[nfais-l] ICSTI Workshop Hosted by Microsoft

[Bonnie Lawlor]

ICSTI Announces a one-A One-Day Workshop hosted by Microsoft.  NFAIS members
can Attend at ICSTI Member rates.

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WHERE: Microsoft Research, One Microsoft Way, Building 99, Redmond, WA
98502, USA

WHEN: February 8, 2011 (Tuesday): 9.00am to 5.30pm 

why attend: Multimedia and visualization tools and technology offer
tremendous opportunity for accelerating scientific discovery.  Where science
was once limited to text and two-dimensional graphs and charts for
communications purposes, multiple factors have contributed to a rise in the
use and availability of multimedia and visualization as tools to augment and
enhance more rapid uptake of science.  This workshop will feature
leading-edge innovations in science-oriented web multimedia, large-scale
data exploration and visualization, speech and object recognition, image
indexing and analysis, human/computer interaction and virtual environments,
among other topics.  Presentations will be made by technology, science, and
information professionals across the broad spectrum of academia, government,
business, and industry.

confirmed Speakers and Topics

Peter Tu, GE Global Research, "Video Analytics and its Application to
Science and Technology." 

 Behrooz Chitsaz, Microsoft Research, and Lorrie Apple Johnson, U.S.
Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information,
"ScienceCinema:  Multimedia Search and Retrieval in the Sciences."

 Wilmot Li, Adobe Systems, "Explaining Complex 3D Objects with Interactive
Illustrations."

. Tim Smith, CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research),
"Communications from the Particle Frontier."

Michael Ackerman, National Library of Medicine, "Interactive Multimedia
Scientific Publishing."

 Alexander Waibel, Carnegie Mellon University, "Speech Processing
Applications in Quaero (European Multimedia Search Engine)."

 Robert M. Hanson, St. Olaf College, "Delivering Interactive 3D Molecular
Structure - The Jmol Solution."

 Rafael Sidi, Elsevier, "The Impact of Visualization on Search and
Discovery"

Curtis Wong, Microsoft Research, "Telling Stories in the Cloud"

Peter Fox, Tetherless World Constellation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
"Semantics for Innovation in Visualization and Multimedia; Smarter
Information Science."

 Brett Brewer, Microsoft Live Labs.

 Mike Frame, U.S. Geological Survey, "Visualization and Indexing of
Ecological/Biological Data."

REGISTRATION  OPEN  FROM NOVEMBER 2, 2010

 Registration: Because seats are limited, advance registration is required.

The registration fee, which includes continental breakfast, lunch and
refreshment breaks, is $250/295 (before/after 5 January) for ICSTI members,
$300/395 (before/after 5 January) for non-members and $150/195 (before/after
5 January) for students. Members of ALPSP, NFAIS, GreyNet, and CENDI are
eligible for the member rate for this event, as are members of ICSU's
scientific unions and CODATA.

Check the ICSTI website URL http://www.icsti.org/ for updates, including
additional speakers, final program content and registration form.

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*************************************For more information, contact the
organizers Brian Hitson, US Department of Energy, hitsonb at osti.gov, Tony
Llewellyn, ICSTI Executive Director, aj.llewellyn at btinternet.com, or the
ICSTI Secretariat.

ICSTI Secretariat:
33, rue de Naples - 75008 Paris - France
Email :  <mailto:icsti at voila.fr> icsti at voila.fr
Tel: +33 (0)6 14 65 16 57

 <http://www.icsti.org/> 

 

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