2022
Bujack, Roxana; Bresciani, Etienne; Waters, Jiajia; Schroeder, Will
Topological Segmentation of 2D Vector Fields Journal Article
In: 2022, (LEVIA'22. Leipzig, 06.04.2022 - 07.04.2022).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: segmentation, Topology, Vector field
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title = {Topological Segmentation of 2D Vector Fields},
author = {Roxana Bujack and Etienne Bresciani and Jiajia Waters and Will Schroeder},
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abstract = {ector field topology has a long tradition as a visualization tool. The separatrices segment the domain visually into canonical regions in which all streamlines behave qualitatively the same. But application scientists often need more than just a nice image for their data analysis, and, to best of our knowledge, so far no workflow has been proposed to extract the critical points, the associated separatrices, and then provide the induced segmentation on the data level. We present a workflow that computes the segmentation of the domain of a 2D vector field based on its separatrices. We show how it can be used for the extraction of quantitative information about each segment in two applications: groundwater flow and heat exchange.},
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ector field topology has a long tradition as a visualization tool. The separatrices segment the domain visually into canonical regions in which all streamlines behave qualitatively the same. But application scientists often need more than just a nice image for their data analysis, and, to best of our knowledge, so far no workflow has been proposed to extract the critical points, the associated separatrices, and then provide the induced segmentation on the data level. We present a workflow that computes the segmentation of the domain of a 2D vector field based on its separatrices. We show how it can be used for the extraction of quantitative information about each segment in two applications: groundwater flow and heat exchange.
Bujack, Roxana; Zhang, Xinhua; Suk, Tomáš; Rogers, David
Systematic generation of moment invariant bases for 2D and 3D tensor fields Journal Article
In: Pattern Recognition, vol. 123, pp. 108313, 2022, ISSN: 0031-3203.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Basis, Flexible, Generator approach, moment invariants, pattern detection, Rotation invariant, Tensor, Vector
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title = {Systematic generation of moment invariant bases for 2D and 3D tensor fields},
author = {Roxana Bujack and Xinhua Zhang and Tomáš Suk and David Rogers},
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abstract = {Moment invariants have been successfully applied to pattern detection tasks in 2D and 3D scalar, vector, and matrix valued data. However so far no flexible basis of invariants exists, i.e., no set that is optimal in the sense that it is complete and independent for every input pattern. In this paper, we prove that a basis of moment invariants can be generated that consists of tensor contractions of not more than two different moment tensors each under the conjecture of the set of all possible tensor contractions to be complete. This result allows us to derive the first generator algorithm that produces flexible bases of moment invariants with respect to orthogonal transformations by selecting a single non-zero moment to pair with all others in these two-factor products. Since at least one non-zero moment can be found in every non-zero pattern, this approach always generates a complete set of descriptors.},
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Moment invariants have been successfully applied to pattern detection tasks in 2D and 3D scalar, vector, and matrix valued data. However so far no flexible basis of invariants exists, i.e., no set that is optimal in the sense that it is complete and independent for every input pattern. In this paper, we prove that a basis of moment invariants can be generated that consists of tensor contractions of not more than two different moment tensors each under the conjecture of the set of all possible tensor contractions to be complete. This result allows us to derive the first generator algorithm that produces flexible bases of moment invariants with respect to orthogonal transformations by selecting a single non-zero moment to pair with all others in these two-factor products. Since at least one non-zero moment can be found in every non-zero pattern, this approach always generates a complete set of descriptors.
Bujack, Roxana; Teti, Emily; Miller, Jonah; Caffrey, Elektra; Turton, Terece
The non-Riemannian nature of perceptual color space Journal Article
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 119, no. 18, pp. e2119753119, 2022.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: color perception, color theory
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title = {The non-Riemannian nature of perceptual color space},
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The scientific community generally agrees on the theory, introduced by Riemann and furthered by Helmholtz and Schrödinger, that perceived color space is not Euclidean but rather, a three-dimensional Riemannian space. We show that the principle of diminishing returns applies to human color perception. This means that large color differences cannot be derived by adding a series of small steps, and therefore, perceptual color space cannot be described by a Riemannian geometry. This finding is inconsistent with the current approaches to modeling perceptual color space. Therefore, the assumed shape of color space requires a paradigm shift. Consequences of this apply to color metrics that are currently used in image and video processing, color mapping, and the paint and textile industries. These metrics are valid only for small differences. Rethinking them outside of a Riemannian setting could provide a path to extending them to large differences. This finding further hints at the existence of a second-order Weber–Fechner law describing perceived differences.
Teti, Emily; Turton, Terece; Miller, Jonah; Bujack, Roxana
Maximum likelihood estimation of difference scaling functions for suprathreshold judgments Journal Article
In: Journal of Vision, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 9-9, 2022, ISSN: 1534-7362.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
@article{10.1167/jov.22.10.9,
title = {Maximum likelihood estimation of difference scaling functions for suprathreshold judgments},
author = {Emily Teti and Terece Turton and Jonah Miller and Roxana Bujack},
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abstract = { Maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) has been used to produce perceptual scales from binary judgments of triads and quadruples. This method relies on Thurstone’s theory of a stochastic perceptual process where the perceived difference of two stimuli is the difference in their perceived strengths. It is possible that the perception of a suprathreshold difference is overestimated when adding smaller differences, a phenomenon referred to as diminishing returns. The current approach to construct a perceptual scale using MLE does not account for this phenomenon. We present a way to model the perception of differences using MLE and Thurstone’s theory, adapted to allow the possibility of diminishing returns. This method is validated using Monte Carlo simulated responses to experimental triads and can correctly model diminishing returns, the absence of diminishing returns, and the opposite of diminishing returns both in the cases when a perceptual scale is known and when the true perceived strengths of the stimuli are unknown. Additionally, this method was applied to empirical data sets to determine its feasibility in investigations of perception. Ultimately, it was found that this analysis allows for more accurate modeling of suprathreshold difference judgments, a more complete understanding of the perceptual processes underlying comparisons, and the evaluation of Thurstone’s theory of difference judgments. },
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Maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) has been used to produce perceptual scales from binary judgments of triads and quadruples. This method relies on Thurstone’s theory of a stochastic perceptual process where the perceived difference of two stimuli is the difference in their perceived strengths. It is possible that the perception of a suprathreshold difference is overestimated when adding smaller differences, a phenomenon referred to as diminishing returns. The current approach to construct a perceptual scale using MLE does not account for this phenomenon. We present a way to model the perception of differences using MLE and Thurstone’s theory, adapted to allow the possibility of diminishing returns. This method is validated using Monte Carlo simulated responses to experimental triads and can correctly model diminishing returns, the absence of diminishing returns, and the opposite of diminishing returns both in the cases when a perceptual scale is known and when the true perceived strengths of the stimuli are unknown. Additionally, this method was applied to empirical data sets to determine its feasibility in investigations of perception. Ultimately, it was found that this analysis allows for more accurate modeling of suprathreshold difference judgments, a more complete understanding of the perceptual processes underlying comparisons, and the evaluation of Thurstone’s theory of difference judgments.
Bujack, Roxana
In: 2022 Topological Data Analysis and Visualization (TopoInVis), pp. 59-69, 2022.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: flow, Topology, Vector field, visualization
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title = {Discussion and Visualization of Distinguished Hyperbolic Trajectories as a Generalization of Critical Points to 2D Time-dependent Flow},
author = {Roxana Bujack},
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abstract = {Classical vector field topology has proven to be a useful visualization technique for steady flow, but its straightforward application to time-dependent flows lacks physical meaning. Necessary requirements for physical meaningfulness include the results to be objective, i.e., independent of the frame of reference of the observer, and Lagrangian, i.e., that the generalized critical points are trajectories. We analyze whether the theoretical concept of distinguished hyperbolic trajectories provides a physically meaningful generalization to classical critical points and if the existing extraction algorithms correctly compute what has been defined mathematically. We show that both theory and algorithms constitute a significant improvement over previous methods.We further present a method to visualize a time-dependent flow field in the reference frames of distinguished trajectories. The result is easy to interpret because it makes these trajectories look like classical critical points for each instance in time, but it is meaningful because it is Lagrangian and objective.},
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Classical vector field topology has proven to be a useful visualization technique for steady flow, but its straightforward application to time-dependent flows lacks physical meaning. Necessary requirements for physical meaningfulness include the results to be objective, i.e., independent of the frame of reference of the observer, and Lagrangian, i.e., that the generalized critical points are trajectories. We analyze whether the theoretical concept of distinguished hyperbolic trajectories provides a physically meaningful generalization to classical critical points and if the existing extraction algorithms correctly compute what has been defined mathematically. We show that both theory and algorithms constitute a significant improvement over previous methods.We further present a method to visualize a time-dependent flow field in the reference frames of distinguished trajectories. The result is easy to interpret because it makes these trajectories look like classical critical points for each instance in time, but it is meaningful because it is Lagrangian and objective.
2021
Kinner, Eric Georg; Lukasczyk, Jonas; Rogers, David; Maciejewski, Ross; Garth, Christoph
Interpolation of Scientific Image Databases Inproceedings
In: Garth, Christoph; Aurich, Jan C.; Linke, Barbara; Müller, Ralf; Ravani, Bahram; Weber, Gunther H.; Kirsch, Benjamin (Ed.): 2nd International Conference of the DFG International Research Training Group 2057 – Physical Modeling for Virtual Manufacturing (iPMVM 2020), pp. 19:1–19:17, Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, Dagstuhl, Germany, 2021, ISSN: 2190-6807.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: cinema database, image database, image interpolation
@inproceedings{kinner_et_al:OASIcs.iPMVM.2020.19,
title = {Interpolation of Scientific Image Databases},
author = {Eric Georg Kinner and Jonas Lukasczyk and David Rogers and Ross Maciejewski and Christoph Garth},
editor = {Christoph Garth and Jan C. Aurich and Barbara Linke and Ralf Müller and Bahram Ravani and Gunther H. Weber and Benjamin Kirsch},
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Nardini, Pascal; Chen, Min; Bujack, Roxana; Bottinger, Michael; Scheuermann, Gerik
A Testing Environment for Continuous Colormaps Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 1043-1053, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: color perception, scalar analysis, Testing Environment
@article{9216559,
title = {A Testing Environment for Continuous Colormaps},
author = {Pascal Nardini and Min Chen and Roxana Bujack and Michael Bottinger and Gerik Scheuermann},
url = {http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~bujack/2020Vis.pdf},
doi = {10.1109/TVCG.2020.3028955},
year = {2021},
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abstract = {Many computer science disciplines (e.g., combinatorial optimization, natural language processing, and information retrieval) use standard or established test suites for evaluating algorithms. In visualization, similar approaches have been adopted in some areas (e.g., volume visualization), while user testimonies and empirical studies have been the dominant means of evaluation in most other areas, such as designing colormaps. In this paper, we propose to establish a test suite for evaluating the design of colormaps. With such a suite, the users can observe the effects when different continuous colormaps are applied to planar scalar fields that may exhibit various characteristic features, such as jumps, local extrema, ridge or valley lines, different distributions of scalar values, different gradients, different signal frequencies, different levels of noise, and so on. The suite also includes an expansible collection of real-world data sets including the most popular data for colormap testing in the visualization literature. The test suite has been integrated into a web-based application for creating continuous colormaps (https://ccctool.com/), facilitating close inter-operation between design and evaluation processes. This new facility complements traditional evaluation methods such as user testimonies and empirical studies.},
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Many computer science disciplines (e.g., combinatorial optimization, natural language processing, and information retrieval) use standard or established test suites for evaluating algorithms. In visualization, similar approaches have been adopted in some areas (e.g., volume visualization), while user testimonies and empirical studies have been the dominant means of evaluation in most other areas, such as designing colormaps. In this paper, we propose to establish a test suite for evaluating the design of colormaps. With such a suite, the users can observe the effects when different continuous colormaps are applied to planar scalar fields that may exhibit various characteristic features, such as jumps, local extrema, ridge or valley lines, different distributions of scalar values, different gradients, different signal frequencies, different levels of noise, and so on. The suite also includes an expansible collection of real-world data sets including the most popular data for colormap testing in the visualization literature. The test suite has been integrated into a web-based application for creating continuous colormaps (https://ccctool.com/), facilitating close inter-operation between design and evaluation processes. This new facility complements traditional evaluation methods such as user testimonies and empirical studies.
Bujack, Roxana; Tsai, Karen; Morley, Steven; Bresciani, Etienne
Open source vector field topology Journal Article
In: SoftwareX, vol. 15, pp. 100787, 2021, ISSN: 2352-7110.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Critical point, Separatrix, Topology, Vector field
@article{BUJACK2021100787,
title = {Open source vector field topology},
author = {Roxana Bujack and Karen Tsai and Steven Morley and Etienne Bresciani},
url = {http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~bujack/2021SoftwareX.pdf},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2021.100787},
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abstract = {A myriad of physical phenomena, such as fluid flows, magnetic fields, and population dynamics are described by vector fields. More often than not, vector fields are complex and their analysis is challenging. Vector field topology is a powerful analysis technique that consists in identifying the most essential structure of a vector field. Its topological features include critical points and separatrices, which segment the domain into regions of coherent flow behavior, provide a sparse and semantically meaningful representation of the underlying data. However, a broad adoption of this formidable technique has been hampered by the lack of open source software implementing it. The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) now contains the filter vtkVectorFieldTopology that extracts the topological skeleton of 2D and 3D vector fields. This paper describes our implementation and demonstrates its broad applicability with two real-world examples from hydrology and space physics.},
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A myriad of physical phenomena, such as fluid flows, magnetic fields, and population dynamics are described by vector fields. More often than not, vector fields are complex and their analysis is challenging. Vector field topology is a powerful analysis technique that consists in identifying the most essential structure of a vector field. Its topological features include critical points and separatrices, which segment the domain into regions of coherent flow behavior, provide a sparse and semantically meaningful representation of the underlying data. However, a broad adoption of this formidable technique has been hampered by the lack of open source software implementing it. The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) now contains the filter vtkVectorFieldTopology that extracts the topological skeleton of 2D and 3D vector fields. This paper describes our implementation and demonstrates its broad applicability with two real-world examples from hydrology and space physics.
Nardini, Pascal; Chen, Min; Böttinger, Michael; Scheuermann, Gerik; Bujack, Roxana
Automatic Improvement of Continuous Colormaps in Euclidean Colorspaces Journal Article
In: Computer Graphics Forum, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 361-373, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
@article{https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14313,
title = {Automatic Improvement of Continuous Colormaps in Euclidean Colorspaces},
author = {Pascal Nardini and Min Chen and Michael Böttinger and Gerik Scheuermann and Roxana Bujack},
url = {http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~bujack/2021EuroVis.pdf},
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abstract = {Colormapping is one of the simplest and most widely used data visualization methods within and outside the visualization community. Uniformity, order, discriminative power, and smoothness of continuous colormaps are the most important criteria for evaluating and potentially improving colormaps. We present a local and a global automatic optimization algorithm in Euclidean color spaces for each of these design rules in this work. As a foundation for our optimization algorithms, we used the CCC-Tool colormap specification (CMS); each algorithm has been implemented in this tool. In addition to synthetic examples that demonstrate each method's effect, we show the outcome of some of the methods applied to a typhoon simulation.},
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Colormapping is one of the simplest and most widely used data visualization methods within and outside the visualization community. Uniformity, order, discriminative power, and smoothness of continuous colormaps are the most important criteria for evaluating and potentially improving colormaps. We present a local and a global automatic optimization algorithm in Euclidean color spaces for each of these design rules in this work. As a foundation for our optimization algorithms, we used the CCC-Tool colormap specification (CMS); each algorithm has been implemented in this tool. In addition to synthetic examples that demonstrate each method's effect, we show the outcome of some of the methods applied to a typhoon simulation.
2020
Childs, Hank; Ahern, Sean; Ahrens, James; Bauer, Andrew; Bennett, Janine; Bethel, Wes; Bremer, Peer-Timo; Brugger, Eric; Cottam, Joseph; Dorier, Matthieu; Dutta, Soumya; Favre, Jean; Fogal, Thomas; Frey, Steffen; Garth, Christoph; Geveci, Berk; Godoy, William; Hansen, Charles; Harrison, Cyrus; Hentschel, Bernd; Insley, Joseph; Johnson, Chris; Klasky, Scott; Knoll, Aaron; Kress, James; Larsen, Matthew; Lofstead, Jay; Ma, Kwan-Liu; Malakar, Preeti; Meredith, Jeremy; Moreland, Kenneth; Navrátil, Paul; O’Leary, Patrick; Parashar, Manish; Pascucci, Valerio; Patchett, John; Peterka, Tom; Petruzza, Steve; Podhorszki, Norbert; Pugmire, David; Rasquin, Michel; Rizzi, Silvio; Rogers, David; Sane, Sudhanshu; Sauer, Franz; Sisneros, Robert; Shen, Han-Wei; Usher, Will; Vickery, Rhonda; Vishwanath, Venkatram; Wald, Ingo; Wang, Ruonan; Weber, Gunther; Whitlock, Brad; Wolf, Matthew; Yu, Hongfeng; Ziegeler, Sean
A terminology for in situ visualization and analysis systems Journal Article
In: The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 676-691, 2020.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: in situ processing, scientific visualization
@article{doi:10.1177/1094342020935991,
title = {A terminology for in situ visualization and analysis systems},
author = {Hank Childs and Sean Ahern and James Ahrens and Andrew Bauer and Janine Bennett and Wes Bethel and Peer-Timo Bremer and Eric Brugger and Joseph Cottam and Matthieu Dorier and Soumya Dutta and Jean Favre and Thomas Fogal and Steffen Frey and Christoph Garth and Berk Geveci and William Godoy and Charles Hansen and Cyrus Harrison and Bernd Hentschel and Joseph Insley and Chris Johnson and Scott Klasky and Aaron Knoll and James Kress and Matthew Larsen and Jay Lofstead and Kwan-Liu Ma and Preeti Malakar and Jeremy Meredith and Kenneth Moreland and Paul Navrátil and Patrick O’Leary and Manish Parashar and Valerio Pascucci and John Patchett and Tom Peterka and Steve Petruzza and Norbert Podhorszki and David Pugmire and Michel Rasquin and Silvio Rizzi and David Rogers and Sudhanshu Sane and Franz Sauer and Robert Sisneros and Han-Wei Shen and Will Usher and Rhonda Vickery and Venkatram Vishwanath and Ingo Wald and Ruonan Wang and Gunther Weber and Brad Whitlock and Matthew Wolf and Hongfeng Yu and Sean Ziegeler},
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year = {2020},
date = {2020-08-14},
journal = {The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications},
volume = {34},
number = {6},
pages = {676-691},
abstract = {The term “in situ processing” has evolved over the last decade to mean both a specific strategy for visualizing and analyzing data and an umbrella term for a processing paradigm. The resulting confusion makes it difficult for visualization and analysis scientists to communicate with each other and with their stakeholders. To address this problem, a group of over 50 experts convened with the goal of standardizing terminology. This paper summarizes their findings and proposes a new terminology for describing in situ systems. An important finding from this group was that in situ systems are best described via multiple, distinct axes: integration type, proximity, access, division of execution, operation controls, and output type. This paper discusses these axes, evaluates existing systems within the axes, and explores how currently used terms relate to the axes.},
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The term “in situ processing” has evolved over the last decade to mean both a specific strategy for visualizing and analyzing data and an umbrella term for a processing paradigm. The resulting confusion makes it difficult for visualization and analysis scientists to communicate with each other and with their stakeholders. To address this problem, a group of over 50 experts convened with the goal of standardizing terminology. This paper summarizes their findings and proposes a new terminology for describing in situ systems. An important finding from this group was that in situ systems are best described via multiple, distinct axes: integration type, proximity, access, division of execution, operation controls, and output type. This paper discusses these axes, evaluates existing systems within the axes, and explores how currently used terms relate to the axes.
Zeller, Stephanie; Rogers, David
Visualizing Science: How Color Determines What We See Journal Article
In: 2020, (Published in EOS: Science News by AGU).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: color, color theory, mathematical geophysics
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title = {Visualizing Science: How Color Determines What We See},
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year = {2020},
date = {2020-05-21},
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Color plays a major role in the analysis and communication of scientific information. New tools are helping to improve how color can be applied more accurately and effectively to data.
Abram, Gregory; Adhinarayanan, Vignesh; Feng, Wu-chun; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James; Wilson, Luke
ETH: A Framework for the Design-Space Exploration of Extreme-Scale Scientific Visualization Journal Article
In: 2020.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
@article{abrameth,
title = {ETH: A Framework for the Design-Space Exploration of Extreme-Scale Scientific Visualization},
author = {Gregory Abram and Vignesh Adhinarayanan and Wu-chun Feng and David Rogers and James Ahrens and Luke Wilson},
url = {https://dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ETH-A-Framework-for-the-Design-Space-Exploration.pdf},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-04-07},
abstract = {As high-performance computing (HPC) moves towards the exascale era, large-scale scientific simulations are generating enormous datasets. A variety of techniques (e.g., in-situ methods, data sampling, and compression) have been proposed to help visualize these large datasets under various constraints such as storage, power, and energy. However, evaluating these techniques and understanding the various trade-offs (e.g., performance, efficiency, quality) remains a challenging task.
To enable the investigation and optimization across such tradeoffs, we propose a toolkit for the early-stage exploration of visualization and rendering approaches, job layout, and visualization pipelines. Our framework covers a broader parameter space than existing visualization applications such as ParaView and VisIt. It also promotes the study of simulation-visualization coupling strategies through a data-centric approach, rather than requiring the code itself. Furthermore, with experimentation on an extensively instrumented supercomputer, we study more metrics of interest than was previously possible. Overall, our framework will help to answer important what-if scenarios and trade-off questions in early stages of pipeline development, helping scientists to make informed choices about how to best couple a simulation code with visualization at extreme scale.},
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As high-performance computing (HPC) moves towards the exascale era, large-scale scientific simulations are generating enormous datasets. A variety of techniques (e.g., in-situ methods, data sampling, and compression) have been proposed to help visualize these large datasets under various constraints such as storage, power, and energy. However, evaluating these techniques and understanding the various trade-offs (e.g., performance, efficiency, quality) remains a challenging task.
To enable the investigation and optimization across such tradeoffs, we propose a toolkit for the early-stage exploration of visualization and rendering approaches, job layout, and visualization pipelines. Our framework covers a broader parameter space than existing visualization applications such as ParaView and VisIt. It also promotes the study of simulation-visualization coupling strategies through a data-centric approach, rather than requiring the code itself. Furthermore, with experimentation on an extensively instrumented supercomputer, we study more metrics of interest than was previously possible. Overall, our framework will help to answer important what-if scenarios and trade-off questions in early stages of pipeline development, helping scientists to make informed choices about how to best couple a simulation code with visualization at extreme scale.
To enable the investigation and optimization across such tradeoffs, we propose a toolkit for the early-stage exploration of visualization and rendering approaches, job layout, and visualization pipelines. Our framework covers a broader parameter space than existing visualization applications such as ParaView and VisIt. It also promotes the study of simulation-visualization coupling strategies through a data-centric approach, rather than requiring the code itself. Furthermore, with experimentation on an extensively instrumented supercomputer, we study more metrics of interest than was previously possible. Overall, our framework will help to answer important what-if scenarios and trade-off questions in early stages of pipeline development, helping scientists to make informed choices about how to best couple a simulation code with visualization at extreme scale.
Orban, Daniel; Banesh, Divya; Banesh, Cameron; Biwer, Christopher; Biswas, Ayan; Saavedra, Ramon; Sweeney, Christine; Sandberg, Richard; Bolme, C A; Ahrens, James; Rogers, David
Cinema:Bandit: a visualization application for beamline science demonstrated on XFEL shock physics experiments Journal Article
In: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, vol. 27, no. 1, 2020.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: continuous workflow, data visualization, database, real time, XFEL
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title = {Cinema:Bandit: a visualization application for beamline science demonstrated on XFEL shock physics experiments},
author = {Daniel Orban and Divya Banesh and Cameron Banesh and Christopher Biwer and Ayan Biswas and Ramon Saavedra and Christine Sweeney and Richard Sandberg and C A Bolme and James Ahrens and David Rogers},
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A new visualization tool, Cinema:Bandit, and its demonstration with a continuous workflow for analyzing shock physics experiments and visually exploring the data in real time at X-ray light sources is presented. it Cinema:Bandit is an open-source, web-based visualization application in which the experimenter may explore an aggregated dataset to inform real-time beamline decisions and enable it post hoc data analysis. The tool integrates with experimental workflows that process raw detector data into a simple database format, and it allows visualization of disparate data types, including experimental parameters, line graphs, and images. Use of parallel coordinates accommodates the irregular sampling of experimental parameters and allows for display and filtering of both experimental inputs and measurements. The tool is demonstrated on a dataset of shock-compressed titanium collected at the Matter in Extreme Conditions hutch at the Linac Coherent Light Source.
Turton, Terece; Banesh, Divya; Overmyer, Trinity; Sims, Ben; Rogers, David
Enabling Domain Expertise in Scientific Visualization With CinemaScience Journal Article
In: IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 90-98, 2020, ISSN: 1558-1756, (LA-UR-19-29339).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
@article{Turton:2020:VisViewpoints,
title = {Enabling Domain Expertise in Scientific Visualization With CinemaScience},
author = {Terece Turton and Divya Banesh and Trinity Overmyer and Ben Sims and David Rogers},
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Scientific users present unique challenges to visualization researchers. Their high-level tasks require them to apply domain-specific expertise. We introduce a broader audience to the CinemaScience project and demonstrate how CinemaScience enables efficient visualization workflows that can bring in scientist expertise and drive scientific insight.
Lukasczyk, Jonas; Garth, Christoph; Larsen, Matthew; Engelke, Wito; Hotz, Ingrid; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James; Maciejewski, Ross
Cinema Darkroom: A Deferred Rendering Framework for Large-Scale Datasets Inproceedings
In: 2020 IEEE 10th Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV), pp. 37–41, IEEE 2020.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: cinema, post-processing
@inproceedings{lukasczyk2020cinema,
title = {Cinema Darkroom: A Deferred Rendering Framework for Large-Scale Datasets},
author = {Jonas Lukasczyk and Christoph Garth and Matthew Larsen and Wito Engelke and Ingrid Hotz and David Rogers and James Ahrens and Ross Maciejewski},
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Bujack, Roxana; Yan, Lin; Hotz, Ingrid; Garth, Christoph; Wang, Bei
State of the Art in Time-Dependent Flow Topology: Interpreting Physical Meaningfulness Through Mathematical Properties Journal Article
In: Computer Graphics Forum, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 811-835, 2020.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
@article{https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14037,
title = {State of the Art in Time-Dependent Flow Topology: Interpreting Physical Meaningfulness Through Mathematical Properties},
author = {Roxana Bujack and Lin Yan and Ingrid Hotz and Christoph Garth and Bei Wang},
url = {http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informatik.uni-leipzig.de%2F~bujack%2F2020Star.pdf&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw3kcbkrjnI7LdvTGfRcw57E},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14037},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-01-01},
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journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
volume = {39},
number = {3},
pages = {811-835},
abstract = {We present a state-of-the-art report on time-dependent flow topology. We survey representative papers in visualization and provide a taxonomy of existing approaches that generalize flow topology from time-independent to time-dependent settings. The approaches are classified based upon four categories: tracking of steady topology, reference frame adaption, pathline classification or clustering, and generalization of critical points. Our unique contributions include introducing a set of desirable mathematical properties to interpret physical meaningfulness for time-dependent flow visualization, inferring mathematical properties associated with selective research papers, and utilizing such properties for classification. The five most important properties identified in the existing literature include coincidence with the steady case, induction of a partition within the domain, Lagrangian invariance, objectivity, and Galilean invariance.},
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We present a state-of-the-art report on time-dependent flow topology. We survey representative papers in visualization and provide a taxonomy of existing approaches that generalize flow topology from time-independent to time-dependent settings. The approaches are classified based upon four categories: tracking of steady topology, reference frame adaption, pathline classification or clustering, and generalization of critical points. Our unique contributions include introducing a set of desirable mathematical properties to interpret physical meaningfulness for time-dependent flow visualization, inferring mathematical properties associated with selective research papers, and utilizing such properties for classification. The five most important properties identified in the existing literature include coincidence with the steady case, induction of a partition within the domain, Lagrangian invariance, objectivity, and Galilean invariance.
