VL/HCC 2022
Mon 12 - Fri 16 September 2022 Rome, Italy
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Mon 12 Sep

Displayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change

09:00 - 10:30
Graduate Consortium Session 1Graduate Consortium at DIAG Aula Magna
09:00
40m
Day opening
Introductory Remarks and Opening Activity
Graduate Consortium
G: Andrew Fish University of Brighton, G: Thomas LaToza George Mason University
09:40
25m
Improving Real-time Collaborative Data Science Through Context-Aware MechanismsGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
April Wang University of Michigan
DOI
10:05
25m
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Human-Computer Interaction: Using a Smart Topic Extraction SystemGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
Parinaz Tabari University of Salerno
DOI
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:15
Graduate Consortium Session 2Graduate Consortium at DIAG Aula Magna
11:00
25m
Tools for Creating UI Automation MacrosGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
Rebecca Krosnick University of Michigan
DOI
11:25
25m
Time-Travel Debugging with Visualization of Data-Structures Based on InstrumentationGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
Kim Mönch Bundeswehr University Munich
DOI
11:50
25m
A model-driven approach for DevOpsGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
Hugo da Gião University of Porto & HASLab/INESC Tec
DOI
12:15 - 14:15
14:15 - 15:30
14:15
25m
Constructionism, Ethics, and Creativity: Developing Tools for the Future of Education with AIGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
Randi Williams Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DOI
14:40
25m
Helping TAs Help StudentsGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
Yana Malysheva Washington University in St. Louis
DOI
15:05
25m
Poster
Early Design of a Conversational AI Development Platform for Middle SchoolersPoster
Posters and Showpieces
Amit Kumar University of Florida, Xiaoyi Tian University of Florida, Mehmet Celepkolu University of Florida, Maya Israel University of Florida, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer University of Florida
DOI
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 17:30
Graduate Consortium Session 4Graduate Consortium at DIAG Aula Magna
16:00
25m
Assurance of Machine Learning/TinyML in Safety-Critical DomainsGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
Zain Iqbal University of Padova
DOI
16:25
25m
A Platform for the Reproducibility of Computational ExperimentsGC Showpiece
Graduate Consortium
Lázaro Costa INESC TEC
DOI
16:50
40m
Day closing
Panel discussion & Closing Remarks
Graduate Consortium
G: Andrew Fish University of Brighton, G: Thomas LaToza George Mason University, G: Margaret Burnett Oregon State University, G: Brittany Johnson George Mason University

Tue 13 Sep

Displayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change

09:00 - 09:15
09:15 - 10:30
Keynote 1Research Papers at San Francesco Room
Chair(s): Mark Minas Universität der Bundeswehr München
09:15
75m
Keynote
Keynote 1 - Challenges in Creating Responsible and Human-Centered AI
Research Papers
Saleema Amershi Microsoft Research
10:30 - 17:30
Poster PresentationPosters and Showpieces / Graduate Consortium at Corridor of San Francesco Room

Authors will attend only during breaks.

10:30
7h
Poster
Dear Diary: On Documenting Novices' Development ProcessPoster
Posters and Showpieces
Juan Pablo Sáenz Politecnico di Torino, Luigi De Russis Politecnico di Torino
DOI
10:30
7h
Poster
High Resolution Explanation Maps for CNNs using Segmentation NetworksPoster
Posters and Showpieces
Alessio Mascolini Politecnico di Torino, Francesco Ponzio Politecnico di Torino, Enrico Macii Politecnico DI Torino, Elisa Ficarra Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Santa Di Cataldo Politecnico Di Torino
DOI
10:30
7h
Poster
Early Design of a Conversational AI Development Platform for Middle SchoolersPoster
Posters and Showpieces
Amit Kumar University of Florida, Xiaoyi Tian University of Florida, Mehmet Celepkolu University of Florida, Maya Israel University of Florida, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer University of Florida
DOI
10:30
7h
Poster
fableBlocks: Toward Mitigating Programming Anxiety with Storytelling-based Tangible Block Programming EnvironmentsPoster
Posters and Showpieces
Alexandre Gomes de Siqueira University of Florida, Pedro Feijóo-García University of Florida, Stephanie Carnell University of Central Florida, Eduardo Gabriel Queiroz Palmeira Santa Catarina State University, Andrew Maxim University of Florida
DOI
10:30
7h
Constructionism, Ethics, and Creativity: Developing Tools for the Future of Education with AIGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
Randi Williams Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DOI
10:30
7h
Improving Real-time Collaborative Data Science Through Context-Aware MechanismsGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
April Wang University of Michigan
DOI
10:30
7h
Time-Travel Debugging with Visualization of Data-Structures Based on InstrumentationGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
Kim Mönch Bundeswehr University Munich
DOI
10:30
7h
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Human-Computer Interaction: Using a Smart Topic Extraction SystemGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
Parinaz Tabari University of Salerno
DOI
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:30
Poster & Showpiece MadnessPosters and Showpieces / Research Papers / Graduate Consortium at San Francesco Room
Chair(s): Paolo Bottoni Sapienza University of Rome

