Qi Wu

Qi Wu

Applied Research Scientist at NVIDIA

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A Flexible Data Streaming Design for Interactive Visualization of Large-Scale Volume Data

Qi Wu, Michael J. Doyle, and Kwan-Liu Ma

Published in @EGPGV, 2022

Abstract

Modern simulations and experiments can produce massive amounts of high-fidelity data that are challenging to transport and visualize interactively. We have designed a data streaming system to support interactive visualization of large volume data. Our streaming system design is unique in its flexibility to support diverse data organizations and its coupling with a highly efficient CPU-based ray-tracing renderer. In this paper, we present our streaming and rendering design and demonstrate the efficacy of our system with progressive rendering of streaming tree-based AMR (TAMR) volume data and radial basis function (RBF) particle volume data. With our system, interactive visualization can be achieved using only a mid-range workstation with a single CPU and a modest quantity of RAM.

Standardized Data-Parallel Rendering Using ANARI

Ingo Wald, Stefan Zellmann, Jefferson Amstutz, Qi Wu, Kevin Griffin, and Milan Jaros

Published in @LDAV, 2024

Abstract

We propose and discuss a paradigm that allows for expressing data-parallel rendering with the classically non-parallel ANARI API. We propose this as a new standard for data-parallel rendering, describe two different implementations of this paradigm, and use multiple sample integrations into existing applications to show how easy it is to adopt, and what can be gained from doing so.

From Cluster to Desktop: A Cache-Accelerated INR framework for Interactive Visualization
of Tera-Scale Data

Daniel Zavorotny, Qi Wu, David Bauer, and Kwan-Liu Ma

Published in @EGPGV, 2025

Abstract

Machine learning has enabled the use of implicit neural representations (INRs) to efficiently compress and reconstruct massive scientific datasets. However, despite advances in fast INR rendering algorithms, INR-based rendering remains computationally expensive, as computing data values from an INR is significantly slower than reading them from GPU memory. This bottleneck currently restricts interactive INR visualization to professional workstations. To address this challenge, we introduce an INR rendering framework accelerated by a scalable, multi-resolution GPU cache capable of efficiently representing tera-scale datasets. By minimizing redundant data queries and prioritizing novel volume regions, our method reduces the number of INR computations per frame, achieving an average 5x speedup over the state-of-the-art INR rendering method while still maintaining high visualization quality. Coupled with existing hardware-accelerated INR compressors, our framework enables scientists to generate and compress massive datasets in situ on high-performance computing platforms and then interactively explore them on consumer-grade hardware post hoc.

HyperFLINT: Hypernetwork-based Flow Estimation and Temporal Interpolation for Scientific Ensemble Visualization

Hamid Gadirov, Qi Wu, David Bauer, Kwan-Liu Ma, Jos B.T.M. Roerdink, and Steffen Frey

Published in @EuroVis, 2025

Abstract

We present HyperFLINT (Hypernetwork-based FLow estimation and temporal INTerpolation), a novel deep learning-based approach for estimating flow fields, temporally interpolating scalar fields, and facilitating parameter space exploration in spatio-temporal scientific ensemble data. This work addresses the critical need to explicitly incorporate ensemble parameters into the learning process, as traditional methods often neglect these, limiting their ability to adapt to diverse simulation settings and provide meaningful insights into the data dynamics. HyperFLINT introduces a hypernetwork to account for simulation parameters, enabling it to generate accurate interpolations and flow fields for each timestep by dynamically adapting to varying conditions, thereby outperforming existing parameter-agnostic approaches. The architecture features modular neural blocks with convolutional and deconvolutional layers, supported by a hypernetwork that generates weights for the main network, allowing the model to better capture intricate simulation dynamics. A series of experiments demonstrates HyperFLINT’s significantly improved performance in flow field estimation and temporal interpolation, as well as its potential in enabling parameter space exploration, offering valuable insights into complex scientific ensembles.

Glyph-Based Multiscale Visualization of Turbulent Multi-Physics Statistics

Arisa Cowe, Tyson Neuroth, Qi Wu, Martin Rieth, Jacqueline Chen, Myoungkyu Lee, and Kwan-Liu Ma

Published in @arxiv, 2025

Abstract

Many scientific and engineering problems involving multi-physics span a wide range of scales. Understanding the interactions across these scales is essential for fully comprehending such complex problems. However, visualizing multivariate, multiscale data within an integrated view where correlations across space, scales, and fields are easily perceived remains challenging. To address this, we introduce a novel local spatial statistical visualization of flow fields across multiple fields and turbulence scales. Our method leverages the curvelet transform for scale decomposition of fields of interest, a level-set-restricted centroidal Voronoi tessellation to partition the spatial domain into local regions for statistical aggregation, and a set of glyph designs that combines information across scales and fields into a single, or reduced set of perceivable visual representations. Each glyph represents data aggregated within a Voronoi region and is positioned at the Voronoi site for direct visualization in a 3D view centered around flow features of interest. We implement and integrate our method into an interactive visualization system where the glyph-based technique operates in tandem with linked 3D spatial views and 2D statistical views, supporting a holistic analysis. We demonstrate with case studies visualizing turbulent combustion data–multi-scalar compressible flows–and turbulent incompressible channel flow data. This new capability enables scientists to better understand the interactions between multiple fields and length scales in turbulent flows.