The art and science of visualizing data

  • Authors:
  • Karen A. Frenkel

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1988

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Abstract

"I manipulate the laser," the artist said, having exploited laboratory equipment. "This is a parallel pipeline systolic SIMD engine we call the 'Jell-O Engine,'" the animator/straight man announced, but not until he had decimated the practice of ray tracing. And officials from supercomputer centers declared the visualization of scientific data would define a new field, a revolutionary way of doing science.