Boeing and Mitacs create visual analytics consortium

Boeing has partnered with Mitacs to create a Visual Analytics Research and Development Consortium (VARDEC) as part of its industrial and regional benefits obligations. Mitacs will manage VARDEC, which will help to expand visual analytics into aerospace-related markets by exploring and synthesizing large complex data sets to obtain business insights and enhance decision-making. Boeing is making the investment through its Boeing Defense, Space & Security business unit and will draw on the applied research of its consortium partners with a view to adoption and commercialization....