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The Media Arts Project
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Speaker Information / BiosJump (alphabetical) David AbernathyThe Culture of Data Visualization and Understanding I: Visualizing Local GIS Data (Panel Discussion) Presenter: David Abernathy, PhD, Department of
Global Studies, Warren Wilson College This Panel Discussion, which will involve key local GIS professionals, will focus on how local GIS data is viewed for such topics as flood modeling, issues of scale, updated 3D visualizations of Buncombe County, downtown Asheville 3D visualizations, time-lapse of Asheville area nighttime lights, mapAsheville, and RENCI and natural hazard mitigation/planning efforts. Full Biography of David Abernathy [ Top ] Sunyoung Bae
Presenter: Dr. Sunyoung Bae — Dr. Sunyoung Bae is an environmental scientist and working as a Senior Research associate at the Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems in the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. The various interdisciplinary research opportunities make her link her chemistry to a variety of environmental engineering investigations. Her research activities have focused on a study of emission control, physicochemical interactions of dust particles to stabilize the emission source, amendment of dust suppressant using biomaterials, and human health risk assessment associated with pollution exposure and instrumental analyses of water, soil and air samples. She has co-authored several research articles and served as a co-guest editor for Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. She has taught the graduate school-level classes at University of North Carolina-Charlotte. [ Top ] Stewart Dickson
Multimedia Tools and Techniques for Visualization: Scientific
Visualization Production Structure Presenter: Stewart Dickson — Stewart Dickson received a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1981 and is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. Mr. Dickson has been a programmer of 3D Computer Graphics and Animation since 1984. His first film of 3D vector graphics was produced in 1983. He worked in Hollywood from 1998 to 1995. From 1996 to 2002, he was a Software Technical Director at Walt Disney Feature Animation in Burbank, CA. Since 1990, Stewart Dickson has been publishing lecturing and exhibiting sculpture from 3D computer mathematical visualization. Stewart Dickson was a Visualization Researcher at the Computer Science and Mathematics Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2002 to 2005. During this time, he was also a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Since 2005, he has been a research associate at the National Environmental
Modeling and Analysis Center and a principal scientific subject
matter expert in visualization, Graphics Department, Office of
the Director, NOAA National Climatic Data Center. He is also a
PhD student in Computer Science at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Full Biography of Stewart Dickson [ Top ] Greg Dobson
Presenter: Greg Dobson, GIS Research Associate,
National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center, University
of North Carolina Asheville. This Panel Discussion, which will involve key local GIS professionals,
will focus on how local GIS data is viewed for such topics as flood
modeling, issues of scale, updated 3D visualizations of Buncombe
County, downtown Asheville 3D visualizations, time-lapse of Asheville
area nighttime lights, mapAsheville, and RENCI and natural hazard
mitigation/planning efforts. [ Top ] Bob Dunn
Presenter: Bob Dunn, President of ESI Advisors. To see what is likely to matter 6-24 months from now, visualization-based
information analysis methods and tools driven by textual information
are needed to overcome severe limitations that exist for data-driven
analysis methods and tools that rely on historical and current
numeric information. [ Top ] Nathan Ebanks
Presenter: Nathan Ebanks — Nathan Ebanks is a web developer and multimedia artist with a focused emphasis on 3D visualization. In 2001, Nathan and Lynn Ebanks founded Stratos Digital, Inc. in Asheville, North Carolina to provide a range of services including web site design and 3D visualization/multimedia production. As the market for visualization has steadily grown, Stratos is finding unique market opportunities for visualization in web-based media, print design and animation. Stratos has created multimedia visualizations for the Defense, Manufacturing, Construction, Environmental Science, and Nanotechnology industries. Their work has been featured in magazine ads appearing in Defence Helicopter (UK), Aviation Week and Space Technology, Army Aviation, and Airborne Law Enforcement publications. (www.stratosdigital.com) [ Top ] Jim Fox
Presenter: James (Jim) Fox is a Research Associate and Director of Operations at NEMAC (National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center) at UNC Asheville. He is the Principal Investigator on two projects: 1) RENCI at UNC Asheville that is using visualization for disaster response and community planning, and 2) Eastern Forest Threat Center that is providing key technologies for making decisions regarding threats to our nation’s forests. [ Top ] Bryan Freeborn
