Efficient asynchronous executions of AMR computations and visualization on a GPU system

Adaptive Mesh Refinement is a method which dynamically varies the spatio-temporal resolution of localized mesh regions in numerical simulations, based on the strength of the solution features. In-situ visualization plays an important role for analyzing the time evolving characteristics of the domain structures. Continuous visualization of the output data for various timesteps results in a better study of the underlying domain and the model used for simulating the domain. In this paper, we develop strategies for continuous online visualization of time evolving data for AMR applications executed on GPUs. We reorder the meshes for computations on the GPU based on the users input related to the subdomain that he wants to visualize. This makes the data available for visualization at a faster rate. We then perform asynchronous executions of the visualization steps and fix-up operations on the CPUs while the GPU advances the solution. By performing experiments on Tesla S1070 and Fermi C2070 clusters, we found that our strategies result in 60% improvement in response time and 16% improvement in the rate of visualization of frames over the existing strategy of performing fix-ups and visualization at the end of the timesteps.     

Visualization blackboard-visualizing bioelectric fields

A toolkit developed to visualize cardiac electrophysiology is discussed. The geometric models that play a crucial role in the analysis, manipulation, and visualization of cardiac bioelectric data and the two separate data visualization systems developed for quick, flexible viewing of spatially distributed data and for displaying selected frames of data or preparing presentation-quality images are discussed. The first data visualization system, Map 3D, is based on Silicon Graphics' GL graphics library and designed to run on SGI and IBM workstations. The second set of programs is based on ray-traced rendering and distributed computing     

Design and evaluation of tiled parallel coordinate visualization of multichannel EEG data

The field of visualization assists data interpretation in many areas, but does not manage all types of data equally well. This holds, in particular, for time-varying multichannel EEG data. No existing method can successfully visualize simultaneous information from all channels in use at all time steps. To address this problem, a new visualization method is presented based on the parallel coordinate method and making use of a tiled organization. This tiled organization employs a two-dimensional row-column representation, rather than a one-dimensional arrangement in columns as used for classical parallel coordinates. The usefulness of the new method, referred to as tiled parallel coordinates (TPC), is demonstrated by a particular type of EEG data. It can be applied to an arbitrary number of time steps, handling the maximum number of channels currently in use. An extensive user evaluation shows that, for a typical EEG assessment task, data evaluation by the TPC method is faster than by an existing clinical EEG visualization method, without loss of information. The generality of the TPC method makes it widely applicable to other time-varying multivariate data types     

Sentiment visualization and classification via semi-supervised nonlinear dimensionality reduction

Sentiment analysis, which detects the subjectivity or polarity of documents, is one of the fundamental tasks in text data analytics. Recently, the number of documents available online and offline is increasing dramatically, and preprocessed text data have more features. This development makes analysis more complex to be analyzed effectively. This paper proposes a novel semi-supervised Laplacian eigenmap (SS-LE). The SS-LE removes redundant features effectively by decreasing detection errors of sentiments. Moreover, it enables visualization of documents in perceptible low dimensional embedded space to provide a useful tool for text analytics. The proposed method is evaluated using multi-domain review data set in sentiment visualization and classification by comparing other dimensionality reduction methods. SS-LE provides a better similarity measure in the visualization result by separating positive and negative documents properly. Sentiment classification models trained over reduced data by SS-LE show higher accuracy. Overall, experimental results suggest that SS-LE has the potential to be used to visualize documents for the ease of analysis and to train a predictive model in sentiment analysis. SS-LE can also be applied to any other partially annotated text data sets.     

A Time Model for Time-Varying Visualization

The analysis of unsteady phenomena is an important topic for scientific visualization. Several time-dependent visualization techniques exist, as well as solutions for dealing with the enormous size of time-varying data in interactive visualization. Many current visualization toolkits support displaying time-varying data sets. However, for the interactive exploration of time-varying data in scientific visualization, no common time model that describes the temporal properties which occur in the visualization process has been established. In this work, we propose a general time model which classifies the time frames of simulation phenomena and the connections between different time scales in the analysis process. This model is designed for intuitive interaction with time in visualization applications for the domain expert as well as for the developer of visualization tools. We demonstrate the benefits of our model by applying it to two use cases with different temporal properties.     

基于网络的可视化仿真研究

本文首先讨论了可视化技术的概念和意义，然后重点针对工作站上复杂仿真数学模型，介绍了一种基于异构网络的通用可视化仿真方法。该方法充分应用ＰＣ机，工作站和各自优势，共同协作完成复杂对象的可视化仿真重点讨论如何实现系统各个部分之间的数据通讯与同步问题。     

Using Convex Sets for Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization

In this paper a new, abstract method for analysis and visualization of multidimensional data sets in pattern recognition problems is introduced. It can be used to determine the properties of an unknown, complex data set and to assist in finding the most appropriate recognition algorithm. Additionally, it can be employed to design layers of a feedforward artificial neural network or to visualize the higher-dimensional problems in 2-D and 3-D without losing relevant data set information. The method is derived from the convex set theory and works by considering convex subsets within the data and analyzing their respective positions in the original dimension. Its ability to describe certain set features that cannot be explicitly projected into lower dimensions sets it apart from many other visualization techniques. Two classical multidimensional problems are analyzed and the results show the usefulness of the presented method and underline its strengths and weaknesses.     

程序调试中的树形结构演变可视化模型

树形结构作为一种非线性数据结构,在程序执行过程中的演变过程较为抽象,尤其是在对其进行加工型操作时,容易发生内存泄漏。针对编程初学者难以掌握树形结构的逻辑演变过程,以及在程序中发生内存泄漏错误时调试较为困难的问题,文中提出了一种对程序调试过程中树形结构的演变过程进行可视化呈现的处理模型TEVM(Tree Evaluation Visualization Model)。针对单个可视化程序在调试步骤前和调试步骤后的两个树形结构,设计了一种将树形结构转换为线性表示的结构对比算法,得出了它们的包括泄漏树在内的结构差异;同时设计了一种树形结构布局方法,并计算它们的布局差异。根据结构差异和布局差异生成可视化演变序列,调用绘图引擎对该序列进行解析和执行,从而完成对树形结构及其演变过程的动态、平滑和直观的可视化呈现,帮助编程初学者快速理解树形结构相关程序的执行过程,提升调试效率。将TEVM模型集成于一个面向编程实训教学的集成开发环境原型Web AnyviewC中,取得了较好的应用效果。