Doctoral Colloquium
	Thursday, November 2nd
	8:30am-5:00pm

 

Overview:

The 2006 IEEE Visualization Conference and co-located VAST (Visual Analytics Science and Technology) Symposium will host an inaugural Doctoral Colloquium to support the next generation of visualization researchers.  Ph.D. students at any stage of their research are invited to apply to participate in the colloquium as presenters.

 

The colloquium will allow students to discuss their research directions in a supportive atmosphere with a panel of distinguished leaders in visualization and visual analytics and with their peers. Students can expect helpful feedback and fresh perspectives on their research topics and possible career paths, and will have the opportunity to interact closely with expert researchers in their field.  The colloquium will support community-building by connecting beginning and advanced researchers. 

 

Students may participate in both the colloquium and main conference programs.  Colloquium participation will offer students insight and support for the framing of their research and will help them create important relationships.  Financial support may be available to participants to assist in traveling to the conference.

 

Schedule:

 

8:30 am – 10:15 am             Student Presentations

10:15 am – 10:30am            Coffee Break

10:30 am – 12:00 pm           Panel: Visualization Careers

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm             Lunch - Sponsored by IBM Research

1:30 pm – 3:15 pm               Student Presentations

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm               Coffee Break

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm               Panel: Publishing your research

 

Research Presentations

Panelists: Jean Scholtz, George Robertson, Daniel Keim and Jim Thomas

 

Visualization of High-dimensional Data, Steven Bergner, Gruvi Lab / Simon Fraser University.

 

Visual Inquiry of Spatio-Temporal Multivariate Patterns, Jin Chen, GeoVISTA Center and Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University

 

Visualization of Large Transition Systems, A. Johannes Pretorius, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

 

Visualization Diversity: A Cognitive-Based Training Method for Visualization Comprehension, Maria C. Velez, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

 

Visualization Careers Panel

Moderator: Bill Lorensen                         Panelists: Chris Johnson, Tamara Munzner, Will Schroeder, Terry Yoo

Visualization is still a young and expanding discipline with plenty of exciting challenges and opportunities for innovation. The recent NSF/NIH sponsored report on Visualization Research Challenges reinforces the contributions of the field and how the field will progress in the future. Within the field there are opportunities in industry, academia and government to establish and develop a career in visualization. This panel presents five approaches to careers in visualization: Academic Center (Johnson), Industrial Research (Lorensen), Academic Research (Munzner), Entrepreneur (Schroeder), and Government Scientist (Yoo). Panelist will describe their history, motivation, and positive / negative aspects of their career choice.

 

Research Presentations

Panelists: Deborah Silver, Chris Johnson, Charles Hansen and Ken Joy

 

Feature-Based Graph Visualization, Daniel Archambault, University of British Columbia

 

Adaptive Visualization of Dynamic Unstructured Meshes, Steven P. Callahan, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah

 

Visualization and Exploration of Perfusion Data, Steffen Oeltze, Department of Simulation and Graphics, University of Magdeburg, Germany

 

Visualization Techniques for Computational Mechanics, Alisa Neeman, University of California, Santa Cruz

 

Publishing your Visualization Research
Moderator: Penny Rheingans                   Panelists: David Ebert, David Laidlaw, Tamara Munzner, Jarke van Wijk

Successful publishing in visualization begins with an original idea for how to solve a problem and ends with a contribution to the body of human knowledge. Along the way, the idea may be realized through an implementation, demonstrated to be relevant for a specific application, evaluated to measure its effectiveness, spun into a compelling technical story, and presented to an attentive audience. Alternatively, the idea or its story may be initially misunderstood and rejected, potentially sending its originator into either fits of despair or a scramble to regroup. This panel brings together researchers who have been active in publishing their own work, reviewing manuscripts, editing journals, chairing program committees, and mentoring students as they begin to publish. We will discuss success stories, setbacks, and strategies, hopefully with honesty and humor.

 

 

Organizers:

Richard May and Bill Pike Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Penny Rheingans and Alark Joshi University of Maryland, Baltimore County