Preface: Message from the VIS Paper Chairs and Guest Editors

EditorsThis January 2018 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics contains the proceedings of IEEE VIS 2017, held during 1-6 October 2017. In 2017, IEEE VIS returns to the city of Phoenix, AZ, USA, for the conference's 28th year. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix hotel. VIS consists of three conferences, held concurrently: the IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology Conference (VAST 2017), the IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis 2017), and the IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference (SciVis 2017). Information on the paper review process is provided along with an overview of each conference.