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Data Visualization Software from Advanced Visual Systems Selected by
FZ Juelich Research Centre
The Central Institute for Applied Mathematics (ZAM), part of the
FZ Juelich Research Centre in Germany, has selected the Multi-Pipe
Edition of AVS/Express(TM) from Advanced Visual Systems for use
in its immersive visualization laboratory. The FZ Juelich facility,
boasting a staff of 4,300 researchers, is devoted to basic and applied
research in various fields of science and technology and is investigating
current issues in the areas of matter, information, life, environment,
and energy. It is one of the largest research institutions in Europe.
High-performance computing is at the core of the services offered to
the German research community by FZ Juelich. Two Cray T3E massively-parallel
systems and a Cray T90 vector-parallel computer are available, as are large
visualization systems and robotic mass storage systems. ZAM coordinates
the planning and operation of the central computing systems and
networks at FZ Juelich, including the supercomputer systems for
the John von Neumann Institute for Computing.
The visualization of very large datasets generated by simulations on the
high-performance computer systems is a key ZAM objective. For that reason,
the Centre selected the Multi-Pipe Edition of AVS/Express as well as a
HoloBench(TM) immersive VR display system from TAN, to provide scientists
with a direct window into supercomputer simulations. Advanced features
of the Multi-Pipe Edition of AVS/Express (including direct support
for stereo head-motion-tracking and 6 degree-of-freedom wand devices)
will be fully integrated into the ZAM initiative.
The Centre has also developed specialized tools to allow direct computational
monitoring and steering of high performance simulations from within a distributed
visualization environment. Using a library for online visualization
and steering known as VISIT (Visualization Interface Toolkit), developed
by Thomas Eickermann and Wolfgang Frings, researchers are able to
dynamically attach and detach themselves to simulations and engage
in a bi-directional exchange of data. VISIT was initially developed
at ZAM in the Gigabit Testbed West project and includes support
for AVS/Express and Perl/Tk and has C, Fortran, and Perl language
bindings. The computational steering system has been used on a number
of successful projects including 3D medical volume image processing,
computational molecular dynamics and pollution transport through
3D soil systems.
The VISIT system, coupling AVS/Express Multi-Pipe Edition (MPE) to large-scale
simulations is now available for the AVS user community from the web site at
www.fz-juelich.de/zam/visit/.
AVS/Express is used by software developers to create dynamic visualization
applications that can be broadly deployed on any combination of Compaq, Digital,
HP, IBM, Microsoft, Linux, SGI, and Sun platforms, providing end
users with powerful visual insight to all types of engineering,
scientific and business data. AVS/Express software and custom solutions
provided by the professional services group of Advanced Visual Systems
have been widely deployed in the medical imaging, oil & gas, geographic
information systems, defense, aerospace, telecommunications, financial,
data mining and educational/research industries.
About Advanced Visual Systems
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visualization software and solutions that enable computer users to
experience and interact with all types of business, scientific and
engineering data. AVS offers a complete line of products that bring
information to life on all major computing platforms using the latest
in graphics, Web-based and collaborative technologies. AVS is dedicated
to helping clients in nearly every industry speed the process of data
analysis and decision-making. For more information on AVS call (781) 890-4300,
or write to info@avs.com.
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