The OpenSpace project is proud to have a long history of academic achievements being supported by talented graduate students from a variety of academic institutions around the globe. Below is a list of theses that highlight research using OpenSpace.
Theses
2018
Kristin Bäck & Caroline Gard, Robotic Spacecraft Visualization of MSL Curiosity using Telemetry Data — American Museum of Natural History
Hanna Johansson & Sofie Khullar, Graphical User Interfaces for Multi-Touch Displays supporting Public Exploration and Guided Storytelling of Astronomical Visualizations — University of Utah
Adam Alsegård, Interactive out-of-core rendering and filtering of one billion stars measured by the ESA Gaia mission — Linköping University
Alexander Bock, Tailoring Visualization Applications for Tasks and Users — Linköping University
Michal Marcinkowski, Contextualization of Autonomous Spaceflight Operations for deep space planetary encounters — American Museum of Natural History
2017
Oskar Carlbaum & Michael Novén, Real-Time Magnetohydrodynamic Space Weather Visualization — Community Coordinated Modeling Center
Rickard Lindstedt & Michael Sjöström, Interactive In-Situ Visualization of Mars Science Laboratory Data — American Museum of Natural History
Jonathan Bosson, Multi-Touch Interfaces for Public Exploration and Navigation in Astronomical Visualizations — University of Utah
Klas Eskilson, Creating User Interfaces Using Web-based Technologies to Support Rapid Prototyping in a Desktop Astrovisualization Software — New York University
Jonas Strandstedt, Multi-Volume Rendering in OpenSpace Using A-Buffers for Space Weather Visualizations — Community Coordinated Modeling Center
2016
Kalle Bladin & Erik Broberg, Design and Implementation of an Out-of-Core Globe Rendering System Using Multiple Map Services — American Museum of Natural History
Michael Nilsson & Sebastian Piwell, Bridging the Gap: Providing Public Science Dissemination through Expert Tools — Community Coordinated Modeling Center
2015
Emil Axelsson & Tomas Forsyth Rosin, Spatio-temporal Multi-modal Visualization of Volumetric Simulation and In Situ Satellite Data — Community Coordinated Modeling Center
Anton Arbring, Public Dissemination of Deep Space Missions through Immersive Visualization — American Museum of Natural History
2014
Hans-Christian Helltegen, Visualizing Space Weather: Acquiring and Rendering Data of Earth's Magnetosphere — Community Coordinated Modeling Center
Victor Sand, Dynamic Visualization of Space Weather Data — Community Coordinated Modeling Center
2013
Martin Törnros, Interactive Visualization of Space Weather Data — Community Coordinated Modeling Center
Publications
OpenSpace: Bringing NASA Missions to the Public
Alexander Bock, Charles Hansen, and Anders Ynnerman
IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications (pdf)OpenSpace: Changing the Narrative of Public Dissemination in Astronomical Visualization from What to How
Alexander Bock, Emil Axelsson, Carter Emmart, Masha Kuznetsova, Charles Hansen, and Anders Ynnerman
IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications (pdf)Exploranation: A New Science Communication Paradigm, Anders Ynnerman, Jonas Löwgren, and Lena Tibell
IEEE Computer Graphics & ApplicationsGlobe Browsing: Contextualized Spatio-Temporal Planetary Surface Visualization
Karl Bladin, Emil Axelsson, Erik Broberg, Carter Emmart, Patric Ljung, Alexander Bock, and Anders Ynnerman
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (pdf)
Best Scientific Visualization Paper AwardOpenSpace: An Open-Source Astrovisualization Framework
Alexander Bock, Emil Axelsson, Karl Bladin, Jonathas Costa, Gene Payne, Matthew Territo, Joakim Kilby, Masha Kuznetsova, Carter Emmart, and Anders Ynnerman
Journal of Open-Source Software (pdf)Dynamic Scene Graph: Enabling Scaling, Positioning, and Navigation in the Universe
Emil Axelsson, Jonathas Costa, Claudio Silva, Alexander Bock, and Anders Ynnerman
Computer Graphics Forum (pdf)OpenSpace: Public Dissemination of Space Mission Profiles
Alexander Bock, Michal Marcinkowski, Joakim Kilby, Carter Emmart, and Anders Ynnerman
IEEE Vis Poster Session (pdf, poster)
Best Scientific Visualization PosterVisual Verification of Space Weather Ensemble Simulations
Alexander Bock, Asher Pembroke, Leila Mays, Lutz Rastaetter, Anders Ynnerman, and Timo Ropinski
IEEE Vis (pdf)