Information visualization: the next frontier

knowledge of data visualization methods, software, and hardware in presenting the rather abstract information contained in data bases, digital libraries, and other massive collections of data and information. The panelists and audience will examine and debate how to create effective information visualizations and how to use them effectively in information navigation, retrieval, and access (e.g., in the information highway environment). Bringing this technology to the users, taking their needs into account, may transform business, science, medicine, engineering, and education. The audience and the public have been encouraged to submit samples of slides and video material illustrating effective and valuable visualizations.