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Scientific Visualization Group @ LiU

The group Scientific Visualization is a part of the division for Media and Information Technology (MIT) at Linköping University (LiU).

The group activities range from basic research questions to effective solution of visualization problems originating from diverse application areas. This is developing novel analysis, visualization and exploration techniques for a better understanding and communication of large data.

The applications include fluid-flow simulations, molecular dynamics, digital pathology, material sciences, astronomy, space missions and many medical topics. We develop methods for rendering, analysis and exploration of complex data including scalar, vector and tensor fields.

The research builds on ideas and methods from different areas of computer sciences and mathematics, such as computer graphics, computer vision, dynamical systems, computational geometry, and combinatorial topology.

Research areas

Staff

Some of our software frameworks

OpenSpace

OpenSpace is open source interactive data visualization software designed to visualize the entire known universe and portray our ongoing efforts to investigate the cosmos.

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Inviwo

Inviwo is a software framework for the rapid prototyping visualizations. It is written in C++, exploits modern graphics hardware, and is available under BSD license, which permits free use in any setup - also commercially.

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VIA MD

Visual Interactive Analysis of Molecular Dynamics

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Publications

Aromatic hexazine [N6]4− anion featured in the complex structure of the high-pressure potassium nitrogen compound K9N56 Dominique Laniel, Florian Trybel, Yuqing Yin, Timofey Fedotenko, Saiana Khandarkhaeva, Andrey Aslandukov, Georgios Aprilis, Alexei I Abrikosov, Talha Bin Masood, Carlotta Giacobbe, Eleanor Lawrence Bright, Konstantin Glazyrin, Michael Hanfland, Jonathan Wright, Ingrid Hotz, Igor A Abrikosov, Leonid Dubrovinsky, and Natalia Dubrovinskaia Nature Chemistry, 2023
Continuous scatterplot operators for bivariate analysis and study of electronic transitions Mohit Sharma, Talha Bin Masood, Signe Sidwall Thygesen, Mathieu Linares, Ingrid Hotz, Vijay Natarajan IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2023
Subject-specific brain activity analysis in fMRI data using merge trees Farhan Rasheed, Daniel Jönsson, Emma Nilsson, Talha Bin Masood, Ingrid Hotz Topological Data Analysis and Visualization (TopoInVis 2022), Oklahoma City, USA, pages 113-123, 2022 Honorable mention award
Towards benchmark data generation for feature tracking in scalar fields Emma Nilsson, Jonas Lukasczyk, Talha Bin Masood, Christoph Garth, Ingrid Hotz Topological Data Analysis and Visualization (TopoInVis 2022), Oklahoma City, USA, pages 103-112, 2022
Exploring cyclone evolution with hierarchical features Emma Nilsson, Jonas Lukasczyk, Wito Engelke, Talha Bin Masood, Gunilla Svensson, Rodrigo Caballero, Christoph Garth, Ingrid Hotz Topological Data Analysis and Visualization (TopoInVis 2022), Oklahoma City, USA, pages 92-102, 2022
A topology-based approach towards subject-specific brain activity analysis in fMRI data Farhan Rasheed, Daniel Jönsson, Emma Nilsson, Talha Bin Masood, Ingrid Hotz Poster, Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM), 2022
Level of detail exploration of electronic transition ensembles using hierarchical clustering Signe Sidwall Thygesen, Talha Bin Masood, Mathieu Linares, Vijay Natarajan, Ingrid Hotz EuroVis 2022, Computer Graphics Forum, 41(3), pages 333-344, 2022
Geometry aware merge tree comparisons for time-varying data with interleaving distances Lin Yan, Talha Bin Masood, Farhan Rasheed, Ingrid Hotz, Bei Wang IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2022
Morse theory-based segmentation and fabric quantification of granular materials Karran Pandey, Talha Bin Masood, Saurabh Singh, Ingrid Hotz, Vijay Natarajan, Tejas G. Murthy Granular Matter, 24(1), 27, 2022
Segmentation Driven Peeling for Visual Analysis of Electronic Transitions Mohit Sharma, Talha Bin Masood, Signe Sidwall Thygesen, Mathieu Linares, Ingrid Hotz, Vijay Natarajan IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS), New Orleans, USA, pages 96-100, 2021
An Overview of the Topology ToolKit Talha Bin Masood, Joseph Budin, Martin Falk, Guillaume Favelier, Christoph Garth, Charles Gueunet, Pierre Guillou, Lutz Hofmann, Petar Hristov, Adhitya Kamakshidasan, Christopher Kappe, Pavol Klacansky, Patrick Laurin, Joshua A. Levine, Jonas Lukasczyk, Daisuke Sakurai, Maxime Soler, Peter Steneteg, Julien Tierny, Will Usher, Jules Vidal, Michal Wozniak In Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization VI. Ingrid Hotz, Talha Bin Masood, Filip Sadlo, Julien Tierny (Eds.), Springer Nature, Mathematics and Visualization Series, pages 327–342, 2021
