SCA/HPCAsia 2026 (Osaka)

Scientific Visualization of Large-Scale Time-Varying Data for Smart Cities

On Monday, 26 January 2026, Metason joined the SVSC Workshop co-located with SCA/HPCAsia 2026 in Osaka, Japan (13:30–16:30, Room 806). Workshop contributors included Barton Fiske, Simon See, and Akihiro Kishimoto.

The workshop addressed how scientific visualisation is being reshaped by exploding data volumes, exascale computing, and AI/ML — and how visualisation and digital twins can support real-time insights and decision-making in smart-city planning. It aimed to connect visualisation and digital twin experts, domain scientists, and technology developers to share best practices, tools, and real-world experience for large, complex urban datasets.

Kenneth Sung (Metason) delivered the invited talk “From CFD to Smart Visualization: Digital Twin Solutions for Urban Air Ventilation Analysis,” showing how digital twin workflows can turn computational fluid dynamics (CFD) into practical, city-scale visualisation for urban air ventilation studies.

Programme

• 13:30–13:35: Introduction and Opening Remarks
• 13:35–13:55: Keynote — NVIDIA Blueprint for Smart City AI (Barton Fiske, NVIDIA)
• 13:55–14:20: Invited Talk — From CFD to Smart Visualization: Digital Twin Solutions for Urban Air Ventilation Analysis (Kenneth Sung, Metason)
• 14:20–14:45: Invited Talk — Visualization for Optimization of Scientific Simulations (Takayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu University)
• 14:45–15:15: Break
• 15:15–15:35: Invited Talk — Visualization of Large-Scale Urban Crowd Movement for Evacuation and Safety Planning (Kensuke Yasufuku, The University of Osaka)
• 15:35–16:00: Invited Talk — Large-Scale Scientific Visualization using Universal Scene Description (Iiff Ho, NVIDIA)
• 16:00–16:30: Panel discussion — Barton Fiske (NVIDIA), Jeff Adie (NVIDIA), Kenneth Sung (Metason), Takayuki Itoh (Ochanomizu University), Kensuke Yasufuku (The University of Osaka)

Workshop website:
https://sites.google.com/view/svsc-workshop-scahpcasia-26