The output from leading-edge scientific simulations and experiments is so voluminous and complex that advanced visualization techniques are necessary to interpret the calculated results. Even though visualization technology has progressed significantly in recent years, we are barely capable of exploiting terascale data to its full extent, and petascale datasets are on the horizon. This workshop aims at addressing this pressing issue by fostering communication between visualization researchers and the users of visualization. Attendees will be introduced to the latest and greatest research innovations in large data visualization, and also learn how these innovations impact scientific supercomputing and discovery process.

Workshop Chairs


Technical Program

09:00am - 09:10am
Opening Remarks

09:10am - 09:35am
Remote Visualization of Large Scale Data for Ultra High Resolution Display Environments
Sungwon Nam, Electronic Visualization Laboratory at UIC
[slides] [movie]

09:35am - 10:00am
On Network-Aware Ultrascale Visualization
Andrei Hutanu, Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University
[slides]

10:00am - 10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30am - 11:00am
Interactive Remote Large-Scale Data Visualization via Prioritized Multi-Resolution Streaming
Jon Woodring, Los Alamos National Laboratory
[slides]

11:30am - 12:00pm
Modeling Resource-Coupled Computations
Mark Hereld, Argonne National Laboratory
[slides]

11:00am - 11:30am
In-Situ Visualization for Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Combustion
Hongfeng Yu, Sandia National Laboratories
[slides]

12:00pm - 12:30pm
Histogram-Based I/O Optimization for Visualizing Large-Scale Data
Tom Peterka, Argonne National Laboratory
[slides]

12:30pm - 02:00pm
Lunch

2:00pm - 2:30pm
Query-Driven Visualization in the Cloud with MapReduce
Bill Howe, University of Washington
[slides]

2:30pm - 3:00pm
Sorting-Free Pre-Integrated Projected Tetrahedra
Naohisa Sakamoto, Kyoto University
[slides]

3:00pm - 3:30pm
Break

3:30pm - 4:00pm
Petascale Data Management using FIESTA
Scott Klasky, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
[slides]

04:00pm - 04:30pm
Visualizing Electromagnetic Field and Particle Simulations in Accelerators with ParaView
Greg Schussman, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
[slides]

04:30pm - 05:00pm
Toward Visual Analysis of Ensemble Data Sets
Andrew Wilson, Sandia National Laboratories
[slides]

5:00pm - 5:20pm
Institute for Ultrascale Visualization
Kwan-Liu Ma, Universtiy of Calfornia, Davis

5:20pm - 5:30pm
Closing Remarks


Program Committee


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