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Neuwahlen des Leitungsgremiums der GI-Fachgruppe Visualisierung
by Linsen, Lars 11 Sep '26

11 Sep '26

Liebe Mitglieder der GI-Fachgruppe Visualisierung, es stehen Neuwahlen des Leitungsgremiums an. Dafür wollen wir um Nominierungen bitten bis zum 27.09.2026. Auch Selbstnominierungen sind erlaubt. Wir haben bereits ein bisschen Vorarbeit geleistet und die bisherigen Mitglieder des Leitungsgremiums gefragt, ob sie im Falle einer Wiederwahl weiter zur Verfügung stünden. Zudem haben wir auch Holger Theisel, der bislang als geladenes Mitglied in seiner Rolle als Sprecher des Fachbereichs GDV fungierte, gefragt. Dadurch ergibt sich die Liste unten. Formal möchte ich alle Personen auf der Liste nominieren. Es bedarf aber noch weiterer Nominierungen um den Elferrat zu füllen. Schickt bitte Vorschläge für Nominierungen an die Sprecher. Hier die vorläufige Liste der Nominierten: 1 Kohlhammer Jörn TU Darmstadt 2 Linsen Lars Universität Münster 3 Merhof Dorit Universität Regensburg 4 Miksch Silvia TU Wien 5 Preim Bernhard Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg 6 Schmidt Johanna VRVis Wien 7 Sedlmair Michael Universität Stuttgart 8 Theisel Holger Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg 9 von Landesberger Tatiana Universität Köln 10 Weiskopf Daniel Universität Stuttgart Viele Grüße Johanna, Daniel und Lars. --- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Linsen Visualization & Graphics (VISIX) Institute of Computer Science<https://www.uni-muenster.de/Informatik/> Department of Mathematics and Computer Science<https://www.uni-muenster.de/FB10/> University of Münster<http://www.wwu.de/> Mail: Einsteinstr. 62, 48149 Münster, Germany Office: Room 608 Phone: +49 251 83-32714 http://www.uni-muenster.de/VISIX

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Antw: Antw: [EXT] GD 2026– Second Call for Papers – Deadline 6 May (out-of-office message)
by Marc Streit 25 Mar '26

25 Mar '26

I'm on sabbatical until April 6th. For urgent matters, please contact cg-office(a)jku.at. Best regards, Marc Streit >>> "Dorit Merhof" <Dorit.Merhof(a)informatik.uni-regensburg.de> 03/25/26 20:09 >>> I am out of the office until end of March without email contact. I'll respond to your message after my return. In case of emergency, please contact Nicole Kerscher (email: sekretariat.merhof(a)ur.de) Best regards, Dorit Merhof >>> Miksch Silvia <silvia.miksch(a)tuwien.ac.at> 25.3.26 20:07 >>> * /Note that all dates are roughly one month earlier than usual./ * /Note the new LaTeX class file: /_gd-lipics-v <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>3 <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>.cls <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>_ * /Note easychair open for submission/_ _ *Call for Papers: The 34th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2026)* */August 17-21, 2026, St. Catharines, Canada/* _https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/ <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/>_ *Graph Drawing *is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and constitutes the algorithmic core of *Network Visualization*. Graph Drawing and Network Visualization are motivated by applications for which it is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Application areas include data science, social sciences, web computing, information systems, life sciences, geography, business intelligence, information security, and software engineering. The International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization has been the main annual conference in this area for more than 30 years. Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing, their experimental evaluation, as well as the design of network visualization systems and interfaces. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspects of graph drawing and network visualization are invited to contribute papers and posters and to participate in the symposium as well as the graph drawing contest. GD 2026 will be held at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada, from August 17-21, 2026. A PhD school will take place August 17-18, 2026, followed by a reception on the evening of August 18. GD 2026 is designed to be held on-site. It is expected that regular papers are presented on site by one of the authors. To address global challenges and as an offer for authors who are unable to attend, we allow for a limited number of remote presentations, as further explained below. * * *Important dates*  Abstract Deadline: Wed May 6, 2026 (AoE) Paper (long and short) Deadline: Wed May 13, 2026 (AoE) Paper (long and short) Notification: Wed June 24, 2026 (AoE) Poster Deadline: Wed July 8, 2026 (AoE) Poster Notification: Wed July 22, 2026 (AoE) Camera-ready Version (papers and posters): Wed July 29, 2026 (AoE) Contest Deadline: Wed August 5, 2026 (AoE) PhD School: Mon August 17 – Tue August 18, 2026 Symposium: Wed August 19 – Fri August 21, 2026 *Conferences Nearby in Time and Location* The 38th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (_CCCG 2026 <https://sites.google.com/view/cccg-2026/home>_) will be held at Lakehead University’s Orillia Campus in Orillia, Ontario, from August 12 to 14, 2026. * Tracks* We invite authors to submit work describing original research of theoretical or practical significance to graph drawing and network visualization. To promote a balanced coverage of the field, GD has two distinct tracks, and contributions submitted to one track will not compete with contributions submitted to the other track. *Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects* This track is mainly devoted to *fundamental theoretical graph drawing advances*, such as combinatorial and algorithmic aspects. We aim at covering a diverse set of topics, which for this track includes (but is not limited to): * Design and analysis of graph drawing algorithms * Geometric and topological graph theory * Computational topology * Graph representations * Geometric advances and computing in graph drawing * Combinatorics and optimization in graph drawing *Track 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects* This track is mainly devoted to *conceptual and applied aspects of network visualization in the scope of* * graph drawing*, such as experimental evaluations of graph drawing and network visualization related algorithms, the development and/or evaluation of related libraries and tools, or systems and interfaces in different application areas. We aim at covering a diverse set of topics, which for this track includes (but is not limited to): * Engineering of graph drawing algorithms and network visualization approaches * Interfaces, methods, and high-quality tools for interacting with graphs and networks * Benchmarks and experimental studies in the context of graph drawing and network visualization * Cognitive studies on network visualization aesthetics and user interaction * Visualization of networks in real-world applications * Machine learning methods in graph drawing and network visualization * Graph drawing & network visualization for AI explainability and trustworthiness * * *Contribution Types* Perpendicular to the tracks, GD supports three contribution types, as well as a contest. *Long Papers* The standard contribution type is a /long paper/ that describes relevant and original research in full detail. Accepted papers in this category will be assigned a standard time slot for presentation during the conference. *Short Papers* In addition to long papers, there will be a separate category for /short papers/. Here, we welcome smaller and less extensive contributions on relevant topics. Accepted papers in this category will be assigned a shorter time for presentation during the conference. Short papers