GenAI, Agents, and the Future of VIS
About the Challenge
In parallel with short paper submissions, the workshop hosts a mini challenge focused on AI agents data visualization. We invite participants to develop agents that automatically analyze a given dataset and generate data reports. The objective is to produce insightful, coherent, and visually compelling analyses of the provided dataset, in the form of a data visualization report.
To support participants, we provide a starter kit based on LangGraph and access to an evaluation server.You may also use your favorite framework or library to develop your agent—the only restriction is using the same names for environment variables as specified in the starter kit. During the testing period, you can iteratively improve your agents by submitting them to the evaluation server. By the submission deadline, you will submit a technical report (VGTC short paper format, up to 2 pages via the PCS system) that (1) describes how your best-performing agent was developed and (2) includes a link to its best generated report. Your technical report will be archived in exactly the same way as other short papers.
🥇 1 st Place
🥈 Runner-up
To support participants, we provide a starter kit based on LangGraph and access to an evaluation server.You may also use your favorite framework or library to develop your agent—the only restriction is using the same names for environment variables as specified in the starter kit. During the testing period, you can iteratively improve your agents by submitting them to the evaluation server. By the submission deadline, you will submit a technical report (VGTC short paper format, up to 2 pages via the PCS system) that (1) describes how your best-performing agent was developed and (2) includes a link to its best generated report. Your technical report will be archived in exactly the same way as other short papers.
Winner will be invited to present at the IEEE VIS 2025 VISxGenAI workshop, and receive award certificates and a share of $6,000 in AWS cloud credits:
🥇 1 st Place
(x1 team)
$3,000
in AWS cloud credits
🥈 Runner-up
(x1 team)
$1,500
in AWS cloud credits
🏅 Honorable Mention (x3 teams)
$500 each
in AWS cloud credits
- Get started with Challenge
- Submission deadline: Aug 20th, 2025 (23:59, AoE). Please submit your technical report via PCS system.
Author Notification: Sep 1st, 2025
Camera-Ready: Oct 1st, 2025
Workshop Day: Nov 3rd (Monday)
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