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Visualization '93 Conference Announcement and Program
A D V A N C E P R O G R A M IEEE Visualization '93 Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Graphics In Cooperation with ACM / SIGGRAPH October 25-29, 1993 Red Lion Hotel San Jose, California For further information about the IEEE Visualization '93 Conference call (510) 423-9368 or email: Vis93@llnl.gov Additional information available via anonymous ftp at: ftp.uml.edu, in the "vis93" directory You're invited to IEEE Visualization '93. We look forward to meeting you at this fourth annual IEEE Visualization conference which promises to be our strongest technical program yet. As with previous VIS conferences, our focus is devoted to visualization and its applications. We will offer you tutorials and workshops on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. In addition, we offer you a Symposium on Parallel Rendering and a Symposium on Research Frontiers in Virtual Reality. Both symposia are two-day programs scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. The Vis'93 Conference begins on Wednesday morning with Keynote Address and Panel, followed by our three-track concurrent sessions Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, and Friday. You will have your choice of panels, papers, and case studies on a wide variety of visualization topics. Demonstrations of visualization products, tools, and applications begin mid-day Wednesday and continue through Thursday afternoon. The conference concludes with the Capstone Address on Friday afternoon. We encourage you to join us in San Jose, California the week of October 25-29, 1993 for IEEE Visualization '93. The conference is an important forum in the area of data visualization and a unique opportunity for interactions with researchers, developers, and colleagues. Carol L. Hunter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Georges Grinstein, University of Massachusetts at Lowell IEEE Visualization '93 Conference Co-Chairs What do you get with your Registration ??? (registration forms at end of announcement) Register for: To get: Conference: Vis93 Proceedings Vis93 Reception Wednesday 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Red Lion Inn Demonstrations Vis93 Keynote Events Papers Panels Case Studies Vis93 Capstone Address Tutorial: Tutorial Notes Tutorial Attendance Tutorial Lunch (for full day or 2-half days) Demonstrations Workshop: Workshop Notes Workshop Attendance Workshop Lunch Demonstrations Parallel Rendering or Virtual Reality Symposium: Symposium Proceedings Symposium Attendance 2 Symposium Lunches Symposium Reception Demonstrations Demonstration Only: Demonstrations Birds Of a Feather and Evening Sessions are open to all registrants. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------- Visualization '93 Workshops: Participation in the workshops requires approval by the workshop organizers. Please contact the workshop organizer directly to indicate your interest. Participants are expected to prepare a short paper that outlines their research and to provide data to be shared by colleagues in the field. Participation is limited. Workshop position statements must be received by the workshop organizer by September 1. A registration form for the workshop will be mailed to each workshop participant by the Registration Chair by October 1. The fee for a one-day workshop is $100, which includes breaks and lunch. Visualization '93 registration is not required for a Workshop registration. Workshop 1 (Full Day) Monday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Visualization Education Organizers: Polly Baker, NCSA, University of Illinois Robert McDermott, USI, University of Utah Please Contact: Polly Baker baker@ncsa.uiuc.edu NCSA, University of Illinois 405 North Mathews, Drawer 25 Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 244-1997 (217) 244-2909 (fax) Workshop Description: As the use of visualization increases, education about the field becomes more and more important. In this full day workshop, we will discuss approaches to formal and informal education in visualization. Teaching visualization is challenging because of the breadth of topic, the multi-disciplinary nature of the area, the mixed backgrounds of potential student audiences, and the relative scarcity of the types of instructional resources that are usually available for more well-established areas. This workshop presents an opportunity for participants to share their solutions to these problems, discuss related issues, and learn what their counterparts are doing in the area of visualization education. The primary goal of the workshop is information exchange among a diverse group of providers of visualization education. The workshop will address the following issues: % What are the essential topics to teach about visualization? % Who are the target audiences for visualization education? Researchers and students? Disciplines? % What are different strategies for developing expertise in visualization? Topics or Project Emphasis? % What are the tradeoffs among different strategies? % What resources are available for visualization education? % What hardware, software, output are necessary to support visualization education? Workshop 2 (Full Day) Monday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Workshop on Intelligent Visualization Systems Organizers: Zahid Ahmed, San Diego Supercomputer Center Steve Casner, NASA Ames Research Center Kristina Miceli, NASA Ames Research Center Steve Roth, Carnegie-Mellon University Please Contact: Zahid Ahmed ahmed@cassatt.sdsc.edu SDSC, 0505 Univ of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0505 (619) 534-5105 (619) 534-5113 (fax) Workshop Description: Visualization is a powerful method for performing data analysis in many disciplines, and like other data analysis tasks requires different levels of decision-making processes. These decision- making processes require knowledge and experience from interdisciplinary areas such as data and visual representation, as well as knowledge of the functional characteristics of data manipulation and visualization procedures, and software packages that perform these procedures. Due to the heavy knowledge requirements of current visualization systems, data analysis has required a level of expertise that exceeds the qualifications of ordinary data analysts or scientists. Ideally, a visualization analysis scenario must go through the steps of relevant data search and retrieval, acquistion of user's task requirements, and then production of useful data display plans or designs. The three fundamental areas that visualization systems inadequately handle are: (1) Data Access, (2) Task Understanding, and (3) Visualization Design processes. The design of visualization systems that intelligently handle these three issues is the focus of this one day workshop. Workshop 3 (Full Day) Tuesday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Visualization in Decision-Support Organizer: Jeff Beddow, Hennepin County, Minnesota Please Contact: Jeff Beddow beddow@staff.tc.umn.edu Hennepin County Public Affairs Mail Code 011 300 S. 6th Street Minneapolis, MN 