Large Dataset and Database Visualizations

Key Points

• Need databases to handle large data sets (size and dimensionality)
• Need visualization systems to increase user and data interactions and provide more formalism
• Need to provide early examples by integrating data with scientific and financial environments
• NSF Initiatives
  Visualization in Scientific Computing (1987)
  High Performance Computing and Communication (1991)
  Research on Scientific Databases (1992)
  National Information Infrasctructure (1994)