A Framework for Visualizing Information

Fundamental solutions in understanding information have been elusive for a long time. The field of Artificial Intelligence has proposed the Turing Test as a way to test for the "smart" behaviors of computer programs that exhibit human-like qualities. Equivalent to the Turing Test for the field of Human Information Interaction (HII), getting information to the people that need them and helping them to understand the information is the new challenge of the Web era. In a short amount of time, the infrastructure of the Web became ubiquitious not just in terms of protocols and transcontinental cables but also in terms of everyday devices capable of recalling network-stored data, sometimes wire lessly. Therefore, as these infrastructures become reality, our attention on HII issues needs to shift from information access to information sensemaking, a relatively new term coined to describe the process of digesting information and understanding its structure and intricacies so as to make decisions and take action.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Data State Reference Model.- 3. Validation of Model.- 4. Expressiveness of Data State Model.- 5. Visualization Spreadsheet Illustrated.- 6. Detailed Case Study: Web Analysis Visualization Spreadsheet.- 7. Implementation Experience.- 8. Related Work.- 9. Conclusion.- References.

Summary

Fundamental solutions in understanding information have been elusive for a long time. The field of Artificial Intelligence has proposed the Turing Test as a way to test for the "smart" behaviors of computer programs that exhibit human-like qualities. Equivalent to the Turing Test for the field of Human­ Information Interaction (HII), getting information to the people that need them and helping them to understand the information is the new challenge of the Web era. In a short amount of time, the infrastructure of the Web became ubiquitious not just in terms of protocols and transcontinental cables but also in terms of everyday devices capable of recalling network-stored data, sometimes wire­ lessly. Therefore, as these infrastructures become reality, our attention on HII issues needs to shift from information access to information sensemaking, a relatively new term coined to describe the process of digesting information and understanding its structure and intricacies so as to make decisions and take action.

Product details

• Authors: E H Chi, E. H. Chi, E.H. Chi
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2009
• EAN: 9781402005893
• ISBN: 978-1-4020-0589-3
• No. of pages: 147
• Weight: 464 g
• Illustrations: XXIV, 147 p. 27 illus., 15 illus. in color.
• Series: Human-Computer Interaction Series; Human-Computer Interaction Series; Human–Computer Interaction Series; Human–Computer Interaction Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Application software; B, computer science, Information Retrieval, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet), Computer Graphics, Data Structures and Information Theory, Application software, Algorithms & data structures, Information theory, Internet searching, User interface design & usability, Data structures (Computer science), User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, User interfaces (Computer systems)