Putting Visualization on the Web Looking around the web, there are lots of pretty pictures, but very little visualization. Why is that? What is holding us back? And what can we do about it? The workshop Putting Visualization on the Web will be held at VisWeek 2009 (Atlantic City, NJ, October 11-16). It will allow you to discuss these (and other) questions, offer some directions, and hopefully provide answers that will lead to a more lively and interesting online visualization landscape. Whether you have a blog or website, don't have a blog or website, plan on starting one, are afraid of starting one, or think this whole web thing is just a fad – we want to hear from you! Blogging in academia is still a problem. How much do you want to talk about your current research? How do you even start a blog and don't get frustrated when nobody reads it for the first few months? How do you find the time to do it? What is the value of getting the word out about your research? Will it hurt or help your tenure case? We are looking for one-page position statements that tell us about your experiences, provide ideas, or simply raise questions. These are meant to be the starting points for the discussion at the workshop, so we do not expect you to have everything figured out – quite the opposite, actually. If you care about the questions above (or related ones), submit a position statement! If you have ideas or solutions, submit one! This promises to be a highly interesting and engaging workshop, and we hope to spur a wave of new visualization websites. For more information and to submit your position paper, see: http://eagereyes.org/viswebworkshop.html Robert Kosara (eagereyes.org) Nathan Yau (FlowingData.com) Andrew Vande Moere (infosthetics.com)
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