From n.kodagoda at mdx.ac.uk Tue Jun 26 13:05:08 2012 From: n.kodagoda at mdx.ac.uk (Neesha Kodagoda) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:05:08 -0000 Subject: [open-energy] REGISTRATION NOW OPEN - VASS 2012 Visual Analytics Summer School: 3 - 8 Sept 2012, Middlesex University London, UK Message-ID: <1F45854153CD9544BC99C66524EEDE0F5016233330@WGFP-EXMBV1.uni.mdx.ac.uk> ================================================================= VASS2012 The Second UKVAC International Visual Analytics Summer School Date: 3-8th September 2012 Venue: Middlesex University, London, UK Website: http://www.eis.mdx.ac.uk/vass/VASS2012/ ================================================================= REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Following the success of the first UKVAC Visual Analytics Summer School (camp) in 2010, Middlesex University will be hosting the second event in this series from 3-8 September, 2012 at their Hendon campus in London. AIM AND SCOPE OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL The summer school will provide a multidisciplinary grounding on this emerging and important area. Over a six day programme delegates will learn about visual analytics problems, techniques and solutions from leading international experts in the field. Teaching will be via classroom delivery, discussion and hands-on experience with visual analytic tools. Delegates will be set a group investigation and design challenge which will evolve throughout the week. The summer school will include a lively social programme. SYLLABUS (includes) - analytical reasoning - design of interactive visualisations - big data representations and transformations - application domains SPEAKERS INCLUDE - Dr. Richard May (US National Visualisation and Analytics Center) - David Gillen (US National Visualisation and Analytics Center) - Prof. David Ebert (VACCINE, Purdue University) - Associate Prof. Brian Fisher (Simon Fraser University) - Prof. Chris Baber (University of Birmingham) - Dr. Darrell Smith (Daden Ltd) - IBM i2 - Speaker to be announced - Prof. Jo Wood (City University) - Dr Jason Baron (US National Archives and Records Administration) - Prof. Tom McCutcheon (DSTL) - Prof. William Wong (Middlesex University) - Dr. Kai Xu (Middlesex University) - Dr. Chris Huyck (Middlesex University) - Dr. Mark Shovman (Abertay University) More to be confirmed. AUDIENCE The summer school is designed for participants from industry, government and post-graduate students with an interest in the area. Programming is not a requirement although a high level of IT literacy is essential. FEES Thanks to support from the DHS and Home Office we are able to charge nominal fees: - ?300 (standard fee) - ?200 (student fee) Delegates will receive university accommodation, lunch and refreshments on teaching days, plus a hosted summer school dinner and social outing. LIMITED number of PLACES only. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Dr. Simon Attfield, Interaction Design Centre, School of Engineering and Information Sciences, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT. UNITED KINGDOM email: S.Attfield at mdx.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: