Funding Cycles Visualization Is Thinking

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Funding CyclesVisualization Is Thinking

• William J Schroeder
• Kitware, Inc.
• 28 Corporate Drive Suite 204
• Clifton Park, NY 12065
• will.schroeder_at_kitware.com

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Follow The Data

• We are the tail on the (data) dog!?
• An extension of the thinking process
• An extension of the design process
• An extension of the search process
• An extension of the perceptual process
• An extension of the communication process

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Does the Dog Chase the Tail or the Tail Chase the
Dog?

• Can we turn this around?
• Extend the thinking process
• Extend the design process
• Extend the search process
• Extend the perceptual process
• Extend communication capabilities

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Funding Cycles

• Todays reality Research wants to be
• Driven by a problem
• Requires interdisciplinary teams
• Needs marketing (dissemination)

Opportunity
W. Schroeder, Kitware
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Successful Projects

• Identify compelling problems
• Grand challenges
• Build interdisciplinary teams
• Domain experts
• Basic research
• Engineering / applications / customers
• Communication
• Dissemination
• Communication (intra- and extra- mural)
• Training / outreach
• Example NIH NCBC NA-MIC (na-mic.org)

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Key Points

• Funding agencies must realize
• Visualization is central pillar of the discovery
  / thinking process
• Teams must include core visualization capability
• Need open-access to data