1. Computer Visualization Facility

2. Background
Advanced Research Computing section started as HPC support group
Funded from research vote (off-the-top)
Charged with increasing number of users and range of disciplines
Founded Computer Visualization Facility as one means to achieve this

3. Rationale Scientific Visualization Rendering and Animation
Introduce scientists to better graphics
Better presentation
Better understanding
Rendering and Animation
Artists using HPC
Multimedia test facility

4. The proposal

5. The Reality

6. The Toys
VisionStation
Plasma Screen

7. Case Study Theoretical Physics Intensive Numerical Integration
Coupled-channel Collective Model
Elastic scattering of Neutrons from Carbon nuclei
Intensive Numerical Integration
Started as a HPC collaboration
Model has ~10 parameters
1000 pts takes ~20 mins on 1 APAC cpu

8. Experimental Results

9. Some results from Model

10. One random run

11. Detail from previous

12. Re-run with smaller step

13. Another detail view

14. Re-run again still smaller

15. Final detail view

16. First Attempts at 3D

17. Better

18. Contour Map

19. Grayscale x1000.pgm

20. Surface rendered

21. The demo version

22. A different parameter

23. Same data different view

24. How I knew where to look

25. Presentation version

27. QCG visualization
Simulation of quantum states of two phosphorous atoms forming a gate in a quantum computer

28. Another presentation

29. Terrain mapping
Using publicly available data from satellite image as texture map on a digital elevation model to produce a realistic 3D image

31. The nephron (kidney cell)
As part of the virtual kidney project an accurate model of a nephron was developed.
A fly-through developed for the VisionStation (immersive display) is shown

33. Two concept developments
Student academic progression
Genetically modified pollen dispersion

36. New CVF proposal
We thought we might get some space in one of the new buildings in our South Precinct.
This was part of our presentations
• We didn’t get that space…

38. Other activities Adobe Atmosphere My True Colours Video-conferencing
Interactions between avatars in specific virtual environments
My True Colours
Performance art
Video-conferencing
Plasma screen wows them all

39. Futures New location AccessGrid node
Using labs for out-of-hours rendering

40. The End