AVS at Ohio Supercomputer CenterWaltham 26 March 2001 The Ohio Supercomputer Center is using AVS visualization software for visualizing fossil bones to understand the relationship between bone structure and the functional characteristics of a skeleton, investigating void-finding algorithms to define voids in 3D galaxy surveys, and completing a research project for the US Department of Defense.
Nationally recognized as one of the country's top cluster computing sites,
the Columbus-based Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) is using several editors of
AVS/Express along with CRAY SV1, CRAY T94, SGI Origin 2000 and SGI Onyx2
computers to support a diverse range of research by scientists and engineers
throughout Ohio and for a variety of customers including the US Government and
partners such as the Maui High-Performance Computing Center.
Recent research projects that uses AVS/Express software include 3D
renderings of fossil specimens from the Miocene Hominoid Proconsul to
understand the developmental processes and functional changes that occurred in
early hominoid evolution; 3D visualization of recently rediscovered geological
samples taken from the area where downtown Cleveland now is erected to gain
insight into the geographic area's past; a 2D simulation of falling paper to
better understand the complex interaction between air and a solid object
moving through the air; and land mine detection.
AVS/Express has been used to visualize many different types of data in a
wide range of configurations -- extending from portable test systems to
theatre-sized visualization facilities -- as well as on Windows PCs and
UNIX workstations from Hewlett-Packard, Digital, IBM, SGI and Sun. Over
1,000 worldwide customers and 8,000 licensed users rely on AVS/Express to
bring clarity to complex scientific, engineering and business data through
highly visual representations that facilitate rapid understanding and
comprehension.
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