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CLIVE takes first place in MIT contest

October 3rd, 2014

A first-of-its kind 3D geo-visualization project that runs on a laptop, invented by Simon Fraser University and University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) researchers, is the winner of a major international contest.

The World According to CLIVE (Coastal Impact Visualization Environment) took first place in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT's) Centre for Collective Intelligence annual contest on Communicating Coastal Risk and Resilience.

Nick Hedley, an SFU Faculty of Environment (geography) professor, and Adam Fenech, a climate change expert and director of UPEI's Climate Research Lab, co-created CLIVE.

With the click of a mouse, the tool can communicate the future outcomes of global environmental change due to coastal erosion and oceanic thermal expansion, all derived from futuristic projections of climate change.

The World According to CLIVE was among nearly 600 projects from around the world initially competing for first place. CLIVE survived several rounds of competition and went on to the finals against two other projects.

Through support and votes from the SFU and UPEI communities, CLIVE won the Popular Choice award.

The winning researchers will be officially acknowledged in Cambridge, Massachusetts in early November.

Provided by Simon Fraser University

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