TUTORIALS
Tutorial 7: Feature Oriented Methods in Flow Visualization
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
Organizer: Gerik Scheuermann (University Leipzig)
Speakers: Julia Ebling (University Leipzig); Helwig Hauser (VRVis Vienna); Raghu Machiraju (The Ohio State University); Ronald Peikert (ETH Zürich); Xavier Tricoche (University of Utah)

Flow visualization is one of the major topics of this conference since its very beginning. It has shown a fast development over years and triggered new techniques like texture-based methods and feature detection. This tutorial will focus on the last trend and analyze new techniques as well as open questions like vague feature definitions and the dependence on the user. Some of the new developments are: evaluation of detected features to rule out false positives, interactive definition of features supported by information visualization methods like linked views and focus+context visualization, transfer of image processing to vector data, and new topology-oriented algorithms.