All poster & showpiece authors.

12:30 - 14:00
Lunch (provided at the conference center)Research Papers at San Francesco Room
14:00 - 15:30
Session on Human-centric ML & VisualizationsResearch Papers at San Francesco Room
Chair(s): Sandeep Kuttal The University of Tulsa
14:00
30m
Talk
The Role of Expertise on Insight Generation from Visualization SequencesFull paper
Research Papers
Stephanie Rosenthal Carnegie Mellon University, Tingting Chung College of William & Mary
DOI
14:30
15m
Talk
Predicting Data Scientist Stuckness During the Development of Machine Learning ClassifiersShort paper
Research Papers
Moshe Mash CMU, Shoshana Oryol CMU, Reid Simmons CMU, Stephanie Rosenthal Carnegie Mellon University
DOI
14:45
15m
Talk
A Crowdsourced Study of Visual Strategies for Mitigating Confirmation BiasShort paper
Research Papers
Tee Chuanromanee University of Notre Dame, Ronald Metoyer University of Notre Dame
DOI
15:00
15m
Talk
ML Blocks: A Block-Based, Graphical User Interface for Creating TinyML ModelsShort paper
Research Papers
Randi Williams Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michał Moskal Microsoft Research, Peli de Halleux Microsoft Research
DOI
15:15
15m
Talk
Human-Centric Machine Learning for Temporal Knowledge Graphs: Towards Understanding the European Alternative Fuels MarketShort paper
Research Papers
Robert Jungnickel RWTH Aachen University - Information Management in Mechanical Engineering, Aymen Gannouni RWTH Aachen University - Information Management in Mechanical Engineering, Anas Abdelrazeq RWTH Aachen University - Information Management in Mechanical Engineering, Ingrid Isenhardt RWTH Aachen University - Information Management in Mechanical Engineering
DOI
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 17:30
Session on Block-based Languages & Programming EducationResearch Papers / Journal-First Presentations at San Francesco Room
Chair(s): Cyrus Omar University of Michigan
16:00
30m
Talk
Effects of a Block-Based Scaffolded Tool on Students’ Introduction to Hierarchical Data StructuresJournal-first
Journal-First Presentations
Pedro Feijóo-García University of Florida, Amanpreet Kapoor University of Florida, USA, Christina Gardner-McCune Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, Eric Ragan
DOI
16:30
30m
Talk
LevelUp - Automatic Assessment of Block-Based Machine Learning Projects for AI EducationFull paper
Research Papers
Tejal Reddy MIT Media Lab, Randi Williams Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cynthia Breazeal Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DOI
17:00
30m
Talk
Code-Chips: Interactive Syntax in Visual ProgrammingFull paper
Research Papers
Anthony Savidis Department of Computer Science, University of Crete and ICS-FORTH, Manos Agapakis Department of Computer Science, University of Crete
DOI
18:00 - 21:00

Wed 14 Sep

Displayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change

09:00 - 10:30
Keynote 2 (Joint keynote with Diagrams)Research Papers at Auditorium
09:00
90m
Keynote
Keynote 2 - The Power of Diagrams: Observation, Inference and Overspecificity
Research Papers
Gem Stapleton University of Cambridge
10:30 - 11:00
10:30 - 15:30
Showpiece & Poster PresentationPosters and Showpieces / Graduate Consortium at Foyer of the Auditorium

Authors will attend only during breaks.

