A Spreadsheet Interface for Visualization Exploration
In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Visualization 2000
Conference,
Thomas Ertl, Bernd Hamann, Amitabh Varshney, eds., pp. 69–76, IEEE
Computer Science Press 2000.
Abstract
As the size and complexity of data sets continues to increase, the
development of user interfaces and interaction techniques that expedite the
process of exploring that data must receive new attention. Regardless of the
speed of rendering, it is important to coherently organize the visual process
of exploration: this information both grants insights about the data to a user
and can be used by collaborators to understand the results. To fulfill these
needs, we present a spreadsheet-like interface to data exploration. The
interface displays a 2-dimensional window into visualization parameter space
which users manipulate as they search for desired results. Through tabular
organization and a clear correspondence between parameters and results, the
interface eases the discovery, comparison and analysis of the underlying data.
Users can utilize operators and the integrated interpreter to further explore
and automate the visualization process; using a method introduced in this
paper, these operations can be applied to ``cells'' in different ``stacks'' of
the interface. Via illustrations using a variety of data sets, we demonstrate
the efficacy of this novel interface.
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BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{Jankun-Kelly:2000:ASI,
Abstract = {As the size and complexity of data sets continues to
increase, the development of user interfaces and interaction
techniques that expedite the process of exploring that data must
receive new attention. Regardless of the speed of rendering, it is
important to coherently organize the visual process of
exploration: this information both grants insights about the data
to a user and can be used by collaborators to understand the
results. To fulfill these needs, we present a spreadsheet-like
interface to data exploration. The interface displays a
2-dimensional window into visualization parameter space which
users manipulate as they search for desired results. Through
tabular organization and a clear correspondence between parameters
and results, the interface eases the discovery, comparison and
analysis of the underlying data. Users can utilize operators and
the integrated interpreter to further explore and automate the
visualization process; using a method introduced in this paper,
these operations can be applied to ``cells'' in different
``stacks'' of the interface. Via illustrations using a variety of
data sets, we demonstrate the efficacy of this novel interface.},
Author = {T. J. Jankun-Kelly AND Kwan-Liu Ma},
Booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Conference on
Visualization (Vis '00)},
Doi = {10.1109/VISUAL.2000.885678},
Editor = {Thomas Ertl AND Bernd Hamann AND Amitabh Varshney},
Eventtime = {October 8--13, 2000},
Isbn = {1-58113-309-X},
Keywords = {spreadsheets, user interfaces, knowledge
representation, scientific visualization, visualization systems,
volume rendering},
Location = {Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A},
Month = {October},
Organization = {IEEE TCVG},
Pages = {69--76},
Publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
Title = {A Spreadsheet Interface for Visualization Exploration},
Url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VISUAL.2000.885678},
Year = {2000}}
Contact
Dr. T.J. Jankun-Kelly [tjk@cse.msstate.edu], Department of
Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University.