undergo the same competitive selection process as long papers. *Posters* Finally, we also solicit /poster/ submissions. Accepted posters will be presented in the poster session, and will provide a forum for the communication of late-breaking research results (which may also appear elsewhere) to the GD community. *Contest* The traditional Graph Drawing Contest is held before and during the conference. Details are provided at the _website <https://mozart.diei.unipg.it/gdcontest/2025/>_. Winning submissions will be invited by the contest committee to submit a /contest contribution/, which will appear in the proceedings. * * *Submission Format* The proceedings will be published in the open-access _LIPIcs <https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/lipics>_series. To facilitate the process, submissions have to be prepared in accordance with the _LIPIcs author instructions <https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/LIPIcs#author>_. The page provides links to the LIPIcs class file along with an example and detailed author instructions. For the submission, the use of the LaTeX class file _gd-lipics-v <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>3 <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>.cls <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>_is requested. The class file is a wrapper around the standard LIPIcs class and implements line counting, see _CG-linecount.pdf <https://www.computational-geometry.org/guidelines/linecount_2022_09_19.pdf>_for details, as well as additional macros. Please use the \category macro to specify the track and contribution type, and use the macros \GAIDecl and \USEDecl to include your generative AI declaration and/or user study ethics declaration (see "policies" below). These wiSubmissions must not exceed the following limits: * 500 lines for long papers, * 250 lines for short papers, * 80 lines for posThe above limits do not include front matter (title, authors, affiliations, classification, etc.), acknowledgements, references, or appendices. The class files provide line counting which should be accurate in most cases. Authors should avoid substantial amounts of text in unnumbered lines. Accepted papers will have additional space to facilitate incorporating reviewer comments. The claims of long and short papers should be fully substantiated. If this information does not fit within the line limit, the authors should include it in a clearly marked appendix, whose length is not constrained and which the reviewers may read at their own discretion. For poster submissions, no appendix is expected. We also encourage authors to avoid "et al." in citations in favor of an equal mention of the surnames of all authors. For references with few authors, it is recommended to name all of them; if the number of authors is large, consider writing "(It is shown that) X [#]" or "The authors in [#] show that X" instead of "A et al. [#] show that X". *Submission Process* Papers should be submitted electronically via _Easychair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gd2026>_. Authors of posters should prepare an abstract that must be submitted together with the poster itself. Each submission will thus consist of two pdf files (the abstract and the poster). Selected papers from Track 1 and Track 2 will be invited for submission to a special issue of the *Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA)*. The authors of two selected papers in Track 2 will be invited to submit a substantially extended and enhanced version of their work to *IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)*. A special TVCG papers session at the Graph Drawing conference will also feature regular TVCG papers. Further details can be found at _https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-… <https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-c…>_ * * *Policies* GD implements a number of policies. */AI policy/* Authors are not prohibited from using generative AI (GAI), but are required to be transparent about its use and are responsible for complying with all relevant policies. PC members are prohibited from using GAI during the review process, because submitted manuscripts are confidential and may not be shared with AI platforms. The full AI policy can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/ai.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ */User Study Ethics policy/* If a paper makes use of data from human subjects, the collection and use of such data should have been conducted carefully and should adhere to ethical standards for responsible research practice, as well as data protection regulations. The full ethics policy can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/userstudies.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ */Code of conduct/* GD is dedicated to providing an environment that is free from harassment, bullying, discrimination, and retaliation for all participants, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices./ / The full code of conduct can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ * * *MISC TOPICS* *Lightweight Double-Blind Review Process* The review process of long and short papers will be handled in a *lightweight double-blind mode*. This means that authors are not allowed to reveal their identity in the submitted paper, but are free to disseminate draft versions of the paper prior to the conference and to give talks on the topic as they normally would. In particular, the submitted paper should not contain the authors’ names, affiliations, and emalong as the supporting text maintaiin the third person). Members of the Program Committee will not have the identity of the authors of any paper revealed to them during the entire review process. To handle conflicts of interest effectively, authors will be required to declare conflicts of interest with PC members when they submit their paper. Poster submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee in a *single-blind mode*. In particular, the submitted abstract should contain the authors’ names, affiliations, and email addresses. *Awards* For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2026 will bestow a *Best Paper Award*. In addition, to recognize the effort of participants to present their work and to prepare their posters in a clear and elegant way, there will be a *Best Presentation Award *and a *Best Poster Award *voted on by the GD 2026 attendees. Finally, there will be awards for the best submissions in the *Graph Drawing Contest*, decided independently by the Contest Committee. *Remote Presentation* GD 2026 is an in-person meeting. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their results at the conference. For people who for legitimate reasons cannot participate in person we offer the possibility for remote presentation. To this end, authors may indicate their preference for a remote presentation at the time of submitting their article. Such papers are evaluated and selected by the program committee by applying the same high standards as for the other papers. There is a limit of at most four remote presentations. In case of more requests, decisions may depend on the validity of the reasons mentioned. In all cases, an author of each remote presentation has to register for the conference. *Rules for Submission* Results that have been previously published (or are scheduled for publication) in another conference proceedings or journal, as well as simultaneous submissions of results to other conferences with published proceedings or journals are not permitted, except for poster submissions. With the exception of remote presentations, each paper or poster must be presented at the conference by an author, otherwise the paper can be excluded from publication in the proceedings.

