It’s no surprise that the US has lost ground in the last decade or two in engineering, math, and science. Is there more that the visualization community could be doing to help?
Continuing today’s conference updates, SciDAC2009 registration is open. The conference will be in San Diego, CA June 14-18th and showcase the work of the various Department of Energy labs.
The SciDAC 2009 conference will bring together more than 350 scientists for four days of technical and scientific talks, poster sessions and informal discussions. The general chair is Horst Simon, Associate Laboratory Director for Computing Sciences at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A quick reminder to all the Vis Scientists out there that early registration for the EuroVis2009 conference in Berlin, Germany ends May 9th. If you miss it, it’ll cost you approximately an extra 100 Euros ($130 US) to register.
Also, there are some satellite events going on on the day before EuroVis starts:
In connection with EuroVis09 two satellite events will take place on June 9, 2009:
With the upcoming push for some standard in web 3D, the Web3D 2009 International Symposium might be worth visiting. In Darmstadt Germany one week after EUROVIS2009:
Attendees share and explore methods of using, enhancing, and creating new 3D web and multimedia technologies, such as X3D, VRML, COLLADA, Croquet, MPEG4, Java3D, and Canvas3D. The symposium will also address new trends such as interactive 3D graphics applications on mobile devices.
The Berkeley Center for New Media has launched a new visualization tool called “Opinion Space“. Described as an “experimental new system for group discussion”, it moves away from bi-polar two-sided debates and visualizes discussions as a continuum.
To get started, participants are asked to drag a slider to rate five propositions on the chosen topic and type their initial response to a discussion question. Then using Principal Component Analysis from advanced mathematics, Opinion Space plots your overall opinion as a yellow point (or star) in the constellation of other viewpoints. People with similar opinions will be close in proximity.
It uses a view similar to a heatmap, but adds special “landmarks” which indicate the views of public figures based on public-records.
Another new feature on VizWorld.com today, an Events Calendar. Visit the calendar (you can use the link in the top-bar) to see upcoming conferences, screenings, vendor releases, and more! If you have anything that you’ld like to see added to the calendar, then don’t hesitate to drop us a line at [email protected].
If you’re near Boston’s Somerville Theater on April23rd or 25th, you might want to check out a new animated short they’ll be screening: “The Incident at Tower 37″.
“In the middle of a dry, desolate landscape stands Tower 37: a shimmering water processing station, siphoning every last drop of water from a once pristine lake. Day in and day out the station’s lone steward monitors the tower’s activities, never realizing that Tower 37 is slowly destroying an entire ecosystem. But when two unexpected guests arrive, the tower’s operator learns the high cost of his ignorance.”
Made by Hampshire College educator Chris Perry with contrubutions from students in the Five College Consortium, it promises to be a fun animation to watch. It will be available online at www.bitfilms.com after the screenings.
A quick reminder to all the Vis Scientists out there that early registration for the EuroVis2009 conference in Berlin, Germany ends May 9th. If you miss it, it’ll cost you approximately an extra 100 Euros ($130 US) to register.
The Berkeley Center for New Media has launched a new visualization tool called “
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