10:30
5h
Demonstration
Quintessence: An Intersectional Reflexivity Tool for Data-Centric Research & DevelopmentShowpiece
Posters and Showpieces
Alicia Boyd DePaul University, Jibiana Jakpor Mockingbird Preparatory High School, Brittany Johnson George Mason University
DOI
10:30
5h
Demonstration
Dockerlive: A live development environment for DockerfilesShowpiece
Posters and Showpieces
David Reis Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Filipe Figueiredo Correia Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
DOI
10:30
5h
Demonstration
Enabling Cross-Domain Robot Programming By End-Users: The ROBxTASK PlatformShowpiece
Posters and Showpieces
Till Bieg Austrian Insitute of Technology GmbH, Mathias Schmoigl-Tonis Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Nadine Sturm Johanniter Österreich Ausbildung und Forschung gem. GmbH, Chloé Nativel RIC Regionales Innovations Centrum GmbH, Andreas Sackl Austrian Insitute of Technology GmbH
DOI
10:30
5h
Demonstration
CoopFinder: Finding Collaborators Based on Co-Changed FilesShowpiece
Posters and Showpieces
Kattiana Constantino Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Eduardo Figueiredo Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
DOI
10:30
5h
A Platform for the Reproducibility of Computational ExperimentsGC Showpiece
Graduate Consortium
Lázaro Costa INESC TEC
DOI
10:30
5h
A model-driven approach for DevOpsGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
Hugo da Gião University of Porto & HASLab/INESC Tec
DOI
11:00 - 12:30
Joint session with DiagramsResearch Papers at Auditorium
Chair(s): Mark Minas Universität der Bundeswehr München, Atsushi Shimojima Doshisha University

Chair for the VL/HCC papers: Mark Minas Universität der Bundeswehr München. Chair for the Diagrams papers: Atsushi Shimojima Doshisha University

11:00
30m
Talk
RustViz: Interactively Visualizing Ownership and BorrowingFull paper
Research Papers
Marcelo Almeida University of Michigan, Grant Cole University of Michigan, Ke Du University of Michigan, Gongming (Gabriel) Luo University of Michigan, Shulin Pan University of Michigan, Yu Pan University of Michigan, Kai Qiu University of Michigan, Vishnu Reddy University of Michigan, Haochen Zhang University of Michigan, Yingying Zhu University of Michigan, Cyrus Omar University of Michigan
DOI
11:30
15m
Talk
Examining Experts’ Recommendations of Representational Systems for Problem SolvingShort paper
Research Papers
Aaron Stockdill University of Cambridge, Gem Stapleton University of Cambridge, Daniel Raggi University of Cambridge, Mateja Jamnik University of Cambridge, Grecia Garcia Garcia University of Sussex, Peter Cheng University of Sussex
DOI
11:45
30m
Talk
Representational Interpretive Structure: Theory and NotationDiagrams2022 Full Paper
Research Papers
Peter Cheng University of Sussex, Aaron Stockdill University of Cambridge, Grecia Garcia Garcia University of Sussex, Daniel Raggi University of Cambridge, Mateja Jamnik University of Cambridge
DOI
12:15
15m
Talk
A Diagram Must Never be Ten Thousand Words: Text-Based (Sentential) Approaches to Diagrams Accessibility Limit Users’ Potential for Normative Agency Diagrams2022 Short Paper
Research Papers
DOI
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch (provided at the conference center)Research Papers at Auditorium
14:00 - 15:30
Session on Programming Assistance & RecommendationsResearch Papers at Auditorium
Chair(s): Stefan Sauer Paderborn University
14:00
30m
Talk
“There’s no way to keep up!”: Diverse Motivations and Challenges Faced by Informal Learners of MLFull paper
Research Papers
Rimika Chaudhury Simon Fraser University, Philip Guo University of California San Diego, Parmit Chilana Simon Fraser University
DOI
14:30
15m
Talk
The Gamma: Programmatic Data Exploration for Non-programmersShort paper
Research Papers
Tomas Petricek University of Kent
DOI
14:45
15m
Talk
Evaluating a Casual Procedural Generation Tool for Tabletop Role-Playing Game MapsShort paper
Research Papers
Henry Crain North Carolina State University, Dan Carpenter North Carolina State University, Chris Martens North Carolina State University
DOI
15:00
15m
Talk
An Integrative Human-Centered Architecture for Interactive Programming AssistantsShort paper
Research Papers
Andrew Blinn University of Michigan, David Moon University of Michigan, Eric Griffis University of Michigan, Cyrus Omar University of Michigan
DOI
15:15
15m
Talk
ReBOC: Recommending Bespoke Open Source Software Projects to ContributorsShort paper
Research Papers
Denae Ford Microsoft Research, Nischal Shrestha North Carolina State University, Thomas Zimmermann Microsoft Research
DOI
17:30 - 19:45
City Tour (Tour will start at 17:30. End TBD.)Research Papers at Main entrance
19:45 - 23:59
Dinner and Awards (Start TBD. End TBD)Research Papers at Checco er carrettiere