Sane, Sudhanshu; Bujack, Roxana; Garth, Christoph; Childs, Hank
A Survey of Seed Placement and Streamline Selection Techniques Journal Article
In: Computer Graphics Forum, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 785-809, 2020.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: • Human-centered computing → Scientific visualization, CCS Concepts
@article{https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14036,
title = {A Survey of Seed Placement and Streamline Selection Techniques},
author = {Sudhanshu Sane and Roxana Bujack and Christoph Garth and Hank Childs},
url = {http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informatik.uni-leipzig.de%2F~bujack%2F2020Sane.pdf&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw1ezsZzR1EQcQw-61qWNOD-},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14036},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-01-01},
urldate = {2020-01-01},
journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
volume = {39},
number = {3},
pages = {785-809},
abstract = {Streamlines are an extensively utilized flow visualization technique for understanding, verifying, and exploring computational fluid dynamics simulations. One of the major challenges associated with the technique is selecting which streamlines to display. Using a large number of streamlines results in dense, cluttered visualizations, often containing redundant information and occluding important regions, whereas using a small number of streamlines could result in missing key features of the flow. Many solutions to select a representative set of streamlines have been proposed by researchers over the past two decades. In this state-of-the-art report, we analyze and classify seed placement and streamline selection (SPSS) techniques used by the scientific flow visualization community. At a high-level, we classify techniques into automatic and manual techniques, and further divide automatic techniques into three strategies: density-based, feature-based, and similarity-based. Our analysis evaluates the identified strategy groups with respect to focus on regions of interest, minimization of redundancy, and overall computational performance. Finally, we consider the application contexts and tasks for which SPSS techniques are currently applied and have potential applications in the future.},
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Streamlines are an extensively utilized flow visualization technique for understanding, verifying, and exploring computational fluid dynamics simulations. One of the major challenges associated with the technique is selecting which streamlines to display. Using a large number of streamlines results in dense, cluttered visualizations, often containing redundant information and occluding important regions, whereas using a small number of streamlines could result in missing key features of the flow. Many solutions to select a representative set of streamlines have been proposed by researchers over the past two decades. In this state-of-the-art report, we analyze and classify seed placement and streamline selection (SPSS) techniques used by the scientific flow visualization community. At a high-level, we classify techniques into automatic and manual techniques, and further divide automatic techniques into three strategies: density-based, feature-based, and similarity-based. Our analysis evaluates the identified strategy groups with respect to focus on regions of interest, minimization of redundancy, and overall computational performance. Finally, we consider the application contexts and tasks for which SPSS techniques are currently applied and have potential applications in the future.
Tsai, Karen; Bujack, Roxana; Geveci, Berk; Ayachit, Utkarsh; Ahrens, James
Approaches for In Situ Computation of Moments in a Data-Parallel Environment Inproceedings
In: Frey, Steffen; Huang, Jian; Sadlo, Filip (Ed.): Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization, The Eurographics Association, 2020, ISSN: 1727-348X.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: • Human-centered computing → Scientific visualization, parallel algorithms, pattern matching
@inproceedings{10.2312:pgv.20201075,
title = {Approaches for In Situ Computation of Moments in a Data-Parallel Environment},
author = {Karen Tsai and Roxana Bujack and Berk Geveci and Utkarsh Ayachit and James Ahrens},
editor = {Steffen Frey and Jian Huang and Filip Sadlo},
url = {(http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informatik.uni-leipzig.de%2F~bujack%2F2020EGPGV.pdf&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw2HaZNoL1L9jYRO0br69mHW)},
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year = {2020},
date = {2020-01-01},
urldate = {2020-01-01},
booktitle = {Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
abstract = {Feature-driven in situ data reduction can overcome the I/O bottleneck that large simulations face in modern supercomputer architectures in a semantically meaningful way. In this work, we make use of pattern detection as a black box detector of arbitrary feature templates of interest. In particular, we use moment invariants because they allow pattern detection independent of the specific orientation of a feature. We provide two open source implementations of a rotation invariant pattern detection algorithm for high performance computing (HPC) clusters with a distributed memory environment. The first one is a straightforward integration approach. The second one makes use of the Fourier transform and the Cross-Correlation Theorem. In this paper, we will compare the two approaches with respect to performance and flexibility and showcase results of the in situ integration with real world simulation code.},
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Feature-driven in situ data reduction can overcome the I/O bottleneck that large simulations face in modern supercomputer architectures in a semantically meaningful way. In this work, we make use of pattern detection as a black box detector of arbitrary feature templates of interest. In particular, we use moment invariants because they allow pattern detection independent of the specific orientation of a feature. We provide two open source implementations of a rotation invariant pattern detection algorithm for high performance computing (HPC) clusters with a distributed memory environment. The first one is a straightforward integration approach. The second one makes use of the Fourier transform and the Cross-Correlation Theorem. In this paper, we will compare the two approaches with respect to performance and flexibility and showcase results of the in situ integration with real world simulation code.
2019
Pulido, Jesus; Lukic, Zarija; Thorman, Paul; Zheng, Caixia; Ahrens, James; Hamann, Bernd
Data Reduction Using Lossy Compression for Cosmology and Astrophysics Workflows Journal Article
In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 1290, pp. 012008, 2019.
@article{Pulido_2019,
title = {Data Reduction Using Lossy Compression for Cosmology and Astrophysics Workflows},
author = {Jesus Pulido and Zarija Lukic and Paul Thorman and Caixia Zheng and James Ahrens and Bernd Hamann},
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year = {2019},
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De, Soumi; Biwer, Christopher M.; Capano, Collin D.; Nitz, Alexander H.; Brown, Duncan A.
Posterior samples of the parameters of binary black holes from Advanced LIGO, Virgo’s second observing run Journal Article
In: Scientific Data, vol. 6, pp. 81, 2019.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Data Analysis, Gravitation
@article{De2019,
title = {Posterior samples of the parameters of binary black holes from Advanced LIGO, Virgo’s second observing run},
author = {Soumi De and Christopher M. Biwer and Collin D. Capano and Alexander H. Nitz and Duncan A. Brown },
url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-019-0086-6},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-06-03},
journal = {Scientific Data},
volume = {6},
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Biwer, Christoper M.; Capano, Collin; De, Soumi; Cabero, Miriam; Brown, Duncan; Nitz, Alexander; Raymond, Vivien
PyCBC Inference: A Python-based Parameter Estimation Toolkit for Compact Binary Coalescence Signals Journal Article
In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 131, no. 996, pp. 024503, 2019.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Data Analysis, gravitational waves - methods, statistical
@article{1538-3873-131-996-024503,
title = {PyCBC Inference: A Python-based Parameter Estimation Toolkit for Compact Binary Coalescence Signals},
author = {Christoper M. Biwer and Collin Capano and Soumi De and Miriam Cabero and Duncan Brown and Alexander Nitz and Vivien Raymond},
url = {http://stacks.iop.org/1538-3873/131/i=996/a=024503},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific},
volume = {131},
number = {996},
pages = {024503},
abstract = {We introduce new modules in the open-source PyCBC gravitational-wave astronomy toolkit that implement Bayesian inference for compact-object binary mergers. We review the Bayesian inference methods implemented and describe the structure of the modules. We demonstrate that the PyCBC Inference modules produce unbiased estimates of the parameters of a simulated population of binary black hole mergers. We show that the parameters’ posterior distributions obtained using our new code agree well with the published estimates for binary black holes in the first Advanced LIGO–Virgo observing run.},
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We introduce new modules in the open-source PyCBC gravitational-wave astronomy toolkit that implement Bayesian inference for compact-object binary mergers. We review the Bayesian inference methods implemented and describe the structure of the modules. We demonstrate that the PyCBC Inference modules produce unbiased estimates of the parameters of a simulated population of binary black hole mergers. We show that the parameters’ posterior distributions obtained using our new code agree well with the published estimates for binary black holes in the first Advanced LIGO–Virgo observing run.
Samsel, Francesca; Wolfram, Phillip; Bares, Annie; Turton, Terece; Bujack, Roxana
Colormapping resources and strategies for organized intuitive environmental visualization Journal Article
In: Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 78, no. 9, pp. 269, 2019, ISSN: 1866-6280, (LA-UR-19-20060).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
@article{samsel2019colormapping,
title = {Colormapping resources and strategies for organized intuitive environmental visualization},
author = {Francesca Samsel and Phillip Wolfram and Annie Bares and Terece Turton and Roxana Bujack},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8237-9},
doi = {10.1007/s12665-019-8237-9},
issn = {1866-6280},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
urldate = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Environmental Earth Sciences},
volume = {78},
number = {9},
pages = {269},
abstract = {Visualizations benefit from the use of intuitive organized color application, enabling a clearer understanding and communication. In this paper, we apply the concept of semantic color association to the generation of thematic colormaps for the environmental sciences in combination with principals of artistic color theory to expand feature resolution and create visual hierarchies within a visualization. In particular, we provide sets of color scales, colormaps and color organization guidance for semantically aligned water, atmosphere, land, and vegetation visualization. Strategies for directing attention via saturation levels and saturation sets of colormaps enable deployment of these techniques. All are publicly available online and accompanied by tools and strategy guidance.},
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Visualizations benefit from the use of intuitive organized color application, enabling a clearer understanding and communication. In this paper, we apply the concept of semantic color association to the generation of thematic colormaps for the environmental sciences in combination with principals of artistic color theory to expand feature resolution and create visual hierarchies within a visualization. In particular, we provide sets of color scales, colormaps and color organization guidance for semantically aligned water, atmosphere, land, and vegetation visualization. Strategies for directing attention via saturation levels and saturation sets of colormaps enable deployment of these techniques. All are publicly available online and accompanied by tools and strategy guidance.
Dutta, Soumya; Biswas, Ayan; Ahrens, James
Multivariate Pointwise Information-Driven Data Sampling and Visualization Journal Article
In: Entropy, vol. 21, no. 7, 2019, ISSN: 1099-4300, (LA-UR-19-24243).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: data reduction, multivariate sampling, query-driven visualization
@article{e21070699,
title = {Multivariate Pointwise Information-Driven Data Sampling and Visualization},
author = {Soumya Dutta and Ayan Biswas and James Ahrens},
url = {https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/7/699},
doi = {10.3390/e21070699},
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year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Entropy},
volume = {21},
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abstract = {With increasing computing capabilities of modern supercomputers, the size of the data generated from the scientific simulations is growing rapidly. As a result, application scientists need effective data summarization techniques that can reduce large-scale multivariate spatiotemporal data sets while preserving the important data properties so that the reduced data can answer domain-specific queries involving multiple variables with sufficient accuracy. While analyzing complex scientific events, domain experts often analyze and visualize two or more variables together to obtain a better understanding of the characteristics of the data features. Therefore, data summarization techniques are required to analyze multi-variable relationships in detail and then perform data reduction such that the important features involving multiple variables are preserved in the reduced data. To achieve this, in this work, we propose a data sub-sampling algorithm for performing statistical data summarization that leverages pointwise information theoretic measures to quantify the statistical association of data points considering multiple variables and generates a sub-sampled data that preserves the statistical association among multi-variables. Using such reduced sampled data, we show that multivariate feature query and analysis can be done effectively. The efficacy of the proposed multivariate association driven sampling algorithm is presented by applying it on several scientific data sets.},
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With increasing computing capabilities of modern supercomputers, the size of the data generated from the scientific simulations is growing rapidly. As a result, application scientists need effective data summarization techniques that can reduce large-scale multivariate spatiotemporal data sets while preserving the important data properties so that the reduced data can answer domain-specific queries involving multiple variables with sufficient accuracy. While analyzing complex scientific events, domain experts often analyze and visualize two or more variables together to obtain a better understanding of the characteristics of the data features. Therefore, data summarization techniques are required to analyze multi-variable relationships in detail and then perform data reduction such that the important features involving multiple variables are preserved in the reduced data. To achieve this, in this work, we propose a data sub-sampling algorithm for performing statistical data summarization that leverages pointwise information theoretic measures to quantify the statistical association of data points considering multiple variables and generates a sub-sampled data that preserves the statistical association among multi-variables. Using such reduced sampled data, we show that multivariate feature query and analysis can be done effectively. The efficacy of the proposed multivariate association driven sampling algorithm is presented by applying it on several scientific data sets.
Dutta, Soumya; Brady, Riley; Maltrud, Mathew; Wolfram, Philip; Bujack, Roxana
Leveraging Lagrangian Analysis for Discriminating Nutrient Origins Inproceedings
In: Bujack, Roxana; Feige, Kathrin; Rink, Karsten; Zeckzer, Dirk (Ed.): Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis), pp. 17-24, The Eurographics Association, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-03868-086-4, (LA-UR-19-22455).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: human-centered computing, scientific visualization
@inproceedings{N20103:2019,
title = {Leveraging Lagrangian Analysis for Discriminating Nutrient Origins},
author = {Soumya Dutta and Riley Brady and Mathew Maltrud and Philip Wolfram and Roxana Bujack},
editor = {Roxana Bujack and Kathrin Feige and Karsten Rink and Dirk Zeckzer},
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Baker, Allison; Hammerling, Dorit; Turton, Terece
Evaluating Image Quality Measures to Assess the Impact of Lossy Data Compression Applied to Climate Simulation Data Journal Article
In: Computer Graphics Forum, 2019, ISSN: 1467-8659, (LA-UR-19-22420).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: data compaction and compression, feature evaluation
@article{10.1111:cgf.13707,
title = {Evaluating Image Quality Measures to Assess the Impact of Lossy Data Compression Applied to Climate Simulation Data},
author = {Allison Baker and Dorit Hammerling and Terece Turton},
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Banesh, Divya; Peterson, Mark; Wendelberger, Joanne; Ahrens, James; Hamann, Bernd
Comparison of piecewise linear change point detection with traditional analytical methods for ocean and climate data Journal Article
In: 2019.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: change point detection, Fourier transform, ocean data, Wavelets
@article{8823794b,
title = {Comparison of piecewise linear change point detection with traditional analytical methods for ocean and climate data},
author = {Divya Banesh and Mark Peterson and Joanne Wendelberger and James Ahrens and Bernd Hamann},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-019-8636-y?wt_mc=Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorIncrementalIssue&utm_source=ArticleAuthorIncrementalIssue&utm_medium=email&utm_content=AA_en_06082018&ArticleAuthorIncrementalIssue_20191104},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
abstract = {Earth's atmosphere and oceans are largely determined by periodic patterns of solar radiation, from daily and seasonal, to orbital variations over thousands of years. Dynamical processes alter these cycles with feedbacks and delays, so that the observed climate response is a combination of cyclical features and sudden regime changes. A primary example is the shift from a glacial (ice age) state to interglacial, which is driven by a 100-thousand year orbital cycle, while the transition occurs over a period of hundreds of years. Traditional methods of statistical analysis such as Fourier and wavelet transforms are very good at describing cyclical behavior but lack any characterization of singular events and regime changes. More recently, researchers have tested techniques in the statistical discipline of change point detection. This paper explores the unique advantages of a piecewise linear regression change point detection algorithm to identify events, regime shifts, and the direction of cyclical trends in geophysical data. It evaluates the reasons for choosing this particular change detection algorithm over other techniques by applying the technique to both observational and model data sets. A comparison of the proposed change detection algorithm to the more established statistical techniques shows the bene fits and drawbacks of each method.},
keywords = {change point detection, Fourier transform, ocean data, Wavelets},
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Earth's atmosphere and oceans are largely determined by periodic patterns of solar radiation, from daily and seasonal, to orbital variations over thousands of years. Dynamical processes alter these cycles with feedbacks and delays, so that the observed climate response is a combination of cyclical features and sudden regime changes. A primary example is the shift from a glacial (ice age) state to interglacial, which is driven by a 100-thousand year orbital cycle, while the transition occurs over a period of hundreds of years. Traditional methods of statistical analysis such as Fourier and wavelet transforms are very good at describing cyclical behavior but lack any characterization of singular events and regime changes. More recently, researchers have tested techniques in the statistical discipline of change point detection. This paper explores the unique advantages of a piecewise linear regression change point detection algorithm to identify events, regime shifts, and the direction of cyclical trends in geophysical data. It evaluates the reasons for choosing this particular change detection algorithm over other techniques by applying the technique to both observational and model data sets. A comparison of the proposed change detection algorithm to the more established statistical techniques shows the bene fits and drawbacks of each method.
Maack, Robin; Rogers, David; Hagen, Hans; Gillmann, Christina
Exploring Cinema Databases using multi-dimensional Image Measures Journal Article
In: 2019.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
@article{maackexploring,
title = {Exploring Cinema Databases using multi-dimensional Image Measures},
author = {Robin Maack and David Rogers and Hans Hagen and Christina Gillmann},
url = {https://dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/LEVIA19_paper_2.pdf},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
booktitle = {LEVIA 2019: Leipzig Symposium on Visualization in Applications},
abstract = {Exa-scale simulations can be hard to analyze because it is nearly impossible to store all computed time-steps and other parameters. The Cinema Database provides a storage saving solution, that captures images of each simulation time-step from a variety of camera angles. Still, the resulting number of images can be overwhelming and it is hard to find interesting images and features for further analysis. We present a zoom based approach where users can utilize arbitrary image measures to explore interesting images and further analyze their behavior in detail. We showed the effectiveness of our approach by providing two real world Cinema datasets.},
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Exa-scale simulations can be hard to analyze because it is nearly impossible to store all computed time-steps and other parameters. The Cinema Database provides a storage saving solution, that captures images of each simulation time-step from a variety of camera angles. Still, the resulting number of images can be overwhelming and it is hard to find interesting images and features for further analysis. We present a zoom based approach where users can utilize arbitrary image measures to explore interesting images and further analyze their behavior in detail. We showed the effectiveness of our approach by providing two real world Cinema datasets.
Nardini, Pascal; Chen, Min; Samsel, Francesca; Bujack, Roxana; Bottinger, Michael; Scheuermann, Gerik
The making of continuous colormaps Journal Article
In: IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 3048–3063, 2019.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ccc-tool, color perception, colormaps
@article{nardini2019making,
title = {The making of continuous colormaps},
author = {Pascal Nardini and Min Chen and Francesca Samsel and Roxana Bujack and Michael Bottinger and Gerik Scheuermann},
url = {http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~bujack/2020ccc.pdf},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
urldate = {2019-01-01},
journal = {IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics},
volume = {27},
number = {6},
pages = {3048--3063},
publisher = {IEEE},
abstract = {Continuous colormaps are integral parts of many visualization techniques, such as heat-maps, surface plots, and flow visualization. Despite that the critiques of rainbow colormaps have been around and well-acknowledged for three decades, rainbow colormaps are still widely used today. One reason behind the resilience of rainbow colormaps is the lack of tools for users to create a continuous colormap that encodes semantics specific to the application concerned. In this paper, we present a web-based software system, CCC-Tool (short for Charting Continuous Colormaps) under the URL https://ccctool.com, for creating, editing, and analyzing such application-specific colormaps. We introduce the notion of “colormap specification (CMS)” that maintains the essential semantics required for defining a color mapping scheme. We provide users with a set of advanced utilities for constructing CMS’s with various levels of complexity, examining their quality attributes using different plots, and exporting them to external application software. We present two case studies, demonstrating that the CCC-Tool can help domain scientists as well as visualization experts in designing semantically-rich colormaps.},
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Continuous colormaps are integral parts of many visualization techniques, such as heat-maps, surface plots, and flow visualization. Despite that the critiques of rainbow colormaps have been around and well-acknowledged for three decades, rainbow colormaps are still widely used today. One reason behind the resilience of rainbow colormaps is the lack of tools for users to create a continuous colormap that encodes semantics specific to the application concerned. In this paper, we present a web-based software system, CCC-Tool (short for Charting Continuous Colormaps) under the URL https://ccctool.com, for creating, editing, and analyzing such application-specific colormaps. We introduce the notion of “colormap specification (CMS)” that maintains the essential semantics required for defining a color mapping scheme. We provide users with a set of advanced utilities for constructing CMS’s with various levels of complexity, examining their quality attributes using different plots, and exporting them to external application software. We present two case studies, demonstrating that the CCC-Tool can help domain scientists as well as visualization experts in designing semantically-rich colormaps.
2018
Gospodnetic, Petra; Banesh, Divya; Wolfram, Phillip; Petersen, Mark; Hagen, Hans; Ahrens, James; Rauhut, Markus
Ocean Current Segmentation at Different Depths and Correlation with Temperature in a MPAS-Ocean Simulation Inproceedings
In: 2018 IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference (SciVis), pp. 62-66, 2018.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: image processing, ocean current segmentation, ocean current visualization, ocean currents
@inproceedings{8823794,
title = {Ocean Current Segmentation at Different Depths and Correlation with Temperature in a MPAS-Ocean Simulation},
author = {Petra Gospodnetic and Divya Banesh and Phillip Wolfram and Mark Petersen and Hans Hagen and James Ahrens and Markus Rauhut},
url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8823794
https://dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/08823794_optimized.pdf},
doi = {10.1109/SciVis.2018.8823794},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-10-01},
booktitle = {2018 IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference (SciVis)},
pages = {62-66},
abstract = {When analyzing and interpreting results of an ocean simulation, the prevalent method in oceanography is to visualize the complete dataset. However, this can lead to data being missed or misinterpreted due to the distraction caused by the extraneous data of the simulation. Furthermore, when the data stretches over many layers in depth or over numerous time-steps, the ability to track attributes such as ocean currents becomes difficult due to the complexity of the data. We propose an image processing approach to simulation preprocessing for visualization purposes, which offers automation of ocean current tracking within a simulation and ocean current segmentation from the rest of the simulation data. Using the proposed approach, it is possible to automatically identify the most scientifically-relevant streams, extract them from the rest of the simulation and correlate their behavior with other simulation parameters.},
keywords = {image processing, ocean current segmentation, ocean current visualization, ocean currents},
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When analyzing and interpreting results of an ocean simulation, the prevalent method in oceanography is to visualize the complete dataset. However, this can lead to data being missed or misinterpreted due to the distraction caused by the extraneous data of the simulation. Furthermore, when the data stretches over many layers in depth or over numerous time-steps, the ability to track attributes such as ocean currents becomes difficult due to the complexity of the data. We propose an image processing approach to simulation preprocessing for visualization purposes, which offers automation of ocean current tracking within a simulation and ocean current segmentation from the rest of the simulation data. Using the proposed approach, it is possible to automatically identify the most scientifically-relevant streams, extract them from the rest of the simulation and correlate their behavior with other simulation parameters.
Abram, Greg; Navrátil, Paul; Grossett, Pascal; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James
Galaxy: Asynchronous Ray Tracing for Large High-Fidelity Visualization Inproceedings
In: 2018 IEEE 8th Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV), pp. 72-76, 2018, ISSN: null, (LA-UR-18-26088).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: computer graphics, human-centered computing, ray tracing, rendering, visualization
@inproceedings{8739241,
title = {Galaxy: Asynchronous Ray Tracing for Large High-Fidelity Visualization},
author = {Greg Abram and Paul Navrátil and Pascal Grossett and David Rogers and James Ahrens},
doi = {10.1109/LDAV.2018.8739241},
issn = {null},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-10-01},
booktitle = {2018 IEEE 8th Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV)},
pages = {72-76},
abstract = {We present Galaxy, a fully asynchronous distributed parallel rendering engine geared towards using full global illumination for large-scale visualization. Galaxy provides performant distributed rendering of complex lighting and material models, particularly those that require ray traversal across nodes. Our design is favorable for tightly-coupled in situ scenarios, where data remains on simulation nodes. By employing asynchronous framebuffer updates and a novel subtractive lighting model, we achieve acceptable image quality from the first ray generation, and improve quality throughout the render epoch. On simulated in situ rendering tasks, Galaxy outperforms the current best-of-breed scientific ray tracer by over 3× for distributed geometric and particle data, while providing expanded rendering capability for global illumination and complex materials.},
note = {LA-UR-18-26088},
keywords = {computer graphics, human-centered computing, ray tracing, rendering, visualization},
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We present Galaxy, a fully asynchronous distributed parallel rendering engine geared towards using full global illumination for large-scale visualization. Galaxy provides performant distributed rendering of complex lighting and material models, particularly those that require ray traversal across nodes. Our design is favorable for tightly-coupled in situ scenarios, where data remains on simulation nodes. By employing asynchronous framebuffer updates and a novel subtractive lighting model, we achieve acceptable image quality from the first ray generation, and improve quality throughout the render epoch. On simulated in situ rendering tasks, Galaxy outperforms the current best-of-breed scientific ray tracer by over 3× for distributed geometric and particle data, while providing expanded rendering capability for global illumination and complex materials.
De, Soumi; Finstad, Daniel; Lattimer, James; Brown, Duncan; Berger, Edo; Biwer, Christopher
Tidal Deformabilities and Radii of Neutron Stars from the Observation of GW170817 Journal Article
In: Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 121, pp. 091102, 2018.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cosmology & Astrophysics, Gravitation
@article{PhysRevLett.121.091102,
title = {Tidal Deformabilities and Radii of Neutron Stars from the Observation of GW170817},
author = {Soumi De and Daniel Finstad and James Lattimer and Duncan Brown and Edo Berger and Christopher Biwer},
url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.091102},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.091102},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-08-01},
journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
volume = {121},
pages = {091102},
publisher = {American Physical Society},
keywords = {Cosmology & Astrophysics, Gravitation},
pubstate = {published},
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Cabero, Miriam; Capano, Collin; Fischer-Birnholtz, Ofek; Krishnan, Badri; Nielsen, Alex; Nitz, Alexander; Biwer, Christopher
Observational tests of the black hole area increase law Journal Article
In: Phys. Rev. D, vol. 97, pp. 124069, 2018.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cosmology & Astrophysics, Gravitation
@article{PhysRevD.97.124069,
title = {Observational tests of the black hole area increase law},
author = {Miriam Cabero and Collin Capano and Ofek Fischer-Birnholtz and Badri Krishnan and Alex Nielsen and Alexander Nitz and Christopher Biwer},
url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.124069},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.97.124069},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-06-01},
journal = {Phys. Rev. D},
volume = {97},
pages = {124069},
publisher = {American Physical Society},
keywords = {Cosmology & Astrophysics, Gravitation},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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Vogel, Sven; Biwer, Chris; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James; Hackenberg, Robert; Onken, Drew; Zhang, Jianzhong
Interactive visualization of multi-data-set Rietveld analyses using Cinema:Debye-Scherrer Journal Article
In: Journal of Applied Crystallography, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 943–951, 2018.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: automated analysis, diffraction data analysis, visualization
@article{Vogel:ks5597,
title = {Interactive visualization of multi-data-set Rietveld analyses using \textit{Cinema:Debye-Scherrer}},
author = {Sven Vogel and Chris Biwer and David Rogers and James Ahrens and Robert Hackenberg and Drew Onken and Jianzhong Zhang},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576718003989},
doi = {10.1107/S1600576718003989},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-06-01},
journal = {Journal of Applied Crystallography},
volume = {51},
number = {3},
pages = {943--951},
abstract = {A tool named \textit{Cinema:Debye-Scherrer} to visualize the results of a series of Rietveld analyses is presented. The multi-axis visualization of the high-dimensional data sets resulting from powder diffraction analyses allows identification of analysis problems, prediction of suitable starting values, identification of gaps in the experimental parameter space and acceleration of scientific insight from the experimental data. The tool is demonstrated with analysis results from 59 U—Nb alloy samples with different compositions, annealing times and annealing temperatures as well as with a high-temperature study of the crystal structure of CsPbBr_{3}. A script to extract parameters from a series of Rietveld analyses employing the widely used \textit{GSAS} Rietveld software is also described. Both software tools are available for download.},
keywords = {automated analysis, diffraction data analysis, visualization},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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A tool named Cinema:Debye-Scherrer to visualize the results of a series of Rietveld analyses is presented. The multi-axis visualization of the high-dimensional data sets resulting from powder diffraction analyses allows identification of analysis problems, prediction of suitable starting values, identification of gaps in the experimental parameter space and acceleration of scientific insight from the experimental data. The tool is demonstrated with analysis results from 59 U—Nb alloy samples with different compositions, annealing times and annealing temperatures as well as with a high-temperature study of the crystal structure of CsPbBr3. A script to extract parameters from a series of Rietveld analyses employing the widely used GSAS Rietveld software is also described. Both software tools are available for download.
