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Sunday, 7 August 2016
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-10:30 Workshop:
International Workshop on Set Visualisation and Reasoning (SetVR)
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Workshop:
International Workshop on Set Visualisation and Reasoning (SetVR)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Tutorial:
Programming Your Pictures: Using GNU R and the Haskell diagrams framework for declarative drawing - Aidan Delaney and Brent Yorgey
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:30 Tutorial:
Visualizing “Information” - Jenna Hartel, Rebecca Noone and Eden Rusnell
18:00-20:30 Dinner

Monday, 8 August, 2016
8:00-8:45 Registration
8:45-9:00 Welcome
9:00-10:15 Keynote talk: Mary Hegarty
Chair: Mateja Jamnik
The Power of Diagrams in Science and Challenges of Diagrams in Science Education
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-12:25 Papers session: Cognitive Aspects of Diagrams
Chair: Emmanuel Manalo
  • Diagrams Affect Choice of Strategy in Probability Problem Solving - Chenmu Xing, James E. Corter and Doris Zahner (long paper, 30 mins)
  • What Constitutes an Effective Representation? - Peter Cheng (long paper, 30 mins)
  • Measuring User Comprehension of Inference Rules in Euler Diagrams - Sven Linker,Jim Burton and Andrew Blake (short paper, 20 mins)
  • Exploring Representations of Student Time-Use - Amy Rae Fox, Erica de Vries, Laurent Lima and Savannah Loker (short paper, 20 mins)
12:25-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:50 Papers session: Logic & Diagrams
Chair: Aiden Delaney
  • Evaluating Diagrammatic Patterns for Ontology Engineering - Eisa Alharbi, John Howse, Gem Stapleton and Ali Hamie (long paper, 30 mins)
  • The Interaction between Logic and Geometry in Aristotelian Diagrams - Lorenz Demey and Hans Smessaert (long paper, 30 mins)
  • A Generic Approach to Diagrammatic Representation: The Case of Single Feature Indicator Systems - Atsushi Shimojima and Dave Barker-Plummer (long paper, 30 mins)
  • A Logical Investigation of Heterogeneous Reasoning with Graphs in Elementary Economics - Ryo Takemura (short paper, 20 mins)
15:50-16:30 Break
16:30-17:00 Poster Minute Pitches (poster papers and Graduate Symposium posters)
Chair: Yuri Uesaka
  • Evaluating the Effects of Colour in LineSets - Dominique Tranquille, Gem Stapleton, Jim Burton and Peter Rodgers (poster paper)
  • Negative Terms in Euler Diagrams: Peirce’s Solution - Amirouche Moktefi and Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen (poster paper)
  • Visualising the Boolean Algebra B4 in 3D - Hans Smessaert and Lorenz Demey (poster paper)
  • Single Feature Indicator Systems in the Openbox - Dave Barker-Plummer and Michael Murray (poster paper)
  • Effective Representation of Information: Generalizing Free Rides - Gem Stapleton, Mateja Jamnik and Atsushi Shimojima (poster paper)
  • Overview of Graph Drawing Using Patterns - Robert Baker (Graduate Symposium)
  • SAT Diagram: An Interactive Visual Representation for Learning Analytics - Rwitajit Majumdar (Graduate Symposium)
  • Perceptual Inventory: Contemporary Art as a Strategy for Studying Everyday Information Visualizations - Rebecca Noone (Graduate Symposium)
  • To Diagram or to Summarize When Studying Scientific Materials: Examining the Effect of Expertise - Ouhao Chen and Emmanuel Manalo (Graduate Symposium)
  • Mind Control or Not? Do Flow Charts Harmonize Information Processing? - Lisette Firet (Graduate Symposium)
  • The Inferential Advantages of Diagrams in Reasoning Tasks - Abdulkream Alsulami (Graduate Symposium)
17:00-18:00 Pre-reception break
18:00-19:30 Dinner
19:30-21:30 Poster session and Reception
Chair: Yuri Uesaka

Tuesday, 9 August, 2016
9:00-10:00 Papers session: Euler & Venn Diagrams
Chair: Dave Barker-Plummer
  • Minimizing Clutter Using Absence in Venn-i^e - Jim Burton, Mihir Chakraborty, Lopamudra Choudhury and Gem Stapleton (long paper, 30 mins)
  • Human Reasoning with Proportional Quantifiers and its Support by Diagrams - Yuri Sato and Koji Mineshima (long paper, 30 mins)
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:30 Graduate Symposium session 1
Chair: Luana Micallef

