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Information Technology

Visualization research

News and Updates

A woman wearing a mask stands over a yellow sphere at a lab bench.

NIST-Led Study Finds Variations in Quantitative MRI Scanners’ Measurements

June 30, 2021

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used in medicine to detect, diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer, while relying on experts’ interpretation of

Five fragments of moon dust glow in bright colors on a black background.

Measuring the Moon’s Nano Dust Is No Small Matter

April 28, 2021

Like a chameleon of the night sky, the Moon often changes its appearance. It might look larger, brighter or redder, for example, due to its phases, its position

a forensic face examiner considers whether two images show the same person

NIST Study Shows Face Recognition Experts Perform Better With AI as Partner

May 29, 2018

Experts at recognizing faces often play a crucial role in criminal cases. A photo from a security camera can mean prison or freedom for a defendant—and

Projects and Programs

Visualization

Ongoing

ITL researchers realize that visualization of scientific data can provide an understanding of the phenomenon or data being studied. Visualization can be

Sensing and Imaging of concealed objects

Ongoing

Emergency response , l aw enforcement and military personnel must face threats and dangerous situations as part of their jobs. These threats can vary from

Usability and Public Safety Communications Research

Ongoing

Usability Testing

Ongoing

Publications

LabelVizier: Interactive Validation and Relabeling for Technical Text Annotations

March 30, 2023

Author(s)

Xiaoyu Zhang, Xiwei Xuan, Rachael Sexton, Alden A. Dima

With the rapid accumulation of text data brought forth by advances in data-driven techniques, the task of extracting "data annotations"—concise, high-quality

Immersive ParaView: An Immersive Scientific Workflow for the Advancement of Measurement Science

December 15, 2022

Author(s)

Simon Su, William Sherman, Israel Lopez Coto, Kamran Sayrafian, Judith E. Terrill

We present ongoing work in enhancing ParaView with new immersive visualization capabilities and demonstrate its use in the development of our scientific

Visualization Ecology Applications for Measurement Science: A Visualization Gap Approach

June 13, 2022

Author(s)

Simon Su, William Sherman, Steven G. Satterfield, Terence J. Griffin, William L. George, Sandy Ressler, Shaw C. Feng, Judith E. Terrill

Advanced visualization research have remained insufficiently included in science and engineering workflows due to the highly specialized task-specific

ARL Battlespace: A Platform for Developing Novel AI for Complex Adversarial Reasoning in MDO

June 6, 2022

Author(s)

Simon Su

A barrier to developing novel AI for complex reasoning is the lack of appropriate wargaming platforms for training and evaluating AIs in a multiplayer setting

Visualization research

News and Updates

NIST-Led Study Finds Variations in Quantitative MRI Scanners’ Measurements

Measuring the Moon’s Nano Dust Is No Small Matter

NIST Study Shows Face Recognition Experts Perform Better With AI as Partner

Projects and Programs

Visualization

Sensing and Imaging of concealed objects

Usability and Public Safety Communications Research

Usability Testing

Publications

LabelVizier: Interactive Validation and Relabeling for Technical Text Annotations

Immersive ParaView: An Immersive Scientific Workflow for the Advancement of Measurement Science

Visualization Ecology Applications for Measurement Science: A Visualization Gap Approach

ARL Battlespace: A Platform for Developing Novel AI for Complex Adversarial Reasoning in MDO

Software

HEV: High End Visualization

Video Analytic Quality Measurement Tools

OpenSceneGraph Multi-card Scaling Test