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[Andreas Adelmann <andreas.adelmann AT psi.ch>]

Dear colleagues on July 9 14.00 SZ-WBGB/021 Dr. Harinarayan Krishnan from Lawrence Berkeley Lab will talk about

Enabling Domain-Centric Visualization and Analysis in High Performance Computing Environments

Abstract: 
Multi-institutional interdisciplinary domain science teams are increasingly commonplace in modern high performance computing (HPC) environments. Visualization tools, such as VisIt, have traditionally focused more on improving scalability, performance, 

and efficiency of algorithms over enabling teams to have easier and comprehensive access to HPC resources. In addition, visualization tools provide an algorithm-based infrastructure focusing on a diverse set of readers, plots, and operations rather than 

higher level domain-specific algorithms when providing solutions to the scientific community. This strategy yields a higher return on investment, but increases complexity for the user community.

Larger, more diverse teams of scientists, now faced with a distributed environment often find traditional modes of generic visualization, standard methods of data sharing and a lack of collaboration capabilities 

as an additional issues detracting from their focus on scientific research. 

We have implemented three new features within VisIt to address these needs and enable domain scientists to refocus their efforts on more productive endeavors. These features include tailored visualization using a new 

PySide infrastructure, a new parallel analysis framework supporting Python & R scripting, and a collaboration suite that allows sharing results and communicating among a variety of display mediums from mobile devices to 

visualization clusters. The aim is to enhance the experience of domain scientists by streamlining their work environment, providing easy access to a complex set of resources, and enabling collaborations, sharing, and communication for a diverse team. 

Please distribute to interested colleagues

Thanks 

Andreas
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