High Performance Computing for Computer Graphics and Visualisation Proceedings of the International Workshop on High Performance Computing for Computer Graphics and Visualisation, Swansea 3–4 July 1995

This book contains mainly a selection of papers that were presented at the International Workshop on High Performance Computing/or Computer Graphics and Visualisation, held in Swansea, United Kingdom on 3-4 July 1995. The workshop was sponsored by the HEFCWI Initiative on ·Parallel Computing - Found...

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Other Authors: Chen, Min (Editor), Townsend, Peter (Editor), Vince, John (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 1996, 1996
Edition:1st ed. 1996
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Introduction
  • A Survey of Parallel Algorithms for Graphics and Visualization
  • Known and Potential High Performance Computing Applications in Computer Graphics and Visualization
  • II High Performance Rendering
  • GRAMMY: High Performance Graphics Using Graphics Memories
  • Assisting the Design and Optimisation of High Quality Parallel Renderers
  • A Classification Scheme for Rendering Algorithms on Parallel Computers
  • Hybrid Scheduling for Efficient Ray Tracing of Complex Images
  • Scan-Line Methods for Parallel Rendering
  • III High Performance Volume Graphics
  • A Modular Massively Parallel Processor for Volumetric Visualisation Processing
  • A Load Balancing Scheme for Parallelizing Hierarchical Splatting on a MPP System with a Non-Uniform Memory Access Architecture
  • Shared-Memory Multiprocessor Implementation of Voxelisation for Volume Visualization
  • IV High Performance Animation and Visualisation
  • Parallel Processing for Photo-Realistic Emergency Lighting Visualisation
  • Parallel Motion Synthesis
  • Dynamic Terrain Generation Based on Multifractal Techniques
  • V High Performance Virtual Environments
  • Collaborative and Interactive Visualization in a Distributed High Performance Software Environment
  • Sharing Visualization Experiences Among Remote Virtual Environments
  • Performance Models of Interactive, Immersive Visualization for Scientific Applications
  • VI High Performance Graphics Tools
  • Configuration Management of Distributed Applications and Services
  • Extensions to Linda for Graphical Applications
  • Glossary of Graphics, Visualisation and High Performance Computing Terms
  • Author Index