Via: uk.ac.manchester.computer-science; Thu, 27 Aug 1992 09:20:24 +0100
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Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 1992 09:20:15 BST
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From:         Toby Howard <toby@COMPUTER-SCIENCE.MANCHESTER.AC.UK>
Subject:      Eurographics UK Autumn Tutorial programme
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EUROGRAPHICS UK Autumn 1992 Tutorial Programme
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Each year the UK Chapter of EUROGRAPHICS offers a popular programme of
full-day tutorials covering a range of computer graphics-related topics.

There are 3 tutorials in this year's autumn programme:

   1. "GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS"
      Michael McCullagh and David Ebdon
      Monday 28 September 1992, at the University of Nottingham.

   2. "INTRODUCTION TO MOTIF"
      John Wexler and Bob McGonigle
      Wednesday 28 October, at the University of York.

   3. "COLOUR PERCEPTION, MODELLING AND DISPLAY"
      Lindsay Macdonald
      Friday 20 November 1992, at Cosenor's House, Abingdon, Oxford.

Details of each tutorial are given below.

The fee for each tutorial is 75 pounds for EUROGRAPHICS members, and 90
pounds for non-members. This fee includes lunch, refreshments and tutorial
notes. To make your booking please contact:

   Roy Platon
   Central Computing Division
   Atlas Centre
   Rutherford Appleton Lab
   Chilton
   Didcot
   OX11 0QX

   Tel:  0(+44)235 445764         Fax:  0(+44)235 445808
   Email:  rtp@uk.ac.rl.ib   or   tutorial@uk.co.eg-uk


******** HURRY! PLACES ARE STRICTLY LIMITED! BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW! ********

Tutorial details
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1. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Michael McCullagh and David Ebdon)
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The topics covered during the day will be:

- Digital Terrain Models (DTMs), generation, and applications in the GIS world
- modelling problems using DTMs and derived mapping such as
  slope and aspect data
- remote sensing imagery, geology, and soil
- diverse applications as exploration and planning; intervisibility
  models, development and use in planning problems; use of graphic
  information systems on small computers (PC) to display and analyse local
  (crime!) data.

MICHAEL J. MCCULLAGH is Lecturer in Geography, University of Nottingham.
Is research interests are digital terrain modelling software development,
GIS, and general quantitative methods. He is the author of the Panacea
terrain modelling package available on PCs and larger machines.

DAVID S. EBDON is Lecturer in Geography at the same University and author
of several books on statistics and the use of quantitative methods in
Geography. His research interests in applications of GIS in a wide variety
of fields stretching from local police crime records to the distribution of
dunlin in Scotland, forestry in Buckinghamshire, and people in Spain.

DATE AND VENUE: Monday 28 September 1992, at the University of Nottingham

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2. INTRODUCTION TO MOTIF (John Wexler and Bob McGonigle)

This tutorial is a technical course, based on courseware developed at the
Computing Services of the University of Edinburgh, in conjunction with IXI
Ltd of Cambridge.  The tutorial is aimed at people who will program or port
applications to use Motif and X, or people who need to know how to do that
even if they will not be doing it themselves.  The prerequisites for the
course are familiarity with Unix, C programming and user experience of a
WIMP interface.

The tutorial will introduce the basic Motif concepts, and will describe the
details of callbacks and resources.  Basic widgets, such as MainWindow and
ScrolledList, and the use of PulldownMenus, will be covered.  A guide to
using the Motif documentation will also be given.  A practical to
illustrate these basic concepts will be run.  This is the first of two
Motif tutorials in the Eurographics programme. The second tutorial, BEYOND
THE MOTIF BASICS, will be held in early 1993, and will continue from the
first, covering further widgets, and mechanisms such as actions and
translations.

JOHN WEXLER works at the Edinburgh Regional Computing Centre. His special
interests are operating systems, concurrent systems, and software
engineering.  His is the author of "Concurrent Programming in occam 2".

DATE AND VENUE: Wednesday 28 October, at the University of York.

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3. COLOUR PERCEPTION, MODELLING AND DISPLAY (Lindsay Macdonald)
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This tutorial will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of the
perception and use of colour in computer graphics and imaging applications.
The morning sessions will provide an overview of how we see, organise and
model colour, with reference to recent research into colour appearance
modelling.  The afternoon sessions will deal with displays and printing
processes, with practical techniques for calibration and colour control,
plus guidelines for making the best use of colour for the presentation of
information in displays. The tutorial comprises four modules, as follows:

- Light, colour and human vision
- Colour appearance and modelling
- Reproduction of colour in display and print
- Guidelines for using colour effectively in displays

LINDSAY MACDONALD is a Senior Consultant at Crosfield Electronics Ltd., the
world's leading supplier of electronic pre-press systems for high quality
reproduction of images in print.  His interests lie in colour modelling,
computer graphics, image processing and user interface design and he is the
holder of 16 patents in these fields.  He was project manager of the
CARISMA research project in collaboration with Loughborough University,
supported by the DTI under the IEATP programme.  He is also a member of the
BSI committee shadowing the development of ISO 9241 on the Ergonomics of
Visual Display Terminals and was invited recently by the EC to serve as a
technical evaluator for proposals in Esprit III.  He is a member of both
BCS and IEE.

DATE AND VENUE: Friday 20 November 1992, at Cosenor's House, Abingdon, Oxford.

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