Initiative in Innovative Computing
Seminar Series
Wednesday, October 18, 2006; 4:00pm
**Refreshments at 3:45pm!**
Donna Cox, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, and Director of the Advanced Scientific Visualization
Laboratory (ASVL), at the National Center for Supercomputing
Applications.
Title: CyberOutreach: Non-expert Audiences and the Design of
Scientific Data
Abstract: Professor Donna J. Cox will present a visual feast of
digital data-driven scientific imagery from her collaborative work
with "Renaissance Teams" at the National Center for Supercomputing
Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She coined
the term "Renaissance Teams" in 1985 to describe interdisciplinary
research teams focused on challenges in scientific visualization. In
the early years, teams were small local groups, but now through grid
technologies, most teams are distributed remotely and work
collaboratively through global technologies. She collaborates,
designs and aesthetically directs data-driven visualizations of
supercomputer simulations from a variety of disciplines ranging from
oceanography to astrophysics. She demonstrates both rigorous design
methodologies and works with educators and focus groups to provide
solutions to the challenging work of data-driven visualizations for
non-expert audiences. New visualization methods have resulted in
advanced virtual reality tools that provide new ways for researchers
to collaborate over remote distances and high-speed networks.
Professor Cox will describe these technologies to create high-
resolution, high-fidelity digital scientific animations for museums
and high-definition television.
Technology is exponentially transforming the way that people
collaborate, scientists "see", and designers invent. Professor Cox
will present a voyage of how art and science have converged through
computer graphics technology. Her greatest passion is to employ new
technologies to inspire general audiences with the awe and mystery of
science. This presentation will demonstrate advanced graphical
techniques in the making of "high art" science for insight and public
presentation.
Date and Time: Wednesday, October 18, 2006; 4:00pm; Full
Refreshment Buffet at 3:45pm
Location: 60 Oxford Street, Room 330
Parking: Parking is available in the 52
Oxford Street Garage. Please tell the attendant that you are
attending the IIC Seminar. A map is available on line at http://
iic.harvard.edu/contactphp.
Upcoming IIC seminars
November 8, 2006 – Felice Frankel
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iic.harvard.edu/events.php. The website will be updated often with
additional information and seminars.
All IIC seminars will be held at the 60 Oxford Street Building, Room
330 unless otherwise noted.
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