Newsgroups: comp.parallel,comp.graphics
From: kma@icase.edu (Ma Kwanliu)
Reply-To: vtvd-info@icase.edu
Subject: Symposium on Visualizing Time-Varying Data
Organization: ICASE/NASA Langley
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 13:32:58 GMT
Message-ID: <3hnvt2$qr4@reznor.larc.nasa.gov>


		  FIRST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION


	  Symposium on Visualizing Time-Varying Data 

	September 18-19, 1995   Williamsburg, Virginia


Sponsored by the Institute for Computer Applications in Science 
and Engineering (ICASE) and NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC)
in cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH.


	CONTENTS:

	1)  Symposium Overview
	2)  Papers
	3)  Discussion Sessions
	4)  Visualization "Home Videos"
	5)  Datasets On Line
	6)  Submissions
	7)  Electronic Information
	8)  Symposium Organizers


1)  Symposium Overview
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Time-varying datasets present difficult problems for both analysis 
and visualization. For example, the data may be terabytes in size, 
distributed across mass storage systems in remote locations, with 
time scales ranging from femtoseconds to centuries. The purpose of 
the symposium is to bring the producers of time-varying datasets 
together with visualization specialists to assess open issues in the 
field, present new solutions, and encourage collaborative 
problem-solving.  

Morning sessions will be devoted to papers, while afternoons will 
focus on presentations of current work and group discussions. 
Attendance is limited to 80 participants. 

Researchers from such fields as aerospace, atmospheric sciences, 
structural analysis, chemistry, and medicine, as well as developers 
of software and hardware systems for visualization will benefit from 
attending the symposium. 



2)  Papers
=======================================================================

Original papers will be reviewed for acceptance and publication in 
the proceedings. Final versions of accompanying videos will appear 
in the video proceedings.  Submit 5 copies of the full paper (maximum 
6000 words) and 5 copies of any accompanying videotape (VHS only; 
maximum 5 minutes) with your name, address, phone, fax, and e-mail 
by May 1, 1995, to the Symposium Secretary.  

Suggested topics include:

   Display of Data
     * Interpolating time-varying geometry
     * Display of time-varying vector fields
     * Sonification

   Interaction
     * User interfaces for managing the time dimension
     * Managing frame rates and latency
     * System architecture for time-varying visualization
     * Navigating through large time-varying datasets

   Data Management
     * Data management and organization
     * Compression/decompression of massive time-varying datasets
 
  Problems for which current techniques are inadequate



3)  Discussion Sessions
=======================================================================

There will be 3-4 discussion sessions on topics selected from advance 
proposals. These sessions provide a forum for you and your colleagues 
to define outstanding problems or set long-range research goals. 
Authors of accepted proposals will serve as discussion leaders. Send 
your 1-page proposal with your name, address, phone, fax, and e-mail, 
by May 1, 1995, to the Symposium Secretary. 



4)  Visualization "Home Videos"
=======================================================================

There will be a single session for informal 10-minute presentations 
of current work, preferably in video format. This can be unedited 
footage of work-in-progress relating to visualization of time-varying 
data. Send a 1-paragraph description of the work plus a representative 
picture (or video segment) with your name, address, phone, fax, and 
e-mail, by August 25, 1995, to the Symposium Secretary. 

This forum is also open to researchers who have acquired or produced 
time-varying data and are in search of a useful visualization of it. 
Such submissions should describe (in 1 page) the nature of the problem 
in need of visualization.  



5)  Datasets On Line
=======================================================================

In conjunction with the Symposium, we are assembling a collection of 
time-varying datasets which pose challenging visualization problems. 
These datasets will be made available on the Internet on a long-term 
basis to serve as benchmark applications for developers of 
visualization algorithms and software. Dataset proposals are due by 
May 1, 1995.  Submissions must adhere to specific guidelines; these
can be found at the URL listed in section 7. 



6)  Submissions
=======================================================================

Mail all submission materials to the Symposium Secretary:


	Emily Todd (emily@icase.edu)
	ICASE
	Mail Stop 132C
	NASA Langley Research Center
	Hampton, VA 23681-0001
	804/864-2175 fax: 804/864-6134

Materials must be received by their deadline dates.

	May 1  
	 * Papers due
	 * Discussion proposals due
	 * On-line dataset proposals due

	July 1 
	 * Notification of acceptance

	August 25 
	 * Final camera-ready version of papers and videos due
	 * "Home video" descriptions due
	 * On-line datasets due



7)  Electronic Information
=======================================================================

An electronic version of this call, together with information on 
registration/accommodations and guidelines for submissions, is 
available on the World Wide Web at 

	http://www.icase.edu/workshops/vtvd

or by sending mail (no subject of message-body required) to 

	vtvd@icase.edu


8)  Symposium Organizers
=======================================================================

	Program Committee
	  Lambertus Hesselink, Stanford (Program Chair)
	  Bob Haimes, MIT
	  Chuck Hansen, LANL
	  David Lane, CSC (NASA Ames)
	  Nelson Max, LLNL 
	  Bill von Ofenheim, NASA LaRC
	  Lloyd Treinish, IBM Watson
	  Val Watson, NASA ARC

	Symposium Co-Chairs
	  David C. Banks, ICASE
	  Kathy Stacy, NASA LaRC

	Audio/Visual Chair
	  Kurt Severance, NASA LaRC

	Publicity Chair
	  Kwan-Liu Ma, ICASE

	Symposium Secretary
	  Emily Todd, ICASE



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Kwan-Liu Ma                                       
ICASE, Mail Stop 132C                           kma@icase.edu
NASA Langley Research Center                    (804) 864-2195
Hampton, VA 23681-0001                      Fax:(804) 864-6134

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