Center for GRAVITY

PIs: Falko Kuester

Co-PIs: Masanobu Shinozuka

Related People: Simon Penny, James Arvo, Kai-Uwe Doerr, Christopher Knox, Thomas Wischgoll,

Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF), Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE), Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER),

Sponsors: EON Reality Inc., Kajima Corporation, Microsoft, nVIDIA, Silicon Graphics Inc., Spatial Corporation, Steelcase,

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The research efforts of the Visualization and Interactive Systems Group are focused in the fields of visualization, geometric modeling, computer graphics, and immersive environments. Visualization involves techniques for the "transformation" of data into meaningful, computer-generated images. Example application areas for visualization technology include the analysis of data encountered in computational fluid dynamics, physics, chemistry, molecular biology, medical and satellite imaging, the simulation of complex hydrodynamic processes and structural systems. Geometric modeling involves methods for the representation and manipulation of curves and surfaces with applications in the automotive and aircraft industries. Computer graphics involves the development of algorithms that allow the generation of highly realistic computer-generated images of complex three-dimensional objects and phenomena. Virtual reality and immersive environments are an emerging technology that provides engineers and scientists with a means for the exploration and analysis of massive and complex three-dimensional data. The data is typically rendered stereoscopically, in a virtual interaction space. The research areas of our group include: * Digital Image Processing * Computer Graphics * Scientific Visualization * Biomedical Imaging * Virtual Reality * Information Visualization * Machine Vision * Human Computer Interaction