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Antw: [EXT] Antw: GD 2026– Second Call for Papers – Deadline 6 May (out-of-office message)
by Dorit Merhof 25 Mar '26

25 Mar '26

I am out of the office until end of March without email contact. I'll respond to your message after my return. In case of emergency, please contact Nicole Kerscher (email: sekretariat.merhof(a)ur.de) Best regards, Dorit Merhof >>> "Marc Streit" <Marc.Streit(a)jku.at> 25.3.26 20:09 >>> I'm on sabbatical until April 6th. For urgent matters, please contact cg-office(a)jku.at. Best regards, Marc Streit >>> Miksch Silvia <silvia.miksch(a)tuwien.ac.at> 03/25/26 20:07 >>> * /Note that all dates are roughly one month earlier than usual./ * /Note the new LaTeX class file: /_gd-lipics-v <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>3 <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>.cls <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>_ * /Note easychair open for submission/_ _ *Call for Papers: The 34th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2026)* */August 17-21, 2026, St. Catharines, Canada/* _https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/ <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/>_ *Graph Drawing *is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and constitutes the algorithmic core of *Network Visualization*. Graph Drawing and Network Visualization are motivated by applications for which it is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Application areas include data science, social sciences, web computing, information systems, life sciences, geography, business intelligence, information security, and software engineering. The International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization has been the main annual conference in this area for more than 30 years. Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing, their experimental evaluation, as well as the design of network visualization systems and interfaces. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspects of graph drawing and network visualization are invited to contribute papers and posters and to participate in the symposium as well as the graph drawing contest. GD 2026 will be held at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada, from August 17-21, 2026. A PhD school will take place August 17-18, 2026, followed by a reception on the evening of August 18. GD 2026 is designed to be held on-site. It is expected that regular papers are presented on site by one of the authors. To address global challenges and as an offer for authors who are unable to attend, we allow for a limited number of remote presentations, as further explained below. * * *Important dates*  Abstract Deadline: Wed May 6, 2026 (AoE) Paper (long and short) Deadline: Wed May 13, 2026 (AoE) Paper (long and short) Notification: Wed June 24, 2026 (AoE) Poster Deadline: Wed July 8, 2026 (AoE) Poster Notification: Wed July 22, 2026 (AoE) Camera-ready Version (papers and posters): Wed July 29, 2026 (AoE) Contest Deadline: Wed August 5, 2026 (AoE) PhD School: Mon August 17 – Tue August 18, 2026 Symposium: Wed August 19 – Fri August 21, 2026 *Conferences Nearby in Time and Location* The 38th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (_CCCG 2026 <https://sites.google.com/view/cccg-2026/home>_) will be held at Lakehead University’s Orillia Campus in Orillia, Ontario, from August 12 to 14, 2026. * Tracks* We invite authors to submit work describing original research of theoretical or practical significance to graph drawing and network visualization. To promote a balanced coverage of the field, GD has two distinct tracks, and contributions submitted to one track will not compete with contributions submitted to the other track. *Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects* This track is mainly devoted to *fundamental theoretical graph drawing advances*, such as combinatorial and algorithmic aspects. We aim at covering a diverse set of topics, which fnot limited to): * Design and analysis of graph drawing algorithms * Geometric and topological graph theory * Computational topology of graphs on surfaces * Graph representations * Geometric advances and computing in graph drawing Combinatorics and optimization in graph drawing *Track 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects* This track is mainly devoted to *conceptual and applied aspects of network visualization in the scope of* * graph drawing*, such as experimental evaluations of graph drawing and network visualization related algorithms, the development and/or evaluation of related libraries and tools, or systems and interfaces in different application areas. We aim at covering a diverse set of topics, which for this track includes (but is not limited to): * Engineering of graph drawing algorithms and network visualization approaches * Interfaces, methods, and high-quality tools for interacting with graphs and networks * Benchmarks and experimental studies in the context of graph drawing and network visualization * Cognitive studies on network visualization aesthetics and user interaction * Visualization of networks in real-world applications * Machine learning methods in graph drawing and network visualization * Graph drawing & network visualization for AI explainability and trustworthiness * * *Contribution Types* Perpendicular to the tracks, GD supports three contribution types, as well as a contest. *Long Papers* The standard contribution type is a /long paper/ that describes relevant and original research in full detail. Accepted papers in this category will be assigned a standard time slot for presentation during the conference. *Short Papers* In addition to long papers, there will be a separate category for /short papers/. Here, we welcome smaller and less extensive contributions on relevant topics. Accepted papers in this category will be assigned a shorter time for presentation during the conference. Short papers undergo the same competitive selection process as long papers. *Posters* Finally, we also solicit /poster/ submissions. Accepted posters will be presented in the poster session, and will provide a forum for the communication of late-breaking research results (which may also appear elsewhere) to the GD community. *Contest* The traditional Graph Drawing Contest is held before and during the conference. Details are provided at the _website <https://mozart.diei.unipg.it/gdcontest/2025/>_. Winning submissions will be invited by the contest committee to submit a /contest contribution/, which will appear in the proceedings. * * *Submission Format* The proceedings will be published in the open-access _LIPIcs <https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/lipics>_series. To facilitate the process, submissions have to be prepared in accordance with the _LIPIcs author instructions <https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/LIPIcs#author>_. The page provides links to the LIPIcs class file along with an example and detailed author instructions. For the submission, the use of the LaTeX class file _gd-lipics-v <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>3 <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>.cls <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>_is requested. The class file is a wrapper around the standard LIPIcs class and implements line counting, see _CG-linecount.pdf <https://www.computational-geometry.org/guidelines/linecount_2022_09_19.pdf>_for details, as well as additional macros. Please use the \category macro to specify the track and contribution type, and use the macros \GAIDecl and \USEDecl to include your generative AI declaration and/or user study ethics declaration (see "policies" below). These will be formatted as part of the front matter, and not 500 lines for long papers, * 250 lines for short papers, * 80 lines for poster abstracts, * 100 lines for contest contributions (by invitation only). affiliations, classification, etc.), acknowledgements, references, or appendices. The class files provide line counting which should be accurate in most cases. Authors should avoid substantial amounts of text in unnumbered lines. Accepted papers will have additional space to facilitate incorporating reviewer comments. The claims of long and short papers should be fully substantiated. If this information does not fit within the line limit, the authors should include it in a clearly marked appendix, whose length is not constrained and which the reviewers may read at their own discretion. For poster submissions, no appendix is expected. We also encourage authors to avoid "et al." in citations in favor of an equal mention of the surnames of all authors. For references with few authors, it is recommended to name all of them; if the number of authors is large, consider writing "(It is shown that) X [#]" or "The authors in [#] show that X" instead of "A et al. [#] show that X". *Submission Process* Papers should be submitted electronically via _Easychair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gd2026>_. Authors of posters should prepare an abstract that must be submitted together with the poster itself. Each submission will thus consist of two pdf files (the abstract and the poster). Selected papers from Track 1 and Track 2 will be invited for submission to a special issue of the *Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA)*. The authors of two selected papers in Track 2 will be invited to submit a substantially extended and enhanced version of their work to *IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)*. A special TVCG papers session at the Graph Drawing conference will also feature regular TVCG papers. Further details can be found at _https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-… <https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-c…>_ * * *Policies* GD implements a number of policies. */AI policy/* Authors are not prohibited from using generative AI (GAI), but are required to be transparent about its use and are responsible for complying with all relevant policies. PC members are prohibited from using GAI during the review process, because submitted manuscripts are confidential and may not be shared with AI platforms. The full AI policy can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/ai.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ */User Study Ethics policy/* If a paper makes use of data from human subjects, the collection and use of such data should have been conducted carefully and should adhere to ethical standards for responsible research practice, as well as data protection regulations. The full ethics policy can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/userstudies.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ */Code of conduct/* GD is dedicated to providing an environment that is free from harassment, bullying, discrimination, and retaliation for all participants, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices./ / The full code of conduct can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ * * *MISC TOPICS* *Lightweight Double-Blind Review Process* The review process of long and short papers will be handled in a *lightweight double-blind mode*. This means that authors are not allowed to reveal their identity in the submitted paper, but are free to disseminate draft versions of the paper prior to the conference and to give talks on the topic as they normally would. In particular, the submitted paper should not contain the authors’ names, long as the supporting text maintains anonymity (e.g., using sentences in the third person). Members of the Program Committee will not have the identity of threview process. To handle conflicts of interest effectively, authors will be required to declare conflicts of interest with PC members when they submit their paper. Poster submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee in a *single-blind mode*. In particular, the submitted abstract should contain the authors’ names, affiliations, and email addresses. *Awards* For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2026 will bestow a *Best Paper Award*. In addition, to recognize the effort of participants to present their work and to prepare their posters in a clear and elegant way, there will be a *Best Presentation Award *and a *Best Poster Award *voted on by the GD 2026 attendees. Finally, there will be awards for the best submissions in the *Graph Drawing Contest*, decided independently by the Contest Committee. *Remote Presentation* GD 2026 is an in-person meeting. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their results at the conference. For people who for legitimate reasons cannot participate in person we offer the possibility for remote presentation. To this end, authors may indicate their preference for a remote presentation at the time of submitting their article. Such papers are evaluated and selected by the program committee by applying the same high standards as for the other papers. There is a limit of at most four remote presentations. In case of more requests, decisions may depend on the validity of the reasons mentioned. In all cases, an author of each remote presentation has to register for the conference. *Rules for Submission* Results that have been previously published (or are scheduled for publication) in another conference proceedings or journal, as well as simultaneous submissions of results to other conferences with published proceedings or journals are not permitted, except for poster submissions. With the exception of remote presentations, each paper or poster must be presented at the conference by an author, otherwise the paper can be excluded from publication in the proceedings.

