[GDNET] GD Contest 2015

[Maarten Löffler]

Dear Graph Drawers & Network Visualizers!

As you know, the 23rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network  
Visualization will take place in Los Angeles, CA, from September 24 to 26,  
2015. As has been tradition since 1994, the symposium will be accompanied  
by a Graph Drawing Contest, allowing all community members to demonstrate  
their graph drawing skills in a fun competitive setting. I am pleased to  
announce the contents of this year's contest.

Creative Topics

For your entertainment and inspiration, we have composed two nice graphs  
that you may draw with full artistic freedom. The first, smaller, graph  
represents inclusion relations of several graph classes. The second,  
larger, graph represents all possible game states of the game Tic Tac Toe.  
In both cases, you may visualize the graph in any way you like.  
Submissions will be judged both on aesthetic appeal and clarity of  
displayed structure and information. For more details, visit  
http://www.csun.edu/gd2015/topics.htm

Live Challenge

Following popular tradition, a live challenge will be held during the  
symposium in a format similar to a typical programming contest. Teams are  
presented with a collection of challenge graphs and have approximately one  
hour to submit their highest scoring drawings. This year, the challenge  
shall focus on minimizing the crossing number in book embeddings. Teams  
may either draw the graphs manually, or use their own customized tools.  
Remote participation will also be possible. For more details, visit  
http://www.csun.edu/gd2015/challenge.htm

Awards

Thanks to our generous sponsors, a $200 prize will be awarded to the  
winner or winning team in four different categories.

Looking forward to your submissions!

best regards,
Maarten Löffler

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Maarten Löffler
http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~loffl001/