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Information Visualization for Knowledge Discovery
Ben Shneiderman [email protected]
Founding Director (1983-2000), Human-Computer Interaction LabProfessor, Department of Computer Science
Member, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
University of MarylandCollege Park, MD 20742
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Interdisciplinary research community- Computer Science & Info Studies- Psych, Socio, Poli Sci & MITH
(www.cs.umd.edu/hcil)
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Scientific Approach (beyond user friendly)
• Specify users and tasks• Predict and measure
• time to learn• speed of performance• rate of human errors• human retention over time
• Assess subjective satisfaction(Questionnaire for User Interface Satisfaction)
• Accommodate individual differences• Consider social, organizational & cultural context
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Design Issues
• Input devices & strategies• Keyboards, pointing devices, voice• Direct manipulation• Menus, forms, commands
• Output devices & formats• Screens, windows, color, sound• Text, tables, graphics• Instructions, messages, help
• Collaboration & communities• Manuals, tutorials, training
www.awl.com/DTUI
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U.S. Library of Congress
• Scholars, Journalists, Citizens
• Teachers, Students
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Visible Human Explorer (NLM)
• Doctors
• Surgeons
• Researchers
• Students
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NASA Environmental Data
• Scientists
• Farmers
• Land planners
• Students
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Bureau of the Census
• Economists, Policy makers, Journalists
• Teachers, Students
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NSF Digital Government Initiative
• Find what you need• Understand what you Find
www.ils.unc.edu/govstat/
Census,NCHS,BLS, EIA,NASS, SSA
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International Children’s Digital Library
www.childrenslibrary.org
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Piccolo: Toolkit for 2D zoomable objects
AppLens & Launch TileUMD, Microsoft Research
CytoscapeInstitute for Systems BiologyMemorial Sloan-KetteringInstitut Pasteur UCSD
TreePlusUMD
DateLensWindsor Interfaces, Inc.
Structured canvas of graphical objects in a hierarchical scenegraph• Zooming animation• Cameras, layers
Open, Extensible & EfficientJava, C#, PocketPC versions
www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/piccolo
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Information Visualization
The eye…the window of the soul,is the principal means by which the central sensecan most completely andabundantly appreciate the infinite works of nature.
Leonardo da Vinci(1452 - 1519)
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Using Vision to Think
• Visual bandwidth is enormous• Human perceptual skills are remarkable
• Trend, cluster, gap, outlier...• Color, size, shape, proximity...
• Human image storage is fast and vast
• Opportunities• Spatial layouts & coordination• Information visualization• Scientific visualization & simulation• Telepresence & augmented reality• Virtual environments
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Spotfire: Retinol’s role in embryos & vision
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Spotfire: DC natality data
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Information Visualization: Mantra
• Overview, zoom & filter, details-on-demand• Overview, zoom & filter, details-on-demand• Overview, zoom & filter, details-on-demand• Overview, zoom & filter, details-on-demand• Overview, zoom & filter, details-on-demand• Overview, zoom & filter, details-on-demand• Overview, zoom & filter, details-on-demand• Overview, zoom & filter, details-on-demand• Overview, zoom & filter, details-on-demand• Overview, zoom & filter, details-on-demand
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Information Visualization: Data Types
• 1-D Linear Document Lens, SeeSoft, Info Mural, Value Bars
• 2-D Map GIS, ArcView, PageMaker, Medical imagery
• 3-D World CAD, Medical, Molecules, Architecture
• Multi-Var Parallel Coordinates, Spotfire, XGobi, Visage, Influence Explorer, TableLens, DEVise
• Temporal Perspective Wall, LifeLines, Lifestreams, Project Managers, DataSpiral
• Tree Cone/Cam/Hyperbolic, TreeBrowser, Treemap
• Network Netmap, netViz, SeeNet, Butterfly, Multi-trees
(Online Library of Information Visualization Environments)otal.umd.edu/Olive
Info
Viz
SciV
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ManyEyes: A web sharing platform
http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/app
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Treemap: view large trees with node values
+ Space filling+ Space limited+ Color coding+ Size coding−Requires learning
(Shneiderman, ACM Trans. on Graphics, 1992 & 2003)
TreeViz (Mac, Johnson, 1992)NBA-Tree(Sun, Turo, 1993)Winsurfer (Teittinen, 1996)Diskmapper (Windows, Micrologic)SequoiaView, Panopticon,
HiveGroup, SolvernTreemap4 (UMd, 2004)
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Treemap: Stock market, clustered by industry
