📄 Call for Full Papers at IEEE VIS 2026!
Share your best research on visualization and visual analytics with the community — we can’t wait to see your work!
🗓 Abstract Deadline: Mar 21
🗓 Paper Deadline: Mar 31
🔗 https://shorturl.at/i7j5D
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📄 Call for Full Papers at IEEE VIS 2026!
Share your best research on visualization and visual analytics with the community — we can’t wait to see your work!
🗓 Abstract Deadline: Mar 21
🗓 Paper Deadline: Mar 31
🔗 https://shorturl.at/i7j5D
📣 Call for Short Papers! #VIS2026 welcomes concise contributions, including original or late-breaking results, extensions, evaluations, replications, exploratory work, and practical systems or tools.
Submission deadline: Apr 30
Details: https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/shortpapers/
📣 Call for Short Papers!
Not everything needs to be a full paper 👇
Submit:
✨ late-breaking results
✨ extensions & evaluations
✨ exploratory work
✨ systems & tools
🗓 Deadline: April 30
🔗 https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/shortpapers/
⏰ IEEE VIS Full Paper Deadline is Here!
Are you submitting to VIS this year?
Full papers are due March 31, supplemental materials due April 7.
Good luck to everyone wrapping up, almost there! 🚀
Details: https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/call-for-participation/
📢 IEEE VIS 2026 February Updates
🖥️ Virtual Presentation Option
We can confirm that virtual presentations will be available for accepted papers. Authors will indicate whether they plan to present in person or virtually when submitting the final version.
✍️ VIS 2026 Blog Post
Read the latest IEEE VIS blog post “The Road to VIS 2026”, where the Overall Paper Chairs highlight a few changes in the paper submission and review processes:
https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/blog/2026-02-03-vis-2026-OPC-blog/
🥳 The IEEE VIS 2025 conference is underway in Vienna! We started the week with a Doctoral Colloquium and two exciting days of Workshops and Tutorials. Tomorrow, we will begin the main program with the plenary session, including awards and a Keynote by Hans-Christian Hege!
📃 Call for Short Papers at IEEE VIS 2026!
Perfect for concise research contributions, follow-up work, replication studies, exploratory projects, or pragmatic tools.
🗓 Deadline: Apr 30
🔗 https://shorturl.at/XQScG
⏰ Deadline reminders!
Workshops: Feb 26 https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/workshops/
Full Papers: March 31 https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/call-for-participation/
Tutorials: April 24 https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/tutorials/
📊 Self-nominate for Short Papers Program Committee!
The IEEE VIS 2026 Short Papers Track is accepting self-nominations for the Program Committee. This is a great opportunity for:
Junior researchers
Practitioners
New members of the VIS community
Deadline: March 13
Nomination Form: https://forms.gle/ZTxnVcnE4qCcU7Gt9.
Details: https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/shortpapers
If you have previously served on the IPC, you do not need to re-apply. Please help us share this widely!
💬 Call for Panels!
We invite proposals for interactive panel discussions on topics relevant to visualization, including emerging areas, applications, and thought-provoking debates.
Deadline: June 26
Details: https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/panels/
📣Call for Tutorials! We welcome proposals on visualization tools, techniques, applications, and research methods—especially hands-on, application-focused tutorials for diverse audiences.
Deadline: April 24
Details: https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/tutorials/
📣Call for Full Papers! #VIS2026 welcomes full paper submissions across all areas of visualization & visual analytics, organized under our six-area model with detailed scopes and examples.
Abstracts Deadline: Mar 21
Submission deadline: Mar 31
Details: https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/call-for-participation/
📣Call for Workshops! Submit proposals across VA, InfoVis, & SciVis. Our workshops are interactive, informal spaces to discuss advanced topics, share WIP, and spark new ideas.
