Acquisition of UCSC Scientific Visualization Laboratory

9724237收购加州大学萨纳特克鲁斯分校(UCSC)收购加州大学萨纳特克鲁斯分校(UCSC)将获得一个高速多处理器图形系统，以及相关的大型磁盘阵列、用于高质量插图的视频设备，以及一个用于大型立体显示的虚拟工作台，以支持天文学、生物、化学、计算机科学和工程、地球科学、海洋科学、物理和科学传播等领域的研究。这一设施将支持开发新的科学可视化技术，以加速可视化，分析最终图像的有效性和有用性，正式比较其他可视化方法，表示数据不确定性，并探索物理上合理的数据内插方法。将开发协作和远程可视化系统以及适当的用户界面。这些设备将提供给从事计算机科学和自然科学研究的研究生和本科生。现有的教学实验室将与班级和实验室的科学可视化实验室相连。USCS在通过使用计算机模拟和数据可视化的电影和电视纪录片来接触更多的公众观众方面拥有经验。科学可视化设备将加强这些现有的努力。

9724237 Wilhelms, Jane University of California, Santa Cruz Acquisition of a UCSC Scientific Visualization Laboratory The University of California, Sanat Cruz (UCSC) will be acquiring a high-speed multi-processor graphics system with associated large disk array, video equipment for high-quality illustration, and a virtual workbench for large stereo display to support research in astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science and engineering, earth science, ocean science, physics, and science communication. This facility will support the development of new scientific visualization techniques to speed up visualization, to analyze validity and usefulness of final images, to compare formally alternative visualization methods, to represent data uncertainty, and to explore physically justified data-interpolation methods. Collaborative and remote visualization systems will be developed, along with appropriate user interfaces. The equipment will be available to graduate students and undergraduate students working on research in computer science and the natural sciences. An existing teaching laboratory will be connected to the scientific visualization laboratory for classes and laboratories. USCS has experience in outreach to the larger public audience through film and TV documentaries using computer visualizations of simulations and data. The scientific visualization equipment will enhance these existing efforts.