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IEEE Visualization 1999 - October 24-29, 1999, San Francisco Airport Hyatt

IEEE Visualization '99 Program:
Papers

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Abstracts of Vis '99 Papers can be found in the searchable database of Vis '99 abstracts now available on our European site.

P1: Large Scale Data Set Visualization

Wednesday, 10:15am-12:15pm

Construction of Vector Field Hierarchies: Bjoern Heckel, UC Davis, Computer Science; Gunther H Weber, UC Davis, Computer Science; Bernd Hamann, UC Davis, Computer Science; Kennneth I Joy, UC Davis, Computer Science
Large Field Visualization With Demand-Driven Calculation: Patrick J Moran, MRJ / NASA Ames Research Center; Chris Henze, MRJ / NASA Ames Research Center
Simplified Representation of Vector Fields: Alexandru Telea, Eindhoven University of Technology, Mathematics and Computer Science; Jarke J van Wijk, Eindhoven University of Technology, Mathematics and Computer Science
Hierarchical Parallel Coordinates for Exploration of Large Datasets: Ying-Huey Fua, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science; Matthew O Ward, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science; Elke A Rundensteiner, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science

P2: Mesh Compression Techniques

Wednesday, 1:45-3:45pm

Tetrahedral Mesh Compression with the Cut-Border Machine: Stefan Gumhold, University of Tübingen, WSI/GRIS; Stefan Guthe, University of Tübingen, WSI/GRIS; Wolfgang Straßer, University of Tübingen, WSI/GRIS
New quadric metric for simplifying meshes with appearance attributes: Hugues H Hoppe, Microsoft Research
Progressive Compression of Arbitrary Triangular Meshes: Daniel Cohen-Or, Tel-Aviv, Computer Science; David Levin, Tel-Aviv, Computer Science; Offir Remez, Tel-Aviv, Computer Science
Efficient Compression of Non-Manifold Polygonal Meshes: Andre Gueziec, Multigen-Paradigm, Inc.; Frank Bossen, EPFL, Signal Processing Lab; Gabriel Taubin, IBM.T.J.Watson Research Center, Visual and Geometric Computing; Claudio Silva, AT&T Labs-Research

P3: Features, Images, and Metrics

Wednesday, 1:45-3:45pm

Image Graphs - A Novel Approach to Visual Data Exploration: Kwan-Liu Ma, UC Davis
Forward Image Warping: Baoquan Chen, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Computer Science; Frank Dachille, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Computer Science; Arie Kaufman, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Computer Science
Structured Spatial Domain Image and Data Comparison Metrics: Nivedita Sahasrabudhe, NSF/MSU Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulations, Computational Engineering; John E. West, USAE Waterways Experiment Station, Information Technology Laboratory Major Shared Resource Center; Raghu Machiraju, NSF/MSU Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulations, Computer Science; J. Mark Janus, NSF/MSU Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulations, Aerospace Engineering
Feature Comparisons Of 3-D Vector Fields Using Earth Movers Distance: Rajesh K Batra, Stanford University, Department of Aeronautics/Astronautics; Lambertus Hesselink, Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering

P4: Rendering Techniques

Wednesday, 4:00-5:30pm

Rendering on a Budget: A Framework for Time-Critical Rendering: James T Klosowski, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Visual Technologies; Claudio T Silva, AT&T Labs-Research
Time Critical Multiresolution Scene Rendering: Enrico Gobbetti, CRS4, VVR; Eric Bouvier, CRS4, VVR
Skip Strips: Maintaining Triangle Strips for View-dependent Rendering: Jihad A El-Sana, SUNY at Stony Brook, Computer Science; Elvir Azanli, SUNY at Stony Brook, Computer Science; Amitabh Varshney, SUNY at Stony Brook, Computer Science

P5: Isosurfaces, Glyphs, and Volumes

Thursday, 8:30-10:00am

Isosurface Extraction Techniques for Web-based Volume Visualization: Klaus D Engel, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Computer Science Department; Rüdiger Westermann, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Computer Science Department; Thomas Ertl, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Computer Science Department
Isosurface Extraction in Time-varying Fields Using a Temporal Branch-on-Need Tree (T-BON): Philip M Sutton, University of Utah, Computer Science; Charles D Hansen, University of Utah, Computer Science
Interactive Lens Visualization Techniques: Christopher D Shaw, University of Regina, Department of Computer Science; James A Hall, U. of Regina, Department of Computer Science; David S Ebert, U. of Maryland Baltimore County, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Dept.; Aaron Roberts, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

P6: Virtual Reality

Thursday, 8:30-10:00am

Multi-Projector Displays Using Camera-Based Registration: Ramesh Raskar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Computer Science; Michael S Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Computer Science; Ruigang Yang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Computer Science; Wei-Chao Chen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Computer Science; Greg Welch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Computer Science; Herman Towles, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Computer Science; Brent Seales, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Computer Science; Henry Fuchs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Computer Science
Exploring Geo-Scientific Data in Virtual Environments: Bernd Fröhlich, GMD, IMK; Stephen Barrass, GMD, IMK; Bjoern Zehner, GMD , IMK; John Plate, GMD, IMK; Martin Göbel, GMD, IMK
Animating Wrinkles on Clothes: Sunil Hadap, MIRALab, CUI, University of Geneva; Endre Bangarter; Pascal Volino, MIRALab, CUI, University of Geneva; Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, MIRALab, CUI, University of Geneva

