The vizNET Showcase is an annual competition to highlight the very best in visualization research from around the UK and the world. The goal is disseminate best practice and provide stimulation to users and developers of visualization in all application domains.

The criteria for the Showcase centres on the usefulness (for example measured by the fresh insight gained in the application domain) and novelty (for example the application of known visualization techniques to new domains, or the application of new techniques to existing domains). Fundamental characteristics that are found in successful submissions include:

• Innovation
• Usability
• Usefulness
• Degree of finish
• Meeting declared aims
• Awareness of ‘state of the art’
• Technical ingenuity

The competition is now entering its fourth year, previous winning entries can be viewed on the vizNET website. A discussion of previous show case winners and runners up can be found in the links below:

• 2008 - Dr Chris Goodyer and colleagues at Leeds University
• 2007 - Dr Lakshmi Sastry & her team at STFC e-Science Centre
• 2007 - Dr. Nick Holliman and his colleagues, at the University of Durham in 2006.