Laboratory for Information Visualization and Evaluation

URL: http://infovis.cs.vt.edu/

Contact: Chris North

 The LIVE lab studies the design, development, and evaluation of information visualizations.  Information visualizations are interactive visual representation of abstract data that enable people to effectively explore and understand large quantities of complex information.
2014
Polys, N. F., "Information Visualization in Virtual Environments: Tradeoffs and Guidelines", Handbook of Virtual Environments, 2nd, NY, CRC Press, 2014.
2011
Ragan, E. D., A. Endert, D. A. Bowman, and F. Quek, "The effects of spatial layout and view control on cognitive processing", Proceedings of the 2011 annual conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems - CHI EA '11, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ACM Press, pp. 2005, 2011.
Endert, A., and C. North, "ChairMouse", the 2011 annual conference extended abstractsProceedings of the 2011 annual conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems - CHI EA '11, Vancouver, BC, CanadaNew York, New York, USA, ACM Press, pp. 571, 2011.
2008
Fox, E. A., C. Andrews*, W. Fan, J. Jiao*, A. Kassahun, S. - C. Lu*, Y. Ma*, C. North, N. Ramakrishnan, A. Scarpa, et al., "A Digital Library for Recovery, Research, and Learning from April 16, 2007 at Virginia Tech", Traumatology, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 20 pages, April, 2008.
Shu, J., L. T. Watson, N. Ramakrishnan, F. A. Kamke, and C. North, "Unification of problem solving environment implementation layers with XML-based specifications", Advances in Engineering Software, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 189-201, March, 2008.
Ball*, R., and C. North, "The Effects of Peripheral Vision and Physical Navigation in Large Scale Visualization", Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2008, pp. 8 pages, June , 2008.
Kerren, A., J. Stasko, J. - D. Fekete, and C. North, "Information Visualization – Human-Centered Issues in Visual Representation, Interaction, and Evaluation", Springer-Verlag, 2008.
2007
Ball*, R., and C. North, "Realizing embodied interaction for visual analytics through large displays", Computers & Graphics, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 380-400, June, 2007.
Sabri, A., R. Ball, S. Bhatia, A. Fabian, and C. North, "High-Resolution Gaming: Interfaces, Notifications and the User Experience", Interacting with Computers, Special Issue on HCI Issues in Computer Games, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 151-166, March, 2007.
Ball, R., C. North, and D. Bowman, "Move to Improve: Promoting Physical Navigation to Increase user Performance with Large Displays", ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), April, 2007.
Yost, B., H. Haciahmetoglu, and C. North, "Beyond Visual Acuity: The Perceptual Scalability of Information Visualizations for Large Displays", ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI),, April , 2007.
M. Chen, C. Hansen, C. North, A. Pang, and J. van Wijk, "Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2007 and Information Visualization 2007", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 13, Nov/Dec, 2007.
Plaisant, C., and C. North, "Reflections on Human-Computer Interaction: A special Issue in Honor of Ben Shneiderman’s 60th Birthday", Intl. Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. Preface pp. 195-204. (191 pages), Dec, 2007.
Polys, N. F., M. Shapiro, and K. Duca, "IRVE-Serve: A Visualization Framework for Spatially-Registered TimeSeries Data", The Web3D 2007 Symposium: ACM SIGGRAPH, 2007. Abstract
2006
Berry, B., L. Hobby, D. S. McCrickard, C. North, and M. A. Perez-Quinones, Making a Case for HCI: Exploring Benefits of Visualization for Case Studies, , Orlando FL, pp. 485-492, 2006.
North, C., "Visualization Viewpoints: Toward Measuring Visualization Insight", IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 6-9, 2006.
Yost, B., and C. North, "The Perceptual Scalability of Visualization", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 837-844, 2006.
Saraiya, P., C. North, V. Lam, and K. Duca, "An Insight-based Longitudinal Study of Visual Analytics", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 1511-1522, November, 2006.
Fink, G. A., V. Duggirala, R. Correa, and C. North, "Bridging the Host-Network Divide: Survey, Taxonomy, and Solution", USENIX Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA), December, 2006.
