The Value of Information Visualization

Jean-Daniel Fekete (1) , Jarke van Wijk (2) , John T. Stasko (3) , Chris North (4)

1 AVIZ - Analysis and Visualization
2 Department of mathematics and computing science [Eindhoven]
3 School of Interactive Computing & GVU Center, Georgia Institute of Technology
4 HCI - Center for Human-Computer Interaction

Researchers and users of Information Visualization are convinced that it has value. This value can easily be communicated to others in a face-to-face setting, such that this value is experienced in practice. To convince broader audiences, and also, to understand the intrinsic qualities of visualization is more difficult, however. In this paper we consider information visualization from different points of view, and gather arguments to explain the value of our field.

Mots clés: Perceptual Inference; Exploratory Data Analysis; Information Visualization; Preattentive Processing; Perceptual Chunk

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Jean-Daniel Fekete, Jarke van Wijk, John T. Stasko, Chris North. The Value of Information Visualization. Springer. Information Visualization: Human-Centered Issues and Perspectives, Springer, pp.1-18, 2008, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 978-3-540-70955-8. ⟨10.1007/978-3-540-70956-5_1⟩. ⟨hal-00701741⟩