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Visual Analytics Beyond Borders

VAC Consortium Meeting, November 12-13, 2008; Richland, WA

Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)

8:00am Registration Opens
8:00am Continental Breakfast
8:30am-9:00am Welcome & Opening Remarks Jim Thomas, NVAC Director
9:00am-10:00am Keynote Address: “Applied Research in Visual Analytics and Visual Computing” Dieter Fellner, Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research
10:00am-10:30am Break
10:30am- Noon Panel Discussion: Beyond Borders, the International Community of Visual Analytics
The visual analytics community is international in scope and continually growing. This panel features representatives from three countries who are active in the pursuit of visual analytics solutions.
Noon-1:00pm Lunch & Networking
1:00pm-1:30pm Moving Visual Analytics Technology into Practice
One of the key roles of the consortium is to help mature new technologies and make them widely available. Kris and Richard will provide an update on current activities and discuss how you can play a role. Kris Cook, PNNL Richard May, PNNL
1:30pm-2:45pm Selected Project Briefings from NVAC, RVAC, and Industry
Seven Consortium Members will give 10-minute descriptions of their research.
2:45pm-5:00pm Poster/Demo Session
Current technologies demonstrated by the NVAC, RVAC, and FODAVA teams and consortium members.
6:30pm-8:30pm Dinner at Desert Wind Winery
2258 Wine Country Road
Prosser, WA 99350 http://www.desertwindwinery.com/

(Transportation to dinner is provided from hotels.)

Thursday, November 13, 2008
EMSL

7:45am-8:40am (optional) Special Interest Sessions
In conjunction with breakfast we will offer two Special Interest Sessions
  • Interoperability by Richard May and Bill Pike, PNNL - An update from our spring meeting exploring the issue of interoperability guidelines and standards as a method to rapidly advance the state of the science.
  • Technology Transition by Kris Cook, PNNL - A discussion of lessons learned and best practices in technology transitions of analytic software. We will share general lessons learned and solicit new ideas from the group.
7:45am-8:45am Full Breakfast & Networking
8:45am-8:50am Opening Remarks Jim Thomas, NVAC Director
8:50am-10:20am Panel Discussion: The Foundations on Data Analysis and Visual Analytics (FODAVA)
Researchers from the FODAVA-Lead institution, Georgia Tech, and other FODAVA partner institutions will describe their research and how it enables a strong foundation for visual analytics.
10:20am-10:40am Break
10:40am-Noon Special Presentation: “The Future of Visual Analytics”
In the four years since the establishment of NVAC there have been numerous accomplishments. Joe will take a look back at where we have come from and describe the vision for the next five years. Joe Kielman, DHS
Noon-1:00pm Lunch & Networking
1:00pm-1:45pm Visual Analytic Application Domains
An overview of four fields in which visual analytics can have significant impact.
EMSL Auditorium Room 1077
1:45pm-3:00pm Law Enforcement
  • Tim Collins, Purdue
  • Lt. Ron Leavell, Seattle Police Department (Moderator)
  • Detective Aaron Reynolds, Seattle Police Department
  • Steve Shephard, National City, CA Police Department
 Intelligence Applications
3:00pm-3:30pm Break
3:30pm-4:45pm Cyber Security Health
4:45pm-5:00pm Closing Remarks Jim Thomas, NVAC Director

Special thanks to consortium member Boeing for co-sponsoring this event.
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