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

关于科学和教育可视化的戈登研究会议（GRC）是来自各种学科的活跃研究人员的首要会议，包括科学可视化，可视化在教育中的使用，可视化设计，虚拟现实，认知研究，会议提供了一个框架，围绕一个关键的交叉和跨学科的交流思想和建立一个不断扩大的社区，支持科学研究和科学教育的学科领域。 这三个阶段的项目建立在以前的会议和活动的跨学科社区的戈登研究会议可视化在科学和教育，可追溯到1994年。第一阶段包括三个会前研讨会（关于新媒体的设计原则，评估可视化：设计有效性，以及使用基于网络的工具打造创意社区）和一个新的互动Sci-Viz网站，向过去和未来的社区成员提供关于会前研讨会和会议本身的信息，并作为2013年会议传播和设计的组织工具。第二阶段（会议本身）遵循传统的GRC格式，于2011年7月在布莱恩特大学举行（见http：//bit.ly/grc-viz-2011）。第三阶段包括通过小额赠款支持的合作努力，会后活动，包括一次会议，以制作一份关于可视化GRC系列会议8次会议的结果和经验教训的后续报告，以及后续在线活动，让更广泛的社区参与报告的持续修订以及贡献共享资源。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）将提供关于这一系列活动的信息，并包括一份概述未来研究方向和合作活动的报告。

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.