Welcome to
CEG7560 - Visualization and Image Processing
for Cyber Security
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Welcome to
CEG7560 - Visualization and Image Processing
for Cyber Security |
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Visualization as a research area has impacted
an enormous number of engineering disciplines. In
particular, it helps users get better insight into their
data. In many areas, it is almost impossible to
reasonably analyze data without an appropriate
visualization due to the overwhelming amount of
information present in the data. This is especially true
for the area of cyber security in which large and
complex data structures have to be explored in order to
detect the presence of an intrusion or security
issue. Similarly, automatic image analysis and
visualization techniques are needed to process the vast
amount of imagery collected nowadays.
This course will provide you with techniques for
generating visualizations of various different data
types, including scalar, vector, and graph-type
data. Geometric as well as image-based methodologies
will be introduced. Advantages and disadvantages of the
different methods are discussed to enable students to
pick the optimal technique for a given type of data
set. Different visualization and image processing
environments are illustrated from common desktop
environments to high-end virtual
environments. Programming techniques for these
environments are explained, including rendering
techniques and different input paradigms. Programming
examples are provided to enable students to immediately
experience their own visualization application.
In order to develop the code for the assignments, you can use any computer of your choice. Some sample code is provided to get you started. Sample code: Mace.cxx CMakeLists.txt Sample imaging code for converting from OpenCV to VTK: InteractWithImage.zip The binaries for VTK 9.0.3 compiled as the debug version is available. This was compiled with support for OpenVR so you may need the compiled source for that as well. You may need to point cmake to the OpenVR header and library files in the advanced settings to make this work. If you need to use an older VTK version, these are also available, such as VTK 6.2, VTK 7.1, VTK 8.2. The slides used during the lecture can be downloaded here:
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