Report: ‘Information Theory in Visualization’ Tutorial at Eurographics 2016

About two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be able to attend Eurographics for the first (hopefully not the last!) time. While in general, there are more graphics than visualization topics presented, there was one tutorial that was highly relevant to my medical visualization interests, and potentially also yours. On the 10th of May, there was an amazing tutorial on Information Theory in Visualization. I will provide a short summary of what went down there: Continue reading

Kai Lawonn wins the Eurographics PhD award 2016!

I’m reporting live from Eurographics 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal and I have got some exciting news for you! Since 2011, every year the Eurographics association awards the Best PhD Thesis Award to the theses with the highest quality and impact. The awarded researchers so far were mainly specialized in computer graphics and geometric modeling. Until now, that is, since this year, one of these highly prestigious award goes to…. Continue reading

Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine 2015

The Eurographics Association organizes a biannual competition to acknowledge the contribution that computer graphics is playing in the medical field, and to encourage further development. In 2010 the Eurographics Medical Prize was renamed to the Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine to honor Dirk Bartz who passed away far too early in March the same year. Dirk was a highly recognized and enthusiastic scientist, teacher and promoter of Visual Computing in Medicine, an active member of the Eurographics Association, and Chair of the EG Medical Prizes 2007 and 2009.

At this year’s Eurographics conference, the three winners of the Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine 2015 were announced. The three winning contributions were selected by an international program committee that was chaired by Hans Christian Hege and Timo Ropinski. Based on the reviews of this committee consisting of computer scientists and medical experts, the following ranking was established:

We would like to congratulate all winning teams!

Hugo Talbot receives the first prize from the EG Medical Prize Chairs at this year's EG Medical Prize ceremony.

Hugo Talbot (left) receives the first prize from the EG Medical Prize Chairs (Timo Ropinski centre, Hans Christian Hege right) at this year’s EG Medical Prize ceremony.

(News submitted by Prof. Timo Ropinski)