IEEE Visualization '96


VISUALIZATION '96 LATE BREAKING HOT TOPICS
(NEW THIS YEAR)



Come and be a part of the first Late Breaking Hot Topics Sessions during the Visualization '96 Conference. Presentations of late breaking results, works in progress, innovative ideas, and applications of visualization will be given. These shorter talks allow for lively interaction. The sessions will be held Wednesday and Thursday from 4:00 - 6:00 P.M.

Wednesday, October 30
4:00	-	6:00		Hot Topics Session 1:
				(1)	The Continuously Zoomed Web - a Graphical Navigation
					Aid for WWW,
					Gerald Collaud, Simon Fraser University
					John Dill, Simon Fraser University
					Christopher V Jones, University of Washington
					Paul Tan, Simon Fraser University
				(2)	`Circle Segments': A Technique for Visually Exploring Large
					Multidimensional Data Sets
					Mihael Ankerst, University of Munich Institute for Computer Science
					Dr. Daniel A. Keim, University of Munich Institute for Computer Science
				(3)	An Experimental Comparison of 3D Display Modes
					Sabine Volbracht, Dept. of Computer Science, Univerity of Paderborn
					Gitta Domik, Dept. of Computer Science, Univerity of Paderborn
					K. Shahrbabaki, SAP AG Walldorf, Germany
					Gregor Fels, Dept. of Organic Chemistry, Univerity of Paderborn
				(4)	X-Ray Casting: Fast Volume Visualization Using 2D Texture
					Mapping Techniques
					Youngser Park, The George Washington University Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
					Robert W. Lindeman, The George Washington University Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
					James K. Hahn, The George Washington University Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
				(5)	Steering Image Generation With Wavelet Based Perceptual
					Metric
					Raghu K. Machiraju, The Ohio State University, Computer and Information Science
					Ajeet K. Gaddipatti, The Ohio State University, Biomedical Engineering
					Roni Yagel, The Ohio State University, Computer and Information Science
				(6)	Simple camera dependent approximation of terrain surfaces
					for fast visualization and animation
					Reinhard Klein, Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut GRIS, Universitat Tuebigen Germany
					Tobias Huettner Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut GRIS, Universitat Tuebigen, Germany
Thursday, October 31
4:00	-	6:00		Hot Topics Session 2:
				(1)	Auditory Bread Crumbs for Navigating Volumetric Data
					Rachael B. Brady, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
					Robin Bargar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
					Insook Choi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, NCSA
					Joseph Reitzer, University of Illinois at Chicago, Electronic Visualization Laboratory
				(2)	Visualizing Expressive Movement in Music
					Adam M. Wood-Gaines, Simon Fraser University, School of Computing Science
					F. David Fracchia, Simon Fraser University, School of Computing Science
					Tom W. Calvert, Simon Fraser University, School of Computing Science
				(3)	Visualizing the Cooperative Feeding Behaviour of Alaskan
					Humpback Whales
					David J. Cowperthwaite, Simon Fraser University, School of Computing Science
					Michael Coyle, Simon Fraser University
					Darius Garncarz, Simon Fraser University
					Fred Sharpe, Simon Fraser University, Biology
					F. David Fracchia, Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University, School of Computing Science
					Larry M. Dill, Simon Fraser University, Biology
				(4)	Parallel Coordinates: A Guide for the Perplexed
					Alfred Inselberg, Professor, Tel Aviv Univ. & MDG Ltd, ISREAL
				(5)	Visualizing Multi-Dimensional Polytopes in Parallel Coordinates
					Avijit Chatterjee, IBM Research
				(6)	The Topology of Three-Dimensional Symmetric Tensor Fields
					Yingmei Lavin, Stanford University, Physics Department
					Yuval Levy, Stanford University, Aeronautics and Astronautics
					Lambertus Hesselink, Stanford University, Electrical Engineering