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The SAMSI-FODAVA Workshop on Interactive Visualization and Analysis of Massive Data will be held on December 10-12, 2012.
Posted: October 02, 2012
The FODAVA Annual Meeting will immediately follow (Dec 12-13) the SAMSI/FODAVA joint workshop at the same location.
Posted: September 05, 2012
Many of the modern data sets such as text and image data can be represented in high-dimensional vector spaces and have benefited from computational methods that utilize advanced techniques from num
Posted: June 30, 2012

Distinguished Lecture Series

The FODAVA Distinguished Lecture Series provides a forum for leaders in the Data and Visual Analytics community to articulate vision in data and visual analytics related research, education, and applications.

December 7, 2012

Professor Tamara Munzner [Abstract/Bio] (Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, IMAGER Graphics, Visualization and HCI group), "Dimensionality Reduction From Several Angles" 2:00 PM EST, KLAUS; Room 2447. [pdf]

February 25, 2011

Professor Pat Hanrahan [Abstract/Bio] (CANON Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University), "The Semiology of Graphics and Interactive Data Analysis: The Impact of Jacques Bertin on Information Visualization and Visual Analytics" 11:00 AM EST, Nanotechnology Research Center Marcus Building; Room 1117.

April 16, 2010

Jim Thomas [Abstract/Bio] (Founding Director and Science Advisor to National Visualization and Analytics Center, AAAS Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Fellow), "3I’s of Visual Analytics for FODAVA Teams: Interdisciplinary, International, and Immediacy" 2:00 PM EST, 2443 Klaus Advanced Computing Building. [ppt]

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April 2, 2010

Leland Wilkinson [Abstract/Bio] (Executive VP, Systat Software Inc.; Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago; Adjunct Professor of Statistics, Northwestern University), "The Mathematical Foundation of Analytic Visualizations" 2:00 PM EST, 2443 Klaus Advanced Computing Building. [pdf]

February 26, 2010

William Ribarsky [Abstract/Bio] (Bank of America Endowed Chair in Information Technology at UNC Charlotte), "Developing a Visual Analytics Approach to Analytic Problem-Solving" 2:00 PM EST, 2447 Klaus Advanced Computing Building. [pdf]

April 24, 2009

Alan Turner [Abstract/Bio] (US Government), "Mathematical Foundations as a Key Enabler of Agile Human Performance in Visual Analytics Environments" 2:00 PM EST, 2447 Klaus Advanced Computing Building. [pdf]

March 27, 2009

William S. Cleveland [Abstract/Bio] (Shanti S. Gupta Professor of Statistics and Professor of Computer Science, Purdue University), "The Disappearing Second Derivative of Quadratics: Perceptual, Mathematical, and Statistical Properties of Judging Dependence on Visual Displays" 2:00 PM EST, 2447 Klaus Advanced Computing Building. [pptx]

February 27, 2009

Joseph Kielman [Abstract/Bio] (Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security), "Visual Analytics - Past, Present, and Future" 2:00 EST PM, 2447 Klaus Advanced Computing Building. [pdf]

January 16, 2009

Alexey Chervonenkis [Abstract/Bio] (Russian Academy of Science and Royal Holloway University of London), "Model Complexity Optimization"1:00 PM EST, 2447 Klaus Advanced Computing Building.

January 16, 2009

Vladimir Vapnik [Abstract/Bio] (NEC Laboratories, Columbia University, and Royal Holloway University of London), "Learning with Teacher: Learning Using Hidden Information" 2:00 PM EST, 2447 Klaus Advanced Computing Building. [pdf]