About PacificVis 2010
3rd PacificVis Symposium
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Opening Session
Closing Session
Tutorial I
Tutorial II
Opening Session
Keynote Speech I
Keynote Speech II
Session A: Transfer Functions for Volume Rendering
Session B: Information Visualization I
Session C: Visualization in Medicine and Natural Sciences
Session D: Information Visualization II
Session E: Flow and Motion
Session F: Volume Deformation, Lighting, and Exploration
Session G: Graph Visualization
Posters and Posters Fast Forward
Closing Session
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Conference Program
Registration
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Registration
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Session FVolume Deformation, Lighting, and Exploration
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Coffee Break
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Coffee Break
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Coffee Break
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Session ATransfer Functions for Volume Rendering
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Coffee Break
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Poster Fast Forward
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Session CVisualization in Medicine and Natural Sciences
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*Coffee Breaks will be 10:00 & 15:10
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Best Paper Award
Physically-Based Interactive Schlieren Flow Visualization
C. Brownlee, V. Pegoraro, S. Shankar, P. McCormick, C. Hansen
Best Poster Award
Direct Meshing with Topological Structures from
Multi-material Volume Data
Yasuharu Fujiyoshi, Megumi Nakao, Takuya Iwasaki, Kotaro Minato
Interpolating 3D Diffusion Tensors through Optimizing
Rotatoinal Transformations of Anisotropic Features
Chongke Bi, Shigeo Takahashi, Haruhisa Ishida, Issei Fujishiro
MIAOW: A 3D Image Browser Applying a Location- and Time-Based
Hierarchical Data Visualization Technique
Ai Gomi, Takayuki Itoh
Introduction to Vector and Tensor Field Visualization
Instructors:
David Kao, Researcher, NASA Ames Research Center
Han-Wei Shen, Associate Professor, Ohio State University
Vector field visualization techniques are essential to help us understand the
complex dynamics of flow fields that can be found in a wide range of applications.
Examples of the applications include the studies of flow around an aircraft and the
blood flow in our heart chambers, the creation of ocean circulation models, and the
prediction of severe weather. Tensor fields are found in several real-world
applications and also require the aid of visualization for the users to obtain
insight from their data. Examples of tensor fields include responses of materials
to external forces, and the neural pathway acquired from diffusion tensor imaging.
This tutorial will provide an overview of several techniques commonly used in
vector and tensor field visualization.
Introduction to GPU Computing with CUDA and OpenCL
Instructors:
James Shearer, University of California, Davis
Wei-Chao Chen, SDI Corporation and National Taiwan University
This tutorial will provide attendees with an introductory working knowledge of GPU architecture and computing
using both NVIDIA's CUDA and The Khronos Group's OpenCL. The lecture covers:
- The motivation behind GPU Computing, example applications, and trends in both hardware and software.
- Discussion of the pertinent graphics hardware which enables GPU computing, with a focus on areas which can dramatically affect program performance.
- An introduction to NVIDIA CUDA.
- An introduction to OpenCL: the platform layer, runtime, and OpenCL C programming language.
- An example OpenCL-accelerated application from the ground up.
Session Chair:
Ming Ouhyoung (National Taiwan University)
Jarke van Wijk (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Image-Based Biomedical Computing and Visualization
Speaker:
Christopher R. Johnson, Director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah
Abstract:
Increasingly, biomedical computing and visualization applications require building functional models from images
(MRI, CT, EM, etc.). The "pipeline" for building such models includes image analysis (segmentation, registration,
filtering), geometric modeling (surface and volume mesh generation), simulation (FE, FD, BE, linear and non-linear
solves, etc.), visualization (scalars, vectors, tensors, etc) and evaluation (uncertainty, error, etc.).
In this talk, I will present research challenges of imagebased biomedical computing and visualization and discuss
their application for solving important problems in neuroscience, cardiology, and genetics.
Bio:
Christopher R. Johnson directs the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute at the University of Utah where
he is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and holds faculty appointments in the Departments of Physics
and Bioengineering. His research interests are in the areas of scientific computing and scientific visualization. Dr.