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Antw: GD 2026 – Second Call for Papers – Deadline 6 May
by Marc Streit 25 Mar '26

25 Mar '26

I'm on sabbatical until April 6th. For urgent matters, please contact cg-office(a)jku.at. Best regards, Marc Streit >>> Miksch Silvia <silvia.miksch(a)tuwien.ac.at> 03/25/26 20:07 >>> * /Note that all dates are roughly one month earlier than usual./ * /Note the new LaTeX class file: /_gd-lipics-v <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>3 <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>.cls <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>_ * /Note easychair open for submission/_ _ *Call for Papers: The 34th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2026)* */August 17-21, 2026, St. Catharines, Canada/* _https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/ <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/>_ *Graph Drawing *is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and constitutes the algorithmic core of *Network Visualization*. Graph Drawing and Network Visualization are motivated by applications for which it is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Application areas include data science, social sciences, web computing, information systems, life sciences, geography, business intelligence, information security, and software engineering. The International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization has been the main annual conference in this area for more than 30 years. Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing, their experimental evaluation, as well as the design of network visualization systems and interfaces. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspects of graph drawing and network visualization are invited to contribute papers and posters and to participate in the symposium as well as the graph drawing contest. GD 2026 will be held at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada, from August 17-21, 2026. A PhD school will take place August 17-18, 2026, followed by a reception on the evening of August 18. GD 2026 is designed to be held on-site. It is expected that regular papers are presented on site by one of the authors. To address global challenges and as an offer for authors who are unable to attend, we allow for a limited number of remote presentations, as further explained below. * * *Important dates*  Abstract Deadline: Wed May 6, 2026 (AoE) Paper (long and short) Deadline: Wed May 13, 2026 (AoE) Paper (long and short) Notification: Wed June 24, 2026 (AoE) Poster Deadline: Wed July 8, 2026 (AoE) Poster Notification: Wed July 22, 2026 (AoE) Camera-ready Version (papers and posters): Wed July 29, 2026 (AoE) Contest Deadline: Wed August 5, 2026 (AoE) PhD School: Mon August 17 – Tue August 18, 2026 Symposium: Wed August 19 – Fri August 21, 2026 *Conferences Nearby in Time and Location* The 38th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (_CCCG 2026 <https://sites.google.com/view/cccg-2026/home>_) will be held at Lakehead University’s Orillia Campus in Orillia, Ontario, from August 12 to 14, 2026. * Tracks* We invite authors to submit work describing original research of theoretical or practical significance to graph drawing and network visualization. To promote a balanced coverage of the field, GD has two distinct tracks, and contributions submitted to one track will not compete with contributions submitted to the other track. *Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects* This track is mainly devoted to *fundamental theoretical graph drawing advances*, such as combinatorial and algorithmic aspects. We aim at covering a diverse set of topics, which for this track includes (but is not limited to): * Design and analysis of graph drawing algorithms * Geometric and topological graph theory * Computational topology of graphs on surfaces * Graph representations * Geometric advances and computing in graph drawing Combinatorics and optimization in graph drawing *Track 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects* This track is mainly devoted to *conceptual and applied aspects of network visualization in the scope of* * graph drawing*, such as experimental evaluations of graph drawing and network visualization related algorithms, the development and/or evaluation of related libraries and tools, or systems and interfaces in different application areas. We aim at covering a diverse set of topics, which for this track includes (but is not limited to): * Engineering of graph drawing algorithms and network visualization approaches * Interfaces, methods, and high-quality tools for interacting with graphs and networks * Benchmarks and experimental studies in the context of graph drawing and network visualization * Cognitive studies on network visualization aesthetics and user interaction * Visualization of networks in real-world applications * Machine learning methods in graph drawing and network visualization * Graph drawing & network visualization for AI explainability and trustworthiness * * *Contribution Types* Perpendicular to the tracks, GD supports three contribution types, as well as a contest. *Long Papers* The standard contribution type is a /long paper/ that describes relevant and original research in full detail. Accepted papers in this category will be assigned a standard time slot for presentation during the conference. *Short Papers* In addition to long papers, there will be a separate category for /short papers/. Here, we welcome smaller and less extensive contributions on relevant topics. Accepted papers in this category will be assigned a shorter time for presentation during the conference. Short papers undergo the same competitive selection process as long papers. *Posters* Finally, we also solicit /poster/ submissions. Accepted posters will be presented in the poster session, and will provide a forum for the communication of late-breaking research results (which may also appear elsewhere) to the GD community. *Contest* The traditional Graph Drawing Contest is held before and during the conference. Details are provided at the _website <https://mozart.diei.unipg.it/gdcontest/2025/>_. Winning submissions will be invited by the contest committee to submit a /contest contribution/, which will appear in the proceedings. * * *Submission Format* The proceedings will be published in the open-access _LIPIcs <https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/lipics>_series. To facilitate the process, submissions have to be prepared in accordance with the _LIPIcs author instructions <https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/LIPIcs#author>_. The page provides links to the LIPIcs class file along with an example and detailed author instructions. For the submission, the use of the LaTeX class file _gd-lipics-v <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>3 <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>.cls <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>_is requested. The class file is a wrapper around the standard LIPIcs class and implements line counting, see _CG-linecount.pdf <https://www.computational-geometry.org/guidelines/linecount_2022_09_19.pdf>_for details, as well as additional macros. Please use the \category macro to specify the track and contribution type, and use the macros \GAIDecl and \USEDecl to include your generative AI declaration and/or user study ethics declaration (see "policies" below). These will be formatted as part of the front matter, and not count towards your line limit. Submissions must not exceed the following limits: * 500 lines for long papers, * 250 lines for short papers, * 80 lines for poster abstracts, * 100 lines for contest contributions (by invitation only). affiliations, classification, etc.), acknowledgements, references, or appendices. The class files provide line counting which should be accurate in most cases. Authors should avoid substantial amounts of text in unnumbered lines. Accepted papers will have additional space to facilitate incorporating reviewer comments. The claims of long and short papers should be fully substantiated. If this information does not fit within the line limit, the authors should include it in a clearly marked appendix, whose length is not constrained and which the reviewers may read at their own discretion. For poster submissions, no appendix is expected. We also encourage authors to avoid "et al." in citations in favor of an equal mention of the surnames of all authors. For references with few authors, it is recommended to name all of them; if the number of authors is large, consider writing "(It is shown that) X [#]" or "The authors in [#] show that X" instead of "A et al. [#] show that X". *Submission Process* Papers should be submitted electronically via _Easychair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gd2026>_. Authors of posters should prepare an abstract that must be submitted together with the poster itself. Each submission will thus consist of two pdf files (the abstract and the poster). Selected papers from Track 1 and Track 2 will be invited for submission to a special issue of the *Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA)*. The authors of two selected papers in Track 2 will be invited to submit a substantially extended and enhanced version of their work to *IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)*. A special TVCG papers session at the Graph Drawing conference will also feature regular TVCG papers. Further details can be found at _https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-… <https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-c…>_ * * *Policies* GD implements a number of policies. */AI policy/* Authors are not prohibited from using generative AI (GAI), but are required to be transparent about its use and are responsible for complying with all relevant policies. PC members are prohibited from using GAI during the review process, because submitted manuscripts are confidential and may not be shared with AI platforms. The full AI policy can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/ai.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ */User Study Ethics policy/* If a paper makes use of data from human subjects, the collection and use of such data should have been conducted carefully and should adhere to ethical standards for responsible research practice, as well as data protection regulations. The full ethics policy can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/userstudies.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ */Code of conduct/* GD is dedicated to providing an environment that is free from harassment, bullying, discrimination, and retaliation for all participants, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices./ / The full code of conduct can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ * * *MISC TOPICS* *Lightweight Double-Blind Review Process* The review process of long and short papers will be handled in a *lightweight double-blind mode*. This means that authors are not allowed to reveal their identity in the submitted paper, but are free to disseminate draft versions of the paper prior to the conference and to give talks on the topic as they normally would. In particular, the submitted paper should not contain the authors’ names, affiliations, and email addresses. References to their own related work are allowed, as long as the supporting text maintains anonymity (e.g., using sentences in the third person). Members of the Program Committee will not have the identity of threview process. To handle conflicts of interest effectively, authors will be required to declare conflicts of interest with PC members when they submit their paper. Poster submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee in a *single-blind mode*. In particular, the submitted abstract should contain the authors’ names, affiliations, and email addresses. *Awards* For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2026 will bestow a *Best Paper Award*. In addition, to recognize the effort of participants to present their work and to prepare their posters in a clear and elegant way, there will be a *Best Presentation Award *and a *Best Poster Award *voted on by the GD 2026 attendees. Finally, there will be awards for the best submissions in the *Graph Drawing Contest*, decided independently by the Contest Committee. *Remote Presentation* GD 2026 is an in-person meeting. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their results at the conference. For people who for legitimate reasons cannot participate in person we offer the possibility for remote presentation. To this end, authors may indicate their preference for a remote presentation at the time of submitting their article. Such papers are evaluated and selected by the program committee by applying the same high standards as for the other papers. There is a limit of at most four remote presentations. In case of more requests, decisions may depend on the validity of the reasons mentioned. In all cases, an author of each remote presentation has to register for the conference. *Rules for Submission* Results that have been previously published (or are scheduled for publication) in another conference proceedings or journal, as well as simultaneous submissions of results to other conferences with published proceedings or journals are not permitted, except for poster submissions. With the exception of remote presentations, each paper or poster must be presented at the conference by an author, otherwise the paper can be excluded from publication in the proceedings.

