Accelerated distributed visualisation in the Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory (TAO)

Elliott Ayling; Amr  Hassan; Tim Dykes; Christopher  Fluke; Claudio Gheller; Mel Krokos

Accelerated distributed visualisation in the Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory (TAO)

Elliott Ayling, Amr Hassan, Tim Dykes, Christopher Fluke, Claudio Gheller, Mel Krokos

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Abstract

The Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory (TAO) is a virtual laboratory that provides pipelines to build mock observations of galaxy survey data and other derived data products based on different cosmological dark matter simulations and semianalytic galaxy formation models. We present recent work towards web-based interactive visual exploration of large datasets in TAO, using the high performance volume rendering technique Splotch - a ray-casting approach for visualising complex and multivariate large-scale point clouds. We outline how Splotch was adapted to accommodate specific TAO requirements and discuss work to expose functionalities through a web interface giving non technical TAO users the possibility to deploy Splotch in an HPC environment for easy access to state-of-the-art simulated data for a wide user base of astronomers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVI
Publisher	Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Pages	600-603
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781583819296
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2019
Event	ADASS XXVI - Trieste, Italy Duration: 16 Oct 2016 → 20 Oct 2016

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Name	ASP Conference Series
Publisher	Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume	521
ISSN (Print)	1050-3390

Conference

Conference	ADASS XXVI
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Trieste
Period	16/10/16 → 20/10/16

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Ayling, E., Hassan, A., Dykes, T., Fluke, C., Gheller, C., & Krokos, M. (2019). Accelerated distributed visualisation in the Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory (TAO). In Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVI (pp. 600-603). [39085] (ASP Conference Series; Vol. 521). Astronomical Society of the Pacific. https://www.aspbooks.org/publications/521/600.pdf

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Accelerated distributed visualisation in the Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory (TAO). / Ayling, Elliott; Hassan, Amr ; Dykes, Tim et al.

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVI. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2019. p. 600-603 39085 (ASP Conference Series; Vol. 521).

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