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Call for Papers
GD 2024
32nd International Symposium on
Graph Drawing and Network Visualization
September 18–20, 2024 – Vienna, Austria
https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2024/
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PDF version:
https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2024/assets/pdfs/Call_for_Papers-2024.pdf
HTML version: https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2024/pages/cfp/
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IMPORTANT DATES
May 31: Abstract submission deadline
June 07: Paper submission deadline
July 20: Notification of paper acceptance
August 16: Poster submission deadline
August 31: Notification of poster acceptance
September 06: Final versions due
September 01: Contest submission deadline
September 18-20: Symposium
(all deadlines are understood to be 23:59 AoE)
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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 where it
is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets.
Examples of such application areas include data science, social
sciences, web computing, information systems, life sciences, geography,
business intelligence, information security, and software engineering.
GD has been the main annual event in this area for more than 30 years.
Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing,
their practical 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 2024 will be held in Vienna, Austria, on September 18-20, 2024 with a
reception on the evening of September 17. A pre-conference PhD school
will take place September 16-17, 2024. GD 2024 is designed to be held
on-site. It is expected that regular papers are presented on site by
one of the authors. To address the global challenges and as an offer for
authors who are unable to attend we allow for a limited number of remote
presentations in the form of preproduced videos.
The code of conduct for the GD conference can be found at
http://graphdrawing.org/codeOfConduct.html
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PAPERS
We invite authors to submit papers 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 papers submitted to one track will not compete with
papers submitted to the other track. Regular papers must be submitted
explicitly to one of the two tracks. However, all program committee
members may review papers from either track.
TRACK 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects
This track is mainly devoted to fundamental theoretical graph drawing
advances, such as combinatorial aspects and algorithm design. The range
of topics 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 algorithms and optimization
TRACK 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects
This track is mainly devoted to the practical aspects of graph drawing,
such as experimental evaluations of graph drawing related algorithms,
the development and/or evaluation of related libraries and tools, or
systems and interfaces in different application areas. The range of
topics for this track includes (but is not limited to):
• Engineering of graph drawing algorithms and network visualization systems
• Libraries, tools and systems in the context of graph drawing and
network visualization
• Interfaces and methods for interacting with graphs and networks
• Benchmarks and experimental studies in the context of graph drawing
and network visualization
• Cognitive studies on network visualization readability and user
interaction
• Visualization of networks in real world applications
Authors of accepted applied papers are encouraged to show a demo of
their software/system during the poster session.
SHORT PAPERS
In addition to the above two tracks, there will be a separate category
for short papers. Here we welcome smaller and less elaborate
contributions on relevant topics. Papers in this category will be
assigned a shorter time for presentation during the conference.
REMOTE PRESENTATION
For authors who cannot present their paper in person we offer the
possibility for remote presentation. Authors of accepted papers in this
category have to register for the conference. Papers in this category
are evaluated and selected by the program committee by applying the same
high standards as for the other tracks. In addition the authors have to
submit a recording of their presentation two weeks after the submission
of the paper. The remote submission chair can influence the score of
papers in this track based on the quality of the recording and even
reject submissions if the quality of the recording is inappropriate.
There is a limit of six remote presentations.
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. Each paper or poster must be
presented at the conference by an author, otherwise the paper can be
excluded from publication in the proceedings.
ChatGPT and similar large language models may be used to improve the
paper's language, but its use should be mentioned as a footnote and the
authors remain responsible for the full paper. In particular, the
unattributed use of any such tools in the creation of the paper's
scientific content is forbidden.
SUBMISSION FORMAT
Submissions must be formatted in accordance with the LIPIcs proceedings
guidelines. Authors must use the LaTeX class file GD-lipics-v1.cls,
which is a wrapper around the standard LIPIcs class. The
GD-lipics-v1.cls class file and further instructions can be found on the
conference webpage. Submissions must not exceed 500 lines, (225 lines
for short contributions) excluding front matter (title, authors, and
affiliations), references, and a clearly marked appendix. The class
files provide line counting which should be accurate in most cases.
Authors should avoid substantial amounts of text in unnumbered lines.
To promote inclusion of figures in the submitted papers, submissions
will have a strict limit on the number of text lines. Regular papers may
have at most 500 lines, short papers 225 lines. We expect the main
content of the paper to typically fit within 12 pages excluding
references. For publishing purposes, the average length of final
versions is limited to 20 pages (including everything). The claims of
the paper 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.
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POSTERS & CONTEST
Submissions of posters on graph drawing, network visualization, and
related areas are solicited. The poster session will provide a forum for
the communication of late-breaking research results (which may also
appear elsewhere) to the GD community. Authors of posters should prepare
an abstract (up to 2 pages in LIPIcs style) that must be submitted
together with the poster itself.
Details about the traditional Graph Drawing Contest, which is held at
the conference, are provided at the web site
https://www.graphdrawing.org/gdcontest/contest2024
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LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE-BLIND REVIEW PROCESS
The review process 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 offered the
opportunity to declare conflicts of interest with PC members when they
submit their paper.
PAPER SUBMISSION, PROCEEDINGS, AND SPECIAL ISSUES
Papers should be submitted electronically via EasyChair at the web site
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gd2024. The proceedings will be
published in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics
(LIPIcs) series and are available open access.
Selected papers from both tracks 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-conferences.
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AWARDS
For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2024 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 2024 attendees.
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INVITED SPEAKERS
Otfried Cheong, SCALGO, Denmark
Monika Henzinger, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Daniel Archambault, Newcastle University
David Auber, University of Bordeaux
Benjamin Bach, University of Edinburgh
Martin Balko, Charles University in Prague
Carla Binucci, University of Perugia
Giuseppe Di Battista, Third University of Rome
Vida Dujmovic, University of Ottawa
Tim Dwyer, Monash University
David Eppstein, University of California, Irvine
Stefan Felsner (co-chair), Technical University Berlin
Tom Freeman, Janssen Research and Development
Michael Hoffmann, ETH Zurich
Seok-Hee Hong, University of Sydney
Yifan Hu, Amazon
Tony Huang, University of Technology Sydney
Jonathan Klawitter, University of Auckland
Karsten Klein (co-chair), Konstanz University
Linda Kleist, Technische Universität Braunschweig
Boris Klemz, University of Würzburg
Maarten Löffler, Utrecht University
Maurizio Patrignani, Third University of Rome
Arnaud Sallaberry, University of Montpellier
Manfred Scheucher, Technical University Berlin
Alessandra Tappini, University of Perugia
Géza Tóth, Rényi Institute, Budapest
Torsten Ueckerdt (remote submission chair), KIT Karlsruhe
Birgit Vogtenhuber, Graz University of Technology
Hsiang-Yun Wu, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Doris Brazda, TU Wien, Austria
Thomas Depian, TU Wien, Austria
Alexander Dobler, TU Wien, Austria
Simon Dominik Fink, TU Wien, Austria
Robert Ganian (co-chair), TU Wien, Austria
Martin Nöllenburg (co-chair), TU Wien, Austria
Hsiang-Yun Wu, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences
CONTEST COMMITTEE
Sara Di Bartolomeo, University of Konstanz, Germany
Fabian Klute (chair), UPC Barcelona, Spain
Wouter Meulemans, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands
Debajyoti Mondal, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Jules Wulms, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands
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