Data Visualisation Competition Launched by Daden
Birmingham, United Kingdom, October 04, 2012 --(PR.com)-- A competition for the best immersive 3D visualisation, using their ground-breaking application Datascape, has been launched by Daden Limited (Daden).
Datascape provides an immersive environment in which users can explore and interact with data from almost any source. The competition asks entrants to use the free community version of Datascape and their own data (or any publicly available open datasets) to come up with breath-taking, original and compelling visualisations.
David Burden, Daden’s Managing Director said “Datascape is ground-breaking and we’re expecting visualisations that tell a story and show how the additional power of immersion can lead to better understanding and communication. We hope entrants will create some amazing and innovative ways of showcasing, visualising and making sense of their chosen dataset(s) in 3D.”
The competition invites entrants to upload and share their visualisations in four categories:
scientific/health data
social media data
business and financial data
open government data (e.g. data.gov, data.gov.uk, data.un.org)
Visualising Protein Data using Datascape
A prize will be awarded in each category for the best analysis or presentation using the application. There will also be an additional prize for the overall winner.
The competition will be judged by a panel chaired by Daden’s Managing Director, David Burden. The other judges are Andy Swarbrick, BAE Systems Detica; Marc Reeves, TheBusinessDesk.com, and Ian Nabney, Aston University.
David ends “We’re delighted to launch this competition – which is a first for Daden. We are looking forward to viewing the submissions. This is not a competition for the best video though. We are more interested in what the visualisation tells us about the data and the journey through the information.”
The competition is open to individuals, academics and commercial users with the winning entries being featured on Daden’s website and in a supporting press release. All submissions must be received by 17:00 GMT on 12 November 2012, via the Daden Website . Winners will be announced on 1 Dec 2012. Full
Competition rules, entry details and further information can be found on the Daden website (www(.)daden(.)co(.)uk
The Judges
David Burden, Daden Limited – David is the founder and Managing Director of Daden, a company that specialise in delivering innovative solutions in immersive learning, building visualisation, visual analytics and creating interactive virtual personalities (chatbots).
Andy Swarbrick, BAE Systems Detica – Andy is the Technology Manager for BAE Systems I3 Open Innovation programme. He has in his mixed past been responsible for running an applied research programme that undertook multi-million R&D in visual analytics, data mining and social media monitoring, developed the social network analysis engine for Detica’s industry leading enterprise risk and fraud detection solution and at one time owned a Jack Russell dog called Judy.
Marc Reeves, The Business Desk – Marc is the West Midlands publisher of TheBusinessDesk.com, the online regional business news site. He is also a partner in RJF Public Affairs Ltd, a specialist political communications agency, and is a former editor of The Birmingham Post.
Ian Nabney, Aston University – Ian’s research spans both the theory and applications of neural networks and other pattern recognition techniques, with a special focus on data visualisation and probabilistic modelling. Much of his work is inspired, directly or indirectly, by industrial problems in bioinformatics, biosignal processing, condition monitoring, remote sensing and financial forecasting.
The Prizes
There will be a total of 5 awards, one for the best visualisation per category and one overall winner. Four £100 Amazon Vouchers will be awarded for the best narrated video taken using Datascape plus an additional £100 Amazon Voucher for the overall winner of all four categories.
The competition is open to individuals, academics and commercial users and will run for 2 months with the winners announced on 1 December 2012.
The winning entries will be featured on Daden’s website and in a supporting press release.
Datascape provides an immersive environment in which users can explore and interact with data from almost any source. The competition asks entrants to use the free community version of Datascape and their own data (or any publicly available open datasets) to come up with breath-taking, original and compelling visualisations.
David Burden, Daden’s Managing Director said “Datascape is ground-breaking and we’re expecting visualisations that tell a story and show how the additional power of immersion can lead to better understanding and communication. We hope entrants will create some amazing and innovative ways of showcasing, visualising and making sense of their chosen dataset(s) in 3D.”
The competition invites entrants to upload and share their visualisations in four categories:
scientific/health data
social media data
business and financial data
open government data (e.g. data.gov, data.gov.uk, data.un.org)
Visualising Protein Data using Datascape
A prize will be awarded in each category for the best analysis or presentation using the application. There will also be an additional prize for the overall winner.
The competition will be judged by a panel chaired by Daden’s Managing Director, David Burden. The other judges are Andy Swarbrick, BAE Systems Detica; Marc Reeves, TheBusinessDesk.com, and Ian Nabney, Aston University.
David ends “We’re delighted to launch this competition – which is a first for Daden. We are looking forward to viewing the submissions. This is not a competition for the best video though. We are more interested in what the visualisation tells us about the data and the journey through the information.”
The competition is open to individuals, academics and commercial users with the winning entries being featured on Daden’s website and in a supporting press release. All submissions must be received by 17:00 GMT on 12 November 2012, via the Daden Website . Winners will be announced on 1 Dec 2012. Full
Competition rules, entry details and further information can be found on the Daden website (www(.)daden(.)co(.)uk
The Judges
David Burden, Daden Limited – David is the founder and Managing Director of Daden, a company that specialise in delivering innovative solutions in immersive learning, building visualisation, visual analytics and creating interactive virtual personalities (chatbots).
Andy Swarbrick, BAE Systems Detica – Andy is the Technology Manager for BAE Systems I3 Open Innovation programme. He has in his mixed past been responsible for running an applied research programme that undertook multi-million R&D in visual analytics, data mining and social media monitoring, developed the social network analysis engine for Detica’s industry leading enterprise risk and fraud detection solution and at one time owned a Jack Russell dog called Judy.
Marc Reeves, The Business Desk – Marc is the West Midlands publisher of TheBusinessDesk.com, the online regional business news site. He is also a partner in RJF Public Affairs Ltd, a specialist political communications agency, and is a former editor of The Birmingham Post.
Ian Nabney, Aston University – Ian’s research spans both the theory and applications of neural networks and other pattern recognition techniques, with a special focus on data visualisation and probabilistic modelling. Much of his work is inspired, directly or indirectly, by industrial problems in bioinformatics, biosignal processing, condition monitoring, remote sensing and financial forecasting.
The Prizes
There will be a total of 5 awards, one for the best visualisation per category and one overall winner. Four £100 Amazon Vouchers will be awarded for the best narrated video taken using Datascape plus an additional £100 Amazon Voucher for the overall winner of all four categories.
The competition is open to individuals, academics and commercial users and will run for 2 months with the winners announced on 1 December 2012.
The winning entries will be featured on Daden’s website and in a supporting press release.
Contact
Daden Limited
Lucy Smallwood-Rose
+44 121 250 5678
www.daden.co.uk
http://www.daden.co.uk/data-visualisation-competition-launched-by-daden/
Lucy Smallwood-Rose
+44 121 250 5678
www.daden.co.uk
http://www.daden.co.uk/data-visualisation-competition-launched-by-daden/
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