Johnson founded the SCI research group in 1992, which has since grown to become the SCI Institute employing
over 165 faculty, staff and students. Professor Johnson serves on several international journal editorial boards, as
well as on advisory boards to several national and international research centers. Professor Johnson has received
several awards, including the NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow (PFF) award from President Clinton in 1995 and
the Governor's Medal for Science and Technology from Governor Michael Leavitt in 1999. He is a Fellow of the
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), a Fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a Fellow of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). For more
information, please visit http://www.cs.utah.edu/~crj/ .
Advanced Interaction for Information Visualization
Speaker:
Jean-Daniel Fekete, Scientific Leader of the of the INRIA Project Team AVIZ
Abstract:
Information Visualization (InfoVis) is a research field dedicated to the
design and evaluation of visual representations and interactions to
explore and understand large data set. Until recently, the focus of
InfoVis has been more on the graphical representation and less on the
interaction. However, several new interactive techniques have been
published in the past few years, opening perspectives for InfoVis and
HCI practitioners. I describe the work conducted at our group, AVIZ,
linking traditional HCI interaction research with InfoVis interaction
research. I present our latest techniques for navigating large
information spaces with varying dimensionalities and topologies. I
outline their applicability in HCI problems that are not traditionally
viewed as InfoVis in the hope that they will be experimented and adopted
in standard interfaces and, more importantly, to emphasize the fact that
interaction design for large information spaces is required for our
complex specialized applications as well as our everyday working environment.
Bio:
Jean-Daniel Fekete is a Senior Research Scientist (DR2) at INRIA Saclay - Ile-de-France, one of the
leading French national research centers, located in Orsay in the University Paris-Sud. He leads the
AVIZ team (hwww.aviz.fr) since 2007, which focuses on Visual Analytics.
AVIZ studies the analysis and visualization of large datasets, combining machine learning approaches
with information visualization and multiscale interaction techniques to help analysts explore and
understand massive data. Jean-Daniel's research topics include network visualization,
evaluation of information visualization systems, and toolkits for user interfaces and
information visualization. His research is applied in several fields such as biology, business intelligence
and social network analysis.
Jean-Daniel Fekete is also President of the French-Speaking HCI Association, serves on several
international journal editorial boards and conference program committees. For more
information, please visit Website: http://www.lri.fr/~fekete/ .
Session A Transfer Functions for Volume Rendering
Session Chair: Thomas Ertl (University of Stuttgart)
Session Time: 10:20-12:00, Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Quantitative Effectiveness Measures for Direct Volume Rendered Images
Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu, Ka-Kei Chung, Ming-Yuen Chan
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Zhou
Shenzhen University
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Shape-based Transfer Functions for Volume Visualization
Jörg-Stefan Praßni, Timo Ropinski, Jörg Mensmann, Klaus Hinrichs
University of Münster
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Volume Visualization based on Statistical Transfer-Function Spaces
Martin Haidacher
Vienna University of Technology
Daniel Patel
Christian Michelsen Research Bergen
Stefan Bruckne
Vienna University of Technology
Armin Kanitsar
AGFA HealthCare Vienna
M. Eduard Gröller
Vienna University of Technology
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Volume Exploration using Ellipsoidal Gaussian Transfer Functions
Yunhai Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei Chen
Zhejiang University
Guihua Shan, Tingxin Dong, Xuebin Chi
Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Session B Information Visualization I
Session Chair: Seok-Hee Hong (University of Sydney)
Session Time: 13:30-15:10, Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Stack Zooming for Multi-Focus Interaction in Time-Series Data Visualization
Waqas Javed, Niklas Elmqvist
Purdue University
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A Layer-Oriented Interface for Visualizing Time-Series Data from Oscilloscopes
Roberto Lopez-Hernandez, David Guilmaine, Michael J. McGuffin
École de technologie supérieure
Lee Barford