Thu 15 Sep

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09:00 - 10:30
Session on BarriersResearch Papers at San Francesco Room
Chair(s): Jácome Cunha University of Porto
09:00
30m
Talk
Accessibility of UI Frameworks and Libraries for Programmers with Visual ImpairmentsFull paper
Research Papers
Maulishree Pandey University of Michigan School of Information, Sharvari Bondre University of Michigan School of Information, Sile O'Modhrain University of Michigan, Steve Oney University of Michigan
DOI
09:30
30m
Talk
Barriers in Front-End Web DevelopmentFull paper
Research Papers
David Ignacio Gonzalez Samudio George Mason University, Thomas LaToza George Mason University
DOI
10:00
30m
Talk
End-user encounters with lambda abstraction in spreadsheets: Apollo's bow or Achilles' heel?Full paper
Research Papers
Advait Sarkar Microsoft, Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan Microsoft Research; School of EECS, Oregon State University, Jack Williams Microsoft, Andrew D. Gordon Microsoft Research and University of Edinburgh
DOI
10:30 - 15:30
Poster PresentationPosters and Showpieces / Graduate Consortium at Corridor of San Francesco Room

Authors will attend only during breaks.

10:30
5h
Poster
Making the Invisible Visible in Computational NotebooksPoster
Posters and Showpieces
Mauricio Verano Merino Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, L. Thomas van Binsbergen University of Amsterdam, Mazyar Seraj Eindhoven University of Technology
DOI
10:30
5h
Poster
A technique to improve text editing on smartphonesPoster
Posters and Showpieces
Maria Giovanna Albanese Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Salerno, Gennaro Costagliola Università di Salerno, Mattia De Rosa University of Salerno, Vittorio Fuccella University of Salerno
DOI
10:30
5h
Poster
Chaldene: Towards Visual Programming Image Processing in Jupyter NotebooksPoster
Posters and Showpieces
Fei Chen , Philipp Slusallek German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Saarland University, Martin Muller Saarland University, Tim Dahmen German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
DOI
10:30
5h
Poster
Feasibility of using YouTube Conversations for Pair Programming Intent ClassificationPoster
Posters and Showpieces
Jacob Hart University of Tulsa, Jake AuBuchon University of Tulsa, Sandeep Kuttal The University of Tulsa
DOI
10:30
5h
Poster
Evaluating Gender Bias in Pair Programming Conversations with an AgentPoster
Posters and Showpieces
Alex McAuliffe The University of Tulsa, Jacob Hart University of Tulsa, Sandeep Kuttal The University of Tulsa
DOI
10:30
5h
Poster
Estimating Foraging Values and Costs in Stack OverflowPoster
Posters and Showpieces
Abim Sedhain The University of Tulsa, Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan Microsoft Research; School of EECS, Oregon State University, Brett McKinney The University of Tulsa, Sandeep Kuttal The University of Tulsa
DOI
10:30
5h
Poster
Information Seeking Behavior for Bugs on GitHub: An Information Foraging PerspectivePoster
Posters and Showpieces
Abim Sedhain The University of Tulsa, Sandeep Kuttal The University of Tulsa
DOI
10:30
5h
Poster
Developers’ Foraging Behavior on Stack OverflowPoster
Posters and Showpieces
Vaishvi Diwanji The University of Tulsa, Abim Sedhain The University of Tulsa, Grey Bodi The University of Tulsa, Sandeep Kuttal The University of Tulsa
DOI
10:30
5h
Poster
Which Technologies are Most Frequently Used by Data Scientists?Poster
Posters and Showpieces
Paula Pereira University of Minho, João Paulo Fernandes LIACC, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Jácome Cunha University of Porto
DOI
10:30
5h
Tools for Creating UI Automation MacrosGC Poster
Graduate Consortium
Rebecca Krosnick University of Michigan
DOI
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:30
Session on Code Comprehension & Help SeekingResearch Papers at San Francesco Room
Chair(s): Thomas LaToza George Mason University
11:00
15m
Talk
Program-L: Online Help Seeking Behaviors by Blind and Low Vision ProgrammersShort paper
Research Papers
Jazette Johnson University of California - Irvine, Andrew Begel Carnegie Mellon University, Institute for Software Research, Richard Ladner University of Washington, Denae Ford Microsoft Research
DOI
11:15
30m
Talk
Pinpoint: A Record, Replay, and Extract System to Support Code Comprehension and ReuseFull paper
Research Papers
Wengran Wang North Carolina State University, Gordon Fraser University of Passau, Mahesh Bobbadi North Carolina State University, Benyamin Tabarsi North Carolina State University, Tiffany Barnes North Carolina State University, Chris Martens North Carolina State University, Shuyin Jiao North Carolina State University, Thomas Price North Carolina State University
DOI
11:45
30m
Talk
Understanding Similar Code through Comparative ComprehensionFull paper
Research Papers
Justin Middleton North Carolina State University, Kathryn Stolee North Carolina State University
DOI
12:15
15m
Talk
Exploring Organization of Computational Notebook Cells in 2D SpaceShort paper
Research Papers
Jesse Harden Virginia Tech, Elizabeth Christman Virginia Tech, Nurit Kirshenbaum University of Hawaii at Manoa, John Wenskovitch Virginia Tech, Jason Leigh University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Chris North Virginia Tech
DOI
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch (provided at the conference center)Research Papers at San Francesco Room
14:00 - 15:15
Session on Programming EducationResearch Papers at San Francesco Room
Chair(s): Judith Good University of Amsterdam
14:00
30m
Talk
ParamMacros: Creating UI Automation Leveraging End-User Natural Language ParameterizationFull paper
Research Papers
Rebecca Krosnick University of Michigan, Steve Oney University of Michigan
DOI
14:30
30m
Talk
How Do Teaching Assistants Teach? Characterizing the Interactions Between Students and TAs in a Computer Science CourseFull paper
Research Papers
Yana Malysheva Washington University in St. Louis, John Allen Washington University in St. Louis, Caitlin Kelleher Washington University in St. Louis
DOI
15:00
15m
Talk
Is Assertion Roulette still a test smell? An experiment from the perspective of testing educationShort paper
Research Papers
Gina Bai North Carolina State University, Kai Presler-Marshall North Carolina State University, Susan Fisk Kent State University, Kathryn Stolee North Carolina State University
DOI
15:15 - 15:30