Report of the TopoInVis TTK Hackathon: Experiences, Lessons Learned, and Perspectives Jonas Lukasczyk, Jakob Beran, Wito Engelke, Martin Falk, Anke Friederici, Christoph Garth, Lutz Hofmann, Ingrid Hotz, Petar Hristov, Wiebke Köpp, Talha Bin Masood, Małgorzata Olejniczak, Paul Rosen, Jan-Tobias Sohns, Tino Weinkauf, Kilian Werner, Julien Tierny In Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization VI. Ingrid Hotz, Talha Bin Masood, Filip Sadlo, Julien Tierny (Eds.), Springer Nature, Mathematics and Visualization Series, pages 359–373, 2021
Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization VI Ingrid Hotz, Talha Bin Masood, Filip Sadlo, Julien Tierny Mathematics and Visualization Series, Springer, 2021
Topology-Based Feature Design and Tracking for Multi-center Cyclones Wito Engelke, Talha Bin Masood, Jakob Beran, Rodrigo Caballero, Ingrid Hotz In Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization VI. Ingrid Hotz, Talha Bin Masood, Filip Sadlo, Julien Tierny (Eds.), Springer Nature, Mathematics and Visualization Series, pages 71–85, 2021
Scalar field comparison with topological descriptors: Properties and applications for scientific visualization Lin Yan, Talha Bin Masood, Raghavendra Sridharamurthy, Farhan Rasheed, Vijay Natarajan, Ingrid Hotz, Bei Wang EuroVis 2021, Computer Graphics Forum, 40(3), pages 599-633, 2021
Visual analysis of electronic densities and transitions in molecules Talha Bin Masood, Signe Sidwall Thygesen, Mathieu Linares, Alexei I. Abrikosov, Vijay Natarajan, Ingrid Hotz EuroVis 2021, Computer Graphics Forum, 40(3), pages 287-298, 2021
Visualization in Astrophysics: Developing New Methods, Discovering Our Universe, and Educating the Earth F. Lan, M. Young, L. Anderson, A. Ynnerman, A. Bock, M. Borkin, A. Forbes, J. Kollmeier, B. Wang Computer Graphics Forum, 2021
OpenSpace Sonification: Complementing Visualization of the Solar System with Sound E. Elmquist, M. Ejdbo, A. Bock, N. Rönnberg International Community for Auditory Displays, 2021
Topological analysis of density fields: An evaluation of segmentation methods Alexei I. Abrikosov, Talha Bin Masood, Martin Falk, Ingrid Hotz MolVA 2021, Computers & Graphics, 98, pages 231-241, 2021
High-pressure synthesis of Dirac materials: Layered van der Waals bonded BeN4 polymorph Maxim Bykov, Timofey Fedotenko, Stella Chariton, Dominique Laniel, Konstantin Glazyrin, Michael Hanfland, Jesse S. Smith, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Mohammad F. Mahmood, Alexander F. Goncharov, Alena V. Ponomareva, Ferenc Tasnádi, Alexei I. Abrikosov, Talha Bin Masood, Ingrid Hotz, Alexander N. Rudenko, Mikhail I. Katsnelson, Natalia Dubrovinskaia, Leonid Dubrovinsky, and Igor A. Abrikosov Physical Review Letters, 126(17), 175501, 2021
Visualization of Tensor Fields in Mechanics C. Hergl, C. Blecha, V. Kretzschmar, F. Raith, F. Günther, M. Stommel, J.Jankowai, I. Hotz, T. Nagel, G. Scheuermann Computer Graphics Forum, 2021
Continuous histograms for anisotropy of 2D symmetric piece-wise linear tensor fields Talha Bin Masood, Ingrid Hotz In Anisotropy Across Fields and Scales. Evren Özarslan, Andrea Fuster, Thomas Schultz, Eugene Zhang (Eds.) Springer-Verlag, Mathematics and Visualization Series. pages 39-70, 2021 Cover Image
Tensor volume exploration using attribute space representatives J.Jankowai, R. Skånberg, D. Jönsson, A. Ynnerman, I. Hotz Levia 2020, 2020
Reaching Broad Audiences from a Science Center or Museum Setting A. Ynnerman, P. Ljung, A. Bock Foundations of Data Visualization, 2020
Parallel computation of alpha complexes for biomolecules Talha Bin Masood, Tathagata Ray, Vijay Natarajan Computational Geometry, 90, 101651, 2020
Unwind: Interactive Fish Straightening F. Williams, A. Bock, H. Doraiswamy, C. Donatelli, K. Hall, A. Summers, D. Panozzo, C. Silva CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2020
Feature Level-Sets: Generalizing Iso-surfaces to Multi-variate Data J.Jankowai, I. Hotz IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2020
Interactive Visualization of Atmospheric Effects for Celestial Bodies J. Costa, A. Bock, C. Emmart, C. Hansen, A. Ynnerman, C. Silva IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2020
Parallel computation of alpha complexes for biomolecules Talha Bin Masood, Tathagata Ray, Vijay Natarajan 36th International Symposium on Computational Geometry, SoCG 2020, LIPIcs, 164, pages 17:1-17:16, 2020
Visualizing a Billion Stars for Science and Education J. Faherty, B. Abbott, A. Alsegård, C. Emmart, A. Bock, E. Axelsson, A. Ynnerman, M. Acinapura American Astronomical Society meeting #235, 2020
OpenSpace: A System for Astrographics A. Bock, E. Axelsson, J. Costa, G. Payne, M. Acinapura, V. Trakinski, C. Emmart, C. Silva, C. Hansen, A. Ynnerman IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2020

