Nandwana wins Visualization Competition at Computational Research Day

Dr. Vikas Nandwana, a postdoc in VPD Group, won the Northwestern Information Technology department's visualization competition.

The competition called for data or research visualizations from Northwestern students and postdocs from any field. The competition had three categories participants could submit entries to — static visuals, animated visuals, and interactive visuals — and has a large turnout from departments across the university.

Nandwana won in the “static visual” category for his image on ''Cancer treatment without any side effects with use of magnetic nanocapsules." As a winner, Nandwana was invited to present his research to conference attendees where he talked about a non-invasive method to diagnose and treat cancer using nanomaterials and magnetic field.

The visualization competition is part of 2018 Computational Research Day, an all-day symposium that brings together students, faculty, and researchers across fields and disciplines to share and promote their experiences and efforts in computer aided research. The umbrella of themes includes computational simulations, working with large data sets, machine learning, and visualization.