Authors
Brian Fisher - Presentation Slides [PDF]
David Ebert
Wayne Gray
Ronald Rensink - Presentation Slides [PDF]
William Ribarsky
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Running Time: 1 hr 39 min
Abstract
Visual Analytics is inherently interdisciplinary, combining cognitive science, computer science, mathematics and graphical and interaction design. This panel will advance the dialog between researchers in the visualization community and those from the cognitive sciences. The goal of the discussion is to better illuminate the path towards a (possibly new) cognitive science of analytical reasoning with the interactive visual interface. This new science will have strong bidirectional links with the design and evaluation of interactive visualization technologies. The panel will explore the ways in which an application-driven cognitive science can be informed and directed by specific requirements of visual analytics technology, users, designers and other stakeholders. Our goal is a science that is grounded in real-world tasks and stimuli, that makes strong predictions about human cognitive performance with visual analytics technologies.