[open-visualisation] Fwd: Talk by Alan Blackwell: Designing Visual Representations that People can Use

Tue Feb 17 13:54:55 UTC 2009

Hi all,

If you'd like to attend and are not working on the Wellcome Trust  
Genome Campus please drop me an email so I can let reception know that  
you are coming.

Thanks,
Nils

On Feb 17, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Jonathan Gray wrote:

> For anyone based in or around Cambridge, UK - this looks interesting!
>
> J.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I would like to invite you to a talk by Dr Alan Blackwell, a Reader in
> Interdisciplinary Design from the Computer Laboratory at Cambridge
> University. He will be talking about "Designing Visual Representations
> that People can Use" and his talk should be interesting to anyone  
> who has
> to represent data visually and want to learn more about the process of
> developing such representations.
>
> Time: Friday, February 20th, 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
> Location: C202/203 (around the corner from the DiNA)
>
> Abstract: Visualisations can be extremely effective for expressing and
> manipulating complex scientific data. But inventing new  
> visualisations for
> use on computers is much harder than it seems. Doing it well seems to
> require not only understanding of the core science, but applied  
> psychology
> of perception, philosophy of language, and skill in graphic design and
> education. This talk will review the most effective approaches, with  
> an
> emphasis on techniques that work well in practice, rather than those  
> of
> purely theoretical interest.
>
> Alan Blackwell has been working on design of new visual notations  
> for 25
> years, in industrial, research and academic applications. He is now
> responsible for teaching the design and human-computer interaction  
> syllabi
> in the Computer Laboratory. He did his PhD on human interpretation of
> diagrams at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit, and has founded and
> co-organised international conference series on diagrammatic
> representation, visual languages, and human-computer interaction.
>
>
> Best,
> Nils
>
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Nils Gehlenborg
European Bioinformatics Institute
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Cambridge CB10 1SD
United Kingdom

Phone: +44-1223-494687

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~nils