Research PapersVL/HCC 2021
We solicit original, unpublished research papers on computing technologies and visual languages for modelling, programming, communicating, and reasoning, which are easier to learn, use or understand by humans than the current state-of-the-art. Papers should focus on efforts to design, formalize, implement, or evaluate those technologies and languages. This includes tools and visual languages intended for general audiences (e.g., professional or novice programmers, or the public) or domain-specific audiences (e.g., people working in business administration, production environments, healthcare, urban design or scientific domains).
Mon 11 OctDisplayed time zone: Central Time (US & Canada) change
14:10 - 14:50 | Helping Programmers BuildResearch Papers / Journal-First Presentations Chair(s): Michael Coblenz University of Maryland at College Park | ||
14:10 10mPaper | Where-provenance for Bidirectional Editing in SpreadsheetsFull paper Research Papers Jack Williams Microsoft Research, Cambridge, Andrew D. Gordon Microsoft Research and University of Edinburgh | ||
14:20 10mTalk | Applications of model-driven engineering in cyber-physical systems: A systematic mapping studyJournal-first Journal-First Presentations Mustafa Abshir Mohamed Independent Researcher, Moharram Challenger University of Antwerp, Geylani Kardas Ege University | ||
14:30 10mShort-paper | Guided Optimization for Image Processing PipelinesShort paper Research Papers Yuka Ikarashi MIT CSAIL, Jonathan Ragan-Kelley Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tsukasa Fukusato The University of Tokyo, Jun Kato National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Takeo Igarashi The University of Tokyo Pre-print | ||
14:40 10mShort-paper | A Toolkit for Building More Adaptable User Interfaces for Vision-impaired UsersShort paper Research Papers Calvin Luy Monash University, Jeremy Law Monash University, Lily Ho Monash University, Richard Matheson Monash University, Tracey Cai Monash University, Anuradha Madugalla Monash University, Australia, John Grundy Monash University | ||
Tue 12 OctDisplayed time zone: Central Time (US & Canada) change
13:50 - 14:30 | Understanding and Shortening the Feedback Loop in ProgrammingResearch Papers Chair(s): Sandeep Kuttal The University of Tulsa | ||
13:50 10mPaper | Understanding the Challenges and Needs of Programmers Writing Web Automation ScriptsFull paper Research Papers | ||
14:00 10mPaper | Edit-Run Behavior in Programming and DebuggingFull paper Research Papers | ||
14:10 10mShort-paper | Immediate Feedback for Students to Solve Notebook Reproducibility Problems in the ClassroomShort paper Research Papers Christophe Casseau Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, CNRS, LaBRI, UMR5800, Jean-Rémy Falleri Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, CNRS, LaBRI. Institut Universitaire de France., Xavier Blanc Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, CNRS, LaBRI, UMR5800, Thomas Degueule CNRS, LaBRI File Attached | ||
14:20 10mShort-paper | Shortening Feedback Loops in a Live Game Development EnvironmentShort paper Research Papers Tom Beckmann Hasso Plattner Institute, Eva Krebs Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Patrick Rein Hasso Plattner Institute, Stefan Ramson Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany, Robert Hirschfeld Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), University of Potsdam, Germany | ||
14:40 - 15:20 | Visual Program and Information Representations (1)Research Papers Chair(s): Stefan Sauer Paderborn University | ||
14:40 10mPaper | SQLVis: Visual Query Representations for Supporting SQL LearnersFull paper Research Papers Daphne Miedema Eindhoven University of Technology, George Fletcher Eindhoven University of Technology | ||
14:50 10mPaper | A Visual Notation for Succinct Program TracesFull paper Research Papers Divya Bajaj Oregon State University, Martin Erwig Oregon State University, Danila Fedorin Oregon State University, Kai Gay Oregon State University | ||
15:00 10mPaper | Text vs. Graphs in Argument AnalysisFull paper Research Papers Guilherme Carneiro University of St Andrews, Alice Toniolo University of St Andrews, Miguel A. Nacenta University of Victoria, Aaron J. Quigley University of New South Wales | ||
15:10 10mShort-paper | Travel Kinematics in Virtual Reality Increases Learning EfficiencyShort paper Research Papers Eric Nersesian New Jersey Institute of Technology, Margarita Vinnikov New Jersey Institute of Technology, Michael Lee New Jersey Institute of Technology | ||
15:20 - 15:30 | BreakSocial | ||
16:20 - 17:00 | AwardsResearch Papers | ||
16:20 40mAwards | Awards Research Papers | ||
Wed 13 OctDisplayed time zone: Central Time (US & Canada) change
15:50 - 16:00 | Conference ClosingResearch Papers | ||
15:50 10mDay closing | Conference Closing Research Papers | ||
16:00 - 17:00 | Happy HourSocial | ||
16:00 60mSocial Event | Happy Hour Social | ||
Accepted Papers
Call for Research Papers
Scope and Topics
We solicit original, unpublished research papers on computing technologies for modelling, programming, communicating, and reasoning, which are easier to learn, use or understand by humans than the current state-of-the-art. Papers should focus on efforts to design, formalize, implement, or evaluate those technologies and languages. This includes technologies intended for general audiences (e.g., professional or novice programmers, or the public) or domain-specific audiences (e.g., people working in business administration, production environments, healthcare, urban design or scientific domains).
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Tools for Collaborative Work
- Tools for data science
- Novel visual languages
- Design, evaluation, and theory of visual languages
- Supporting Inclusion and Diversity in Programming
- End-user development, adaptation and programming
- Explainable ML/AI
- Visual modeling of socio-technical systems
- Visual modeling of human behavior
- Novel representations and user interfaces for expressing computation
- Human aspects and psychology of software development and language design
- Debugging and program understanding
- Crowdsourcing design and development work
- Computational thinking and Computer Science education
- Model-driven development
- Domain-specific languages, including modelling languages
- Software visualization
- Technologies and infrastructures for end user development
- Evaluation of end user development technologies
If you are not sure if your paper is a good fit for VL/HCC, feel free to email the PC co-chairs, Steve Oney or Jácome Cunha.
Special Emphasis for 2021: Interaction at a Distance
This year’s special topic is “Interaction at a Distance”. COVID-19 may permanently change how we work, communicate, and collaborate in the future. Technology and software will continue to play an increasingly important role in mediating our interactions with other people. This year, we especially welcome papers at VL/HCC that design, build, or evaluate technologies that help us interact at a distance.
Paper submissions
We invite two kinds of papers: - full-length research papers, up to 8 pages—plus unlimited additional pages containing only references and/or acknowledgements - short research papers, up to 4 pages—plus unlimited additional pages containing only references and/or acknowledgements.
Papers must be submitted in a format suitable for anonymous review, and using the IEEE two-column conference paper format.
Papers should be submitted via the EasyChair system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vlhcc2021
To facilitate the assigning of papers to reviewers, we require paper abstracts to be submitted via EasyChair at least 1 week prior to the paper submission deadline (see Important Dates below). The abstract must be kept up to date such that it matches exactly the abstract in the submitted paper. The abstract must be no longer than 250 words.
All accepted papers, whether full or short, should be complete, self-contained, archival contributions. Contributions from full papers are more extensive than those from short papers. Work-in-progress, which has not yet yielded a contribution, should be submitted to the Showpieces category. All submissions will be reviewed by members of the Program Committee. Submissions and reviews for the technical program are managed with EasyChair. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register for VL/HCC 2021 and present the paper at the conference. There will be a virtual presentation option in case of travel restrictions. IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference, including IEEE Xplore Digital Library, if the paper is not presented by the author at the conference. Accepted papers will be available to conference attendees via the IEEE Open Preview program in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/). The proceedings are an official electronic publication of the IEEE in Computer Science, with an ISBN number. Be sure to use the current IEEE conference paper format (which was updated in 2019), and to select the “US letter” template:
http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html
Double blind reviewing
We follow a double-blind reviewing process. Both authors and reviewers are expected to make every effort to honor the double-blind reviewing process. In case of questions, please contact the Program Chairs. Authors should ensure that the submission can be evaluated without it being obvious who wrote the paper. This means leaving author names off the paper and using terms like “previous research” rather than “our previous research” when describing background. However, do not hide previous work – papers must still reference all relevant research, including that by the current authors, so reviewers can evaluate novelty. It is important that authors specify all conflicts of interest with potential reviewers during the submission phase.
Reviewers should not undertake any investigation that might lead to the revealing of authors’ identity. If identities are inadvertently revealed, please contact the Program Chairs.
The Program Chairs will check all submissions for obvious signs of lack of anonymity and may ask authors to make changes and resubmit the paper within three days of the submission deadline. Only changes to resolve anonymity issues will be permitted
Important Deadlines
- Abstracts-Only: April 23, 2021
- Submission Deadline: April 30, 2021
- Acceptance: June 11, 2021
- Camera-Ready: July 9, 2021
General Conference: October 10-13