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Antw: [EXT] GD 2026– Second Call for Papers – Deadline 6 May (out-of-office message)
by Dorit Merhof 25 Mar '26

25 Mar '26

I am out of the office until end of March without email contact. I'll respond to your message after my return. In case of emergency, please contact Nicole Kerscher (email: sekretariat.merhof(a)ur.de) Best regards, Dorit Merhof >>> Miksch Silvia <silvia.miksch(a)tuwien.ac.at> 25.3.26 20:07 >>> * /Note that all dates are roughly one month earlier than usual./ * /Note the new LaTeX class file: /_gd-lipics-v <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>3 <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>.cls <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>_ * /Note easychair open for submission/_ _ *Call for Papers: The 34th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2026)* */August 17-21, 2026, St. Catharines, Canada/* _https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/ <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/>_ *Graph Drawing *is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and constitutes the algorithmic core of *Network Visualization*. Graph Drawing and Network Visualization are motivated by applications for which it is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Application areas include data science, social sciences, web computing, information systems, life sciences, geography, business intelligence, information security, and software engineering. The International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization has been the main annual conference in this area for more than 30 years. Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing, their experimental evaluation, as well as the design of network visualization systems and interfaces. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspects of graph drawing and network visualization are invited to contribute papers and posters and to participate in the symposium as well as the graph drawing contest. GD 2026 will be held at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada, from August 17-21, 2026. A PhD school will take place August 17-18, 2026, followed by a reception on the evening of August 18. GD 2026 is designed to be held on-site. It is expected that regular papers are presented on site by one of the authors. To address global challenges and as an offer for authors who are unable to attend, we allow for a limited number of remote presentations, as further explained below. * * *Important dates*  Abstract Deadline: Wed May 6, 2026 (AoE) Paper (long and short) Deadline: Wed May 13, 2026 (AoE) Paper (long and short) Notification: Wed June 24, 2026 (AoE) Poster Deadline: Wed July 8, 2026 (AoE) Poster Notification: Wed July 22, 2026 (AoE) Camera-ready Version (papers and posters): Wed July 29, 2026 (AoE) Contest Deadline: Wed August 5, 2026 (AoE) PhD School: Mon August 17 – Tue August 18, 2026 Symposium: Wed August 19 – Fri August 21, 2026 *Conferences Nearby in Time and Location* The 38th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (_CCCG 2026 <https://sites.google.com/view/cccg-2026/home>_) will be held at Lakehead University’s Orillia Campus in Orillia, Ontario, from August 12 to 14, 2026. * Tracks* We invite authors to submit work describing original research of theoretical or practical significance to graph drawing and network visualization. To promote a balanced coverage of the field, GD has two distinct tracks, and contributions submitted to one track will not compete with contributions submitted to the other track. *Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects* This track is mainly devoted to *fundamental theoretical graph drawing advances*, such as combinatorial and algorithmic aspects. We aim at covering a diverse set of topics, which for this track includes (but is not limited to): * Design and analysis of graph drawing algorithms * Geometric and topological graph theory * Computational topology * Graph representations * Geometric advances and computing in graph drawing * Combinatorics and optimization in graph drawing *Track 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects* This track is mainly devoted to *conceptual and applied aspects of network visualization in the scope of* * graph drawing*, such as experimental evaluations of graph drawing and network visualization related algorithms, the development and/or evaluation of related libraries and tools, or systems and interfaces in different application areas. We aim at covering a diverse set of topics, which for this track includes (but is not limited to): * Engineering of graph drawing algorithms and network visualization approaches * Interfaces, methods, and high-quality tools for interacting with graphs and networks * Benchmarks and experimental studies in the context of graph drawing and network visualization * Cognitive studies on network visualization aesthetics and user interaction * Visualization of networks in real-world applications * Machine learning methods in graph drawing and network visualization * Graph drawing & network visualization for AI explainability and trustworthiness * * *Contribution Types* Perpendicular to the tracks, GD supports three contribution types, as well as a contest. *Long Papers* The standard contribution type is a /long paper/ that describes relevant and original research in full detail. Accepted papers in this category will be assigned a standard time slot for presentation during the conference. *Short Papers* In addition to long papers, there will be a separate category for /short papers/. Here, we welcome smaller and less extensive contributions on relevant topics. Accepted papers in this category will be assigned a shorter time for presentation during the conference. Short papers undergo the same competitive selection process as long papers. *Posters* Finally, we also solicit /poster/ submissions. Accepted posters will be presented in the poster session, and will provide a forum for the communication of late-breaking research results (which may also appear elsewhere) to the GD community. *Contest* The traditional Graph Drawing Contest is held before and during the conference. Details are provided at the _website <https://mozart.diei.unipg.it/gdcontest/2025/>_. Winning submissions will be invited by the contest committee to submit a /contest contribution/, which will appear in the proceedings. * * *Submission Format* The proceedings will be published in the open-access _LIPIcs <https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/lipics>_series. To facilitate the process, submissions have to be prepared in accordance with the _LIPIcs author instructions <https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/LIPIcs#author>_. The page provides links to the LIPIcs class file along with an example and detailed author instructions. For the submission, the use of the LaTeX class file _gd-lipics-v <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>3 <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>.cls <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>_is requested. The class file is a wrapper around the standard LIPIcs class and implements line counting, see _CG-linecount.pdf <https://www.computational-geometry.org/guidelines/linecount_2022_09_19.pdf>_for details, as well as additional macros. Please use the \category macro to specify the track and contribution type, and use the macros \GAIDecl and \USEDecl to include your generative AI declaration and/or user study ethics declaration (see "policies" below). These will be formatted as part of the front matter, and not count towards your line limit. Submissions must not exceed the following limits: * 500 lines for long papers, * 250 lines for short papers, * 80 lines for posThe above limits do not include front matter (title, authors, affiliations, classification, etc.), acknowledgements, references, or appendices. The class files provide line counting which should be accurate in most cases. Authors should avoid substantial amounts of text in unnumbered lines. Accepted papers will have additional space to facilitate incorporating reviewer comments. The claims of long and short papers should be fully substantiated. If this information does not fit within the line limit, the authors should include it in a clearly marked appendix, whose length is not constrained and which the reviewers may read at their own discretion. For poster submissions, no appendix is expected. We also encourage authors to avoid "et al." in citations in favor of an equal mention of the surnames of all authors. For references with few authors, it is recommended to name all of them; if the number of authors is large, consider writing "(It is shown that) X [#]" or "The authors in [#] show that X" instead of "A et al. [#] show that X". *Submission Process* Papers should be submitted electronically via _Easychair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gd2026>_. Authors of posters should prepare an abstract that must be submitted together with the poster itself. Each submission will thus consist of two pdf files (the abstract and the poster). Selected papers from Track 1 and Track 2 will be invited for submission to a special issue of the *Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA)*. The authors of two selected papers in Track 2 will be invited to submit a substantially extended and enhanced version of their work to *IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)*. A special TVCG papers session at the Graph Drawing conference will also feature regular TVCG papers. Further details can be found at _https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-… <https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-c…>_ * * *Policies* GD implements a number of policies. */AI policy/* Authors are not prohibited from using generative AI (GAI), but are required to be transparent about its use and are responsible for complying with all relevant policies. PC members are prohibited from using GAI during the review process, because submitted manuscripts are confidential and may not be shared with AI platforms. The full AI policy can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/ai.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ */User Study Ethics policy/* If a paper makes use of data from human subjects, the collection and use of such data should have been conducted carefully and should adhere to ethical standards for responsible research practice, as well as data protection regulations. The full ethics policy can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/userstudies.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ */Code of conduct/* GD is dedicated to providing an environment that is free from harassment, bullying, discrimination, and retaliation for all participants, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices./ / The full code of conduct can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ * * *MISC TOPICS* *Lightweight Double-Blind Review Process* The review process of long and short papers will be handled in a *lightweight double-blind mode*. This means that authors are not allowed to reveal their identity in the submitted paper, but are free to disseminate draft versions of the paper prior to the conference and to give talks on the topic as they normally would. In particular, the submitted paper should not contain the authors’ names, affiliations, and email addresses. References to their own related work are allowed, as long as the supporting text maintaiin the third person). Members of the Program Committee will not have the identity of the authors of any paper revealed to them during the entire review process. To handle conflicts of interest effectively, authors will be required to declare conflicts of interest with PC members when they submit their paper. Poster submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee in a *single-blind mode*. In particular, the submitted abstract should contain the authors’ names, affiliations, and email addresses. *Awards* For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2026 will bestow a *Best Paper Award*. In addition, to recognize the effort of participants to present their work and to prepare their posters in a clear and elegant way, there will be a *Best Presentation Award *and a *Best Poster Award *voted on by the GD 2026 attendees. Finally, there will be awards for the best submissions in the *Graph Drawing Contest*, decided independently by the Contest Committee. *Remote Presentation* GD 2026 is an in-person meeting. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their results at the conference. For people who for legitimate reasons cannot participate in person we offer the possibility for remote presentation. To this end, authors may indicate their preference for a remote presentation at the time of submitting their article. Such papers are evaluated and selected by the program committee by applying the same high standards as for the other papers. There is a limit of at most four remote presentations. In case of more requests, decisions may depend on the validity of the reasons mentioned. In all cases, an author of each remote presentation has to register for the conference. *Rules for Submission* Results that have been previously published (or are scheduled for publication) in another conference proceedings or journal, as well as simultaneous submissions of results to other conferences with published proceedings or journals are not permitted, except for poster submissions. With the exception of remote presentations, each paper or poster must be presented at the conference by an author, otherwise the paper can be excluded from publication in the proceedings.

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GD 2026 – Second Call for Papers – Deadline 6 May
by Miksch Silvia 25 Mar '26

