Visualising and Analysing Massive Astronomical Datasets with PartiView Charles Liu Department of Astrophysics and Hayden Planetarium American Museum of Natural History New York, NY U.S.A.
Visualising and Analysing Massive Astronomical Datasets with PartiView Charles Liu Department of Astrophysics and Hayden Planetarium American Museum of.
Jan 01, 2016
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Visualising and Analysing Massive Astronomical Datasets
with PartiView
Charles Liu
Department of Astrophysics and Hayden Planetarium
American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY U.S.A.
Some of the Key People:
Brian Abbott (AMNH)Donna Cox (NCSA/U. Illinois)Carter Emmart (AMNH)Piet Hut (IAS)Stuart Levy (NCSA/U. Illinois)Steve McMillan (Drexel U.)Peter Teuben (U. Maryland)
Special Thanks To And Also To
WHY do we want to look at this stuff?
The human eye as an analysis tool - pattern recognition, morphology
WHY do we want to look at this stuff?
The human eye as an analysis tool - pattern recognition, morphology
More important: visual information as conduit to knowledge and understanding
“A picture is worth a thousand words”
“Can’t tell you what it is, but I know it when I see it”
WHY do we want to look at this stuff?
The human eye as an analysis tool - pattern recognition, morphology
More important: visual information as conduit to knowledge and understanding
“A picture is worth a thousand words”
“Can’t tell you what it is, but I know it when I see it”
Plus: IT’S PRETTY!
(From KNPO/AURA/NSF)
HOW do we want to look at this stuff?
With a tool that’s EASY to use
With a tool that’s FLEXIBLE - applicable to numerous systems with little added effort
With a tool that’s USEFUL - produce interesting results, achieve tangible goals.
PartiView(“Particle Viewer”)
Real-time data visualization and analysis tool
Written at NCSA by Stuart Levy
Being developed at AMNH and supported for public distribution - someday, open source
PartiView
(Live demonstration of the software here)
For more information, or to download software:
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org
http://research.amnh.org/astrophysics
PartiView
Easy - shallow learning curve, simple commands
Flexible - venues from laptop to Cave to Dome;
wide applications, astronomical and otherwise
Useful - hmm… well… Soon!
PartiView
Easy - shallow learning curve, simple commands
Flexible - venues from laptop to Cave to Dome;
wide applications, astronomical and otherwise
Useful - hmm… well… Soon!
Well, actually, NOW - in one key application:
Broadening The Scope of VO with Visualisation
Visualisation has proven to be VERY POWERFUL!
Virtual Observatory At A Glance
The Last Slide
It’s already being used for broadening the VO scope.
Its development has and will parallel VO evolution.
Its primary purpose will be for VO scientific use.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO USE IT ?http://www.haydenplanetarium.org
http://research.amnh.org/astrophysics
An easy, flexible, and fully scalable visualisation tool now exists for VO.
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