Pulido, Jesus; Livescu, Daniel; Kanov, Kalin; Burns, Randal; Canada, Curtis; Ahrens, James; Hamann, Bernd
Remote Visual Analysis of Large Turbulence Databases at Multiple Scales Journal Article
In: Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2018, ISBN: 0743-7315, (LA-UR-17-20757).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Computer Science, data reduction, Databases, Distributed Systems, Mathematics and Computing, remote visualization, turbulence, Wavelets
@article{info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-17-20757,
title = {Remote Visual Analysis of Large Turbulence Databases at Multiple Scales},
author = {Jesus Pulido and Daniel Livescu and Kalin Kanov and Randal Burns and Curtis Canada and James Ahrens and Bernd Hamann},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743731518303927},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpdc.2018.05.011},
isbn = {0743-7315},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
journal = {Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing},
abstract = {The remote analysis and visualization of raw large turbulence datasets is challenging. Current accurate direct numerical simulations (DNS) of turbulent flows generate datasets with billions of points per time-step and several thousand time-steps per simulation. Until recently, the analysis and visualization of such datasets was restricted to scientists with access to large supercomputers. The public Johns Hopkins Turbulence database simplifies access to multi-terabyte turbulence datasets and facilitates the computation of statistics and extraction of features through the use of commodity hardware. We present a framework designed around wavelet-based compression for high-speed visualization of large datasets and methods supporting multi-resolution analysis of turbulence. By integrating common technologies, this framework enables remote access to tools available on supercomputers and over 230 terabytes of DNS data over the Web. The database toolset is expanded by providing access to exploratory data analysis tools, such as wavelet decomposition capabilities and coherent feature extraction.},
note = {LA-UR-17-20757},
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The remote analysis and visualization of raw large turbulence datasets is challenging. Current accurate direct numerical simulations (DNS) of turbulent flows generate datasets with billions of points per time-step and several thousand time-steps per simulation. Until recently, the analysis and visualization of such datasets was restricted to scientists with access to large supercomputers. The public Johns Hopkins Turbulence database simplifies access to multi-terabyte turbulence datasets and facilitates the computation of statistics and extraction of features through the use of commodity hardware. We present a framework designed around wavelet-based compression for high-speed visualization of large datasets and methods supporting multi-resolution analysis of turbulence. By integrating common technologies, this framework enables remote access to tools available on supercomputers and over 230 terabytes of DNS data over the Web. The database toolset is expanded by providing access to exploratory data analysis tools, such as wavelet decomposition capabilities and coherent feature extraction.
Finstad, Daniel; De, Soumi; Brown, Duncan; Berger, Edo; Biwer, Christopher
Measuring the Viewing Angle of GW170817 with Electromagnetic and Gravitational Waves Journal Article
In: The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 860, no. 1, pp. L2, 2018.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cosmology & Astrophysics, Gravitation
@article{2041-8205-860-1-L2,
title = {Measuring the Viewing Angle of GW170817 with Electromagnetic and Gravitational Waves},
author = {Daniel Finstad and Soumi De and Duncan Brown and Edo Berger and Christopher Biwer},
url = {http://stacks.iop.org/2041-8205/860/i=1/a=L2},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal Letters},
volume = {860},
number = {1},
pages = {L2},
abstract = {The joint detection of gravitational waves (GWs) and electromagnetic (EM) radiation from the binary neutron star merger GW170817 ushered in a new era of multi-messenger astronomy. Joint GW–EM observations can be used to measure the parameters of the binary with better precision than either observation alone. Here, we use joint GW–EM observations to measure the viewing angle of GW170817, the angle between the binary’s angular momentum and the line of sight. We combine a direct measurement of the distance to the host galaxy of GW170817 (NGC 4993) of 40.7 ± 2.36 Mpc with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO)/Virgo GW data and find that the viewing angle is 32_{-13}^{+10}± 1.7 degrees (90% confidence, statistical, and systematic errors). We place a conservative lower limit on the viewing angle of ≥13°, which is robust to the choice of prior. This measurement provides a constraint on models of the prompt γ -ray and radio/X-ray afterglow emission associated with the merger; for example, it is consistent with the off-axis viewing angle inferred for a structured jet model. We provide for the first time the full posterior samples from Bayesian parameter estimation of LIGO/Virgo data to enable further analysis by the community.},
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The joint detection of gravitational waves (GWs) and electromagnetic (EM) radiation from the binary neutron star merger GW170817 ushered in a new era of multi-messenger astronomy. Joint GW–EM observations can be used to measure the parameters of the binary with better precision than either observation alone. Here, we use joint GW–EM observations to measure the viewing angle of GW170817, the angle between the binary’s angular momentum and the line of sight. We combine a direct measurement of the distance to the host galaxy of GW170817 (NGC 4993) of 40.7 ± 2.36 Mpc with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO)/Virgo GW data and find that the viewing angle is 32-13+10± 1.7 degrees (90% confidence, statistical, and systematic errors). We place a conservative lower limit on the viewing angle of ≥13°, which is robust to the choice of prior. This measurement provides a constraint on models of the prompt γ -ray and radio/X-ray afterglow emission associated with the merger; for example, it is consistent with the off-axis viewing angle inferred for a structured jet model. We provide for the first time the full posterior samples from Bayesian parameter estimation of LIGO/Virgo data to enable further analysis by the community.
Ware, Colin; Turton, Terece; Bujack, Roxana; Samsel, Francesca; Shrivastava, Piyush; Rogers, David
Measuring and Modeling the Feature Detection Threshold Functions of Colormaps Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, pp. 1-1, 2018, ISSN: 1077-2626, (LA-UR-18-21476).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: color perception, Colormapping, feature extraction, frequency measurements, Image color analysis, sea measurements, sensitivity, spatial resolution, Task analysis
@article{8413174,
title = {Measuring and Modeling the Feature Detection Threshold Functions of Colormaps},
author = {Colin Ware and Terece Turton and Roxana Bujack and Francesca Samsel and Piyush Shrivastava and David Rogers},
url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8413174},
doi = {10.1109/TVCG.2018.2855742},
issn = {1077-2626},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
pages = {1-1},
abstract = {Pseudocoloring is one of the most common techniques used in scientific visualization. To apply pseudocoloring to a scalar field, the field value at each point is represented using one of a sequence of colors (called a colormap). One of the principles applied in generating colormaps is uniformity and previously the main method for determining uniformity has been the application of uniform color spaces. Here we present a new method for evaluating the feature discrimination threshold function across a colormap. The method is used in crowdsourced studies for the direct evaluation of nine colormaps for three feature sizes. The results are used to test the hypothesis that a uniform color space (CIELAB) gives too much weight to chromatic differences compared to luminance differences because of the way it was constructed. The hypothesis that feature discrimination can be predicted solely on the basis of luminance is also tested. The results reject both hypotheses and we demonstrate how reduced weights on the green-red and blue-yellow terms of the CIELAB color space creates a more accurate model when the task is the detection of smaller features in colormapped data. Both the method itself and modified CIELAB can be used in colormap design and evaluation.},
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Pseudocoloring is one of the most common techniques used in scientific visualization. To apply pseudocoloring to a scalar field, the field value at each point is represented using one of a sequence of colors (called a colormap). One of the principles applied in generating colormaps is uniformity and previously the main method for determining uniformity has been the application of uniform color spaces. Here we present a new method for evaluating the feature discrimination threshold function across a colormap. The method is used in crowdsourced studies for the direct evaluation of nine colormaps for three feature sizes. The results are used to test the hypothesis that a uniform color space (CIELAB) gives too much weight to chromatic differences compared to luminance differences because of the way it was constructed. The hypothesis that feature discrimination can be predicted solely on the basis of luminance is also tested. The results reject both hypotheses and we demonstrate how reduced weights on the green-red and blue-yellow terms of the CIELAB color space creates a more accurate model when the task is the detection of smaller features in colormapped data. Both the method itself and modified CIELAB can be used in colormap design and evaluation.
Biswas, Ayan; Dutta, Soumya; Pulido, Jesus; Ahrens, James
In Situ Data-driven Adaptive Sampling for Large-scale Simulation Data Summarization Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the Workshop on In Situ Infrastructures for Enabling Extreme-Scale Analysis and Visualization, pp. 13–18, ACM, Dallas, Texas, 2018, ISBN: 978-1-4503-6579-6.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: human-centered computing, Mathematics and Computing, scientific visualization, statistical paradigms
@inproceedings{Biswas:2018:SDA:3281464.3281467,
title = {In Situ Data-driven Adaptive Sampling for Large-scale Simulation Data Summarization},
author = {Ayan Biswas and Soumya Dutta and Jesus Pulido and James Ahrens},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3281464.3281467
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doi = {10.1145/3281464.3281467},
isbn = {978-1-4503-6579-6},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Workshop on In Situ Infrastructures for Enabling Extreme-Scale Analysis and Visualization},
pages = {13--18},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {Dallas, Texas},
series = {ISAV '18},
abstract = {Recent advancements in high-performance computing have enabled scientists to model various scientific phenomena in great detail. However, the analysis and visualization of the output data from such large-scale simulations are posing significant challenges due to their excessive size and disk I/O bottlenecks. One viable solution to this problem is to create a sub-sampled dataset which is able to preserve the important information of the data and also is significantly smaller in size compared to the raw data. Creating an in situ workflow for generating such intelligently sub-sampled datasets is of prime importance for such simulations. In this work, we propose an information-driven data sampling technique and compare it with two well-known sampling methods to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed method. The in situ performance of the proposed method is evaluated by applying it to the Nyx Cosmology simulation. We compare and contrast the performance of these various sampling algorithms and provide a holistic view of all the methods so that the scientists can choose appropriate sampling schemes based on their analysis requirements.},
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Recent advancements in high-performance computing have enabled scientists to model various scientific phenomena in great detail. However, the analysis and visualization of the output data from such large-scale simulations are posing significant challenges due to their excessive size and disk I/O bottlenecks. One viable solution to this problem is to create a sub-sampled dataset which is able to preserve the important information of the data and also is significantly smaller in size compared to the raw data. Creating an in situ workflow for generating such intelligently sub-sampled datasets is of prime importance for such simulations. In this work, we propose an information-driven data sampling technique and compare it with two well-known sampling methods to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed method. The in situ performance of the proposed method is evaluated by applying it to the Nyx Cosmology simulation. We compare and contrast the performance of these various sampling algorithms and provide a holistic view of all the methods so that the scientists can choose appropriate sampling schemes based on their analysis requirements.
Zeyen, Max; Post, Tobias; Hagen, Hans; Ahrens, James; Rogers, David; Bujack, Roxana
Color Interpolation for Non-Euclidean Color Spaces Inproceedings
In: IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference (SciVis) Short Papers, IEEE, 2018.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: visualization, visualization techniques
@inproceedings{zeyen2018interpolation,
title = {Color Interpolation for Non-Euclidean Color Spaces},
author = {Max Zeyen and Tobias Post and Hans Hagen and James Ahrens and David Rogers and Roxana Bujack},
url = {https://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ColorInterpolationforNon-EuclideanColorSpaces.pdf},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
booktitle = {IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference (SciVis) Short Papers},
publisher = {IEEE},
abstract = {Color interpolation is critical to many applications across a variety of domains, like color mapping or image processing. Due to the characteristics of the human visual system, color spaces whose distance measure is designed to mimic perceptual color differences tend to be non-Euclidean. In this setting, a generalization of established interpolation schemes is not trivial. This paper presents an approach to generalize linear interpolation to colors for color spaces equipped with an arbitrary non-Euclidean distance measure. It makes use of the fact that in Euclidean spaces, a straight line coincides with the shortest path between two points. Additionally, we provide an interactive implementation of our method for the CIELAB color space using the CIEDE2000 distance measure integrated into VTK and ParaView.},
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pubstate = {published},
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Color interpolation is critical to many applications across a variety of domains, like color mapping or image processing. Due to the characteristics of the human visual system, color spaces whose distance measure is designed to mimic perceptual color differences tend to be non-Euclidean. In this setting, a generalization of established interpolation schemes is not trivial. This paper presents an approach to generalize linear interpolation to colors for color spaces equipped with an arbitrary non-Euclidean distance measure. It makes use of the fact that in Euclidean spaces, a straight line coincides with the shortest path between two points. Additionally, we provide an interactive implementation of our method for the CIELAB color space using the CIEDE2000 distance measure integrated into VTK and ParaView.
Bujack, Roxana; Turton, Terece; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James
Ordering Perceptions about Perceptual Order Inproceedings
In: IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference (SciVis) Short Papers, IEEE, 2018.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: visualization, visualization techniques
@inproceedings{bujack2018ordering,
title = {Ordering Perceptions about Perceptual Order},
author = {Roxana Bujack and Terece Turton and David Rogers and James Ahrens},
url = {https://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/OrderingPerceptionsaboutPerceptualOrder.pdf},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
booktitle = {IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference (SciVis) Short Papers},
publisher = {IEEE},
abstract = {One of the most important properties that inherently defines a good colormap is perceptual order. In the literature, we find a wide range of recommendations and hypotheses regarding order. Properties such as monotonicity in luminance, saturation, or hue are/are not stated as necessary/sufficient to ensure perceptual order. In this paper, we gather the most common statements about perceptual order and, when possible, prove or disprove them.},
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One of the most important properties that inherently defines a good colormap is perceptual order. In the literature, we find a wide range of recommendations and hypotheses regarding order. Properties such as monotonicity in luminance, saturation, or hue are/are not stated as necessary/sufficient to ensure perceptual order. In this paper, we gather the most common statements about perceptual order and, when possible, prove or disprove them.
Sane, Sudhanshu; Bujack, Roxana; Childs, Hank
Revisiting the Evaluation of In Situ Lagrangian Analysis Inproceedings
In: Childs, Hank; Cucchietti, Fernando (Ed.): Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization, The Eurographics Association, 2018, ISSN: 1727-348X.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
@inproceedings{sane2018revisiting,
title = {Revisiting the Evaluation of In Situ Lagrangian Analysis},
author = {Sudhanshu Sane and Roxana Bujack and Hank Childs},
editor = {Hank Childs and Fernando Cucchietti},
url = {https://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/RevisitingtheEvaluationofInSituLagrangianAnalysis.pdf},
doi = {10.2312/pgv.20181096},
issn = {1727-348X},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
booktitle = {Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
abstract = {In situ usage of Lagrangian techniques has proven to be superior with respect to emerging supercomputing trends than the traditional Eulerian approach for scientific flow analysis. However, previous studies have not informed two key points: (1) the accuracy of the post hoc interpolated trajectory as a whole and (2) the spatiotemporal tradeoffs involved when using Lagrangian analysis. With this short paper, we address these points. We first conduct a more comprehensive evaluation via additional accuracy metrics tailored for evaluating Lagrangian trajectories. Second, we provide an understanding of the configurations where the Lagrangian approach works well by studying spatiotemporal tradeoffs. In addition, our study highlights the effects of error propagation and accumulation when performing Lagrangian interpolation for large numbers of steps. We believe our study is significant for better understanding the use of in situ Lagrangian techniques, as well as serving as a baseline for future Lagrangian research.},
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In situ usage of Lagrangian techniques has proven to be superior with respect to emerging supercomputing trends than the traditional Eulerian approach for scientific flow analysis. However, previous studies have not informed two key points: (1) the accuracy of the post hoc interpolated trajectory as a whole and (2) the spatiotemporal tradeoffs involved when using Lagrangian analysis. With this short paper, we address these points. We first conduct a more comprehensive evaluation via additional accuracy metrics tailored for evaluating Lagrangian trajectories. Second, we provide an understanding of the configurations where the Lagrangian approach works well by studying spatiotemporal tradeoffs. In addition, our study highlights the effects of error propagation and accumulation when performing Lagrangian interpolation for large numbers of steps. We believe our study is significant for better understanding the use of in situ Lagrangian techniques, as well as serving as a baseline for future Lagrangian research.
Bujack, Roxana; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James
Reducing Occlusion in Cinema Databases through Feature-Centric Visualizations Inproceedings
In: Leipzig Symposium on Visualization In Applications (LEVIA), 2018.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cinema, feature, image space, in situ, moment invariants, occlusion, pattern detection
@inproceedings{bujack2018reducing,
title = {Reducing Occlusion in Cinema Databases through Feature-Centric Visualizations},
author = {Roxana Bujack and David Rogers and James Ahrens},
url = {https://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ReducingOcclusioninCinemaDatabasesthroughFeature-CentricVisualizations.pdf},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
booktitle = {Leipzig Symposium on Visualization In Applications (LEVIA)},
abstract = {In modern supercomputer architectures, the I/O capabilities do not keep up with the computational speed. Image-based techniques are one very promising approach to a scalable output format for visual analysis, in which a reduced output that corresponds to the visible state of the simulation is rendered in-situ and stored to disk. These techniques can support interactive exploration of the data through image compositing and other methods, but automatic methods of highlighting data and reducing clutter can make these methods more effective. In this paper, we suggest a method of assisted exploration through the combination of feature-centric analysis with image space techniques and show how the reduction of the data to features of interest reduces occlusion in the output for a set of example applications.},
keywords = {cinema, feature, image space, in situ, moment invariants, occlusion, pattern detection},
pubstate = {published},
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In modern supercomputer architectures, the I/O capabilities do not keep up with the computational speed. Image-based techniques are one very promising approach to a scalable output format for visual analysis, in which a reduced output that corresponds to the visible state of the simulation is rendered in-situ and stored to disk. These techniques can support interactive exploration of the data through image compositing and other methods, but automatic methods of highlighting data and reducing clutter can make these methods more effective. In this paper, we suggest a method of assisted exploration through the combination of feature-centric analysis with image space techniques and show how the reduction of the data to features of interest reduces occlusion in the output for a set of example applications.
Banesh, Divya; Wendelberger, Joanne; Petersen, Mark; Ahrens, James; Hamann, Bernd
Change Point Detection for Ocean Eddy Analysis Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences, pp. 27–33, Eurographics Association, Brno, Czech Republic, 2018, ISBN: 978-3-03868-063-5.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: exploratory data analysis, image processing, object detection, regression analysis, time series analysis
@inproceedings{Banesh:2018:CPD:3310180.3310186,
title = {Change Point Detection for Ocean Eddy Analysis},
author = {Divya Banesh and Joanne Wendelberger and Mark Petersen and James Ahrens and Bernd Hamann},
url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3310180.3310186
https://dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dbanesh_ChangeDetection_optimized.pdf},
isbn = {978-3-03868-063-5},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences},
pages = {27--33},
publisher = {Eurographics Association},
address = {Brno, Czech Republic},
series = {EnvirVis '18},
abstract = {The detection and analysis of mesoscale ocean eddies is a complex task, made more difficult when simulated or observational ocean data are massive. We present the statistical approach of change point detection as a means to help scientists efficiently extract relevant scientific information. We demonstrate the value of change point detection for the characterization of eddy behavior in simulated ocean data. Our results show that change point detection helps with the identification of significant parameter values used in an algorithm or determination of time points that correspond to eddy activity of interest.},
keywords = {exploratory data analysis, image processing, object detection, regression analysis, time series analysis},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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The detection and analysis of mesoscale ocean eddies is a complex task, made more difficult when simulated or observational ocean data are massive. We present the statistical approach of change point detection as a means to help scientists efficiently extract relevant scientific information. We demonstrate the value of change point detection for the characterization of eddy behavior in simulated ocean data. Our results show that change point detection helps with the identification of significant parameter values used in an algorithm or determination of time points that correspond to eddy activity of interest.
2017
Yang, Bo; Kostkova, Jitka; Flusser, Jan; Suk, Tomas; Bujack, Roxana
Rotation Invariants of Vector Fields from Orthogonal Moments Journal Article
In: Pattern Recognition, no. Supplement C, pp. 110 - 121, 2017, ISSN: 0031-3203, (LA-UR-17-26797, Under a Creative Comms license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Numerical stability, visualization
@article{yang2017rotation,
title = {Rotation Invariants of Vector Fields from Orthogonal Moments},
author = {Bo Yang and Jitka Kostkova and Jan Flusser and Tomas Suk and Roxana Bujack},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/LA-UR-17-26797.pdf},
doi = {10.1016/j.patcog.2017.09.004},
issn = {0031-3203},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-09-11},
booktitle = {Pattern Recognition},
journal = {Pattern Recognition},
number = {Supplement C},
pages = {110 - 121},
abstract = {Abstract Vector field images are a type of new multidimensional data that appear in many engineering areas. Although the vector fields can be visualized as images, they differ from graylevel and color images in several aspects. To analyze them, special methods and algorithms must be originally developed or substantially adapted from the traditional image processing area. In this paper, we propose a method for the description and matching of vector field patterns under an unknown rotation of the field. Rotation of a vector field is so-called total rotation, where the action is applied not only on the spatial coordinates but also on the field values. Invariants of vector fields with respect to total rotation constructed from orthogonal Gaussian--Hermite moments and Zernike moments are introduced. Their numerical stability is shown to be better than that of the invariants published so far. We demonstrate their usefulness in a real world template matching application of rotated vector fields.},
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keywords = {Numerical stability, visualization},
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Abstract Vector field images are a type of new multidimensional data that appear in many engineering areas. Although the vector fields can be visualized as images, they differ from graylevel and color images in several aspects. To analyze them, special methods and algorithms must be originally developed or substantially adapted from the traditional image processing area. In this paper, we propose a method for the description and matching of vector field patterns under an unknown rotation of the field. Rotation of a vector field is so-called total rotation, where the action is applied not only on the spatial coordinates but also on the field values. Invariants of vector fields with respect to total rotation constructed from orthogonal Gaussian--Hermite moments and Zernike moments are introduced. Their numerical stability is shown to be better than that of the invariants published so far. We demonstrate their usefulness in a real world template matching application of rotated vector fields.
Patchett, John; Nouanesengsy, Boonthanome; Ahrens, James; Lang, Michael; Rogers, David; Green, Jennifer; Samsel, Francesca; Cone, Giovanni; Hagen, Hans
Delivery of In Situ Capability to End Users Inproceedings
In: 2017, (USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), LA-UR-17-26655).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: In Situ Visualization Analysis; ParaView
@inproceedings{info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-17-26655,
title = {Delivery of In Situ Capability to End Users},
author = {John Patchett and Boonthanome Nouanesengsy and James Ahrens and Michael Lang and David Rogers and Jennifer Green and Francesca Samsel and Giovanni Cone and Hans Hagen},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/LA-UR-17-26655.pdf},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-08-01},
abstract = {Delivery of new technologies to deeply rooted end user workflows can be difficult. We describe a delivery process of a generalized in situ data analysis and visualization capability to both end users and simulation code developers. The process was driven and funded by management which helped ensure success. End users were chosen to exemplify the capability. Delivery is defined to include full integration into the simulation. This includes the simulation’s regular build and testing systems, in addition to institutional support in the supercomputing environments. This paper describes a robust and successful delivery of the in situ capability to our end users.},
note = {USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), LA-UR-17-26655},
keywords = {In Situ Visualization Analysis; ParaView},
pubstate = {published},
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Delivery of new technologies to deeply rooted end user workflows can be difficult. We describe a delivery process of a generalized in situ data analysis and visualization capability to both end users and simulation code developers. The process was driven and funded by management which helped ensure success. End users were chosen to exemplify the capability. Delivery is defined to include full integration into the simulation. This includes the simulation’s regular build and testing systems, in addition to institutional support in the supercomputing environments. This paper describes a robust and successful delivery of the in situ capability to our end users.
Berres, Anne; Adhinarayanan, Vignesh; Turton, Terece; Feng, Wu; Rogers, David
A Pipeline for Large Data Processing Using Regular Sampling for Unstructured Grids Inproceedings
In: 2017, (LA-UR-17-23903).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: large-scale data, visualization
@inproceedings{info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-17-23903,
title = {A Pipeline for Large Data Processing Using Regular Sampling for Unstructured Grids},
author = {Anne Berres and Vignesh Adhinarayanan and Terece Turton and Wu Feng and David Rogers},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/LA-UR-17-23903.pdf},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-05-12},
abstract = {Large simulation data requires a lot of time and computational resources to compute, store, analyze, visualize, and run user studies. Today, the largest cost of a supercomputer is not hardware but maintenance, in particular energy consumption. Our goal is to balance energy consumption and cognitive value of visualizations of resulting data. This requires us to go through the entire processing pipeline, from simulation to user studies. To reduce the amount of resources, data can be sampled or compressed. While this adds more computation time, the computational overhead is negligible compared to the simulation time. We built a processing pipeline at the example of regular sampling. The reasons for this choice are two-fold: using a simple example reduces unnecessary complexity as we know what to expect from the results. Furthermore, it provides a good baseline for future, more elaborate sampling methods. We measured time and energy for each test we did, and we conducted user studies in Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT) for a range of different results we produced through sampling.
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note = {LA-UR-17-23903},
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Large simulation data requires a lot of time and computational resources to compute, store, analyze, visualize, and run user studies. Today, the largest cost of a supercomputer is not hardware but maintenance, in particular energy consumption. Our goal is to balance energy consumption and cognitive value of visualizations of resulting data. This requires us to go through the entire processing pipeline, from simulation to user studies. To reduce the amount of resources, data can be sampled or compressed. While this adds more computation time, the computational overhead is negligible compared to the simulation time. We built a processing pipeline at the example of regular sampling. The reasons for this choice are two-fold: using a simple example reduces unnecessary complexity as we know what to expect from the results. Furthermore, it provides a good baseline for future, more elaborate sampling methods. We measured time and energy for each test we did, and we conducted user studies in Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT) for a range of different results we produced through sampling.
Samsel, Francesca; Patchett, John; Rogers, David; Tsai, Karen
Employing Color Theory to Visualize Volume-rendered Multivariate Ensembles of Asteroid Impact Simulations Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1126-1134, ACM, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-4503-4656-6, (LA-UR-17-20419).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: colormaps, ensemble visualization, scientific visualization, visualization design, volume rendering
@inproceedings{LAPR-2017-027464,
title = {Employing Color Theory to Visualize Volume-rendered Multivariate Ensembles of Asteroid Impact Simulations},
author = {Francesca Samsel and John Patchett and David Rogers and Karen Tsai},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3027063.3053337},
doi = {10.1145/3027063.3053337},
isbn = {978-1-4503-4656-6},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-05-06},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
pages = {1126-1134},
publisher = {ACM},
series = {CHI EA '17},
abstract = {We describe explorations and innovations developed to help scientists understand an ensemble of large scale simulations of asteroid impacts in the ocean. The simulations were run to help scientists determine the characteristics of asteroids that NASA should track, so that communities at risk from impact can be given advanced notice. Of relevance to the CHI community are 1) hands-on workflow issues specific to exploring ensembles of large scientific data, 2) innovations in exploring such data ensembles with color, and 3) examples of multidisciplinary collaboration.},
note = {LA-UR-17-20419},
keywords = {colormaps, ensemble visualization, scientific visualization, visualization design, volume rendering},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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We describe explorations and innovations developed to help scientists understand an ensemble of large scale simulations of asteroid impacts in the ocean. The simulations were run to help scientists determine the characteristics of asteroids that NASA should track, so that communities at risk from impact can be given advanced notice. Of relevance to the CHI community are 1) hands-on workflow issues specific to exploring ensembles of large scientific data, 2) innovations in exploring such data ensembles with color, and 3) examples of multidisciplinary collaboration.
Patchett, John; Gisler, Galen
Deep Water Impact Ensemble Data Set Technical Report
2017, (LA-UR-17-21595).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: asteroid, ensemble data set, In situ analysis, ParaView
@techreport{Patchett2017,
title = {Deep Water Impact Ensemble Data Set},
author = {John Patchett and Galen Gisler},
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year = {2017},
date = {2017-05-02},
abstract = {This ensemble data set represents the study of asteroid impacts in deep ocean water. NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office [1] is keenly interested to know the lower size limit of dangerous asteroids, so as to focus resources on finding all larger objects that potentially threaten the earth. Since most of the planet’s surface is water, that is where asteroids will most likely impact. This observation has generated a serious debate over the last two decades on just how dangerous impact-induced waves or tsunamis are to populated shorelines.},
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This ensemble data set represents the study of asteroid impacts in deep ocean water. NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office [1] is keenly interested to know the lower size limit of dangerous asteroids, so as to focus resources on finding all larger objects that potentially threaten the earth. Since most of the planet’s surface is water, that is where asteroids will most likely impact. This observation has generated a serious debate over the last two decades on just how dangerous impact-induced waves or tsunamis are to populated shorelines.
