Robert Kosara reminds us that the IEEE VIS deadline for tutorials is coming up soon, and they’re still looking for reviewers. In addition, the new “Industry and Government Experience” track looks particularly interesting.
Posters should present case studies of success, failure, experimentation, design, development, methodology, best practice lessons and other topics relevant to a commercial context. Discussion could include one or more of what were the business objectives, who were the users, what were their needs, what were the design objectives, what technology was developed, what was the result, how did it perform, what were the lessons learned and what are the next steps?
Having spent several years myself in government doing visualization, I know there’s a fundamental misunderstanding in many folks about what visualization can (and more importantly should do). Many see it as simply a waste of time and money, preferring massive charts of impossibly small text and numbers, because the powerpoint slide full of 8-point font looks impressive to stakeholders, regardless of what it says. Many don’t understand that visualization can be a far more effective method of changing perception and understanding of a problem, and were really amazed at what some very basic visualization techniques can do.
So if you have any (publicly-releasable) examples of good (or bad, I suppose) uses of visualization in government or industry, considering submitting.
via VIS Tutorials and the Industry and Government Experiences Track | eagereyes.
