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

Domains

Virtual Environments offer a new potential by a more intensive experience of 3D spatial information and natural forms of interaction, to increase the understanding of dynamic spatial relationships. This intensive exposure of scientists to simulation models and data is achieved by representing these as 3D artificial worlds that are suitable for navigation, interaction, and quantification. We work on visualization algorithms, interaction techniques and supportive development tools to build flexible interactive visualization applications in Virtual environments.
Projects: PDRIVE, Cloud Explorer, iVR, IntenSelect, MolDrive, VRX

In Flow Visualisation, the research concentrates on visualisation of 3D data fields, both scalar and vector fields. Methods are developed for visualisation of 3D fields based on regular or curvilinear grids. For scalar fields, volume ray casting and hybrid rendering techniques have been developed. For visualisation of vector fields several techniques were developed, such as particle tracing, interactive probing, and selective visualisation. Also, visualisation techniques are developed for specific physical flow phenomena such as turbulence.
Projects: Interactive Isosurfacing,Feature-based Flow Visualisation,Multi-resolution Visualisation of Large Time-dependent Data Sets, Atmospheric Simulation and Visualization

In addition, people in our group also work on general graphics and visualisation problems in various other areas.

Current Researchers: Gerwin de Haan, Frits Post
External Researchers: Michal Koutek, working at KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)
Current Students: Berend Wouda

Former Researchers: Eric Griffith Former Students: Huib Piguillet, Torsten Stoeter

Publications

Some publications that represent our work include:

• Gerwin de Haan, Huib Piguillet, Frits Post, "Spatial Navigation for Context-Aware Video Surveillance", In: Computer Graphics and Applications, Special Issue on MultiMedia Analytics (September 2010). Entry on DOI on Computer.org, IEEE Explore, ACM Portal.

• "Consistent Viewing and Interaction for Multiple Users in Projection-Based Virtual Reality" (pdf), Eurographics, Prague, September 2007

• "PDRIVE: The Projector-based, Desktop Reach-In Virtual Environment",(pdf) EGVE/IPT 2007 Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments/ Immersive Projection Technology , Weimar, July 2007

• "A Reprocessing Tool for Quantitative Data Analysis in a Virtual Environment", (pdf), VRST 2006, 2006

• "Hybrid Interfaces in VEs: Intent and Interaction" (pdf), Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments 2006, Lissabon, 2006.

The full publications list of the visualisation group can be browsed by clicking here.

In the News

• Euronews,"The CloudBusters", 1 March 2011,View article and video

• EenVandaag Dutch Television "In the Clouds", 26 August 2010, View article and video

• Reuter's Press Release "Researchers hope to clear mystery from clouds", 22 April 2009, View article and pictures

• De Ingenieur, 20 februari 2009 , "Techniek In Beeld: Wolk bevat dynamische deeltjes" [Scanned Article]

• Technisch Weekblad, 13 december 2008, "Mooiweerwolken belangrijk in klimaatmodellen" [Scanned Article]

Project List

• CloudViewer: Web-based 3D viewing of geodata (2011~now)

• Virtual Environments for Surveillance Video Streams Analysis (2007~now, with MSc. student Josef Scheuer, Huib Piguillet)

• Interactive Visualization and Simulation of Flooding Scenarios (2010~now, Gerwin de Haan)

• Atmospheric Simulation and Visualization - Interactively studying the formation of clouds using fast visualization and simulation.

• Virtual Environments for 3D GIS / Pointclouds (2008~now, Gerwin de Haan)

• Interaction Development - architectures and techniques for development of interaction behavior (see also list of scripting in 3D toolkits)

• Wii Balance Board for VR - using the Wii Balance Board as a low-cost VR interaction tool

• PDRIVE, our "Projector-based, Desktop Reach-In Virtual Environment "

• CloudExplorer - exploration of large atmospheric datasets in Virtual Reality

• iVR - interactive Virtual Reality, toolkit for constructing Virtual Reality applications

• IntenSelect - an improved selection technique for Virtual Reality

• VRX - Virtual Reality Explorer, interactive data visualisation in Virtual Reality

• MolDRIVE - Molecular Dynamics in Real-time Immersive Virtual Environment

• Interactive Isosurfacing and Feature-based Flow Visualisation

Available Student Projects

If you are an MSc. or BSc. student and you're interested in doing a project in visualisation or VR, please take a look at the available projects listed below or in the general project list. If you have a special project in mind, novel ideas on graphics, displays, cameras, Augmented Reality, interfaces, interaction or just a simple question please don't hesitate to contact either Gerwin de Haan (VR guy) or Frits Post (leader of the Visualisation Group and guru of all things visualisation).

Here is a (non-exhaustive) list with proposals for available projects:

• Extending 3D Scenario Editor for Virtual Mission Simulation, in collaboration with TNO The Hague (BSc Level)

• Visualization of Human Physical Load (proposals for "part 1" and "part 2"), in collaboration with TNO Quality of Life, Hoofddorp (BSc or MSc Level)

• Meteorological Visualization, in collaboration with Royal Netherlands Weather Institute KNMI, De Bilt (MSc Level)
• Forensic Visualization, in collaboration with Forensic Police Department, Rotterdam (BSc + MSc Level)

• Character animation for Virtual Environments (TNO The Hague, posted Dec 2009)

• Multi-Touch for Simulations (TNO The Hague, posted Dec 2009)

• Physics in Virtual Environments (TNO The Hague, posted Dec 2009)

• Virtual Video Surveillance Scenarios (Bsc level, posted Februari 2009)

• 3D Visualization of Ultrasonic Inspection Data Using Virtual Reality (posted May 2008)

• Visual Perception of Stereo Projections for Virtual Reality (posted May 2007)

• Interactive Web-based Visualisation of Chemistry Simulations (posted Feb 2007)

• Conveying Information using Storytelling in Visualisation and VR (posted Jan 2006)

Completed Student Projects

• BSc Project, "3D Scenario Editor for Virtual Mission Simulation" (TNO The Hague, August 2010)

• Josef Scheuer, "Supporting Video Surveillance by Computer Graphics" (29 november 2007)

• Dylan Dussel, "Interactive GPU-based Particle Tracing for Cumulus Clouds Research" (20 november 2007)

• Rene Molenaar, "Viewing and Interaction for Multiple Users in Projection-Based VR Systems" (april 2007)

• Mark van Ameijden, "Connecting Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Visualization in a Grid" (2006)

• Ruixin Wang, "Graphical Programming Environment for Culgi" (2005)

• Yang Yang, "Multi-resolution Visualisation of Large Time-dependent Data Sets" (2005)

Related Labs

At several groups and labs around TU Delft, people work on and with graphics, perception, interaction and even Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality:

• Our Virtual Reality Laboratory VRLab, a joint effort of Computer Graphics Group (EEMCS) and TNW

• Virtual Reality Phobia project (Head Mounted displays), by the Man-Machine Interaction group (EEMCS)

• Experience lab, perception and interaction, by the Man-Machine Interaction group (EEMCS)

• ProtoSpace, Interactive Architecture Group at Architecture

• Applied Geology group's 3D Lab,(more evidence)

• Computer Aided Design and Engineering group, with Augmented Reality work, (Holovisio display) Industrial Design department

• http://www.otb.tudelft.nl, 3D GIS project (Planar display), Research Insititute OTB

• ID studiolab, user-centered and design-driven products and interfaces, Industrial Design department

Related Work in the Netherlands

• AR+RFID Lab is a collaboration initiative of the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and local companies in creative industry.