P7: Volume Rendering

Thursday, 10:15am-12:15pm

Hue-Balls and Lit-Tensors for Direct Volume Rendering of Diffusion Tensor Fields: Gordon L Kindlmann, Center for Scientific Computing and Imaging, Computer Science, U of Utah; David M Weinstein, Center for Scientific Computing and Imaging, Computer Science, U of Utah
Mixing Translucent Polygons with Volumes: Kevin A Kreeger, SUNY Stony Brook, Computer Science; Arie Kaufman, SUNY Stony Brook, Computer Science
Multi-resolution Multi-field Ray Tracing: A mathematical overview: Charidimos E Gasparakis, Mitsubishi Electric ITA, Volume Graphics Group
Enabling Classification and Shading for 3D Texture Mapping Based Volume Rendering: Michael Meissner, WSI/GRIS, University of Tübingen, Computer Science; Ulrich Hoffmann, WSI/GRIS, University of Tübingen, Computer Science; Wolfgang Straßer, WSI/GRIS, University of Tübingen, Computer Science

P8: Visualization Systems

Thursday, 1:45-3:45pm

A Distributed Graphics System for Large Tiled Displays: Greg Humphreys, Stanford University, Computer Science; Pat Hanrahan, Stanford University, Computer Science
A Multi-Threaded Streaming Pipeline Architecture for Large Structured Data Sets: C. Charles Law, Kitware, Inc.; Kenneth M. Martin, Kitware, Inc.; William J Schroeder, Kitware, Inc.; Joshua Temkin, Kitware, Inc.
Interactive Exploration of Volume Line Integral Convolution Based on 3D-Texture Mapping: Christof Rezk-Salama, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Computer Graphics Group, Computer Science; Peter Hastreiter, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Computer Graphics Group, Computer Science; Teitzel Christian, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Computer Graphics Group, Computer Science; Thomas Ertl, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Computer Graphics Group, Computer Science
A Framework for Assisted Exploration with Collaboration: Eric A Wernert, Indiana University, Computer Science; Andrew J Hanson, Indiana University, Computer Science

P9: Vector and Tensor Visualization

Thursday, 1:45-3:45pm

Tensorlines: Advection-Diffusion based Propagation through Diffusion Tensor Fields: David M Weinstein, Center for Scientific Computing and Imaging, Computer Science Department, University of Utah; Gordon L Kindlmann, Center for Scientific Computing and Imaging, Computer Science, University of Utah; Eric C Lundberg, Center for Scientific Computing and Imaging, Computer Science, University of Utah
Visualizing Planar Vector Fields with Normal Component Using Line Integral Convolution: Gerik Scheuermann, University of Kaiserslautern, Department of Computer Science; Holger Burbach, University of Kaiserslautern, Department of Computer Science; Hans Hagen, University of Kaiserslautern, Department of Computer Science
The "Parallel Vectors" Operator - A Vector Field Visualization Primitive: Ronald Peikert, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Computer Science; Martin Roth, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Computer Science
C1-Interpolation for Vector Field Topology Visualization: Gerik Scheuermann, University of Kaiserslautern, Department of Computer Science; Xavier Tricoche, University of Kaiserslautern, Department of Computer Science; Hans Hagen, University of Kaiserslautern, Department of Computer Science

P10: Terrain Visualization

Thursday, 4:00-5:30pm

Optimal Triangular Haar Bases for Spherical Data: Georges-Pierre Bonneau, LMC-CNRS
Cracking the Cracking Problem with Coons Patches: Gregory M Nielson, Arizona State University, Computer Science and Engineering; Dave Holliday, Arizona State University, Computer Science and Engineering; Tom Roxborough, Arizona State University, Computer Science and Engineering
LOD-Sprite Technique for Accelerated Terrain Rendering: Baoquan Chen, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Computer Science; J. Edward Swan II, The Naval Research Laboratory; Eddy Kuo, The Naval Research Laboratory; Arie Kaufman, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Computer Science

P11: Mesh Techniques and Compression

Friday, 8:30-10am

Implant Sprays: Compression of Progressive Tetrahedral Mesh Connectivity: Renato B Pajarola, Georgia Institute of Technology, GVU Center, College of Computing; Jarek Rossignac, Georgia Institute of Technology, GVU Center, College of Computing; Andrzej Szymczak, Georgia Institute of Technology, GVU Center
Progressive Compression and Transmission of Arbitrary Triangular Meshes: Chandrajit L. Bajaj, University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Computer Sciences; Valerio Pascucci, University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Computer Sciences; Guozhong Zhuang, University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Computer Sciences
Spiraling Edge: Fast Surface Reconstruction from Partially Organized Sample Points: Patricia J Crossno, Sandia National Laboratories, Data Visualization and Exploration; Edward S Angel, University of New Mexico, Computer Science

P12: Flow Visualization

Friday, 10:15am-12:15pm

Anisotropic Nonlinear Diffusion in Flow Visualization: Tobias Preusser, Universitaet Bonn, Angewandte Mathematik; Martin Rumpf, Universitaet Bonn
Visualizing Multivalued Data from 2D Incompressible Flows Using Concepts from Painting: R M Kirby, Brown U, Computer Science; H Marmanis, Brown U, Applied Math; David H. Laidlaw, Brown U, Computer Science
PLIC: Bridging the Gap Between Streamlines and LIC: Vivek Verma, UCSC, Computer Science Department; David Kao, NASA Ames Research Center, Data Analysis Group; Alex Pang, UCSC, Computer Science Department
Collapsing Flow Topology Using Area Metrics: Wim C de Leeuw, Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, Software Engineering; Robert van Liere, Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, Software Engineering

P13: Volume Rendering