Agilent Laboratories
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WikipediaViz: Conveying Article Quality for Casual Wikipedia Readers
Fanny Chevalier
Microsoft Resarch - INRIA Joint Centre
Stéphane Huot
Université Paris-Sud & CNRS – INRIA
Jean-Daniel Fekete
INRIA
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Caleydo: Design and Evaluation of a Visual Analysis Framework for Gene Expression Data in its Biological Context
Alexander Lex, Marc Streit, Ernst Kruijff, Dieter Schmalstieg
Graz University of Technology
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Session C Visualization in Medicine and Natural Sciences
Session Chair: Issei Fujishiro (Keio University)
Session Time: 15:40-17:20, Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Visualizing Field-Measured Seismic Data
Tung-Ju Hsieh
National Taipei University of Technology
Cheng-Kai Chen, Kwan-Liu Ma
University of California, Davis
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Seismic Volume Visualization for Horizon Extraction
Daniel Patel
Christian Michelsen Research
Stefan Bruckner
Vienna University of Technology
Ivan Viola
University of Bergen
M. Eduard Gröller
Vienna University of Technology
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Verification of the Time Evolution of Cosmological Simulations via Hypothesis-Driven
Comparative and Quantitative Visualization
Chung-Hsing Hsu, James P. Ahrens, Katrin Heitmann
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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CycleStack: Inferring Periodic Behavior via Temporal Sequence Visualization in Ultrasound Video
Teng-Yok Lee, Abon Chaudhuri, Han-Wei Shen
The Ohio State University
Fatih Porikli
Mistubishi Electric Research Laboratories
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Session D Information Visualization II
Session Chair: Maurizio Patrignani (University Roma Tre)
Session Time: 10:30-12:00, Thursday, March 4, 2010
Interactive Local Clustering Operations for High Dimensional Data in Parallel Coordinates
Peihong Guo, He Xiao, Zuchao Wang, Xiaoru Yuan
Peking University
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A Model of Symbol Lightness Discrimination in Scatterplots
Jing Li, Jarke J. van Wijk, Jean-Bernard Martens
Eindhoven University of Technology
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Visual Analysis of High Dimensional Point Clouds using Topological Landscapes
Patrick Oesterling, Christian Heine
University of Leipzig
Heike Jänicke
Swansea University
Gerik Scheuermann
University of Leipzig
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Context Preserving Dynamic Word Cloud Visualization
Weiwei Cui, Yingcai Wu
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Shixia Liu, Furu Wei, Michelle X. Zhou
IBM China Research Lab
Huamin Qu
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Session E Flow and Motion
Session Chair: Tong-Yee Lee (National Cheng Kung University)
Session Time: 13:30-15:10, Thursday, March 4, 2010
A Sketch-Based Interface for Classifying and Visualizing Vector Fields
Jishang Wei
University of California, Davis
Chaoli Wang
Michigan Technological University
Hongfeng Yu
Sandia National Laboratories
Kwan-Liu Ma
University of California, Davis
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An Advection-Reaction Model for Flow Visualization
Rüyam Acar
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Physically-Based Interactive Schlieren Flow Visualization
C. Brownlee, V. Pegoraro, S. Shankar,
University of Utah
P. McCormick
Los Alamos National Labs
C. Hansen
University of Utah
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Motion Track: Visualizing Variations of Human Motion Data
Yueqi Hu
Zhejiang University
Shuangyuan Wu, Shihong Xia
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jinghua Fu, Wei Chen
Zhejiang University
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Session F Volume Deformation, Lighting, and Exploration
Session Chair: Ivan Viola (University of Bergen)
Session Time: 8:50-10:00, Friday, March 5, 2010
Adaptive Proxy Geometry for Direct Volume Manipulation
Megumi Nakao, Kei Wai Cecilia Hung, Satoshi Yano,
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Koji Yoshimura
Kyoto University Hospital
Kotaro Minato
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
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Interactive Volumetric Lighting Simulating Scattering and Shadowing
Timo Ropinski
University of Münster
Christian Döring
European Institue of Molecular Imaging
Christof Rezk-Salama
Mediadesign University of Applied Sciences
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Explorable Images for Visualizing Volume Data
Anna Tikhonova, Carlos D. Correa, Kwan-Liu Ma
University of California, Davis
