Multiscale visualization

Research projects in computational science increasingly use a combination of several cooperating simulation models to study one-and-the-same problem at different scales. The concerted actions of these different models employ different numerical algorithms that operate on different spatial and/or temporal scales that together result in a “multiscale simulation”. Because the results of these multiscale simulations cross orders of magnitude of spatial and/or temporal scales, the visualization of these results is challenging: how can representations from several models be represented simultaneously in one consistent interface, how must the user navigate over the spatial and/or temporal scales, and how can this be achieved from an intuitive and responsive user interface?

The objective of this master research project is to design and implement a (prototype of a) multiscale visualization architecture that is capable of visualizing the results of a multiscale simulation model from one consistent interface. The visualization architecture should allow the end-user to interactively study the results of a multiscale simulation model from an intuitive, reactive interface and must allow the visualization of different spatial and/or temporal scales that seamlessly flow into one another.