Applied Information Systems Research Program Annual PI Meeting

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Applied Information Systems Research
ProgramAnnual PI Meeting
ADVISER
Advanced Visualization In Solar System
Exploration and Research

• October 3-5, 2006
• University of Maryland Conference Center

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ADVISER Project Highlights

• 1) Designed to research, advance and apply
  visualization tools for
• Space science knowledge (fundamental scientific
  research).
• Knowledge transfer (idea-gtanalysis-gtpresentation-gt
  publication).
• Exploration capabilities (terrain analysis,
  mission planning).
• Teaching and outreach (what platforms engage and
  teach?).
• 2) ADVISER (Advanced Visualization in Solar
  System
• Exploration and Research).
• A problem-solving environment (PSE) for planetary
  geosciences integrates and extends state of the
  art in hardware and software technologies with
  focus on Immersive Virtual Reality (CAVE).
• 3) Approach
• Place geoscientists on planetary surfaces
  provide them with modern versions of traditional
  tools to solve significant scientific problems.

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ADVISER The Concept

• Traditional Earth geology Bottom Up
• Investigate in detail at the local scale.
• Build to the regional and global scale.

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ADVISER The Concept

• Traditional Planetary geology Top Down
• Investigate first at the global scale.
• Fit in and test at the regional and local scale.
  
• Vision
• Place geologists in the field on the planets
  with the tools they need.

Mars
Moon
Venus
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ADVISER The Scientific Problems

• The North Polar Region of Mars
  Volcanoes
• The Martian Crustal Dichotomy Boundary
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  Antarctica
• Tropical Mountain Glaciers on Mars

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ADVISER The Team at Brown Universityand
Collaborators at Other Institutions

• Department of Geological Sciences (1)
• Department of Computer Science (2)
• Center for Computation and Visualization (3)
• James W. Head III (1)
• Andries van Dam (2)
• Sam Fulcomer (3)
• Andy Forsberg (2)
• Prabhat (3)
• Graduate Students/Staff
• Sarah Milkovich (1), Caleb Fassett (1), David
  Shean (1),
• Jay Dickson (1), Joseph Levy (1), Gareth Morgan
  (1).
• Undergraduate Students
• Graham Rosser(2), Marshall Agnew(1), Michael
  Frederickson(2).
• Collaborators M. Duchaineau (LLNL) R. Haberle
  (NASA Ames) F. Forget (Paris) J-B Madeleine
  (Paris) D. Marchant (BU) M. Ivanov (RAS) JPL,
  LaRC.

Challenge Learn to communicate, immerse,
learn the language!
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ADVISER Highlights

• The ADVISER PSE has four basic parts
• Geoscientist on the surface.
• 2. Importation and visualization of multiple data
  sets.
• 3. Field kit development.
• 4. Ancillary virtual field instrument development.

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ADVISER Highlights

• The ADVISER PSE has four basic parts
• Geoscientist on the surface.
• 2. Importation and visualization of multiple data
  sets.
• 3. Field kit development.
• 4. Ancillary virtual field instrument development.

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ADVISER PSE

• Geoscientist on the surface.
• -Science Tools Maps versus Immersive Virtual
  Reality.
• -Exploring the realm in between (laptop/desktop,
  oral presentations).

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ADVISER Highlights

• The ADVISER PSE has four basic parts
• Geoscientist on the surface.
• 2. Importation and visualization of multiple data
  sets.
• 3. Field kit development.
• 4. Ancillary virtual field instrument development.

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ADVISER PSE

• Importation and visualization of multiple data
  sets.
• Challenge How to ingest, process, effectively
  display and analyze Terabytes of data from
  different sources, with different formats.

MARS Topography Mars Orbiter Laser
Altimeter Morphology Viking, Mars Orbiter
Camera, Mars Express High-Resolution Stereo
Camera (HRSC), HiRise. Physical
Properties THEMIS Daytime and Nighttime
IR Atmospheric Properties NASA Ames GCM,
Mineralogy THEMIS, HRSC, OMEGA, CRISM.
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ADVISER Highlights

• The ADVISER PSE has four basic parts
• Geoscientist on the surface.
• 2. Importation and visualization of multiple data
  sets.
• 3. Field kit development.
• 4. Ancillary virtual field instrument development.

