
Readings in Information Visualization
Using Vision to Think
Morgan Kaufmann (Publisher)
Published on 2. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
712 pages
978-1-55860-533-6 (ISBN)
Description
This groundbreaking book defines the emerging field of information visualization and offers the first-ever collection of the classic papers of the discipline, with introductions and analytical discussions of each topic and paper. The authors' intention is to present papers that focus on the use of visualization to discover relationships, using interactive graphics to amplify thought. This book is intended for research professionals in academia and industry; new graduate students and professors who want to begin work in this burgeoning field; professionals involved in financial data analysis, statistics, and information design; scientific data managers; and professionals involved in medical, bioinformatics, and other areas.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
1590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55860-533-6 (9781558605336)
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Persons
Stuart K. Card is a Xerox Research Fellow and manager of the User Interface Research Group at Xerox PARC. He is the author of numerous technical articles and two other books on theories and designs in human-machine interaction. He and his group have contributed to more than 10 Xerox commercial products. Jock D. Mackinlayis a member of the User Interface Research Group at Xerox PARC, where he has been developing 3D user interfaces for information visualization for over a decade. He received a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University and is a member of the editorial board of ACM Transactions on Computer Human Interaction. Ben Shneiderman is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and founding director of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland. He was elected as a Fellow of the Association for Computing (ACM) in 1997, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2001, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in 2015. He is a past recipient of the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Shneiderman is the author and coauthor of many books, technical papers, and textbooks.
Editor
Department of Computer Science and Founding Director of the HCI Lab, University of Maryland
Content
1. Information Visualization
2. Space
3. Interaction
4. Focus + Context
5. Data Mapping: Text
6. Higher-Level Visualization
7. Using Vision to Think
8. Applications and Innovations
9. Conclusion Bibliography Index
2. Space
3. Interaction
4. Focus + Context
5. Data Mapping: Text
6. Higher-Level Visualization
7. Using Vision to Think
8. Applications and Innovations
9. Conclusion Bibliography Index