Bryan Freeborn serves on Asheville’s City Council, where he promotes practical policies and advocates a sustainable future for Asheville. He has served on the city’s Transit Commission and has experience working with community members, institutions, and government agencies to address growth issues and develop solutions that are win-win opportunities for all parties. Bryan holds a BA in History from the Evergreen State College and attends Western Carolina University’s Masters in Public Affairs program. He also serves on the French Broad Metropolitan Planning Organization and is Chair of the Asheville Regional Airport Authority. [ Top ] David Knowles
Presenter: David Knowles, Director
of Economic Development at the Renaissance Computing Institute,
a collaborative venture of Duke University, North Carolina State
University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and
the State of North Carolina. RENCI’s mission and strategic direction in North Carolina includes key research and development projects, collaboration with state educational institutions, economic development organizations, and private firms. The RENCI engagement site at UNC Asheville/AB Tech will play a role in realizing the objectives of the HUB initiative. Full Biography of David Knowles [ Top ] Trevor Lohrbeer
Presenter: Trevor Lohrbeer, is CEO and Co-Founder of Lab Escape, Inc., a data visualization company based in Asheville, North Carolina. Lab Escape sells heat map visualization solutions that enable managers to make sense of the reams of business data stored in their spreadsheets and databases. Prior to Lab Escape, he was co-founder and CTO of True Peers, Inc., a social networking startup based in New Orleans, LA and prior to that he successfully ran SlamBook.com, a consumer home page add-on service, which he sold in July 1999. He has 16 years of IT experience including four years working in data visualization and nine years developing high-end dynamic web sites. [ Top ] Aidong Lu
Presenter: Dr. Aidong Lu — Dr. Aidong Lu is an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at UNC Charlotte. She received her degree from Purdue University. Her areas of interest are volume visualization, illustrative visualization, and applications. Dr. Lu has been named an Early Career Principal Investigator in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and High-Performance Networks by the U.S. Department of Energy. The principal goal of this program is to identify exceptionally talented applied mathematicians, computer scientists, and high-performance networks researchers early in their careers and assist and facilitate the development of their research programs. Dr. Lu heads the effort providing 3D visual analysis of multiple, time dependent pollutant fields for the Visual Grid project. [ Top ] Jason Mann
Presenter: Jason Mann is the GIS Coordinator
for the City of Asheville. This Panel discussion, which will involve
key local GIS professionals, will focus on how local GIS data is
viewed for such topics as flood modeling, issues of scale, updated
3D visualizations of Buncombe County, downtown Asheville 3D visualizations,
time-lapse of Asheville area nighttime lights, mapAsheville, and
RENCI and natural hazard mitigation/planning efforts. [ Top ] David McConville
Presenter: David McConville — David McConville
is a media artist and researcher specializing in the development
of dome-based display technologies. He is co-founder of The Elumenati
(www.elumenati.com),
a full service design and engineering firm specializing in the
development and deployment of immersive visualization environments
and experiences. The Elumenati provides systems integration, real-time
software design, immersive content research, custom fabrication,
and optical engineering for clientele ranging from art festivals
to space agencies. David is currently based in Asheville, North
Carolina, conducting independent research for the Planetary Collegium
(www.planetary-collegium.net). [ Top ] Carrie McDougallNOAA’s Outreach and Education Program Presenter: Dr. Carrie McDougall, NOAA Office of Education NOAA has embarked on an effort to create a comprehensive education program for the Agency. A large component of this program involves working with external partners to maximize the use of NOAA's data and data visualizations for the education community. Full Biography of Dr. Carrie McDougall [ Top ] Frank Niepold
Presenter: Frank Niepold, Climate Education Fellow at NOAA's Climate Program Office in Silver Spring Maryland and a GLOBE Program Master Trainer. As part of NOAA’s climate program efforts, climate scientists at NOAA strive to understand how short-term climate changes such as El Nino and long-term changes in climate such as global warming impact all of us. We will direct our efforts and actions toward delivering trusted, timely information services to those who need and can use them, while also a working to ensure that the public is sufficiently empowered to translate scientific information. Full Biography of Frank Niepold [ Top ] Mark Phillips
