Visualization Challenges: Where the Rubber meets the Road

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Visualization Challenges Where the Rubber meets
the Road !
Theresa Marie Rhyne, Director, Center for
Visualization Analytics the Renaissance
Computing Institutes Engagement Facility at
North Carolina State Universitytmrhyne_at_ncsu.edu
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Visualization Challenges Where the Rubber
seriously meets the Road !
Visualization of preliminary design of Asheville
I-26 Widening New Location. Image courtesy of
and created by Chris Parker at the North Carolina
Department of Transportation, NCDOT.
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Top Challenge in Visualization
Effectively and Accurately Simulating Mother
Nature and Human Behavior
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Visualization of the Blue Ridge Parkway
Original visualization by Michael Holmes, Dr.
John Fels and James Tomlinson of NC State
Universitys College of Design. Enhanced 3D
Visualization by Theresa-Marie Rhyne, NC State
University Learning Technology Service (circa
2002/2003).
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And then Mother Nature herself does it much
better
Image courtesy of James Tomlinson, NC State
University College of Design
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Other Top Visualization Problems
Usability of the Visualization System
Evaluating Effectiveness of Visualization
Tools Addressing Perceptual and Cognition
Issues Supporting Multi-Disciplinary
Collaborations Evolving Graphics Hardware and
Platform Development Driving force of the
Computer Games Entertainment Industries
Supporting Prior Expert Domain Knowledge
Facilitating Insight
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If you are near Raleigh, NCcome visit us at the
RENCI/NCSU Engagement Facility on the NC State
University Centennial Campus
Photo Courtesy of John McGee.
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Even if we are a little busy, We will be glad to
provide a tour..
Photo Courtesy of John McGee, June 2006.
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RENCI_at_NCSU Engineering Building II Room 1235
Photo by Theresa-Marie Rhyne, 08/12/06
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And Discuss Uncharted Territory!
Image by Theresa-Marie Rhyne
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