55487 (612) 348 3105 (612) 348 9857 (fax) Workshop Description: This workshop will bring together researchers from a number of fields to share work on supporting the human decision maker under conditions of less than perfect knowledge and less than perfect criteria for a decision. Its primary focus will be on visualization methods that support this process. The emphasis will be on visual representations of problem sets that facilitate the perception of patterns, relations, and exceptions in the representation itself. Statistical or AI heuristic methods that present results in novel graphic form will be considered. Workshop 4 (Full Day) Tuesday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Database Issues for Data Visualization Organizers: J.P. Lee, University of Massachusetts at Lowell Georges Grinstein, University of Massachusetts at Lowell Please Contact: J. P. Lee jlee@cs.ulowell.edu Institute for Visualization and Perception Research Univ of Mass at Lowell 1 University Ave Lowell, MA 01854 (508) 934-3384 (508) 452-4298 Workshop Description: Data Visualization deals with the effective portrayal of data with a goal towards insight about the data. Typically, the data is of high volume, multidimensional in nature, and does not lend itself to easy display. The data is also often spatial and temporal in nature. Database issues for data visualization have become increasingly important as ever-larger data set sizes and dimensionality create problems that present-day systems cannot handle. Collaborative computing requires multiple users accessing multiple, heterogeneous databases. To explore relationships between many data variables, researchers must be able to query data in meaningful ways. Currently, visualization system users are only given minimal querying support, limited in most cases to interaction with output data represent- ations, or single-valued data probes. This workshop intends to deal with issues specifically related to the integration of database management sys- tems with data visualization in hopes of determining methods for supplying end users with the data interaction support they require, and overcoming performance impediments related to the integration. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- Visualization '93 Tutorials: Tutorial 1 Sunday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Virtual Reality for Visualization Instructors: Steve Bryson, CSC/NASA Ames Research Center Steve Feiner, Columbia University Course Description: This course will survey the theory and development of interactive visualization systems based on virtual reality interface techniques. These techniques encompass a variety of hardware and software technologies and allow natural display and control in three-dimensional interactive environments. These technologies will be surveyed with a focus on applications in scientific visualization. Who Should Attend? This course is intended for those who are interested in developing systems which will use virtual reality technology for scientific visualization. Familiarity with three- dimensional computer graphics and basic scientific visualization techniques will be assumed. No previous experience with virtual reality technology will be necessary. Instructor: Steve Bryson is an employee of Computer Sciences Corporation working under contract for the Applied Research Office of the Numerical Aerodynamics Simulation Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center. Steve Feiner is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. Tutorial 2 Monday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm The Process of Visualizing Environmental Data Sets (Examining air, water and subsurface data) Instructors: Theresa Marie Rhyne, Martin Marietta/U.S.EPA Visualization Center Bill Hibbard, University of Wisconsin at Madison Lloyd Treinish, IBM T.J. Watson Labs Chris Landreth, North Carolina Supercomputing Center (A Division of MCNC) Course Description: This tutorial examines issues associated with visualizing environmental sciences data sets. Data formats, using visualization for environmental model verification and the development of new computational algorithms, customizing toolkit software for environmental research, using visualization as an environmental decision support tool, and the application of animation techniques for analyzing air, water and subsurface data are the topics to be presented. Who Should Attend: This tutorial is designed for scientific researchers and visualization specialists interested in examining the particular issues associated with handling environmental science data sets. A general knowledge of graphics, programming and math is required. Experience with visualization systems and terminology is helpful. Instructors: Theresa Marie Rhyne is a Senior Visualization Researcher for the EPA's High Performance Computing and Communications Initiatives and employed by Martin Marietta Technical Services at the U.S. EPA Scientific Visualization Center. Bill Hibbard is the principal author of the 4-D McIDAS system, VIS-5D and VIS-AD. Lloyd A. Treinish is a research staff member in the Visualization Systems Group at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. Chris Landreth is the senior animator at the North Carolina Supercomputing Center. Tutorial 3 Monday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Visualization of Vector and Tensor Fields Instructors: Lambertus Hesselink, Stanford University Frits H. Post, Delft University of Technology Course Description: This course presents an overview of techniques for visualization of vector and tensor field data, with applications primarily to flow data visualization. The course consists of two main parts: an introductory part, and a collection of recent examples and advanced topics. A broad overview is given of basic techniques for vector field and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) data visualization, and an introduction to 2D and 3D digital and optical image processing techniques, for extracting numerical data from experimental images, for decomposition of images, and to recognize patterns and features for visualization. In the second part, we will discuss the fundamentals of vector field topology, and a number of recent research results in vector and tensor field visualization, such as stream surface generation methods; new vector field rendering methods, such as virtual smoke, texture, advection, and surface particles; visualization of specific flow features, such as vortices; techniques for data selection and focusing; and techniques for the visualization of second-order tensor fields. The course will be concluded by a discussion of current and future research directions. Who Should Attend: Visualization, computer graphics, or CFD users and professionals interested in the state-of-the-art in vector and tensor field visualization of flow data. No specialist knowledge of computer graphics, image processing, or fluid dynamics is required. Instructors: Lambertus Hesselink holds a joint appointment as a professor in the Electrical Engineering and Aeronautics and Astronautics departments at Stanford University. Frits Post is an associate professor of computer