Presenter: Mark Phillips is an independent software developer, (Geometry Technologies, LLC) who focuses on visualization and the use of the web to convey scientific and technical information to a wide variety of audiences. Formerly a mathematics professor, from 1991 until 1998 he was a member of the staff of the Geometry Center, an NSF-funded research and technology center in Minneapolis; he served as manager of the technical staff there from 1996 until 1998. In 1998 he co-founded Geometry Technologies, Inc. which produced WebEQ, the first commercially available product for rendering mathematical equations in web pages. Since 1998 he has worked as a freelance consultant with projects involving mapping software and display and processing of meteorological data. [ Top ] Matt Raker
Presenter: Matthew Raker is a founding partner at TopFloorStudio, an Asheville-based interactive communications and web marketing firm. Stemming from a background in systems thinking and analysis, he works at a strategic level with clients to help them identify and develop communications opportunities to grow their business or further their mission. At TopFloorStudio, he also serves as the Creative Director of an excellent creative team with skills ranging from data visualization to web design to podcast production. He is a strong advocate for the appropriate economic development of Western North Carolina; his efforts in this area include serving on Asheville’s Sustainable Economic Development and Advisory Committee and working with numerous regional non-profits. Matthew graduated from the University of North Carolina Asheville with degrees in Economics and Natural Resources Management. (www.topfloorstudio.com) [ Top ] Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Presenter: Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Director of the Center for Visualization and Analytics Department of Computer Science NC State University and Director of the Renaissance Computing Institute's Engagement Facility at NC State University (RENCI@NCSU) Fostering creativity, visualization prototyping and peer-to-peer learning among multi-disciplinary research teams at RENCI/NCSU Engagement Facilities and the applied arena of transportation visualization through a collaboration with NC State University’s Institute for Transportation Research and Education. Full Biography of Theresa-Marie Rhyne [ Top ] Bill Ribarsky
Presenter: Dr. Bill Ribarsky, Bank of America Endowed Chair in Information Technology at UNC Charlotte, Founding director of the Charlotte Visualization Center Dr. Ribarsky has published 100 scholarly papers, book chapters, and books. He has received competitive research grants and contracts from NSF, ARL, ARO, DHS, ONR, EPA, AFOSR, DARPA, NASA, NIMA, and several companies. Full Biography of Dr. Bill Ribarsky [ Top ] Glenn Rutledge
Presenter: Glenn K. Rutledge is a Meteorologist and a Physical Scientist within the Remote Sensing and Applications Division at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Scientists, particularly Geo-scientists, Mathematicians, physicists, and astronomers require advanced visualizations to "see" complex concepts what in the past they could only imagine mentally. Advanced visualizations can provide them with far more detailed pictures to think with. Full Biography of Glenn Rutledge [ Top ] Mike Squires
Presenter: Mike Squires, National Climatic Data Center NCDC uses Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to visualize and analyze spatial data. NCDC has GIS applications on its web page to help users locate climatological data sets. Scientists at NCDC use GIS to analyze and create datasets as well as mapping results. One of the strengths of this technology is the ability to integrate environmental and demographic datasets to quantify climate's impact on society. NCDC is participating in efforts to make spatial data available in open-source formats to facilitate the greatest possible use of this information. [ Top ] Barry Wilkinson
Presenter: Barry Wilkinson Professor of Computer Science UNC Charlotte — Dr. Barry Wilkinson is a Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research interests are in Grid computing. He is the author of five textbooks, four of which are now in their 2nd editions including most recently Parallel Programming: Techniques and Application Using Networked Workstations and Parallel Computers 2nd ed., Prentice Hall (with M. Allen). His many papers have appeared in major computer journals. Dr. Wilkinson is currently the program director for the Computer Science MS program at UNC-Charlotte. He received his MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from Manchester University, England, in 1971 and 1974 respectively, and the BS degree in Electrical Engineering with first class honors from the University of Salford, England, in 1969. He has been a senior member of the IEEE since 1983. [ Top ] |
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Recognizing
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Closing
Speaker: Bryan Freeborn, Asheville City Council
Economic
Development and Local Opportunities Tied to Visualization
Visual
Grid as an Enabling Technology: An overview of what the Visual
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Development and Local Opportunities Tied to Visualization
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