thank you for your contribute in the discussion and the information about the Melbourne Symposium.
Simulation - in visualizations, models - has a pivotal role in sciences, and requires an interdisciplinary work.
Best,
Pier Luigi
Il giorno 22/gen/2010, alle ore 15.57, roger malina ha scritto:
> forwarded for vicky sowry
>
> hanks Pier for a stimulating (simulating?) discussion so far!
>
> Your comments about visualisation bring to mind Dolores Steinman's paper at
> the Super Human symposium held in Melbourne in November 09 (and indeed Tami
> Spector's keynote as well..)
>
> Dolores' abstract sums it up:
> New Visual Paradigms in Medical Representations of the Body
> Medical visual representations, including computer-generated simulations,
> are placed pivotally at the juncture of science, medicine, visual
> representations and society. Our own research focuses on elucidating the
> role of complex fluid mechanical forces in cardiovascular disease. Blood
> flow visualization is a combination of medical imaging and computer
> simulation to augment the clinician¹s ability to examine and study. Due to
> unprecedented abilities of explorations into the body and broad cultural
> implications, our research requires finer visual models. Our own results are
> based on established stylistic conventions, which is why we seek a fresh
> approach through crosspollination, through direct collaborations with
> artists, as well as incorporating advances in aesthetic and cognitive
> visualization research as part of a multidisciplinary initiative bringing
> together ideas and people from diverse fields and with various backgrounds.
>
> Hopefully we'll have podcasts available before the end of the month at
> *www.superhuman.org.au*
>
>
> Cheers
> Vicki
> Sowry
>
> <Vicki Sowry <ars@anat.org.au
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