• Comparative Analysis of Topological Structures 

      Raghavendra, G S
      Measuring scientific processes result in a set of scalar functions (scalar fields) which may be related temporally, be part of an ensemble, or unrelated. Overall understanding and visualization of scientific processes ...
    • Computing Contour Tress for 2D Piecewise Polynomial Functions 

      Nucha, Girijanandan
      Contour trees are extensively used in scalar field analysis. The contour tree is a data structure that tracks the evolution of level set topology in a scalar field. Scalar fields are typically available as samples at ...
    • An Exploratory Framework for Cyclone Identification and Tracking 

      Valsangkar, Akash Anil
      Analyzing depressions plays an important role in meteorology, especially in the study of cyclones. In particular, the study of the temporal evolution of cyclones requires a robust depression tracking framework. To cope ...
    • Geometric and Topological Methods for Biomolecular Visualization 

      Masood, Talha Bin
      Biomolecules like proteins are the basic building blocks of living systems. It has been observed that the structure of a biomolecule plays an important role in defining its function. In this thesis, we describe novel ...
    • Identification and Quantification of Important Voids and Pockets in Proteins 

      Raghavendra, G S (2018-04-05)
      Many methods of analyzing both the physical and chemical behavior of proteins require information about its structure and stability. Also various other parameters such as energy function, solvation, hydrophobic/hydrophilic ...
    • Integrated Parallel Simulations and Visualization for Large-Scale Weather Applications 

      Malakar, Preeti (2018-07-28)
      The emergence of the exascale era necessitates development of new techniques to efficiently perform high-performance scientific simulations, online data analysis and on-the-fly visualization. Critical applications like ...
    • Morse-Smale Complexes : Computation and Applications 

      Shivashankar, Nithin (2018-01-30)
      In recent decades, scientific data has become available in increasing sizes and precision. Therefore techniques to analyze and summarize the ever increasing datasets are of vital importance. A common form of scientific ...
    • Reconstruction of 3D Neuronal Structures 

      Kumar, Kanuj (2018-03-17)
      Microscopic analysis of biological structures can be significantly enhanced by representing the object of study as a three-dimensional entity. To assist neurobiologists investigate the molecular mechanisms involved in ...
    • Reeb Graphs : Computation, Visualization and Applications 

      Harish, D (2018-02-23)
      Level sets are extensively used for the visualization of scalar fields. The Reeb graph of a scalar function tracks the evolution of the topology of its level sets. It is obtained by mapping each connected component of a ...
    • Symmetry in Scalar Fields 

      Thomas, Dilip Mathew (2018-01-09)
      Scalar fields are used to represent physical quantities measured over a domain of interest. Study of symmetric or repeating patterns in scalar fields is important in scientific data analysis because it gives deep insights ...
    • Visual Analysis Of Interactions In Multifield Scientific Data 

      Suthambhara, N (2014-11-14)
      Data from present day scientific simulations and observations of physical processes often consist of multiple scalar fields. It is important to study the interactions between the fields to understand the underlying phenomena. ...