Summer Institute in Computer Applications This program provides meaningful summer work experience to twenty-five college students pursuing technical majors with the intent to increase the pool of minority scientists and engineers from which aerospace organizations hire. Students are paired with Goddard mentors who offer work assignments in the interns' areas of interest.
	Visualization of NASA Data Sets: Visualization is a method of computing. It transforms the symbolic into the geometric, enabling researchers to observe their simulations and computations. Visualization offers a method for seeing the unseen. It enriches the process of scientific discovery and fosters profound and unexpected insights. In certain fields of study it is already revolutionizing the way scientists do science. NASA has developed a variety of data sets over the years which has been analyzed by only the top scientists. The goal of our study is to develop a software to provide an accessible and supportive environment for students to explore, intrepret, and analyze scientists data in a manner which allows them to emulate the work of actual scientists. The 1997-98 visualization team has the task of studying three software products from NASA: IISS, LINKWINDS and WORLD WATCHER. IISS uses the spreadsheet paradigm to develop a highly interactive visualization tool. WORLD WATCHER is a software product that provides an accessible and supportive environment for high school students to visualize data. LINKWINDS is a tool for analyzing a large multivariate and multidisciplinary datasets. It provides a multi-user environment across networks.
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