The Origins of the ParaView and VisIt Scientific Visualization Tools

James Ahrens; Hank Childs; Kenneth Moreland; Chris Johnson; Dave Kasik; Mary C. Whitton

doi:10.1109/MCG.2025.3595349

The Origins of the ParaView and VisIt Scientific Visualization Tools

James Ahrens, Hank Childs, Kenneth Moreland, Chris Johnson, Dave Kasik, Mary C. Whitton

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ParaView and VisIt play a key role in the visual understanding of scientific simulation data. These tools are open source, designed to handle extremely large datasets, and can run on supercomputers and large-scale display walls. They are in daily use by scientists, practitioners, and students at supercomputing centers, in industry, and at universities. This article gives personal accounts of the origins of these visualization tools.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	127-137
Number of pages	11
Journal	IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Volume	45
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2025.3595349
State	Published - 2025

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This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration and in part by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.

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