Scientific Visualization of Physical Phenomena

1: Keynote and Invited Papers.- Visualization: New Concepts and Techniques to Integrate Diverse Application Areas.- to Volume Synthesis.- Computer Visualization in Spacecraft Exploration of the Solar System.- Computational Geometry and Visualization: Problems at the Interface.- Visualization for Engineering Design.- Visualization Resources and Strategies for Remote Subsea Exploration.- 2: Animation.- A Particle-Based Computational Model of Cloth Draping Behavior.- Physically-Based Interactive Camera Motion Control Using 3D Input Devices.- Aspects of Motion Design for Physically-Based Animation.- 3: Parallel Processing.- Terrain Perspectives on a Massively Parallel SIMD Computer.- Surface Tree Caching for Rendering Patches in a Parallel Ray Tracing System.- 4: Volume Rendering.- Context Sensitive Normal Estimation for Volume Imaging.- Rapid Volume Rendering Using a Boundary-Fill Guided Ray Cast Algorithm.- A 3D Surface Construction Algorithm for Volume Data.- 5: Visualization Methods.- Compositional Analysis and Synthesis of Scientific Data Visualization Techniques.- Precise Rendering Method for Edge Highlighting.- Fractals Based on Regular Polygons and Polyhedra.- 6: Ray Tracing/Rendering.- Ray Tracing Gradient Index Lenses.- Shapes and Textures for Rendering Coral.- A New Color Conversion Method for Realistic Light Simulation.- 7: Picture Generation.- Two-Dimensional Vector Field Visualization by Halftoning.- Three Plus Five Makes Eight: A Simplified Approach to Halftoning.- 8: Computational Geometry.- A Theory of Geometric Contact for Computer Aided Geometric Design of Parametric Curves.- Generalization of a Family of Gregory Surfaces.- A New Control Method for Free-Form Surfaces with Tangent Continuity and its Applications.- Hybrid Models and Conversion Algorithms for Solid Object Representation.- Surface Generation Using Implicit Cubics.- 9: Visualization in Engineering.- Equilibrium and Interpolation Solutions Using Wavelet Bases.- Dynamic 3D Illustrations with