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Visualising and Analysing Massive Astronomical Datasets with PartiView

PartiView is an easy-to-use and flexible real-time data visualization and analysis tool for massive astronomical datasets. It allows users to explore and understand complex patterns and morphology in the data, providing a conduit to knowledge and understanding. With a shallow learning curve and simple commands, PartiView can be used across different venues and has wide applications in both astronomy and other fields. It is currently being developed and supported for public distribution, with plans for open source availability in the future.

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Visualising and Analysing Massive Astronomical Datasets with PartiView

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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. WHY do we want to look at this stuff? The human eye as an analysis tool - pattern recognition, morphology

  4. 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”

  5. 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!

  6. (From KNPO/AURA/NSF)

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. PartiView (Live demonstration of the software here) For more information, or to download software: http://www.haydenplanetarium.org http://research.amnh.org/astrophysics

  10. PartiView Easy - shallow learning curve, simple commands Flexible - venues from laptop to Cave to Dome; wide applications, astronomical and otherwise Useful - hmm… well… Soon!

  11. 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:

  12. Broadening The Scope of VO with Visualisation Visualisation has proven to be VERY POWERFUL!

  13. Virtual Observatory At A Glance

  14. An easy, flexible, and fully scalable visualisation tool now exists for VO. 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

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