HBM 516E - Scientific Visualization

Course Objectives

1. To gain basic knowledge and skills in the field of scientific visualization
2. To introduce the necessary tools and methods required for the visualization and processing different data types
3. To gain basic knowledge and skills in usage of animation in scientific visualization

Course Description

Introduction to Scientific Visualization, Introduction to Computer Graphics, Scientific Data Representation, Introduction to Visualization Toolkit (VTK), Visualization Pipeline, Data Manipulation, Visual Mapping and Techniques, Scalar Data and Isosurface, Volume Rendering, Vector Visualization, Time Based Visualization, Visualizing Large Models, Introduction to VisIt, In-Situ Visualization with Catalyst