CS 8001 Readings in Information Visualization

Semester Readings

Aug. 23
Introduction

Aug. 30

  • Overview of InfoVis, by Card, Mackinlay, Shneiderman. On reserve
  • "Finding and understanding reusable designs from large hierarchical repositories", P. Demian, R. Fruchter, Information Visualization, 5(1), Spring 2006, pp. 28-46. pdf

    Sep. 6
    No class

    Sep. 13

  • "An integrated task-based framework for the design and evaluation of visualizations to support preferential choice", J. Bautista, G. Carenini, Proc. of AVI '06, Venezia, Italy, May 2006, pp. 217-224. pdf

    Sep. 20

  • "Views on Visualization", Jarke van Wijk, IEEE Trans. on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 12, No. 4, July-Aug. 2006, pp. 421 - 433. pdf

    Sep. 27

  • "Beyond guidelines: what can we learn from the visual information seeking mantra?" Brock Craft, Paul Cairns, Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Information Visualisation, London, England, July 2005, pp. 110-118. pdf

    Oct. 4
    No class

    Oct. 11

  • "Designing for social data analysis", Martin Wattenberg and Jesse Kriss, IEEE Trans. on Visualization and Computer Graphics, July-Aug. 2006, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 549-557. pdf

    Oct. 18

  • "Vizster: Visualizing Online Social Networks", Jeffery Herr and Danah Boyd, Proceeding of IEEE InfoVis '05, Oct. 2005, Minneapolis, MN, pp. 32-39. pdf

    Oct. 25

  • "An insight-based methodology for evaluating bioinformatics visualizations", P. Saraiya, C. North, and K. Duca, IEEE Trans. on Visualization and Computer Graphics, July-Aug. 2005, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 443-456. pdf

    Nov. 8

  • "Balancing Systematic and Flexible Exploration of Social Networks", Adam Perer and Ben Shneiderman, IEEE Trans. on Vis and Computer Graphics, Vol. 12, No. 5, (IEEE InfoVis '06), pp. 693-700. pdf

    Nov. 15

  • "FacetMap: A Scalable Search and Browse Visualization", Greg Smith et al, IEEE Trans. on Vis and Computer Graphics, Vol. 12, No. 5, (IEEE InfoVis '06), pp. 797-804. pdf

    Nov. 29

  • "User Interacation with Scatterplots on Small Screens - A Comparative Evaluation of Geometirc-Semantic Zoom and Fisheye Distortion", Thorsten Buring, Jens Gerken, and Harald Reiterer, IEEE Trans. on Vis and Computer Graphics, Vol. 12, No. 5, (IEEE InfoVis '06), pp. 829-836. pdf

    Dec. 6

  • "Software Design patterns for Information Visualization", Jeffrey Heer and Manessh Agrawala, IEEE Trans. on Vis and Computer Graphics, Vol. 12, No. 5, (IEEE InfoVis '06), pp. 853-860. pdf