Title :
Visualisation and Analysis Challenges for WALLABY
Author :
Fluke, Christopher J. ; Barnes, David G. ; Hassan, Amr H.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Astrophys. & Supercomput., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Hawthorn, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
Visualisation and analysis of terabyte-scale datacubes, as will be produced with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), will pose challenges for existing astronomy software and the work practices of astronomers. Focusing on the proposed outcomes of WALLABY (Wide field ASKAP L-Band Legacy All-Sky Blind Survey), and using lessons learnt from HIPASS (HI Parkes All Sky Survey), we identify issues that astronomers will face with WALLABY data cubes. We comment on potential research directions and possible solutions to these challenges.
Keywords :
astronomy computing; data visualisation; Australian square kilometre array pathfinder; WALLABY; astronomy software; hi parkes all sky survey; terabyte scale datacubes; visualisation; Arrays; Bandwidth; Data visualization; Graphics processing unit; Pixel; Rendering (computer graphics); computer aided analysis; distributed computing; radio astronomy; visualisation;
Conference_Titel :
e-Science Workshops, 2010 Sixth IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, QLD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8988-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4295-9
DOI :
10.1109/eScienceW.2010.12