1. Volume Visualization
2. Multiresolution
3. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
4. Life Science
5. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
6. High Performance Computing (HPC)

LITERATURE

• Charles D. Hansen, Chris Johnson (Eds.), "The Visualization Handbook", Academic Press, ISBN 0-123-87582-X, 2004
• Heidrun Schumann, Wolfgang Müller, "Visualisierung – Grundlagen und allgemeine Methodenk", Springer Verlag, ISBN 3-540-64944-1, 2000
• Will Schroeder, Ken Martin, Bill Lorensen, " The Visualization Toolkit: An Object-Oriented Approach to 3D Graphics ", 4. Edition, Kitware Inc., ISBN 193093419X, 2006

CONFERENCES

• Conference Calendars:
• All Conferences . COM
• ACM: Conference Calendar (general)
• DBLP, Computer Science Conferences & Workshops
• Helwig Hauser, Conference Calendar (CG, Vis, VR)
• IEEE: Conference Calendar (general)
• SIGGRAPH: Computer Graphics Events
• ZIB: Conference Overview
• Huang: Conference Acceptance Rates

• 3DPVT, International Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization and Transmission, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002
• EGPGV, Eurographics Workshop on Parallel Graphics and Visualization, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996
• EGVISC, Eurographics Workshop on Visualization in Scientific Computing, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, ...
• GI, Graphics Interface, 2008, 2007, 2006, ..., 1969.
• I3DG, ACM Symposium in Interactive 3D Graphics, 2008, 2007, 2006, ..., 2001, 1999, ...
• PVG, Symposium on Parallel and Large-Data Visualization and Graphics, 2001
• SIGGRAPH, International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interaction Techniques, 2002, ...
• Vis, IEEE Visualization, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990
• VisSym, Joint Eurographics - IEEE TCVG Symposium on Visualization, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999

SOFTWARE

• Avizo (formely Amira) , Mercury / TGS Inc., San Diego, CA / Zuse Institute, Berlin, Germany
• AVS/Express, AVS Advanced Visual Systems, Waltham, MA
• EnSight, Computational Engineering Intl., Apex, NC
• Equalizer, VMML, Zürich, Switzerland
• IDL, ITT Visual Information Solutions, Boulder, CO
• OpenCASCADE, Open CASCADE S.A.S., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
• OpenDX, formerly IBM's Visualization Data Explorer
• SCIRun, Scientific Computing and Imaging, University of Utah, UT
• Tecplot, Tecplot Inc., Bellvue, WA
• VAPOR, Data Analysis Services Group (DASG), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO
• The Visualization Toolkit (VTK), Kitware Inc., Clifton Park, NY
  • ParaView, Kitware Inc., Clifton Park, NY
  • MayaVi, Prabhu Ramachandran, India
• VisIt, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA

RESEARCH GROUPS

• Bild- und Signalverarbeitung, Universität Leipzig, Germany, [Gerik Scheuermann]
• Center for Computational Visualization, University of Texas, Austin, TX, [Chandrajit Bajaj]
• Computer Graphics & Visualization, TU Munich, Germany, [Rüdiger Westermann]
• Graphisch-Interaktive Systeme (GRIS), Wilhelm Schickard Institut für Informatik, Universität Tübingen, Germany, [Wolfgang Straßer]
• Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems, University of Stuttgart, Germany, [Thomas Ertl]
• NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division, Ames, USA
• Scientific Computing and Visualization Group, Boston University
• Scientific and Computing Imaging, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, [Christopher Johnson, Charles Hansen, Claudio Silva]
• Visualization and Analytics Center for Enabling Technologies (VACET), Department of Energy (DOE)
• Visualization and Data Analysis, Zuse Institute, Berlin, Germany, [Hans-Christian Hege]
• Visualization and Graphics Research Group, UC Davis, CA, [Bernd Hamann]
• Visualization Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA, [Wes Bethel]
• Visualization Lab, Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), Austin, TX, [Kelly Gaither]
• Visualization Research Lab, Brown University, Providence, RI, [David Laidlaw]