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ADVISER PSE

• Field Kit Development Ancillary Virtual Field
  Instruments.
• Traditional geological field kit and field
  instruments
• Brunton compass (directions, slopes, strike/dip
  orientation of layers).
• Aerial photographs Relative locations,
  documentation, mapping.
• GPS Precise location.
• Altimeter Elevations.
• Atmospheric and weather conditions Temperature,
  pressure, wind speed, wind direction.
• Camera Regional settings, local settings, sample
  documentation.
• Field Notebook Detailed descriptions,
  observations, weather.
• Modern Geologist ARC/GIS platforms, data display
  and analysis
• Laptop in the field.

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ADVISER PSE

• ADVISER Field Kit Ancillary Virtual Field
  Instruments.
• Geo-Ops Menu with selectable items elevation of
  any point chosen, relative elevations,
  topographic profiles, topographic contours, slope
  determination, strike and dip of layers,
  illumination geometry, image stretch, wind
  velocity, wind directions, temperature, pressure,
  seasons.
• Traverse Map Location of path on surface and
  stations.
• Virtual Photography Documentation of individual
  images.
• Virtual GPS Exact location, tracking of traverse
  and stations.
• PDA Field notebook record host of data, notes,
  traverse.

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ADVISER PSE

• ADVISER Field Kit Ancillary Virtual Field
  Instruments.

Mars Combining Atmospheric General Circulation
Model And Dispersal of Volcanic Eruption Ash
Antarctic Dry Valley Mission Planning.
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ADVISER Software

• Our goal is to make all of our software open
  source.
• Software development environment
• Uses C / Linux / OpenGL (Graphics Library).
• Display environments
• Immersive (head-tracked)
• Cave, Wall
• Non-Immersive
• Desktop display, stereo.
• Tiled displays

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ADVISER Current Capabilities

• Interactive fly-through (30 stereo fps) of 8k x
  8k DEM.
• Import data through ArcMAP
• MOC, THEMIS, HRSC images.
• MOLA topography.
• Imported and displayed General Circulation Model
  data
• Imported and tracked volcanic eruption plumes,
  fallout.
• Field Kit and Virtual Field Instruments
• Many capabilities developed (see movie examples).
  
• Queries (elevation, dip/strike, terrain profiles,
  etc.)
• Compass, Lat/Lon, Traverse Planner and Traverse
  Map.

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ADVISER Current Applications and Accomplishments

• Technique Development
• Published two papers on ADVISER in technical
  journals (CGA, PERS).
• Special Issues on
• Exploring Visualization, New Techniques for
  Mapping Mars
• Science Analysis
• Mars North Polar deposits and layering,
  strike/dip measurements, climate change
  implications.
• Mars dichotomy boundary major degradation
  processes.
• Mars structure and morphology of tropical
  mountain glaciers.
• Mars volcano evolution (Alba Patera, Ceraunius
  Tholus).
• Antarctic Dry Valley contraction crack polygon
  analysis.
• Mission Planning
• NASA/JPL North Polar Reference Design Mission
  (Palmer Quest) traverses.
• CHRONOS Mars Scout (2011) North polar lander
  mission (JPL).
• ARES Mars Scout (2011) Airplane mission (NASA
  LaRC).
• Antarctic Dry Valley Field Operations Campsite
  selection and surface traverse planning, and
  helicopter photodocumentaton operations planning
  (NSF).
• Paper published in peer-reviewed literature.

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ADVISER Current Applications and Accomplishments

• Teaching at the Undergraduate and Graduate Level
  
• Geology 16 Freshman seminar Exploration of
  Mars (21 students).
• Geology 5 Earth, Moon and Mars (120
  students/year).
• Geology 291 Problems in Mars Climate History
  (10 students).
• Geology 292 Problems in Antarctic Geoscience
  (5 students/year).
• Outreach and Demonstrations
• Illustrating concepts and capabilities to
  interested parties and visitors DOE (LANL,
  ORNL) NASA (GSFC, JSC, JPL, LaRC, HQ) NOAA
  (NCAR) Brown RISD IBM Discovery Channel The
  Planets, Hollywood, PIXAR, Jeffrey Katzenbach,
  Local area Clubs and Colleges, etc..
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ADVISER Teaching - Students Go to Mars

• In the classroom
  and on location.
• Google Mars, Powerwall.

