title: The need for verifiable visualization.
abstract: Visualization is often employed as part of the simulation science pipeline-it's the window through which scientists examine their data for deriving new science, and the lens used to view modeling and discretization interactions within their simulations. We advocate that as a component of the simulation science pipeline, visualization must be explicitly considered as part of the validation and verification (V&V) process. In this article, the authors define V&V in the context of computational science, discuss the role of V&V in the scientific process, and present arguments for the need for verifiable visualization.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah, Utah, USA. kirby@cs.utah.edu
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: Cláudio T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Silva