Pagrave-Macmillian has published a special issue of the Information Visualization journal on Foundation and Frontiers of Visual Analytics.

Guest Editors: Joe Kielman and Jim Thomas

Volume 8, Number 4, Winter 2009
http://palgrave-journals.com/ivs/

The VACCINE team gathered at Purdue University on November 9, 2009, to celebrate the official kick-off of this component of the new Command, Control and Interoperability Center of Excellence. Indiana Representatives Stephen Buyer and Mark Souder lent their voices in support of VACCINE and its mission. DHS officials Starnes Walker, Matthew Clark and Joe Kielman spoke at the event, emphasizing VACCINE’s research to reality goals.

Dr. Walker said the Center’s projects will help Homeland Security and emergency personnel prepare for, prevent and respond to terrorist attacks and other emergencies.

This and more news in the iVAC Newsletter of November 2009.

The 10th International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI2010) will be held in Rome, Italy, May 25-29, 2010. Started in 1992 in Rome, and held every two years in different Italian towns, the Conference brings together experts in different areas of computer science who have a common interest in the conception, design, and implementation of visual and, more generally, perceptual interfaces.

The new iVAC Newsletter for October ’09 has arrived!