Get warned before crashing: The DeVIDE Memory Monitor!

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:31:00 +0000

With large datasets and complex networks, DeVIDE requires (much) more memory. At some point, you try to allocate just a few hundred megabytes more, and then you’re sitting there staring at the command prompt: DeVIDE has crashed due to your system running out of more memory to give it.

There’s not all that much we can do about this. However, with the new memory monitor (see screenshot below), you should at least not be that surprised anymore:

Memory monitor, showing you total (physical + swap) memory usage on your system.

To upgrade your DeVIDE 12.2.7 installation to a development snapshot, follow these not-so-simple instructions.

DeVIDE 12.2.7 sees the light of day!

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:46:50 +0000

Ok people, it finally happened! We have managed to squeeze out a brand-new “stable” release of DeVIDE, about 2.5 years since the previous one.

First check the list of major changes since the previous release, then go to the website frontpage to see if you agree with the list of features that we have compiled, then download yer binaries from the downloads page!

Enjoy!

• p.s. Please send me nice screenshots. Stories of how you’re using the software would also be awesome.
• p.p.s. Don’t forget to cite the DeVIDE paper if you find it useful in your work.

Frits Post receives Visualization Career Award

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 07:06:53 +0000

We are proud to announce that Frits Post received the IEEE VGTC Visualization Career Award. At VisWeek 2011, the annual IEEE Visualization conference held 23-28 October in Providence, RI, he received his award. With this award, the international visualization community recognises his outstanding contributions to the research field, and flow visualization in particular. In his acceptance speech, Frits briefly discussed his 20+ years in the visualization field and expressed his gratitude for great collaborations in several organizational committees, and for the PhDs he supervised from 1989 through 2011. Earlier this year, Post also received the Eurographics Honorary Fellowship from the European association for computer graphics. Frits Post, now officially retired, indicated he will continue to visit the Computer Graphics and Visualization group at Delft University of Technology regularly to advise on ongoing research.

(Update: here is the accompanying award text and a snapshot of the award plaque itself)

Frits Post receives Visualization Career Award at Visweek 2011