Committees

Organising Committee

Honorary Chair:

Prof. Dr. Penousal Machado, , Coimbra University, Portugal

General Co-Chairs:
Ebad Banissi (Em Prof. Dr), LSBU, UK
Dr Evgheni Polisciuc, Coimbra University, Portugal

Symposium General Co-Chairs:
Kawa Nazemi (Prof.), Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany – Visual Analytics and Data Science
Boris Kovalerchuk (Prof.), University of Central Washington, USA – AI and Visual Knowledge Discovery
Urska Cvek (Prof.), Louisiana State University, USA – Visualization and Artificial Intelligence for Medicine, Healthcare
Anna Ursyn (Prof.), University of Northern Colorado, USA – Digital Art and Gallery

Publication Chairs:
Dr. Rita Francese, University of Salerno, IT
Prof. Joao Moura Pires, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, PT (publicity chair)
Prof. Nuno Datia, ISEL/Instituto Politecnico de Lisboa, PT (web chair)
Prof. Kawa Nazemi, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Social Media Chairs:
Dr Ana Figueiras, CICANT and Universidade Lusófona, PT (media chair)
Barbara Nascimento, Coimbra University , Coimbra, Portugal

Steering & Programme Committee Chair:
Dr Catarina Maçãs, Coimbra University, Portugal 

Local – coordinator organiser chair
Dr João Miguel Cunha, Coimbra University, Portugal

