8. Information Visualization Half Day / Intermediate This course gives participants a working knowledge of effective visualization approaches for presenting information. Visual representation of information requires merging data visualization methods, computer graphics, design, and imagination. In contrast with scientific spatial data, information spaces are abstract and different from physical data spaces and thus require different visualization approaches. The course covers types of information and visualization of retrieved information in the World Wide Web (browsing and searching), large document collections, and databases. Attendees learn about usability studies and how to make sense of information with visualization. Practical applications are illustrated through specific case studies on and off the Internet. Who Should Attend People who would like to improve interaction of users with information, would like to be able to produce effective presentations on the World Wide Web with scientific visualization, and would like to extend the scope of their work. Organizer Nahum D. Gershon The MITRE Corporation Lecturers Stuart Card Xerox PARC Stephen Eick AT&T Bell Laboratories Schedule 1:30 pm: Introduction - Nahum Gershon What is visualization Course outline and schedule 1:40 pm: Types of visualized information - Stephen G. Eick Networks Hierarchies Cityscapes Text (structure and contents) Icons Long lists and tables 2:10 pm: Visualization of retrieved information - Stuart Card Large collections of documents Small collections of documents Single documents 2:40 pm: Aspects of information visualization - Nahum Gershon Information visualization versus scientific data visualization Understanding the new media of computers and visual computing and display 3:00 pm: Break 3:15 pm: Visualizing the Internet & the World Wide Web (WWW) - Nahum Gershon Browsing the WWW Searching the WWW Building one's own information space Designing WWW pages 3:45 pm: Making Sense of Information - Stuart Card 4:15 pm: Usability considerations - Stephen G. Eick 4:45 pm: Perceptual considerations - Nahum Gershon 4:55 pm: Case Studies Software and network information - Stephen G. Eick Information analysis - Nahum Gershon 5:25 pm: Discussion and Resources - Stuart Card, Stephen G. Eick, & Nahum Gershon

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