Dear Colleagues, please nominate, distribute, encourage! We would be very happy to see many submission showcasing how Visual Computing is supporting the SDGs (see details below)! Please also save the date: VRVis Visual Computing Trends will take place on January 30, 2025 in Vienna with four wonderful international speakers: Ayellet Tal, Kwan-Liu Ma, Dieter Schmalstieg and Anna Vilanova! Participation is free of charge. For more information please refer to https://www.vrvis.at/en/news-events/events/visual-computing-trends-2025 Best, Katja ======================================== Call vor Application / Nomination VRVis Visual Computing Award The VRVis Visual Computing Award for application-oriented visual computing research along the UN's 17 SDGs is entering its second round! As Austria's leading visual computing research center, VRVis Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-Gmbh launched this award in 2022 to recognize application-oriented research projects from all over Europe that make a significant contribution to sustainable development. With this award, we put the spotlight on outstanding scientific work that uses visual computing to advance forward-looking solutions in line with the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. We invite you to forward this information to your visual computing, computer graphics, visualization and computer science departments as well as to interested colleagues. Please also find attached a compact information sheet for displaying on notice boards or similar. All the important information in brief: • The award recognizes a person's research achievements. This success must be proven by one or more scientific publications and application(s) in the field. Bachelor's and Master's theses as well as VRVis members are excluded from the application process. • Applications can be made either by the applicant him/herself or by nomination from others. • Prize money: 5000 euros • Deadline for submission: October 31, 2024 • The VRVis Visual Computing Award will be presented on January 30, 2025 at the Visual Computing Trends Symposium in Vienna, Austria. All information & application documents: www.vrvis.at/en/award Yours sincerely Gerd Hesina (CEO VRVis) & Katja Bühler (Scientific Director VRVis) ==================================================================== Dr. Katja Bühler Scientific Director, VRVis Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH Donau-City-Strasse 11, A-1220 Wien, Austria; FN: 195369h, HG Wien Tel.: +43 1 908 98 92 401 email: buehler@vrvis.at WWW: <http://www.vrvis.at/> =====================================================================