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Market falls steeply Feb 27, 2007, with one exception
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Market falls 311 points July 26, 2007, with a few exceptions
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Market mixed, October 22, 2007, Energy & Basic Material are down
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Market mixed, February 8, 2008 Energy & Technology up, Financial & Health Care down
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Market rises 319 points, November 13, 2007, with 5 exceptions
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www.hivegroup.com
Treemap: Newsmap
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Treemap: Gene Ontology
http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemap/
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www.hivegroup.comTreemap: Product catalogs
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LifeLines: Patient Histories
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LifeLines: Customer Histories
Temporal data visualization
•Medical patient histories•Customer relationship
management•Legal case histories
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Temporal Data: TimeSearcher 1.3
• Time series• Stocks• Weather• Genes
• User-specifiedpatterns
• Rapid search
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Temporal Data: TimeSearcher 2.0
• Long Time series (>10,000 time points)• Multiple variables• Controlled precision in match
(Linear, offset, noise, amplitude)
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Goal: Find Features in Multi-Var Data
• Clear vision of what the data is• Clear goal of what you are looking for
• Systematic strategy for examining all views• Ranking of views to guide discovery• Tools to record progress & annotate findings
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Multi-V: Hierarchical Clustering Explorer
www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/hce/
“HCE enabled us to find important clusters that we didn’t know about.”
- a user
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Do you see anything interesting?
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What features stand out?
Scatter Plot
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Correlation…What else?
Scatter Plot
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… and Outliers
Scatter Plot
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Demonstration
• US counties census data• 3138 counties• 14 dimensions : population density, poverty
level, unemployment, etc.
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Rank-by-Feature Framework: 1D
Ranking Criterion
Rank-by-Feature Prism
Score List
Manual Projection
Browser
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Rank-by-Feature Framework: 2D
Ranking Criterion
Rank-by-Feature Prism
Score List
Manual Projection
Browser
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Ranking Criterion: Pearson correlation (0.996, 0.31, 0.01, -0.69)
Ranking Criterion: Uniformity (entropy) (6.7, 6.1, 4.5, 1.5)
A Ranking Example3138 U.S. counties with 17 attributes
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HCE Status
• In collaboration and sponsored by Eric Hoffman: Children’s National Medical Center
• Phd work of Jinwook Seo
• 72K lines of C++ codes• 4,000+ downloads since
April 2002
• www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/hce
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Evaluation Methods
Ethnographic Observational Situated• Multi-Dimensional• In-depth• Long-term• Case studies
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Evaluation Methods
Ethnographic Observational Situated• Multi-Dimensional• In-depth• Long-term• Case studies
Domain Experts Doing Their Own Work for Weeks & Months
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Evaluation Methods
Ethnographic Observational Situated• Multi-Dimensional• In-depth• Long-term• Case studies
MILCsShneiderman & Plaisant, BeLIV workshop, 2006
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MILC example
• Evaluate Hierarchical Clustering Explorer
• Focused on rank-by-feature framework• 3 case studies, 4-8 weeks
(molecular biologist, statistician, meteorologist)• 57 email surveys• Identified problems early, gave strong positive
feedback about benefits of rank-by-feature
Seo & Shneiderman, IEEE TVCG 12,3, 2006
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MILC example
• Evaluate SocialAction
• Focused on integrating statistics & visualization• 4 case studies, 4-8 weeks
(journalist, bibliometrician, terrorist analyst, organizational analyst)
• Identified desired features, gave strong positive feedback about benefits of integration
Perer & Shneiderman, 2007
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Case Study Methodology
1) Interview (1 hr)2) Training (2 hr)3) Early Use (2-4 weeks)4) Mature Use (2-4 weeks)5) Outcome (1 hr)
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Take Away Message
Rank-by-Feature Framework
• Decomposition of complex problems into multiple simpler problems wins
• Ranking guides discovery• Systematic strategies
www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/hce
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25th Annual SymposiumMay 29-30, 2008
www.cs.umd.edu/hcil