Adhinarayanan, Vignesh; Feng, Wu-chun; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James; Pakin, Scott
Characterizing and Modeling Power and Energy for Extreme-Scale In-Situ Visualization Inproceedings
In: 2017 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), pp. 978-987, 2017, (LA-UR-16-22435).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: energy efficiency, in-situ visualization
@inproceedings{7967188,
title = {Characterizing and Modeling Power and Energy for Extreme-Scale In-Situ Visualization},
author = {Vignesh Adhinarayanan and Wu-chun Feng and David Rogers and James Ahrens and Scott Pakin},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CharacterizingandModelingPowerandEnergyforExtreme-ScaleIn-SituVisualization.pdf},
doi = {10.1109/IPDPS.2017.113},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-05-01},
booktitle = {2017 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS)},
pages = {978-987},
abstract = {Plans for exascale computing have identified power and energy as looming problems for simulations running at that scale. In particular, writing to disk all the data generated by these simulations is becoming prohibitively expensive due to the energy consumption of the supercomputer while it idles waiting for data to be written to permanent storage. In addition, the power cost of data movement is also steadily increasing. A solution to this problem is to write only a small fraction of the data generated while still maintaining the cognitive fidelity of the visualization. With domain scientists increasingly amenable towards adopting an in-situ framework that can identify and extract valuable data from extremely large simulation results and write them to permanent storage as compact images, a large-scale simulation will commit to disk a reduced dataset of data extracts that will be much smaller than the raw results, resulting in a savings in both power and energy. The goal of this paper is two-fold: (i) to understand the role of in-situ techniques in combating power and energy issues of extreme-scale visualization and (ii) to create a model for performance, power, energy, and storage to facilitate what-if analysis. Our experiments on a specially instrumented, dedicated 150-node cluster show that while it is difficult to achieve power savings in practice using in-situ techniques, applications can achieve significant energy savings due to shorter write times for in-situ visualization. We present a characterization of power and energy for in-situ visualization; an application-aware, architecture-specific methodology for modeling and analysis of such in-situ workflows; and results that uncover indirect power savings in visualization workflows for high-performance computing (HPC).},
note = {LA-UR-16-22435},
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Plans for exascale computing have identified power and energy as looming problems for simulations running at that scale. In particular, writing to disk all the data generated by these simulations is becoming prohibitively expensive due to the energy consumption of the supercomputer while it idles waiting for data to be written to permanent storage. In addition, the power cost of data movement is also steadily increasing. A solution to this problem is to write only a small fraction of the data generated while still maintaining the cognitive fidelity of the visualization. With domain scientists increasingly amenable towards adopting an in-situ framework that can identify and extract valuable data from extremely large simulation results and write them to permanent storage as compact images, a large-scale simulation will commit to disk a reduced dataset of data extracts that will be much smaller than the raw results, resulting in a savings in both power and energy. The goal of this paper is two-fold: (i) to understand the role of in-situ techniques in combating power and energy issues of extreme-scale visualization and (ii) to create a model for performance, power, energy, and storage to facilitate what-if analysis. Our experiments on a specially instrumented, dedicated 150-node cluster show that while it is difficult to achieve power savings in practice using in-situ techniques, applications can achieve significant energy savings due to shorter write times for in-situ visualization. We present a characterization of power and energy for in-situ visualization; an application-aware, architecture-specific methodology for modeling and analysis of such in-situ workflows; and results that uncover indirect power savings in visualization workflows for high-performance computing (HPC).
Dutta, Soumya; Woodring, Jon; Shen, Han-Wei; Chen, Jen-Ping; Ahrens, James
Homogeneity guided probabilistic data summaries for analysis and visualization of large-scale data sets Inproceedings
In: 2017 IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis), pp. 111-120, 2017, ISSN: 2165-8773, (LA-UR-18-27370).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: data visualization, picture/image generation, statistical computing
@inproceedings{8031585,
title = {Homogeneity guided probabilistic data summaries for analysis and visualization of large-scale data sets},
author = {Soumya Dutta and Jon Woodring and Han-Wei Shen and Jen-Ping Chen and James Ahrens},
url = {https://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/la-ur_18-27370.pdf},
doi = {10.1109/PACIFICVIS.2017.8031585},
issn = {2165-8773},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-04-01},
booktitle = {2017 IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis)},
pages = {111-120},
abstract = {High-resolution simulation data sets provide plethora of information, which needs to be explored by application scientists to gain enhanced understanding about various phenomena. Visual-analytics techniques using raw data sets are often expensive due to the data sets' extreme sizes. But, interactive analysis and visualization is crucial for big data analytics, because scientists can then focus on the important data and make critical decisions quickly. To assist efficient exploration and visualization, we propose a new region-based statistical data summarization scheme. Our method is superior in quality, as compared to the existing statistical summarization techniques, with a more compact representation, reducing the overall storage cost. The quantitative and visual efficacy of our proposed method is demonstrated using several data sets along with an in situ application study for an extreme-scale flow simulation.},
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High-resolution simulation data sets provide plethora of information, which needs to be explored by application scientists to gain enhanced understanding about various phenomena. Visual-analytics techniques using raw data sets are often expensive due to the data sets' extreme sizes. But, interactive analysis and visualization is crucial for big data analytics, because scientists can then focus on the important data and make critical decisions quickly. To assist efficient exploration and visualization, we propose a new region-based statistical data summarization scheme. Our method is superior in quality, as compared to the existing statistical summarization techniques, with a more compact representation, reducing the overall storage cost. The quantitative and visual efficacy of our proposed method is demonstrated using several data sets along with an in situ application study for an extreme-scale flow simulation.
Banesh, Divya; Schoonover, Joseph; Ahrens, James; Hamann, Bernd
Extracting, Visualizing and Tracking Mesoscale Ocean Eddies in Two-dimensional Image Sequences Using Contours and Moments Inproceedings
In: 2017, (Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis), LA-UR-17-21623).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: contours, moments, visualization
@inproceedings{Authors2017,
title = {Extracting, Visualizing and Tracking Mesoscale Ocean Eddies in Two-dimensional Image Sequences Using Contours and Moments},
author = {Divya Banesh and Joseph Schoonover and James Ahrens and Bernd Hamann},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ExtractingVisualizingandTrackingMesoscaleOceanEddiesinTwo-dimensionalImageSequencesUsingContoursandMoments.pdf},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-03-31},
abstract = {We introduce a system for the extraction and tracking of mesoscale eddies captured in massive global ocean simulations. The major strength and contribution of our system is its design, which is based on two-dimensional image data processing. The Cinema database [CD] makes possible the generation and storage of two-dimensional image data taken in-situ, i.e., the creation of images via a virtual camera generating images during the ongoing simulation. The problem of eddy extraction and tracking is simplified by our approach to the problem of finding, matching and tracking eddies in two-dimensional images, thus eliminating the task of processing the original massive three-dimensional data set. Our system can be used on a simple desktop computer and provides an intuitive interface allowing a scientist to perform an eddy analysis for global ocean data in real-time. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our implementation for a specific simulated data set.},
note = {Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis), LA-UR-17-21623},
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We introduce a system for the extraction and tracking of mesoscale eddies captured in massive global ocean simulations. The major strength and contribution of our system is its design, which is based on two-dimensional image data processing. The Cinema database [CD] makes possible the generation and storage of two-dimensional image data taken in-situ, i.e., the creation of images via a virtual camera generating images during the ongoing simulation. The problem of eddy extraction and tracking is simplified by our approach to the problem of finding, matching and tracking eddies in two-dimensional images, thus eliminating the task of processing the original massive three-dimensional data set. Our system can be used on a simple desktop computer and provides an intuitive interface allowing a scientist to perform an eddy analysis for global ocean data in real-time. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our implementation for a specific simulated data set.
Samsel, Francesca; Turton, Terece; Wolfram, Phillip; Bujack, Roxana
Intuitive Colormaps for Environmental Visualization Inproceedings
In: Rink, Karsten; Middel, Ariane; Zeckzer, Dirk; Bujack, Roxana (Ed.): Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis), The Eurographics Association, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-03868-040-6, (LA-UR-17-22224).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: colormaps, environmental sciences
@inproceedings{info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-17-22224,
title = {Intuitive Colormaps for Environmental Visualization},
author = {Francesca Samsel and Terece Turton and Phillip Wolfram and Roxana Bujack},
editor = {Karsten Rink and Ariane Middel and Dirk Zeckzer and Roxana Bujack},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IntuitiveColormapsforEnvironmentalVisualization.pdf},
doi = {10.2312/envirvis.20171105},
isbn = {978-3-03868-040-6},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-03-16},
booktitle = {Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis)},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
abstract = {Visualizations benefit from the use of intuitive colors, enabling an observer to make use of more automatic, subconscious channels. In this paper, we apply the concept of intuitive color to the generation of thematic colormaps for the environmental sciences. In particular, we provide custom sets of colormaps for water, atmosphere, land, and vegetation. These have been integrated into the online tool: ColorMoves: The Environment to enable the environmental scientist to tailor them precisely to the data and tasks in a simple drag-and-drop workflow.},
howpublished = {EnvirVis ; 2017-06-12 - 2017-06-13 ; Barcelona, Spain},
note = {LA-UR-17-22224},
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Visualizations benefit from the use of intuitive colors, enabling an observer to make use of more automatic, subconscious channels. In this paper, we apply the concept of intuitive color to the generation of thematic colormaps for the environmental sciences. In particular, we provide custom sets of colormaps for water, atmosphere, land, and vegetation. These have been integrated into the online tool: ColorMoves: The Environment to enable the environmental scientist to tailor them precisely to the data and tasks in a simple drag-and-drop workflow.
Patchett, John; Nouanesengsy, Boonthanome; Gisler, Galen; Ahrens, James; Hagen, Hans
In Situ and Post Processing Workflows for Asteroid Ablation Studies Inproceedings
In: Kozlikova, Barbora; Schreck, Tobias; Wischgoll, Thomas (Ed.): EuroVis 2017 - Short Papers, The Eurographics Association, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-03868-043-7, (LA-UR-17-22699).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: asteroid, in situ
@inproceedings{eurovisshort.20171134,
title = {In Situ and Post Processing Workflows for Asteroid Ablation Studies},
author = {John Patchett and Boonthanome Nouanesengsy and Galen Gisler and James Ahrens and Hans Hagen},
editor = {Barbora Kozlikova and Tobias Schreck and Thomas Wischgoll},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/LA-UR-17-22699.pdf},
doi = {10.2312/eurovisshort.20171134},
isbn = {978-3-03868-043-7},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
booktitle = {EuroVis 2017 - Short Papers},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
abstract = {Simulation scientists need to make decisions about what and how much output to produce. They must balance their ability to efficiently ingest the analysis with their ability to get more analysis. We study this balance as a tradeoff between flexibility of saved data products and accessibility of saved data products. One end of the spectrum is raw data that comes directly from the simulation, making it highly flexible, but inaccessible due to its size and format. The other end of the spectrum is highly processed and comparatively small data, often in the form of imagery or single scalar values. This data is typically highly accessible, needing no special equipment or software, but lacks flexibility for deeper analysis than what is presented. We lay out a user driven model that considers the scientists' output needs in regards to flexibility and accessibility. This model allows us to analyze a real-world example of a large simulation lasting months of wall clock time on thousands of processing cores. Though the ensemble of simulation's original intent was to study asteroid generated tsunamis, the simulations are now being used beyond that scope to study the asteroid ablation as it moves through the atmosphere. With increasingly large supercomputers, designing workflows that support an intentional and understood balance of flexibility and accessibility is necessary. In this paper, we present a new strategy developed from a user driven perspective to support the collaborative capability between simulation developers, designers, users and analysts to effectively support science by wisely using both computer and human time.},
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Simulation scientists need to make decisions about what and how much output to produce. They must balance their ability to efficiently ingest the analysis with their ability to get more analysis. We study this balance as a tradeoff between flexibility of saved data products and accessibility of saved data products. One end of the spectrum is raw data that comes directly from the simulation, making it highly flexible, but inaccessible due to its size and format. The other end of the spectrum is highly processed and comparatively small data, often in the form of imagery or single scalar values. This data is typically highly accessible, needing no special equipment or software, but lacks flexibility for deeper analysis than what is presented. We lay out a user driven model that considers the scientists' output needs in regards to flexibility and accessibility. This model allows us to analyze a real-world example of a large simulation lasting months of wall clock time on thousands of processing cores. Though the ensemble of simulation's original intent was to study asteroid generated tsunamis, the simulations are now being used beyond that scope to study the asteroid ablation as it moves through the atmosphere. With increasingly large supercomputers, designing workflows that support an intentional and understood balance of flexibility and accessibility is necessary. In this paper, we present a new strategy developed from a user driven perspective to support the collaborative capability between simulation developers, designers, users and analysts to effectively support science by wisely using both computer and human time.
Hamilton, Stephen; Burns, Randal; Meneveau, Charles; Johnson, Perry; Lindstrom, Peter; Patchett, John; Szalay, Alexander S.
Extreme Event Analysis in Next Generation Simulation Architectures Inproceedings
In: Kunkel, Julian M.; Yokota, Rio; Balaji, Pavan; Keyes, David (Ed.): High Performance Computing: 32nd International Conference, ISC High Performance 2017, Frankfurt, Germany, June 18--22, 2017, Proceedings, pp. 277–293, Springer, Cham Springer International Publishing}, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-319-58667-0.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: in situ, visualization
@inproceedings{hamilton2017extreme,
title = {Extreme Event Analysis in Next Generation Simulation Architectures},
author = {Stephen Hamilton and Randal Burns and Charles Meneveau and Perry Johnson and Peter Lindstrom and John Patchett and Alexander S. Szalay},
editor = {Julian M. Kunkel and Rio Yokota and Pavan Balaji and David Keyes},
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abstract = {Numerical simulations present challenges because they generate petabyte-scale data that must be extracted and reduced during the simulation. We demonstrate a seamless integration of feature extraction for a simulation of turbulent fluid dynamics. The simulation produces on the order of 6 terabytes per timestep. In order to analyze and store this data, we extract velocity data from a dilated volume of the strong vortical regions and also store a lossy compressed representation of the data. Both reduce data by one or more orders of magnitude. We extract data from user checkpoints in transit while they reside on temporary burst buffer SSD stores. In this way, analysis and compression algorithms are designed to meet specific time constraints so they do not interfere with simulation computations. Our results demonstrate that we can perform feature extraction on a world-class direct numerical simulation of turbulence while it is running and gather meaningful scientific data for archival and post analysis.},
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Numerical simulations present challenges because they generate petabyte-scale data that must be extracted and reduced during the simulation. We demonstrate a seamless integration of feature extraction for a simulation of turbulent fluid dynamics. The simulation produces on the order of 6 terabytes per timestep. In order to analyze and store this data, we extract velocity data from a dilated volume of the strong vortical regions and also store a lossy compressed representation of the data. Both reduce data by one or more orders of magnitude. We extract data from user checkpoints in transit while they reside on temporary burst buffer SSD stores. In this way, analysis and compression algorithms are designed to meet specific time constraints so they do not interfere with simulation computations. Our results demonstrate that we can perform feature extraction on a world-class direct numerical simulation of turbulence while it is running and gather meaningful scientific data for archival and post analysis.
Berres, Anne; Turton, Terece; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James; Petersen, Mark
Video Compression for Ocean Simulation Image Databases Inproceedings
In: Rink, Karsten; Middel, Ariane; Zeckzer, Dirk; Bujack, Roxana (Ed.): Workshop on Visualization in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis), The Eurographics Association, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-03868-040-6, (LA-UR-17-21590).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: compression, visualization
@inproceedings{info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-17-21590,
title = {Video Compression for Ocean Simulation Image Databases},
author = {Anne Berres and Terece Turton and David Rogers and James Ahrens and Mark Petersen},
editor = {Karsten Rink and Ariane Middel and Dirk Zeckzer and Roxana Bujack},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/VideoCompressionforOceanSimulationImageDatabases.pdf},
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abstract = {Climate research requires monitoring a large range of spatial and temporal scales to understand the climate system and potential future impacts. Climate simulations are now run with very high resolution (1–10 km gridcells) ocean, sea ice, and atmosphere components, and can easily produce petabytes of output. This overloads storage systems and hinders visualization and analysis. Image databases can decrease storage sizes from petabytes of simulation output down to several hundred gigabytes of images.
In this paper, we introduce video compression as a method to further decrease database sizes by 2-4 orders of magnitude. We compare compression and access speeds, compressed sizes, and compression quality over a range of settings. Quality is assessed through image quality metrics and expert feedback. Overall, we were able to show that video compression techniques provide an efficient means of storing image databases at a shareable size, while preserving image quality. This enables the wise use of available disk space, so scientists can more easily study the physical features of interest.},
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Climate research requires monitoring a large range of spatial and temporal scales to understand the climate system and potential future impacts. Climate simulations are now run with very high resolution (1–10 km gridcells) ocean, sea ice, and atmosphere components, and can easily produce petabytes of output. This overloads storage systems and hinders visualization and analysis. Image databases can decrease storage sizes from petabytes of simulation output down to several hundred gigabytes of images.
In this paper, we introduce video compression as a method to further decrease database sizes by 2-4 orders of magnitude. We compare compression and access speeds, compressed sizes, and compression quality over a range of settings. Quality is assessed through image quality metrics and expert feedback. Overall, we were able to show that video compression techniques provide an efficient means of storing image databases at a shareable size, while preserving image quality. This enables the wise use of available disk space, so scientists can more easily study the physical features of interest.
In this paper, we introduce video compression as a method to further decrease database sizes by 2-4 orders of magnitude. We compare compression and access speeds, compressed sizes, and compression quality over a range of settings. Quality is assessed through image quality metrics and expert feedback. Overall, we were able to show that video compression techniques provide an efficient means of storing image databases at a shareable size, while preserving image quality. This enables the wise use of available disk space, so scientists can more easily study the physical features of interest.
Ware, Colin; Turton, Terece; Samsel, Francesca; Bujack, Roxana; Rogers, David
Evaluating the Perceptual Uniformity of Color Sequences for Feature Discrimination Inproceedings
In: Lawonn, Kai; Smit, Noeska; Cunningham, Douglas (Ed.): EuroVis Workshop on Reproducibility, Verification, and Validation in Visualization (EuroRV3), The Eurographics Association, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-03868-041-3, (LA-UR-17-24206).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: colormaps, visualization
@inproceedings{eurorv3.20171107,
title = {Evaluating the Perceptual Uniformity of Color Sequences for Feature Discrimination},
author = {Colin Ware and Terece Turton and Francesca Samsel and Roxana Bujack and David Rogers},
editor = {Kai Lawonn and Noeska Smit and Douglas Cunningham},
url = {https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/eurorv320171107},
isbn = {978-3-03868-041-3},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
booktitle = {EuroVis Workshop on Reproducibility, Verification, and Validation in Visualization (EuroRV3)},
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abstract = {Probably the most common method for visualizing univariate data maps is through pseudocoloring and one of the most commonly cited requirements of a good colormap is that it be perceptually uniform. This means that differences between adjacent colors in the sequence be equally distinct. The practical value of uniformity is for features in the data to be equally distinctive no matter where they lie in the colormap, but there are reasons for thinking that uniformity in terms of feature detection may not be achieved by current methods which are based on the use of uniform color spaces. In this paper we provide a new method for directly evaluating colormaps in terms of their capacity for feature resolution. We apply the method in a study using Amazon Mechanical Turk to evaluate seven colormaps. Among other findings the results show that two new double ended sequences have the highest discriminative power and good uniformity. Ways in which the technique can be applied include the design of colormaps for uniformity, and a method for evaluating colormaps through feature discrimination curves for differently sized features.},
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Probably the most common method for visualizing univariate data maps is through pseudocoloring and one of the most commonly cited requirements of a good colormap is that it be perceptually uniform. This means that differences between adjacent colors in the sequence be equally distinct. The practical value of uniformity is for features in the data to be equally distinctive no matter where they lie in the colormap, but there are reasons for thinking that uniformity in terms of feature detection may not be achieved by current methods which are based on the use of uniform color spaces. In this paper we provide a new method for directly evaluating colormaps in terms of their capacity for feature resolution. We apply the method in a study using Amazon Mechanical Turk to evaluate seven colormaps. Among other findings the results show that two new double ended sequences have the highest discriminative power and good uniformity. Ways in which the technique can be applied include the design of colormaps for uniformity, and a method for evaluating colormaps through feature discrimination curves for differently sized features.
Turton, Terece; Ware, Colin; Samsel, Francesca; Rogers, David
A Crowdsourced Approach to Colormap Assessment Inproceedings
In: Lawonn, Kai; Smit, Noeska; Cunningham, Douglas (Ed.): EuroVis Workshop on Reproducibility, Verification, and Validation in Visualization (EuroRV3), The Eurographics Association, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-03868-041-3.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Colormapping, user interfaces
@inproceedings{Turton2017crowdsourced,
title = {A Crowdsourced Approach to Colormap Assessment},
author = {Terece Turton and Colin Ware and Francesca Samsel and David Rogers},
editor = {Kai Lawonn and Noeska Smit and Douglas Cunningham},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ACrowdsourcedApproachtoColormapAssessment.pdf},
doi = {10.2312/eurorv3.20171106},
isbn = {978-3-03868-041-3},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
booktitle = {EuroVis Workshop on Reproducibility, Verification, and Validation in Visualization (EuroRV3)},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
abstract = {Despite continual research and discussion on the perceptual effects of color in scientific visualization, psychophysical testing is often limited. In-person lab studies can be expensive and time-consuming while results can be difficult to extrapolate from meticulously controlled laboratory conditions to the real world of the visualization user. We draw on lessons learned from the use of crowdsourced participant pools in the behavioral sciences and information visualization to apply a crowdsourced approach to a classic psychophysical experiment assessing the ability of a colormap to impart metric information. We use an online presentation analogous to the color key task from Ware’s 1988 paper, Color Sequences for Univariate Maps, testing colormaps similar to those in the original paper along with contemporary colormap standards and new alternatives in the scientific visualization domain. We explore the issue of potential contamination from color deficient participants and establish that perceptual color research can appropriately leverage a crowdsourced participant pool without significant CVD concerns. The updated version of the Ware color key task also provides a method to assess and compare colormaps.},
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Despite continual research and discussion on the perceptual effects of color in scientific visualization, psychophysical testing is often limited. In-person lab studies can be expensive and time-consuming while results can be difficult to extrapolate from meticulously controlled laboratory conditions to the real world of the visualization user. We draw on lessons learned from the use of crowdsourced participant pools in the behavioral sciences and information visualization to apply a crowdsourced approach to a classic psychophysical experiment assessing the ability of a colormap to impart metric information. We use an online presentation analogous to the color key task from Ware’s 1988 paper, Color Sequences for Univariate Maps, testing colormaps similar to those in the original paper along with contemporary colormap standards and new alternatives in the scientific visualization domain. We explore the issue of potential contamination from color deficient participants and establish that perceptual color research can appropriately leverage a crowdsourced participant pool without significant CVD concerns. The updated version of the Ware color key task also provides a method to assess and compare colormaps.
Turton, Terece; Berres, Anne; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James
ETK: An Evaluation Toolkit for Visualization User Studies Inproceedings
In: Kozlikova, Barbora; Schreck, Tobias; Wischgoll, Thomas (Ed.): EuroVis 2017 – Short Papers, The Eurographics Association, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-03868-043-7.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: User Evaluation
@inproceedings{Turton2017etk,
title = {ETK: An Evaluation Toolkit for Visualization User Studies},
author = {Terece Turton and Anne Berres and David Rogers and James Ahrens},
editor = {Barbora Kozlikova and Tobias Schreck and Thomas Wischgoll},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ETKAnEvaluationToolkitforVisualizationUserStudies.pdf},
doi = {10.2312/eurovisshort.20171131},
isbn = {978-3-03868-043-7},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
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publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
abstract = {This paper describes the design and features of the Evaluation Toolkit (ETK), a set of JavaScript/HTML/CSS modules leveraging the Qualtrics JavaScript API that can be used to automate image-based perceptual user evaluation studies. Automating the presentation of the images can greatly decrease the time to build and implement an evaluation study while minimizing the length and complexity of a study built within Qualtrics, along with decreasing the possibility of error in image presentation. The ETK modules each focus on automating a specific psychophysical or experimental approach. Because each module is an extension or plug-in to a Qualtrics question, the resultant study can be easily used in a laboratory setting or in a crowdsourced approach. We present the open source repository of ETK with the six modules that currently make up the toolkit and invite the community to explore, utilize, and contribute to the toolkit.},
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This paper describes the design and features of the Evaluation Toolkit (ETK), a set of JavaScript/HTML/CSS modules leveraging the Qualtrics JavaScript API that can be used to automate image-based perceptual user evaluation studies. Automating the presentation of the images can greatly decrease the time to build and implement an evaluation study while minimizing the length and complexity of a study built within Qualtrics, along with decreasing the possibility of error in image presentation. The ETK modules each focus on automating a specific psychophysical or experimental approach. Because each module is an extension or plug-in to a Qualtrics question, the resultant study can be easily used in a laboratory setting or in a crowdsourced approach. We present the open source repository of ETK with the six modules that currently make up the toolkit and invite the community to explore, utilize, and contribute to the toolkit.
Bujack, Roxana; Flusser, Jan
Flexible Moment Invariant Bases for 2D Scalar and Vector Fields Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG), 2017, (LA-UR-17-20144).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: moment invariants, pattern detection, vector fields
@inproceedings{bujack2017flexible,
title = {Flexible Moment Invariant Bases for 2D Scalar and Vector Fields},
author = {Roxana Bujack and Jan Flusser},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/LA-UR-17-20144.pdf},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG)},
abstract = {Complex moments have been successfully applied to pattern detection tasks in two-dimensional real, complex, and vector valued functions.
In this paper, we review the different bases of rotational moment invariants based on the generator approach with complex monomials. We analyze their properties with respect to independence, completeness, and existence and present superior bases that are optimal with respect to all three criteria for both scalar and vector fields.},
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Complex moments have been successfully applied to pattern detection tasks in two-dimensional real, complex, and vector valued functions.
In this paper, we review the different bases of rotational moment invariants based on the generator approach with complex monomials. We analyze their properties with respect to independence, completeness, and existence and present superior bases that are optimal with respect to all three criteria for both scalar and vector fields.
In this paper, we review the different bases of rotational moment invariants based on the generator approach with complex monomials. We analyze their properties with respect to independence, completeness, and existence and present superior bases that are optimal with respect to all three criteria for both scalar and vector fields.
Bujack, Roxana; Turton, Terece; Samsel, Francesca; Ware, Colin; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Theoretical Framework for the Assessment of Continuous Colormaps Inproceedings
In: IEEE Visualization, 2017.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: color theory, colormaps, linearity
@inproceedings{bujack2017good,
title = {The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Theoretical Framework for the Assessment of Continuous Colormaps},
author = {Roxana Bujack and Terece Turton and Francesca Samsel and Colin Ware and David Rogers and James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/TheGoodtheBadandtheUgly.pdf},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
booktitle = {IEEE Visualization},
abstract = {A myriad of design rules for what constitutes a “good” colormap can be found in the literature. Some common rules include order, uniformity, and high discriminative power. However, the meaning of many of these terms is often ambiguous or open to interpretation. At times, different authors may use the same term to describe different concepts or the same rule is described by varying nomenclature. These ambiguities stand in the way of collaborative work, the design of experiments to assess the characteristics of colormaps, and automated colormap generation.
In this paper, we review current and historical guidelines for colormap design. We propose a specified taxonomy and provide unambiguous mathematical definitions for the most common design rules.},
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A myriad of design rules for what constitutes a “good” colormap can be found in the literature. Some common rules include order, uniformity, and high discriminative power. However, the meaning of many of these terms is often ambiguous or open to interpretation. At times, different authors may use the same term to describe different concepts or the same rule is described by varying nomenclature. These ambiguities stand in the way of collaborative work, the design of experiments to assess the characteristics of colormaps, and automated colormap generation.
In this paper, we review current and historical guidelines for colormap design. We propose a specified taxonomy and provide unambiguous mathematical definitions for the most common design rules.
In this paper, we review current and historical guidelines for colormap design. We propose a specified taxonomy and provide unambiguous mathematical definitions for the most common design rules.
