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Conference Committee

General Chair  
James Ahrens Los Alamos National Laboratory
Vice Chair  
Ross Maciejewski Arizona State University
Program Chairs  
Gautam Chaudhary Alcon
Papers Chairs  
Brian Fisher Simon Fraser University (VAST)
Shixia Liu Tsinghua University (VAST)
Tobias Schreck Graz University of Technology (VAST)
Tim Dwyer Monash University (InfoVis)
Niklas Elmqvist University of Maryland, College Park (InfoVis)
Steve Franconeri Northwestern University (InfoVis)
Ingrid Hotz Linköping University (SciVis)
Mike Kirby University of Utah (SciVis)
Xiaoru Yuan Peking University (SciVis)
Posters Chairs  
Natalia Andrienko Fraunhofer Institute IAIS and City, University London (VAST)
Wenwen Dou University of North Carolina at Charlotte (VAST)
Petra Isenberg Inria (InfoVis)
Miriah Meyer University of Utah (InfoVis)
Christoph Garth University of Kaiserslautern (SciVis)
Gunther Weber Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (SciVis)
Panels Chairs  
Alex Endert Georgia Institute of Technology (VAST)
Michael Sedlmair University of Vienna (InfoVis)
Ivan Viola Vienna University of Technology (SciVis)
Tutorial Chairs  
Steffen Koch University of Stuttgart (VAST)
Christopher Collins University of Ontario Institute of Technology (InfoVis)
Chaoli Wang University of Notre Dame (SciVis)
Workshop Chairs  
Remco Chang Tufts University (VAST)
Huamin Qu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (InfoVis)
Peter Lindstrom Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (SciVis)
Arts Program Chairs  
Jeremy Boy Inria
Angus Forbes University of Illinois at Chicago
VAST Challenge Chairs  
Kristin Cook Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Georges Grinstein University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Mark Whiting Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
SciVis Contest Chairs  
Amit Chourasia San Diego Supercomputing Center
Thomas Wischoll Wright State University
VDS Workshop Liaison  
Luke Bornn Simon Fraser University
Alexander Lex University of Utah
Torsten Möller University of Vienna
LDAV Symposium Liaison  
Janine Bennett Sandia National Laboratories
Christoph Garth University of Kaiserslautern
VizSec Symposium Liaison  
Sophie Engle University of San Francisco
Vis in Practice Chairs  
Daniela Oelke Siemens AG (VAST)
Justin Talbot Tableau Research (InfoVis)
Bernd Hentschel RWTH Aachen University (SciVis)
Doctoral Colloquium Chairs  
Tatiana von Landesberger Technische Universität Darmstadt (VAST)
Marc Streit Johannes Kepler University Linz (InfoVis)
Hank Childs University of Oregon (SciVis)
Fast Forward & Video Previews Chairs  
Zhicheng Leo Liu Adobe Systems (VAST)
Hanqi Guo Argonne National Laboratory (SciVis)
Katerina Vrotsou Linköping University (InfoVis)
Meetup Chairs  
Kresimir Matkovic VRVis (VAST)
Fanny Chevalier Inria (InfoVis)
Abon Chaudhuri @WalmartLabs (SciVis)
Community Chairs  
Anastasia Bezerianos Inria
Jonathan Woodring Los Alamos National Laboratory
Eugene Zhang Oregon State University
Student Volunteers Chairs  
Thomas Torsney-Weir University of Vienna
John Wenskovitch Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Vahan Yoghourdjian Monash University
Publicity Chairs  
Adam Perer IBM (VAST)
Alexander Lex University of Utah (InfoVis)
Katie Osterdahl Kitware (SciVis)
VisKids Chairs  
Michelle Borkin Northeastern
Tino Weinkauf KTH Stockholm
Steering Committee Liaisons  
Tamara Munzner University of British Columbia (VIS)
Silvia Miksch Vienna University of Technology (VAST)
Jason Dykes City, University London (InfoVis)
Han-Wei Shen The Ohio State University (SciVis)
Supporters Chairs  
Jörn Kohlhammer Fraunhofer IGD (VAST)
Rahul C. Basole Georgia Institute of Technology (InfoVis)
Kelly Gaither Texas Advanced Computing Center (SciVis)
Allen Sanderson The University of Utah (SciVis)
Finance Chairs  
Loretta Auvil University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Maria Velez CA Technologies
Publication & Project Coordinator  
Meghan Haley Junction Publishing
Archive Chairs  
Hendrik Strobelt Harvard University
Web Chairs  
Lane Harrison Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Carlos Scheidegger University of Arizona