2009 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge

The 2009 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge, from the NSF and Science is underway,  and information is available on their website with the details.  Entries must be in by September 15th, and winners to be published in the February 19th, 2010 issue of Science.  Awards are given in five categories:

One first place award will be made in each of the following five categories. Evaluators, at their discretion, may choose not to award first place in a category and/or to award Honorable Mention(s) instead. See Frequently Asked Questions for more specifics.

• Photography
• Illustrations
• Informational Graphics
• Interactive Media
• Non-Interactive Media

2009 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.