1. Scientific Visualization
Two definitions
Ed Angel, Computer Science UNM: The merging of data with the display of geometric objects through computer graphics
Barbara Tversky, Stanford Psychology: Conveying information using graphical techniques
Challenges
Large data sets
Data does not equal geometry
Data point may be multidimensional
Image from Dr. Etimov

2. From Tufte

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4. And more from Tufte

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9. Scientific Visualization
Texts
Computer Graphics: Programming, Problem Solving, and Visual Communication, Steve Cunningham
available online at
Envisioning Information, E. Tufte. Cheshire Press, 1990.
Inspiration from Hanrahan
Advice from Cunningham, Shifflet and Wolfe

10. Scientific Visualization
Goals for next semester’s class
Learn fundamental graphics concepts
Learn algorithms
Write programs to create effective images for scientific applications
Use datasets from different disciplines
Graphics pipeline
Modeling
Transformations
Color, Lighting, Shading
Interaction
Visual communication for sciences
Programming with graphics API, such as OpenGL