science (computer graphics) at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. Tutorial 4 Monday, 8:30 am - 12:00 noon Software Visualization Instructor: Stephen G. Eick, AT&T Bell Labs. Naperville, IL Course Description: Software is a huge industry producing the most complicated systems ever created by mankind. This tutorial discusses visualization methods for displaying software. Software visualization can help developers to understand the evolution, execution, and structure of programs. This tutorial includes the following components: % A taxonomy for software visualization; % Techniques for visualizing code, data structures, program execution, and the software development process; % Examples of exceptional software visualization systems; % Open research problems in software visualization with large payoffs. Who Should Attend? The course is for anyone involved with software who is challenged by its complexity (e.g. software developers, algorithm designers, individuals who program as part of their work), and researchers interested in techniques for visualizing abstract data. Instructor: Stephen G. Eick is a member of the Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Tutorial 5 Monday, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm A Guided Tour of High Performance Computing: Architecture, Software, Applications Instructor: H. Simon, NASA Ames Course Description: The focus of this tutorial will be a discussion of current hardware and software trends for massively parallel supercomputers from the perspective of application users. In case studies, the lessons learned in NASA Ames will be presented. The main thrust of the tutorial will a presentation of high performance computing issues which will remain relevant for a long period of time, independently of currently "hot" machines. A new taxonomy of parallel application will be developed. The matching of the application taxonomy with the architectural characteristics of the machine will form the basis for the understanding of high performance computing. Who Should Attend? Scientists with large scale visualization applications, who are interested in the potential use of massively parallel supercomputers for their applications. A general audience, who wants to get up to date information on the current status of using massively parallel supercomputers for Grand Challenge type applications. Instructor: Horst D. Simon is a department manager with Computer Sciences Corporation at the Applied Research Branch at the National Aerodynamics Simulator Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. Tutorial 6 Tuesday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Vector Field Topology Instructors: Daniel Asimov, NASA Ames Al Globus, NASA Ames Creon Levit, NASA Ames Course Description: Vector fields play a crucial role in relating differential equations to transformations of space. As a result, vector fields have many uses in science, including computational fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, structural mechanics, and the underlying mathematical field of dynamical systems. This course will provide the groundwork for understanding vector field topology and related visualization techniques. It will discuss the mathematics of flow topology and the interactive visualization of flow fields using topological techniques. Interactive 2D, 3D steady-state and time-varying flow topology analysis software will be demonstrated. Related numerical analysis and software implementation strategies will be discussed in detail. A survey of the literature and open research problems will conclude the course. Who Should Attend? This course is designed for those interested in understanding the topological underpinnings of vector fields and flows. Those interested in developing or using state-of-the-art software for scientific visualization of vector field topology. A familiarity with basic vector calculus and linear algebra is strongly recommended. Instructors: Daniel Asimov, Al Globus, and Creon Levit are all research scientists at the Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. Tutorial 7 Tuesday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Visualizing Statistical Data Instructor: W.S. Cleveland, AT&T Bell Labs Course Description: There are two components to visualizing the structure of statistical data - graphing and fitting. Just graphing raw data - without fitting mathematical structures to them and without graphing the fits and residual - often leaves important aspects of the data undiscovered. This full day tutorial presents methods for graphing and fitting. The material is organized around applications of the visualization methods to data from scientific studies. Who Should Attend: This tutorial and the book on which it is based, Visualizing Data, are meant for those who analyze statistical data. A knowledge of very basic statistics is suggested although much of the tutorial does not require it. Instructor: William S. Cleveland is a member of the Mathematics Research Center at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Tutorial 8 Tuesday, 8:30 am - 12:00 noon Stereo Computer Graphics with Applications to Visualization Instructors: D. McAllister, North Carolina State University L. Harrison, North Carolina State University Course Description: This tutorial presents an introduction to depth perception, techniques for generation of stereoscopic images, and stereoscopic interface issues. Many example of stereo images will be shown. The tutorial provides an introduction to the rapidly growing area of stereo computer graphics. It introduces the participants to some of the issues in creating stereo computer graphics. Topics include: introduction to depth perception, computation of stereo images, and stereoscopic interface issues. Who Should Attend? This tutorial is aimed at computer graphics professionals, and others who need a "true" three-dimensional representation to disambiguate depth information and detail in complex models. Instructors: Dr. McAllister is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. Mr. Harrison is currently Software Systems Manager for the Department of Computer Science at NCSU while pursuing his Ph. D. Tutorial 9 Tuesday, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Volume Visualization Algorithms and Applications Instructors: Arie E. Kaufman, State University of New York at Stony Brook William E. Lorensen, General Electric Company Roni Yagel, The Ohio State University Course Description: Volume visualization is concerned with the tasks of representing, manipulating, and rendering volumetric data. This course provides an overview of the technology, the nomenclature, and the techniques for these tasks, emphasizing algorithms, architectures, and applications. The course covers and compares different approaches in volume representation, volume synthesis, volume and surface viewing, volume shading, and applications of volume visualization. Who Should Attend? The course is intended for computer scientists and professionals who develop visualization techniques for volume data, and professionals in scientific, engineering, and biomedical disciplines who use these techniques and want to learn how they work. Instructors: Arie E. Kaufman is a Professor of Computer Science and the director of the Cube project for volume visualization at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. William E. Lorensen is a Graphics Engineer in the Information Systems Laboratory at General Electric's Corporate Research and Development Center in Schenectady, New York. Roni Yagel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at The Ohio State University. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- Visualization '93 Special Sessions: Date and Times to be announced 1. Panel: Data Visualization: Research Issues, Applications, and Future Directions Vis'93 presents a panel of visualization experts as a special evening session. These panel members participated in a Office of Naval Research Workshop on State of the Art in Data Visualization in Darmstadt, Germany. This Special Session will report the major findings of the workshop to you and continue the lively discussion from that workshop. Panel Chair: Rae A. Earnshaw,University of Leeds, UK Panelists: Steve Bryson, CSC/NASA Ames, USA Jose L. Encarnacao, TH Darmstadt, FRG Hans Hagen, University of Kaiserslautern, FRG Lambertus Hesselink, Stanford University, USA 2. Workshop Findings: The Workshop Organizers, participants and the Workshop Co- Chairs will discuss and review the results of the Monday and Tuesday workshops on Visualization Education, Intelligent Visualization Systems, Visualization in Decision-Support, and Database Issues for Data Visualization. This session is open to all workshop, tutorial, symposia, and conference attendees. 3. Research Problems in Visualization This is an informal meeting to provide attendees the new problems collected over the past year, discuss results on any of the 1991-2 research problems, or to present new research questions to be included in the 1993 research problem set. These problems will be published in the IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Graphics Newsletter. Presenters should send their one page descriptions of results or the new research problem to grinstein@cs.ulowell.edu by October 10, 1993. 4. How to Lie and Confuse with Visualization People have lied with statistics and maps for years. Now it's time to look into lying and confusing in the field of visualization. Your once-a-year big chance to do just that, in the open, will be in this special session on Tuesday, October 26, 1993 at 7:00 pm. You are invited to bring with you visualization lies and confusing articles, yours or others, on 35 mm slides or video. During this evening, it will be allowed to lie but not to borrow credit, so please do not forget to mention the producers' names. After the informal presentations and truthful debates, the audience will choose the biggest (visualization) lie for 1993. When the evening is over, lying will be outlawed again. Then, we will be all able to benefit from this teaching of what it takes to produce realistic and faithful visualizations. Reservations and advance submissions are now being accepted (c/o Nahum Gershon, The MITRE Corporation, 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102). Both are not required but are strongly recommended. For more information (genuine!), please contact gershon@mitre.org. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- Symposium on Research Frontiers in Virtual Reality Monday, October 25 8:45 - 9:00 Opening Remarks: Steve Bryson, CSC/NASA Ames Steve Feiner, Columbia University 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote: Hype and Hope---What is Real? Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session: Technology DIVER: A Distributed Virtual Environment Research Platform, Rich Gossweiler, Chris Long, Shuichi Koga, Randy Pausch, University of Virginia Volume Haptization, Hiroo Iwata, University of Tsukuba Interactive Collision Detection, Philip M. Hubbard, Brown University 12:00 Lunch 1:30 - 3:00 Panel : Evaluation of VR Systems Chair: Randy Pausch, University of Virginia Panel Members: James C. Chung, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Robert Eggleston, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Tom Piantanida, SRI International 3:30 - 5:15 Paper Session: Human Factors The Human Factors of Virtual Environments, Kenneth Nemire, San Jose State University Foundation and NASA Ames Research Center, Stephen R. Ellis, NASA Ames Research Center A User Study Comparing Head-Mounted and Stationary Displays, Randy Pausch, M. Anne Shackelford, Dennis Proffitt, University of Virginia Perceptual Decomposition of Virtual Haptic Surfaces, Louis B. Rosenberg, Stanford University, Bernard D. Adelstein, NASA Ames Research Center Position Paper: Understanding Synthetic Experience Must Begin with the Analysis of Ordinary Perceptual Experience, Jack M. Loomis, University of California at Santa Barbara 6:15 - 7:00 pm Poster Session 7:00 - 9:30 pm Symposia Buffet and Reception Tuesday, October 26 9:00 - 10:00 Invited Talk: Interaction in Virtual Environments: Implications of New Paradigms Andries van Dam, Brown University 10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session: Applications Scientists in Wonderland, A Report on Visualization Applications in the CAVE Virtual Reality Environment, Carolina Cruz- Neira, Jason Leigh, Craig Barnes, Steven M. Cohen, Sumit Das, Roger Engelmann, Randy Hudson, Mike Papka, Trina Roy, Lewis Siegel, Christina Vasilakis, Thomas A. DeFanti, Daniel J. Sandin, University of Illinois at Chicago Applying Virtual Reality in Education: A Prototypical Virtual Physics Laboratory, R. Bowen Loftin, University of Houston, Mark Engelberg, LinCom Corporation, Robin Benedetti, University of Southern California Cosmic Explorer: A Virtual Reality Environment for Exploring Cosmic Data, Deyang Song, Michael L. Norman, NCSA On Recording Virtual Environments, John C. Hart, Washington State University 12:00 Lunch 1:30 - 3:00 Panel : Effective Use of Non-speech Audio in Virtual Reality Chair: Meera M. Blattner, University of California at Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Panelists: Robin Barger, NCSA and University of Illinois Gregory Kramer, Clarity and the Santa Fe Institute Julius O. Smith, Stanford University Elizabeth M. Wenzel, NASA Ames Research Center 3:30 - 5:00 Paper Session: Sound in Virtual Worlds Virtual Gain for Audio Windows, Michael Cohen, University of Aizu, Nobuo Koizumi, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Using Virtual Sounds to Represent Stationary and Moving Targets to a Moving Observer: The Problem of Distance Perception, Jack M. Loomis, Jon M. Speigle, University of California at Santa Barbara What you See is What you Hear: Acoustics Applied in Virtual Worlds, Peter Astheimer, Fraunhofer-Institute for Computer Graphics Symposium on Research Frontiers in Virtual Reality Program Committee: Co-Chairs: Steve Bryson, CSC/NASA Ames Research Center Steve Feiner, Columbia University Program Committee: Dov Adelstein, NASA Ames Research Center Mark Bolas, Fake Space Labs Kellogg Booth, University of British Columbia William Bricken, University of Washington Carolina Cruz-Neira, University of Illinois, Chicago Nathaniel Durlach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wolfgang