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3D. and beyond. what. Graphics cards. Can do for you. Bart Meganck & Patricia Mergen. Friday noon talk. You :. You :. tired. Sore bum. Looking forward to post-conference trips. I :. Lots of pictures. Wacko subject. Not hindered by in-depth knowledge. 3d. <//> data is 3D.
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3D and beyond. what Graphics cards Can do for you Bart Meganck & Patricia Mergen
Friday noon talk You : You : tired Sore bum Looking forward to post-conference trips I : Lots of pictures Wacko subject Not hindered by in-depth knowledge
3d <//> data is 3D <//> public is spoiled <//> where to find the processing power ? www.dresden.de
gpu <//> Graphical Processing Unit : co-processor for graphical work <//> single-minded : 3D rendering <//> no general purpose computing <//> blisteringly fast <//> 6 month development cycle
GP-gpu <//> abuse single-purpose GPU for general-purpose computing <//> through special algorithms (libraries/frameworks) <//> high power, low cost <//> parallelisation
Movie rendering Movie rendering Movie rendering Realtime depth-of-field preview http://graphics.pixar.com/DepthOfField/paper.pdf http://graphics.pixar.com/DepthOfField/paper.pdf
Physics / Chemistry: Coulomb-based ion positioning http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/gpu/images/riboions.jpg
Medicine : Image processing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:CT_of_brain_of_Mikael_H°aggström_S3_I30.JPG
<//> Edge extraction <//> measurements <//> pattern recognition <//> volume rendering Medicine : Image processing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bonereconstruction.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Venesreconstruction.JPG
other <//> 3D scenery rendering (movie special effects) <//> 3D physics animations (gravity, wind) <//> 3D particle behaviour (nuclear, weather) <//> texture rendering (movies) <//> software virus signature matching <//> encryption/decryption <//> (pseudo) random-number generation <//> Earth subsurface rendering (seismic data)
GIS - 2D edit.csic.es/edit_geo/prototype/edit_project.html
GIS - 3D Credit: U.S. Geological Survey Department of the Interior/USGS
other <//> 3D river trajectory calculation & visualisation <//> random-number generation for Monte Carlo algorithms (biological statistics) <//> nearest-neighbour calculations <//> 3D parameter correlation search <//> biological virus signature matching, genetic sequence matching (BLAST) <//> 3D biological reconstructions
That's all folks ! <//> specialcredits : EDIT & SYNTHESYS projects for wildideas, RMCA team for wildcompany bart.meganck@africamuseum.be