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Session G Graph Visualization
Session Chair: Hsu-Chun Yen (National Taiwan University)
Session Time: 10:20-12:00, Friday, March 5, 2010
Crossing-Free Many-to-One Boundary Labeling with Hyperleaders
Chun-Cheng Lin
National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences
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Graph Visualization Techniques for Conceptual Web Site Traffic Analysis
Walter Didimo, Giuseppe Liotta, Salvatore Agostino Romeo
Universita degli Studi di Perugia
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GMap: Visualizing Graphs and Clusters as Maps
Emden R. Gansner, Yifan Hu
AT&T Labs – Research
Stephen Kobourov
University of Arizona
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Visual Analysis of Large Graphs Using (X,Y)-clustering and Hybrid Visualizations
Vladimir Batagelj
University of Ljubljana
Walter Didimo, Giuseppe Liotta, Pietro Palladino
University of Perugia
Maurizio Patrignani
University Roma Tre
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Posters and Posters Fast Forward
Session Chair: Takayuki Itoh (Ochanomizu University)
Session Time: 15:30–17:30, Thursday, March 4, 2010
Group 1 Volume Visualization

Direct Meshing with Topological Structures from Multi-material Volume Data
Yasuharu Fujiyoshi, Megumi Nakao, Takuya Iwasaki, Kotaro Minato
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
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Interpolating 3D Diffusion Tensors through Optimizing Rotatoinal Transformations of Anisotropic Features
Chongke Bi, Shigeo Takahashi, Haruhisa Ishida
The University of Tokyo
Issei Fujishiro
Keio University
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Integration of Semi-transparent Polygons for Sorting-free Volume Rendering
Naohisa Sakamoto, Takuma Kawamura, Koji Koyamada
Kyoto University
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Group 2 Information Visualization / Visual Analytics (Techniques)
Visualizing Data Trend and Relation for Exploring Knowledge
Ting-Yen Lee
National Taiwan University
Chad Jones
University of California, Davis
Bing-Yu Chen
National Taiwan University
Kwan-Liu Ma
University of California, Davis
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Exploring Dynamic Social Network through Interactive Visualization
Hung-I Chuang, Kai-Hsin Liu, Tsai-Yen Li, Pailin Chen
National Chengchi University
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MIAOW: A 3D Image Browser Applying a Location- and Time-Based Hierarchical Data Visualization Technique
Ai Gomi, Takayuki Itoh
Ochanomizu University
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Large-Scale Data Visualization with Two-Variate Level-of-Detail Control
Azusa Nagasaki, Takayuki Itoh
Ochanomizu University
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Interactive Clustering Multidimensional Data with Shaded Parallel Coordinates
Xiaoru Yuan, Peihong Guo
Peking University
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Group 3 Information Visualization / Visual Analytics (Applications/Systems)
Information Technology Trends in a Decade Revealed by Text-mining
Jun Iio, Shiro Udoguchi, Yasuyuki Shirai
Mitsubishi Research Institute
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Structural Visualization of Sequential DNA Data
Jinghua Fu
Zhejiang University
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Text Query and Concurrent Geographical Visualization - a Sophisticated Interface Design using Open Source Technologies
Jen-Jou Hung, Marcus Bingenheimer, Simon Wiles
Dharma Drum Buddhist College
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A Visual Analytics Tool for Traffic Data Analysis
Hanqi Guo, Ning Zhang, Xiaoru Yuan
Peking University
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FLUflux
Jihyun Kim, Andres Colubri
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A Visulization Analysis Tool for DNS Attack
Huiming Yu, Xiangfeng Dai
North Carolina A&T State University
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Group 4 Computer Graphics / Interaction
Finding Geometric Fixed Points without 3D Reconstruction
Cheng Jin
China Mobile Group Zhejiang
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GPU-based Computing Architecture for Fast and Reliable Multi-touch Tracking
Jia-Han Su, Wu-Yuin Hwang
National Central University
Yu-Cin Jian
National Taiwan Normal University
Yi-Ting Tsai
National Central University
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Development of an Interface Eco-Pond Game for Visual Learning
Chung-ho Su, Tsung-Li Wang
Shu-Te University
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Session Chair:
Kwan-Liu Ma (University of California at Davis)
Wenping Wang (The University of Hong Kong)
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