Felger, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Henry Fuchs, UNC, Chapel Hill Mark Green, University of Alberta Randy Pausch, University of Virginia Tom Piantanida, SRI International Larry Rosenblum, Office of Naval Research Larry Stark, University of California at Berkeley Susumu Tachi, University of Tokyo Andries van Dam, Brown University Elizabeth Wenzel, NASA Ames Research Center David Zeltzer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ Symposium on Parallel Rendering Monday, October 25 8:15 - 8:30 Welcome and Announcements 8:30 - 10:00 Papers: Volume Rendering 1 Segmented Ray Casting for Data Parallel Volume Rendering, William M. Hsu, Digital Equipment Corporation A Data Distributed, Parallel Algorithm for Ray-Traced Volume Rendering, Kwan-Liu Ma, Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering, James S. Painter, University of Utah, Charles D. Hansen, Michael F. Krogh, Los Alamos National Laboratory Parallel Volume Rendering and Data Coherence, Brian Corrie, Paul Mackerras, Australian National University 10:30 - 12:00 Papers: Polygon Methods A Task Adaptive Parallel Graphics Renderer, Scott Whitman, David Sarnoff Research Center A MIMD Rendering Algorithm for Distributed Memory Architectures, Thomas W. Crockett. Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering, Tobias Orloff, Minerva Software A Multicomputer Polygon Rendering Algorithm for Interactive Applications, David Ellsworth, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12:00 Lunch 1:30 - 3:00 Papers: Parallel Algorithmic Techniques Pixel Merging for Object-Parallel Rendering: A Distributed Snooping Algorithm, Michael Cox, Pat Hanrahan, Princeton University Permutation Warping for Data Parallel Volume Rendering, Craig M. Wittenbrink, Arun K. Somani, University of Washington Parallel Approximate Computation of Projections for Animated Volume Rendered Displays, Tung-Kuang Wu, Martin L. Brady, Pennsylvania State University 3:30 - 4:30 Parallel Potpourri 1 Developing Modular Application Builders to Exploit MIMD Parallel Resources, Chris Thornborrow, Andrew J. S. Wilson, Chris Faigle, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Center A Voxel-based, Forward Projection Algorithm Implemented on a Highly Parallel Architecture, John R. Wright, Hughes Training, Inc., Charles Bryant, Kendall Square Research 4:30 - 5:30 Discussion 1 7:00 - 9:30 pm: Symposia Buffet and Reception Tuesday, October 26 8:30 - 10:00 Papers: Terrain Rendering, Ray Tracing, and Radiosity A Pyramid-Based Approach to Interactive Terrain Visualization, Jim Kaba and Joseph Peters, David Sarnoff Research Center Progressive Refinement Radiosity on Ring-Connected Multicomputers, Tolga K. Capin, Cevdet Aykanat, Bulent Ozguc, Bilkent University An Efficient Parallel Ray Tracing Scheme for Distributed Memory Parallel Computers, Wilfrid Lefer, Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille 10:30 - 12:00 Papers: Volume Rendering 2 Scalable Parallel Volume Raycasting for Nonrectilinear Computational Grids, Judy Challinger, University of California at Santa Cruz Integrating Volume Data Analysis and Rendering on Distributed Memory Architectures, Emilio Camahort, The University of Texas at Austin, Indranil Chakravarty, Schlumberger Laboratory for Computer Science Parallel Volume Rendering Algorithm Performance on Mesh- Connected Multicomputers, Ulrich Neumann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12:00 Lunch 1:30 - 3:00 Keynote Panel: Issues, Trends, and Future Directions in Parallel Rendering Panel Chair: Scott Whitman, David Sarnoff Research Center Panelists: Pat Hanrahan, Princeton University Chuck Hansen, Los Alamos National Laboratory Paul Mackerras, Australian National University David Ellsworth, University of North Carolina Jim Salem, Exa Corporation 3:30 - 4:00 Parallel Potpourri 2 An Optimal Architecture for Volume Rendering, Vineet Goel, Amar Mukherjee, University of Central Florida 4:00 - 5:00 Discussion 2 Symposium on Parallel Rendering Program Committee: Co-Chairs: Tom Crockett, ICASE Chuck Hansen, Los Alamos National Laboratory Scott Whitman, David Sarnoff Research Center Program Committee Zahid Ahmed, San Diego Supercomputer Center Patricia Crossno, Sandia National Laboratory Frank Crow, Apple Computer Richard J. Greco, Intel Supercomputer Systems Division Pat Hanrahan, Princeton University Arie Kaufman, State University of New York at Stony Brook Paul Mackerras, Australian National University Steven Molnar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Derek Paddon, University of Bristol James B. Salem, Exa Corporation ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ Visualization '93 Paper and Panel Sessions: Wednesday, 9:00 - 10:15 Welcome and Announcements Keynote Address: "A Vision for Visualization" Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. is Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He received his Ph.D. in computer science at Harvard. He joined IBM upon graduating and was one of the architects of the IBM Stretch and Harvest Computer. He was Corporate Project Manager for the System/360, including the development of the System/360 computer family hardware, and the Operating System/360 software, for which he shared the National Medal of Technology with Bob Evans and Erich Bloch, and for which he received the IEEE Computer Society MacDowell Award. He joined UNC in 1964, where he founded the Department of Computer Science and chaired it for its first 20 years. His research has been in computer architecture, software engineering, and interactive 3-D computer graphics ("virtual reality"). His best-known book is The Mythical Man Month: Essays on Software Engineering. Wednesday, 10:30 - 12:00 Keynote Panel: Visualizing the Environment Panel Chair: Gregory McRae Dr. Gregory McRae is the Joseph J. Mares Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His principal area of research is understanding the physical and chemical transformation processes responsible for the formation of urban, regional, and global scale air pollution. He has made important contributions to the development of three- dimensional photochemical models and their use in the design of cost effective abatement strategies. He was awarded the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1984), the George Tallman Ladd Research Prize (1985), the first Forefronts of Computational Science Award (1990), the Niccograph Scientific Visualization Prize (1991) and the National Computer Graphics Prize (1991). Visualization in the Sciences Mark Ellisman Mark H. Ellisman is a Professor of Neuroscience at the University of California at San Diego and the Director of the National Research Resource for Microscopic Imaging and Image Analysis. Dr. Ellisman received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado and is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medican and Biological Engineering. His research interests include the devleopment and application of advanced imaging technologies to obtain new information about cell structure and function. Visualizing the Universe Margaret Geller Dr. Margaret Geller is a Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and Senior