Institute for Visualization & Perception Research

The Institute for Visualization and Perception Research (IVPR) is an interdisciplinary group whose research and contract activities focus on the development of tools, systems, displays and interactive techniques that enable individuals and groups to explore collaborative data sets by visual and other perceptual means.

Our goal is to facilitate and improve the exploration of various types of data, including massive, distributed and complex data sets. Areas in which we have worked include medicine (clinical trials, high-through-put screening, drug discovery), crime statistics, network monitoring, satellite imagery, and homeland security.

Our work - which is both theoretical and applied - draws from the fields of computer science, computer engineering, mathematics artificial intelligence, psychology and design arts.

The specific goals of the IVPR are:

• To apply knowledge of perception to the development of visualization technologies.
  
  
• To train visualization scientists.
  
  
• To disseminate visualization technology.
  
  
• To provide consultation in visualization to industry and government.
   

With its expertise in the areas of highly interactive visualization of complex data, including collaborative and distributed visualization, the IVPR can support the management, analysis, exploration and development of information systems.