Program

Day 1 - Monday, November 25, 2019
8:00 am - 8:30 am	Registration
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Welcome Note Moderator: Dr. Michaël Aupetit, Qatar Computing Research Institute Dr. Ahmed Elmagarmid, Qatar Computing Research Institute Dr. Michaël Aupetit, Qatar Computing Research Institute Dr. Munir Tag, Qatar National Research Fund Ms. Eman Al Kuwari, TASMU, Ministry of Transport and Communications
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Keynote Chair: Dr. Jens Schneider, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Dr. Rüdiger Westermann, Technical University of Munich “Scientific Visualization – Recent Trends and Applications“
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break, Posters, Demos
10:30 am - 12:30 pm	Sponsor Session Dr. Ahmed R. Rebai, Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) "SmartTech’19 Research Outcome Seminar (ROS)" QNRF Research Outcome Seminar	Sponsors Session Program
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Session: Visualization and Computer Human Interaction in Qatar Chair: Mr. Aboubakr Aqle, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Ms. Dana Al-Muftah, TASMU, Ministry of Transport and Communications “TASMU: Smart Country Landscape.” Dr. Noora Fetais, Qatar University "Research Landscape at KINDI” Dr. Dena Al Thani, Dr. Jens Schneider, Dr. Michaël Aupetit, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) “Visualization and Computer Human Interaction at HBKU” Dr. Othmane Bouhali, Texas A&M University at Qatar “3D Visualization and Virtual reality activities at Texas A&M University at Qatar”
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Coffee Break, Posters, Demos
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Session: Artificial Intelligence in Visualization and Multimedia Chair: Dr. Ala Abuthawabe, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Dr. Michael Sedlmair, University of Stuttgart “Machine Learning meets Visualization” Dr. Abdelkader Baggag, Qatar Computing Research Institute “The Measure of Intelligence and Interpretability” Dr. James She, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology "DeepArt: Learning Joint Representations of Visual Arts for Retrieval and Visualization”
5:30 pm	Daily Closing Remarks Dr. Michaël Aupetit, Qatar Computing Research Institute
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm	Education City Tour (Invitation only) Texas A&M at Qatar Immersive Visualization Space Qatar National Library
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm	Social Event (Invitation only)

Day 2 - Tuesday, November 26, 2019
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Registration
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Keynote Chair: Dr. Dena Al-Thani, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Dr. Oussama Metatla, University of Bristol “Co-Designing Inclusive Technologies With and For Visually Impaired and Sighted People”
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break, Posters, Demos
10:30 am - 12:30 pm	Session: Human Computer Interaction Chair: Dr. Dena Al-Thani, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Dr. Joni Salminen, Qatar Computing Research Institute “Automatic Persona Generation – Combining Web Analytics and Human Empathy“ Dr. Haithem A. El-Hammali, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar “Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in Design Education.” Dr. Achraf Othman, Mada “Research Trends on the Development of Accessible User Interfaces for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly” Dr. Osama Halabi, Qatar University “Multimodal Interaction to Enhance Risk Communications”
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Session: Medical and Scientific Visualization Chair: Dr. Ali Sheharyar, Texas A&M at Qatar Dr. Marco Agus, Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia “Extending the limits of large-scale volume data exploration: from nanoscale connectomics to time-varying simulations” Dr. Tanvir Alam, Hamad Bin Khalifa University “On the role of Genomic Dark Matter in Human Diseases” Dr. Serkan Kiranyaz, Qatar University "Recent Advances in Machine Learning and Biomedical Signal Analysis”
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Coffee Break, Posters, Demos
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Hackathon Presentations and Awards Chair: Dr. Jens Schneider, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Closing Remarks Dr. Michaël Aupetit, Qatar Computing Research Institute

Out of the many excellent submissions VisCHI received this year, our reviewers picked the following to be presented at VisCHI. We would like to thank all the authors of posters for their valuable contribution

Posters with Demonstration	Domain	Application
Posters with Demonstration: Measuring Attention of Children with Autism spectrum Disorder: Eye-Tracking Study Bilikis Banire, Dena Al-thani, Marwa Qaraqe, Bilal Mansoor	Domain: CHI	Application: Health
Posters with Demonstration: Zamanya: a Framework for Time-Series Abstractions for Healthcare Analytics Abdelkader Baggag, Abdulaziz Al-Homaid, Noora Al-Mulla, Amna AbouNahia, Michael Aupetit, Halima Bensmail	Domain: InfoVis	Application: Health
Posters with Demonstration: Toward Interactive Labeling with Voronoi Treemaps Ala Abuthawabeh, Michael Aupetit	Domain: InfoVis	Application: Health
Posters with Demonstration: Save the birds! Visual Analytics approach to analyzing birdcalls and patterns Rachael Fernandez, Noora Fetais	Domain: Visual Analytics	Application: Environement
Posters with Demonstration: Multipurpose Daily Worn Robotic Appendages Mohammed Al-Sada, Tatsuo Nakajima	Domain: CHI	Application: Robotic
Posters with Demonstration: Visual Exploration of Imam Al-Bukhari‘s Collection of Ahadith Younss ait-Mou, Jens Schneider	Domain: InfoVis	Application: Religion
Posters with Demonstration: AIDR Real-time Damage Assessment Using Social Media Images During Disasters Umair Qazi, Firoj Alam, Ferda Ofli, Muhammad Imran	Domain: InfoVis	Application: Social Media
Posters with Demonstration: Persona Generation from Social Media Analytics Soon-Gyo Jung, Joni Salminen, Shammur A. Chowdhury, Bernard J. Jansen	Domain: CHI	Application: Social Media
Posters	Domain	Application
Posters: Understanding Access Control Policies through Visualization with Concept Diagrams Armstrong Nhlabatsi, Noora Fetais, Khaled M. Khan	Domain: InfoVis	Application: Cyber-Security
Posters: Testing Tailored Weekly Feedback Messages for Behavioral Change of People Living with Diabetes using a mHealth Application Noor Hussain Al-Ansari	Domain: CHI	Application: Health
Posters: Interactive Search Engine Interface for Visually Impaired Users Aboubakr Aqle, Dena Al-Thani, Ali Jaoua	Domain: CHI	Application: Health
Posters: Designing Auditory Displays to Facilitate the Control of Stress Levels as Manifested in Measures of Heart Rate Variability Mariam Bahameish, Tony Stockman	Domain: InfoVis	Application: Health
Posters: Smartwatch app for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to learn vocabulary: lessons learned and design implications Kamran Khowaja, Siti Salwah Salim	Domain: CHI	Application: Health
Posters: Mobile augmented reality (MAR) app for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to learn vocabulary: A qualitative study Kamran Khowaja, Dena Al-Thani, Siti Salwah Salim, Asadullah Shah	Domain: CHI	Application: Health
Posters: Artificial Intelligence Based Health Coaching Model for Patients with Chronic Diseases Mohammed Tahri Sqalli, Dena Al-Thani	Domain: Visual Analytics	Application: Health