5th High-End Visualization Workshop

(sponsored by the Center for Computation & Technology at LSU and LITE)

Date: October 27-31, 2008

Location:
Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE)
537 Cajundome Boulevard
Lafayette, LA 70506

Open issues in visualization with special concentration on applications in astrophysics, numerical relativity, computational fluid dynamics and high-performance computing.

PROGRAM:

Open issues in visualization with special concentration on applications in astrophysics, numerical relativity, computational fluid dynamics and high-performance computing. This workshop is the fifth one in a series of meetings among researchers in the field of scientific visualization and end-users from application areas with needs for high-end visualizations of their data. Previous events took place in Obergurgl, Austria, hosted by the University of Innsbruck. This year, for the first time, it will take place in Louisiana. We envision alternating locations on future events.

This year's feature: Remote and Collaborative Visualization

With the technological resources of networking resources, scientific visualization is no longer not only bound to local desktop machines, but it has even become mandatory to utilize the ability to connect to other resources. On the one hand, the sheer amount of data from modern supercomputing simulation makes it impossible to transfer all data to a single machine or even laptop, and the scientists face the question how to inspect their data without loosing possibly important details. On the other hand, with collaborations among the globe, it is as relevant to share views of data same as sending emails or browsing websites. Yet, no such technology exists for scientific data. We intend to discuss current implementations, visions for future directions and what the highest demands and possible bottlenecks are for such technology.

This workshop is inter-disciplinary by nature, and as we do every year, we also encourage contributions that are outside the focus topic.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

* Remote visualization servers
* Collaborative visualization
* Interoperability among different visualization software
* Distributed and parallel visualization
* Scalability of visualization algorithms
* Existing visualization frameworks (e.g., VTK, Amira, Chombovis) and their support for remote and collaborative visualization
* Workflow management systems and integrability with visualization software
* Demands and constraints as seen from end-users
* Availability of Grid technologies for visualization, in particular interactive

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Fee: $75.00 USD (Registration includes proceedings and excursions. Participants are expected to provide their own lodging, travel and meal expenses.)

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Abstracts due: August 20, 2008
  
• Full paper due: September 1, 2008
  
• Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2008
  
• Camera ready version due: September 26, 2008
  

SUBMISSION:

We invite authors to submit original and unpublished work (also not submitted elsewhere for review) reporting solid and innovative results and positions on any of the conference topics. Papers should not exceed 10 single-spaced pages of text using 10-point size type on 8.5 x 11 inch paper (see ACM author instructions for style guide.) All bibliographical references, tables, and figures must be included in these 10 pages. Submissions that exceed the 10-page limit will not be reviewed. Authors should submit a PDF file that will print on a PostScript printer. Electronic submission is required, to http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vizworkshop08 . Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper if it is accepted. See important dates above for submission deadlines.

PROCEEDINGS:

All submissions will be peer-reviewed, and accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings. The proceedings will be distributed at the event.

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:

Werner Benger,
Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University (CCT/LSU),
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Simon Su,
Louisiana Immersive Technology Enterprise, LITE
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

Karen Jones,
Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University (CCT/LSU),
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Wolfgang Kapferer,
Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck,
Innsbruck, Austria

Wolfram Schoor,
Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation,
Magdeburg, Germany

Mayank Tyagi,
Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University (CCT/LSU),
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Gunther H. Weber,
Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
California, USA

Jinghua Ge,
Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University (CCT/LSU),
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Aashish Chaudhary,
Louisiana Immersive Technology Enterprise, LITE
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

Andreas Gerndt,
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Braunschweig, Germany

Erik Schnetter,
Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University (CCT/LSU),
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

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MORE INFORMATION:

We encourage all prospective participants to sign up to the obergurgl mailing list at

http://lists.aei.mpg.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/obergurgl

to receive further announcements regarding the workshop. For further questions regarding the workshop, please send inquiries to: obergurgl07@cct.lsu.edu

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