Accepted Papers

Title
A technique to improve text editing on smartphonesPoster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Chaldene: Towards Visual Programming Image Processing in Jupyter NotebooksPoster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
CoopFinder: Finding Collaborators Based on Co-Changed FilesShowpiece
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Dear Diary: On Documenting Novices' Development ProcessPoster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Developers’ Foraging Behavior on Stack OverflowPoster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Dockerlive: A live development environment for DockerfilesShowpiece
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Early Design of a Conversational AI Development Platform for Middle SchoolersPoster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Enabling Cross-Domain Robot Programming By End-Users: The ROBxTASK PlatformShowpiece
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Estimating Foraging Values and Costs in Stack OverflowPoster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Evaluating Gender Bias in Pair Programming Conversations with an AgentPoster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
fableBlocks: Toward Mitigating Programming Anxiety with Storytelling-based Tangible Block Programming EnvironmentsPoster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Feasibility of using YouTube Conversations for Pair Programming Intent ClassificationPoster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
High Resolution Explanation Maps for CNNs using Segmentation NetworksPoster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Information Seeking Behavior for Bugs on GitHub: An Information Foraging PerspectivePoster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Making the Invisible Visible in Computational NotebooksPoster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Quintessence: An Intersectional Reflexivity Tool for Data-Centric Research & DevelopmentShowpiece
Posters and Showpieces
DOI
Which Technologies are Most Frequently Used by Data Scientists?Poster
Posters and Showpieces
DOI

Call for Posters and Showpieces

The **Posters and Showpieces track** (called the "showpieces track" for short) offers an interactive opportunity to discuss recent research, experiences, challenges, ideas, prototypes, and accomplishments with the VL/HCC community. Formerly called "posters and demonstrations", the category now includes posters, videos, downloadable apps, handouts, electronic devices, physical prototypes, or any other artifacts that facilitate meaningful interactions with other conference attendees.

