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NAS VISUALIZATION
Visualization Resources
The field of scientific visualization is a key focus areas for the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division. Visualization is a method of computing that enables researchers to observe their simulations and computational data.
As technology advances increase the ability to gather and create scientific data, it becomes increasingly important to develop the means to analyze, manage, and communicate the ideas explicitly and implicitly contained by the data. Working along side scientific users and NAS applications staff, our scientific visualization experts are developing exciting new visualizations to maximize the understanding of scientific results.
Visualization Services
The NAS Division's visualization staff researches and applies advances in information systems technology to enhance the understanding of computational simulation and experimental data. The staff also consults with, and assists researchers in creating animations, videos, and acoustical data to help analyze and present scientific results.
NAS users can get assistance with scientific visualizations by contacting:
Chris Henze at Christopher.E.Henze@nasa.gov
The hyperwall
One visualization tool used at the NAS facility is the "hyperwall," a seven-by-seven cluster of flat panel screens, each driven by its own dual-processor computer with a high-end graphics card. This tool helps researchers display, analyze, and study high-dimensional datasets in meaningful ways, allowing the use of different tools, viewpoints, and parameters to display the same data or datasets. Each of the 49 computers can display, process, and share data, so a single image can be displayed across all screens (similar to the less versatile powerwall systems), or endless configurations of data can be displayed in selected "cells," like a giant spreadsheet.
For questions about the hyperwall, please contact Chris Henze at Christopher.E.Henze@nasa.gov.
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