1. REVITALISE Visualization Tools Overview Bob Gotwals Morehead Planetarium and Science Center UNC-Chapel Hill

2. REVITALISE Two Approaches Visualization (science education) (Visualization science) education and/or

3. REVITALISE Three Strategies Use existing visualizations Modify existing visualizations Create visualizations from scratch

4. REVITALISE Technologies Scientific Visualization – SciVis is graphical representation of data for the purpose of insight –SciVis is NOT presentation graphics or computer graphics –General paradigm: Data acquisition --> data filtering --> data rendering Working assumption: process and product

5. REVITALISE Techniques Data identification and acquisition Data analysis and filtering Data rendering Data choices –Color –Perspectives –Data subsets –Shapes

6. REVITALISE Tools Excel Gnuplot AVS Express Other tools –Discipline-specific –Viewers –Java applets

7. REVITALISE Why not Fathom? “Mainstream” tools Tool types –GUI –Command line driven Tool capabilities Tool costs/platform availability Summer workshop

8. REVITALISE Overview of this workshop Tool per day –Excel - Friday –Gnuplot - Saturday –AVS Express - Sunday Format –Short overview of the tool –Structured lab –Open lab

9. REVITALISE Labs Structured labs –Learning the mechanics of the tool Excel: four examples Gnuplot: two examples AVS Express: one example Open labs –Four areas Mathematics Physical sciences Env/Earth Sciences Life Sciences

10. REVITALISE Labs Structured labs –Bob in NC, Garrett in Illinois –Step-by-step approach Open labs –Pick your own team –Pick your own project –Background readings –Data acquisition/filtering/rendering/analysis –YOU MIGHT NOT FINISH!