Scientific Visualization

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The group Scientific Visualization is a part of the division for Media and Information Technology (MIT).

The group activities range from basic research questions to effective solution of visualization problems originating from diverse application areas. This is developing novel analysis, visualization and exploration techniques for a better understanding and communication of large data.

The applications include fluid-flow simulations, molecular dynamics, digital pathology, material sciences, astronomy, space missions and many medical topics. We develop methods for rendering, analysis and exploration of complex data including scalar, vector and tensor fields.

The research builds on ideas and methods from different areas of computer sciences and mathematics, such as computer graphics, computer vision, dynamical systems, computational geometry, and combinatorial topology.

Research areas

Molecular visualization
Visualization in medicine
Interactive volume rendering
Digital Pathology
Astronomy visualization
OpenSpace: Visualization of space missions
Flow visualization in engineering and medicine
Topological methods for data analysis
Tensor field visualization
Software Inviwo – an extensible, multi-purpose visualization framework

Latest publications

2025

Donggang Jia, Alexandra Irger, Lonni Besançon, Ondcej Strnad, Deng Luo, Johanna Bjorklund, Alexandre Kouyoumdjian, Anders Ynnerman, Ivan Viola (2025) IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 31, p. 8828-8845 (Article in journal)

Tania Villalobos Lujan, Pratim Sengupta, Derya Akbaba, Sofia Alessio-Robles, Amelia Lee Dogan, Monica Meltis, Firuzeh Shokooh Valle, Lora Oehlberg (2025) PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2025 CONFERENCE ON CREATIVITY AND COGNITION, C&C 2025, p. 33-38 (Conference paper)

Beatrice Vincenzi, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Alejandra Gomez Ortega, Kim Sauve, Laura Forlano, Derya Akbaba, Edda Forero, Samuel Thulin, Pedro Sanches, Kit Kuksenok (2025) COMPANION PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2025 ACM DESIGNING INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, DIS 2025, p. 57-60 (Conference paper)

Petar Hristov, Daisuke Sakurai, Hamish Carr, Ingrid Hotz, Talha Bin Masood (2025) Computer graphics forum (Print), Vol. 44, Article e70206 (Article in journal)

Danhua Lei, Jochen Jankowai, Petar Hristov, Hamish Carr, Leif Denby, Talha Bin Masood, Ingrid Hotz (2025) IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 31, p. 6677-6690 (Article in journal)

Mohit Sharma, Talha Bin Masood, Nanna Holmgaard List, Ingrid Hotz, Vijay Natarajan (2025) IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 31, p. 7229-7242 (Article in journal)

Georgia Panagiotidou, Andrew McNutt, Derya Akbaba, Nicole Hengesbach, Miriah Meyer (2025) IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 45, p. 11-13 (Article in journal)

Georgia Panagiotidou, Andrew McNutt, Derya Akbaba, Nicole Hengesbach, Miriah Meyer (2025) IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 45, p. 14-16 (Article in journal)

Tino Weinkauf, Mario Romero, Lonni Besançon, Jonas Ahlstedt, Filip Berendt, Monica Billger, Karin Danielsson, Melvyn B. Davies, Helena Filipsson, Stefan Gelfgren, Andreas Kerren, Emanuel Larsson, Fabio Latino, Evelina Liliequist, Ingela Nyström, Kajsa Paulsson, Maria Podkorytova, Behnaz Pirzamanbein, Mårten Sjöström, Alexandros Sopasakis, Björn Thuresson, Jonathan Westin, Anders Ynnerman (2025) VisGap - The Gap between Visualization Research and Visualization Software, p. 1-8 (Conference paper)

A. van den Brandt, Emilia Ståhlbom, F. J. M. van Workum, H. van de Wetering, Claes Lundström, S. Smit, A. Vilanova (2025) Computer graphics forum (Print), Vol. 44, Article e70147 (Article in journal)

Staff

Mark E Dieckmann

Associate Professor, Docent

Martin Falk

Associate Professor

Elena Farahbakhsh Touli

Postdoc

Ingrid Hotz

Professor, Head of Unit

Signe Sidwall Thygesen

PhD student

Peter Steneteg

Principal Research Engineer

Anders Ynnerman

Professor, Head of Division

Organisation

Portrait of Anders Ynnerman presenting in the dome theatre.

Media and Information Technology

The research at MIT is conducted in groups that focuses on a separate aspect of visual information technology, but not isolated from each other. The collaborative atmosphere involves both basic and application oriented research.

Department of Science and Technology (ITN)

We research and teach in several technical and scientific disciplines in which our main areas are organic electronics, media, communications and logistics.

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