25 Mar '26

* /Note that all dates are roughly one month earlier than usual./ * /Note the new LaTeX class file: /_gd-lipics-v <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>3 <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>.cls <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>_ * /Note easychair open for submission/_ _ *Call for Papers: The 34th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2026)* */August 17-21, 2026, St. Catharines, Canada/* _https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/ <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/>_ *Graph Drawing *is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and constitutes the algorithmic core of *Network Visualization*. Graph Drawing and Network Visualization are motivated by applications for which it is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Application areas include data science, social sciences, web computing, information systems, life sciences, geography, business intelligence, information security, and software engineering. The International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization has been the main annual conference in this area for more than 30 years. Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing, their experimental evaluation, as well as the design of network visualization systems and interfaces. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspects of graph drawing and network visualization are invited to contribute papers and posters and to participate in the symposium as well as the graph drawing contest. GD 2026 will be held at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada, from August 17-21, 2026. A PhD school will take place August 17-18, 2026, followed by a reception on the evening of August 18. GD 2026 is designed to be held on-site. It is expected that regular papers are presented on site by one of the authors. To address global challenges and as an offer for authors who are unable to attend, we allow for a limited number of remote presentations, as further explained below. * * *Important dates*  Abstract Deadline: Wed May 6, 2026 (AoE) Paper (long and short) Deadline: Wed May 13, 2026 (AoE) Paper (long and short) Notification: Wed June 24, 2026 (AoE) Poster Deadline: Wed July 8, 2026 (AoE) Poster Notification: Wed July 22, 2026 (AoE) Camera-ready Version (papers and posters): Wed July 29, 2026 (AoE) Contest Deadline: Wed August 5, 2026 (AoE) PhD School: Mon August 17 – Tue August 18, 2026 Symposium: Wed August 19 – Fri August 21, 2026 *Conferences Nearby in Time and Location* The 38th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (_CCCG 2026 <https://sites.google.com/view/cccg-2026/home>_) will be held at Lakehead University’s Orillia Campus in Orillia, Ontario, from August 12 to 14, 2026. * Tracks* We invite authors to submit work describing original research of theoretical or practical significance to graph drawing and network visualization. To promote a balanced coverage of the field, GD has two distinct tracks, and contributions submitted to one track will not compete with contributions submitted to the other track. *Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects* This track is mainly devoted to *fundamental theoretical graph drawing advances*, such as combinatorial and algorithmic aspects. We aim at covering a diverse set of topics, which for this track includes (but is not limited to): * Design and analysis of graph drawing algorithms * Geometric and topological graph theory * Computational topology of graphs on surfaces * Graph representations * Geometric advances and computing in graph drawing * Combinatorics and optimization in graph drawing *Track 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects* This track is mainly devoted to *conceptual and applied aspects of network visualization in the scope of* * graph drawing*, such as experimental evaluations of graph drawing and network visualization related algorithms, the development and/or evaluation of related libraries and tools, or systems and interfaces in different application areas. We aim at covering a diverse set of topics, which for this track includes (but is not limited to): * Engineering of graph drawing algorithms and network visualization approaches * Interfaces, methods, and high-quality tools for interacting with graphs and networks * Benchmarks and experimental studies in the context of graph drawing and network visualization * Cognitive studies on network visualization aesthetics and user interaction * Visualization of networks in real-world applications * Machine learning methods in graph drawing and network visualization * Graph drawing & network visualization for AI explainability and trustworthiness * * *Contribution Types* Perpendicular to the tracks, GD supports three contribution types, as well as a contest. *Long Papers* The standard contribution type is a /long paper/ that describes relevant and original research in full detail. Accepted papers in this category will be assigned a standard time slot for presentation during the conference. *Short Papers* In addition to long papers, there will be a separate category for /short papers/. Here, we welcome smaller and less extensive contributions on relevant topics. Accepted papers in this category will be assigned a shorter time for presentation during the conference. Short papers undergo the same competitive selection process as long papers. *Posters* Finally, we also solicit /poster/ submissions. Accepted posters will be presented in the poster session, and will provide a forum for the communication of late-breaking research results (which may also appear elsewhere) to the GD community. *Contest* The traditional Graph Drawing Contest is held before and during the conference. Details are provided at the _website <https://mozart.diei.unipg.it/gdcontest/2025/>_. Winning submissions will be invited by the contest committee to submit a /contest contribution/, which will appear in the proceedings. * * *Submission Format* The proceedings will be published in the open-access _LIPIcs <https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/lipics>_series. To facilitate the process, submissions have to be prepared in accordance with the _LIPIcs author instructions <https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/LIPIcs#author>_. The page provides links to the LIPIcs class file along with an example and detailed author instructions. For the submission, the use of the LaTeX class file _gd-lipics-v <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>3 <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>.cls <https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v3.cls>_is requested. The class file is a wrapper around the standard LIPIcs class and implements line counting, see _CG-linecount.pdf <https://www.computational-geometry.org/guidelines/linecount_2022_09_19.pdf>_for details, as well as additional macros. Please use the \category macro to specify the track and contribution type, and use the macros \GAIDecl and \USEDecl to include your generative AI declaration and/or user study ethics declaration (see "policies" below). These will be formatted as part of the front matter, and not count towards your line limit. Submissions must not exceed the following limits: * 500 lines for long papers, * 250 lines for short papers, * 80 lines for poster abstracts, * 100 lines for contest contributions (by invitation only). The above limits do not include front matter (title, authors, affiliations, classification, etc.), acknowledgements, references, or appendices. The class files provide line counting which should be accurate in most cases. Authors should avoid substantial amounts of text in unnumbered lines. Accepted papers will have additional space to facilitate incorporating reviewer comments. The claims of long and short papers should be fully substantiated. If this information does not fit within the line limit, the authors should include it in a clearly marked appendix, whose length is not constrained and which the reviewers may read at their own discretion. For poster submissions, no appendix is expected. We also encourage authors to avoid "et al." in citations in favor of an equal mention of the surnames of all authors. For references with few authors, it is recommended to name all of them; if the number of authors is large, consider writing "(It is shown that) X [#]" or "The authors in [#] show that X" instead of "A et al. [#] show that X". *Submission Process* Papers should be submitted electronically via _Easychair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gd2026>_. Authors of posters should prepare an abstract that must be submitted together with the poster itself. Each submission will thus consist of two pdf files (the abstract and the poster). Selected papers from Track 1 and Track 2 will be invited for submission to a special issue of the *Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA)*. The authors of two selected papers in Track 2 will be invited to submit a substantially extended and enhanced version of their work to *IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)*. A special TVCG papers session at the Graph Drawing conference will also feature regular TVCG papers. Further details can be found at _https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-… <https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-c…>_ * * *Policies* GD implements a number of policies. */AI policy/* Authors are not prohibited from using generative AI (GAI), but are required to be transparent about its use and are responsible for complying with all relevant policies. PC members are prohibited from using GAI during the review process, because submitted manuscripts are confidential and may not be shared with AI platforms. The full AI policy can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/ai.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ */User Study Ethics policy/* If a paper makes use of data from human subjects, the collection and use of such data should have been conducted carefully and should adhere to ethical standards for responsible research practice, as well as data protection regulations. The full ethics policy can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/userstudies.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ */Code of conduct/* GD is dedicated to providing an environment that is free from harassment, bullying, discrimination, and retaliation for all participants, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices./ / The full code of conduct can be found at _http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html <http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>_ * * *MISC TOPICS* *Lightweight Double-Blind Review Process* The review process of long and short papers will be handled in a *lightweight double-blind mode*. This means that authors are not allowed to reveal their identity in the submitted paper, but are free to disseminate draft versions of the paper prior to the conference and to give talks on the topic as they normally would. In particular, the submitted paper should not contain the authors’ names, affiliations, and email addresses. References to their own related work are allowed, as long as the supporting text maintains anonymity (e.g., using sentences in the third person). Members of the Program Committee will not have the identity of the authors of any paper revealed to them during the entire review process. To handle conflicts of interest effectively, authors will be required to declare conflicts of interest with PC members when they submit their paper. Poster submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee in a *single-blind mode*. In particular, the submitted abstract should contain the authors’ names, affiliations, and email addresses. *Awards* For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2026 will bestow a *Best Paper Award*. In addition, to recognize the effort of participants to present their work and to prepare their posters in a clear and elegant way, there will be a *Best Presentation Award *and a *Best Poster Award *voted on by the GD 2026 attendees. Finally, there will be awards for the best submissions in the *Graph Drawing Contest*, decided independently by the Contest Committee. *Remote Presentation* GD 2026 is an in-person meeting. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their results at the conference. For people who for legitimate reasons cannot participate in person we offer the possibility for remote presentation. To this end, authors may indicate their preference for a remote presentation at the time of submitting their article. Such papers are evaluated and selected by the program committee by applying the same high standards as for the other papers. There is a limit of at most four remote presentations. In case of more requests, decisions may depend on the validity of the reasons mentioned. In all cases, an author of each remote presentation has to register for the conference. *Rules for Submission* Results that have been previously published (or are scheduled for publication) in another conference proceedings or journal, as well as simultaneous submissions of results to other conferences with published proceedings or journals are not permitted, except for poster submissions. With the exception of remote presentations, each paper or poster must be presented at the conference by an author, otherwise the paper can be excluded from publication in the proceedings.