Berres, Anne; Turton, Terece; Petersen, Mark; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James
Video Compression for Ocean Simulation Image Databases Inproceedings
In: Rink, Karsten; Middel, Ariane; Zeckzer, Dirk; Bujack, Roxana (Ed.): Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis), The Eurographics Association, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-03868-040-6.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
@inproceedings{Berres2017-VideoCompression,
title = {Video Compression for Ocean Simulation Image Databases},
author = {Anne Berres and Terece Turton and Mark Petersen and David Rogers and James Ahrens},
editor = {Karsten Rink and Ariane Middel and Dirk Zeckzer and Roxana Bujack},
url = {http://ecxproject.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2018/04/envirvis17-video-compression.pdf},
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year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
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abstract = {Climate research requires monitoring a large range of spatial and temporal scales to understand the climate system and potential future impacts. Climate simulations are now run with very high resolution (1--10 km gridcells) ocean, sea ice, and atmosphere components, and can easily produce petabytes of output. This overloads storage systems and hinders visualization and analysis. Image databases can decrease storage sizes from petabytes of simulation output down to several hundred gigabytes of images.},
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Climate research requires monitoring a large range of spatial and temporal scales to understand the climate system and potential future impacts. Climate simulations are now run with very high resolution (1--10 km gridcells) ocean, sea ice, and atmosphere components, and can easily produce petabytes of output. This overloads storage systems and hinders visualization and analysis. Image databases can decrease storage sizes from petabytes of simulation output down to several hundred gigabytes of images.
Yang, Bo; Kostkova, Jitka; Flusser, Jan; Suk, Tomas; Bujack, Roxana
Recognition of Patterns in Vector Fields by Gaussian-Hermite Invariants Conference
poster at 2017 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP, Beijing, China, 2017.
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title = {Recognition of Patterns in Vector Fields by Gaussian-Hermite Invariants},
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Bujack, Roxana; Hagen, Hans
Moment Invariants for Multi-Dimensional Data Inproceedings
In: Ozerslan, Evren; Schultz, Thomas; Hotz, Ingrid (Ed.): Modelling, Analysis, and Visualization of Anisotropy, Springer Basel AG, 2017, ISSN: 978-3-319-61358-1.
@inproceedings{bujack2017tensor,
title = {Moment Invariants for Multi-Dimensional Data},
author = {Roxana Bujack and Hans Hagen},
editor = {Evren Ozerslan and Thomas Schultz and Ingrid Hotz},
url = {https://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/MomentInvariantsforMulti-DimensionalData.pdf},
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Bujack, Roxana; Flusser, Jan
Flexible Moment Invariant Bases for 2D Scalar and Vector Fields Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG), pp. 11–20, 2017.
@inproceedings{bujack2017flexible,
title = {Flexible Moment Invariant Bases for 2D Scalar and Vector Fields},
author = {Roxana Bujack and Jan Flusser},
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year = {2017},
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Wang, Bei; Bujack, Roxana; Paul, Harsh; Hagen, Hans
Interpreting Galilean Invariant Vector Field Analysis via Extended Robustness: Extended Abstract Inproceedings
In: Topology-Based Methods in Visualization (TopoInVis 2017) Tokyo, Japan, 2017.
@inproceedings{wang2017interpreting,
title = {Interpreting Galilean Invariant Vector Field Analysis via Extended Robustness: Extended Abstract},
author = {Bei Wang and Roxana Bujack and Harsh Paul and Hans Hagen},
url = {https://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/InterpretingGalileanInvariantVectorFieldAnalysisviaExtendedRobustness-ExtendedAbstract.pdf},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
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2016
Ahrens, James Paul
01.11.2016, (Chesapeake Large-Scale Analytics Conference - CLSAC 2016, LA-UR-16-28491).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: large-scale data, ParaView, VTK
@misc{Ahrens_2016,
title = {Towards a Scalable, Platform Independent, User-Friendly Analysis Framework for Scientific and Information Oriented Applications},
author = {James Paul Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/LA-UR-16-28491.pdf},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-11-01},
abstract = {Options for extreme scale data analysis are often presented as a stark contrast: write large files to disk for interactive exploratory analysis, or perform in situ analysis to save detailed data about phenomena that a user knows about in advance. We describe a novel framework that offers a middle ground - a highly interactive approach that promotes exploration of extracts from source data streams that significantly reduces data movement and storage. This framework is built upon a collection of scalable, platform independent, open-source packages (vtk and ParaView) that have been developed of the past two decades. In this talk, I will describe these frameworks, connections to information oriented streaming approaches, and highlight applications to real-world analysis challenges.},
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Options for extreme scale data analysis are often presented as a stark contrast: write large files to disk for interactive exploratory analysis, or perform in situ analysis to save detailed data about phenomena that a user knows about in advance. We describe a novel framework that offers a middle ground - a highly interactive approach that promotes exploration of extracts from source data streams that significantly reduces data movement and storage. This framework is built upon a collection of scalable, platform independent, open-source packages (vtk and ParaView) that have been developed of the past two decades. In this talk, I will describe these frameworks, connections to information oriented streaming approaches, and highlight applications to real-world analysis challenges.
Carr, Hamish; Weber, Gunther H.; Sewell, Christopher; Ahrens, James
Parallel Peak Pruning for Scalable SMP Contour Tree Computation Inproceedings
In: 2016 IEEE 6th Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV) , IEEE 2016, (LA-UR-16-24454).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: contour tree
@inproceedings{Carr2016,
title = {Parallel Peak Pruning for Scalable SMP Contour Tree Computation},
author = {Hamish Carr and Gunther H. Weber and Christopher Sewell and James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ParallelPeakPruningForScalableSMPContourTreeComputation2.pdf},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-10-23},
booktitle = {2016 IEEE 6th Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV) },
organization = {IEEE},
abstract = {As data sets grow to exascale, automated data analysis and visu- alisation are increasingly important, to intermediate human under- standing and to reduce demands on disk storage via in situ anal- ysis. Trends in architecture of high performance computing sys- tems necessitate analysis algorithms to make effective use of com- binations of massively multicore and distributed systems. One of the principal analytic tools is the contour tree, which analyses rela- tionships between contours to identify features of more than local importance. Unfortunately, the predominant algorithms for com- puting the contour tree are explicitly serial, and founded on serial metaphors, which has limited the scalability of this form of analy- sis. While there is some work on distributed contour tree computa- tion, and separately on hybrid GPU-CPU computation, there is no efficient algorithm with strong formal guarantees on performance allied with fast practical performance. We report the first shared SMP algorithm for fully parallel contour tree computation, with for- mal guarantees of O(lgnlgt) parallel steps and O(nlgn) work, and implementations with up to 10⇥ parallel speed up in OpenMP and up to 50⇥ speed up in NVIDIA Thrust.},
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As data sets grow to exascale, automated data analysis and visu- alisation are increasingly important, to intermediate human under- standing and to reduce demands on disk storage via in situ anal- ysis. Trends in architecture of high performance computing sys- tems necessitate analysis algorithms to make effective use of com- binations of massively multicore and distributed systems. One of the principal analytic tools is the contour tree, which analyses rela- tionships between contours to identify features of more than local importance. Unfortunately, the predominant algorithms for com- puting the contour tree are explicitly serial, and founded on serial metaphors, which has limited the scalability of this form of analy- sis. While there is some work on distributed contour tree computa- tion, and separately on hybrid GPU-CPU computation, there is no efficient algorithm with strong formal guarantees on performance allied with fast practical performance. We report the first shared SMP algorithm for fully parallel contour tree computation, with for- mal guarantees of O(lgnlgt) parallel steps and O(nlgn) work, and implementations with up to 10⇥ parallel speed up in OpenMP and up to 50⇥ speed up in NVIDIA Thrust.
Patchett, John; Nouanesengsy, Boonthanome; Fasel, Patricia; Ahrens, James
2016 CSSE L3 Milestone: Deliver In Situ to XTD End Users Technical Report
2016, (LA-UR-16-26987).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: in-situ, visualization
@techreport{Patchett2016,
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We also worked with various support groups at the lab to deploy a production ParaView in the LANL environment for both desktop and HPC systems. . In addition, for this milestone, we moved two VTK based filters from research objects into the production ParaView code to support a variety of standard visualization pipelines for our EAP codes.
We also worked with various support groups at the lab to deploy a production ParaView in the LANL environment for both desktop and HPC systems. . In addition, for this milestone, we moved two VTK based filters from research objects into the production ParaView code to support a variety of standard visualization pipelines for our EAP codes.
Moreland, Kenneth; Sewell, Christopher; Usher, William; Lo, Li-ta; Meredith, Jeremy; Pugmire, David; Kress, James; Schroots, Hendrik; Ma, Kwan-Liu; Childs, Hank; Larsen, Matthew; Chen, Chun-Ming; Maynard, Robert; Geveci, Berk
VTK-m: Accelerating the Visualization Toolkit for Massively Threaded Architectures Inproceedings
In: pp. 48-58, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 2016, ISSN: 0272-1716, (LA-UR-15-27306).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: visualization, VTK-m
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author = {Kenneth Moreland and Christopher Sewell and William Usher and Li-ta Lo and Jeremy Meredith and David Pugmire and James Kress and Hendrik Schroots and Kwan-Liu Ma and Hank Childs and Matthew Larsen and Chun-Ming Chen and Robert Maynard and Berk Geveci},
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One of the most critical challenges for high-performance computing (HPC) scientific visualization is execution on massively threaded processors. Of the many fundamental changes we are seeing in HPC systems, one of the most profound is a reliance on new processor types optimized for execution bandwidth over latency hiding. Our current production scientific visualization software is not designed for these new types of architectures. To address this issue, the VTK-m framework serves as a container for algorithms, provides flexible data representation, and simplifies the design of visualization algorithms on new and future computer architecture.
Pulido, Jesus; Livescu, Daniel; Burns, Randal; Canada, Curt; Ahrens, James; Hamann, Bernd
Remote Visual Analysis on Large Turbulence Databases at Multiple Scales Presentation
Salishan Conference on High Speed Computing ; 2016-04-25 - 2016-04-29 ; Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States, 21.04.2016, (LA-UR-16-22778).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: large databases, visual analysis
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abstract = {Extremely large datasets are becoming increasingly common in science and engineering, and it is often prohibitive to store an original massive dataset at multiple sites or to transmit over computer networks in its entirety. Regardless, such datasets represented tremendous scientific value for the broader scientific community. It is imperative to deploy effective technologies enabling the remote access to vast data archives for the purpose of having a large pool of scientists harness their value and make new discoveries. Our analysis framework presented here was driven specifically by the needs articulated by scientists from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and Los Alamos National Laboratory.},
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Extremely large datasets are becoming increasingly common in science and engineering, and it is often prohibitive to store an original massive dataset at multiple sites or to transmit over computer networks in its entirety. Regardless, such datasets represented tremendous scientific value for the broader scientific community. It is imperative to deploy effective technologies enabling the remote access to vast data archives for the purpose of having a large pool of scientists harness their value and make new discoveries. Our analysis framework presented here was driven specifically by the needs articulated by scientists from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Ware, Colin; Rogers, David; Petersen, Mark; Ahrens, James; Aygar, Erol
Optimizing for Visual Cognition in High Performance Scientific Computing Journal Article
In: Electronic Imaging, vol. 2016, no. 16, pp. 1–9, 2016, ISSN: 2470-1173.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cognitive efficiency, visualization
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High performance scientific computing is undergoing radical changes as we move to Exascale (1018 FLOPS) and as a consequence products for visualization must increasingly be generated in-situ as opposed to after a model run. This changes both the nature of the data products and the overall cognitive work flow. Currently, data is saved in the form of model dumps, but these are both extremely large and not ideal for visualization. Instead, we need methods for saving model data in ways that are both compact and optimized for visualization. For example, our results show that animated representations are more perceptually efficient than static views even for steady flows, so we need ways of compressing vector field data for animated visualization. Another example, motion parallax is essential to perceive structures in dark matter simulations, so we need ways of saving large particle systems optimized for perception. Turning to the cognitive work flow, when scientists and engineers allocate their time to high performance computer simulations their effort is distributed between pre and post run work. To better understand the tradeoffs we created an analytics game to model the optimization of high performance computer codes simulating ocean dynamics. Visualization is a key part of this process. The results from two analytics game experiments suggest that simple changes can have a large impact on overall cognitive efficiency. Our first experiment showed that study participants continued to look at images for much longer than optimal. A second experiment revealed a large reduction in cognitive efficiency as working memory demands increased. We conclude with recommendations for systems design.
Samsel, Francesca; Klassen, Sebastian; Petersen, Mark; Turton, Terece; Abram, Greg; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James
Interactive Colormapping: Enabling Multiple Data Ranges, Detailed Views of Ocean Salinity Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the 34rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM, San Jose, California, 2016, (LA-UR-15-20105).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: climate science, color perception, color theory, colormaps, high-resolution datasets, scientific visualization
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Ocean salinity is a critical component to understanding climate change. Salinity concentrations and temperature drive large ocean currents which in turn drive global weather patterns. Melting ice caps lower salinity at the poles while river deltas bring fresh water into the ocean worldwide. These processes slow ocean currents, changing weather patterns and producing extreme climate events which disproportionally affect those living in poverty. Analysis of salinity presents a unique visualization challenge. Important data are found in narrow data ranges, varying with global location. Changing values of salinity are important in understanding ocean currents, but are difficult to map to colors using traditional tools. Commonly used colormaps may not provide sufficient detail for this data. Current editing tools do not easily enable a scientist to explore the subtleties of salinity. We present a workflow, enabled by an interactive colormap tool that allows a scientist to interactively apply sophisticated colormaps to scalar data. The intuitive and immediate interaction of the scientist with the data is a critical contribution of this work.
Patchett, John; Samsel, Francesca; Tsai, Karen; Gisler, Galen; Rogers, David; Abram, Greg; Turton, Terece
Visualization and Analysis of Threats from Asteroid Ocean Impacts Inproceedings
In: 2016, (Winner, Best Scientific Visualization & Data Analytics Showcase; LA-UR-16-26258).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: asteroid, visualization and data analysis
@inproceedings{Patchett2016asteroidvis,
title = {Visualization and Analysis of Threats from Asteroid Ocean Impacts},
author = {John Patchett and Francesca Samsel and Karen Tsai and Galen Gisler and David Rogers and Greg Abram and Terece Turton},
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An asteroid colliding with earth can have grave consequences. An impact in the ocean has complex effects as the kinetic energy of the asteroid is transferred to the water, potentially causing a tsunami or other distant effect. Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are using the xRage simulation code on high performance computing (HPC) systems to understand the range of possible behaviors of an asteroid impacting the ocean. By running ensembles of large scale 3D simulations, scientists can study a set of potential factors for asteroid-generated tsunamis (AGTs) such as angle of impact, asteroid mass and air burst elevation. These studies help scientists understand the consequences of asteroid impacts such as water dispersement into the atmosphere, which can impact the global climate, or tsunami creation, which can place population centers at risk. The results of these simulations will support NASA’s Office of Planetary Defense in deciding how to best track near-Earth objects (NEOs).
Ware, Colin; Bolan, Daniel; Miller, Ricky; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James
Animated Versus Static Views of Steady Flow Patterns Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Perception, pp. 77–84, ACM, Anaheim, California, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-4503-4383-1.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: animated flow, flow visualization, vector field visualization
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title = {Animated Versus Static Views of Steady Flow Patterns},
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Two experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that animated representations of vector fields are more effective than common static representations even for steady flow. We compared four flow visualization methods: animated streamlets, animated orthogonal line segments (where short lines were elongated orthogonal to the flow direction but animated in the direction of flow), static equally spaced streamlines, and static arrow grids. The first experiment involved a pattern detection task in which the participant searched for an anomalous flow pattern in a field of similar patterns. The results showed that both the animation methods produced more accurate and faster responses. The second experiment involved mentally tracing an advection path from a central dot in the flow field and marking where the path would cross the boundary of a surrounding circle. For this task the animated streamlets resulted in better performance than the other methods, but the animated orthogonal particles resulted in the worst performance. We conclude with recommendations for the representation of steady flow patterns.
O'Leary, Patrick; Ahrens, James; Jourdain, Sebastien; Wittenburg, Scott; Rogers, David H; Petersen, Mark
Cinema image-based in situ analysis and visualization of MPAS-ocean simulations Journal Article
In: PARALLEL COMPUTING, vol. 55, no. SI, pp. 43-48, 2016, ISSN: 0167-8191.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: in situ, oceanography simulation and modeling
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author = {Patrick O'Leary and James Ahrens and Sebastien Jourdain and Scott Wittenburg and David H Rogers and Mark Petersen},
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Due to power and I/O constraints associated with extreme scale scientific simulations, in situ analysis and visualization will become a critical component to scientific exploration and discovery. Current analysis and visualization options at extreme scale are presented in opposition: write files to disk for interactive, exploratory analysis, or perform in situ analysis to save data products about phenomena that a scientists knows about in advance. In this paper, we, demonstrate extreme scale visualization of MPAS-Ocean simulations leveraging a third option based on Cinema, which is a novel framework for highly interactive, image-based in situ analysis and visualization that promotes exploration.
Hummel, Mathias; Bujack, Roxana; Joy, Kenneth; Garth, Christoph
Error Estimates for Lagrangian Flow Field Representations Inproceedings
In: Bertini, Enrico; Elmqvist, Niklas; Wischgoll, Thomas (Ed.): EuroVis 2016 - Short Papers, pp. 7–11, The Eurographics Association, 2016, ISSN: 978-3-03868-014-7.
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Chandler, Jennifer; Bujack, Roxana; Joy, Kenneth
Analysis of Error in Interpolation-Based Pathline Tracing Inproceedings
In: Bertini, Enrico; Elmqvist, Niklas; Wischgoll, Thomas (Ed.): EuroVis 2016 - Short Papers, pp. 1–5, The Eurographics Association, 2016, ISSN: 978-3-03868-014-7.
@inproceedings{chandler2016,
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Bujack, Roxana; Hlawitschka, Mario; Joy, Kenneth
Topology-Inspired Galilean Invariant Vector Field Analysis Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium, PacificVis 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 72–79, 2016.
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title = {Topology-Inspired Galilean Invariant Vector Field Analysis},
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Pulido, Jesus; Livescu, Daniel; Woodring, Jonathan; Ahrens, James; Hamann, Bernd
Survey and analysis of multiresolution methods for turbulence data Journal Article
In: Computers & Fluids, vol. 125, pp. 39 - 58, 2016, ISSN: 0045-7930, (LA-UR-15-20966).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: B-spline wavelet, Curvelet, Surfacelet, turbulence, Wavelet
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title = {Survey and analysis of multiresolution methods for turbulence data},
author = {Jesus Pulido and Daniel Livescu and Jonathan Woodring and James Ahrens and Bernd Hamann},
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2015
Samsel, Francesca
Understanding via Color Presentation
27.10.2015, (IEEE Vis 2015 Color Mapping Panel).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: colormaps
@misc{Samsel1027,
title = {Understanding via Color},
author = {Francesca Samsel},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/UnderstandingViaColor.pptx
http://ieeevis.org/year/2015/info/overview-amp-topics/panels},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-27},
abstract = {In this panel, we highlight optimal solutions for designing and building color maps in visualization applications and presentations. Our panelists represent artists, software engineers, cartographers, color scientists, perceptual psychologists, and visualization researchers who have contributed effective solutions to applying color to data visualization. Each panelist will highlight their perspective as well as tips and tricks for color map solutions. Drawing on perspectives from many disciplines, the panel will identify gaps in our understanding about the use of color in visualization and will identify future research directions.},
note = {IEEE Vis 2015 Color Mapping Panel},
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tppubtype = {presentation}
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In this panel, we highlight optimal solutions for designing and building color maps in visualization applications and presentations. Our panelists represent artists, software engineers, cartographers, color scientists, perceptual psychologists, and visualization researchers who have contributed effective solutions to applying color to data visualization. Each panelist will highlight their perspective as well as tips and tricks for color map solutions. Drawing on perspectives from many disciplines, the panel will identify gaps in our understanding about the use of color in visualization and will identify future research directions.
Kares, Robert J.
In-Situ Visualization Experiments with ParaView Cinema in RAGE Technical Report
2015, (LA-UR-15-28026).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: catalyst, cinema, ParaView
@techreport{Kares2015,
title = {In-Situ Visualization Experiments with ParaView Cinema in RAGE},
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year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-15},
abstract = {In a previous paper Robert Kares described some numerical experiments performed using the ParaView/Catalyst in-situ visualization infrastructure deployed in the Los Alamos RAGE radiation-hydrodynamics code to produce images from a running large scale 3D ICF simulation. One challenge of the in-situ approach apparent in these experiments was the difficulty of choosing parameters likes isosurface values for the visualizations to be produced from the running simulation without the benefit of prior knowledge of the simulation results and the resultant cost of recomputing in-situ generated images when parameters are chosen sub- optimally. A proposed method of addressing this difficulty is to simply render multiple images at runtime with a range of possible parameter values to produce a large database of images and to provide the user with a tool for managing the resulting database of imagery. Recently, ParaView/Catalyst has been extended to include such a capability via the so-called Cinema framework. Here Kares describes some initial experiments with the first delivery of Cinema and make some recommendations for future extensions of Cinema’s capabilities.},
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In a previous paper Robert Kares described some numerical experiments performed using the ParaView/Catalyst in-situ visualization infrastructure deployed in the Los Alamos RAGE radiation-hydrodynamics code to produce images from a running large scale 3D ICF simulation. One challenge of the in-situ approach apparent in these experiments was the difficulty of choosing parameters likes isosurface values for the visualizations to be produced from the running simulation without the benefit of prior knowledge of the simulation results and the resultant cost of recomputing in-situ generated images when parameters are chosen sub- optimally. A proposed method of addressing this difficulty is to simply render multiple images at runtime with a range of possible parameter values to produce a large database of images and to provide the user with a tool for managing the resulting database of imagery. Recently, ParaView/Catalyst has been extended to include such a capability via the so-called Cinema framework. Here Kares describes some initial experiments with the first delivery of Cinema and make some recommendations for future extensions of Cinema’s capabilities.
Adhinarayanan, Vignesh
Performance, Power and Energy of In-situ and Post-processing Visualization: A Case Study in Climate Simulation Presentation
05.10.2015, (LA-UR-15-27749).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: energy, in-situ, performance, post-processing, power
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year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-05},
abstract = {This presentation summarizes a summer study of the performance, power, and energy trade-offs among traditional post-processing, modern post-processing, and in-situ visualization pipelines. It includes both detailed sub-component level power measurements within a node to gain detailed insights and measurements at scale to understand problems unique to big supercomputers.},
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This presentation summarizes a summer study of the performance, power, and energy trade-offs among traditional post-processing, modern post-processing, and in-situ visualization pipelines. It includes both detailed sub-component level power measurements within a node to gain detailed insights and measurements at scale to understand problems unique to big supercomputers.
Eatmon, Arnold
Generating Cinema Databases for In Situ Visualization of Ocean Modeling Simulations Presentation
05.10.2015, (LA-UR-15-27748).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cinema, oceanography simulation and modeling
@misc{Eatmon2015,
title = {Generating Cinema Databases for In Situ Visualization of Ocean Modeling Simulations},
author = {Arnold Eatmon},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Eatmon2015.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-05},
abstract = {Science is changing. In the last few years science has seen a dramatic shift towards data intensive discovery, a combination of past paradigms of discovery integrated with computational power and an ample supply of data from which we can derive information.
One notable problem with this is that while data and computational power are increasing, storage is decreasing. Storage in this day and age is a resource, and resources are inherently limited. Due to being a resource decisions must be made on how to wisely utilize storage to tackle scientific challenges.
Cinema databases allow for in situ processing and visualization, eliminating the need to write large amounts of data to disk. Cinema databases allow for scientists to not only view the data but also to interact with the data in meaningful ways. Simultaneously, cinema databases drastically reduce the amount of storage utilized in simulation.
In this project, I applied cinema database technology to a climate simulation model, MPAS-Ocean.},
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Science is changing. In the last few years science has seen a dramatic shift towards data intensive discovery, a combination of past paradigms of discovery integrated with computational power and an ample supply of data from which we can derive information.
One notable problem with this is that while data and computational power are increasing, storage is decreasing. Storage in this day and age is a resource, and resources are inherently limited. Due to being a resource decisions must be made on how to wisely utilize storage to tackle scientific challenges.
Cinema databases allow for in situ processing and visualization, eliminating the need to write large amounts of data to disk. Cinema databases allow for scientists to not only view the data but also to interact with the data in meaningful ways. Simultaneously, cinema databases drastically reduce the amount of storage utilized in simulation.
In this project, I applied cinema database technology to a climate simulation model, MPAS-Ocean.
One notable problem with this is that while data and computational power are increasing, storage is decreasing. Storage in this day and age is a resource, and resources are inherently limited. Due to being a resource decisions must be made on how to wisely utilize storage to tackle scientific challenges.
Cinema databases allow for in situ processing and visualization, eliminating the need to write large amounts of data to disk. Cinema databases allow for scientists to not only view the data but also to interact with the data in meaningful ways. Simultaneously, cinema databases drastically reduce the amount of storage utilized in simulation.
In this project, I applied cinema database technology to a climate simulation model, MPAS-Ocean.
Shaikh, Uzma
Summer of Storyboards Presentation
05.10.2015, (LA-UR-15-27737).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cinema, storyboards
@misc{Shaikh2015,
title = {Summer of Storyboards},
author = {Uzma Shaikh},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Summer_of_Storyboards.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-05},
abstract = {This presentation summarizes a summer project to create a Cinema web interface which provides both a generalized or holistic view of the system in a global view and a specified view of the system in a web interface.},
note = {LA-UR-15-27737},
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This presentation summarizes a summer project to create a Cinema web interface which provides both a generalized or holistic view of the system in a global view and a specified view of the system in a web interface.
Bryan, Christopher
Coyote Universe Emulator for Web Presentation
05.10.2015, (LA-UR-15-27732).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: matter power spectrum, prediction
@misc{Bryan2015,
title = {Coyote Universe Emulator for Web},
author = {Christopher Bryan},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Coyote_Universe_Emulator_for_Web.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-05},
abstract = {This presentatioin summarizes a summer project to create a prediction tool or 'Cosmic Emu(lator)' for the matter power spectrum P(k).},
note = {LA-UR-15-27732},
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pubstate = {published},
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This presentatioin summarizes a summer project to create a prediction tool or 'Cosmic Emu(lator)' for the matter power spectrum P(k).
Usher, William
Summer 2015 LANL Exit Talk Presentation
05.10.2015, (LA-UR-15-27730).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: OpenMP, VTK-m
@misc{Usher2010,
title = {Summer 2015 LANL Exit Talk},
author = {William Usher},
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year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-05},
abstract = {This presentation summarizes summer work on writing the OpenMP backend and making general performance improvements and comparisions in VTK-m. In the area of performance measurements and improvements a benchmarking suite to VTK-m to compare backends and changes to backends was added. Additionally, the default storage type was migrated to use an aligned allocator to improve CPU and MIC performance. In the area of OpenMP backend Jeff Inman's hand-vectorized MIC scan was ported to a generic version in VTK-m, achieving somewhat comparable performance and he working on implementing a parallel quick sort for the backend as well, but still some work left to do.},
note = {LA-UR-15-27730},
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pubstate = {published},
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This presentation summarizes summer work on writing the OpenMP backend and making general performance improvements and comparisions in VTK-m. In the area of performance measurements and improvements a benchmarking suite to VTK-m to compare backends and changes to backends was added. Additionally, the default storage type was migrated to use an aligned allocator to improve CPU and MIC performance. In the area of OpenMP backend Jeff Inman's hand-vectorized MIC scan was ported to a generic version in VTK-m, achieving somewhat comparable performance and he working on implementing a parallel quick sort for the backend as well, but still some work left to do.
Pulido, Jesus
Survey and Analysis of Multiresolution Methods for Turbulence Data Presentation
05.10.2015, (LA-UR-15-27727).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Multi-resolution, turbulence
@misc{Pulido2015,
title = {Survey and Analysis of Multiresolution Methods for Turbulence Data},
author = {Jesus Pulido},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Survey_and_Analysis_of_Multiresolution_Methods_for_Turbulence_Data.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-05},
abstract = {The first section of this presentation summarizes summer work that analyzed and compared the effectiveness of Haar, Biorthogonal B-spline, and Daubechies wavelets, Coiflets, Surfacelets and Curvelets with respect to direct numerical simulation (DNS) data, visualized and evaluated numerical accuracy of original data and derived quantities using limited amounts of coefficients on reconstruction, and identified strengths and weaknesses of each technique and gave recommendations on the usage of these multi-resolution methods.},
note = {LA-UR-15-27727},
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The first section of this presentation summarizes summer work that analyzed and compared the effectiveness of Haar, Biorthogonal B-spline, and Daubechies wavelets, Coiflets, Surfacelets and Curvelets with respect to direct numerical simulation (DNS) data, visualized and evaluated numerical accuracy of original data and derived quantities using limited amounts of coefficients on reconstruction, and identified strengths and weaknesses of each technique and gave recommendations on the usage of these multi-resolution methods.
