16. Visualizing Scientific Data and Information: Focusing on the Physical and Natural Sciences Full Day / Intermediate This course demonstrates the application of visualization tools and interactive techniques for examination and interpretation of scientific datasets. Highly illustrative atmospheric, oceanographic, and geographic examples are demonstrated in real time. Also highlighted: the process of developing effective visualization paradigms for supporting high-speed networking, database management, heterogenous computing platforms, user interface design, collaborative computing, science education, implementation of animation techniques, convergence of visualization methods with the World Wide Web, and the relationship between animation techniques and scientific information exploration. Who Should Attend Scientific researchers, educators, and computer graphics specialists interested in exploring particular issues associated with handling visual display of scientific information and large scientific datasets. Experience with scientific visualization systems and terminology is helpful, as well as understanding of graphics programming. Organizer Theresa-Marie Rhyne Lockheed Martin/ US EPA Visualization Center Lecturers Mike Botts University of Alabama in Huntsville Bill Hibbard University of Wisconsin-Madison Lloyd Treinish IBM Corporation Schedule 8:30 am: Introduction/Course Organization Remarks - Rhyne 8:35 am: Topic #1 - Classifying and Modeling Scientific Data - Hibbard 9:20 am: Case Study/Hands-on Demo for Topic 1 - Rhyne Photochemical Modeling (Acid Rain) (AVS & WWW demonstrations for examining air pollution control, policy analysis and decision making.) 10:00 am: Break 10:15 am: Topic #2 - Techniques for Examining Multiple Data Sets and Solutions for Data Management - Treinish 11:00 am: Case Study/Hands-on Demo for Topic 2 - Botts The InterUse Experiment: an interactive tool for Geolocation and Visually comparing data 12:00 noon: Break 1:30 pm: Topic #3 - Collaborative Computing and Integrated Decision Support - Rhyne Tools for Scientific Visualization 2:15 pm: Case Study/Hands-on Demo for Topic 3 - Treinish Correlative Visualization Techniques for Disparate Data (IBM Data Explorer based demonstration for looking at ozone depletion and its relationship to other characteristics of the earth's atmosphere.) 3:00 pm: Break 3:15 pm: Topic #4 - Maintaining Interactivity in Visualizing Large Data Sets - Botts 4:00 pm: Case Study/Hands-on Demo for Topic 4 - Hibbard Interactively Visualizing and Steering Computations (Vis5D and/or VisAD demonstration for examining atmospheric and oceanographic models and data sets.) 4:30 pm: Wrap-Up Discussion - All

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