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[Rajhans Samdani <rsamdan2 AT illinois.edu>]

Hi all,

A gentle reminder of tomorrow's AIIS talk. Details follow.

Dr. Richard May, of the National Visualization and Analytics Center 
(http://nvac.pnl.gov/about.stm) is giving next week’s Artificial Intelligence 
and 
Information Systems (AIIS) seminar.
 
Friday, August 26, 10am (note morning talk time)
 
3405 Siebel Center
 
Title: Challenges and Directions in Visual Analytics
 
Abstract: Visual analytics brings together powerful data analytics 
capabilities and 
interactive visualizations to create analysis environments that address a 
wide range of 
analytical challenges.  Inherent in visual analytics are the concepts of 
large complex 
data and a “human in the loop”.  Many times these are competing needs since 
as 
data gets larger and more complex it can get more difficult to keep 
sufficient 
interaction for continuous human involvement.  This talk will look at many of 
the 
current research topics such as information fusion and signature development. 
 I will 
also discuss some of the key challenges that must be addressed as we continue 
to 
advance the state of visual analytics.  
 
Short Bio: Throughout his career, Dr. May has focused on designing new 
technologies 
and protocols to generate and interact with complex, massive data sets.  Over 
the 
course of his career, Dr. May has conducted research in video and image 
processing, 
information visualization, virtual and mixed reality, and visual analytics.  
In the early 
1990s, he transitioned his research from visualizing science to interacting 
with the 
visualizations, to better understand the complex nature of the problems being 
studied.  
This new focus led to research in both the logical and physical aspects of 
interacting 
with electronic information and eventually to looking at analytical processes 
and visual 
analytics.  As Director for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s 
National 
Visualization and Analytics Center (NVAC), Dr. May manages both research and 
development projects and the outreach programs to government, industry, and 
academia.  He develops opportunities to transfer technologies to meet the 
needs of a 
wide range of user communities including regional preparedness experts, 
national 
defense, and national security.


Rajhans Samdani,
Graduate Student,
Dept. of Computer Science,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.