Scientific Visualization: The Modern Oscilloscope for "Seeing the Unseeable" (LBNL Summer Lecture Series)

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OSTI ID:1009102

Bethel, E. Wes ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Computational Research Division and Scientific Visualization Group

Summer Lecture Series 2008: Scientific visualization transforms abstract data into readily comprehensible images, provide a vehicle for "seeing the unseeable," and play a central role in both experimental and computational sciences. Wes Bethel, who heads the Scientific Visualization Group in the Computational Research Division, presents an overview of visualization and computer graphics, current research challenges, and future directions for the field.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1009102
• Resource Relation: Conference: Summer Lecture Series, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California (United States), presented on June 24, 2008
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

97 MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING
96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
DATA VISUALIZATION
RAY TRACING
SHADING EQUATION
GRAPHICS APIS
GRAPHICS PIPELINE
NERSC
VISUALIZATION AND ANALYTICS CENTER FOR ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES (VACET)