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Visualization of scientific data - Domain-specific applications

Visualization of scientific data - Domain-specific applications. Mike Walterman, Manager of Graphics Programming, Scientific Computing and Visualization Group, Boston University. Introduction. Objective of the presentation

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Visualization of scientific data - Domain-specific applications

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  1. Visualization of scientific data - Domain-specific applications Mike Walterman, Manager of Graphics Programming, Scientific Computing and Visualization Group, Boston University

  2. Introduction • Objective of the presentation - Present methods for finding and/or creating domain specific visualization applications for LINUX • Main topics - What is a domain specific application - Types of software - Sources for applications - Applications supported at BU - Web resources for finding applications - Conclusions

  3. What is a domain specific application? • One person’s domain is another’s supporting technology • My criteria - Interface speaks the language for a specific group (e.g. astronomy, MRI, ...) - Operation of tool fits into domain work-flow - Has desired functionality, or is adaptable by means understood by target community

  4. Types of software • Toolkits - Programming oriented - Provide greatest flexibility - Provide basis for other software types • Authoring and Modeling - Build applications via simple models (e.g. flow graph) - Create visual objects via “intuitive” interfaces - Domain specific applications can be obtained as shareware/freeware • Domain Specific - Works out of the box - Targeted at specific community

  5. Sources for Visualization Software • Universities - University of Illinois - University of Minnesota - University of Utah • Government Labs - Argonne - Los Alamos - National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) • Commercial - Kitware - AVS - Flometrics • Military - Naval Research Laboratory - U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories

  6. What we support/have on LINUX at BU • Toolkits - OpenGL - Inventor - OpenGL Performer - VTK - IDL - MatLab • Authoring Systems - Maya - AVS - OpenDX • Domain Specific - Gaussian 98 - Quanta

  7. Toolkits - OpenGL, OpenInventor, Performer • OpenGL - Low level de facto standard graphics API. Basic rendering technology for other packages. - Vendor: Many (esp. if you want HW acceleration) - www.opengl.org • OpenInventor - An object-oriented, cross-platform 3D graphics API for C++ and Java developers. - Heavily scene graph based. - Vendor: Template Graphics - www.tgs.com • Performer - A programming interface for creating real-time visual simulation and other performance-oriented 3D graphics applications. - Vendor: Silicon Graphics - www.sgi.com

  8. VTK, IDL - Toolkits • VTK (Visualization ToolKit) - Set of C++ classes - Interfaces to tcl, Java, and Python - Extensible through Object oriented means - Data flow model - Programer’s Environment - Vendor: Kitware - www.kitware.com • IDL (Interactive Data Language) - interpretative, allows interactive use - command-line driven, language with Fortran-like feel - extensible via user defined functions - Scientists Tool - Vendor: Research Systems/Kodak - www.rsinc.com

  9. Authoring Systems - Maya, AVS, OpenDX • Maya - General modeling tool for digital content - BU artists are primary users - Vendor: Alias | wavefront - www.aliaswavefront.com • AVS - Data flow graph modeling system for building SciVis Applications - Applied in traditional and non-traditional scientific areas - Vendor: Advanced Visual Systems - www.avs.com • OpenDX - Data flow graph modeling system for building SciVis Applications - Free - Experimenting with this tool internally - Vendor: IBM’s Data Visualization Explorer - www.opendx.org

  10. Domain Specific ApplicationsQuanta, Gaussian 98, Ideas • Quanta - A molecular graphics analysis program. Modeling, Simulation, Visualization. - Used by BU Biomedical Engineering - Vendor: Accelrys - www.accelrys.com/quanta • Gaussian98 - Molecular modeling system, performs computation based on laws of quantum mechanics. - Used by BU Chemistry - Vendor: Gaussian, Inc. - www.gaussian.com • Ideas - CAD/CAM/CAE - product design. - Used by BU Biomedical Engineering - Vendor: Electronic Data Systems - www.eds.com/products/plm/ideas

  11. Sources on the Web • NASA Ames Data Analysis Group - Good page listing sources of SciVis apps and examples -www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/VisTech • Student Page at Silesian University of Technology in Poland - A fair number of LINUX based Chemistry Packages -http://zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl/~nikodem//linux4chemistry.html • University of Minnesota Super Computing Institute - Good catalog of the more popular packages. - http://www.msi.umn.edu/user_support/scivis/scivis-list.html

  12. Sources on the Web continued • OpenGL based visualization tools www.opengl.org/users/apps_hardware/applications/linux_apps.html • SourceForge’s Scientific Plotting and Visualization packages for Linux. scilinux.sourceforge.net/graphvis.html • Debian’s list of SciVIs Tools packages.debian.org/unstable/science

  13. Conclusion - Development Options • Develop “from scratch” using programming toolkits • Author a system • Buy/Obtain an end user solution

  14. IDL Example • Creates a 3D Plot of a surface stored in a data file ; File: xsurface.pro ; Author: Erik Brisson c = fltarr(60,60) openr, 3, 'dat/ex_surf_60x60.dat' readf, 3, c xsurface, c end

  15. Conclusions

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