Monday, 29 April 2024 @ 14:00–15:00 CEST

On-site:

University of Vienna
Seminarraum 4
Währinger Straße 29
1090 Vienna

Kalina Borkiewicz
Beauty in Numbers: Scientific Visualization meets Hollywood Flair

Abstract:

Cinematic scientific visualization combines the rigor of data visualization with the artistic finesse of Hollywood filmmaking, transforming complex scientific concepts into visually compelling narratives. Widely disseminated via museums, documentary films, and social media platforms, these visualizations have garnered a vast global audience, reaching millions of viewers from 8 to 80 years old. In this talk, cinematic visualization will be explained and demonstrated through three lenses: technical challenges, design considerations, and science communication best practices. 

Bio:

Kalina Borkiewicz has spent most of the last decade creating cinematic scientific visualizations as part of the Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL) at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Most recently, she served as Director of the AVL team and also Director of the Visualization Program Office. She has contributed visualizations to numerous documentary films including immersive fulldome and IMAX content. Kalina is currently a PhD student at the University of Utah.