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ADVISER Second-Year Accomplishments

• Imported and visualized multiple data sets MOLA
  altimetry, Viking, MOC, THEMIS and HRSC image
  data sets,
• Producing wind vectors and values, and GCM runs
  for different seasonal atmospheric and climate
  conditions.
• Placed dozens of geoscientists and engineers
  (faculty, JPL, graduate students) on the surface
  of Mars to address scientific problems.
• Developed important aspects of the Field Kit
  (field location, strike and dip determination,
  instant altimetry and profiles, traverse
  recording and note-taking, etc.) and provided the
  geoscientists with these tools in the IVR
  environment.
• Developed ancillary field instruments (e.g.
  virtual photography, virtual GPS, and the PDA
  field notebook) and provided the geoscientists
  with these tools in the IVR environment.

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ADVISER Second-Year Accomplishments

• 6. Integrated ROAM 3 rendering system into IVR
  environment built toolkit on top of it.
• 7. Provided support for non-immersive desktop
  and immersive display environments.
• 8. Integrated ArcMap to formalize the initial
  correlation of data sets for enhancing data
  preparation for importing to immersive
  environment.
• Developed tablet PC Integrated pen-based user
  interface with immersive visual terrain.
• Produced New Science Results for Mars
• Produced New Science Results for Antarctica
  Imported digital topography and IKONOS image data
  to the IVR environment and planned camp locations
  and field traverses. Results placed in this
  environment for further correlation and analysis.
• Applied to NASA/JPL North Polar Mission Design
  (Palmer Quest).
• Applied to NASA JPL and NASA LaRC Mars Scout
  (2001) Mission Design.

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ADVISER Upcoming Plans

• -Incorporation of the IVR facility for an
  Engineering course on mission design.
• -Integration with navigation system How to plan
  for field work and establish traverse planning
  highlights with ArcInfo in order to optimize the
  planned input to the IVR facility.
• -Develop tool functionality in a desktop
  version.
• -Develop mechanisms for deployment of software
  to collaborators within Brown.
• -Develop mechanisms deployment of software to
  collaborators outside of Brown at NASA and with
  other users (LaRC, Uniiversity of Paris).
• -Develop data management solutions for out of
  core data sets.
• -Develop techniques for large data sets for low
  interactivity impact (gtgt frame rate, low
  latency).
• -Continue debriefing by users.
• -Complete Education and Public Outreach proposal
  and submit.

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ADVISER Relevance to NASA Goals

• -These efforts help to fulfill the fundamental
  goals and objectives of the NASA AISR Program,
  and address the major goals of NASA as an Agency,
  including the Presidents Exploration Initiative.
• Bridges SMD and ESMD.
• Bridges AISR, Solar System Exploration, Earth
  Sciences.

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ADVISER Application to NASA Missions and Programs

• 1. Basic Scientific Research
• -How to effectively ingest, display, analyze,
  present and publish Terabytes of data from
  different sensors.
• -NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) research
  programs as described above and in peer-reviewed
  publications.
• 2. Mission Design and Planning
• -Palmer Quest a NASA Nuclear Mission Design
  Study in conjunction with the NASA Jet Propulsion
  Laboratory.
• -CHRONOS Proposed Mars Scout (2011) mission to
  the North Pole (JPL).
• -ARES Proposed Mars Scout (2011) mission to
  deploy airplane (LaRC).
• 3. NASA Lunar Exploration Program

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ADVISER Application to NASA Missions and Programs

• 3. NASA Lunar Exploration Program (SMD - ESMD)
• -Designing instruments for future human lunar
  exploration.
• -Lunar Orbiting Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Very
  high resolution global topography.
• -Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) Imaging
  spectrometer.
• -Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC)
• -Planning the tools and capabilities to ingest
  and display these data.
• -Will use for site selection and traverse
  planning for a human reference mission to the
  Moon for broad concept certification and NASA
  Astronaut training.

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Thank you!
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ROAM-2 (Real-Time Optimally Adaptive Meshes)

• Collaboration with Mark Duchaineau (LLNL).
• High performance handling of terrain texture.
• View-dependent continual level of detail
  refinement.
• Future extensions for out-of-core texture and
  terrain.