CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - vizNET Uses of Visualization Showcase 2008
All those working in the area of visualization are invited to submit work
for the vizNET Uses of Visualization Showcase. The goal is to disseminate
good practice and provide stimulation to users and developers of
visualization in all application domains. This is the third year of this
Showcase.
Showcase participants from previous years: Last year the competition was
won
by Dr Lakshmi Sastry & her team at STFC e-Science Centre for Data
exploration using remote commodity visualization cluster and won the year
before by Dr Nick Holliman and his colleagues, at the University of Durham
for Cosmic cookery: visualizing galaxy formation using observed and
simulated data. Other notable participants and runners-up include: So you
think you can design a jet engine by Prof Philip Withers and his team from
the University of Manchester, Massive data visualization using real time
ray
tracing by Dr Steven Parker and Group at University of Utah,
Hyperstreamball
visualization of second order tensors from Jia Liu of the University of
Manchester, Facilitating visualization of large scale data in virtual
human
atrium simulations by Dr Ian Grimstead and team from Cardiff University
and
Visualizations of a nuclear pressure vessel by Dr Joanna Leng and
colleagues
from the Universities of Manchester and Durham.
Prize: Selected entries will feature in the vizNET website. The
Eurographics
UK Chapter (EGUK) will host a session at their annual conference, TP.CG
'08
which will be held at the University of Manchester, UK June 9th-11th to
showcase the winning entries. EGUK will pay for a full conference ticket -
entrance, tutorials, socials and accommodation - for the winning
submission.
Deadline Friday 14th March 2008
The criteria for the Showcase centre 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). Applications are
invited from all domains in the arts, sciences and humanities. The
Showcase
is open to entries from around the world.
Judging Criteria: A successful submission will show a significant
understanding of the needs and motivations of the users. Fundamental
characteristics that the judges will expect to find in a successful
submission include:
.. Innovation . Usability . Usefulness
.. Degree of finish . Meeting declared aims . Awareness of 'state of the
art'
.. Technical ingenuity
Rules for submission: The submission must include details of all the
authors
and a brief statement (no more than one A4 page) indicating the aims and
status of the work Emphasise what is novel about your use of
visualization,
and provide evidence of the added value that is provided to the
application
domain. In addition, at least one the following must be included:
images from the application showing computer generated graphics; a movie
file of the application in use; a runnable executable to demonstrate the
application; a reference to a persistent web site.
These materials should be supplied electronically either as file
attachments
in email or uploaded on the vizNET Wiki, http://wiki.viznet.ac.uk/.
Submissions should be received by Lakshmi Sastry (m.sastry@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) on or
before Friday 14 March 2008. Submissions received after this closing time
will not be considered. In addition to the electronic media, each
submission
should contain the name, address, telephone, FAX, email and affiliation of
a
contactable submitter, as well as a signed and dated statement indicating
willingness to accept the rules of the competition and for vizNET to
include
the work, if selected, in the vizNET Visualization Showcase web site.
Details at http://www.viznet.ac.uk/
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