Coffee & Viz

August 5, 2015

Held in one of the NCSU Libraries high-tech spaces, Coffee & Viz is a forum in which NC State researchers share their visualization work and discuss topics of interest. All Coffee & Viz programs are free and open to the public and are presented by the NCSU Libraries. Coffee and light refreshments will be served at 9:15 a.m., program begins at 9:30 a.m. For more information, contact Karen Ciccone at 919-515-3513 or kacollin@ncsu.edu .

UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Dr. Julie Mell (History) and Dr. Helen Burgess (English) Friday, August 21 at 9:30 a.m. D. H. Hill Jr. Library, Visualization Studio Dr. Julie Mell and Dr. Helen Burgess will discuss how they have integrated visualization and the Libraries' high-tech spaces into their teaching practice and how using visualization can help students learn in new ways. This session will be presented twice: at 9:30 a.m. and again at 10:00 a.m. Limited space available, please register at: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/coffee-and-viz/signup .
Dr. Ben Watson (Computer Science) Friday, September 18 at 9:30 a.m. Hunt Library, Duke Energy Hall Thanks to technology, visual communication is easier than ever to create and disseminate. Unfortunately, technology hasn't yet been able to help people communicate effectively ” thus the catchphrase "Death by Powerpoint." Dr. Ben Watson, associate professor of computer science at NC State, will discuss visualization as persuasion," using visualization as a tool for communication rather than discovery.
Dr. Jennifer Landin (Biological Sciences) Friday, October 23 at 9:30 a.m. Hunt Library, Teaching and Visualization Lab Dr. Jennifer Landin, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at NC State, is a biologist, illustrator and science educator. She will discuss biological illustration as a form of visualization and the challenges in teaching students to observe, investigate, create and share.
Dr. Matthew Booker (History) Friday, November 20 at 9:30 a.m. Hunt Library, Creativity Studio Dr. Matthew Booker, associate professor of history at NC State, will address the question, "What use is spatial visualization to historians?" With Dr. Michael Young in Computer Science, Dr. Booker coordinates the Visual Narrative cluster in the Chancellor's Faculty Excellence Program .

PAST PROGRAMS
Dr. Helena Mitasova, Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Friday, January 23 at 9:15 a.m. Hunt Library, Teaching & Visualization Lab Dr. Helena Mitasova is a professor in Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and a faculty fellow at the Center for Geospatial Analytics. She is a charter member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and a member of Open Source GRASS GIS project steering committee. She will talk about visualizing large geospatial data sets and modeling of dynamic landscape processes. The presentation will also include examples of open source GRASS GIS visualizations developed by students for their course projects using the Teaching and Visualization Lab and Tangeoms: Tangible geospatial modeling system.
Dr. Christopher Healey, Computer Science: Understanding Color for Data Visualization Friday, February 20 at 9:15 a.m. Hunt Library, Teaching & Visualization Lab Dr. Chris Healey's work harnesses visual perception to create visualization techniques supporting the rapid and effective exploration and analysis of large, complex datasets. "Colour is a familiar concept that we all recognize and use in our day-to-day lives. Understanding how colour 'works' is a much more fascinating problem, however, involving the physics of light, visual perception, language and culture, and context. This talk will touch on these issues by discussing them and demonstrating how they affect presenting data with colour. As a practical example, I will show how we used colour to visualize results from the recent 2014 U.S. elections."
Dr. Gary Lackmann, Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Friday, March 20 at 9:15 a.m. Hunt Library, Teaching & Visualization Lab Dr. Gary Lackmann is an atmospheric scientist at NC State who studies high-impact weather, climate change, and numerical atmospheric modeling. He will present visualizations that clarify the structure and workings of hurricanes, using Hurricane Katrina as an example.
Professor David Hill, Architecture Friday, April 17 at 9:15 a.m. Hunt Library, Teaching & Visualization Lab The Great Fire of London destroyed St. Paul's Cathedral in 1666. Nearly four centuries later, Professors John N. Wall (English) and David Hill (Architecture) have rebuilt it ”in virtual space. Wall, a John Donne scholar, wanted to hear the famed poet and dean of the cathedral deliver one of his most famous sermons in order to experience the event unfolding in real time in the context of an interactive and collaborative occasion. The Virtual Paul's Cross Project (VPCP) uses architectural modeling software and digital acoustic simulations to recreate the visual, spatial, and auditory experience of Donne's Gunpowder Day sermon delivered on November 5th, 1622. At this Coffee & Viz lecture, Prof. Hill will present the research and modeling process that created the virtual environment of London's pre-fire St. Paul's Cathedral. He will discuss how digital tools can simulate momentous events in spaces that have not existed for hundreds of years.