UK AVS+UNIRAS USER GROUP

Annual Meeting
8-9 November 1999
The University of Birmingham

Conference Programme

Monday 8th November

10:00	Coffee and Registration
10:55	Opening Remarks John Blair-Fish (UAUUG Chair); Ralph Raby (UAUUG'99 Programme Chair)
11:00	"Web-Based Remote Visualization Using AVS/Express" (abstract) (biography) (Powerpoint presentation). Matt Cooper, Manchester Visualization Centre, Univ. of Manchester.
11:30	"Announcing OpenViz: AVS' new COM and Java Graphics Components" (abstract). Peter Kelly, Advanced Visual Systems (UK).
12:00	"AVS Product Upgrades and Releases: Toolmaster V7.1, Gsharp V3.1, AVS/Express V4.2/V5.0, AVS V5.5" (abstract). Roger Fleuty, Advanced Visual Systems (UK).
12:30	"On-line Presentation of Wind-Tunnel Data" (abstract) (biography) (Powerpoint presentation). Wiekie Kollen, The German-Dutch Wind Tunnels Organisation, The Netherlands.
13:00	Lunch
14:00	"Using AVS/Express in an Introductory Computer Graphics Course" (abstract) (biography) (Powerpoint presentation) (MS-Word paper). Arline Wilson, Dept. of Computing Science, University of Wolverhampton.
14:30	"The Analysis and Mapping of the National Soil Inventory" (abstract) (biography). Margaret Oliver & Zoe Frogbrooke, Dept. of Soil Science, University of Reading.
15:00	"Using AVS to Investigate Plant Growth" (abstract) (biography) (Powerpoint presentation). Rob Fletcher, Computing Services, University of York.
15:30	"Gsharp and the PC" (abstract) (biography). John Stringer, AVS
16:00	Tea & Demonstrations
16:30	"Using Toolmaster for Graphics in Seismic Oil Exploration" (abstract) (biography) (Powerpoint presentation). Stuart Merrylees, Robertson Research International Ltd.
17:00	Group discussion
17:15	"News from the International AVS Centre" Andrew Dodd, International AVS Consortium/Manchester Visualization Centre (abstract) (biography) (Powerpoint presentation).
17:30	Annual General Meeting of the UK AVS+UNIRAS User Group (agenda). To include "Elections to the UAUUG Executive Committee for 1998-1999". Please submit nominations to UAUUG Chair: John Blair-Fish [jabf@ucs.ed.ac.uk]
18:00	Close - bar open!
20:00	Dinner (wine provided by courtesy of AVS)

Tuesday 9th November

09:30	"Visualisation and Computational Steering for Mesoscale Modelling of Amphpiphilic Fluids" (abstract) (biography). Peter Love, Dept. of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University.
10:00	"Use of AVS to Visualise and Interpret Macromolecular Structures" (abstract) (biography). Ed Morris, Dept. of Biochemistry, Imperial College, London.
10:30	"Transient Streamlines for Flow Visualisation with Magnetic Resonance Velocity Imaging" (abstract) (biography). Guang-Zhong Yang, Department of Computing, Imperial College, London
11:00	Coffee
11:30	"International AVS/Express Projects and Research Directions" (abstract). Ian Curington, Director, Technical Marketing, Advanced Visual Systems Ltd.
12:30	Group discussion
12:45	Lunch
14:00	"Modelling of Temperature Within the Neonatal Head Subjected to Transcranial Conductive Cooling" (abstract) (biography) (Powerpoint presentation). Jeff Hand, Department of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine (Hammersmith Campus), London.
14:30	Best Talk Ballot Collection - see programme notes below.
14:40	"Results and Experiences from AVS' EC Projects" (abstract) (biography). Mikael Jern, AVS/UNIRAS Denmark.
15:40	Tea & Best Talk Presentation.
16:00	Close

Programme Notes

Delegate packs will be provided containing attendance list, programme of talks and other useful information. There will also be a feedback/best talk form which you should use to make your vote for the best talk (non-AVS staff) which will be awarded a prize. You probably ought to mostly complete this form by Tuesday lunchtime and then make your vote for the best talk at the ballot collection time of 14:30.

Ralph Raby, Imperial College, London.
uAUug Programme Chair 1999