Scientific Visualization 2017

Welcome!

In this course you will learn about various concepts, techniques, and tools for visualization of scientific data. The GU course code is MMG640. The Chalmers course code is MVE080. The normal schedule is Mondays 13.15-17.00 and Wednesdays 08.00-11.45 in room MVF25. For details of the course schedule, click here.

Preliminary course outline (modified throughout the course):

• Course introduction (slides)
  Relevant links:
  Getting started with the Canvas learning platform
  Canvas video guides
  Installing MATLAB (for Chalmers/GU students)
  Basic MATLAB tutorials
  MATLAB Academy training (free for Chalmers/GU students)
• Colors and images (slides)
  Additional references:
  RGB color model
  HSV color model
• Velocity fields and streamlines in 2D (slides)
  Additional references:
  Vector fields
  Streamlines
• 3D plots in ParaView (slides)
  Relevant links:
  Download and install ParaView
  Paraview tutorial PDF
• Course project
  Visualization of wind conditions on a lonely island
• Animating time-dependent data in ParaView
• Interactive plots and user interface (slides)
  Additional references:
  GUI
  Javascript HTML DOM
  d3 (data driven documents)
• Blender 3D and Python scripting (slides)
  Download Blender 3D
  Some PDE notes introducing Blender
  Blender manual pages
  Cheat sheet
  Blender Guru Video Tutorial
  Python scripting
• Rotations in 3D: quaternions (slides)
  Notes on quaternions
• Visualization of particles dynamics using Blender
  
• Take-home exam