Topics and purpose of showpieces

A broad range of topics are appropriate for showpieces. The following non-exhaustive list illustrates the possibilities:

  • Current research in progress. This might include:
  • Original or innovative technologies or prototypes that may or may not be accompanied by an evaluation
  • Short qualitative or quantitative studies
  • Reflections, provocations, or proposals about theory or methods
  • Results presented in the main VL/HCC conference
  • Results already presented at another conference or published in a journal
  • Existing commercial products and/or services
  • Efforts aimed at integrating research into education
  • Efforts aimed at commercializing research

Showpieces can help accomplish many goals, such as:

  • Helping graduate student presenters to meet faculty from other universities
  • Building community interest in a novel way of approaching a research topic
  • Starting conversations that could lead to new collaborations
  • Demonstrating to industry sponsors that a specific line of research has practical applications
  • Showcasing products or services available for sale

Submitting a showpiece

Each submission will consist solely of a PDF file describing the showpiece, its motivation, and its relation to the VL/HCC audience. Submissions should follow the standard IEEE Conference Proceedings format, which includes Word / LaTeX templates for the submission.

Submission should be performed via the EasyChair system.

The PDF may be 1-2 pages in length, plus up an additional 1-2 additional pages containing only acknowledgements and an appendix of only figures, plus an additional unlimited pages for references. A submission must include the following content:

Title and Authors

A title and list of authors.

Abstract

An abstract summarizing the submission.

Body

The body of the document should clearly convey the following (though it is not recommended to explicitly structure the submission as such):

  • Content and claims: Describe the technical content of a showpiece, such as a research result, an effort to integrate research with education, an existing product, etc. Include any claims or conclusions which follow.

  • Relevance: Explain why this content will be of interest to the VL/HCC community, highlighting any novelty.

  • Presentation: Describe how the showpiece will be presented, for example, in a video, poster, app, or device. Posters and software demos are particularly recommended this year, as they could make for an engaging presentation in either a physical or virtual setting. The reviews of your submission may include advice about how to make the showpiece more accessible for a hybrid setting, should VL/HCC be held in a hybrid setting this year.

  • References: Not required, but may be included if doing so helps to communicate the topical content, claims, novelty, or relevance.

The submission is not the showpiece itself

The submission is a description of the showpiece, and not the showpiece itself. The showpiece itself does not need to be submitted, nor does it need to exist when the PDF is submitted. For example, if the showpiece will be a video, then the video does not need to be submitted with the PDF. If the showpiece does not yet exist, the submission should simply explain what showpiece will be created to present the relevant content.

Reviewing Options

When submitting a showpiece, you may indicate whether you would like the showpiece to be published or not.

Non-publishable submissions will be reviewed based on two criteria:

  1. relevance and interest to the VL/HCC community
  2. intelligibility of the submission.

Submissions accepted as non-publishable submissions will not be included in the proceedings. Non-publishable submissions are not archival, i.e., their publication will not influence whether the same work may be considered for the papers track of VL/HCC in a following year.

The publishable showpieces category is a venue for peer-reviewed, archival quality papers. Specifically, publishable submissions will be reviewed based on the criteria above as well as the following:

  1. novelty
  2. significance
  3. validity of any claims or conclusions stated.

Thus, publishable submissions should be at an appropriate standard to be included in the conference proceedings as archival papers. They should make standalone contributions that are intelligible even in the absence of the actual showpiece.

Submitters may opt to have publishable submissions omitted from the proceedings, in case they wish to avoid any possibility of a prior-publication issue with a future archival publication. If this is the case, please email the PC chairs.

If a submission fails to meet the criteria for publication, but could be accepted as a non-publishable submission, then we may suggest switching the submission to be non-publishable. For example, a submission presenting work that already will be appearing elsewhere in the main conference would be a reasonable non-publishable submission, but it might not meet the novelty criterion required for a publishable submission.

Publication and Presentation

Publishable submissions that are accepted to be included in the VL/HCC proceedings will appear on the IEEE Xplore Digital Library website, provided that at least one author registers for the conference and that the camera-ready copy is submitted by the deadline.

All authors of showpieces will present their work during a dedicated showpieces session during the main conference. We currently plan for physical presentation in a large room simultaneously, with each presenter allocated a specific assigned space for presenting a showpiece. However, there will be virtual presentations in case of travel restrictions.

Important Dates

  • Submission Deadline: May 13, 2022
  • Notifications: June 2, 2022
  • Camera-ready: June 9, 2022