Scientist at the Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. In July 1990, she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Margaret Geller and Boyd Estus won a CINE Gold Eagle, a Gold Medal in the Houston Film Festival and several other awards for their video Where the Galaxies Are. Wednesday, 1:30 - 3:30 2A Papers: Volume Visualization I (2A-1) Fast Volume Rendering of Compressed Data, Paul Ning, Lambertus Hesselink, Stanford University (2A-2) Flow Volumes for Interactive Vector Field Visualization, Nelson Max, Barry Becker, Roger Crawfis, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2A-3) The Vision Camera: An Interactive Tool for Volume Data Exploration and Navigation, Hans-Heino Ehricke, Gerhard Daiber, Wolfgang Strasser, Universitaet Tuebingen 2B Panel: (2B) Applications in Virtual Environments: Bridging the Gap Between Prototypes and Working Tools Chair: William Ribarsky, Georgia Institute of Technology Panelists: Larry Hodges, Georgia Institute of Technology Steve Bryson, CSC/NASA Ames Research Center Mark Green, University of Alberta Randy Pausch, University of Virginia Steve Benton, MIT Media Laboratory 2C Case Studies Session: Oil and CFD (2C-1)Visualization and Modeling of Geophysical Data, Indranil Chakravarty, G. Celniker, and J. Moorman, Schlumberger Laboratory for Computer Science (2C-2)Visualization of Oil Reservoirs Over a Large Range of Scales as a Catalyst for Multidisciplinary Integration, Stephen Tyson and B. William, Santos, Australia (2C-3) Unsteady Phenomena, Hypersonic Flows, and Co-operative Flow Visualization in Aerospace Research, Hans-Georg Pagendarm, Institue for Theoretical Fluid Mechanics, German Aerospace Research Establishment (2C-4) Towards Interactive Steering, Visualization and Animation of Unsteady Finite Element Simulations, David Kerlick and E. Kirby, Boeing Computer Services Thursday, 8:30 - 10:15 3A Papers: Flow Visualization I (3A-1) Visualization of Time-Dependent Flow Fields, David A. Lane, NASA Ames Research Center (3A-2) A Probe for Local Flow Field Visualization, Willem C. de Leeuw, Delft University of Technology, Jarke J. van Wijk, Netherlands Energy Research Foundation ECN, The Netherlands (3A-3) Visualization of Turbulent Flow with Particles, Andrea J. S. Hin, Frits H. Post, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands 3B Panel: (3B) Visualization System Reference Models Chair: David Butler, Limit Point Systems, Sandia National Laboratory Panelists: Bob Haber, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana Jim Almond, Texas Supercomputer Center Ken Brodlie, University of Leeds R. Daniel Bergeron, University of New Hampshire at Durham 3C Case Studies Session: High Energy Physics (3C-1) The Quantum Coulomb Three Body Problem, Visualization of Simulation Results and Numerical Methods, Wolfgang Krueger, D. Abramov, V. Gusev, S. Klimenko, L. Ponomarev, W. Renz, German National Research Center for Computer Technology, GMD (3C-2) Fanal: A Relational Analysis and Visualization Package for High Energy Physics, Henri Videau, Ecole Polytechnique, Laboratoir de Physique Nucleaire des Hautes Energies, FRANCE (3C-3) Non-Conventional Methods for the Visualization of Events from High Energy Physics, Hans Drevermann, CERN, Switzerland Thursday, 10:30-12:30 4A Papers: Volume Visualization II (4A-1) Optimal Filter Design for Volume Reconstruction and Visualization, Ingrid Carlbom, Digital Equipment Corporation, Cambridge Research Laboratory (4A-2) Accelerating Volume Animation by Space-Leaping, Roni Yagel, Zhouhong Shi, The Ohio State University (4A-3) Rapid Exploration of Curvilinear Grids Using Direct Volume Rendering, Allen Van Gelder, Jane Wilhelms, University of California at Santa Cruz (4A-4) Volume Sampled Voxelization of Geometric Primitives, Sidney W. Wang, Arie E. Kaufman, State University of New York at Stony Brook 4B Panel: (4B) Is Visualization REALLY Necessary? The Role of Visualization in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Chair: Nahum Gershon, The MITRE Corporation Panelists: Robert Abarbanel, Boeing Computer Services Richard Mark Friedhoff, Visicom Corporation Robert Langridge, University of California at San Francisco Justin D. Pearlman, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School Jeffrey L. Star, NCGIA and University of California at Santa Barbara 4C Papers: Visualization Environments (4C-1) Tioga: A Database-Oriented Visualization Tool, Michael Stonebraker, Jolly Chen, Nobuko Nathan, Caroline Paxson, University of California at Berkeley (4C-2) Bridging the Gap Between Visualization and Data Management: A Simple Visualization Management System, Peter Kochevar, Digital Equipment Corporation, Zahid Ahmed, Jonathan Shade, Colin Sharp, San Diego Supercomputer Center (4C-3) GRASPARC - A Problem Solving Environment Integrating Computation and Visualization, Ken Brodlie, University of Leeds, Lesley Brankin, Greg Banecki, Alan Gay, NAG Ltd, Oxford, Andrew Poon, Helen Wright, University of Leeds, England (4C-4) An Environment for Telecollaborative Data Exploration, Gudrun J. Klinker, Digital Equipment Corporation, Cambridge Research Lab Thursday, 1:30 - 3:30 5A Papers: Visualization Techniques and Algorithms I (5A-1) HyperSlice, Jarke J. van Wijk, Netherlands Energy Research Foundation ECN, Robert van Liere, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, The Netherlands (5A-2) Fine-Grain Visualization Algorithms in Dataflow Environments, Deyang Song, Eric Golin, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (5A-3) Developing Modular Application Builders to Exploit MIMD Parallel Resources, Chris Thornborrow, Andrew J. S. Wilson, Chris Faigle, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (5A-4) Virtual Input Devices for 3D System, Taosong He, Arie Kaufman, State University of New York at Stony Brook 5B Papers: Visualizing Databases and Parallel Programs (5B-1) InfoCrystal: A Visual Tool for Information Retrieval, Anselm Spoerri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (5B-2) Visual Feedback in Querying Large Databases, Daniel Keim, Hans-Peter Kriegel, Thomas Seidl, University of Munich, Germany (5B-3) DIVIDE: Distributed Visual Display of the Execution of Asynchronous, Distributed Algorithms on Loosely-Coupled Parallel Processors, Tom Morrow, Sumit Ghosh, Brown University (5B-4) Performance Visualization of Parallel Programs, Abdul Waheed, Diane T. Rover, Michigan State University 5C Case Studies: The Environment (5C-1) Visualization of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and the Polar Vortex, Lloyd Treinish, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center (5C-2) A Climate Simulation Case Study, Philip Chen, Fujitsu America (5C-3) Feature Extraction for Oceanographic Data Using a 3D Edge Operator, Robert Moorhead and Z. Zhu, NSF Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulation, Mississippi State University (5C-4) Visualizing Results of Transient Flow Simulations, Harald Mayer, Institute for Information Systems, Joanneum Research, Austria Thursday, 3:45 - 5:45 6A Papers: Visualization Techniques and Algorithms II (6A-1) Orientation Maps: Techniques for Visualizing Rotations (A Consumer's Guide), Bowen Alpern, Larry Carter, Matt