[UCI-Calit2] Seeking Input Regarding Hiperwall

Shellie Nazarenus snaz at calit2.uci.edu
Fri Apr 2 09:08:01 PDT 2010


We are in the process of establishing a recharge mechanism for CALIT2
Hiperwall. The Campus Budget office requires feedback from potential
users to show need of the proposed recharge facility. Our proposed rates
for the use of the wall are $50 per hour for internal users and $78 per
hour for external users. The fee would include a staff person to operate
the wall. We ask that you take the time to let us know if you would be
interested in using this facility. Please reply all comments to Joe
Harvey, Calit2 business office, at jaharvey at uci.edu

 

Description: HIPerWall, located in the Calit2 Visualization Lab, Room
2301, was built in 2005 to provide researchers with an extremely
high-resolution, grid-based display for visualizing and manipulating
massive data sets. The Visualization Lab was designed as a multi-purpose
space supporting research, local and remote collaborations, education
and outreach.  

 

New software developed recently allows researchers to also use 3D
visualization and animation on HIPerWall.  Some of HIPerWall's uses
include: 

 

Structural and earthquake engineering: model-based simulation of
experimental data from large and medium-scale earthquake testing;
analysis of large-scale earthquake field data;

 

Materials and devices: molecular modeling and visualization; synthesis
of structural materials and composites; mathematical modeling of
advanced materials and processes; material characterization;

 

Scientific computing: large-scale data visualization; storage,
compression and access of stored real-time simulations data; image-based
rendering, 3D data reconstruction;

 

Biomedical engineering:  computer simulation and tissue engineering;
imaging and image understanding;

 

Engineering mechanics:  system identification using 3D video tracking;
microwave imaging for damage visualization; remote system monitoring;

 

The HIPerWall consists of 50 30-inch Apple Cinema Display flat-screen
panels, tiled into a matrix of 5 rows x 10 rows, and driven by a cluster
of 25 Power Mac G5s. Customized algorithms created by the Calit2
HIPerWall researchers provides the software for driving the unique
visualization tool. HIPerWall offers 200 megapixels - 200 million pixels
- which is 100 times the resolution of state-of-the-art high-definition
television.  

 

Link: HIPerWall | hiperwall.calit2.uci.edu
<http://hiperwall.calit2.uci.edu/> 

 

 

Thanks in advance for your time!  Again please send your comments to Joe
at jaharvey at uci.edu

 

 

 

 

 

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