme and reviewing committee:
- Antonio Fernandez Anta. IMDEA Networks Institute
 - Andres Abeliuk, University of Southern California, USA
 - Sotirios Chatzis, Cyprus University of Technology, CY
 - Herodotos Herodotou, Cyprus University of Technology, CY
 - Kaj Kolja Kleineberg, ETH, Zurich, CH
 - Steffen Lohmann . Fraunhofer IAIS / Universität Bonn (EIS), DE
 - Alan MacEachren. Penn State University, USA
 - Teresa Onorati. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, ES
 - Anxo Sánchez. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, ES
 - Monica Sebillo. Università degli Studi di Salerno, IT
 - Michael Sirivianos, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
 - Giuliana Vitiello. Università degli Studi di Salerno, IT
 
 
 - Advisory, Programme and reviewing committee:
 
BiWA – Big data Visualization and Visual Analytics
- Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Trieste, IT
 
VIS – Visualization
- Haim Levkowitz, Institute for Visualization and Perception Research And Graphics Research Laboratory, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
 
VAD – Visualization, Art, & Design
- Sarah Kenderdine, National Institute of Experimental Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, AUS
 - Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, AUS
 - Ingo Gunther, USA
 - Vibeke Sorensen, Nanyang Technological University, SGP
 
D-ART – Symposium of Digital Art and Gallery
- Anna Ursyn, Chair, University of Northern Colorado, USA
- D-Art 2018 Symposium and Online Gallery of Digital Art Advisory, Programme and reviewing committee:
- Dena Eber, Bowling Green State University, USA
 - Ernest Edmonds, University of Technology, Sydney, AUS
 - Marla Schweppe, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
 - Daniela Sirbu, University of Lethbridge, CAN
 - LiQuin Tan, Rutgers University, USA
 - Anna Ursyn, University of Northern Colorado, USA
 - James Faure Walker, CCW Graduate School, University of the Arts, UK
 
 
 - D-Art 2018 Symposium and Online Gallery of Digital Art Advisory, Programme and reviewing committee:
 
ARVA – Augmented Reality Visualization and Art
- Vladimir Geroimenko, The British University in Egypt, EGY
 
CAivDE – Computer Animation, Information Visualisation, and Digital Effects
- Mark W. McK.Bannatyne, Purdue University, USA
 
Multimedia – Multimedia and E-learning
- Rita Francese, Università degli Studi di Salerno | UNISA, IT
 - Veronica Rossano, Technology Enhanced Learning Lab, University of Bari, IT
- Advisory, Programme and reviewing committee:
- Maria Caulo, University of Basilicata, IT
 - Gennaro Costagliola, Università di Salerno, IT
 - Vincenzo del Fatto, Università di Bolzano, IT
 - Giuseppe Desolda, Università di Bari, IT
 - Vittorio Fuccella, Università di Salerno, IT
 - Rosa Lanzillotti, Università di Bari, IT
 - Tommaso Minerva, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, IT
 - Teresa Roselli, Università di Bari, IT
 - Nicola Villa, Università di Trento, IT
 
 
 - Advisory, Programme and reviewing committee:
 
Animate – Computer Animation & Especial Effects Show
- Mark W. McK. Bannatyne, Purdue University, USA
 - Jian J Zhang, Bournemouth University, UK
 - Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, Australia
 
DE – Digital Entertainment
- Jian J Zhang, National Centre for Computer Animation, UK
 - Fotis Liarokapis, Director of Interactive Worlds Applied Research Group, UK
 
MuVis – Musical Visualization
- Delfina Malandrino , Università di Salerno, IT
 - Rocco Zaccagnino, Università di Salerno, IT
 
IVBI – BioMedical Visualization
- Urska Cvek, Sc.D., Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA
 - Marjan Trutschl, Sc.D. Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA
 - Heimo Mueller, Ph.D., Medical University Graz (MUG), AU
 
GMAI – Geometric Modelling and Imaging
- Muhammad Sarfraz, Department of Information Science, Kuwait University, KW
- Programme and reviewing committe:
- Jorge Delgado, Universidad de Zaragoza, ES
 - Malik Zawwar Hussain, Punjab University, PK
 - Natasha Dejdumrong, King Mongkuts University of Technology Thonburi, THA
 - Zulfiqar Habib, FAST National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, PK
 - Okada, Yoshihiro, Kyushu-U, JP
 - Foufou, Sebti, Univ. de Bourgogne, FR
 - A. Zidouri, KFUPM, SA
 - Jarosław Miszczak, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL
 - Nouri, Fatma Zohra, Laboratoire de Mathematiques Appliquees, Universite Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, DZ
 - Mohamed Salah Hamdi,. Fachbereich Informatik, Universitaet Hamburg, DE
 - Nacera Benamrane, University of Sciences and Technology of Oran, Algeria
 - Maple, Carsten, University of Bedfordshire, UK
 - Nasri, Ahmad, American University of Beirut, LB
 - Noble, Robert, The Robert Gordon University, UK
 - Unsworth, Keith, Lincoln University, NZ
 
 
 - Programme and reviewing committe: