I have submitted a paper to this conference at Exeter University in June. These are the details of the conference - http://www.pccat.ex.ac.uk/ -
"Home Page
Welcome to the website of the second Postgraduate Conference for Computing: Applications and Theory (PCCAT 2011). Following the great success of PCCAT 2010, we are pleased to announce that the University of Exeter will host PCCAT on 8th June 2011.
PCCAT 2010 proved a great success, both in terms of networking and introducing the vital world of conferencing to postgraduate students.
We are inviting the submission of abstracts, which if accepted will be extended into either a short paper or a poster for presentation on the day. More details can be found on the Submissions Page
In the new year, we will be inviting interested parties to join the paper review panel, which will be responsible for reviewing and providing feedback for short papers. If this is something you feel you would be interested in, please contact us (details of how to contact the committee are here
We hope to see you at PCCAT 2011, and look forward to hearing from you.
Max Dupenois and David Walker
(PCCAT 2011 Programme Chairs)"
This is my Abstract for the paper -
"Abstract: This paper is about potential to provide an interactive visual taxonomy management system. It has been and is part of efforts to structure, manage, and enable understanding of complex engineering, business and/or scientific information to enable those involved to collaborate using a systems approach. The aim and objectives are to close the link between requirements gathering and end-user modellers. The main subject will be editing and display of product data structures (already implemented), business process modelling, and discussion of possible application to phylogenic/phylogenetic (biology taxonomy) knowledge. Modelling in all these areas could make possible new insights. This approach could also be used for public understanding work and visualisation, e-science, and information management. The aim is to apply novel end-user programming research to enable the editing, management, and representation of anything tree/taxonomy based by uniting the software taxonomy structure with the taxonomy structure of the domain to be modelled and visualised, and using Semantic Web technologies to link this with overall ontologies then to end-users for visualisation.
The purpose of this work is to ease management of development use, and re-use of software and make this a continuous integrated process.
To achieve the above aim what is necessary is to establish or link to a computing infrastructure for representation of complex, engineering, business, and scientific information. This kind of Computer Science/Software Engineering research allows for bringing together related fields of Semantic Web and ontology/taxonomy management, end-user programming, and visualisation and interaction with complex information. Then management of software development with and for such professionals can be eased and all be involved via the web.
Further, the structure and accessibility of Semantic Web technologies may also assist with broadening this approach to accessibility for people with various disabilities, and also for environmental modelling."
Showing posts with label Biology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biology. Show all posts
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Abstract and Poster - BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council) Workshop
BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council) Workshop - 16th and 17th November 2010 - Abstract and Poster - Requirements for Phylogenetic Tree Visualisation - A User Driven Approach - Authors: Peter Hale, Tony Solomonides, Ian Beeson, Neil Willey, Karen Bultitude, Darren Reynolds
Abstract: This poster presentation is about potential to provide an interactive visual taxonomy management system. It will be part of our efforts to structure, manage, and enable understanding of complex scientific information to enable scientists to collaborate using a systems approach. The main subject will be editing and display of phylogenic/phylogenetic knowledge, this could make possible new insights. The project will build on the knowledge of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences (FHLS) in this biological field, the FHLS Science Communication Unit’s excellent public understanding work and the visualisation, e-science, and information management abilities of the Centre for Complex Cooperative Systems (CCCS) The CCCS team will apply novel end-user programming research to enable the editing, management and representation of biological and environmental information including phylogenetic trees.
UWE has established a computing infrastructure for representation of complex scientific information, has in depth experience in applied scientific research, and on public understanding of science outreach. UWE Computer Science research allows for bringing together related fields of Semantic Web and ontology/taxonomy management, end-user programming, and visualisation and interaction with complex information.
Although web based taxonomies already exist, there are still opportunities to improve the visualisation and interactivity capabilities of taxonomy representation. In addition, Semantic Web techniques can enable automated structuring and management of information.
This research in management, structuring, and visualisation of information will enable visualisation of complex e-science problems to assist in enabling understanding of them, and the CCCS centre has many years of experience in gathering and enabling representations of such problems. This will enable the UWE Science Communication Unit to manage a process of making information managed in this project public. The main scientific information will be based on the work of experienced Faculty of Applied Science (FAS) researchers in Biology and Environmental Sciences. These staff have many years of research experience and much research data to make publicly available, such as phylogenetic information. The taxonomy management system will enable the use of such information and a methodology for its representation and contextualisation in varied interactive ways, according to what is most useful for particular people and types of information. This could be applied to the field of phylogenetic systematic in order to combine biological and environmental approaches and solutions.
UWE has used this technology and approach to visualise engineering product data structures and processes, but there is no reason why this strategy could not be applied to visualisation of phylogenetic taxonomy structures and to the debate on how to classify life forms which is an ontology matter. The use of visualisation via end-user HCI advances and the Semantic Web can widen this debate.
Poster - https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0Bx_KguSfl6vSZDM2ZGY3ZjMtOTNlZi00YmJjLWI2MWItODJjNWRmYmVmNzNh&hl=en.
Abstract: This poster presentation is about potential to provide an interactive visual taxonomy management system. It will be part of our efforts to structure, manage, and enable understanding of complex scientific information to enable scientists to collaborate using a systems approach. The main subject will be editing and display of phylogenic/phylogenetic knowledge, this could make possible new insights. The project will build on the knowledge of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences (FHLS) in this biological field, the FHLS Science Communication Unit’s excellent public understanding work and the visualisation, e-science, and information management abilities of the Centre for Complex Cooperative Systems (CCCS) The CCCS team will apply novel end-user programming research to enable the editing, management and representation of biological and environmental information including phylogenetic trees.
UWE has established a computing infrastructure for representation of complex scientific information, has in depth experience in applied scientific research, and on public understanding of science outreach. UWE Computer Science research allows for bringing together related fields of Semantic Web and ontology/taxonomy management, end-user programming, and visualisation and interaction with complex information.
Although web based taxonomies already exist, there are still opportunities to improve the visualisation and interactivity capabilities of taxonomy representation. In addition, Semantic Web techniques can enable automated structuring and management of information.
This research in management, structuring, and visualisation of information will enable visualisation of complex e-science problems to assist in enabling understanding of them, and the CCCS centre has many years of experience in gathering and enabling representations of such problems. This will enable the UWE Science Communication Unit to manage a process of making information managed in this project public. The main scientific information will be based on the work of experienced Faculty of Applied Science (FAS) researchers in Biology and Environmental Sciences. These staff have many years of research experience and much research data to make publicly available, such as phylogenetic information. The taxonomy management system will enable the use of such information and a methodology for its representation and contextualisation in varied interactive ways, according to what is most useful for particular people and types of information. This could be applied to the field of phylogenetic systematic in order to combine biological and environmental approaches and solutions.
UWE has used this technology and approach to visualise engineering product data structures and processes, but there is no reason why this strategy could not be applied to visualisation of phylogenetic taxonomy structures and to the debate on how to classify life forms which is an ontology matter. The use of visualisation via end-user HCI advances and the Semantic Web can widen this debate.
Poster - https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0Bx_KguSfl6vSZDM2ZGY3ZjMtOTNlZi00YmJjLWI2MWItODJjNWRmYmVmNzNh&hl=en.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Research intelligence - Damming the 'data deluge'
This is an article in the Times Higher Education about an interesting workshop that I'll be attending -
Research intelligence - Damming the 'data deluge'
7 October 2010
By Neha Popat
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=413722&c=2
"A workshop aims to bring design to bear on increasingly complex scientific information. Neha Popat reports
Rapid advances in the technology and methods used in research have undoubtedly yielded great benefits for scientists and society at large.
But the new techniques have also resulted in a surge in both the volume and complexity of the information researchers are expected to analyse.
The challenges of coping with this "data deluge" have been recognised by the UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. They are working in tandem to address the lack of "visualisation" techniques available to present biological data in a user-friendly way.
David McAllister, the strategy and policy manager at the BBSRC, said visualisation was not just about how information is presented on web pages or other electronic media.
"Rather, it is about how researchers can handle and present their data in ways in which new and better analyses can take place. For example, spreadsheets are a good way to store large amounts of numerical data, but are less good as tools for spotting a particular pattern or trend," he said.
To examine the problem, a workshop to be held jointly by the two research councils next month, titled The Challenges of Visualising Biological Data, will bring biologists together with researchers in other disciplines to discuss the difficulties they face and provide insights into how large and complex datasets can be 'fully exploited'."
I'm looking forward to it and designing a poster for it. It's 16th and 17th November invitation only due to numbers, but I hope to link to whatever is put online.
Peter Hale
Research intelligence - Damming the 'data deluge'
7 October 2010
By Neha Popat
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=413722&c=2
"A workshop aims to bring design to bear on increasingly complex scientific information. Neha Popat reports
Rapid advances in the technology and methods used in research have undoubtedly yielded great benefits for scientists and society at large.
But the new techniques have also resulted in a surge in both the volume and complexity of the information researchers are expected to analyse.
The challenges of coping with this "data deluge" have been recognised by the UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. They are working in tandem to address the lack of "visualisation" techniques available to present biological data in a user-friendly way.
David McAllister, the strategy and policy manager at the BBSRC, said visualisation was not just about how information is presented on web pages or other electronic media.
"Rather, it is about how researchers can handle and present their data in ways in which new and better analyses can take place. For example, spreadsheets are a good way to store large amounts of numerical data, but are less good as tools for spotting a particular pattern or trend," he said.
To examine the problem, a workshop to be held jointly by the two research councils next month, titled The Challenges of Visualising Biological Data, will bring biologists together with researchers in other disciplines to discuss the difficulties they face and provide insights into how large and complex datasets can be 'fully exploited'."
I'm looking forward to it and designing a poster for it. It's 16th and 17th November invitation only due to numbers, but I hope to link to whatever is put online.
Peter Hale
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