1. CIS 788.14Q Scientific Visualization systems and techniques Instructor: Han-Wei Shen (hwshen@cis.ohio-state.edu)hwshen@cis.ohio-state.edu Credit: 3 Prerequisite: CIS694G/CIS681 or instructor permission Class: MWF 8:30 – 9:18 pm DL 266 Office hours: MW: 1:30-2:30pm Web: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~hwshen/788

2. What is this class about?

3. Textbook No textbook for this class – papers will be handed out in class Information sources:  IEEE Visualization publications  ACM SIGGRAPH publications  Eurographics publications  Online technical reports (nVIDIA, ATI, …)

4. Class Objectives Programmable hardware features Fundamental visualization algorithms  Software and “hardware” implementation Process of scientific visualization State-of-the-art in visualization research Have fun!

5. Grading - 3 Labs: 40% - Class presentation: 10 % - Take home final / Term paper: 20% - Final Project: 40% All done in groups !!

6. Working Groups Find your group in the beginning of quarter (before 10/2) 3 people/group – mix of senior and junior students You will do all the work together Same grade for the group members

7. About the Labs Three group labs  Simple pixel/texture shader programs (week 2)  Hardware based volume rendering on PCs (week 4)  Particle tracing for flow visualization (Week 7) Equipment: your own PCs or use the PCs in DL 680 with GeForce 4 cards

8. About the final project Project proposal and work plan (week 6): 5% Research/Implementation diary: 5% Final results: 30% - Implement a published algorithm - Develop a new algorithm - Solve a open problem What to do: Grading:

9. Class Presentation Each group will present one or multiple papers on specific subjects Emphasis on material preparations (slides, demos, etc) and your presentation skills 10% of your final grade

10. Class at a Glance Week1Overview of general graphics pipeline Week2Programmable hardware features (lab1) Week3Volume rendering Week4Volume rendering (lab2) Week5Unstructured grid / isosurface

11. Week6Isosurface (final project proposal) Week7Vector field visualization Week8Vector field visualization Week9Advanced Topics Week10Project presentations Class at a Glance

12. Any Questions?