Pulido, Jesus
Enabling Remote Visualization and Scale Analysis of Large Turbulence Databases Presentation
05.10.2015, (LA-UR-15-27727).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: remote visualization, turbulence
@misc{Pulido2015b,
title = {Enabling Remote Visualization and Scale Analysis of Large Turbulence Databases},
author = {Jesus Pulido},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Enabling_Remote_Visualization_and_Scale_Analysis_of_Large_Turbulence_Databases.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-05},
abstract = {The second section of this presentation summarizes summer work that added remote visualization support and additional compute capabilities to the Johns Hopkins Turbulence Database (JHTDB), introduced wavelet compression at the data-level to reduce access cost, bandwidth, and improve visualization latency, used wavelet compression to reduce memory footprint of datasets for visualization.},
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The second section of this presentation summarizes summer work that added remote visualization support and additional compute capabilities to the Johns Hopkins Turbulence Database (JHTDB), introduced wavelet compression at the data-level to reduce access cost, bandwidth, and improve visualization latency, used wavelet compression to reduce memory footprint of datasets for visualization.
Dutta, Soumya
Summer 2015 Final Presentation Presentation
05.10.2015, (LA-UR-15-27726).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: algorithm comparison framework, in situ, OpenMC
@misc{Dutta2015,
title = {Summer 2015 Final Presentation},
author = {Soumya Dutta},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Summer_2015_Final_Presentation.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-05},
abstract = {This presentation includes a discussion of several data representations and a global algorithm comparison framework and of in-situ early convergence detection on a Monte Carlo based simulation called OpenMC.},
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This presentation includes a discussion of several data representations and a global algorithm comparison framework and of in-situ early convergence detection on a Monte Carlo based simulation called OpenMC.
Barnes, David C.
Image Clustering of Scientific Databases Presentation
05.10.2015, (LA-UR-15-27725).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cinema, clustering
@misc{Barnes2015,
title = {Image Clustering of Scientific Databases},
author = {David C. Barnes},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Image_Clustering_of_Scientific_Databases.pdf
http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Data_Science_Cinema_Poster_Full.png},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-05},
abstract = {This presentation summarizes summer work to provide image clustering of scientific databases. },
note = {LA-UR-15-27725},
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tppubtype = {presentation}
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This presentation summarizes summer work to provide image clustering of scientific databases.
Lu, Kewei
Portable Data Parallel Visualization Algorithms with VTK-m Presentation
05.10.2015, (LA-UR-15-27724).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: data parallel, VTK-m
@misc{Lu2015,
title = {Portable Data Parallel Visualization Algorithms with VTK-m},
author = {Kewei Lu
},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Portable_Data_Parallel_Visualization_Algorithms_with_VTK-m.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-05},
abstract = {This presentation summarizes summer work to develop portable data parallel visualization algorithms in VTK-m. This included writing visualization filters for streamlines and stream surfaces as well as modifying the original isosurface implementation using the new data model and worklets.},
note = {LA-UR-15-27724},
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This presentation summarizes summer work to develop portable data parallel visualization algorithms in VTK-m. This included writing visualization filters for streamlines and stream surfaces as well as modifying the original isosurface implementation using the new data model and worklets.
Biswas, Ayan
Summer of 2015: An Exit Talk Presentation
05.10.2015, (LA-UR-15-27738).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: MPAS-Ocean, streamlines
@misc{Biswas2015,
title = {Summer of 2015: An Exit Talk},
author = {Ayan Biswas},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Summer_of_2015_An_Exit_Talk.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-05},
abstract = {This presentation summarizes the summer development of a new parallel algorithm for visualization of streamlines in MPAS-Ocean.},
note = {LA-UR-15-27738},
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This presentation summarizes the summer development of a new parallel algorithm for visualization of streamlines in MPAS-Ocean.
Ahrens, James
Supercharging the Scientific Process Via Data Science at Scale Presentation
30.06.2015, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: data science at scale, scientific method
@misc{Ahrens2016,
title = {Supercharging the Scientific Process Via Data Science at Scale},
author = {James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Supercharging_the_Scientific_Process_Via_Data_Science_at-Scale_IRTG2057.pptx
http://www.irtg2057.de/index.html},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-06-30},
abstract = {Supercharging the Scientific Process Via Data Science at Scale Historically, the scientific process is used to explain a phenomena by iteratively formulating a theory and running real-world experiments to test and improve the theory. Advances in the field of computer engineering, driven by Moore's law (which states the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits doubles every year) has fundamentally changed the scientific process in two ways. The first change is the availability of inexpensive but high accurate sensors composed of integrated circuits. The sensors, such as extremely high resolution cameras and signal recorders, enable the collection of scientific data and are used in all scientific disciplines including astronomy, physics, biology and more recently the social sciences. The second change is the addition of highly detailed scientific simulations that run on high performance computing (HPC) platforms. The performance of these HPC platforms has increased by approximately six orders of magnitude over the past two decades from terascale (10^12 Floating Points Operations Per Second (FLOPS)) to petascale (10^15 FLOPS). This performance increase has enabled the creation of extremely detail scientific simulations. These simulations augment the scientific process by providing a proving ground for theories and an environment for virtual experimentation. Both changes produce massive data streams that need to be effectively processed, transformed, analyzed and understood through data science. In this talk, I will present new developments in data science, highlighting how the scientific simulation process needs to change for exascale supercomputers (10^18 FLOPS). Exascale supercomputers are bounded by power and storage constraints. These constraints require us to transition from standard, storage-based, post-processing, data science approaches to intelligent, automated, streaming, in situ ones. I will present a new approach that focuses on automatically identifying and tracking areas of interest, and then on selecting and presenting these areas to scientists. The work will be presented in the context of solving real-world data science problems for the climate and cosmological science communities.},
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Supercharging the Scientific Process Via Data Science at Scale Historically, the scientific process is used to explain a phenomena by iteratively formulating a theory and running real-world experiments to test and improve the theory. Advances in the field of computer engineering, driven by Moore's law (which states the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits doubles every year) has fundamentally changed the scientific process in two ways. The first change is the availability of inexpensive but high accurate sensors composed of integrated circuits. The sensors, such as extremely high resolution cameras and signal recorders, enable the collection of scientific data and are used in all scientific disciplines including astronomy, physics, biology and more recently the social sciences. The second change is the addition of highly detailed scientific simulations that run on high performance computing (HPC) platforms. The performance of these HPC platforms has increased by approximately six orders of magnitude over the past two decades from terascale (10^12 Floating Points Operations Per Second (FLOPS)) to petascale (10^15 FLOPS). This performance increase has enabled the creation of extremely detail scientific simulations. These simulations augment the scientific process by providing a proving ground for theories and an environment for virtual experimentation. Both changes produce massive data streams that need to be effectively processed, transformed, analyzed and understood through data science. In this talk, I will present new developments in data science, highlighting how the scientific simulation process needs to change for exascale supercomputers (10^18 FLOPS). Exascale supercomputers are bounded by power and storage constraints. These constraints require us to transition from standard, storage-based, post-processing, data science approaches to intelligent, automated, streaming, in situ ones. I will present a new approach that focuses on automatically identifying and tracking areas of interest, and then on selecting and presenting these areas to scientists. The work will be presented in the context of solving real-world data science problems for the climate and cosmological science communities.
Ahrens, James
Supercharging the Scientific Process Via Data Science at Scale Presentation
30.06.2015, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: data science at scale, scientific method
@misc{Ahrens2015,
title = {Supercharging the Scientific Process Via Data Science at Scale},
author = {James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Supercharging_the_Scientific_Process_Via_Data_Science_at-Scale_Groningen.pptx
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Supercharging the Scientific Process Via Data Science at Scale Historically, the scientific process is used to explain a phenomena by iteratively formulating a theory and running real-world experiments to test and improve the theory. Advances in the field of computer engineering, driven by Moore's law (which states the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits doubles every year) has fundamentally changed the scientific process in two ways. The first change is the availability of inexpensive but high accurate sensors composed of integrated circuits. The sensors, such as extremely high resolution cameras and signal recorders, enable the collection of scientific data and are used in all scientific disciplines including astronomy, physics, biology and more recently the social sciences. The second change is the addition of highly detailed scientific simulations that run on high performance computing (HPC) platforms. The performance of these HPC platforms has increased by approximately six orders of magnitude over the past two decades from terascale (10^12 Floating Points Operations Per Second (FLOPS)) to petascale (10^15 FLOPS). This performance increase has enabled the creation of extremely detail scientific simulations. These simulations augment the scientific process by providing a proving ground for theories and an environment for virtual experimentation. Both changes produce massive data streams that need to be effectively processed, transformed, analyzed and understood through data science. In this talk, I will present new developments in data science, highlighting how the scientific simulation process needs to change for exascale supercomputers (10^18 FLOPS). Exascale supercomputers are bounded by power and storage constraints. These constraints require us to transition from standard, storage-based, post-processing, data science approaches to intelligent, automated, streaming, in situ ones. I will present a new approach that focuses on automatically identifying and tracking areas of interest, and then on selecting and presenting these areas to scientists. The work will be presented in the context of solving real-world data science problems for the climate and cosmological science communities.
Rogers, David; Ahrens, James; Patchett, John; DeMarle, David
Exploring Cinema with the Cinema Virtual Machine Inproceedings
In: 2015, (Documentation/instructions. LA-UR-15-21934).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cinema, in-situ data analysis
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range of results, while still significantly reducing data movement and storage.
range of results, while still significantly reducing data movement and storage.
Adhinarayanan, Vignesh; Feng, Wu-chun; Woodring, Jonathan; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James
On the Greenness of In-Situ and Post-Processing Visualization Pipelines Inproceedings
In: 11th workshop on High-Performance, Power-Aware Computing (HPPAC), Hyderabad, India, 2015, (LA-UR-15-21414).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: greenness, in-situ, pipelines, post-processing, visualization
@inproceedings{vignesh-in-situ-hppac15,
title = {On the Greenness of In-Situ and Post-Processing Visualization Pipelines},
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booktitle = {11th workshop on High-Performance, Power-Aware Computing (HPPAC)},
address = {Hyderabad, India},
abstract = {Post-processing visualization pipelines are tradi- tionally used to gain insight from simulation data. However, changes to the system architecture for high-performance com- puting (HPC), dictated by the exascale goal, have limited the applicability of post-processing visualization. As an alternative, in-situ pipelines are proposed in order to enhance the knowl- edge discovery process via “real-time” visualization. Quantitative studies have already shown how in-situ visualization can improve performance and reduce storage needs at the cost of scientific exploration capabilities. However, to fully understand the trade- off space, a head-to-head comparison of power and energy (between the two types of visualization pipelines) is necessary. Thus, in this work, we study the greenness (i.e., power, energy, and energy efficiency) of the in-situ and the post-processing visualization pipelines, using a proxy heat-transfer simulation as an example. For a realistic I/O load, the in-situ pipeline consumes 43% less energy than the post-processing pipeline. Contrary to expectations, our findings also show that only 9% of the total energy is saved by reducing off-chip data movement, while the rest of the savings comes from reducing the system idle time. This suggests an alternative set of optimization techniques for reducing the power consumption of the traditional post- processing pipeline.},
note = {LA-UR-15-21414},
keywords = {greenness, in-situ, pipelines, post-processing, visualization},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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Post-processing visualization pipelines are tradi- tionally used to gain insight from simulation data. However, changes to the system architecture for high-performance com- puting (HPC), dictated by the exascale goal, have limited the applicability of post-processing visualization. As an alternative, in-situ pipelines are proposed in order to enhance the knowl- edge discovery process via “real-time” visualization. Quantitative studies have already shown how in-situ visualization can improve performance and reduce storage needs at the cost of scientific exploration capabilities. However, to fully understand the trade- off space, a head-to-head comparison of power and energy (between the two types of visualization pipelines) is necessary. Thus, in this work, we study the greenness (i.e., power, energy, and energy efficiency) of the in-situ and the post-processing visualization pipelines, using a proxy heat-transfer simulation as an example. For a realistic I/O load, the in-situ pipeline consumes 43% less energy than the post-processing pipeline. Contrary to expectations, our findings also show that only 9% of the total energy is saved by reducing off-chip data movement, while the rest of the savings comes from reducing the system idle time. This suggests an alternative set of optimization techniques for reducing the power consumption of the traditional post- processing pipeline.
Widanagamaachchi, Wathsala; Hammond, Karl D.; Lo, Li-Ta; Wirth, Brian D.; Samsel, Francesca; Sewell, Christopher; Ahrens, James; Pascucci, Valerio
Visualization of Large-Scale Atomistic Simulations of Plasma-Surface Interactions Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of EuroVis (short paper), Cagliari, Italy, 2015, (LA-UR-15-21194).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: atomistic simulation, large-scale, Model Validation and Analysis, Physical Sciences and Engineering, plasma-surface interactions, visualization
@inproceedings{Widanagamaachchi:2015a,
title = {Visualization of Large-Scale Atomistic Simulations of Plasma-Surface Interactions},
author = {Wathsala Widanagamaachchi and Karl D. Hammond and Li-Ta Lo and Brian D. Wirth and Francesca Samsel and Christopher Sewell and James Ahrens and Valerio Pascucci},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/VisualizationAndAnalysisOfLarge-ScaleAtomisticSimulationsOfPlasma-SurfaceInteractions.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-05-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of EuroVis (short paper)},
address = {Cagliari, Italy},
abstract = {We present a simulation–visualization pipeline that uses the LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator and the Visualization Toolkit to create a visualization and analysis environment for atomistic simulations of plasma–surface interactions. These simulations are used to understand the origin of fuzz-like, microscopic damage to tungsten and other metal surfaces by helium. The proposed pipeline serves both as an aid to visualization, i.e. drawing the surfaces of gas bubbles and voids/cavities in the metal, as well as a means of analysis, i.e. extracting various statistics and gas bubble evolution details. The result is a better understanding of the void and bubble formation process that is difficult if not impossible to get using conventional atomistic visualization software.},
note = {LA-UR-15-21194},
keywords = {atomistic simulation, large-scale, Model Validation and Analysis, Physical Sciences and Engineering, plasma-surface interactions, visualization},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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We present a simulation–visualization pipeline that uses the LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator and the Visualization Toolkit to create a visualization and analysis environment for atomistic simulations of plasma–surface interactions. These simulations are used to understand the origin of fuzz-like, microscopic damage to tungsten and other metal surfaces by helium. The proposed pipeline serves both as an aid to visualization, i.e. drawing the surfaces of gas bubbles and voids/cavities in the metal, as well as a means of analysis, i.e. extracting various statistics and gas bubble evolution details. The result is a better understanding of the void and bubble formation process that is difficult if not impossible to get using conventional atomistic visualization software.
Ahrens, James
Shared Analysis for Resilience, Debugging, Verification, Validation and Discovery Presentation
30.04.2015, (LA-UR-15-23284).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: shared analysis
@misc{Ahrens2015b,
title = {Shared Analysis for Resilience, Debugging, Verification, Validation and Discovery},
author = {James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SharedAnalysisFoResilienceDebuggingVerificationValidationAndDiscovery.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-04-30},
abstract = {This talk given by James Ahrens at the Salesian 2015 meeting describes, from an application perspective, the interconnectedness of simulation analysis, debugging and resilience. It advocates for a joint approach to addressing these challenges based on a framework that supports information gathering, event detection and triggered actions.},
note = {LA-UR-15-23284},
keywords = {shared analysis},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {presentation}
}
This talk given by James Ahrens at the Salesian 2015 meeting describes, from an application perspective, the interconnectedness of simulation analysis, debugging and resilience. It advocates for a joint approach to addressing these challenges based on a framework that supports information gathering, event detection and triggered actions.
Ahrens, James
Implications of Numerical and Data Intensive Technology Trends on Scientific Visualization and Analysis Presentation
18.03.2015, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: scientific visualization
@misc{Ahrens2015b,
title = {Implications of Numerical and Data Intensive Technology Trends on Scientific Visualization and Analysis},
author = {James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Implications_of_Numerical_and_Data_Intensive_Technology_Trends_on_Scientific_Visualization_and_Analysis.pdf
https://www.pathlms.com/siam/courses/1043/sections/1261/thumbnail_video_presentations/9886
http://www.siam.org/meetings/cse15/cse15_program.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-03-18},
abstract = {Technology trends in numerically and data intensive computing have the potential to reshape and significantly advance how we visualize and analyze the results of scientific simulations. However, next generation numerically intensive supercomputers are bound by power and storage constraints. These require us to transition from standard post-processing visualization and analysis approaches to intelligent, automated in-situ ones. In addition, data intensive technology trends that support accessing and understanding our data using intuitive, web-based and query-driven interfaces are now the norm. In this talk, I will discuss these trends and several freely available, open-source approaches that leverage them.},
note = {LA-UR-pending},
keywords = {scientific visualization},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {presentation}
}
Technology trends in numerically and data intensive computing have the potential to reshape and significantly advance how we visualize and analyze the results of scientific simulations. However, next generation numerically intensive supercomputers are bound by power and storage constraints. These require us to transition from standard post-processing visualization and analysis approaches to intelligent, automated in-situ ones. In addition, data intensive technology trends that support accessing and understanding our data using intuitive, web-based and query-driven interfaces are now the norm. In this talk, I will discuss these trends and several freely available, open-source approaches that leverage them.
Ahrens, James
Accelerating Time to Insight in the Exascale Ecosystem Through the Optimization of Scientific Workflows Presentation
30.01.2015, (LA-UR-15-20354).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: scientific workflows
@misc{Ahrens2015b,
title = {Accelerating Time to Insight in the Exascale Ecosystem Through the Optimization of Scientific Workflows},
author = {James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/AcceleratingExtremeScaleWorkflowsAhrensBDEC2015.pdf
http://www.exascale.org/bdec/},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-30},
abstract = {The purpose of this white paper is to highlight software and hardware trends that will impact workflows at exascale and to describe a pathforward that harness these changes for workflow acceleration. By applying trends of automation, functional abstraction, the availability of compute power 'everywhere' and accurate cost modeling to our scientific workflows, scientific productivity can be greatly improved. Our goal is to identify, automate and accelerate the manual operations that pervade our current workflows.},
note = {LA-UR-15-20354},
keywords = {scientific workflows},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {presentation}
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The purpose of this white paper is to highlight software and hardware trends that will impact workflows at exascale and to describe a pathforward that harness these changes for workflow acceleration. By applying trends of automation, functional abstraction, the availability of compute power 'everywhere' and accurate cost modeling to our scientific workflows, scientific productivity can be greatly improved. Our goal is to identify, automate and accelerate the manual operations that pervade our current workflows.
Samsel, Francesca; Petersen, Mark; Geld, Terece; Abram, Greg; Wendelberger, Joanne; Ahrens, James
Colormaps That Improve Perception of High-Resolution Ocean Data Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 703–710, ACM, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-4503-3146-3, (LA-UR-15-20105).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: climate science, color perception, color theory, colormaps, high-resolution datasets, scientific visualization
@inproceedings{Samsel:2015:CIP:2702613.2702975,
title = {Colormaps That Improve Perception of High-Resolution Ocean Data},
author = {Francesca Samsel and Mark Petersen and Terece Geld and Greg Abram and Joanne Wendelberger and James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ColormapsThatImprovePerceptionOfHigh-ResolutionOceanData.pdf},
doi = {10.1145/2702613.2702975},
isbn = {978-1-4503-3146-3},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
pages = {703--710},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {Seoul, Republic of Korea},
series = {CHI EA '15},
abstract = {Scientists from the Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling Team (COSIM) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of three primary ocean currents: the Gulf Stream, the Kuroshio Current, and the Agulhas Current & Retroflection. To address these needs, visual artist Francesca Samsel teamed up with experts from the areas of computer science, climate science, statistics, and perceptual science. By engaging an artist specializing in color, we created colormaps that provide the ability to see greater detail in these high-resolution datasets. The new colormaps applied to the POP dataset enabled scientists to see areas of interest unclear using standard colormaps. Improvements in the perceptual range of color allowed scientists to highlight structures within specific ocean currents. Work with the COSIM team members drove development of nested colormaps which provide further detail to the scientists.},
note = {LA-UR-15-20105},
keywords = {climate science, color perception, color theory, colormaps, high-resolution datasets, scientific visualization},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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Scientists from the Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling Team (COSIM) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of three primary ocean currents: the Gulf Stream, the Kuroshio Current, and the Agulhas Current & Retroflection. To address these needs, visual artist Francesca Samsel teamed up with experts from the areas of computer science, climate science, statistics, and perceptual science. By engaging an artist specializing in color, we created colormaps that provide the ability to see greater detail in these high-resolution datasets. The new colormaps applied to the POP dataset enabled scientists to see areas of interest unclear using standard colormaps. Improvements in the perceptual range of color allowed scientists to highlight structures within specific ocean currents. Work with the COSIM team members drove development of nested colormaps which provide further detail to the scientists.
Carr, Hamish; Sewell, Christopher; Lo, Li-Ta; james Ahrens,
Hybrid Data-Parallel Contour Tree Computation Inproceedings
In: 2015, (LA-UR-15-24759).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: and object reppresentations, computational geometry and object modeling, contour tree, data-parallel, gpu, multi-core, nvidia thrust, simulation output analysis, solid, surface, topological analysis
@inproceedings{Carr2015,
title = {Hybrid Data-Parallel Contour Tree Computation},
author = {Hamish Carr and Christopher Sewell and Li-Ta Lo and james Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HybridData-ParallelContourTreeComputaion.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
number = {LA-UR-15-24759},
institution = {Los Alamos National Laboratory},
abstract = {As data sets increase in size beyond the petabyte, it is increasingly important to have automated methods for data analysis and visualization. While topological analysis tools such as the contour tree and Morse-Smale complex are now well established, there is still a shortage of efficient parallel algorithms for their computation, in particular for massively data-parallel computation on a SIMD model. We report the first data-parallel algorithm for computing the fully augmented contour tree, using a quantized computation model. We then extend this to provide a hybrid data-parallel / distributed algorithm allowing scaling beyond a single GPU or CPU, and provide results for its computation. Our implementation uses the portable data-parallel primitives provided by Nvidia’s Thrust library, allowing us to compile our same code for both GPUs and multi-core CPUs.},
note = {LA-UR-15-24759},
keywords = {and object reppresentations, computational geometry and object modeling, contour tree, data-parallel, gpu, multi-core, nvidia thrust, simulation output analysis, solid, surface, topological analysis},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
As data sets increase in size beyond the petabyte, it is increasingly important to have automated methods for data analysis and visualization. While topological analysis tools such as the contour tree and Morse-Smale complex are now well established, there is still a shortage of efficient parallel algorithms for their computation, in particular for massively data-parallel computation on a SIMD model. We report the first data-parallel algorithm for computing the fully augmented contour tree, using a quantized computation model. We then extend this to provide a hybrid data-parallel / distributed algorithm allowing scaling beyond a single GPU or CPU, and provide results for its computation. Our implementation uses the portable data-parallel primitives provided by Nvidia’s Thrust library, allowing us to compile our same code for both GPUs and multi-core CPUs.
Woodring, Jonathan; Petersen, Mark; Schmeiber, Andre; Patchett, John; Ahrens, James; Hagen, Hans
In Situ Eddy Analysis in a High-Resolution Ocean Climate Model Inproceedings
In: IEEE, 2015, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: climate modeling, collaborative development, feature analysis, feature extraction, high performance computing, In situ analysis, mesoscale eddies, ocean modeling, online analysis, revision control, simulation, software engineering, supercomputing
@inproceedings{Woodring2015,
title = {In Situ Eddy Analysis in a High-Resolution Ocean Climate Model},
author = {Jonathan Woodring and Mark Petersen and Andre Schmeiber and John Patchett and James Ahrens and Hans Hagen},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7192723/},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
publisher = {IEEE},
abstract = {An eddy is a feature associated with a rotating body of fluid, surrounded by a ring of shearing fluid. In the ocean, eddies are 10 to 150 km in diameter, are spawned by boundary currents and baroclinic instabilities, may live for hundreds of days, and travel for hundreds of kilometers. Eddies are important in climate studies because they transport heat, salt, and nutrients through the world’s oceans and are vessels of biological productivity. The study of eddies in global ocean-climate models requires large-scale, high-resolution simulations. This poses a problem for feasible (timely) eddy analysis, as ocean simulations generate massive amounts of data, causing a bottleneck for traditional analysis workflows. To enable eddy studies, we have developed an in situ workflow for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of MPAS-Ocean, a high-resolution ocean climate model, in collaboration with the ocean model research and development process. Planned eddy analysis at high spatial and temporal resolutions will not be possible with a post- processing workflow due to various constraints, such as storage size and I/O time, but the in situ workflow enables it and scales well to ten-thousand processing elements.},
note = {LA-UR-pending},
keywords = {climate modeling, collaborative development, feature analysis, feature extraction, high performance computing, In situ analysis, mesoscale eddies, ocean modeling, online analysis, revision control, simulation, software engineering, supercomputing},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
An eddy is a feature associated with a rotating body of fluid, surrounded by a ring of shearing fluid. In the ocean, eddies are 10 to 150 km in diameter, are spawned by boundary currents and baroclinic instabilities, may live for hundreds of days, and travel for hundreds of kilometers. Eddies are important in climate studies because they transport heat, salt, and nutrients through the world’s oceans and are vessels of biological productivity. The study of eddies in global ocean-climate models requires large-scale, high-resolution simulations. This poses a problem for feasible (timely) eddy analysis, as ocean simulations generate massive amounts of data, causing a bottleneck for traditional analysis workflows. To enable eddy studies, we have developed an in situ workflow for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of MPAS-Ocean, a high-resolution ocean climate model, in collaboration with the ocean model research and development process. Planned eddy analysis at high spatial and temporal resolutions will not be possible with a post- processing workflow due to various constraints, such as storage size and I/O time, but the in situ workflow enables it and scales well to ten-thousand processing elements.
Bryan, Christopher; Wu, Xue; Mniszewski, Susan; Ma, Kwan-Liu
Integrating predictive analytics into a spatiotemporal epidemic simulation Inproceedings
In: 2015 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, VAST 2015, Chicago, IL, USA, October 25-30, 2015, pp. 17–24, 2015, (LA-UR-15-24873).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Epidemic Visualization, Predictive Modeling, Spatial-Temporal Systems, Visual analytics
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ieeevast/BryanWMM15,
title = {Integrating predictive analytics into a spatiotemporal epidemic simulation},
author = {Christopher Bryan and Xue Wu and Susan Mniszewski and Kwan-Liu Ma},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VAST.2015.7347626},
doi = {10.1109/VAST.2015.7347626},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
booktitle = {2015 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, VAST 2015, Chicago, IL, USA, October 25-30, 2015},
pages = {17--24},
crossref = {DBLP:conf/ieeevast/2015},
abstract = {The Epidemic Simulation System (EpiSimS) is a scalable, complex modeling tool for analyzing disease within the United States. Due to its high input dimensionality, time requirements, and resource constraints, simulating over the entire parameter space is unfeasible. One solution is to take a granular sampling of the input space and use simpler predictive models (emulators) in between. The quality of the implemented emulator depends on many factors: its robustness, sophistication, configuration settings, and suitability to the input data. Visual analytics (VA) can be leveraged to provide guidance and understanding to the user. In this paper, we have implemented a novel VA interface and workflow for emulator building and use. We introduce a workflow to build emulators, make predictions, and then analyze the results. Our prediction process first predicts temporal time series, and uses these to derive predicted spatial densities. Integrated into the EpiSimS framework, we target users who are non-experts at statistical modeling. This approach allows for a high level of analysis into the state of the built emulators and their resultant predictions. We present our workflow, models and the associated VA system, and evaluate the overall utility with feedback from EpiSimS scientists.},
note = {LA-UR-15-24873},
keywords = {Epidemic Visualization, Predictive Modeling, Spatial-Temporal Systems, Visual analytics},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
The Epidemic Simulation System (EpiSimS) is a scalable, complex modeling tool for analyzing disease within the United States. Due to its high input dimensionality, time requirements, and resource constraints, simulating over the entire parameter space is unfeasible. One solution is to take a granular sampling of the input space and use simpler predictive models (emulators) in between. The quality of the implemented emulator depends on many factors: its robustness, sophistication, configuration settings, and suitability to the input data. Visual analytics (VA) can be leveraged to provide guidance and understanding to the user. In this paper, we have implemented a novel VA interface and workflow for emulator building and use. We introduce a workflow to build emulators, make predictions, and then analyze the results. Our prediction process first predicts temporal time series, and uses these to derive predicted spatial densities. Integrated into the EpiSimS framework, we target users who are non-experts at statistical modeling. This approach allows for a high level of analysis into the state of the built emulators and their resultant predictions. We present our workflow, models and the associated VA system, and evaluate the overall utility with feedback from EpiSimS scientists.
