Visualisation and Analysis Challenges for WALLABY

Author

Fluke, Christopher J. ; Barnes, David G. ; Hassan, Amr H.

Author_Institution

Centre for Astrophys. & Supercomput., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Hawthorn, ACT, Australia

fYear

2010

fDate

7-10 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

15

Lastpage

20

Abstract

Visualisation and analysis of terabyte-scale datacubes, as will be produced with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), will pose challenges for existing astronomy software and the work practices of astronomers. Focusing on the proposed outcomes of WALLABY (Wide field ASKAP L-Band Legacy All-Sky Blind Survey), and using lessons learnt from HIPASS (HI Parkes All Sky Survey), we identify issues that astronomers will face with WALLABY data cubes. We comment on potential research directions and possible solutions to these challenges.

Keywords

astronomy computing; data visualisation; Australian square kilometre array pathfinder; WALLABY; astronomy software; hi parkes all sky survey; terabyte scale datacubes; visualisation; Arrays; Bandwidth; Data visualization; Graphics processing unit; Pixel; Rendering (computer graphics); computer aided analysis; distributed computing; radio astronomy; visualisation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

e-Science Workshops, 2010 Sixth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Brisbane, QLD

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8988-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4295-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/eScienceW.2010.12

Filename

5693135