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Colloquium
| Category | Lecture |
| Date | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| Time | 11:00 am |
| Concludes | 12:15 pm |
| Location | Gould-Simpson 906 |
| Speaker | Angus Forbes |
| Title | Assistant Professor |
| Affiliation | University of Arizona, SISTA |
Dynamic Visualization: Explorations in Motion and Representation
In Information Visualization systems, motion is most often used to signal changes over time and to cue to users to changes in state. In general, motion is considered a difficult modality to use for data representation because, especially when used injudiciously, it quickly causes cognitive overload and visual fatigue. In this talk I present some recent projects that use (or facilitate the use of) motion as a primary modality for representing and interacting with data, including: a programming framework for dynamic data visualization; a interactive technique to explore discretized cartograms; a visualization method that highlights the temporal coherence of textual data; and an interactive fluid dynamics system that runs on mobile devices. Finally, I present ongoing research into the potential effectiveness of intrinsic motion textures as a mechanism for incorporating a wider range of motion into Information Visualization projects.
Biography
Angus Forbes recently joined the faculty of School of Information: Science, Technology, and Arts (SISTA). He previously worked as a researcher in the Allosphere Research Facility, a spherical, CAVE-like, immersive virtual reality environment, and with the Experimental Visualization Lab, both located at UC Santa Barbara. His research interests include data visualization, human-computer interaction, and mobile computing. He is a co-chair for the IEEE VIS 2013 Arts Program. More information about his work can be found at http://angusforbes.com.