Overall Conference Coordinator:
GraphicsLink, UK

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Programme Committee

Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, EG
Abdellatif BETTAYEB, UK
Abdelmalek Zidouri, SA
ADRIAN BRASOVEANU, AT
Adrian Moldovan, RO
Adrian Rusu, US
Ahmad Aljamali, KW
Ahmad Khurshid, IE
Ahmad Nasri, LB
Ahmad Rafi, MY
Alexander Mikroyannidis, UK
Alice Dong, AU
Alma Leora Culén, NO
Ana Figueiras, PT
Ana Paula Afonso, PT
Ana Paula Cláudio, PT
Andre Skupin, US
Andrea Sterbini, IT
Andreas Holzinger, AT
Andres Iglesias Prieto, ES
Andrew Agapiou, UK
Andrew Fish, UK
Andrew Lucia, US
Anna Ursyn, US
Antje Kunze, CH
Antonio Fernandez Anta, ES
Arzu Çöltekin, CH
Autilia Vitiello, IT
Behzad Shariat,, FR
Benoît Otjacques, LU
Bernardo Breve, PT
Bianchi Serique Meiguins, BR
Blaz Zmazek, SI
Bogdan Matuszewski, UK
Bogdan Musat, RO
BORIS KOVALERCHUK, US
Bruno Martins, PT
Camilla Forsell, SE
Carla Limongelli, IT
Carla M.D.S Freitas, BR
Carson Leung, CA
Carsten Waldeck, DE
Catarina Maçãs, PT
Chen Zhong, UK
Cheng-Chieh Chiang, TW
Chris Walshaw, UK
Christiaan Fluit, NL
Chun-Cheng Lin, TW
Clark Cory, US
Cristian Antonio Secco, DE
Damiano Distante, IT
Daniel C Howe, HK
Daniel Gonçalves, PT
Daniela Sirbu, CA
Daqing Chen, UK
Davide Taibi, IT
Delfina Malandrino, IT
Dena Elisabeth Eber, US
Dirk Burkhardt, DE
Dominique Brodbeck, DE
Donato Pirozzi, IT
Dorrit Vibeke Sorensen, AT
Ebad Banissi, UK
Elena Correll, DE
Elvira Popescu, RO
Evgenii E. Vityaev, RU
Evgheni Polisciuc, PT
Fabio Gasparetti, IT
Farzad Khosrowshahi, AU
Fatma Bouali, FR
Fatma Zohra Nouri, DZ
Fernando Birra, PT
Fiaz Hussain, UK
Filippo Sciarrone, IT
Fotis Liarokapis, CY
Fragkiskos Papadopoulo, CY
Francesco Bianconi, IT
Frederic DANESI, FR
Frederic Fol (UK) Leymarie,, UK
Gaetano Cimino, IT
Gehan Ahmed Nagy, EG
Gennady Andrienko, DE
Gennaro Costagliola, IT
Gilles Venturini, FR
Giovanni Issini, IT
Giuseppe Desolda, IT
Giuseppe Polese, IT
Haifeng Shen, AU
Haim Levkowitz, US
HANANE AZZAG, FR
Harri Siirtola, FI
Hascoët Mountaz, FR
Heimo Mueller, AT
Hideki Aoyama, JP
Hing-Wah Chau, AU
Honorius-Cezar Galmeanu, RO
Hovhannes Harutyunyan, CA
Hsu-Chun Yen, TW
Hugh Wang, US
Hussein Karam Abd-Elsattar, EG
Ivana Marenzi, DE
Jan Halatsch, CH
Janet Wesson, ZA
Jaroslaw Miszczak, PL
Javier Diaz-Martinez, AU
Jesse Tran, AU
Jian J Zhang, UK
JIE HUA, AU
Jimmy Johansson, SE
João Miguel Cunha, PT
João Moura Pires, PT
Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro, FR
John Counsell, UK
John Trobaugh, US
Jorge Delgado, ES
José Manuel Sánchez Peñarroja, ES
Joske Houtkamp, NL
Juan C. Dürsteler, ES
Kai Xu, UK
Katherine Liapi, GR
Katja Wengler, DE
Kawa Nazemi, DE
Khandakar Ahmed, AU
Kok Why Ng, MY
Laurent Moccozet, CH
Lennart Bijan Sina, DE
Lik-Kwan Shark, UK
Liz Stuart, IR
Loredana Caruccio, IT
Luca Virgili, IT
Luigi Laura, IT
Lukas Kaupp, DE
Mabule Samuel Mabakane, ZA
MALINDU SANDANAYAKE MIEAUST, AU
Malinka Ivanova, BG
Mao Lin Huang, AU
Marcelo Dreux, UK
Marco Temperini, IT
Maria Beatriz Carmo, PT
Maria Cristina F. de Oliveira, BR
Maria De Marsico, IT
Marina Gavrilova, CA
Marjan Trutschl, US
Mark A. Foltz,, US
Mark Apperley, NZ
Mark Bannatyne, US
Marla Schweppe, US
Martin Eppler, CH
Matilde Pós-de-Mina Pato, PT
Maya Dimitrova, BG
Mengbi Li, AU
Michael Granitzer, DE
Michael Zeiller, AT
Michelle Gregory, US
Midhad Blazevic, DE
Milos Kravcik, DE
Minoru Nakayama, JP
Mohamed Salah HAMDI, QA
Muhammad Ahmad, US
Muhammad Hussain, SA
Muhammad Sarfraz, KW
Mustapha Lebbah, FR
Nacéra Benamrane,, DZ
Nada Ahmed Hamed Sharaf, EG
Natasha Dejdumrong, TH
Nicholas Harkiolakis, GR
Nicola Capece, IT
Nistor Grozavu, FR
Noritaka Osawa, JP
Nuno Miguel Soares Datia, PT
Paloma Diaz, ES
Paolo Buono, IT
Pär-Anders Albinsson, SE
Paul Sant, UK
Pedro Costa Santos, PT
Pedro Martins, PT
Pedro Miguel Cruz, US
Peter James Rodgers, UK
Peter Y Wu, US
Philip Rhodes, US
Pierpaolo Vittorini, IT
Przemyslaw Rokita, PL
Quang Vinh Nguyen, AU
Rachid Anane, UK
Rafael Santos, BR
Ralf Dörner, DE
Ralf Klamma, DE
Razvan Andonie, US
Reda Alhajj, CA
Ricardo Queiros, PT
Richard Brath, CA
Richard Laing, UK
Rita Francese, IT
Roberto De Prisco, IT
Rocco Zaccagnino, IT
Rocco Zaccagnino, IT
Roman Durikovic, SK
Rosa Lanzillotti, IT
Rosane Minghim, BR
Rosario De Chiara, IT
Sabrina Bresciani, CH
Samy AIT- AOUDIA, DZ
Sara Fabrikant, CH
Sarah Kenderdine, AU
Scott Bingley, AU
Sebastian Kernbach, CH
Sergio Di Martino, IT
Stefan Müller Arisona, SG
Stefan Seipel, SE
Stefanie Dühr, UK
Stefano Cirillo, IT
Stefano D’Urso, IT
Stefano Spaccapietra, CH
Stewart von Itzstein, AU
Subhajit Chakrabarty, US
Subhajit Chakrabarty, US
Sven Fleck, DE
Tania Di Mascio, IT
Tatiana von Landesberger, DE
Teng-Wen Chang, TW
Teresa Romão, PT
Theresa-Marie Rhyne, US
Timothy Cribbin, UK
Ting-Ting Wu, TW
Tobias Isenberg, DE
Tobias Schreck, AT
Tom Arbuckle, IE
Tom Crawford, US
Tommaso Minerva, IT
Tully Barnett, AU
Tumasch Reichenbacher, CH
Ugo Erra, IT
Uliana Eliseeva, DE
Urska Cvek, US
Vedran Sabol, AT
Veronica Rossano, IT
Vincenzo Del Fatto, IT
Vincenzo Della Mea, IT
Vincenzo Deufemia, IT
Vittorio Fuccella, IT
Vladimir Geroimenko, EG
Volker Coors, DE
Wai Lok Woo, UK
Wai Lok Woo, UK
Wei Zeng, SG
Weidong Huang, AU
Wibke Weber, CH
Wolfgang Mueller, DE
Xiaolong (Luke) Zhang, US
Xiaosong Yang, UK
Yan Zhang, UK
Yangjun Chen, CA
Yoshihiro Okada, JP
Yuan Miao, AU
Zora Vrcelj, AU
Zulfiqar Habib, PK
Zuzana Kubincova, SK

