Click image to enlarge. Welcome to the Center for Advanced Visualization, Computation, and Modeling (CAVCaM) at DRI. On these pages you will the information regarding the resources, projects, and capabilities of CAVCaM. If you have questions or feedback please feel free to contact using the link provided.

Mission

Like other centers at DRI, CAVCaM is a cross-cutting, interdisciplinary, virtual organization that draws from the scientific core competencies of the divisions and supplements that with deep skills related to computing technology. Necessarily it works closely with Information Services organization and the Institute Chief Information Officer. Its specific role is to coordinate and promote across the Institute proficient use of advanced digital technologies as investigative instruments of systems and processes, particularly for earth and environmental sciences. As an overlay organization, CAVCaM provides strategic and integrative direction for all aspects of research computing. The Center is committed to the pervasive use of numerical and visual simulation to investigate and solve problems that might be used for prediction, design and optimization.