Collaboration, analysis, and visualization of the future
Advances in networking, computing, data storage, visualization hardware, and grids are enabling new modes of collaboration, analysis, and visualization. In this presentation we will provide an overview of new capabilities being developed and/or explored in the National Computational Science Alliance and how they are being applied to the atmospheric sciences. More specifically, his overview highlights efforts within the Scientific Workspaces of the Future Expedition as well as those at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (the Alliance central site). These efforts are partnerships between technology developers and end users and include scientific collaboration using Access Grid, animation through the use of TeraVision, stereo display using the GeoWall and IDV, parallel visual rendering using ParaView, volume rendering using HVR, and high resolution desktop and tiled wall display. Several examples of the use of these different workspace components in atmospheric research and education are shown. Further examples and text will be available in January at http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/AboutUs/FocusAreas/MEADExpedition.html .