Scientific Visualization Workshop

1. Scientific Visualization Workshop SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

2. Visualization Workshop Overview Erik Brisson ebrisson@bu.edu SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

3. Schedule SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 11:00 30 min Intro / overview (Erik & Ray) 11:30 20 min Hardware and software solutions (Erik) 11:50 30 min "Focus group" getting feel for problems to solve (All) 12:20 30 min --- lunch break --- 12:50 60 min VTK and Paraview (Ray) 1:50 15 min Plotting (Robert, Aaron, Ray) 2:05 20 min Image proc for sci vis, and making animations (Aaron) 2:25 10 min --- break --- 2:35 30 min Matlab and IDL (Erik) 3:05 20 min OpenGL, OpenSceneGraph, and Maya for sci vis (Erik) 3:25 15 min DAFFIE and the display wall (Erik) 3:40 10 min Survey to use for future decision making (All) 3:50 10 min Conclusion 4:00 Done (up to Open House)

4. BU Scientific Computing & Visualization SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

5. SCV Provides SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 High-performance, parallel computing systems and networks Scientific code parallelization and optimization Scientific data visualization High-performance and high-resolution interactive three-dimensional graphics Virtual environments/virtual reality Consulting and training Network-based video conferencing and collaboration tools

6. SCV as a service group SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 • SCV < OIT < UIST • CCS (Center for Computational Science) • SCV functional subgroups • Systems Administration • Scientific Programming • Graphics Programming and Consulting

7. SCV Supercomputing History SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 Thinking Machines CM-2 (1988) Thinking Machines CM-5 (1992) SGI Origin2000 (2000) IBM pSeries (2002) IBM Linux Cluster (2003) IBM BlueGene (2005) IBM BladeCenter Linux Cluster (2007)

8. Other SCV activities SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 • Working with large BU projects • CISM, ATLAS, Earlab • Working with external partners • Mariner, PACI, NASA • Education and Outreach • HiPArt, BPC, IMAX • Arts • BU CFA, CyberArts, SIGGRAPH, Lost in Space • Annual Supercomputing conference

9. Artworld “family portrait” SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

10. Example - stereo protein visualization 1 SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

11. Example - stereo protein visualization 2 SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

12. Example - magnetosphere SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

13. Example – medical illustration SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

14. Example – medical visualization SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

15. Example – bat flight SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

16. Example – GIS SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

17. Examples – Tornado animations SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 • http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Stories/supertwister/page3.htm • http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Stories/supertwister/index.htm

18. Evolution SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 • Scientific illustration • The rise of computer graphics • Expensive, specialized equipment • General purpose scivis software • The workstation • Personal computers • Video game hardware • Domain specific packages • Supercomputing

19. The Visualization Pipeline Math Proc Scientific visualization Computer Graphics 191 214 206 113 134 135 101 120 135 102 119 147 113 129 165 117 131 170 125 138 170 158 168 195 219 227 246 244 251 255 249 254 255 197 202 222 157 163 187 156 161 190 165 172 200 218 224 246 250 255 255 252 255 251 251 255 252 245 249 250 251 255 255 188 192 204 196 200 212 234 238 250 177 181 192 111 114 133 122 121 155 154 151 194 182 176 220 243 240 255 253 252 255 250 251 246 254 254 252 255 255 255 255 255 255 254 254 254 255 255 255 255 255 255 254 254 254 255 255 255 249 249 249 249 249 249 252 252 252 255 221 155 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 253 253 253 252 252 252 252 252 252 253 253 253 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

20. Image credits SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 • ArtWorld Family Portrait • Kat Curry / SCV • Stereo protein visualization 1 and 2 • Dr Bernhard Rupp, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Dr Karl H Weisgraber, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease http://www.answers.com/topic/scientific-visualization • Visualization Pipeline diagram • http://www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php/Visualization_Pipeline • Magnetosphere

21. Image credits, continued SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 • Magnetosphere • AICT Research Support Group, Univ. of Alberta • Medical illustration, standing male figure • www.posemaniacs.com • Medical illustration, synapse • Graham Johnson, Graham Johnson Medical Media, Boulder, Colorado • Medical Visualization • Dr, Kai-hung Fung, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong

22. Image credits, continued SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 • Bat flight • D J Willis (Brown, MIT) • M Kostandov, D K Riskin, D H Laidlaw, S M Swartz, K S Breuer (Brown) • J Peraire (MIT) • Example – GIS of radio transmission • ESRI GIS and Mapping Software, www.esri.com