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 & Applications

• Globe 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 Award

• OpenSpace: 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 Poster

• Visual Verification of Space Weather Ensemble Simulations
  Alexander Bock, Asher Pembroke, Leila Mays, Lutz Rastaetter, Anders Ynnerman, and Timo Ropinski
  IEEE Vis (pdf)