This form is a web page which was created in MS WORD and therefore can be easily edited that way. Of course you can recreate the simple look with any other tool…  Just use the same layout, as it will help the judges.

Add links to your video, 2-page summary and complementary URLs.

Put all your files in one directory whose title mirrors your project title and zip that directory in a single zip file.

Remember to make hyperlinks “relative” to this answer form so that when it is zipped and copied elsewhere the links will still work.  Keep the answer form named “index.htm”.

THANK YOU

 

Replace the instructions in italic by your text – but please do not italicize your text

Your Title Here (team name - tool[s] or specific approach)
e.g. “University of Maryland – SuperVis”

VAST 2006 Contest Submission
July 2006

Authors and Affiliations:

Tom Jones, University of Maryland, Jones@cs.umd.edu
Mary Pierce, University of Maryland, mary@cs.umd.edu

Tool(s):

Provide a short description of the tool(s) you used. Mention where and when it was developed.
Additional credit to developers of the tools can be provided here, and links to find more information on the tool. 

(250 words MAX)

 

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          VIDEO – 2 page summary (for publication)     

          (ADD your links to the video and summary – use relative links so that it works everywhere)

1. WHO: who are the players engaging in deceptive activities in the plot(s)?

Name	Most relevant source files (5 MAX)
e.g. John doe	1101631275108, 110124686862, picture 083, phone log
e.g. Mary Smith
etc.

(Note: ignore the file extensions)

2. WHAT: what is the time frame in which the plot(s) unfolded?
               What events occurred during this time frame that are most relevant to the plot(s)? 

 

Time Frame

use month/years e.g. June 1789 – April 1942

 

Provide a text list of events following the sample layout.  Use short description (i.e. one or 2 lines per event)

Provide what you think is the best subset of events (20 events MAX)

 

	Event	Date Can be a range	Most relevance source files (5 Max)
1	e.g. Citizens take control of the Bastille	July 1789	1101162452686, Image 2
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20 max

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3. WHERE: What locations are relevant to the plot(s)?

Follow this example layout.  Use only one-line per item.

	LOCATION	Most relevance source files (5 Max)
1	e.g. Paris, or China
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5 max

 

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4. DEBRIEFING

Include your written assessment of the situation (between 1000 and 2000 words)

This narrative should describe the plot(s) and how people, motivations, activities and locations are part of the plot. Include in your narrative the relationships of the various players.

 

(NOTE: here there is no need to explain how the tool helped you, focus on convincing us that you UNDERSTAND the situation).

 

 

 

 

5. VISUALS and Description of ANALYTIC PROCESS

Explain the process you used to arrive at the assessment described above (about 10 printed pages maximum of text and pictures + the video).

 

Provide many screen shots or video demonstrations illustrating how you arrived at the answers to questions 1-4 (e.g. who are the players and how they are connected, relationships between events and locations, how you worked thru one or more hypotheses and arrived at the final assessment).

Describe clearly what can be seen in the screens (e.g. do not just say: “Fig 3 shows that Joe is obviously involved”, but explain what visual (or non visual) characteristics of the display leads to this insight. How can you tell he was involved? Was it using color? order? numerical ratings? etc.  Clarify what happens manually, automatically, or in between.  Only a video will give judges a good way to review the interactive features of your tools.  Videos with well synchronized audio commentaries are best.  Remember to focus on showing us how you solved the problem, NOT on reviewing the features of your tools out of context. Make sure the screen shots are usable when printed in color (and you can always link to the best resolution versions in the html document). Do not forget to include legends for the visual encodings of your screen shots, and captions describing what data is being shown and what filters have been applied in the static figure we see.  In other words, help us understand what we are looking at! 

 

Don’t forget to look at the scoring information on the contest webpage.

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