Graduate Symposium Welcome

Guest Talk: Gem Stapleton (Diagrams Steering Committee Chair)
Preparing for Academia: How to Have a Successful Career

Student Presentations: Techniques
(each, 20 mins presentation + 5 mins questions)
  • Overview of Graph Drawing Using Patterns - Robert Baker
  • SAT Diagram: An Interactive Visual Representation for Learning Analytics - Rwitajit Majumdar
  • Perceptual Inventory: Contemporary Art as a Strategy for Studying Everyday Information Visualizations - Rebecca Noone

General Discussion and Q&A
12:30-14:00 Lunch and Steering Committee meeting
14:00-16:00 Graduate Symposium session 2
Chair: Luana Micallef

Student Presentations: Evaluation
(each, 20 mins presentation + 5 mins questions)
  • To Diagram or to Summarize When Studying Scientific Materials: Examining the Effect of Expertise - Ouhao Chen and Emmanuel Manalo
  • Mind Control or Not? Do Flow Charts Harmonize Information Processing? - Lisette Firet
  • The Inferential Advantages of Diagrams in Reasoning Tasks - Abdulkream Alsulami
  • Evaluating the Effects of Graphical Properties in LineSets - Dominique Tranquille

General Discussion and Q&A

Graduate Symposium Closing
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-17:50 Papers session: Diagrams & Education
Chair: Yuri Sato
  • Hint, Instruction, and Practice: The Necessary Components for Promoting Spontaneous Diagram Use in Students’ Written Work? - Emmanuel Manalo and Yuri Uesaka (long paper, 30 mins)
  • Promoting Multi-Perspective Integration as a 21st Century Skill: The Effects of Instructional Methods Encouraging Students’ Spontaneous Use of Tables for Organizing Information - Yuri Uesaka, Mika Igarashi and Rei Suetsugu (long paper, 30 mins)
  • Using Diagrammatic Drawings to Understand Fictional Spaces: Exploring the Buend ́ıa House in Gabriel Garc ́ıa M ́arquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude - Sarah Pérez-Kriz and Ricardo Vivancos-Pérez (short paper, 20 mins)
19:00-21:00 Conference Gala Dinner

Wednesday, 10 August, 2016
9:00-10:15 Keynote talk: Isabel Meirelles
Chair: Stephanie Elzer Schwartz
The Visualizing Spirit in the Twenty-first Century
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Papers session: Design Principles for Diagrams
Chair: Ryo Takemura
  • An Investigation into OWL for Concrete Syntax Specification using UML Notations - Anitta Thomas, Aurona J. Gerber and Alta van der Merwe (long paper, 30 mins)
  • Using One-Dimensional Compaction for Smaller Graph Drawings - Ulf Ru ̈egg, Christoph Daniel Schulze, Daniel Grevismu ̈hl and Reinhard von Hanxleden (short paper, 20 mins)
  • On Comments in Visual Languages - Christoph Daniel Schulze, Christina Plöger and Reinhard Von Hanxleden (short paper, 20 mins)
  • Bistable Perception and Fractal Reasoning - Keith McGreggor and Ashok Goel (short paper, 20 mins)
12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:20 Papers session: Diagrams Layout
Chair: Christoph Daniel Schulze
  • Who, Where, When and with Whom? Evaluation of Group Meeting Visualizations - Simone Kriglstein, Johanna Haider, Günter Wallner and Margit Pohl (long paper, 30 mins)
  • The Perception of Clutter in Linear Diagrams - Mohanad Alqadah, Gem Stapleton, John Howse and Peter Chapman (short paper, 20 mins)
  • People, Place, and Time: Inferences from Diagrams - Barbara Tversky, Jie Gao, James E. Corter, Yuko Tanaka and Jeffrey V. Nickerson (short paper, 20 mins)
  • Exploring the Types of Messages that Pie Charts Convey in Popular Media - Richard Burns, Eric Balawejder, Wiktoria Domanowska, Stephanie Elzer Schwartz and Sandra Carberry (short paper, 20 mins)
  • Comparison of Diagrams in Producing and Understanding Hierarchies in three Different Application Domains - Leonie Bosveld-De Smet and Robert-Jan Verheggen (short paper, 20 mins)
15:20-15:45 Break
15:45-16:30 Discussion, Town meeting & closing
Chair: Gem Stapleton