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Registration is open for "Visualising the Universe"

Deadline for registration is noon on Wednesday 13 June

– Published 4 June 2018

Registration is now open for the DATA meeting on visualisation which will take place on Wednesday 20 June in the LUX building at Lund University. It will be a day filled with hands-on Virtual Reality demos, thought provoking presentations and intense discussions!

Please register by noon on Wednesday 13 June by following this link and clicking “Register”: www.eventbrite.com/e/visualising-the-universe-tickets-46604799209

You are encouraged to register as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Coffee and lunch will be provided!

Programme

Date: Wednesday 20 June, 2018

Venue: LUX building, Lund University (follow the signs)

09:00 - 10:00 Oscar Agertz & Mattias Wallergård: The marriage of Astrophysics and Interaction Design - using Virtual Reality technology in big data science.

10:00 - 11:30 Hands-on Virtual Reality (VR) demos + coffee.
        Questions to ponder include:
        Which possibilities do you envision with VR?
        What are the risks?
        How would you like to use VR?

11:30-12:30 Lunch + continued demonstrations

12:30-13:30 Panel and audience discussion
        Led by Mattias Wallergård, Oscar Agertz, Nicolo Dell'Unto, Henrik Garde and Shamit Soneji

13:30-14:30 Visualisation in outreach
        Vattenhallen Planeterium (Anna Annarsdottir)
        Wisdome Malmö (Mats Fastrup)

14:30-14:45 Coffee

14:45-15:05 Quick talks
        Mattias Wallergård: Future of VR
        Stefan Lindgren: TBA
        Florent Reanaud: Visulisations in astrophysics
        Diedrick C. Niehorster: Eye-tracking

15:05-15.15: Wrap-up