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Organising & Liaison Committee of Symposium

Information Visualisation

InfVis – Information Visualisation Theory & Practice

• Ebad Banissi (Dr. Prof. Emeritus), London South Bank University, UK
• Jie HUA (Dr.) TD School, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• Weidong Huang (Prof), TD School, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

IV-App – Applications of Information Visualization

• Fatma Bouali (Prof.), University of Lille, FR
• Gilles Venturini (Prof.), University of Tours, FR

Glyphs – Glyphs: Shapes, Icons, Text and Imagery in Visualization

Richard Brath (Dr.), Uncharted Software Inc, CA
João Miguel Cunha (Dr.), CISUC, University of Coimbra, Portugal

IVE – Information Visualization Evaluation

Ugo Erra (Prof.), University of Basilicata, Italy
Nicola Capece (Dr), Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy
Ebad Banissi (Prof.), Graphicslink, UK

HCI – Human-Computer Interaction for Information Visualization

• Minoru Nakayama (Prof), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Mountaz Hascoet (Prof.) , Universite Montpellier, FR

GTNV – Graph Theory & Network Visualization

•  Quang Vinh Nguyen (Prof.), School of Computer, Data & Mathematical Sciences, and MARCS Institute, AU
• Samuel Mabakane (Dr.), University of Cape Town, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research South Africa
  Adrian Rusu (Prof.), Department of Computer Science, Fairfield University, USA

Knowledge Visualisation

KV – Knowledge Visualization and Visual Thinking

• Sebastian Kernbach (Dr)., University of St.Gallen, Sankt Gallen, CH
• Gaetano Cimino, University of Salerno, Italy
  • 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
    •  Jan Halatsch, Antje Kunze, Stefan Muller Arisona,  ETH Zurich, http://www.ia.arch.ethz.ch
    • Michael Granitzer, Wolfgang Kienreich, Vedran Sabol,  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
    • 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

LA –  8th International Symposium Learning Analytics

• Tania Di Mascio (Prof.) , University of L’Aquila, IT
• Minoru Nakayama(Prof.), Tokyo Institute of Technology,  Japan
• Filippo Sciarrone (Prof. ), Universitas Mercatorum, Rome, IT
• Marco Temperini (Prof.), 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
    • Milos Kravcik, RWTH Aachen University, DE
    • Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, DE
    • Ting-Ting Wu, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, TW

DHKV – Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualisation

• Stefano Cirillo (Dr.), The University of Salerno, Italy
• Luca Virgili (Dr.), Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy
• Ebad Banissi (Prof.), Graphicslink, UK

MuVis – Musical Visualization

• Delfina Malandrino , Università di Salerno, IT
• Rocco Zaccagnino, Università di Salerno, IT
• Pedro Martins, Universidade de Coimbra, PT

