3rd High End Visualization Workshop

        Open issues in visualization with special concentration on
    Astrophysics, Numerical Relativity and High Performance Computing

                http://astro.uibk.ac.at/vizworkshop2006/


                        This year's featuring:
Public Relations and Public Outreach of Scientific Visualization


                  1st Call for Participation
            Please forward to anyone interested.



Arrival day:            24. April 2006
Date:                   25. - 28. April 2006
Location:               Obergurgl University Center (Innsbruck, Austria)
                        http://obergurgl.uibk.ac.at/

Organization Committee:
        Werner Benger, CCT
        Susanne Milde, Milde Marketing Science Communication
        Wolfgang Kapferer, UIBK
        John Shalf, LBL
        Manuel Tiglio, CCT
        Erik Schnetter, CCT

The organisers can be reached at  <obergurgl-organisers@cct.lsu.edu>



With the increasing establishment of computational sciences as new
emerging field filling the gap between experimental and theoretical
physics, the importance of scientific visualization for interpretation
and study of numerical data is without question. But even beyond use
in a purely scientific context, the potential and demand for purposes
of public outreach is high. We intend to discuss the issues as to why
scientists might be interested on visualizations that do not directly
advance their own science, but serve to bring their field out of the
ivory tower to the general public. Is this overhead worth the effort
or shall a scientist rather stay on his own very focus? What are the
demands from journalists and educationalists?  What about the science
in visualization itself?  Would the public even appreciate
scientifically correct visualizations or rather accept anything which
looks "cool"?  What resources can we find to transform and enhance
scientific content into a pedagogically appropriate presentation?  We
intend to discuss these provocative questions in an informal,
inspiring atmosphere.

This workshop is inter-disciplinary by nature, and as every year we
also encourage contributions that are outside the focus topic.

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Tentative Invited Speakers:

Donna Cox, Professor for Computer Arts at the University of Illinois,
        Director Visualization and Experimental Technologies
        National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA),
        Champaign, Illinois

John Shalf, Visualization Specialist, Lawrence Berkeley Lab (LBL),
        California

Bernard Schutz, Director of Max-Planck Institute for Gravitational
        Physics (Albert-Einstein Institute AEI), Potsdam, Germany

Edward Seidel, Director of Center for Computation & Technology at
        Louisiana State University (CCT), Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Sabine Schindler,
        Director of Institute for Astrophysics
        University of Innsbruck (UIBK)

Frank Summers, Astronomer & Visualization Specialist at the Space Telescope Science
        Institute, Baltimore, Maryland

Andrew Hamilton, Professor for Astrophysics at University of Colorado

Stacey L. Simmons, Assistant Director for Strategic Advancement
        Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University


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If you intend to give a presentation, please send title and abstract
until February 28th, 2006, to

        obergurgl-organisers@cct.lsu.edu