IEEE VIS 2026 solicits novel research contributions and innovative applications in all areas of visualization.

Area 1: Theoretical & Empirical
Theoretical and empirical research topics that aim to define the foundation of VIS as a scientific subject.

Area 2: Applications
All forms of application-focused research.

Area 3: Systems & Rendering
Building systems, algorithms for rendering, and alternate input and output modalities.

Area 4: Representations & Interaction
The design of visual representations and interaction techniques for different types of data, users, and visualization tasks.

Area 5: Data Transformations
Algorithms and techniques that transform data from one form to another to enable effective and efficient visual mapping as required by the intended visual representations.

Area 6: Analytics & Decisions
Design and optimization of integrated workflows for visual data analysis, knowledge discovery, decision support, machine learning, and other data intelligence tasks.