• Intersections Orientation Workshop - networking across domains
  7 May 2008, at vizNET 2008
• Intersections in Arts / Humanities and Science / Engineering Workshop
  9 May 2008, at vizNET 2008

Past workshops

• AHRC Methods Network Workshop
  From Abstract Data Mapping to 3D Photorealism: understanding emerging intersections in visualisation practices and Techniques
  19 June 2007, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design

Intersections Workshops

What is an intersections workshop?

• An intersections workshop has an explicit cross-domain focus. We attempt to map overlaps and emerging intersections in visualisation practices and techniques. We also attempt to identify and understand differences and conflicts in terminology and disciplinary perspective, where such differences and conflicts exist.

• Our aim is to facilitate both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration. We are particularly interested in facilitating research in the emerging intersections of visualisation practices and techniques across the arts & humanities and the sciences & engineering.

• eScience large dataset distributed visualisations and the collaborative aspects of these research processes and environments.

• User-generated visualisations in the sciences and in the humanities.

• The challenge of differing terminology across domains.

• The differences in the visualisation process, and the resulting perspective of 'what visualisation is', across the spectrum from visualisation in abstract data mapping to visualisation in 3D photorealism.

• The differences in the implicit definition of 'what research is' between those who do research by creating visualisations themselves, and those who do research by commissioning others to create visualisations for them.

• The challenge of shifting disciplinary boundaries and/or redefinition of research questions within an increasingly real-time modifiable visualisation context.