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“Vipar” libraries to support distribution and processing of visualization datasets

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High-Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN-Europe 1996)

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The aims of the “Visualization in Parallel” (Vipar) project is to produce a comprehensive environment for the development of parallel visualization modules in systems such as the Application Visualization System (AVS), Iris Explorer, IBM Data Explorer (DX) and Khoros. This paper presents an overview of the project and describes the libraries developed to support the first phase of the work which is a tool to describe parallel visualization modules. This work is funded as part of the EPSRC project (GR/K40390) Portable Software Tools for Parallel Architectures (PSTPA).

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  1. Computer Graphics Unit, Manchester Computing, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK

    Steve Larkin, Andrew J Grant & W T Hewitt

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Heather Liddell Adrian Colbrook Bob Hertzberger Peter Sloot

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Larkin, S., Grant, A.J., Hewitt, W.T. (1996). “Vipar” libraries to support distribution and processing of visualization datasets. In: Liddell, H., Colbrook, A., Hertzberger, B., Sloot, P. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1067. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61142-8_618

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