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

戈登科学与教育可视化研究会议（GRC）是来自科学可视化、可视化在教育中的应用、可视化设计、虚拟现实、认知研究等各个学科的活跃研究人员的首要会议。会议提供了一个交流思想的框架，并围绕一个支持科学研究和科学教育的关键交叉和跨学科领域建立一个扩大的社区。这个三个阶段的项目建立在早在1994年戈登科学与教育可视化研究会议跨学科社区的会议和活动的基础上。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：设计和有效性，以及用基于网络的工具锻造创意社区）和一个新的互动Sci-Viz网站，向社区的过去和潜在的未来成员提供有关会前研讨会和会议本身的信息，并作为2013年会议的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Bryant大学举行（参见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，就可视化GRC系列会议的8次会议的成果和经验教训编写后续报告）、后续在线活动（让更广泛的社区参与正在进行的报告修订并贡献共享资源）。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.