Grayson, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Chris Pelkie, Cornell Theory Center (6A-2) Geometric Optimization, Paul Hinker, Charles Hansen, Los Alamos National Laboratory (6A-3) Interactive Visualization Methods for Four Dimensions, Andrew J. Hanson, Robert A. Cross, Indiana University (6A-4) Navigating Large Networks with Hierarchies, Stephen G. Eick, Graham J. Wills, AT&T Bell Laboratories 6B Panel: (6B) Visualization and Beyond: Unresolved Computing Challenges in the Environmental Sciences Chair: Theresa Marie Rhyne, Martin Marietta/U.S. EPA Organizers: Theresa Marie Rhyne, Len Wagner Panelists: Gary Darling, California Department of Water Resources Philip K. Robertson, CSIRO/Australia Len Wagner, Sequoia Project/San Diego Supercomputer Center 6C Papers: Human Factors Issues in Visualization (6C-1) Dichromatic Color Representations for Complex Display Systems, Mark S. Peercy, Lambertus Hesselink, Stanford University (6C-2) Towards a Texture Naming System: Identifying Relevant Dimensions of Texture, A. Ravishankar Rao, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Gerald L. Lohse, University of Pennsylvania (6C-3) Applying Observations of Work Activity in Designing Prototype Data Analysis Tools, Rebecca R. Springmeyer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (6C-4) An Architecture for Rule-Based Visualization, Bernice E. Rogowitz, Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Friday, 8:30 - 10:15 7A Papers: Flow Visualization II (7A-1) Implicit Stream Surfaces, Jarke J. van Wijk, Netherlands Energy Research Foundation, ECN Technology, The Netherlands (7A-2) Cloud Tracing in Convection-Diffusion Systems, Kwan-Liu Ma, Phillip J. Smith, University of Utah (7A-3) Texture Splats for 3D Vector and Scalar Field Visualization, Roger A. Crawfis, Nelson Max, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7B Panel: (7B) The Psychology of Visualization Chair: Frank M. Marchak, TASC Panelists: William S. Cleveland, AT&T Bell Laboratories Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Christopher D. Wickens, University of Illinois 7C Case Studies: Medicine and Archeology (7C-1) Enhancing Reality in the Operating Room, Bill Lorensen, Harvey Cline, Chris Nafis, GE Corporate R&D, Ron Kikinis, Dave Altobelli, Langham Gleason, Brigham and Women's Hospital (7C-2) 3D Simulation of Delivery in Medicine, B. Geiger and J. Boissonet, INRIA, France (7C-3) The Virtual Restoration of the Visir Tomb, Patrizia Palamidese and G. Muccioli, CNUCE, Instituto del CNR, Italy Friday, 10:30 - 12:30 8A Papers: Textures and Shading (8A-1) Geometric Clipping Using Boolean Textures, William E. Lorensen, General Electric Corporate Research and Development (8A-2) Data Shaders, Brian Corrie, Paul Mackerras, Australian National University (8A-3) Spray Rendering: Visualization Using Smart Particles, Alex Pang, Kyle Smith, University of California at Santa Cruz (8A4) Interactive Shading for Surface and Volume Visualization on Graphics Workstations, Peter A. Fletcher, Philip K. Robertson, CSIRO Division of Information Technology, Australia 8B Panel: (8B) Data Models and Access Software for Scientific Visualization Chairs: Lloyd Treinish, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Ravi Kulkarni, University of Maryland Panelists: Mike Folk, NCSA, University of Illinois at Champaign- Urbana Greg Goucher, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Russ Rew, Unidata Program Center 8C Papers: Visualization Application in the Sciences (8C-1) Fast Analytical Computation of Richard's Smooth Molecular Surface, Amitabh Varshney, Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (8C-2) Computer Visualization of Long Genomic Sequences, Dachywan Wu, James Roberge, Douglas J. Cork, Bao Gia Nguyen, Thom Grace, Illinois Institute of Technology (8C-3) Visualization of Acoustic Lens Data, Anthony J. Bladek, University of Washington (8C-4) MRIVIEW: An Interactive Computational Tool for Investigation of Brain Structure and Function, Doug Ranken, John George, Los Alamos National Laboratory Friday, 1:30 - 3:00 9ABC Closing Awards for Best Paper, Panel, and Case Study Capstone Address ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- Visualization '93 Demonstrations: The IEEE Visualization '93 Demonstration/Exhibit is pleased to introduce its three Corporate Partners: AVS, IBM, and Kubota Pacific. These companies are helping to make the Demonstration/Exhibit outstanding and successful. Advanced Visual Systems Inc., headquartered in Waltham, MA, is the developer of the AVS family of visualization software products for scientific, engineering, and business professionals and software developers. AVS was first introduced in 1988. It is a general-purpose, platform-independent software product used in a wide variety of scientific and engineering disciplines. It is a visualization application software and development environment available on systems from a number of manufacturers. International Business Machines, Inc. will be represented through IBM Visualization Systems of the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Hawthorne, NY, the developer of the IBM POWER Visualization System and the IBM Visualization Data Explorer, which were introduced in 1991. Data Explorer is a general-purpose, portable software product for the visualization and analysis of data in a wide variety of scientific and engineering disciplines. It is available as an application and for development on systems from a number of manufacturers. Kubota Pacific Computer Inc. of Santa Clara, CA, produces the Kubota Kenai family of Imaging and 3D Graphics Computers for product development, image analysis, and technical research. The Kenai computers are balanced for highly interactive performance in both imaging and 3D graphics and employ 64 bit Alpha AXP architecture. Typical applications are mechanical engineering and analysis, computational fluid dynamics, molecular simulations, strategic imaging, and visualization. VIS'93 DEMONSTRATIONS open at noon Wednesday VIS'93 DEMONSTRATIONS 9am to 4pm Thursday This year, as at past IEEE Visualization Conferences, the Demonstration/Exhibit will emphasize research and new technology. Listed below are some of the For-Profit companies who have signed up to participate. We would like to see your name on the Vis'93 Demonstrator List, too. We are still accepting applications for Corporate Partners, For-Profit Corporate Demonstrators, and Non-Profit Demonstrators. For more information, contact the Demonstrations Co-Chair: Bill Ribarsky at (404) 894-6148, by FAX at (404) 894-9548, or by email: bill.ribarsky@oit.gatech.edu Advanced Visual Systems Inc. 300 Fifth Ave. Waltham, MA 02154 Marsha Gordon (mgordon@avs.com, 617-890-4300) Addison Wesley 1 Jacob Way Reading, MA 01867 Gail Goodell (bdaw@world.std.com, 617-944-3700, ext. 2833) Aurora Systems 2230 Martin Ave. Santa Clara, CA 95050 Megan Reese (408-988-2000) Eye Point Engineering 24 Springpoint Rd. Castroville, CA 95012 Bob Duncan (408-879-4975) IBM Corp. 8 Skyline Drive Hawthorne, NY 10532 Rich Buckta (bucktar@watson.ibm.com, 914-784-5110) Kendall Square Research 170 Tracer Lane Waltham, MA 02154 Scott Free (sfree@ksr.com, 617-895-3570) Kubota Pacific Computer Inc. 2630 Walsh Ave. Santa Clara CA 95051-0905 Jodie Frerichs (jfrerichs@kpc.com, 408-987-3393) Lateiner Dataspace Corp. 500 West Cummings Park Suite 1700 Woburn, MA 01801 Joshua Lateiner (617-937-8330) Research Systems, Inc. 2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 203 Boulder, CO 80301 Julie Ceranski (julie@rsinc.com, 303-786-9930, ext. 301) Silicon Graphics, Inc. 