CSE Symposium Keynote
TITLE: Problem Solving Environments and Visualization for
Biomedical Applications
DATE: Tuesday, April 27, 2004
TIME: 3:00 P.M.
PLACE: 2240 DCL
1304 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana, IL
ABSTRACT
In this talk I will discuss our recent research and development of
component-based problem solving environments (PSEs) for large-scale
scientific computing. Specifically, I will discuss the BioPSE and
SCIRun2 problem solving environments. BioPSE is a component-based
visual PSE designed specifically to address large-scale computational
problems in biomedicine. SCIRun2 is an evolving PSE based upon the
idea of meta-components that "bridge" easily to other component
models. BioPSE and SCIRun2 support the entire life cycle of scientific
applications by allowing scientific programmers to develop new
techniques quickly and easily, debug new implementations, and apply
known algorithms to solve novel problems. BioPSE and SCIRun2 also
contain many powerful visualization algorithms for scalar, vector, and
tensor field visualization, as well as image processing tools. I will
provide examples of several driving biomedical research applications in
cardiology, neuroscience, and imaging.
BIOGRAPHY
Professor Johnson directs the
Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of
Utah, where he is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the School of Computing. He also holds
faculty appointments in the Departments of Physics and of
Bioengineering. His research interests are in the area of scientific
computing and visualization. Particular interests include inverse and
imaging problems, adaptive methods, problem solving environments, large
scale computational problems in medicine, and scientific
visualization. Professor Johnson has received many awards, including
the NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow Award from President Clinton in
1995, the Presidential Teaching Scholar Award in 1997, the Governor's
Medal for Science and Technology in 1999, and the Distinguished
Professor Award in 2003.