Visualization Research,
School of Computer Studies,
University of Leeds.
Welcome to the home page for the
Visualization Research Team,
in the
School of Computer Studies
at the
University of Leeds .
Overview
We are carrying out research across many aspects of visualization,
towards an overall goal of creating distributed virtual environments
that assist scientists, engineers and clinicians in analysis
of data from simulation and measurement.
The different strands of our work include:
- Problem Solving Environments for Science and Engineering-
We are studying how to integrate computation, visualization and
data management, to provide an effective workbench for scientists
and engineers. The
KINEX
project, in collaboration with NAG Ltd,
is extending IRIS Explorer with tools for managing data, and is
creating purpose-built environments for computational chemistry.
The DIVA project, in collaboration with our Mechanical Engineering
Department, is developing an environment for interactive design,
analysis and visualization - with applications ranging from
heart valves to gas furnaces.
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Collaborative Visualization-
Current visualization systems are designed for one person to use -
if a number of scientists wish to collaborate, they need to cluster
around a single workstation screen. We are studying how to relax this,
to allow scientists at different locations to work collaboratively
at analysis via visualization. In the COVISA project,
we are extending IRIS Explorer so
that sessions on different workstations on the network may come
together in a single collaborative environment.
- Distributed Visualization Environments-
We are studying the opportunities to provide visualization
environments on the Internet. This involves a number of
VRML-based projects, including the creation of a visualization web
server and our own
VRML browser .
- Foundations of Visualization-
We are exploring new methodologies and algorithms for visualization.
This work includes:
- intelligent visualization, where the visualization
metaphor is initially inferred from the data, and subsequently
refined by the user - with application to complex data sets -
this project in collaboration with IBM
- model based visualization, where the focus is on the model
or interpolant created from the data, rather than the data itself
- controlled interpolation, where the shape of the interpolant follows
the shape of the data
- Volume Visualization for Medicine-
We are studying novel techniques for assisting clinicians
in the visualization of scanner data. One project has looked at the
visualization of combined anatomical and functional data;
another project has looked at high-quality rendering of mixed volume
and geometry data
-
Driving Simulator
In collaboration with our Institute of Transport Studies and
Department of Psychology, we have created a driving simulator
now in active use for a range of safety-related projects.
Follow any of the links below to learn more about us and our work.
Research Activities
People
Publications
Note: this material is still under construction. Don't be alarmed
by occasional blank pages or document access errors.
Last updated: 22/5/96
Ken Brodlie
(kwb@scs.leeds.ac.uk)