Sewell, Christopher; Heitmann, Katrin; Finkel, Hal; Zagaris, George; Parete-Koon, Suzanne; Fasel, Patricia; Pope, Adrian; Frontiere, Nicholas; Lo, Li-Ta; Messer, Bronson; Habib, Salman; Ahrens, James
Large-Scale Compute-Intensive Analysis via a Combined In-situ and Co-scheduling Workflow Approach Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, IEEE Press, Austin, Texas, 2015, (LA-UR-15-22830).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: analysis, co-scheduling, compute-intensive, in-situ, large-scale, workflow
@inproceedings{Sewell:2015b,
title = {Large-Scale Compute-Intensive Analysis via a Combined In-situ and Co-scheduling Workflow Approach},
author = {Christopher Sewell and Katrin Heitmann and Hal Finkel and George Zagaris and Suzanne Parete-Koon and Patricia Fasel and Adrian Pope and Nicholas Frontiere and Li-Ta Lo and Bronson Messer and Salman Habib and James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Large-ScaleCompute-IntensiveAnalysisViaACombinedIn-situAndCo-schedulingWorkflowApproach.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis},
publisher = {IEEE Press},
address = {Austin, Texas},
series = {SC '15},
abstract = {Large-scale simulations can produce hundreds of terabytes to peta- bytes of data, complicating and limiting the efficiency of work- flows. Traditionally, outputs are stored on the file system and an- alyzed in post-processing. With the rapidly increasing size and complexity of simulations, this approach faces an uncertain future. Trending techniques consist of performing the analysis in-situ, uti- lizing the same resources as the simulation, and/or off-loading sub- sets of the data to a compute-intensive analysis system. We intro- duce an analysis framework developed for HACC, a cosmological N-body code, that uses both in-situ and co-scheduling approaches for handling petabyte-scale outputs. We compare different anal- ysis set-ups ranging from purely off-line, to purely in-situ to in- situ/co-scheduling. The analysis routines are implemented using the PISTON/VTK-m framework, allowing a single implementation of an algorithm that simultaneously targets a variety of GPU, multi- core, and many-core architectures.},
note = {LA-UR-15-22830},
keywords = {analysis, co-scheduling, compute-intensive, in-situ, large-scale, workflow},
pubstate = {published},
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}
Large-scale simulations can produce hundreds of terabytes to peta- bytes of data, complicating and limiting the efficiency of work- flows. Traditionally, outputs are stored on the file system and an- alyzed in post-processing. With the rapidly increasing size and complexity of simulations, this approach faces an uncertain future. Trending techniques consist of performing the analysis in-situ, uti- lizing the same resources as the simulation, and/or off-loading sub- sets of the data to a compute-intensive analysis system. We intro- duce an analysis framework developed for HACC, a cosmological N-body code, that uses both in-situ and co-scheduling approaches for handling petabyte-scale outputs. We compare different anal- ysis set-ups ranging from purely off-line, to purely in-situ to in- situ/co-scheduling. The analysis routines are implemented using the PISTON/VTK-m framework, allowing a single implementation of an algorithm that simultaneously targets a variety of GPU, multi- core, and many-core architectures.
Heitmann, Katrin; Frontiere, Nicholas; Sewell, Christopher; Habib, Salman; Pope, Adrian; Finkel, Hal; Rizzi, Silvio; Insley, Joe; Bhattacharya, Suman
The Q Continuum Simulation: Harnessing the Power of GPU Accelerated Supercomputers Journal Article
In: 2015, (LA-UR-15-28271).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cosmology, gpu, n-body
@article{Heitmann:2015a,
title = {The Q Continuum Simulation: Harnessing the Power of GPU Accelerated Supercomputers},
author = {Katrin Heitmann and Nicholas Frontiere and Christopher Sewell and Salman Habib and Adrian Pope and Hal Finkel and Silvio Rizzi and Joe Insley and Suman Bhattacharya},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/TheQContinuumSimulationHarnessingThePowerOfGPUAcceleratedSupercomputers2.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
publisher = {To appear in The Astrophysical Journal},
abstract = {Modeling large-scale sky survey observations is a key driver for the continuing development of high resolution, large-volume, cosmological simulations. We report the first results from the 'Q Continuum' cosmological N-body simulation run carried out on the GPU-accelerated supercomputer Titan. The simulation encompasses a volume of (1300 Mpc)^3 and evolves more than half a trillion particles, leading to a particle mass resolution of ~1.5 X 10^8 M_sun. At this mass resolution, the Q Continuum run is currently the largest cosmology simulation available. It enables the construction of detailed synthetic sky catalogs, encompassing different modeling methodologies, including semi-analytic modeling and sub-halo abundance matching in a large, cosmological volume. Here we describe the simulation and outputs in detail and present first results for a range of cosmological statistics, such as mass power spectra, halo mass functions, and halo mass-concentration relations for different epochs. We also provide details on challenges connected to running a simulation on almost 90% of Titan, one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, including our usage of Titan's GPU accelerators.},
note = {LA-UR-15-28271},
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Modeling large-scale sky survey observations is a key driver for the continuing development of high resolution, large-volume, cosmological simulations. We report the first results from the 'Q Continuum' cosmological N-body simulation run carried out on the GPU-accelerated supercomputer Titan. The simulation encompasses a volume of (1300 Mpc)^3 and evolves more than half a trillion particles, leading to a particle mass resolution of ~1.5 X 10^8 M_sun. At this mass resolution, the Q Continuum run is currently the largest cosmology simulation available. It enables the construction of detailed synthetic sky catalogs, encompassing different modeling methodologies, including semi-analytic modeling and sub-halo abundance matching in a large, cosmological volume. Here we describe the simulation and outputs in detail and present first results for a range of cosmological statistics, such as mass power spectra, halo mass functions, and halo mass-concentration relations for different epochs. We also provide details on challenges connected to running a simulation on almost 90% of Titan, one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, including our usage of Titan's GPU accelerators.
Sewell, Christopher; Lo, Li-Ta; Heitmann, Katrin; Habib, Salman; Ahrens, James
Utilizing Many-Core Accelerators for Halo and Center Finding within a Cosmology Simulation Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization, IEEE Press, Chicago, Illinois, 2015, (LA-UR-15-22202).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cosmology, halo finding, many-core, Programming Techniques
@inproceedings{Sewell:2015a,
title = {Utilizing Many-Core Accelerators for Halo and Center Finding within a Cosmology Simulation},
author = {Christopher Sewell and Li-Ta Lo and Katrin Heitmann and Salman Habib and James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/UtilizingMany-CoreAcceleratorsForHaloAndCenterFindingWithinACosmologySimulation.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization},
publisher = {IEEE Press},
address = {Chicago, Illinois},
series = {LDAV '15},
abstract = {Efficiently finding and computing statistics about “halos” (regions of high density) are essential analysis steps for N-body cosmology simulations. However, in state-of-the-art simulation codes, these analysis operators do not currently take advantage of the shared- memory data-parallelism available on multi-core and many-core ar- chitectures. The Hybrid / Hardware Accelerated Cosmology Code (HACC) is designed as an MPI+X code, but the analysis operators are parallelized only among MPI ranks, because of the difficulty in porting different X implementations (e.g., OpenMP, CUDA) across all architectures on which it is run. In this paper, we present portable data-parallel algorithms for several variations of halo find- ing and halo center finding algorithms. These are implemented with the PISTON component of the VTK-m framework, which uses Nvidia’s Thrust library to construct data-parallel algorithms that al- low a single implementation to be compiled to multiple backends to target a variety of multi-core and many-core architectures. Fi- nally, we compare the performance of our halo and center find- ing algorithms against the original HACC implementations on the Moonlight, Stampede, and Titan supercomputers. The portability of Thrust allowed the same code to run efficiently on each of these architectures. On Titan, the performance improvements using our code have enabled halo analysis to be performed on a very large data set (81923 particles across 16,384 nodes of Titan) for which analysis using only the existing CPU algorithms was not feasible.},
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Efficiently finding and computing statistics about “halos” (regions of high density) are essential analysis steps for N-body cosmology simulations. However, in state-of-the-art simulation codes, these analysis operators do not currently take advantage of the shared- memory data-parallelism available on multi-core and many-core ar- chitectures. The Hybrid / Hardware Accelerated Cosmology Code (HACC) is designed as an MPI+X code, but the analysis operators are parallelized only among MPI ranks, because of the difficulty in porting different X implementations (e.g., OpenMP, CUDA) across all architectures on which it is run. In this paper, we present portable data-parallel algorithms for several variations of halo find- ing and halo center finding algorithms. These are implemented with the PISTON component of the VTK-m framework, which uses Nvidia’s Thrust library to construct data-parallel algorithms that al- low a single implementation to be compiled to multiple backends to target a variety of multi-core and many-core architectures. Fi- nally, we compare the performance of our halo and center find- ing algorithms against the original HACC implementations on the Moonlight, Stampede, and Titan supercomputers. The portability of Thrust allowed the same code to run efficiently on each of these architectures. On Titan, the performance improvements using our code have enabled halo analysis to be performed on a very large data set (81923 particles across 16,384 nodes of Titan) for which analysis using only the existing CPU algorithms was not feasible.
Samsel, Francesca; Petersen, Mark; Abram, Greg; Turton, Terece; Rogers, David; Ahrens, James
Visualization of ocean currents and eddies in a high-resolution global ocean-climate model Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis 2015, 2015, (LA-UR-15-20105).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: oceanography simulation and modeling, visualization
@inproceedings{samsel2015visualization,
title = {Visualization of ocean currents and eddies in a high-resolution global ocean-climate model},
author = {Francesca Samsel and Mark Petersen and Greg Abram and Terece Turton and David Rogers and James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/VisualizationofOceanCurrentsandEddiesinaHigh-resoutionOceanModel.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis 2015},
abstract = {Climate change research relies on models to better understand and predict the complex, interdependent processes that affect the atmosphere, ocean, and land. These models are computationally intensive and produce terabytes to petabytes of data. Visualization and analysis is increasingly difficult, yet is critical to gain scientific insights from large simulations. The recently-developed Model for Prediction Across Scales-Ocean (MPAS-Ocean) is designed to investigate climate change at global high-resolution (5 to 10 km grid cells) on high performance computing platforms. In the accompanying video, we use state-of-the-art visualization techniques to explore the physical processes in the ocean relevant to climate change. These include heat transport, turbulence and eddies, weakening of the meridional overturning circulation, and interaction between a warming ocean and Antarctic ice shelves. The project exemplifies the benefits of tight collaboration among scientists, artists, computer scientists, and visualization specialists.},
note = {LA-UR-15-20105},
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Climate change research relies on models to better understand and predict the complex, interdependent processes that affect the atmosphere, ocean, and land. These models are computationally intensive and produce terabytes to petabytes of data. Visualization and analysis is increasingly difficult, yet is critical to gain scientific insights from large simulations. The recently-developed Model for Prediction Across Scales-Ocean (MPAS-Ocean) is designed to investigate climate change at global high-resolution (5 to 10 km grid cells) on high performance computing platforms. In the accompanying video, we use state-of-the-art visualization techniques to explore the physical processes in the ocean relevant to climate change. These include heat transport, turbulence and eddies, weakening of the meridional overturning circulation, and interaction between a warming ocean and Antarctic ice shelves. The project exemplifies the benefits of tight collaboration among scientists, artists, computer scientists, and visualization specialists.
Adhinarayanan, Vignesh; Pakin, Scott; Rogers, David; Feng, Wu-chun; Ahrens, James
Performance, Power, and Energy of In-Situ and Post-Processing Visualization: A Case Study in Climate Simulation Inproceedings
In: 2015, (Best Research Poster Finalist, LA-UR-15-26284).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: in-situ visualization
@inproceedings{Adhinarayanan2015climate,
title = {Performance, Power, and Energy of In-Situ and Post-Processing Visualization: A Case Study in Climate Simulation},
author = {Vignesh Adhinarayanan and Scott Pakin and David Rogers and Wu-chun Feng and James Ahrens},
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year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
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Bujack, Roxana; Joy, Kenneth
Lagrangian Representations of Flow Fields with Parameter Curves Inproceedings
In: Large Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV), 2015 IEEE 4th Symposium on, IEEE 2015.
@inproceedings{bujack2015lagrangian,
title = {Lagrangian Representations of Flow Fields with Parameter Curves},
author = {Roxana Bujack and Kenneth Joy},
url = {https://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/LagrangianRepresentationsofFlowFieldswithParameterCurves.pdf},
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date = {2015-01-01},
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Bujack, Roxana; Scheuermann, Gerik; Hitzer, Eckhard
Demystification of the geometric Fourier transforms and resulting convolution theorems Journal Article
In: Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 2015.
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title = {Demystification of the geometric Fourier transforms and resulting convolution theorems},
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Bujack, Roxana; Kasten, Jens; Natarajan, Vijay; Scheuermann, Gerik; Joy, Kenneth
Clustering Moment Invariants to Identify Similarity within 2D Flow Fields Inproceedings
In: Bertini, E.; Kennedy, J.; Puppo, E. (Ed.): Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) - Short Papers, The Eurographics Association, 2015.
@inproceedings{eurovisshort.20151121,
title = {Clustering Moment Invariants to Identify Similarity within 2D Flow Fields},
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Bujack, Roxana; Kasten, Jens; Hotz, Ingrid; Scheuermann, Gerik; Hitzer, Eckhard
Moment Invariants for 3D Flow Fields Using Normalization Conference
IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium, PacificVis 2015 in Hangzhou, China, 2015.
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title = {Moment Invariants for 3D Flow Fields Using Normalization},
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Bujack, Roxana; Hotz, Ingrid; Scheuermann, Gerik; Hitzer, Eckhard
Moment Invariants for 2D Flow Fields via Normalization in Detail Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 916–929, 2015.
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Ahrens, James
Increasing Scientific Data Insights about Exascale Class Simulations under Power and Storage Constraints Journal Article
In: vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 8–11, 2015, ISSN: 0272-1716 (print), 1558-1756 (electronic), (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: exascale, increasing scientific data insights
@article{Ahrens:2015:ISD,
title = {Increasing Scientific Data Insights about Exascale Class Simulations under Power and Storage Constraints},
author = {James Ahrens},
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abstract = {Over the past three decades, supercomputing systems have progressed to compute the results of extremely accurate scientific simulations. These simulations help us understand complex real-world phenomena such as our climate, energy sources, and the progression of natual disasters. Additionally, computing power supports the computation of hither-quality simulations, and that in turn provides higher fidelity results. Using the number of floating-point operations per second (flops) as a measure of progress, we have progressed through terascale machines that compute 10**12 flops to petascale machines that compute 10**15 flops. A number of open source efforts provide a robust scalable visualization and analysis capability such as ParaView (www.paraview.org) and Visit (https://visit.llnl.gov) for these levels of performance. These tools traditionally focus on a postprocessing approach. That is, during a simulation run, representative results are written to storage for later visualization. ...continued in full paper below.},
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Over the past three decades, supercomputing systems have progressed to compute the results of extremely accurate scientific simulations. These simulations help us understand complex real-world phenomena such as our climate, energy sources, and the progression of natual disasters. Additionally, computing power supports the computation of hither-quality simulations, and that in turn provides higher fidelity results. Using the number of floating-point operations per second (flops) as a measure of progress, we have progressed through terascale machines that compute 10**12 flops to petascale machines that compute 10**15 flops. A number of open source efforts provide a robust scalable visualization and analysis capability such as ParaView (www.paraview.org) and Visit (https://visit.llnl.gov) for these levels of performance. These tools traditionally focus on a postprocessing approach. That is, during a simulation run, representative results are written to storage for later visualization. ...continued in full paper below.
2014
Sewell, Christopher
Streaming Data-Parallel Algorithms Enable Cosmology Data Analysis for Large Halos Presentation
31.12.2014, (LA-UR-14-29638).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cosmology, data parallel
@misc{Sewell2014,
title = {Streaming Data-Parallel Algorithms Enable Cosmology Data Analysis for Large Halos},
author = {Christopher Sewell },
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Streaming_Data-Parallel_Algorithms_Enable_Cosmology_Data_Analysis_for_Large_Halos.pdf},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-12-31},
abstract = {This presentation given by Christopher Sewell describes how streaming data-parallel algorithms have enabled cosmology data analysis for large halos.},
note = {LA-UR-14-29638},
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This presentation given by Christopher Sewell describes how streaming data-parallel algorithms have enabled cosmology data analysis for large halos.
Ahrens, James; Jourdain, Sebastien; O'Leary, Patrick; Patchett, John; Rogers, David; Petersen, Mark
An Image-based Approach to Extreme Scale In Situ Visualization and Analysis Presentation
22.11.2014, (LA-UR-14-26864).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cinema, in situ
@misc{Ahrens2014,
title = {An Image-based Approach to Extreme Scale In Situ Visualization and Analysis},
author = {James Ahrens and Sebastien Jourdain and Patrick O'Leary and John Patchett and David Rogers and Mark Petersen},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ImageBasedApproachSC2014v3.pdf
},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-11-22},
abstract = {This presentation given at SC14 by Los Alamos and Kitware scientists describes a new image based approach to extreme scale in-situ visualization and ayalysis.},
note = {LA-UR-14-26864},
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This presentation given at SC14 by Los Alamos and Kitware scientists describes a new image based approach to extreme scale in-situ visualization and ayalysis.
Widanagamaachchi, Wathsala; Bremer, Peer-Timo; Sewell, Christopher; Lo, Li-ta; Ahrens, James; Pascucci, Valerio
Data-Parallel Halo Finding with Variable Linking Lengths Inproceedings
In: 2014, (LA-UR-14-23700).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: clustering, cosomology, halo
@inproceedings{Widanagamaachchi2014,
title = {Data-Parallel Halo Finding with Variable Linking Lengths},
author = {Wathsala Widanagamaachchi and Peer-Timo Bremer and Christopher Sewell and Li-ta Lo and James Ahrens and Valerio Pascucci},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Data-ParallelHaloFindingWithVariableLinkingLenghts.pdf},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-11-01},
abstract = {State-of-the-art cosmological simulations regularly contain billions of particles, providing scientists the opportunity to study the evolution of the Universe in great detail. However, the rate at which these simulations generate data severely taxes existing analysis techniques. Therefore, developing new scalable alternatives is essential for continued scientific progress. Here, we present a dataparallel, friends-of-friends halo finding algorithm that provides unprecedented flexibility in the analysis by extracting multiple linking lengths. Even for a single linking length, it is as fast as the existing techniques, and is portable to multi-threaded many-core systems as well as co-processing resources. Our system is implemented using PISTON and is coupled to an interactive analysis environment used to study halos at different linking lengths and track their evolution over time.},
note = {LA-UR-14-23700},
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State-of-the-art cosmological simulations regularly contain billions of particles, providing scientists the opportunity to study the evolution of the Universe in great detail. However, the rate at which these simulations generate data severely taxes existing analysis techniques. Therefore, developing new scalable alternatives is essential for continued scientific progress. Here, we present a dataparallel, friends-of-friends halo finding algorithm that provides unprecedented flexibility in the analysis by extracting multiple linking lengths. Even for a single linking length, it is as fast as the existing techniques, and is portable to multi-threaded many-core systems as well as co-processing resources. Our system is implemented using PISTON and is coupled to an interactive analysis environment used to study halos at different linking lengths and track their evolution over time.
Kares, Robert J.
Experiments at Scale with In-Situ Visualization Using ParaView/Catalyst in RAGE Technical Report
2014, (LA-UR-14-28528).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: catalyst, ParaView
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title = {Experiments at Scale with In-Situ Visualization Using ParaView/Catalyst in RAGE},
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abstract = {In this paper I describe some numerical experiments performed using the ParaView/Catalyst in- situ visualization infrastructure deployed in the Los Alamos RAGE radiation-hydrodynamics code to produce images from a running large scale 3D ICF simulation on the Cielo supercomputer at Los Alamos. The detailed procedures for the creation of the visualizations using ParaView/Catalyst are discussed and several images sequences from the ICF simulation problem produced with the in-situ method are presented. My impressions and conclusions concerning the use of the in-situ visualization method in RAGE are discussed.},
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Aldrich, Garrett; Gimenez, Alfredo; Oskin, Michael; Strelitz, Richard; Woodring, Jonathan; Kellogg, Louise H; Hamann, Bernd
Curvature-Based Crease Surfaces for Wave Visualization Inproceedings
In: Citeseer, 2014, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Visible line/surface algorithms
@inproceedings{Aldrich2014,
title = {Curvature-Based Crease Surfaces for Wave Visualization},
author = {Garrett Aldrich and Alfredo Gimenez and Michael Oskin and Richard Strelitz and Jonathan Woodring and Louise H Kellogg and Bernd Hamann},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Curvature-BasesCreaseSurfacesForWaveVisualization.pdf},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-10-08},
publisher = {Citeseer},
abstract = {The visualization and analysis of complex fields often requires identifying and extracting domain specific fea- tures. Through a collaboration with geophysicists we extend previous work on crease surfaces with a new and complimentary definition: extremas in principal surface curvature rather than scalar value. Using this definition, we visualize the resulting surfaces which correspond to individual wave fronts. As these wave fronts propagate through a control structure (medium), they undergo changes in intensity, shape and topology due to reflection, refraction and interference. We demonstrate our ability to effectively visualize these phenomena in complex data sets including a large-scale simulation of a hypothetical earthquake along the San Andreas fault in Southern California.},
note = {LA-UR-pending},
keywords = {Visible line/surface algorithms},
pubstate = {published},
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}
The visualization and analysis of complex fields often requires identifying and extracting domain specific fea- tures. Through a collaboration with geophysicists we extend previous work on crease surfaces with a new and complimentary definition: extremas in principal surface curvature rather than scalar value. Using this definition, we visualize the resulting surfaces which correspond to individual wave fronts. As these wave fronts propagate through a control structure (medium), they undergo changes in intensity, shape and topology due to reflection, refraction and interference. We demonstrate our ability to effectively visualize these phenomena in complex data sets including a large-scale simulation of a hypothetical earthquake along the San Andreas fault in Southern California.
Zeyen, Max
Material Science - Crystal Grain Visualization Presentation
01.10.2014, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: material science, visualization
@misc{Zeyen2014,
title = {Material Science - Crystal Grain Visualization},
author = {Max Zeyen},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Material_Science-Crystal_Grain_Visualization.pdf},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-10-01},
abstract = {This presentation summarizes Max Zeyen's material science project on crystal grain visualization.},
note = {LA-UR-pending},
keywords = {material science, visualization},
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This presentation summarizes Max Zeyen's material science project on crystal grain visualization.
Widanagamaachchi, Wathsala
In-situ Visualization and Analysis of Plasma Surface Interaction Simulations Presentation
01.10.2014, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: in situ, plasma-surface interactions, visualization
@misc{Widanagamaachchi2014,
title = {In-situ Visualization and Analysis of Plasma Surface Interaction Simulations},
author = {Wathsala Widanagamaachchi
},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/In-situ_Visualization_and_Analysis_Of_Plasma_Surface_Interaction_Simulations.pptx},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-10-01},
abstract = {This presentation summarized Wathsala Widanagamaachchi's in-situ visualization and analysis summer 2014 project.},
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This presentation summarized Wathsala Widanagamaachchi's in-situ visualization and analysis summer 2014 project.
Sewell, Christopher; Lo, Li-ta; Francois, Marianne; Ahrens, James
Data-Parallel Programming with PISTON and PINION Presentation
30.08.2014, (LA-UR-14-26186).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: data parallel, PINION, PISTON
@misc{Sewell2014b,
title = {Data-Parallel Programming with PISTON and PINION},
author = {Christopher Sewell and Li-ta Lo and Marianne Francois and James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Data-Parallel_Programming_with_PISTON_and_PINION.pdf},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-08-30},
abstract = {This presentation provides an introduction to data-parallel programming, NVIDIA's Thrust library, and our PISTON and PINION projects, which use this programming model to implement visualization and analysis operators, as well as simulation code.},
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This presentation provides an introduction to data-parallel programming, NVIDIA's Thrust library, and our PISTON and PINION projects, which use this programming model to implement visualization and analysis operators, as well as simulation code.
Sewell, Christopher; Heitmann, Katrin; Lo, Li-Ta; Habib, Salman; Ahrens, James
Portable Parallel Halo and Center Finders for HACC Presentation
31.07.2014, (LA-UR-14-25437).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: halo finding, PISTON, VTK-m
@misc{Sewell2014b,
title = {Portable Parallel Halo and Center Finders for HACC},
author = {Christopher Sewell and Katrin Heitmann and Li-Ta Lo and Salman Habib and James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Portable_Parallel_Halo_and_Center_Finders_for_HACC.pdf},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-07-31},
abstract = {This presentation describes our work on finding halos and halo centers for the HACC cosmology code using our portable, data-parallel framework, which allows us to run on accelerators such as GPUs, providing significant speed-up. This work, which is part of the SDAV VTK-m project, enabled halo analysis to be performed on a very large data set (8192^3 particles across 16,384 nodes on Titan) for which analysis using the traditional CPU algorithms was not feasible.},
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This presentation describes our work on finding halos and halo centers for the HACC cosmology code using our portable, data-parallel framework, which allows us to run on accelerators such as GPUs, providing significant speed-up. This work, which is part of the SDAV VTK-m project, enabled halo analysis to be performed on a very large data set (8192^3 particles across 16,384 nodes on Titan) for which analysis using the traditional CPU algorithms was not feasible.
Sewell, Christopher; Ahrens, James; Patchett, John
New Data-parallel Algorithms Accelerate Cosmology Data Analysis on GPUs Presentation
30.06.2014, (LA-UR-14-22054).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cosmo, cosmology, data parallel, gpu
@misc{Sewell2014b,
title = {New Data-parallel Algorithms Accelerate Cosmology Data Analysis on GPUs},
author = {Christopher Sewell and James Ahrens and John Patchett},
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year = {2014},
date = {2014-06-30},
abstract = {This presentation describes how new data-parallel algorithms have accelerated cosmology data analysis on GPUs.},
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This presentation describes how new data-parallel algorithms have accelerated cosmology data analysis on GPUs.
Patchett, John
In Situ Presentation
17.06.2014, (LA-UR-14-24409).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: in situ
@misc{Patchett2014,
title = {In Situ},
author = {John Patchett},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/In_Situ.pptx},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-06-17},
abstract = {Scientific visualization and analysis is an essential tool for understanding the large-scale data produced by high performance computer simulations. The Data Science at Scale Team at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) runs an extensive research and development program covering different computer science topics: graphics, systems, hardware, software, and algorithms to meet the analysis demands created by hero-class simulations and supercomputers. In particular, large-scale simulations produce results that strain storage and network capacity, moving scientific analysis away from post-processing. This requires domain scientists to adopt new analysis workflows that enable them to efficiently test scientific hypotheses from large-scale simulation results. This talk will review selected research topics within the LANL Data Science at Scale Team, with an emphasis on recent results in situ analysis and the delivery of data products in a production computing environment.},
note = {LA-UR-14-24409},
keywords = {in situ},
pubstate = {published},
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Scientific visualization and analysis is an essential tool for understanding the large-scale data produced by high performance computer simulations. The Data Science at Scale Team at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) runs an extensive research and development program covering different computer science topics: graphics, systems, hardware, software, and algorithms to meet the analysis demands created by hero-class simulations and supercomputers. In particular, large-scale simulations produce results that strain storage and network capacity, moving scientific analysis away from post-processing. This requires domain scientists to adopt new analysis workflows that enable them to efficiently test scientific hypotheses from large-scale simulation results. This talk will review selected research topics within the LANL Data Science at Scale Team, with an emphasis on recent results in situ analysis and the delivery of data products in a production computing environment.
