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DESCRIPTION:<html><ul><li>This event was exported from <a href="https://exp
 lora.alliancecan.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Explora</stro
 ng></a></li><li>The content provider for this event is: <a href="https://e
 xplora.alliancecan.ca/content_providers/west" target="_blank" rel="noopene
 r">SFU Research Computing Group</a></li><li><strong>Registration may be re
 quired for the event</strong>\, please visit the following URL to learn mo
 re: <a href="https://forms.gle/XyjAMRDAM4A3DCr7A" target="_blank" rel="noo
 pener">https://forms.gle/XyjAMRDAM4A3DCr7A</a></li></ul><hr><p><a href="ht
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 </a><br><br>Speaker: Alex Razoumov (SFU) <br><br>Abstract: This overview 
 session introduces all workshops in the Series and provides high-level ans
 wers to questions such as:<br>- What are the differences among Python plot
 ting libraries -- Matplotlib\, Seaborn\, Plotly\, Vega-Altair\, and Plotni
 ne -- and when should you choose one over another?<br>- Why use ParaView f
 or 3D scientific visualization\, and what are its core capabilities?<br>- 
 In what ways can you use Python scripting in ParaView? (There is more than
  one!)<br>- What are the three primary approaches to creating animations i
 n ParaView?<br>- What is in-situ visualization?<br>- Any domain-specific v
 isualization tools covered in this Series?<br>- Which scientific web visua
 lization tools should you consider using in 2026?<br>We will also briefly 
 cover tools not included in this Series\, such as VisIt\, Python mapping p
 ackages\, Julia plotting libraries\, and others\, and explain why they wer
 e left out.</p></html>
SUMMARY:Intro session: which tool is right for me? [Winter Vis Series]
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