Tiled Display Wall Configuration

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Tiled Display Wall Configuration for Scientific
Data Visualization
Sirvard Nshanyan UCSD - Monash, 2008
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WHAT

• Hardware setup
• Software installation and configuration
• Application setup
• Workflow design for medical research data
  visualisation
• File format adjustment for different environment
• Workflow automation

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WHY

• 32 mpx display resolution - (1920x1200)16
• Exclusive zooming capabilities for images
  ranging several GB in size
• Cumulative power of distributed computing
• Ability to have multiple connection streams
• Great for distant collaboration - distributed
  group meetings, collaborative research, seminars,
  class lectures, and training

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APPLICATIONS
Cluster head node fetches for images from the
server, performs format conversion, optionally
makes a local copy, renders the image on the
display wall
SRB server stores the raw image files
Leica confocal microscope generates large image
files in .liff format
Researchers collaborating over multiple sites
studying images in great detail
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FUTURE EXPANSION

• Integrating Kepler workflows for automation
• Permanent storage server communication setup
• Nimrod for faster computing
• Additional scientific visualisation projects
• Enabling multi-site research collaboration
  meetings

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WHAT HAVE I LEARNED

• Collaboration and coordination skills
• Patience, tolerance for failures and frustration
• Distributed computing platforms
• Administrative Linux
• Basic networking
• --------------------
• Australian ?

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WORDS OF GRATITUDE

• Jurgen Schulze, David Abramson,
• Peter Arzberger, Teri Simas,
• Gabriele Wienhausen, Tricia Taylor,
• Slavisa Garic, Minh Ngoc, Blair Bethwaite,
• Collin Enticott, Tom Peachy, Maria Indrawan,
• The Primers ?,
• Audience!