Visualization of Marine Models: Water in Motion
Peter Oppenheimer
Research Engineer
UW Human Interface Technology Lab (HITL)
13 October 2009
Peter Oppenheimer will present visualization tools, including Virtual Puget Sound and Google Earth, that can help us understand complex systems, such as Puget Sound. Virtual Puget Sound can be used as a tool for visualizing scientific data and as a tool to be used in existing and new curricula at all levels. It can also be used as a tool for decision-makers and the public at large to understand the ocean and threats to it. What are some future directions? The project is extending the types of data visualized from physical properties of the ocean. Those physical properties can be tides, currents, and salinity to include some basic chemistry and biology, leading eventually to the simulation of food webs and their relations to physical oceanography.
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About the speaker
Peter Oppenheimer is a Senior Software Engineer. He is currently at the Human Interface Technology Lab at the University of Washington, where he is involved in Virtual Reality research with an emphasis on graphics software development for medical, scientific and educational applications and the arts.
He is the Lead Software Developer for Virtual Puget Sound: an Immersive Educational Oceanographic Visualization Tool. Virtual Puget Sound has virtual reality applications in astronomy chemistry, and oceanography education.
His special interests include: Simulation and Games Development, Stereoscopy, High Resolution projection, Animation, Computer Graphics for Theater, Augmented Reality, Experimental Art.
Education
MS Computer Science 1980 Stanford University
AB Mathematics 1979 Princeton University, Magna Cum Laude
Contact information:
peter@hitl.washington.edu
206-380-1336