Ahrens, James
Increasing Scientific Data Insights About Exascale Class Simulations Under Power and Storage Constraints Presentation
28.02.2014, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: exascale
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title = {Increasing Scientific Data Insights About Exascale Class Simulations Under Power and Storage Constraints},
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James Ahrens gave an invited talk and led data sessions at the Big Data and Extreme-Scale Computing Conference in Fukuoka, Japan from Feb. 26-28, 2014. The title of Jim's talk was 'Increasing Scientific Data Insights About Exascale Class Simulations Under Power and Storage Constraints'. Jim also described the talk in a podcast interview with HPCWire.
Sewell, Christopher; Lo, Li-ta; Ahrens, James
PISTON Presentation
31.01.2014, (LA-UR-14-20028).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: data parallel, PINION, PISTON
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This set of two guest lectures provides an introductory tutorial to data-parallel programming and NVIDIA's Thrust library, as well as an overview of our research in out PISTON and PINION projects.
Nouanesengsy, Boonthanome; Woodring, Jonathan; Patchett, John; Myers, Kary; Ahrens, James
ADR visualization: A generalized framework for ranking large-scale scientific data using Analysis-Driven Refinement Inproceedings
In: Large Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV), 2014 IEEE 4th Symposium on, pp. 43–50, IEEE 2014, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: adaptive mesh refinement, ADR, Analysis-Driven Refinement, big data, data triage, focus+context, hardware architecture, large-scale data, parallel processing, picture/image generation, prioritization, scientific data, viewing algorithms
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Prioritization of data is necessary for managing large-scale scien- tific data, as the scale of the data implies that there are only enough resources available to process a limited subset of the data. For ex- ample, data prioritization is used during in situ triage to scale with bandwidth bottlenecks, and used during focus+context visualiza- tion to save time during analysis by guiding the user to impor- tant information. In this paper, we present ADR visualization, a generalized analysis framework for ranking large-scale data using Analysis-Driven Refinement (ADR), which is inspired by Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR). A large-scale data set is partitioned in space, time, and variable, using user-defined importance measure- ments for prioritization. This process creates a prioritization tree over the data set. Using this tree, selection methods can generate sparse data products for analysis, such as focus+context visualiza- tions or sparse data sets.
Ahrens, James; Jourdain, Sebastien; O'Leary, Patrick; Patchett, John; Rogers, David; Petersen, Mark
An Image-based Approach to Extreme Scale in Situ Visualization and Analysis Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, pp. 424–434, IEEE Press, New Orleans, Louisana, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-4799-5500-8, (LA-UR-14-26864).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: analysis, cinema, cinemascience, image-based, in-situ, visualization
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Extreme scale scientific simulations are leading a charge to exascale computation, and data analytics runs the risk of being a bottleneck to scientific discovery. Due to power and I/O constraints, we expect in situ visualization and analysis will be a critical component of these workflows. Options for extreme scale data analysis are often presented as a stark contrast: write large files to disk for interactive, exploratory analysis, or perform in situ analysis to save detailed data about phenomena that a scientists knows about in advance. We present a novel framework for a third option - a highly interactive, image-based approach that promotes exploration of simulation results, and is easily accessed through extensions to widely used open source tools. This in situ approach supports interactive exploration of a wide range of results, while still significantly reducing data movement and storage.
Su, Yu; Agrawal, Gagan; Woodring, Jonathan; Myers, Kary; Wendelberger, Joanne; Ahrens, James
Effective and efficient data sampling using bitmap indices Journal Article
In: Cluster Computing, pp. 1-20, 2014, ISSN: 1386-7857, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: big data, Bitmap indexing, data sampling, Multi-resolution, parallel processing
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Childs, Hank
Research challenges for visualization software Technical Report
2014.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: visualization
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As the visualization research community reorients its software to address upcoming challenges, it must successfully deal with diverse processor architectures, distributed systems, various data sources, massive parallelism, multiple input and output devices, and interactivity.
Francois, Marianne; Lo, Li-Ta; Sewell, Christopher
VOLUME-OF-FLUID INTERFACE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS ON NEXT-GENERATION COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the ASME, 2014, (LA-UR-14-20777).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES, INTERFACE RECONSTRUCTION, PISTON
@inproceedings{francois2014volume,
title = {VOLUME-OF-FLUID INTERFACE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS ON NEXT-GENERATION COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES},
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abstract = {With the increasing heterogeneity and on-node parallelism of high-performance computing hardware, a major challenge to computational physicists is to work in close collaboration with computer scientists to develop portable and efficient algorithms and software. The objective of our work is to implement a portable code to perform interface reconstruction using NVIDIA’s Thrust library. Interface reconstruction is a technique commonly used in volume tracking methods for simulations of interfacial flows. For that, we have designed a two-dimensional mesh data structure that is easily mapped to the 1D vectors used by Thrust and at the same time is simple to work with using familiar data structures terminology (such as cell, vertices and edges). With this new data structure in place, we have implemented a recursive volume-of-fluid initialization algorithm and a standard piecewise interface reconstruction algorithm. Our interface reconstruction algorithm makes use of a table look-up to easily identify all intersection cases, as this design is efficient on parallel architectures such as GPUs. Finally, we report performance results which show that a single implementation of these algorithms can be compiled to multiple backends (specifically, multi-core CPUs, NVIDIA GPUs, and Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors), making efficient use of the available parallelism on each.},
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Sewell, Christopher; Ahrens, James; Patchett, John
SDAV Visualization Area: Highlights at Los Alamos with HACC Technical Report
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) 2014, (LA-UR-14-22054).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: visualization
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Bujack, Roxana
Orientation Invariant Pattern Detection in Vector Fields with Clifford Algebra and Moment Invariants PhD Thesis
Department of Computer Science, Leipzig University, Germany, 2014.
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Bujack, Roxana; Kasten, Jens; Hotz, Ingrid; Scheuermann, Gerik; Hitzer, Eckhard
Moment Invariants for 3D Flow Fields Miscellaneous
2014.
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Bujack, Roxana; Hotz, Ingrid; Scheuermann, Gerik; Hitzer, Eckhard
Moment Invariants for 2D Flow Fields via Normalization Conference
IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium, PacificVis 2014 in Yokohama, Japan, 2014.
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Bujack, Roxana; Hlawitschka, Mario; Scheuermann, Gerik; Hitzer, Eckhard
Customized TRS Invariants for 2D Vector Fields via Moment Normalization Journal Article
In: Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 46, pp. 59, 2014.
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2013
Nouanesengsy, Boonthanome; Patchett, John; Ahrens, James; Bauer, Andrew; Chaudhary, Aashish; Geveci, Berk; Miller, Ross; Shipman, Galen; Williams, Dean N
Optimizing File Access Patterns through the Spatio-Temporal Pipeline for Parallel Visualization and Analysis Technical Report
2013, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Data Analysis, I/O, Modeling, Parallel Analysis, Parallel Techniques, Parallel Visualization, Spatio-Temporal Pipeline, visualization
@techreport{Nouanesengsy2013,
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Lo, Li-Ta
Visualizing PSI Simulation with ParaView Presentation
04.10.2013, (LA-UR-13-27631).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ParaView, Plasma Surface Interaction
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This presentation describes the use of ParaView for a Plasma Surface Interaction (PSI) simulation. Two sample datasets from the Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator (LAMMPS) are included below.
Patchett, John; Ahrens, James; Nouanesengsy, Boonthanome; Fasel, Patricia; O'leary, Patrick; Sewell, Christopher; Woodring, Jonathan; Mitchell, Christopher; Lo, Li-Ta; Myers, Kary; Wendelberger, Joanne; Canada, Curt; Daniels, Marcus; Abhold, Hilary; Rockefeller, Gabe
Case Study of In Situ Data Analysis in ASC Integrated Codes Presentation
04.09.2013, (LA-UR-13-26599).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: in situ
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abstract = {This talk presents the overview of the 2013 CSSE ASC L2 Milestone: Case Study of In Situ Data Analysis in ASC Integrated Codes. The talk has 3 parts: An introduction to in situ analysis/visualization, a demonstration of paraview catalyst applied to xRage with timings, and a detail of the minor deliverables from the description of the milestone.},
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This talk presents the overview of the 2013 CSSE ASC L2 Milestone: Case Study of In Situ Data Analysis in ASC Integrated Codes. The talk has 3 parts: An introduction to in situ analysis/visualization, a demonstration of paraview catalyst applied to xRage with timings, and a detail of the minor deliverables from the description of the milestone.
Brislawn, Christopher M.
Group-theoretic structure of linear phase multirate filter banks Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no. 9, 2013, (LA-UR-12-20858).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Filter bank, free product, group, group lifting structure, JPEG 2000., Lifting, Linear phase filter, Polyphase matrix, semidirect product, Unique factorization, Wavelet
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title = {Group-theoretic structure of linear phase multirate filter banks},
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year = {2013},
date = {2013-08-06},
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abstract = {Unique lifting factorization results for group lifting structures are used to characterize the group-theoretic structure of two-channel linear phase FIR perfect reconstruction filter bank groups. For Dinvariant, order-increasing group lifting structures, it is shown that the associated lifting cascade group C is isomorphic to the free product of the upper and lower triangular lifting matrix groups. Under the same hypotheses, the associated scaled lifting group S is the semidirect product of C by the diagonal gain scaling matrix group D. These results apply to the group lifting structures for the two principal classes of linear phase perfect reconstruction filter banks, the whole- and half-sample symmetric classes. Since the unimodular whole-sample symmetric class forms a group, W, that is in fact equal to its own scaled lifting group, W = SW, the results of this paper characterize the group-theoretic structure of W up to isomorphism. Although the half-sample symmetric class H does not form a group, it can be partitioned into cosets of its lifting cascade group, CH, or, alternatively, into cosets of its scaled lifting group, SH. Homomorphic comparisons reveal that scaled lifting groups covered by the results in this paper have a structure analogous to a 'noncommutative vector space.'},
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Unique lifting factorization results for group lifting structures are used to characterize the group-theoretic structure of two-channel linear phase FIR perfect reconstruction filter bank groups. For Dinvariant, order-increasing group lifting structures, it is shown that the associated lifting cascade group C is isomorphic to the free product of the upper and lower triangular lifting matrix groups. Under the same hypotheses, the associated scaled lifting group S is the semidirect product of C by the diagonal gain scaling matrix group D. These results apply to the group lifting structures for the two principal classes of linear phase perfect reconstruction filter banks, the whole- and half-sample symmetric classes. Since the unimodular whole-sample symmetric class forms a group, W, that is in fact equal to its own scaled lifting group, W = SW, the results of this paper characterize the group-theoretic structure of W up to isomorphism. Although the half-sample symmetric class H does not form a group, it can be partitioned into cosets of its lifting cascade group, CH, or, alternatively, into cosets of its scaled lifting group, SH. Homomorphic comparisons reveal that scaled lifting groups covered by the results in this paper have a structure analogous to a 'noncommutative vector space.'
Ahrens, James; Sewell, Christopher
Numerically Intensive and Data Intensive Computing: Issues, Approaches and Leveraging Presentation
05.08.2013, (LA-UR-13-26190).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Data Intensive Computing, Numerically Intensive Computing
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This presentation discusses the impact of the technologies developed for numerically intensive and exascale computing on data-intensive computing and the broader industrial computing infrastructure.
Sewell, Christopher
Portable Data-Parallel Visualization and Analysis Operators Presentation
20.03.2013, (LA-UR-13-21884).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: data parallel, gpu, PINION, PISTON
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Sewell, Christopher; Lo, Li-ta; Ahrens, James
PISTON: An SDAV Framework for Portable High-Performance Data-Parallel Visualization and Analysis Operators Presentation
22.02.2013, (LA-UR-13-21083).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: PISTON, VTK-m
@misc{Sewell2013b,
title = {PISTON: An SDAV Framework for Portable High-Performance Data-Parallel Visualization and Analysis Operators},
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Patchett, John
Applications of In Situ Visualization for Ocean, Cosmology, and Plasma Presentation
20.02.2013, (LA-UR-13-21112).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cosmology, in situ, oceanography simulation and modeling, plasma
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Nouanesengsy, Boonthanome; Patchett, John; Ahrens, James; Bauer, Andrew; Chaudhary, Aashish; Miller, Ross; Geveci, Berk; Shipman, Galen; Williams, Dean N
A model for optimizing file access patterns using spatio-temporal parallelism Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Ultrascale Visualization, pp. 4, ACM 2013, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Data Analysis, file access, I/O, Modeling, Modeling techniques, optimizing, parallel programming, Parallel Techniques, patio-temporal parallelism, visualization
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Woodring, Jonathan; Ahrens, James; Tautges, Timothy J; Peterka, Tom; Vishwanath, Venkatram; Geveci, Berk
On-demand unstructured mesh translation for reducing memory pressure during in situ analysis Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Ultrascale Visualization, pp. 3, ACM 2013, (LA-UR-13-27909).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: in-situ, memory pressure, mesh translation, on-demand, unstructured mesh
@inproceedings{woodring2013demand,
title = {On-demand unstructured mesh translation for reducing memory pressure during in situ analysis},
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Brislawn, Christopher M.
On the group-theoretic structure of lifted filter banks Book Chapter
In: Andrews, Travis; Balan, Radu; Benedetto, John; Czaja, Wojciech; Okoudjou, Kasso (Ed.): Excursions in Harmonic Analysis, vol.~2, pp. 113-135, Birkh, Basel, 2013, (LA-UR-12-21217).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Filter bank, Group lift- ing structure, Group theory, group-theoretic structure, JPEG 2000, lifted filter banks, Lifting, Linear phase filter, Matrix polynomial, Polyphase matrix, Unique factorization, Wavelet
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Sewell, Christopher; Lo, Li-ta; Ahrens, James
Portable data-parallel visualization and analysis in distributed memory environments Inproceedings
In: Large-Scale Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV), 2013 IEEE Symposium on, pp. 25–33, IEEE 2013, (LA-UR-13-23809).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: analysis, Concurrent Programming, data-parallel, distributed memory, parallel programming, PISTON, visualization
@inproceedings{sewell2013portable,
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abstract = {Data-parallelism is a programming model that maps well to architectures with a high degree of concurrency. Algorithms written using data-parallel primitives can be easily ported to any architecture for which an implementation of these primitives exists, making efficient use of the available parallelism on each. We have previously published results demonstrating our ability to compile the same data-parallel code for several visualization algorithms onto different on-node parallel architectures (GPUs and multi-core CPUs) using our extension of NVIDIAÕs Thrust library. In this paper, we discuss our extension of Thrust to support concurrency in distributed memory environments across multiple nodes. This enables the application developer to write data-parallel algorithms while viewing the data as single, long vectors, essentially without needing to explicitly take into consideration whether the values are actually distributed across nodes. Our distributed wrapper for Thrust handles the communication in the backend using MPI, while still using the standard Thrust library to take advantage of available on-node parallelism. We describe the details of our distributed implementations of several key data-parallel primitives, including scan, scatter/ gather, sort, reduce, and upper/lower bound. We also present two higher-level distributed algorithms developed using these primitives: isosurface and KD-tree construction. Finally, we provide timing results demonstrating the ability of these algorithms to take advantage of available parallelism on nodes and across multiple nodes, and discuss scaling limitations for communication-intensive algorithms such as KD-tree construction.},
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Su, Yu; Agrawal, Gagan; Woodring, Jonathan; Myers, Kary; Wendelberger, Joanne; Ahrens, James
Taming massive distributed datasets: data sampling using bitmap indices Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the 22nd international symposium on High-performance parallel and distributed computing, pp. 13–24, ACM 2013, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: bitmap indices, database applications, database management, performance
@inproceedings{su2013taming,
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Ahrens, James; Sewell, Chris; Patchett, John
SDAV Visualization Area: VTK-m and In-Situ Highlights at Los Alamos Technical Report
2013, (LA-UR-13-27063).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: in situ, VTK-m
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Bujack, Roxana; De, Hendrik; De, Nele; Scheuermann, Gerik
Convolution Products for Hypercomplex Fourier Transforms Journal Article
In: Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, pp. 1-19, 2013.
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Bujack, Roxana; Scheuermann, Gerik; Hitzer, Eckhard
Demystification of the Geometric Fourier Transforms Journal Article
In: AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1558, 2013.
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Bujack, Roxana; Scheuermann, Gerik; Hitzer, Eckhard
Detection of Outer Rotations on 3D-Vector Fields with Iterative Geometric Correlation and its Efficiency Journal Article
In: Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras, pp. 1-19, 2013.
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Hitzer, Eckhard; Bujack, Roxana; Scheuermann, Gerik
Vector field computations in Clifford's geometric algebra Journal Article
In: Third SICE Symposium on Computational Intelligence, 2013, Osaka University, 2013.
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2012
Bent, John; Faibish, Sorin; Ahrens, James; Grider, Gary; Patchett, John; Tzelnic, Percy; Woodring, Jonathan
Jitter-free co-processing on a prototype exascale storage stack Inproceedings
In: 012 IEEE 28th Symposium on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies (MSST), pp. 1–5, IEEE 2012, ISSN: 2160-195X, (LA-UR-pending).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: co-processing, excascale, jitter-free
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author = {John Bent and Sorin Faibish and James Ahrens and Gary Grider and John Patchett and Percy Tzelnic and Jonathan Woodring },
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Williams, Sean; Petersen, Mark; Hecht, Matthew; Maltrud, Mathew; Hamann, Bernd; Patchett, John; Ahrens, James; Hamann, Bernd
Interface Exchange as an Indicator for Eddy Heat Transport Inproceedings
In: Computer Graphics Forum, pp. 1125-1134, Wiley Online Library 2012, (LA-UR-12-21038).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: applications, eddies, interface exchange, Ocean General Circulation Models, oceanography simulation and modeling, simulation output analysis
@inproceedings{williams2012interface,
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author = {Sean Williams and Mark Petersen and Matthew Hecht and Mathew Maltrud and Bernd Hamann and John Patchett and James Ahrens and Bernd Hamann },
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abstract = {The ocean contains many large-scale, long-lived vortices, called mesoscale eddies, that are believed to have a role in the transport and redistribution of salt, heat, and nutrients throughout the ocean. Determining this role, however, has proven to be a challenge, since the mechanics of eddies are only partly understood; a standard definition for these ocean eddies does not exist and, therefore, scientifically meaningful, robust methods for eddy extraction, characterization, tracking and visualization remain a challenge. To shed light on the nature and potential roles of eddies, we extend our previous work on eddy identification and tracking to construct a new metric to characterize the transfer of water into and out of eddies across their boundary, and produce several visualizations of this new metric to provide clues about the role eddies play in the global ocean.},
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The ocean contains many large-scale, long-lived vortices, called mesoscale eddies, that are believed to have a role in the transport and redistribution of salt, heat, and nutrients throughout the ocean. Determining this role, however, has proven to be a challenge, since the mechanics of eddies are only partly understood; a standard definition for these ocean eddies does not exist and, therefore, scientifically meaningful, robust methods for eddy extraction, characterization, tracking and visualization remain a challenge. To shed light on the nature and potential roles of eddies, we extend our previous work on eddy identification and tracking to construct a new metric to characterize the transfer of water into and out of eddies across their boundary, and produce several visualizations of this new metric to provide clues about the role eddies play in the global ocean.
Lo, Li-ta; Sewell, Christopher; Ahrens, James
PISTON: A Portable Cross-Platform Framework for Data-Parallel Visualization Operators. Inproceedings
In: EGPGV, pp. 11–20, 2012, (LA-UR-12-10227).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Concurrent Programming, parallel programming, PISTON
@inproceedings{lo2012piston,
title = {PISTON: A Portable Cross-Platform Framework for Data-Parallel Visualization Operators.},
author = {Li-ta Lo and Christopher Sewell and James Ahrens},
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year = {2012},
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abstract = {Due to the wide variety of current and next-generation supercomputing architectures, the development of highperformance parallel visualization and analysis operators frequently requires re-writing the underlying algorithms for many different platforms. In order to facilitate portability, we have devised a framework for creating such operators that employs the data-parallel programming model. By writing the operators using only data-parallel primitives (such as scans, transforms, stream compactions, etc.), the same code may be compiled to multiple targets using architecture-specific backend implementations of these primitives. Specifically, we make use of and extend NVIDIAÕs Thrust library, which provides CUDA and OpenMP backends. Using this framework, we have implemented isosurface, cut surface, and threshold operators, and have achieved good parallel performance on two different architectures (multi-core CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs) using the exact same operator code. We have applied these operators to several large, real scientific data sets, and have open-source released a beta version of our code base.},
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Due to the wide variety of current and next-generation supercomputing architectures, the development of highperformance parallel visualization and analysis operators frequently requires re-writing the underlying algorithms for many different platforms. In order to facilitate portability, we have devised a framework for creating such operators that employs the data-parallel programming model. By writing the operators using only data-parallel primitives (such as scans, transforms, stream compactions, etc.), the same code may be compiled to multiple targets using architecture-specific backend implementations of these primitives. Specifically, we make use of and extend NVIDIAÕs Thrust library, which provides CUDA and OpenMP backends. Using this framework, we have implemented isosurface, cut surface, and threshold operators, and have achieved good parallel performance on two different architectures (multi-core CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs) using the exact same operator code. We have applied these operators to several large, real scientific data sets, and have open-source released a beta version of our code base.
Brownlee, Carson; Patchett, John; Lo, Li-Ta; DeMarle, David; Mitchell, Christopher; Ahrens, James; Hansen, Charles
A Study of Ray Tracing Large-Scale Scientific Data in Parallel Visualization Applications Inproceedings
In: Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization, pp. 51–60, The Eurographics Association 2012, (LA-UR-pending).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Distributed/network graphics, Graphics Systems, parallel, ray tracing, visualization
@inproceedings{brownlee2012study,
title = {A Study of Ray Tracing Large-Scale Scientific Data in Parallel Visualization Applications},
author = {Carson Brownlee and John Patchett and Li-Ta Lo and David DeMarle and Christopher Mitchell and James Ahrens and Charles Hansen},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/RayTracing.pdf},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-01-01},
booktitle = {Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization},
pages = {51--60},
organization = {The Eurographics Association},
abstract = {Large-scale analysis and visualization is becoming increasingly important as supercomputers and their simula- tions produce larger and larger data. These large data sizes are pushing the limits of traditional rendering algo- rithms and tools thus motivating a study exploring these limits and their possible resolutions through alternative rendering algorithms . In order to better understand real-world performance with large data, this paper presents a detailed timing study on a large cluster with the widely used visualization tools ParaView and VisIt. The soft- ware ray tracer Manta was integrated into these programs in order to show that improved performance could be attained with software ray tracing on a distributed memory, GPU enabled, parallel visualization resource. Using the Texas Advanced Computing Center’s Longhorn cluster which has multi-core CPUs and GPUs with large-scale polygonal data, we find multi-core CPU ray tracing to be significantly faster than both software rasterization and hardware-accelerated rasterization in existing scientific visualization tools with large data.
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Large-scale analysis and visualization is becoming increasingly important as supercomputers and their simula- tions produce larger and larger data. These large data sizes are pushing the limits of traditional rendering algo- rithms and tools thus motivating a study exploring these limits and their possible resolutions through alternative rendering algorithms . In order to better understand real-world performance with large data, this paper presents a detailed timing study on a large cluster with the widely used visualization tools ParaView and VisIt. The soft- ware ray tracer Manta was integrated into these programs in order to show that improved performance could be attained with software ray tracing on a distributed memory, GPU enabled, parallel visualization resource. Using the Texas Advanced Computing Center’s Longhorn cluster which has multi-core CPUs and GPUs with large-scale polygonal data, we find multi-core CPU ray tracing to be significantly faster than both software rasterization and hardware-accelerated rasterization in existing scientific visualization tools with large data.
Brislawn, Christopher M.; Woodring, Jonathan; Mniszewski, Susan; DeMarle, David; Ahrens, James
Subband coding for large-scale scientific simulation data using JPEG 2000 Inproceedings
In: Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI), 2012 IEEE Southwest Symposium on, pp. 201–204, IEEE 2012, (LA-UR-12-1352).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: JPEG 2000, scientific simulation data, subband coding
@inproceedings{brislawn2012subband,
title = {Subband coding for large-scale scientific simulation data using JPEG 2000},
author = {Christopher M. Brislawn and Jonathan Woodring and Susan Mniszewski and David DeMarle and James Ahrens},
url = {http://datascience.dsscale.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/SubbandCodingForLarge-ScaleScientificSimulationDataUsingJPEG2000.pdf},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-01-01},
booktitle = {Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI), 2012 IEEE Southwest Symposium on},
pages = {201--204},
organization = {IEEE},
abstract = {The ISO/IEC JPEG 2000 image coding standard is a family of source coding algorithms targeting high-resolution image communications. JPEG 2000 features highly scalable embedded coding features that allow one to interactively zoom out to reduced resolution thumbnails of enormous data sets or to zoom in on highly localized regions of interest with very economical communications and rendering requirements. While intended for fixed-precision input data, the implementation of the irreversible version of the standard is often done internally in floating point arithmetic. Moreover, the standard is designed to support high-bit-depth data. Part 2 of the standard also provides support for three-dimensional data sets such as multicomponent or volumetric imagery. These features make JPEG 2000 an appealing candidate for highly scalable communications coding and visualization of two- and three-dimensional data produced by scientific simulation software. We present results of initial experiments applying JPEG 2000 to scientific simulation data produced by the Parallel Ocean Program (POP) global ocean circulation model, highlighting both the promise and the many challenges this approach holds for scientific visualization applications.},
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The ISO/IEC JPEG 2000 image coding standard is a family of source coding algorithms targeting high-resolution image communications. JPEG 2000 features highly scalable embedded coding features that allow one to interactively zoom out to reduced resolution thumbnails of enormous data sets or to zoom in on highly localized regions of interest with very economical communications and rendering requirements. While intended for fixed-precision input data, the implementation of the irreversible version of the standard is often done internally in floating point arithmetic. Moreover, the standard is designed to support high-bit-depth data. Part 2 of the standard also provides support for three-dimensional data sets such as multicomponent or volumetric imagery. These features make JPEG 2000 an appealing candidate for highly scalable communications coding and visualization of two- and three-dimensional data produced by scientific simulation software. We present results of initial experiments applying JPEG 2000 to scientific simulation data produced by the Parallel Ocean Program (POP) global ocean circulation model, highlighting both the promise and the many challenges this approach holds for scientific visualization applications.
Sewell, Christopher; Meredith, Jeremy; Moreland, Kenneth; Peterka, Tom; DeMarle, David; Lo, Li-ta; Ahrens, James; Maynard, Robert; Geveci, Berk
The SDAV software frameworks for visualization and analysis on next-generation multi-core and many-core architectures Inproceedings
In: High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SCC), 2012 SC Companion:, pp. 206–214, IEEE 2012, (LA-UR-12-26928).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: data-parallel, in-situ, many-core architectures, mult-core architectures, visualization, VTK-m
@inproceedings{sewell2012sdav,
title = {The SDAV software frameworks for visualization and analysis on next-generation multi-core and many-core architectures},
author = {Christopher Sewell and Jeremy Meredith and Kenneth Moreland and Tom Peterka and David DeMarle and Li-ta Lo and James Ahrens and Robert Maynard and Berk Geveci},
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abstract = {This paper surveys the four software frameworks being developed as part of the visualization pillar of the SDAV (Scalable Data Management, Analysis, and Visualization) Institute, one of the SciDAC (Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing) Institutes established by the ASCR (Advanced Scientific Computing Research) Program of the U.S. Department of Energy. These frameworks include EAVL (Extreme-scale Analysis and Visualization Library), Dax (Data Analysis at Extreme), DIY (Do It Yourself), and PISTON. The objective of these frameworks is to facilitate the adaptation of visualization and analysis algorithms to take advantage of the available parallelism in emerging multi-core and manycore hardware architectures, in anticipation of the need for such algorithms to be run in-situ with LCF (leadership-class facilities) simulation codes on supercomputers.},
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This paper surveys the four software frameworks being developed as part of the visualization pillar of the SDAV (Scalable Data Management, Analysis, and Visualization) Institute, one of the SciDAC (Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing) Institutes established by the ASCR (Advanced Scientific Computing Research) Program of the U.S. Department of Energy. These frameworks include EAVL (Extreme-scale Analysis and Visualization Library), Dax (Data Analysis at Extreme), DIY (Do It Yourself), and PISTON. The objective of these frameworks is to facilitate the adaptation of visualization and analysis algorithms to take advantage of the available parallelism in emerging multi-core and manycore hardware architectures, in anticipation of the need for such algorithms to be run in-situ with LCF (leadership-class facilities) simulation codes on supercomputers.