This class will present recent research in human perception and cognition that can serve to inform designers as they make choices regarding representations of various information types. This session will introduce two powerful, open-source visualization software packages in use at the cutting edge of science: Visit and Paraview. We will run through tutorials for each package including loading data, mapping multiple variables to visual form and the production of high-resolution imagery and movies. We will also examine how new graphics hardware at VT enables such scaling including the new GPU cluster Athena and the new Visionarium VisCube. Issues and techniques for interactive (and offline) remote rendering and immersive visualization will be demonstrated and discussed.

This online course is being presented in collaboration with VT's Advanced Research Computing Group: http://www.arc.vt.edu/
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Location:	3080 Torgersen
Price:	Free
Sponsor:	Faculty Development Institute
Contact:	Ed Schwartz ed.schwartz@vt.edu (540) 231-4975
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