EOI: Expression Of Interest
| Granted on: |
22 juni 2005 |
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| Main applicant: |
Prof. dr. ir. J.J. van Wijk |
TU/e |
| CO-applicants: |
- |
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| Project members: |
Y.B. Shrinivasan J. Li K. Duhbaci |
TU/e TU/e TU/e |
| VIEW theme: |
Interactive Data Visualization |
Summary:
Data visualization concerns the visual presentation of data, such that users can easily obtain insight. A key ingredient for successful visualization systems is that they show interesting aspects in a clear way. This project studies how this can be done. The first key question is how users can be enabled to specify their (current) interest in an effective and efficient way. The second key question is how this user-defined interest can be used such that the visual attention for each element displayed corresponds to its importance. In the third place, visualization is an interactive and explorative process. How can we enable the user to change his interest continuously, and thereby to navigate through large data spaces efficiently and effectively?
The aim is to develop generic models and guidelines for this, which form a basis for a number of new methods and techniques. The methods will be applied and tested in the context of software visualization. Software visualization is a challenging field, where large and complex data-sets have to be handled, and where multiple views and multiple visualization methods have to be used. During the analysis of software systems, the interest of the user will change quickly, and also, just a small part of the data will be of interest. This urges a need for visualization methods where
interest is given an explicit and central role.