Applied Vis 2006


Notes                                                             Stewart Dickson


Welcoming Remarks (Jim Fox)


David Knowles -- Multi-Disciplinary shift in University structure.


Importance of "Place" -- Dichotomy


Place Doesn't Matter -- Global networking -- Business-centric

Choose the best place to live -- Human-centric -- Quality of life


Frank Niepold -- Climate-Literate Public

Make sure the public is able to listen and understand when we talk.


Bloom-based, Wiggens-based models of literacy

Bloom's Taxonomy

Internalize in order to externalize in action


*Visual Drama -- Scientist-Public Communication Disconnect

"Animation", "Story-telling" -- scary words to scientists


Carrie McDougall -- UC Santa Barbara, Marine Science

Price, Nate at CIMI


Positive steps toward global warming -- the positive story of climate change.


NCEP / AMNH Cloud Cover Visualization

Date scale displayed as traveling-square-highlighted time-line horizontal bar.

See Maya timeline UI.


NOAA Office of Education Federal Funding Opportunities

Jim Fox -- Informal Ed.

RENCI -- Content/Technology for Science on a Sphere


Dan Pisut, NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab -- Satellite Rainfall Data -- Source? (URL)


* David McConville -- Un-asking Global Warming

Judo approach to handling the Corporation -- allow Giant's own momentum to lead to its weakening -- to fall on its own sword -- to indict itself.

The Yes Men


Positive message -- Solution


Linear vs. Visual/Spatial learning -- unique individual talent/limitaitons


Greg Dobson


Model the complete Earth?  S. Wolfram's Computational Universality.


Janet Lowe / Jason Mann


Is economic development compatible with disaster mitigation?

Frank Niepold low level of decision-making relative to weather.

Regional planning vis-a-vis weather -- intelligent City/County planning regulation.  Landslide, erosion risks.


What was the 100-tear flood 50 years ago is now the 30-year flood.


David Abernathy


Building starts Bunbombe County over time


Google Earth Sketchup platform

Production Crew -- Warren Wilson Students


Visual Nature Studio -> Sketchup -> GIS -> KMZ (Zipped KML) -> Google Earth


Chuck Fultz -- Hendersonville Web Design -- "EXSCAPE" Flash project
Sensing the Radio Sky


Stewart Dickson Scientific Visualization Production Structure (1.04Mbyte MS PowerPoint)


Bill Ribarsky , Charlotte Visualization Center -- IEEE Virtual Reality Conference March 10-14, 2007 Charlotte


Aidong Lu


Sunyoung Bae -- Geographical Coordinates from CMAQ VISTAS_36k Grid

Lambert Conformal Map  VISTAS_36k <-> Geographical Coords?

API in Vis5D?

External API?  http://www.gdal.org/


Matt Raker -- Top Floor Studio -- EKG Monitor Interface