AI & Data Science & Visual Analytics

IV_ AI&VKD – AI and Visual Knowledge Discovery

• Boris Kovalerchuk (Prof.)  http://www.cwu.edu/~borisk
• Marina Gavrilova (Prof.) https://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~marina
• Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad (Dr.) , http://www.aurumahmad.com
• Razvan Andonie (Prof. ), https://www.cwu.edu/faculty/andonie
• Evgenii Vityaev (Dr.) , http://math.nsc.ru/AP/ScientificDiscovery/E.Vityaev/index.html
• Nistor Grozavu (Prof.) http://grozavu.fr/

VA – Visual Analytics and Data Science

• Kawa Nazemi (Prof.), Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
• Joao Moura Pires (Prof), NOVA LINCS Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, PT
• Nuno Datia (Dr) , NOVA LINCS and ISEL-Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, PT 
• Loredana Caruccio (Dr. ), University of Salerno, Italy
• Autilia Vitiello (Dr.), University of Naples Federico II, Italy

 1st Symposium on AI Empowered Visual Computing

• Jian J Zhang (Prof.), Faculty of Media and Communication, Bournemouth University, UK
• Xiaosong Yang (Dr.), Faculty of Media and Communication, Bournemouth University, UK

AIVDC – Advances in Interactive and Visual Data Clustering

VBI_OD – Visualisation in Business Intelligence and Open Data

• Giuseppe Polese, University of Salerno, IT
• Vincenzo Deufemia, University of Salerno, IT

SSNN – Social Issues Analysis and Visualisation

• Paloma Díaz. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, ES
• Ebad Banissi Graphicslink – Research, UK
  • 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

BiWA – Big data Visualization and Visual Analytics

• Alice Dong (Dr.), University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

vis2024

VIS – Visualization

• Prof (Emeritus) Haim Levkowitz, Ph. D.,  University of Massachusetts Lowel, (USA)
• Dr. Catarina Maçãs, The University of Coimbra, PT

VAD – Visualization, Art, & Design

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

ARVA – Augmented Reality Visualization and Art

• Vladimir Geroimenko, The British University in Egypt, EGY
  • Bernardo Breve, University of Salerno – ITA

CAivDE – Computer Animation, Information Visualisation, and Digital Effects

• Mark W. McK.Bannatyne, Purdue University, USA
•  Jian J Zhang, National Centre for Computer Animation,  Bournemouth University, UK

Animate – Computer Animation & Especial Effects Show

• Mark W. McK. Bannatyne, Indiana University Indianapolis, USA
• Jian J Zhang, Bournemouth University, UK

DE – Digital Entertainment

• Jian J Zhang, National Centre for Computer Animation, UK
• Research Centre on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies, CYENS – Centre of Excellence, Cyprus

MediVis2024

MediViz – AIMH – Visualization and Artificial Intelligence for Medicine, Healthcare and Social Good 

• Urska Cvek, Sc.D., Louisiana State University, USA

• Marjan Trutschl, Sc.D. Louisiana State University, USA

• Heimo Mueller, Ph.D., Medical University Graz (MUG), AU

• Harri Siirtola , (TAU), Finland

• Wai Lok Woo (Prof.), Northumbria University, UK

• Rita Francese, Università degli Studi di Salerno | UNISA ITALY

• Veronica Rossano, University of Bari, ITALY

BuiltViz2024

Visualization in Built and Rural Environment

• Dr Andrew Agapiou, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK

• Prof.  Farzad Khosrowshahi, Victoria University, Melbourne, AU

• Prof. Richard Laing, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK

• John Counsell, independent consultant, Cardiff, UK

• Dr. Zora Vrcelj, Victoria University, Melbourne, AU

 Sustaining Built Heritage

• Ebad Banissi (Prof.), LSBU, UK
• Gehan Nagy (Prof.), British University of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
• John Counsell, independent consultant, Cardiff, UK

Visualization for the Heritage of Asia-Pacific Architecture and Urbanism

• Dr Mengbi Li, Victoria University, Melbourne, AU
• Dr. Hing-Wah Chau, Victoria University, Melbourne, AU

GMAI2024

GMAI – Geometric Modelling and Imaging

• Muhammad Sarfraz, Department of Information Science, Kuwait University, KW
  • Programme and reviewing committee:
    • 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
    • Nasri, Ahmad, American University of Beirut, LB