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International Workshop on Giga-Pixel Displays & Visual Analytics (GIANT)
Date: Wed 2nd - Thu 3rd April 2008
Venue: Leeds, England
The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers in
visualization and human-computer interaction, determine how giga-pixel
displays can best be exploited in visual analytics, and raise awareness
about the potential of such displays. The workshop is part-sponsored by
VizNET (www.viznet.ac.uk), an activity to promote the use of
visualization by the UK research community.
The workshop includes:
- Keynote talks from researchers who are well known for their work in
innovative visualization methods (Prof Daniel Keim, University of
Konstanz) and display wall interaction (Dr Chris North, Virginia Tech)
- Case studies, which attendees will work on in groups to develop
solutions for real applications.
- Posters to publicise attendees' research in displays walls and visual
analytics.
- Application demonstrations on Leeds' 50-million pixel display wall.
- Workshop dinner.
Attendance is limited to 50 people. Researchers at any level, and from
any discipline and both academia and industry, are welcome.
KEY DATES:
- Posters/laboratory overviews: midnight GMT, Sunday 20 January 2008 -
Earlybird registration: midnight GMT, Sunday 20 January 2008 - Late
registrations: up to midnight GMT, Sunday 16 March 2008
VISUAL ANALYTICS applications are characterised by massive quantities of
data, often generated in real-time. With modern computer technology it
is often now feasible to store the raw data associated with these
applications, but the scale of data involved means it is impossible for
people to comprehend its meaning using traditional approaches.
Advances in computer hardware allow tiled "display walls", containing
many millions of pixels, to be constructed from commodity components and
driven by an application that runs on a single machine. These ultra-high
resolution
("GIGA-PIXEL") DISPLAYS allow a huge quantity of data to be viewed at
the glance of an eye and, used in conjunction with statistical and other
data mining techniques, are likely to be an essential element for
bringing human-in-the-loop decision making to the process of visual
analytics.
The workshop takes place in Leeds, in northern England. Leeds is one of
the largest universities in the UK, and celebrated its centenary in
2004. The School of Computing is internationally recognised for its
research in theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence and
areas of applied computing that include interactive visualization. The
workshop is organised by the Visualization and Virtual Reality research
group at Leeds, and chaired by Roy Ruddle.
For further information, please see
http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/vvr/giant/
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