Programme

 

Full Programme

Day 1 - Wednesday 7th May
Time Topics Summary Presenter(s)
10:30-11:00 Coffee and Registration Individual posters to be put up in atrium area. Desks available for demos etc.  
11:00-11:15 Welcome and Introduction to Visualization The first presentation will provide a whistle stop tour of the event and what to expect and the importance of participating. Prof Roy Kalawsky (Loughborough University)
11:15-12:00 Showcase video presentation 1 Video clips of visualisation examples submitted where relevant by attendees (3min max clips, silent videos with written description to be submitted)  
12:00-12:45 Candidate interests session A 5 minutes per person opportunity to explain who the attendees are, their background and what they are hoping to get from the vizNET event Dr. Julie Tolmie (King's College London)
12:45-13:00 Poster Viewing Initial viewing of poster with a view to casting votes on the second day.  
13:00-14:00 Lunch Served in restaurant - plus opportunity to see posters and laptop or other demos attendees wish to bring along  
14:00-14:30 Intersections in visualisations practice Workshop - including a common terminology Dr. Julie Tolmie (King's College London)
14:30-15:00 Modelling and Simulation Presentation on modelling and simulation. This will also look at the reasons why an underlying simulation can actually provide greater insight into a visualisation. Prof. Roy Kalawsky (Loughborough University)
15:00-15:30 The representational dimension in serious games and virtual world applications Presentation on visualisation realism requirements for training application Dr Sara de Freitas (Serious Games Institute, University of Coventry)
15:30-16:00 Coffee break    
16:00-17:00 A Rough Guide to Data Visualization – Part 1 The talk will aim to give a broad overview of the field of data visualization, and will be in two parts. The first part will begin by looking at simple graphs and charts, familiar to all, but with guidance on fundamentals to be understood and pitfalls to be avoided. We then move on to look at visualization of physical data, often called ‘scientific visualization’, where we describe the key techniques of isosurfacing and volume rendering. Prof. Ken Brodlie (University of Leeds)
17:00-18:00 Showcase Live hands on demos of stereo visualization system plus other demos as appropriate Dr. Martin Turner (University of Manchester)
19:00 Dinner
Day 2 - Thursday 8th May
Time Topics Summary Presenter(s)
9:00-9:30 Arrival - Coffee Sir Denis Rooke building - ground floor Viewing of poster display & voting  
9:30-10:00 A Rough Guide to Data Visualization – Part 2 In the second part of the ‘Rough Guide’ we discuss visualization of tables of data, that is, tables of observations, each observation comprised of values of a number of variables (as in census data). Here we are looking for relationships amongst the variables, and we discuss scatter plots, parallel coordinates and glyph techniques. Finally we look at visualization of structured data, such as information hierarchies – examples of these being computer filestores and web pages. Prof. Ken Brodlie (University of Leeds)
10:00-10:30 Combining the real world and abstract visualisation Presentation Dr. Stuart Dunn (King's College London)
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break    
10:45-11:45 3D Capture Workshop and orientation presentation Chris Rowland (University of Dundee)
11:45-12:45 Games engines for visualisation including demo of Wii based motion caption device Workshop John O'Brien (Loughborough University)
12:45-13:45 Lunch votes to be cast  
13:45-14:30 Recent developments in the Humanities Visualisation Presentation Dr. Hugh Denard (King's College London)
14:30-15:30 Visualisation in the Humanities(tbd) Presentation and Workshop. The focus will be on user modified data.(tbd) (tbd)
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break    
16:00-16:30 Visualisation in Sports Science Presentation & demo: application of motion capture data in sports biomechanics research Prof. Fred Yeardon (Loughborough University)
16:30-17:00 Visualisation in the Arts Presentation: Tesla, the art of Fugue, and - audiovisualisation Gordana Novakovic (University College London)
17:00-17:45 Web based visualisation & Grid based visualisation Two-part Presentation John O'Brien (Loughborough University) & Prof. Nick Avis (Cardiff university)
17:45-18:15 How vizNET can help you Presentation and discussion workshop, including presentation of best poster award Prof. Roy Kalawsky (Loughborough University)
Day 3 - Friday 9th May
Time Topics Summary Presenter(s)
9:00-9:30 Arrival - Coffee    
9:30-10:30 Technical Session Hands-on tutorial / workshop to teach how to use visualisation cluster, including information on using VNC and VirtualGL. we can also show how to use the IRIS Explorer from this server.

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Dr. Lakshmi Sastry (Science and Technology Facilities Council, e-Science Centre)
Dr. Jeremy Walton (The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd, Oxford)
10:30-11:30 Grand challenges in visualisation in Science and Engineering Discussion / Workshop - The purpose of this workshop is to discuss and identify the grand challenges associated with the area. The aim will be to draw out out where major effort is required to deliver either improved visualization tools, techniques, software or hardware. Also the discussion needs to address the necessary visualization training and spport that vizNET could facilitate. Prof. Roy Kalawsky (Loughborough University)
11:30-12:30 Grand challenges in visualisation in Arts and Humanities Discussion / Workshop - The purpose of this workshop is to discuss and identify the grand challenges associated with the area. The aim will be to draw out out where major effort is required to deliver either improved visualization tools, techniques, software or hardware. Also the discussion needs to address the necessary visualization training and spport that vizNET could facilitate. Dr. Hugh Denard (King's College London)
12:30-13:30 Intersections in Arts / Humanities and Science / Engineering Workshop - aims to establish an international medium for the exchange of new ideas and practical experience between researchers working in the field of visualization from scientific and engineering applications to the arts and humanities. Dr. Meurig Beynon (University of Warwick)
13:30 Lunch and Hotel checkout    
  Event End    

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