APPLIED MATH SEMINAR

Title: MULTIDIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION AND IT'S APPLICATIONS                             
 
Speaker: Alfred Inselberg,

         School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel 
                               &
         Senior Fellow in Visualization -- San Diego SuperComputing Center, USA

When/where: Monday, November 6th, 4:15PM, AKW 200

Abstract: The desire to understand the underlying geometry of multivariate 
(multidimensional) problems, has motivated several visualization methods
to augment our limited 3-Dimensional perception. After a short overview, 
Parallel Coordinates are introduced and rigorously developed obtaining
a one-to-one mapping between subsets of N-space and subsets of 2-space.
This leads to constructions algorithms in N-space involving intersections, 
proximity, interior point construction, line and 
plane Topologies useful in approximations and Computer Vision,  
as well as Collision Avoidance Algorithms for Air Traffic 
Control. It is a VISUAL Multidimensional Coordinate system. 
Applications to Visual and Automatic Data Mining are illustrated 
with real multivariate datasets (some with hundreds of variables) 
together with a Decision Support system capable of 
doing Feasibility, Trade-Off and Sensitivity Analyses in complex
multivariate processes.

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PS. Do not be intimidated by this formal description. The speaker is also 
well known for his numerological anecdotes and palindromic digressio