IEEE Access (Jan 2023)
VESTEC: Visual Exploration and Sampling Toolkit for Extreme Computing
- Markus Flatken,
- Artur Podobas,
- Riccardo Fellegara,
- Achim Basermann,
- Johannes Holke,
- David Knapp,
- Max Kontak,
- Christian Krullikowski,
- Michael Nolde,
- Nick Brown,
- Rupert Nash,
- Gordon Gibb,
- Evgenij Belikov,
- Steven W. D. Chien,
- Stefano Markidis,
- Pierre Guillou,
- Julien Tierny,
- Jules Vidal,
- Charles Gueunet,
- Johannes Gunther,
- Miroslaw Pawlowski,
- Piero Poletti,
- Giorgio Guzzetta,
- Mattia Manica,
- Agnese Zardini,
- Jean-Pierre Chaboureau,
- Miguel Mendes,
- Adrian Cardil,
- Santiago Monedero,
- Joaquin Ramirez,
- Andreas Gerndt
Affiliations
- Markus Flatken
- ORCiD
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Software Technology (SC), Software for Space Systems and Interactive Visualization, Braunschweig, Germany
- Artur Podobas
- ORCiD
- Department of Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
- Riccardo Fellegara
- ORCiD
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Software Technology (SC), Software for Space Systems and Interactive Visualization, Braunschweig, Germany
- Achim Basermann
- ORCiD
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Software Technology (SC), High-Performance Computing, Cologne, Germany
- Johannes Holke
- ORCiD
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Software Technology (SC), High-Performance Computing, Cologne, Germany
- David Knapp
- ORCiD
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Software Technology (SC), High-Performance Computing, Cologne, Germany
- Max Kontak
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Software Technology (SC), High-Performance Computing, Cologne, Germany
- Christian Krullikowski
- ORCiD
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), Geo-risks and Civil Security, Munich, Germany
- Michael Nolde
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), Geo-risks and Civil Security, Munich, Germany
- Nick Brown
- ORCiD
- The University of Edinburgh EPCC, Edinburgh, U.K
- Rupert Nash
- The University of Edinburgh EPCC, Edinburgh, U.K
- Gordon Gibb
- The University of Edinburgh EPCC, Edinburgh, U.K
- Evgenij Belikov
- The University of Edinburgh EPCC, Edinburgh, U.K
- Steven W. D. Chien
- ORCiD
- Department of Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
- Stefano Markidis
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- Department of Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
- Pierre Guillou
- Department of Computer Science, Sorbonne Université (SU), Paris, France
- Julien Tierny
- ORCiD
- Department of Computer Science, Sorbonne Université (SU), Paris, France
- Jules Vidal
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- Department of Computer Science, Sorbonne Université (SU), Paris, France
- Charles Gueunet
- ORCiD
- Kitware SAS, Villeurbanne, France
- Johannes Gunther
- ORCiD
- Intel Deutschland Gmbh, Feldkirchen, Germany
- Miroslaw Pawlowski
- ORCiD
- Intel Technology Poland, Gdansk, Poland
- Piero Poletti
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- Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Trento, Italy
- Giorgio Guzzetta
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- Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Trento, Italy
- Mattia Manica
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- Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Trento, Italy
- Agnese Zardini
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- Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Trento, Italy
- Jean-Pierre Chaboureau
- ORCiD
- LAERO, Universitéde Toulouse, CNRS, UT3, IRD, Toulouse, France
- Miguel Mendes
- Tecnosylva S.L.U., León, Spain
- Adrian Cardil
- ORCiD
- Tecnosylva S.L.U., León, Spain
- Santiago Monedero
- Tecnosylva S.L.U., León, Spain
- Joaquin Ramirez
- ORCiD
- Tecnosylva S.L.U., León, Spain
- Andreas Gerndt
- ORCiD
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Software Technology (SC), Software for Space Systems and Interactive Visualization, Braunschweig, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3301177
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11
pp. 87805 – 87834
Abstract
Natural disasters and epidemics are unfortunate recurring events that lead to huge societal and economic loss. Recent advances in supercomputing can facilitate simulations of such scenarios in (or even ahead of) real-time, therefore supporting the design of adequate responses by public authorities. By incorporating high-velocity data from sensors and modern high-performance computing systems, ensembles of simulations and advanced analysis enable urgent decision-makers to better monitor the disaster and to employ necessary actions (e.g., to evacuate populated areas) for mitigating these events. Unfortunately, frameworks to support such versatile and complex workflows for urgent decision-making are only rarely available and often lack in functionalities. This paper gives an overview of the VESTEC project and framework, which unifies orchestration, simulation, in-situ data analysis, and visualization of natural disasters that can be driven by external sensor data or interactive intervention by the user. We show how different components interact and work together in VESTEC and describe implementation details. To disseminate our experience three different types of disasters are evaluated: a Wildfire in La Jonquera (Spain), a Mosquito-Borne disease in two regions of Italy, and the magnetic reconnection in the Earth magnetosphere.
Keywords
- Scientific visualization
- high-performance computing
- topological data analysis
- in-situ processing
- interactive data processing
- ensemble simulation