NIH/NSF Fall 2004 Workshop on
Visualization Research Challenges

September 22-23, 2004
Lister Hill Auditorium, Building 38A, NIH

September 22nd, 2004

Session: State of the Field

8:30- Welcome - Yoo, Moorhead, Pfister
8:45- Volume Visualization Retrospection and Prospects - Kaufman
9:15- State of MedVis - Lorensen
9:45- State of InfoVis - Munzner
10:15- State of Cognition/Perception in Vis - Ware
10:45- Breakout plan: Leading questions for debate - Moorhead
11:00- Break -
11:15- Breakout - Major accomplishments for Vis - State of the Field
Break by area, Moderator, Observer/recorder:
InfoVis, Munzner, Pfister
SciVis, Kaufman, Moorhead
MedVis, Lorensen, Johnson
Cognition/Perception, Ware, Rheingans

12:15- Lunch

Session: Challenging Application Areas

1:30- Introduction - Johnson
1:45- Cell Modeling and Simulation - Les Loew, UConn
2:15- Visualization for Public Heath Surveillance - Wayne Loschen, JHU APL
2:45- Break -
3:00- Astrophysics - Alyssa Goodman, Harvard/Smithsonian Astrophysics
3:30- Breakout plan: Leading questions for debate - Johnson
3:45- Breakout - Plenary Debate/panel discussion
Moderator: Yoo

Position session

4:30 - 2 minute position-paper presentation
What are the grand research challenges for the discipline? - Pfister et al.
6:30- Recess

September 23rd, 2004

Session: Visual Approaches

9:00- Welcome - Pfister
9:15- Visual Communication Design Principles - Felice Frankel, MIT
10:00- Making the World Legible - Patrick Lynch, Yale School of Medicine
10:45- Break -
11:00- Breakout plan: Leading questions for debate - Pfister
11:15- Breakout - Debate/panel discussion
Moderator: Yoo

12:00- Lunch

1:00- Breakout Grand Challenges: Leading questions for debate - Johnson
1:15- Breakout - Develop Challenges/Convene Plenary


1:15- Breakout - Develop Challenges - Big questions
Moderator: Yoo
2:30- Break -
3:00- Convene plenary - review outline/points from last breakout
3:30- Adjourn