visualization

Point cloud and volume data reconstruction and visualization

Dr. Ciril Bohak, Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Abstract Our ongoing research on the reconstruction of aerial point cloud data includes reconstructing the parts of the data that are not captured by the airplane mounted LiDAR system due to the shadowing effect and lack of reflections. We are developing methods for reconstructing (1) building walls, (2) reconstruction of bridges and underlying terrain; (3) reconstruction of water surfaces of lakes and rivers, and (4) reconstruction of terrain overhangs. In all the cases we are merging the point cloud data with cadaster data or digital terrain model data for filling the gaps in the point cloud

KAUST Cell Visualization Summit 2019

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You are invited to attend the KAUST Cell Visualization Summit 2019 organized by the Nanovisualization group from the Visual Computing Center (VCC). The summit will focus on the technological advancement that can lead to an in-silico virtual and visual representation by integrating current knowledge into a unified structural and dynamic model of a living cell. Each keynote speaker will relate to one of the technological aspects (modeling, visualization, and interaction). Keynote speakers Arthur Olson Graham Johnson Anders Ynnerman For more information about the summit, please click here. If you

Visualization Methods for Graphs&Networks

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Inevitably, the projection of most graph structures on two-dimensional screens will create errors and therefore visually wrong impressions. In the past, two types of methods have been developed to minimize projection errors and distribute them in a visually pleasing way. The first group of methods, force-directed layouts, interpret the links of a graph as physical springs, while stress-based methods minimize an energy function, which aims to map graph distances faithfully.

Nanovisualization Research Group is hiring

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Nanovisualization Research Group is hiring scientific staff on the levels of Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Fellow, and Graduate Student. Follow the links to apply for the respective position: Research Scientist position Postdoctoral Fellow Graduate Student

Professor Ivan Viola Joins the Visual Computing Center

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We are proudly announcing that Professor Ivan Viola has joined VCC as an Associate Professor of Computer Science in November, 2018. He is establishing the Nano-visualization Research Group as a part of the Visual Computing Center. Prof. Viola has a master and Ph.D. from TU Wien in Austria. He has received a series of honors and recognition for his contribution to computing visualization such as the Austrian Computer Graphics Award 2016 for the Best Technical Solution, and the 1st Place Eurographics Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine 2013. Prof. Viola was attracted to KAUST for

Prof. Ivan Viola acts as Eurovis 2020 Full Papers Chair

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Prof. Ivan Viola will act as the Eurovis 2020 Full Papers Chair in the upcoming joint conferences Eurographics and Eurovis 2020. For the first time, the two conferences Eurographics and Eurovis (EGEV) will run together, as a single event, to be hosted in Norrköping, Sweden from May 25th-29th, 2020.

The NANOVIS team wins the 1st Place in Graph Drawing Contest 2019

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The NANOVIS team has won the 1st Place in Graph Drawing Contest 2019 under the category of "Creative Topic #2 Meal Ingredients" on their graph "Worldmap of Food". The contest took place in the 27th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD'19) that was held from September 17 to 20, 2019 in Průhonice/Prague, Czechia. Check the full poster:

Three papers with contributions from the NANOVIS team will be presented at IEEE VIS

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Three papers with contributions from the NANOVIS team will be presented at IEEE VIS 2019 that will be held from 20 to 25 October 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. Multi-Scale Procedural Animations of Microtubule Dynamics Based on Measured Data ScaleTrotter: Illustrative Visual Travels across Negative Scales Data-aware Continuous Colormap Refinement for 2D Scalar Field Visualization IEEE VIS 2019 is the premier forum for advances in visualization for academia, government, and industry. This week-long event brings together researchers and practitioners with a shared interest in visualization.

Modeling in the Time of COVID-19: Statistical and Rule-based Mesoscale Models

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We present a new technique for rapid modeling and construction of scientifically accurate mesoscale biological models. Resulting 3D models are based on few 2D microscopy scans and the latest knowledge about the biological entity represented as a set of geometric relationships. Our new technique is based on statistical and rule-based modeling approaches that are rapid to author, fast to construct, and easy to revise. From a few 2D microscopy scans, we learn statistical properties of various structural aspects, such as the outer membrane shape, spatial properties and distribution characteristics

Dr. Alexandre A. Kouyoumdjian Joins the Nanovisualization Research Group

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We are proudly announcing that Dr. Alexandre A. Kouyoumdjian has joined the Nanovisualization Research Group as a Research Scientist working with Professor Ivan Viola. His main research interests are Visualization & Computer Graphics, Human-Computer Interaction & Virtual Reality, and Microarchitecture. Dr. Alexandre A. Kouyoumdjian has also worked in the industry as an R&D Consultant for a start-up that develops VR applications meant to ease chronic pain and a graphics programmer for a game studio.

Donggang Jia

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Donggang Jia is a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Program under the supervision of Professor Ivan Viola in the Nanovisualization Research Group at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Donggang has a Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. Before that, he received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. Research Interest Donggang is focusing on computer graphics and visualization

Dawar Khan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Dawar Khan has been working as a Postdoctoral researcher with Professor Ivan Viola in the Nanovisualization Research Group, at Visual Computing Center, KAUST - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, since April 2022. Previously he worked as assistant professor at Interactive Media Design Lab, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan and at the University of Haripur, Pakistan. Education and Early Career He received the BS and MS degrees in computer science from the University of Malakand, Pakistan, in 2011 and 2014, respectively, and the PhD degree in

Alexandre A. Kouyoumdjian

Research Scientist, Computer Science
Dr. Alexandre A. Kouyoumdjian has joined the Nanovisualization Research Group as a Research Scientist working with Professor Ivan Viola. His main research interests are Visualization & Computer Graphics, Human-Computer Interaction & Virtual Reality, and Microarchitecture. Dr. Alexandre A. Kouyoumdjian has also worked in the industry as an R&D Consultant for a start-up that develops VR applications meant to ease chronic pain and a graphics programmer for a game studio. Education Profile Ph.D., Computer Science, Université Paris-Saclay,FRANCE, 2018 M.S., Computer Science (Bioinformatics and