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- From: IFIPconf@uci.edu (IFIP WG 3.2 July 1993 Working Conference)
- Subject: Visualization in Scientific Computing: Uses in University Education
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 01:28:37 GMT
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- Conference Announcement (2nd posting).
- Note 17 February 1993 deadline (revised) for requesting invitation to attend.
-
- IFIP WG3.2 Working Conference on
- Visualization in Scientific Computing: Uses in University Education
- to be held at University of California, Irvine
- 28-30 July 1993 (Wednesday-Friday)
-
-
- Organized by the School of Engineering and the Office of Academic
- Computing of the University of California, Irvine on behalf of IFIP
- Working Group 3.2 (Computers in University Education)
-
-
- Abstract:
- Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization are an accepted
- part and essential tool in engineering and scientific research,
- but their incorporation into university education is still
- very much in the formative stage. This conference will bring
- together key participants in the educational uses of scientific
- visualization in a range of disciplines (engineering, computer
- science, and computational sciences (chemistry, physics, biology,
- mathematics)) to share their experiences, to explore common
- problems and opportunities, and to identify promising directions
- for future work applicable in a range of disciplines.
-
- Conference activities
- ---------------------
- Outstanding invited speakers will present papers on the educational
- uses of visualization in these disciplines, followed by one or more
- submitted papers, with group discussions of each set of presentations.
- There will also be demonstrations and interactive use of materials
- described in the presentations and other relevant materials.
-
- The issues to be addressed at the conference will include:
-
- -o- Examples of current and planned educational applications of
- Scientific Visualization.
- -o- Uses of Scientific Visualization in furthering the
- interaction and integration of university research
- and instructional activities.
- -o- Long term opportunities and difficulties for
- widespread educational use of Scientific Visualization.
- -o- Tools and methodologies for developing curricular
- materials incorporating scientific visualization.
- -o- Educational implications and exploitation of new
- technologies in multimedia, high-speed networking,
- and computing.
-
- Venue
- -----
- The conference venue is the University of California, Irvine (UCI).
- One of nine campuses of the University of California system,
- UCI is among the leading research universities in the United States.
- Forty miles south of Los Angeles, five miles from the Pacific
- Ocean and 5 minutes from Orange County Airport (with direct flights
- from such major hubs as Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco),
- the campus's modern facilities are located amid coastal footlands
- featuring a natural arboretum planted with trees and shrubs from
- all over the world.
-
- In timing and location, the working conference will be convenient for
- those wishing to attend SIGGRAPH'93 or the (collocated) ACM Multimedia'93
- Conference the following week in Anaheim, California, some 15 freeway
- miles from UCI. The local arrangements committee for this IFIP WG3.2
- working conference will be happy to assist participants who wish to
- take advantage of this multiple opportunity.
-
- Program
- -------
- The program will start with a keynote address by Professor Troy Nagle,
- President-elect of IEEE, on July 28, 1993, at 9:30 a.m. There will
- follow sessions in which invited speakers will present papers on the
- educational uses of visualization in these disciplines, followed by one
- or more submitted papers, with group discussions of each set of
- presentations. There will also be demonstrations and interactive use of
- materials. The working conference will adjourn at 3:30 p.m., Friday,
- July 30.
-
- There will be a welcoming reception for participants on the evening of
- Tuesday, July 27.
-
- Conference Proceedings
- ----------------------
- The conference proceedings will be published by Elsevier Scientific
- Publishers.
-
- Participants
- ------------
- As is usual with IFIP working conferences, participation is by
- invitation only. The projected size of the conference is between
- 70 and 90 participants. The organizers will ensure a fair
- representation from different disciplines and different parts of the
- world, with the cooperation of computer vendors in sponsoring this
- broadly based attendance.
-
- In addition to invited speakers, the list of invited participants
- will include the following:
- 1) Authors of original papers (of no more than 5,000 words)
- presented at the conference. These papers will be selected on
- the basis of an extended abstract (of approximately 1,000 words)
- submitted by February 17, 1993. The conference proceedings will
- be published by Elsevier Scientific Publishers.
