Interoperable Extension of the Inviwo Visualization Software

• Applicants: Professor Dr. Timo Ropinski; Professor Dr. Matthias Tichy
• Subject Area: Image and Language Processing, Computer Graphics and Visualisation, Human Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing
• Term: from 2018 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 391107954

Within this project, we plan to enable the interoperable extension of the Inviwo visualization software. The main pillar of our strategy is to lower the barrier for users and developers to create and distribute own Inviwo extensions. Therefore, we will ease the development of own functionalities and establish together with the Communication and Information Centre a system for distributing these functionalities to others. Thus, in contrast to modern source code version management systems, also non-programmers will be able to distribute their creations and thus directly extend the software. To fulfill the quality assurance requirements which emerge from such an approach, we will further realize and establish automated testing procedures.

• DFG Programme: Research data and software (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)