Akce ČVUT

Přednáška: Eduard Gröller - Visual Computing and Comparative Visualization

15.04.2016   11:00-12:00

Abstract

Visualization and Visual Computing use computer-supported, interactive, visual representations of (abstract) data to amplify cognition. In recent years data complexity and variability has increased considerably. This is due to new data sources as well as the availability of uncertainty, error and tolerance information. Instead of individual objects entire sets, collections, and ensembles are visually investigated. This raises the need for effective comparative visualization approaches. Visual data science and computational sciences provide vast amounts of digital variations of a phenomenon which can be explored through superposition, juxtaposition and explicit difference encoding. A few examples of comparative approaches coming from the various areas of visualization, i.e., scientific visualization, information visualization and visual analytics will be treated in more detail. Analysis techniques which combine visualization and simulation to assist decision making in flooding scenarios, indoor lighting design and city planning will be discussed. Given the amplified data variability, comparative visualization techniques are likely to gain in importance in the future. Research challenges, directions, and issues concerning this innovative area are sketched at the end of the talk.

Short Biography

Eduard Gröller is professor at TU Wien, Austria, and adjunct professor of computer science at the University of Bergen, Norway. His research interests include computer graphics, visualization and visual computing. He co-authored more than 250 scientific publications and acted as a co-chair, IPC member, and reviewer for numerous conferences and journals in the field. He became a fellow of the Eurographics association in 2009. Dr. Gröller has been Co-Chief Editor of the Computer Graphics Forum journal (2008-2011) and chair of the EuroVis 2012 conference. He is the recipient of the Eurographics 2015 Outstanding Technical Contributions Award.

Místo konání

posluchárna KN:E-301 (ČVUT FEL, Karlovo náměstí 13, budova E)

Kontaktní osoba

doc. Ing. Jiří Bittner, Ph.D., bittner@fel.cvut.cz

Podrobnější informace

http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/staff/EduardGroeller.html