- 2) People with experience in the area of the working conference
- who request an invitation to participate. This request should
- include a brief (no more than 2 pages) resume with a statement
- of interests relevant to the working conference. It should be
- submitted by February 17, 1993. The outline of such a request,
- suitable for e-mail submission, is enclosed.
- On the basis of materials submitted by February 17, 1993, invitations for
- participation and for paper submission will be sent out by March 10.
- Final papers will be due by April 30 with authors notified of acceptance
- by May 31 and camera ready copy due by June 31.
-
- Registration fee
- ----------------
- A registration fee of $150 will cover meals and materials distributed
- at the working conference. Participants are expected to find funding
- for travel and living expenses. The Organizing Committee is prepared
- to offer assistance in these areas.
-
- Correspondence
- --------------
- Please address correspondence regarding the conference to
- IFIPconf@uci.edu
- or by post to the following address:
- C.R. Murphy
- IFIP WG3.2 Working Conference
- Dept. Electrical & Computer Engineering
- University of California
- Irvine, California 92717 USA
- Phone: +1 714 856-4821; Fax: +1 714 725-3203.
- Electronic correspondence whenever feasible is prefered.
-
- Program Committee
- -----------------
- In addition to the formal submission of materials as described above,
- the Program Committee is eager to receive any suggestions, questions,
- or comments regarding this working conference.
-
- Alfred Bork University of California, Irvine
- Gordon Davies Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- Jose Encarnacao Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
- Leonard Ferrari University of California, Irvine
- Stephen Franklin University of California, Irvine
- John Hughes University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
- Bernard Levrat University of Geneva, Switzerland
- G. Scott Owen Georgia State University
- Allen Stubberud University of California, Irvine
- Harry Tan University of California, Irvine
- Tom van Weert University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- John Werth University of Texas at Austin
-
- What is IFIP?
- -------------
- The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is a
- multinational federation of professional and technical organizations
- concerned with information processing. IFIP was founded in 1960 under
- the auspices of UNESCO. IFIP is dedicated to improving worldwide
- comunication and increased understanding among practitioners of all
- nations about the role information processing can play in all walks of
- life. Members of IFIP are national organizations in the field of
- information processing.
-
- Technical work, which is at the heart of IFIP's activity, is managed by
- a series of Technical Comittees (TC). Each Technical Committee is
- composed of representatives of IFIP Member organizations. Technical
- Committee 3 is on Education. Under each Technical Committee there
- operate Working Groups. These consist of specialists who are
- individually appointed by their peers independent of nationality.
- Working Group 3.2 (WG 3.2) is one such group with as its focus
- University Education.
-
- IFIP Working Group 3.2, Computers in University Education
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- WG 3.2 is chartered to "provide guidance on the adequate informatics
- component needed in the curricula of all disciplines making significant
- use of informatics." This working conference is one of a series WG 3.2
- has organized on curricula including one at Brown University
- (Providence, R.I.) in April 1990 and another at Swiss Federal Institute
- of Technology (ETH), Zurich, in October 1991. Proceedings of both these
- working conferences were published as special issues of the journal
- "Education & Computing" published by Elsevier Scientific Publishers.
-
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- Statement of Interest in Participating in the Working Conference on
- Visualization in Scientific Computing: Uses in University Education
- to be held at University of California Irvine, 28-30 July 1993.
-
- Organized by the School of Engineering and the Office of Academic Computing
- of the University of California at Irvine on behalf of
- IFIP Working Group 3.2 (Computers in University Education)
-
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- Special arrangements are being made to assure an adequate supply
- of convenient, attractive, reasonably priced accomodations.
- To assist the local arrangements committee in this effort,
- please indicate the period for which you will want such lodging
- and how many people will be in your party.
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- Period of Lodging:
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- Number of People:
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- Professional background and description of interests relevant
- to this working conference. (Approximately one page please.)
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- If you are interested in demonstrating materials (whether "work in
- progress" or available for distribution), please provide an abstract
- of approximately 500 words (including references as appropriate).
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- If you are interested in presenting a paper, please provide
- an extended abstract of approximately 1,000 words (including
- references as appropriate).
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- IFIP WG 3.2 1993 Working Conference Program Committee
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