Publications
Visualizing the Inner Structure of N-Body Data using Skeletonization
@inproceedings{msv07,
author = {Edward Dale Hans-Peter Bischof},
title = {Visualizing the Inner Structure of N-Body Data using
Skeletonization},
booktitle = {MSV '07: Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference of
Modeling Simulation and Visualization Methods},
year = {2007},
publisher = {CSREA Press},
address = {Las Vegas, USA},
abstract = {N-body simulations solve the n-body problem numerically and
determine the trajectories of the n point masses. The result of these
calculations is a huge amount of data detailing the positions and other
properties of each body such as mass and velocity. To effectively draw
conclusions from these data, one must employ scientific visualization to
create images and movies that illustrate the structure of the data. We
show that the computer animation technique of skeletonization can be
applied to the volume data produced by n-body simulations in order to
visualize the inner structure of the data. This novel application is
compared to traditional rendering methods in terms of its ability to
show this structure.}
}
Spiegel - A Visualization Framework for Large and Small Scale Systems
@inproceedings{msv06,
author = {Hans-Peter Bischof and Edward Dale and Tim Peterson},
title = {Spiegel - A Visualization Framework for Large and Small Scale
Systems },
booktitle = {MSV '06: Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference of
Modeling Simulation and Visualization Methods},
year = {2006},
isbn = {1-60132-010-8},
pages = {199--205},
publisher = {CSREA Press},
address = {Las Vegas, USA},
abstract = {Visualization systems allow the visualization of n-dimensional
data. In order to do so, the systems read the data, then convert the
data into a phase space, and finally visualize the phase space. This
paper discusses a visualization framework, which allows the creation of
visualization systems ranging from visualizing the behavior of atoms
under the influence of temperature to colliding galaxies and the spread
of the plague in 1347 A. D. in Europe. The vis'ualization framework
which we present is extensible, which means a user can easily add new
components to the framework and create visualization systems that could
not be anticipated at present time. The paper will give an overview of
the framework, and will be focusing on the graphical programming
environment and the extensibility of it. The last part of the paper will
focus on how a simulation system can interact with the visualization,
and for example inform the visualization system of interesting events.}
}
Visualizing the Inner Structure of N-Body Data using Splatting and Skeletonization
@mastersthesis {edwarddale-2006-rit,
author = {Edward Dale},
title = {Visualizing the Inner Structure of N-Body Data using Splatting and
Skeletonization},
school = {Rochester Institute of Technology},
month = {June},
year = {2006},
abstract = {N-body simulations solve the n-body problem numerically and
determine the trajectories of the n point masses. The result of these
calculations is a huge amount of data (up to tens of gigabytes)
detailing the positions and other properties of each body such as mass
and velocity. To effectively draw conclusions from this data, one must
employ scientific visualization to create images and movies that
illustrate the structure of the data. This thesis seeks to apply the
computer animation technique of skeletonization to the volume data
produced by n-body simulations in order to extract the inner structure
of the data. This novel application will be compared to traditional
point and volume rendering methods in terms of their ability to
visualize astrophysical phenomena hypothesized to be present in the
data. All of the techniques will be implemented in Java for the Spiegel
visualization framework.},
}
