Paul Bourke is a research associate professor and director of iVEC at the University of Western Australia. I've been following Dr. for several years and never cease to be amazed by his mathematical and scientific visualization experiements.
Dr. Bourk recently posted a video of one of his recent projects on Google+ that I found fascinating. If you are a member of Google+, you can view the video at https://plus.google.com/117410063754013499525/posts (I wasn't sure how to embed the video in this post.)
Take the time to follow the link below to Paul Bourke's web page about his current work. The pictures and math are worth the effort!
RANDOM SPACE FILLING TILING OF THE PLANE
Paul Bourke, July 2011
Paul Bourke's "tiling of the plane" work was inspired by John Shier, a computer artist who integrates random numbers in his creations.
In my opinion, introducing students to the works of Paul Bourke, John Shire, and others might be a great way to spark curiosity and creativity in the study of mathematics, computer programming, and digital art.
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Paul Bourke's Amazing Collection of Textures
Paul Bourke's Amazing Scientific Visualization Lecture Slides (pdf)
(The titles above are my own.)
Paul Bourke's Amazing Scientific Visualization Lecture Slides (pdf)
(The titles above are my own.)
MRI-style 3D volumetric data set of a liver
"A fulldome (planetarium) visualisation of three microCT volumetric datasets rendered in Drishti. They include: (i) Liver Lobe, Rabbit liver illustrating venous and arterial (orange) systems; (ii) Interior of a lizard head (common garden skink); (iii) Fossil fish eyeball (Placoderm), 410 million years old, found in Wee Jasper, NSW. "
Credits for Artforms of Nature: A new way of seeing.
Ajay Limaye, Peter Morse, Paul Bourke. Vizlab, Australian National University. WASP, University of Western Australia. Featuring fisheye volume rendering from Drishti. Datasets Fossil fish eyeball (Placoderm). Gavin Young, ANU Common garden skink. Tim Senden, ANU Rabbit liver lobe. Tim Senden, ANU ©2008 by the artists. "-http://www.youtube.com/user/peteremorse
Drishti: Volume Exploration and Presentation Tool
"Drishti has been developed keeping in mind the end-use : visualizing tomography data, electron-microscopy data, etc. Understanding the data set is important and conveying that understanding to the research community or a lay person is equally important. Drishti is aiming for both. The central idea about Drishti is that the scientists should be able to use it for exploring volumetric datasets as well as use it in presentations."
Lynn Marentette, Interactive Multimedia Technology, 5/14/08
Interdisciplinary Workshop - OZVIZ 2011: November 23-25, Sydney, Australia
"The workshop provides an occasion for participants to present research outcomes, share innovative ideas, publicise work and meet colleagues. It is highly multidisciplinary, with participants from fields such as mathematics, geoscience, architecture, biology, medicine and astronomy presenting alongside computer graphics and visualisation experts."
