--Mario Costa Sousa -- Research Interactive Scalabale Reservoir Modeling and Visualization Visualization has been a key component to increased success and efficiency in oil and gas Exploration and Production, and across related disciplines of geophysics, geology, and reservoir & production engineering. Visualization provides new insights into understanding the reservoir models, providing better computer tools for visual analysis and interpretations for improved technical-economic decision making. The key application-domain of this research program is on Oil and Gas Exploration & Production (E&P), focusing on three inter-related key disciplines: (1) Geophysics (data processing, seismic interpretation); (2) Geology (structural and stratigraphic modeling); and (3) Reservoir & Production Engineering (flow simulation, well placement, production systems). More information available here Illustrative Graphics Framework R&D of illustrative graphics (modeling and rendering) and visualization techniques and systems that are able to capture the expressiveness of traditional Scientific-Technical-Medical (STM) illustrations. The real power of traditional illustration techniques comes from the illustrator's mastery of integrating subtle perceptual cues within the illustration, emphasizing and subjugating abstract and concrete information to the viewer. Today's computer-generated STM visualization techniques and systems generally lack this subtlety. The focus of this research program is to address this problem. The goal is to develop illustrative visualization frameworks and tool set that incorporates traditional STM illustration principles, practices, and methods with existing and forthcoming graphics and visualization systems and techniques. This involves fundamental R&D of illustrative/scientific visualization algorithmns, non-photorealistic rendering, sketch-based interfaces and modeling, perceptual models in illustration and visualization and real-time volume graphics.