N/X Welcome Visualization Needs for Counterterror and Intelligence Penn State, March 10-11, 2003

N/X 6  Network of Experts under the patronage of NATO RTO IST05/TG007  Welcome  Thank you for coming here.

Dinner, etc.

Dinner &c.  Dinner Menu in the agenda $23.00 Choices by 10:15 please  Art museum Rodin’s Gate of Hell wow  The Creamery Ben & Jerry learned here

TG-007 history  Working since 1994  Visualization in Massive Datasets  History that belies the number of years  Data visualization to knowledge discovery In several steps DV to Infovis & text vis to KD Massive to multimedia datasets Military to defence to ubiquitous application

N/X acts for [advises] the TG  A NATO patronage  After 9-11, NATO asked what the TG’s [of which we are one] could contribute to the effort.  This is intended in that spirit

Last year  Workshop at Halden, Norway  Set work and activity into motion  The syndicate reports have made an impact in the host nations’ programs  We selected among syndicates’ reports for the most significant for furtrher discussion.

Building from the Halden work  As models and seeds  Hope for development and elaboration Practical and theoretical

How this workshop will operate  Provocations/plenary reports to stimulate thought  Syndicates asked to build each from a previous report [from Halden]  Report back

Syndicates’ operation—

Syndicates’ operation  Designated moderator Charged to report back Wednesday pm  Deck  short discursive report in light of discussion.  For publication in Procs, barring restriction  Designated user representation A rep in your group, speaking for the major user community

Syndicates’ membership  Membership by self selection  I may balance for numbers  Choose the topic that interests you Presentatiions available to look at Sign-up sheets  Paper to read on each.

Syndicates’ topics  Information Visualisation: Counterterror Intelligence  Before  Personal Decision Support Aids: Special Operations  During  Data & Information Resource Discovery  After and ongoing  Information Taxonomy: Presentation, Selection, and Design  Ongoing