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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Excited to see that our ACM IUI '26 contribution on player perceptions on generative NPC dialogues (with Manuel Hochreiter and @skriglstein.bsky.social ) is now available on the ACM DL (lnkd.in/dnJMT4j3). Big shout out to my student Manuel Hochreiter for his great work on this.

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Have some spare time? A master student I'm co-supervising with Michael Lankes is looking for study participants for his game about pathing choices. A playthrough takes ~30–40 minutes. yrn-studio.itch.io/sol-game-demo

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

📢 A brief reminder that I have an exciting open PhD position (full-time) related to games user research, analytics, and information visualization. Application deadline is in about two weeks: September 30, 2025. karriere.jku.at/hcm/jobexcha...

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Thanks to everyone who has submitted to VINCI 2025! Looking forward to great program! Registration is now live at: vinci2025.games.cg.jku.at/registration/ #infoviz

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

📢 I'm interrupting your summer vacation for an important announcement. I have an exciting open PhD position (full-time) related to games user research, analytics, and information visualization. Application deadline is September 30, 2025. Full details: karriere.jku.at/hcm/jobexcha...

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Excited for my Phd Student Jonas Peché to be presenting two papers at the upcoming @ieee_c. One on endpoint prediction and another on visualizing frontlines in team-based games. Many thanks to Alexei Tishurov and Alexander Zap for this exciting collaboration.

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Due to popular demand we have extended the submission deadline for VINCI '25 by two weeks to June 27, 2025! If you have work related to visual information communication and interaction please consider submitting. Full CfP: www.vinci-symp.org #infoviz #dataviz

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Short reminder that the deadline for the Int. Symposium on Visual Information Communication & Interaction (VINCI) 2025 is coming up soon on *June, 13th*. There is a new track on cultural heritage this year and journal special issues have been arranged. Full CfP: www.vinci-symp.org/call-for-pap...

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

My PhD student @letian-wang.bsky.social hitting the stage at #fdg25 to present his work on the use of live companion apps of #eSports games.

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I'm excited to host the 18th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI '25) in Linz, Austria from 1-3 December. The Call for Papers is available at: vinci-symp.org #infoviz

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

A brief reminder that Michael Lankes and myself have 2 open PhD positions as part of the LudaViz project funded by the Austrian Science Fund. Deadlines are coming up soon. Details: lnkd.in/djD2Hs_Y (Deadline: April 2, 25) lnkd.in/dgaqkADw (Deadline: April 14, 25)

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

📣 I have an exciting open 4-year PhD position as part of the LudaViz project. The project sits at the intersection of information visualization and video game design to investigate diegetic data representations. Deadline for applications: April 2, 2025 Full details here: lnkd.in/djD2Hs_Y

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Excited and grateful to have received a grant from the Austrian Science Fund together with Michael Lankes to conduct research on Ludic Data Visualizations. We will soon have two open PhD positions to fill!

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

PLEY is back! If you're working on eye-tracking in the context of games and sports please check our CfP here: pleyws.wordpress.com/call-for-pap... Submission deadline: February 13, 2025

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

🎙️ Its out! This one (w/ Aakash Johry, Marnix van Wijland, Regina Bernhaupt, @skriglstein.bsky.social) took a while but happy to report that the pre-print is now online. Right in time for the festive season🎄, in case you're looking for a jolly-good read ;) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Arrived in Taiwan for #vinci2024. Thanks to the organizers for the invitation the give a keynote on games and visualization.

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Günter Wallner @wallnergue.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Sometimes it is not only the grass which is greener on the other side but also the sky which is bluer. I have been slowly transitioning to here in the last days. Celebrating my first post with this picture of a (mostly) blue sky :)

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