MRI: Acquisition of an Integrated System for Advanced Visualization with Haptic Feedback Control

一个大规模的可视化设施与集成的触觉设备是一个关键的需要，这将使突破性的科学和工程在德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥（UTSA）的实现。我们建议的设施（触觉可视化墙）是唯一配置为提供实时交互非常大，复杂的数据集。已经确定了三个主要研究项目和十个其他项目，这些项目需要大规模的可视化设施，以便研究人员能够对其模型和数据进行深入的解释，并产生知识见解。此外，由于设备的独特性，UTSA之间的资源共享以及资源的高度可见性，可以预见将导致工程，计算机科学，统计学等方面的合作。此外，将触觉设备纳入研究和教学的能力将产生新的认识和这一重要资源的应用到基础研究生和本科生课程，并提供一个从事车辆解决学生保留和毕业率问题。今天的学生经常通过基于图形的教学来展示上级学习。对于代表性不足的少数民族学生来说尤其如此，他们通常是第一代上大学的人，往往无法获得最新的技术。因此，这个设施，这将是开放给所有UTSA教师和学生，可以对教育和研究成果产生重大影响。进一步的好处包括在计算科学，工程，计算机编程，触觉和控制，以及计算机图形管理员，教师，学生和未来的学生的宣传显着增加。该设施将位于校园的中心，用于教学和研究。

A large-scale visualization facility with integrated haptic devices is a critical need that will enable the realization of breakthrough science and engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Our proposed facility (Haptic Vis-Wall) is uniquely configured to provide real-time interaction with very large, complex data sets. Three primary research projects and ten other projects have been identified that require a large-scale visualization facility so that researchers can develop in-depth interpretation of their models and data and produce intellectual insight. In addition, due to the uniqueness of the equipment, sharing of the resource across UTSA, and the highly visible nature of the resource, it is foreseeable that collaborations across engineering, computer science, statistics and others will result. Also, the capability to include haptic devices into research and teaching will spawn new awareness and applications of this important resource into fundamental graduate and undergraduate courses and provide an engaging vehicle for addressing student retention and graduation rate issues. Today's students often exhibit superior learning through graphically based instruction. This is especially true for underrepresented minority students that are typically the first generation to attend college and often lack access to the latest technology. As a result, this facility, which will be open to all UTSA faculty and students, can have a significant impact on educational and research accomplishments. Further benefits include a dramatic increase in publicity of computational science, engineering, computer programming, haptics and controls, and computer graphics to administrators, faculty, students and prospective students. The facility will be centrally located on campus for both teaching and research.