NLADR Visualization Services Group

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NLADR Visualization Services Group

• San Diego Supercomputer Center

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Mission Statement

• Advance Science through the creation and
  dissemination of high-quality explanatory
  visualizations.
• Advance Visualization through creation of
  improved production tools and processes.

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Core Activities

• Provide quality vis tools to scientists.
• Create high quality visualizations.
• Create specialized tools for specific
  circumstances.
• Provide a visualization portal for remote
  scientific visualization.
• Provide a knowledge base for best practices in
  scientific visualization.
• Produce dome visualizations for museums.

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Strengths

• Significant Rendering Resources
• Significant storage resources.
• Data management and distributed pipelines.
• Very large renders IMAX or higher.
• Excellent volume rendering tools.
• Significant computer graphics expertise.
• Significant Scientific Expertise
• Access to a wide variety of scientific data and
  scientists.

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Terashake
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Puente Hills Fault
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IMAX Early Universe Render
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Molecular Visualizations
Work for Discovery Science Channel
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Crystal Palace
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Monuments and DustThe Culture of Victorian
London
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Medical Visualization
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Cancer Center Visualization
Images Animations Movies
Visualization Expertise
UCSD Cancer Center
Software Development
Research Intern
Computational Scientists
Medical Expertise
Visualization Tools
1 Research Scientist
Supercomputers
Latest Microscopy Tools
Shared Staff
Cancer Research Scientists
SDSC
Cancer Expertise
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Visualization Portal
Grid Farm
SRB Archive
VGrid Gallery
SVT Grid Services
Workstation Alley
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Science Exploratorium
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Gaming Grid for ER
Game Clients
Gaming Grid Services
Gaming Grid Farm
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Web Sites

• http//visservices.sdsc.edu
• http//www.sdsc.edu
• http//www.syncenter.org