WPI's Office of Continuing Education Presents
A 1-Day Tutorial
May 15, 1996
WPI Campus (Worcester, MA)
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Seminar Leader: Dr. Matthew O. Ward
Visualization has long been a powerful tool for the analysis of data sets, either as a means of communicating results of data gathering/processing or as a precursor to focussed quantitative analysis. Familiar examples include histograms, plots, graphs, maps, images, surfaces, and volumes. By harnessing the perceptual abilities of the human vision system we are often able to rapidly obtain insights into the data characteristics (e.g. relationships, patterns, anomalies, trends, clusters).
In this seminar, you will obtain a firm understanding of the basic principles and techniques of data visualization and learn how visualization can be used to support your data analysis/presentation activities. In addition, you will get hands-on experience using the IBM Visualization Data Explorer (TM) and XmdvTool software packages. A wide variety of data sets will be available for visual exploration during this component of the seminar, and you are encouraged to provide (prior to the day of the seminar) examples of your own typical data sets for importing and visualizing using appropriate techniques.
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About the Seminar Leader: Dr. Matthew O. Ward is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he has been teaching courses in computer graphics for ten years. Matt's research interests include multivariate data visualization and spatial data analysis, presentation, and management. For further information, contact Dr. Ward electronically at matt@cs.wpi.edu or by phone at 508-831-5671.
Fee: $350
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To Register: Submit the following information with payment to the Office of Continuing Education, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280, call 508-831-5517 or fax to 508-831-5694. Enrollment is limited! Register early!
Name:___________________________________________________________________ Title:__________________________________________________________________ Organization:___________________________________________________________ Address:________________________________________________________________ Phone:____________________________ Fax:______________________________ E-mail:___________________________ Method of Payment: ___Check (made payable to WPI) ___Visa ___Mastercard ___Discover Name on card:___________________________________________________________ Card number:____________________________________________________________ Expiration date:_____________
Matthew O. Ward (matt@cs.wpi.edu)