GPU-Accelerated Visual Analytics For Alloy Screening: Mitigating Overplotting In Large-Scale Datasets
2026 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
High-Throughput CALPHAD Screening (HTCS) generates massive, multi-dimensional alloy datasets that exceed the rendering and memory capacities of CPU (Central Processing Unit) and Document Object Model (DOM) based visualization tools. When processing millions of alloy data simulations, existing web technologies will, at times, experience network payload failures, memory exhaustion, and visual overplotting. This study implements a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated visual analytics architecture to address these limitations.
The system bypasses DOM manipulation by packaging all data into a 72 MB flat binary buffer, which is transferred directly to the GPU’s Video Random Access Memory (VRAM). WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is used to transform a discrete Parallel Coordinates Plot (PCP) into a Density-Based Parallel Coordinates (DBPC). This is achieved using a 32-bit floating-point accumulation buffer and additive blending, which converts overlapping data paths into continuous multi-dimensional heatmaps.
The results of the system evaluation benchmarks show that the proposed GPU architecture processes 3 million data points with a stable render time of approximately 743 milliseconds without any browser crash. The visual analysis objectively demonstrates that the DBPC model reduced maximum pixel saturation from 66.16% to 7.33%. This reduction resulted in a 340% increase in preserved structural information compared to the baseline 8-bit alpha blending, with a corresponding increase in Shannon Entropy from 1.27 bits/px to 5.59 bits/px. A practical case study in automotive steel confirmed the tool functionality, showcasing the ability of interactive, real-time vertex culling. Domain experts can use real-time filtering to reliably isolate viable alloy candidates and identify stable thermodynamic properties and trade-offs.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2026. , p. 33
Keywords [en]
High-Throughput CALPHAD Screening, Visual Analytics, GPU Acceleration, WebGL, Parallel Coordinates, Data Visualization, Visual Overplotting, Density-Based Parallel Coordinates, Information Theory.
National Category
Computer Sciences Metallurgy and Metallic Materials Human Computer Interaction Computer Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-73043OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-73043DiVA, id: diva2:2079668
Subject / course
JTH, Computer Engineering
Supervisors
Examiners
2026-06-262026-06-252026-06-26Bibliographically approved