Session: Volume and Surface Modeling
Chair: Peter Lindstrom
Date: October 15, 2013
Time: 10:30am-12:10pm

Fast Blending Scheme for Molecular Surface Representation
Julius Parulek, Andrea Brambilla

Detecting Symmetry in Scalar Fields Using Augmented Extremum Graphs
Dilip Mathew Thomas, Vijay Natarajan

Fast Generation of Virtual X-ray Images for Reconstruction of 3D Anatomy
Moritz Ehlke, Heiko Ramm, Hans Lamecker, Hans-Christian Hege, Stefan Zachow

Session: Uncertainty and Multivariate Analysis
Chair: Hans-Christian Hege
Date: October 15, 2013
Time: 2:00pm-3:40pm

An Information-Aware Framework for Exploring Multivariate Data Sets
Ayan Biswas, Soumya Dutta, Han-Wei Shen, Jonathan Woodring

Efficient Local Statistical Analysis via Integral Histograms with Discrete Wavelet Transform
Teng-Yok Lee, Han-Wei Shen

Characterizing and Visualizing Predictive Uncertainty in Numerical Ensembles Through Bayesian Model Averaging
Luke Gosink, Kevin Bensema, Trenton Pulsipher, Harald Obermaier, Michael Henry, Hank Childs, Kenneth Joy

Contour Boxplots: A Method for Characterizing Uncertainty in Feature Sets from Simulation Ensembles
Ross T. Whitaker, Mahsa Mirzargar, Robert M. Kirby

Uncertainty Quantification in Linear Interpolation for Isosurface Extraction
Tushar Athawale, Alireza Entezari

Session: Vector and Flow Visualization
Chair: Eugene Zhang
Date: October 16, 2013
Time: 8:30am-10:10am

Coupled Ensemble Flow Line Advection and Analysis
Hanqi Guo, Xiaoru Yuan, Jian Huang, Xiaomin Zhu

[Best Paper] Comparative Visual Analysis of Lagrangian Transport in CFD Ensembles
Mathias Hummel, Harald Obermaier, Christoph Garth, Kenneth I. Joy

[Honorable Mention] Adaptive Refinement of the Flow Map Using Sparse Samples
Samer S. Barakat, Xavier Tricoche

Visualization of Morse Connection Graphs for Topologically Rich 2D Vector Fields
Andrzej Szymczak, Levente Sipeki

Semi-Automatic Vortex Extraction in 4D PC-MRI Cardiac Blood Flow Data Using Line Predicates
Benjamin Köhler, Rocco Gasteiger, Uta Preim, Holger Theisel, Matthias Gutberlet, Bernhard Preim

Session: Navigation, Interaction, and Evaluation
Chair: Georgeta-Elisabeta Marai
Date: October 16, 2013
Time: 10:30am-12:10pm

[Honorable Mention] Design by Dragging: An Interface for Creative Forward and Inverse Design with Simulation Ensembles
Dane Coffey, Chi-Lun Lin, Arthur G. Erdman, Daniel F. Keefe

A Multi-Criteria Approach to Camera Motion Design for Volume Data Animation
Wei-Hsien Hsu, Yubo Zhang, Kwan-Liu Ma

A Lightweight Tangible 3D Interface for Interactive Visualization of Thin Fiber Structures
Bret Jackson, Tung Yuen Lau, David Schroeder, Kimani C. Toussaint, Jr., Daniel F. Keefe

Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Visualization Training Approaches for Users with Different Spatial Abilities
Maria-Elena Froese, Melanie Tory, Guy-Warwick Evans, Kedar Shrikhande

A Systematic Review on the Practice of Evaluating Visualization
Tobias Isenberg, Petra Isenberg, Jian Chen, Michael Sedlmair, Torsten Möller

Session: Biomedical Visualization
Chair: Gordon Kindlmann
Date: October 17, 2013
Time: 8:30am-10:10am

Interactive Patient-Specific Vascular Modeling with Sweep Surfaces
Jan Kretschmer, Christian Godenschwager, Bernhard Preim, Marc Stamminger

Area-Preservation Mapping using Optimal Mass Transport
Xin Zhao, Zhengyu Su, Xianfeng David Gu, Arie Kaufman, Jian Sun, Jie Gao, Feng Luo

Colon Flattening Using Heat Diffusion Riemannian Metric
Krishna Chaitanya Gurijala, Rui Shi, Wei Zeng, Xianfeng Gu, Arie Kaufman

Vessel Visualization using Curved Surface Reformation
Thomas Auzinger, Gabriel Mistelbauer, Ivan Baclija, Rüdiger Schernthaner, Arnold Köchl, Michael Wimmer, M. Eduard Gröller, Stefan Bruckner

ConnectomeExplorer: Query-Guided Visual Analysis of Large Volumetric Neuroscience Data
Johanna Beyer, Ali Al-Awami, Narayanan Kasthuri, Jeff W. Lichtman, Hanspeter Pfister, Markus Hadwiger

Session: Visualization Systems
Chair: Kelly Gaither
Date: October 17, 2013
Time: 10:30am-12:10pm

ManyVis: Multiple Applications in an Integrated Visualization Environment
Atul Rungta, Brian Summa, Dogan Demir, Peer-Timo Bremer, Valerio Pascucci

Acuity-Driven Gigapixel Visualization
Charilaos Papadopoulos, Arie E. Kaufman

An Exploration Framework to Identify and Track Movement of Cloud Systems
Harish Doraiswamy, Vijay Natarajan, Ravi S. Nanjundiah

MObjects—A Novel Method for the Visualization and Interactive Exploration of Defects in Industrial XCT Data
Andreas Reh, Christian Gusenbauer, Johann Kastner, M. Eduard Gröller, Christoph Heinzl

GRACE: A Visual Comparison Framework for Integrated Spatial and Non-Spatial Geriatric Data
Adrian Maries, Nathan Mays, Megan Olson Hunt, Kim F. Wong, William Layton, Robert Boudreau, Caterina Rosano, G. Elisabeta Marai

Session: Volume Rendering
Chair: Markus Hadwiger
Date: October 18, 2013
Time: 8:30am-10:10am

Noise-Based Volume Rendering for the Visualization of Multivariate Volumetric Data
Rostislav Khlebnikov, Bernhard Kainz, Markus Steinberger, Dieter Schmalstieg

[Honorable Mention] Ambient Volume Scattering
Marco Ament, Filip Sadlo, Daniel Weiskopf

Lighting Design for Globally Illuminated Volume Rendering
Yubo Zhang, Kwan-Liu Ma