This paper describes how OpenSpace meets these challenges in an open source effort thatis paving the path for the next generation of interactive astrographics.

Edit distance between merge trees Raghavendra Sridharamurthy, Talha Bin Masood, Adhitya Kamakshidasan, Vijay Natarajan IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 26(3), pages 1518-1531, 2020
IDEAS: Immersive Dome Experiences for Accelerating Science J. Faherty, M. SubbaRao, R. Wyatt, A. Ynnerman, N. deGrasse Tyson, A. Geller, M. Weber, P. Rosenfield, W. Steffen, G. Stoeckle, D. Weiskopf, M. Magnor, P. Williams, B. Abbott, L. Marchetti, T. Jarrett, J. Fay, J. Peek, O. Graur, P. Durrell, D. Homeier, H. Preston, T. Müller, J. Vos, D. Brown, P. Giorla, E. Rice, D. Bardalez Gagliuffi, A. Bock, J. Hedberg, D. Rosen, C. Emmart ASTRO 2020 White Paper, 2019
Robust Extraction and Simplification of 2D Symmetric Tensor Field Topology J.Jankowai, B.Wang, I. Hotz Computer Graphics Forum, 2019
Visual analysis of charge flow networks for complex morphologies Sathish Kottravel, Martin Falk, Talha Bin Masood, Mathieu Linares, Ingrid Hotz EuroVis 2019, Computer Graphics Forum, 38(3), pages 479-489, 2019
OpenSpace: Bringing NASA Missions to the Public A. Bock, C. Hansen, A. Ynnerman IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, 2018
Tailoring visualization applications for tasks and users A. Bock PhD Thesis, 2018
OpenSpace: Changing the Narrative of Public Dissemination in Astronomical Visualization from What to How A. Bock, E. Axelsson, C. Emmart, M. Kuznetsova, C. Hansen, A. Ynnerman IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, 2018
Globe Browsing in OpenSpace K. Bladin, A. Bock, A. Ynnerman Computer, 2018