http://vgtc.org/wpmu/news Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:47:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In November 2010, the PSPB approved changes to Section 8.1.9 of the IEEE PSPB Operations Manual that more clearly define for IEEE authors which version of their papers are appropriately available for their own reuse. To read more, please visit http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/paperversionpolicy.html. http://vgtc.org/wpmu/news/2011/03/21/change-to-ieee-policy-author-posting-of-ieee-copyrighted-papers-online/ Jim Thomas, a visionary scientist and charismatic leader, who led and collaborated with researchers from around the world to advance our understanding of modern information science, died on August 6, 2010 in Richland, WA. He is survived by his wife, his two daughters and sons-in-law, and his four grandchildren. Jim recruited ... http://vgtc.org/wpmu/news/2010/08/12/the-four-roads-less-traveled-%e2%80%93-a-tribute-to-jim-thomas-1946%e2%80%942010/ Never did I think that I would be writing these lines, and even less so at this early time. Dirk Bartz, our long time friend and colleague is no longer with us, passing away at one of the activities he enjoyed most: running marathons. I’ve heard it so many times: ... http://vgtc.org/wpmu/news/2010/04/06/dirk-bartz-%e2%80%93-an-obituary/ Congratulations to David Ebert, Purdue University School of ECE, 2009 class of IEEE Fellows, for contributions to data visualization and its applications. http://vgtc.org/wpmu/news/2008/12/11/ieee-honors-2009-class-of-fellows/