Deadline: Feb 26
Details: https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/workshops/
📈 Happy New Year from the VIS 2026 Organizing Committee! We look forward to welcoming you to Boston for engaging conversations on all things visualization. In the meantime, here are a few upcoming deadlines:
Workshops: Feb 26 https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/workshops/
Full Papers: Mar 31 https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/call-for-participation/
Tutorials April 24 https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/tutorials/
Short Papers April 30 https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/shortpapers/
⚙️ Call for Workshops at IEEE VIS 2026!
Have an idea worth exploring with the VIS community? Create an informal, open setting for discussion, collaboration, and innovation – propose a Workshop!
🗓 Deadline: Feb 26
🔗 https://shorturl.at/HGamZ
📣 Calling all VIS researchers!
Join the #IEEEVIS 2026 Program Committee 🙌
If you’ve published and reviewed at VIS (or related venues) and hold an advanced degree in a relevant field, we’d love your expertise!
🗓 Apply by Dec 31
🔗 https://shorturl.at/KtLNz
(1/2) 🗳️ @ieeevis@vis.social
2024 election season is here! Nominate candidates to represent you on on the Vis Executive Committee (VEC) and Vis Steering Committee (VSC) by June 1!
📣 Doctoral Colloquium
PhD students! Want a space to step back and reflect on your dissertation? Join Doctoral Colloquium to:
💬 present your work
🧠 get feedback from senior researchers
🤝 connect with peers
🗓 Deadline: May 29
🔗 https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/doctoral-colloquium/
📣 Call for Tutorials!
Want to share your tools, methods, or domain expertise?
We especially encourage:
✨ hands-on
✨ application-focused
✨ accessible to diverse audiences
🗓 Deadline: April 24
🔗 https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/tutorials/
📣 Call for Posters @ IEEE VIS 2026
What fits:
💡 New problems, ideas, or research directions
🧪 Early results, demos, or prototypes
🔄 Extensions or new perspectives on existing work
🚧 Work-in-progress or exploratory projects
📨 Submission: June 24, 2026
📬 Notification: July 24, 2026
📝 Camera-ready: August 21, 2026
🔗 More info: https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/posters/
📣 VGTC Visualization Awards Nominations @ IEEE VGTC
Know someone doing impactful work in visualization? Nominate them!
🏆Categories include:
Dissertation Award (within 2 years of PhD)
Significant New Researcher Award (within 7 years)
Technical Achievement Award:
Lifetime Achievement Award
Service Award
Visualization Academy
✨New: one nomination can be considered for multiple senior awards.
🗓 Deadline: May 31, 2026
🔗 Criteria: https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/award-criteria
🔗 Nominate: https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/awards/vis-award-nominations/
📣 Bio+Med Vis Challenge @ IEEE VIS 2026
Interested in visualizing complex biological & medical data? Join this year’s challenge:
🧬 Adaptive molecular dynamics (analyzing structural changes in biomolecules)
🩺 Mammography data (2D/3D images + metadata + AI annotations)
🎨 From full systems to early-stage designs & sketches—creative approaches welcome
🗓 Expected deadline: mid-August 2026
🔗 Learn more at: http://biovis.net/2026/biovisChallenges_vis/
📣 Announcing Accepted Workshops @ IEEE VIS 2026!
13 workshops this year spanning visualization, AI, accessibility, uncertainty & more. Lots of exciting directions 👀
📣 VAST Challenge @ IEEE VIS 2026!
When AI agents behave unexpectedly… Can you figure out why? 🤖
The IEEE VIS 2026 VAST Challenge explores:
🔍 Mini-Challenge 1: Investigate how confidential merger information surfaced on social media, leak or system failure?
🧩 Mini-Challenge 2: Analyze a malfunctioning AI agent posting gibberish online and uncover its behavior.
🗓 Submissions due: July 17
🔗 More at: https://vast-challenge.github.io/2026
📣 Call for Participation: VISions @ IEEE VIS 2026
Excited to introduce a brand new track for forward-thinking ideas to inspire the visualization community! We invite proposals that spark discussion on future directions in visualization and visual analysis.
✨ Early-career researchers are particularly encouraged!
🗓 Deadline: July 3, 2026
🔗 https://ieeevis.org/year/2026/info/call-participation/visions/