FutureSOC-Symposium 2012 at HPI (June 14/15)
7th Symposium on Future Trends in Service-Oriented Computing
12th Retreat of the HPI Research School
The annual spring retreat of the research school took place on April 20, 2012 at the Hasso Plattner...
HPI Symposium @ SAP
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New branch of the HPI Research School in China
On Nov 17, the HPI Research School opened its 3rd branch at Nanjing University in China.
11th Retreat of the HPI Research School
The annual fall retreat of the HPI Research School was held on Oct 20 and 21 at the Seehotel...
Graduate School Workshop at Schloss Dagstuhl
From June 20 until June 22, seven members of the HPI research school will participate in the joint...
FutureSOC-Symposium 2011 at HPI (June 16/17)
On June 16 and 17, the Hasso Plattner Institute welcomed experts from both industry and academia to...
Welcome to Saeedeh Momtazi
Starting April 2011 Dr. Saeedeh Momtazi has joined the HPI Research School on "Service-Oriented...
Joint Workshop in Cape Town
On April 28th and 29th, 2011, members of the research school from both HPI and University of Cape...
Service-Oriented Graphics and Geovisualization Systems
The Hasso Plattner Research School, focuses, among other topics, on service-oriented graphics systems and service-oriented geovisualization systems.
Service-Oriented Graphics Systems
A growing number of enterprise applications take advantage of sophisticated real-time, interactive graphics as a fundamental user-interface technology. Most important categories of 3D user interfaces include virtual 3D environments, virtual 3D maps, virtual 3D cities, and virtual 3D landscapes.
The software architecture of graphics systems and their corresponding application programming interfaces have been designed and implemented such that they provide optimal performance within classical desktop applications and systems. The increasing complexity of 3D scenes as well as the increasing demand for high-quality renditions raises the question how graphics systems can be integrated within a service-oriented system architecture.
The research concerned with service-oriented graphics systems should address one or more of the following questions:
- How to create and modify a scene description within a service-oriented graphics systems?
- How to provide time-coherent image sequences for interactive applications?
- How to design interaction strategies that allow users to precisely navigate through a virtual environment even under time-critical situations?
- How to design service-oriented graphics systems for mobile devices?
Service-Oriented Geovisualization Systems
Geovisualization investigates methods, techniques, and strategies for spatial information. It aims at facilitating exploration, analysis, and management of spatial data and related processes.
More and more geodata becomes a basis for building new and optimizing existing applications and systems in a variety of domains including logistics, urban planning, facility management, energy management, and disaster management. It is estimated that about 80% of all digital data exhibit (explicitly or implicitly) georeferences.
While a few basic geodata services exists for accessing and distributing geodata (e.g., services defined by the Open Geospatial Consortium) less is known about geovisualization services, in particular, about services processing and delivering 3D geodata.
The research concerned with service-oriented geovisualization systems should address one or more of the following questions:
- What are principal elements of services for geovirtual environments?
- How can applications access and deploy services for geovirtual environments?
- What are possible models the management of geodata between service provider and service user in the case of large-scale geodata?
- How to design user interaction strategies for geovirtual environments such as smart, task-supporting navigation strategies?
Applicants should be familiar with concepts in 3D computer graphics, real-time rendering, and software engineering. Excellent skills in developing and programming complex software systems are expected.