The moving target of visualization software for an increasingly complex world

Reina, Guido; Childs, Hank; Matković, Krešimir; Bühler, Katja; Waldner, Manuela; Pugmire, David; Kozlíková, Barbora; Ropinski, Timo; Ljung, Patric; Itoh, Takayuki; Gröller, Eduard; Krone, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.cag.2020.01.005

The moving target of visualization software for an increasingly complex world

Journal Article · 25 January 2020 · Computers and Graphics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cag.2020.01.005· OSTI ID:1669760

^[1]; Childs, Hank ^[2]; Matković, Krešimir ^[3]; Bühler, Katja ^[3]; Waldner, Manuela ^[4]; Pugmire, David ^[5]; Kozlíková, Barbora ^[6]; Ropinski, Timo ^[7]; ^[8]; Itoh, Takayuki ^[9]; Gröller, Eduard ^[10]; ^[11]

University of Stuttgart (Germany)
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (United States)
VRVis Research Center, Vienna (Austria)
TU Wien, Vienna (Austria)
Oak Ridge National Labporatory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic)
Ulm University (Germany)
Linköping University, Norrköping (Sweden)
Ochanomizu University, Tokyo (Japan)
TU Wien, Vienna (Austria); VRVis Research Center, Vienna (Austria)
University of Tübingen (Germany)

Visualization has evolved into a mature scientific field and it has also become widely accepted as a standard approach in diverse fields, including physics, life sciences, and business intelligence. However, despite its successful development, there are still many open research questions that require customized implementations in order to explore and establish concepts, and to perform experiments and take measurements. Many methods and tools have been developed and published but most are stand-alone prototypes and have not reached a mature state that can be used in a reliable manner by collaborating domain scientists or a wider audience. In this study, we discuss the challenges, solutions, and open research questions that affect the development of sophisticated, relevant, and novel scientific visualization solutions with minimum overheads. Furthermore, we summarize and discuss the results of a recent National Institute of Informatics Shonan seminar on these topics.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1669760

Journal Information:: Computers and Graphics, Journal Name: Computers and Graphics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 87; ISSN 0097-8493

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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