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Provo, UT 84602 (801) 378-6325 Visualization in Scientific Computing Editors Bruce H . McCormick Texas A&M University College Station, TX Thomas A. DeFanti University of Illinois at Chicag o Chicago, I L Maxine D . Brow n University of Illinois at Chicag o Chicago, I L This material is based upon work supported by the National Scienc e Foundation under Grant ASC-8712231 . Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do no t necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation . Published July,1987 . Visualization in Scientific Computin g This report is not copyrighted . Please feel free to use excerpts under the condition that the following bibliographic information is included : McCormick, B.H . et a/. (ed) , Visualization in Scientific Computing , Computer Graphics 21, 6 (November 1987) , ACM SIGGRAPH : New York, p xx-yy. This report is accompanied by two hours of videotap e published as issues 28 and 29 of the SIGGRAPH Video Review . See appendix E in this report for descriptions of the contents . Videotapes are available in either VH S or 3/4" U-Matic formats . To request price information and order copies, contact : ACM Order Departmen t PO Box 64145 Baltimore, Maryland 2126 4 (301) 528-426 1 For SIGGRAPH membership information, contact: ACM 11 West 42nd Stree t New York, New York 1003 6 (212) 869-7440 For SIGGRAPH annual conference information, contact: SIGGRAPH Conference Offic e 111 East Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 6060 1 (312) 644-6610 Members of the The editors wish to thank the following members of the Panel o n Panel on Graphics, Graphics, Image Processing and Workstations for their insightfu l Image Processing contributions and comments during the preparation of this report . and Workstations David Arnett Patrick Mante y University of Chicago University of California at Sant a Chicago, I L Cruz Santa Cruz, CA James F . Blinn Jet Propulsion Laborator y Bruce H . McCormick Pasadena, C A Panel Chair Texas A&M University James Clark College Station, TX Silicon Graphic s Mountain View, C A Mike McGrath Colorado School of Mines Jerome Cox Golden, CO Washington University St . Louis, MO Azriel Rosenfeld University of Marylan d Thomas A. DeFanti College Park, M D Panel Vice Chair University of Illinois at Chicag o Alvy Ray Smit h Chicago, I L Pixar San Rafael, CA Martin Fischler SRI internationa l Richard Weinberg Menlo Park, C A University of Southern Californi a Los Angeles, CA Robert Langridge University of California at Sa n Turner Whiffed Francisco University of North Carolina San Francisco, CA Chapel Hill, N C Thomas Lasinski Karl-Heinz Winkle r NASA Ames Research Center Los Alamos National Laborator y Moffett Field, CA Los Alamos, N M L iii Visualization in Scientific Computin g Additional contributors The editors, in an effort to provide accurate and relevant information on a number of highly specialized topics, have relied on the expertise and resources of various industry and university experts. We wish to thank these people for their support and contributions . Frederick P . Brooks, Jr . Carl Machover University of North Carolina Machover Associates Corp . Chapel Hill, N C White Plains, NY Andrew Hanso n Arthur J. Olson SRI Internationa l Research Institute of Menlo Park, C A Scripps Clini c La Jolla, C A Laurin Herr Pacific Interfac e Jeff Posdamer New York, NY Washington University St. Louis, MO David Hoffman University of Massachusett s Barna Szabo Amherst, MA Washington University St. Louis, MO Members of the NS F The editors wish to express their appreciation to the NSF Directorat e Directorate for Computer for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), an d and Information Science its Division of Advanced Scientific Computing (DASC), for ongoin g and Engineering, Division support and encouragement . In particular, we wish to acknowledg e of Advanced Scientific the help and assistance of the following individuals . Computing Gordon Bell NSF Assistant Director, CIS E John Connolly Director, DAS C Mel Ciment Deputy Director, DAS C Albert Harvey Program Director, New Technologies, DASC David Salzman Staff Associate, DASC aP ge Title page Acknowledgment s Table of Contents v Executive Summar y vii Preface ix Visualization in Scientific Computing (ViSC) : Definition, Domain and Recommendations 1 I. Definition of Visualization 3 II. Domain of Visualization 4 III. Recommendations for a VISC Initiative 8 Appendices A. Scientific and Engineering Research Opportunitie s A - 1 B . Visualization Environments : Short-term Potential B - 1 C . Visualization Environments : Long-term Goals C - 1 D . Industrial Competitiveness D - 1 E . ViSC Videotape : List of Contributors E - 1 v Visualization in Scientific Computin g vi Panel Report on Visualization in Scientific Computin g Visualization in Scientific Computing (ViSC) i s discipline of Visualization in Scientific Computin g emerging as a major computer-based field, with a is found to be critically important to a portion o f body of problems, a commonality of tools an d the country's domestic and export trade terminology, boundaries, and a cohort of trained threatened by foreign competition . At the personnel.