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94039-731 Dave Larsen (larsen@esd.sgi.com, 415-390-1820) Wolfram Research Inc. 100 Trade Center Drive Champaign, IL 61820 Howard Berg (info@wri.com, 217-398-0700) Xidak, Inc. 3475 Deer Creek Road, Bldg. C Palo Alto, CA 94304 Michael W. 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Tutorial Fees: Early Registration Late Registration (before Oct 1) (Oct. 1 or later) Full Day Half Day Full Day Half Day IEEE/ACM member 250 175 300 210 Non member 315 220 380 265 FT Student 190 135 230 165 (multiply number of tutorials chosen as first choices by appropriate fees shown above) __________ # full day tutorials x __________ full day fee = $ __________ __________ # half day tutorials x __________ half day fee = $ __________ Conference Fees: (includes Wed, Thurs, Fri sessions, demos, and Wed reception) Early Registration Late Registration (before Oct 1) (Oct. 1 or later) IEEE/ACM member 275 375 Non member 420 500 Full-time Student 150 190 Conference Fee $ ____________ Symposium Choices: (includes Mon, Tues sessions, and Mon reception) Please select one: [ ] Parallel Rendering Symposium [ ] Virtual Reality Symposium Early Registration Late Registration (before Oct 1) (Oct. 1 or later) IEEE/ACM member 270 325 Non member 340 410 Full-time Student 150 200 Symposium Fee $ ___________ Additional Fees: Extra Vis 93 Reception Tickets at $30.00 # of tickets _____ = $ ______ Demonstrations Only Registrations at $50.00 $ ______ Total Fees $ _______________ US currency only. 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This hotel offers complimentary transportation to and from the nearby San Jose airport. The hotel boasts three eating establishments, a pool, spa, and health club. A nearby light- rail system provides service to the Bay Area. The final date to make reservations at the IEEE Visualization '93 group rate is Sunday, October 3, 1993 at 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time. Reservations requested after the cutoff date are subject to availability. Red Lion Hotel 2050 Gateway Place San Jose, CA 95110 (408) 453-4000 FAX: (408) 437-2883 Special IEEE Visualization '93 Rates at the Red Lion Hotel: Single $103 Triple $123 Double $113 Quad $123 A local sales/room tax of 10% will be added to these rates. There are a limited number of rooms available at government rates. Check-out time is 1PM; check-in time is 3PM. 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Red Lion Registration Form Name (print) Address City State ZIP Country Arrival Date Departure Date Room Choice: King Double/Double Smoking Non-Smoking(if available) Type of payment: Check Money Order AMEX Master Card Visa Carte Blanche Credit Card Number: Expiration Date: Amount: Cardholder Name (please print): Signature ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- Visualization '93 Conference Committee Conference Co-Chairs: Carol Hunter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory chunter@llnl.gov, (510) 422-1657 Georges Grinstein, University of Massachusetts at Lowell grinstei@ulowell.edu, (508) 934-3627 Program Committee Co-Chairs: Nahum Gershon, The MITRE Corporation gershon@mitre.org, (703) 883-7518 Arie Kaufman, State University of New York at Stony Brook ari@cs.sunysb.edu, (516) 632-8441 Papers Co-Chairs: R. Daniel Bergeron, University of New Hampshire Greg Nielson, Arizona State University Panels Co-Chairs: Lloyd Treinish, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Jeff Beddow, Hennepin County, Minnesota Case Studies Co-Chairs: Deborah Silver, Rutgers University Frits Post, University of Delft, The Netherlands Tutorials Co-Chairs: Roni Yagel, Ohio State University Haim Levkowitz, University of Massachusetts at Lowell Workshop Co-Chairs: Chuck Hansen, Los Alamos National Laboratory Mike Rhodes, Toshiba America Corporation Parallel Rendering Symposium Co-Chairs: Tom Crockett, ICASE Chuck Hansen, Los Alamos National Laboratory Scott Whitman, David Sarnoff Research Center VR Symposium Co-Chairs: Steve Bryson, CSC/NASA-Ames Steve Feiner, Columbia University Videos Co-Chairs: Ed Council, Timberline Systems Robert McDermott, University of Utah Demonstrations Co-Chairs: Bill Ribarsky, Georgia Institute of Technology Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Martin Marietta/EPA Sally Wood, Santa Clara University Publicity Co-Chairs: Carol Hunter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Kay Howell, Naval Research Laboratory J. P. Lee, University of Massachusetts at Lowell Janet Jensen, ERDEC Finance Co-Chairs: Michael Danchak, Hartford Graduate Center Bruce Brown, Oracle Corporation Registration Co-Chairs: Ross Gaunt, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Shirley Stephan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Nancy Johnston, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Stephen Watson, JPL Student Volunteer Co-Chairs: J.P. Lee, University of Massachusetts at Lowell Stephen Watson, JPL International Liaison: Larry Rosenblum, Office of Naval Research, Europe Phil Robertson, CSIRO Information Division IEEE TCCG Visualization Conference Steering Committee: Bruce Brown, Oracle Corporation Arie Kaufman, State University of New York at Stony Brook Greg Nielson, Arizona State University Larry Rosenblum, Office of Naval Research, Europe Visualization '93 Program Committee: Mike Bailey, San Diego Supercomputing Center H. Harlyn Baker, SRI International Susan Chipman, Office of Naval Research Donna Cox, NCSA Rae A. Earnshaw, University of Leeds, UK Jose Encarnacao, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany Jim Foley, Georgia Institute of Technology Henry Fuchs, University of North Carolina Richard S. Gallagher, Swanson Data Analysis Larry Gelberg, Application Visual Systems Inc. Michel Grave, ONERA, France Hans Hagen, Universitaet Kaiserslautern, Germany Roger D. Hersch, Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne, Switzerland Lambertus Hesselink , Stanford University William Hibbard , University of Wisconsin - Madison F.R.A. Hopgood, Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, UK Rob Jacob, Naval Research Laboratory Fred Kitson, Hewlett Packard Labs Stanislav Klimenko, Institute for High Energy Physics, Russia Tosiyasu Kunii, University of Tokyo Marc Levoy, Stanford University Art Olson, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic Ron Pickett, University of Massachusetts at Lowell Azriel Rosenfeld, University of Maryland Hikmet Senay, George Washington University John Staudhammer, University of Florida Werner Stuetzle, University of Washington Nadia Thalmann, University of Geneva Gary Watkins, Evans & Sutherland Peter Wilson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Allan R. Wilks, AT&T Bell Laboratories Glenn Williams, Texas A&M University James M. Winget, Silicon Graphics, Inc.