Call for Short Papers

Aims and Scope

Work presented at the Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and
Medicine (EG VCBM) should reflect the state of the art in visual computing and its
applications in biology and medicine. VCBM’s scope encompasses all aspects of visual
computing research, technological development, and practices in medicine and life
sciences. Relevant topics include both the acquisition, processing, visualization and
interpretation of image data in biology and medicine and the visual analysis and
communication of life science data.

Submission types for VCBM 2024

Submissions for this year’s meeting include original papers (full and short) survey
papers, and tutorial sessions. Please see previous EG VCBM’s proceedings for
examples of published papers. We encourage authors to provide supporting information
in the form of videos and other media. The deadline for short paper submissions is June
21, 2024. All EG VCBM 2024 short papers will be peer-reviewed and will appear in the
Eurographics Digital Library.

Short Papers should describe original, application-oriented research that advances the
fusion of visual computing methods within medicine and biology. Accepted work will
focus on a well-defined biological or medical problem, and demonstrate significant
innovation or improvement in visual computing.

Topics

All aspects relating to the development, application and practices of visual computing in
the life sciences are relevant to the meeting. These include:

  • Visual computing solutions designed for use by medical, biomedical, and
    biological practitioners, researchers and educators.
  • The use of eXtended Reality (e.g., for surgical procedures, molecular
    visualization, rehabilitation, and therapy).
  • Approaches for processing, visual analysis, and communication of data from
    new or challenging modalities (e.g., real-time ultrasound, CyTOF,
    Spectroscopy, layer fMRI, single-cell and spatial-omics, environmental
    monitoring).
  • Visual computing approaches incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) and
    explainable AI.
  • Visual computing solutions that support new approaches for modeling and
    simulation with application in medicine and biology.
  • Workflows and processes leveraging visual computing to facilitate
    interdisciplinary collaboration in biology and medicine.

We encourage the use of digital videos to support all submissions. Please use only the
most common video codecs, such as MP4 H.264, to maximize the chances that the
reviewers can view them.

Short papers describe a more focused and concise research contribution and are likely
to have a smaller – yet significant – scope of contribution. Potential examples include the
presentation of initial results from novel ongoing research projects or the exploration of
new application areas. Short papers draw from the same list of topics as full papers.
Their length is limited to a total of 5 pages (in CGF LaTeX style including all images and
references). Authors may choose to anonymize their submissions, but this is not
required.

EG VCBM 2024 will also feature a poster and an image contest program, the details of
which will be announced in a separate call.

Submission Instructions

Papers can be submitted using the Eurographics SRM conference management system.
Instructions regarding the submission process can be found here.

Important Dates

Short papers

  • Short paper submission deadline: June 21, 2024
  • Author notification: July 19, 2024
  • Camera-ready deadline: August 9, 2024
  • Final notification: August 23, 2024
  • Workshop: September 19 & 20, 2024

All deadlines are at 23:59 CET (UTC+1).

Sincerely,

the Short Paper Co-Chairs of EG VCBM 2024,