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Meeting GI FG Visualisierung @ VMV
by Johanna Schmidt 12 Oct '25

12 Oct '25

Liebe Kolleg:innen, aus dieses Jahr wird das jährliche Meeting der GI Fachgruppe Visualisierung auf der VMV stattfinden. Wir haben dafür folgenden Termin fixiert: _ Freitag, 13.9.2024, 12:00 - 13:00_ Für die lokalen Teilnehmer:innen: TU München Garching (VMV Venue), Seminarraum 02.09.023 Es wird ein Catering geben, für Mittagessen ist also gesorgt. Für die hybriden Teilnehmer:innen: Bitte in das Zoom-Meeting einwählen https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87507387268?pwd=ttdcXl5FEkdbTNPZidalRea2eRyCSI.1 _Agenda_ - Bericht über letztes Jahr - Vorstellung unserer Sammlung von VIS-Themen der vergangenen Jahre - Feedback sammeln bzw. offene Diskussion - Verschiedenes Falls ihr lieber mit eurem Kalender arbeitet, es folgt noch eine extra Termineinladung. Wir freuen uns auf Eure Teilnahme! Liebe Grüße, Johanna Schmidt Lars Linsen Daniel Weiskopf -- Dr. Johanna Schmidt Head of Visual Analytics Group VRVis Forschungs-GmbH,www.VRVis.at, FN: 195369h, HG Wien mail:johanna.schmidt@vrvis.at tel +43(0)1 9089892 302

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Meeting GI FG Visualisierung @ VMV
by Johanna Schmidt 30 Sep '25

30 Sep '25

Liebe Kolleg:innen, das jährliche Meeting der GI Fachgruppe Visualisierung auf der VMV findet morgen statt: _Dienstag, 30.9.2025, 12:20 - 13:20_ Für die lokalen Teilnehmer:innen: Raum 2.018, Kollegienhaus Für die hybriden Teilnehmer:innen ein Zoom-Link: https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/66216660133?pwd=UvgQDU6vf1baCglLpvEVCx2NMaZ1VJ.1 Agenda - Bericht über letztes Jahr - Feedback sammeln bzw. offene Diskussion - Verschiedenes Wir freuen uns auf Eure Teilnahme! Liebe Grüße, Johanna Schmidt Lars Linsen Daniel Weiskopf -- Dr. Johanna Schmidt Senior PostDoc TU Wien Institute of Visual Computing & Human-Centered Technology Research Unit of Computer Graphics jschmidt(a)cg.tuwien.ac.at

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Antw: [EXT] Re: Meeting GI FG Visualisierung @ VMV (out-of-office message)
by Dorit Merhof 29 Sep '25

29 Sep '25

I am out of the office until 28th September without email contact. I'll respond to your message after my return. In case of emergency, please contact Nicole Kerscher (email: nicole.kerscher(a)ur.de) Best regards, Dorit Merhof >>> Miksch Silvia <silvia.miksch(a)tuwien.ac.at> 29.9.25 13:40 >>> Liebe Johanna, Liebe Kolleg:innen, Ich falle leider aus - bin auf Sanne's PhD Defense an der TU/e (Eindhoven) - auch vituell nicht moeglich Have fun ... Silvia On 29/09/2025 11:46, Johanna Schmidt wrote: > > Liebe Kolleg:innen, > > das jährliche Meeting der GI Fachgruppe Visualisierung auf der VMV > findet morgen statt: > > _Dienstag, 30.9.2025, 12:20 - 13:20_ > > Für die lokalen Teilnehmer:innen: Raum 2.018, Kollegienhaus > > Für die hybriden Teilnehmer:innen ein Zoom-Link: > https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/66216660133?pwd=UvgQDU6vf1baCglLpvEVCx2NMaZ1VJ.1 > > Agenda > - Bericht über letztes Jahr > - Feedback sammeln bzw. offene Diskussion > - Verschiedenes > > Wir freuen uns auf Eure Teilnahme! > > Liebe Grüße, > > Johanna Schmidt > Lars Linsen > Daniel Weiskopf > > -- > Dr. Johanna Schmidt Senior PostDoc > TU Wien > Institute of Visual Computing & Human-Centered Technology > Research Unit of Computer Graphics > jschmidt(a)cg.tuwien.ac.at > > _______________________________________________ > FG-VIS Mailingliste --fg-vis(a)lists.gi.de > Zur Abmeldung von dieser Mailingliste senden Sie eine Nachricht anfg-vis-leave(a)lists.gi.de

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Antw: [EXT] Meeting GI FG Visualisierung @ VMV (out-of-office message)
by Dorit Merhof 29 Sep '25

29 Sep '25

I am out of the office until 28th September without email contact. I'll respond to your message after my return. In case of emergency, please contact Nicole Kerscher (email: nicole.kerscher(a)ur.de) Best regards, Dorit Merhof >>> Johanna Schmidt <jschmidt(a)cg.tuwien.ac.at> 29.9.25 11:46 >>> Liebe Kolleg:innen, das jährliche Meeting der GI Fachgruppe Visualisierung auf der VMV findet morgen statt: _Dienstag, 30.9.2025, 12:20 - 13:20_ Für die lokalen Teilnehmer:innen: Raum 2.018, Kollegienhaus Für die hybriden Teilnehmer:innen ein Zoom-Link: https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/66216660133?pwd=UvgQDU6vf1baCglLpvEVCx2NMaZ1VJ.1 Agenda - Bericht über letztes Jahr - Feedback sammeln bzw. offene Diskussion - Verschiedenes Wir freuen uns auf Eure Teilnahme! Liebe Grüße, Johanna Schmidt Lars Linsen Daniel Weiskopf -- Dr. Johanna Schmidt Senior PostDoc TU Wien Institute of Visual Computing & Human-Centered Technology Research Unit of Computer Graphics jschmidt(a)cg.tuwien.ac.at

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