Visualization: Transforming Communities and Practice: Gordon Research Conference, Workshops, and Mini-Grants to Advance Visualization Research in Science & Education

戈登科学和教育可视化研究会议(GRC)是来自各种学科的活跃研究人员的主要会议，包括科学可视化、可视化在教育中的应用、可视化设计、虚拟现实、认知研究等。该会议提供了一个框架，可以围绕支持科学研究和科学教育的关键跨学科领域交流思想和建立一个不断扩大的社区。这一分三个阶段的项目是在1994年戈登科学和教育可视化研究会议跨学科团体以前会议和活动的基础上进行的。第一阶段包括三个会前讲习班(关于新媒体的设计原则、评估可视化：设计与实效、利用基于网络的工具打造创意社区)和一个新的互动科学--VIZ网站，向社区过去和未来的成员提供关于会前讲习班和会议本身的信息，并使其参与进来，作为传播和设计2013年会议的组织工具。第二阶段(会议本身)遵循传统的GRC格式，于2011年7月在科比大学举行(见http://bit.ly/grc-viz-2011).第三阶段包括通过小额赠款支持的协作努力、会议后活动，其中包括一次会议，以编制一份关于可视化全球资源中心会议系列8次会议的成果和经验教训的后续报告，以及使更广泛的社区参与正在进行的报告修订的后续在线活动，以及提供共享资源。会议及其相关活动的更广泛影响是加强围绕科学可视化的专业跨学科社区。互动社区网站(http://taxane.chem.unb.ca/GRC-SciViz)将提供有关这一系列活动的信息，并包括一份报告，概述未来的研究方向和合作活动。

The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Visualization in Science and Education is a premier meeting for active researchers from a variety of disciplines including scientific visualization, use of visualization in education, visualization design, virtual reality, cognitive research, etc. The conference provides a framework to exchange ideas and build a broadening community around a crucial cross-and trans-disciplinary field that supports scientific research and science education. This three-phase project builds on the previous meetings and activities of the interdisciplinary community of the Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science and Education, dating back to 1994. Phase 1 includes three pre-conference workshops (on Design Principles for the New Media, Assessing Visualizations: Design & Effectiveness, and Forging Creative Communities with Web-based Tools) and a new interactive Sci-Viz website informs and engages past and potential future members of the community with information on the pre-workshops and the conference itself, and serves as an organizing tool for dissemination and the design of the 2013 conference. Phase 2 (the conference itself) follows traditional GRC format and is held at Bryant University in July 2011 (see http://bit.ly/grc-viz-2011). Phase 3 includes collaborative efforts supported via mini-grants, post-conference activities which include a meeting to produce a follow-up report on results and lessons learned from the 8 meetings of the Visualization GRC conference series plus follow-up online activities that involve the wider community in ongoing revisions of the report as well as contributing shared resources. The broader impacts of the conference and its associated activities are to strengthen the professional interdisciplinary community around science visualization. Interactive community website (http://taxane.chem.unb.ca/GRC-SciViz) will provide information on the series of activities and include a report outlining future research directions and collaborative activities.