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The information on this page is outdated. For current information on the MAEViz project, please see http://maeviz.cee.uiuc.edu.


Mid America Earthquake (MAE) Center Damage Visualization Module

Contacts:  Chris Navarro, cnavarro@ncsa.uiuc.edu;  Loretta Auvil, lauvil@ncsa.uiuc.edu
Collaborators:  Tom Prudhomme, NCSA;  Amr Elnashai, Civil Engineering, MAE Center;  Dan Abrams, Civil Engineering, MAE Center;  Hank Kaczmarski, Beckman Institute, hank@isl.uiuc.edu;  Benjamin J. Schaeffer, Beckman Institute, schaeffr@isl.uiuc.edu
Funding Source:  NSF;  Mid America Earthquake Center

Earthquake scenario visualization


Problem Definition

The primary objective of this project is to develop an interactive visualization tool for earthquake risk assessment across regions using advanced information technologies. Toward this end we plan to incorporate advanced data mining techniques and tools with visualization tools for predicting consequences related to various problem definitions and mitigation scenarios. This environment will also integrate the results of other MAE Center projects in the thrust areas of damage synthesis, consequence minimization, and hazard definition. A substantial part of this project will be employing advanced visualization techniques to describe earthquake scenarios.



Approach

The Automated Learning Group has developed an environment for building data mining applications called D2K - Data to Knowledge. We have used this software with great success on many of the projects we work on in the group. For the MAE Center project we will use D2K as the framework for building the interactive visualization tool mentioned above. D2K will also serve as the means for incorporating the many projects associated with the MAE Center as well as the results of other related projects. We are using the Visualization Tool Kit (VTK) to support 3-D graphics capabilities.

Our effort will also involve the development of software for visualizing complex information about future earthquake consequences. It is our hope that this tool will be highly beneficial to experts in the field, policy makers and decision makers.




Presentations

DS-1 Presentation 1 (PPT 225 KB)

DS-1 Presentation 2 (PPT 1.7 MB)



Videos

View Demo Video, 11/01/2002 (AVI 8.4 MB)

View Demo Video, 06/10/2003 (AVI 8 MB)

View Demo Video, 10/06/2003 (AVI 17 MB)

View Demo Video, 12/01/2003 (MOV 15.2 MB)








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