Renaissance Computing Institute

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Visualization Resources

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RENCI at NC State University

RENCI at UNC Chapel Hill

RENCI at Duke University

RENCI at ECU

RENCI at UNC Asheville

RENCI at UNC Charlotte

RENCI at UNC HSL

RENCI at HSL Collaboration Center

The technology-enhanced Collaboration Center, located on the 2nd floor of the Health Sciences Library (HSL) at UNC-Chapel Hill, fosters creativity and peer-to-peer learning among multidisciplinary research teams through a combination of technology staff expertise, and supporting library services and facilities. RENCI’s partnership with HSL has provided a synergy of expertise and technologies for a uniquely rich and accessible collaboration environment.

The HSL Collaboration Center showcases leading-edge visualization and collaboration technologies that can be used for research that spans disciplines, campuses, states and nations, for clinical services, community outreach initiatives or educational programs. Through the Collaboration Center, students in Chapel Hill can tune in to a biomedical conference taking place across campus or across the Atlantic. Researchers can share data, visualizations, and applications with colleagues around the world and local research teams can visualize their data in stunning high definition.

Collaboration Center features:

A high-resolution 10 ft x 8 ft rear-project display wall, capable of resolution of 12.5 million pixels (4,096 x 3,072 pixel native resolution). New collaborative applications can be enabled through the ability to interact with very high-resolution imagery inches from the screen.
The Access Grid multicast system, which provides a direct link to RENCI headquarters and its collaboration facilities. Users can collaborate in real-time and share data and applications with multiple groups worldwide.
A whiteboard that captures notes and diagrams during brainstorming sessions.
A range of software tools, workstations, and LCD projection systems that aid collaborative learning and research.