Ball, R., M. DellaNoce, T. Ni, F. Quek, and C. North, "Applying Embodied Interaction and Usability Engineering to Visualization on Large Displays", ACM British HCI - Workshop on Visualization & Interaction, September, 2006.
Shupp, L., R. Ball, B. Yost, J. Booker, and C. North, "Evaluation of Viewport Size and Curvature of Large, High-Resolution Display", Graphics Interface (GI), June, 2006.
Pyla, P. S., J. R. Howarth, C. Catanzaro, and C. North, "Vizability: A Tool for Usability Engineering Process Improvement through the Visualization of Usability Problem Data", ACM Southeast Conference, March, 2006.
North, C., and M. Haley, Conference Compendium of IEEE Visualization 2006, IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 2006, IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology 2006, , October, 2006.
2005
Ball, R., and C. North, "Effects of Tiled High-Resolution Display on Basic Visualization and Navigation Tasks", Proc. extended abstracts of ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2005), pp. 1196-1199, 2005.
Saraiya, P., C. North, and K. Duca, "An Insight-based Methodology for Evaluating Bioinformatics Visualizations", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 443-456, 2005.
Saraiya, P., C. North, and K. Duca, "Visualization of Biological Pathways: Requirements Analysis, Systems Evaluation, and Research Agenda", Information Visualization, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 191-205, 2005.
North, C., T. - M. Rhyne, and K. Duca, "Bioinformatics Visualization: Introduction to the Special Issue of Information Visualization", Information Visualization, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 147-148, 2005.
Krishnamoorthy, S., and C. North, "Learnability of Interactive Coordinated-View Visualizations", IEEE International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV 2005), Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Information Visualization, pp. 306-311, 2005.
Saraiya, P., P. Lee, and C. North, "Visualization of Graphs with Associated Timeseries Data", IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis 2005), pp. 225- 232, 2005.
Fink, G., and C. North, "Root Polar Layout of Internet Address Data for Security Administration", Workshop on Visualization for Computer Security (VizSEC 2005), pp. 55-64, 2005.
Fink, G., P. Muessig, and C. North, "Visual Correlation of Host Processes and Network Traffic", Workshop on Visualization for Computer Security (VizSEC 2005), pp. 11-19, 2005.
Ball, R., M. Varghese, B. Carstensen, D. E. Cox, C. Fierer, M. Peterson, and C. North, "Evaluating the Benefits of Tiled Displays for Navigating Maps", IASTED International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 66-71, 2005.
North, C., "Information Visualization", Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 3rd Edition, G. Salvendy (editor): New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 1222-1246, 2005.
Ball, R., M. Varghese, B. Carstensen, D. E. Cox, C. Fierer, M. Peterson, and C. North, "Evaluating the Benefits of Tiled Displays for Navigating Maps", IASTED International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, November, 2005.
Yost, B., and C. North, "Single Complex Glyphs Versus Multiple Simple Glyphs", Proc. extended abstracts of ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2005), pp. 1889 - 1892, April, 2005.
North, C., T. - M. Rhyne, and K. Duca, "Bioinformatics Visualization: Introduction to the Special Issue of Information Visualization", Information Visualization, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 147-148, July , 2005.
2004
Songer, A. D., B. Hays, and C. North, "Multidimensional Visualization of Project Control Data", Construction Innovation, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 173-190, September, 2004.
Ball, R., G. A. Fink, and C. North, "Home-Centric Visualization of Network Traffic for Security Administration", ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Workshop on Visualization and Data Mining for Computer Security 2004, (VizSEC 2004), 2004.
Saraiya, P., C. North, and K. Duca, "An Evaluation of Microarray Visualization Tools for Biological Insight", IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 2004 (InfoVis 2004), 2004.
Kampanya, N., R. Shen, S. Kim, C. North, and E. A. Fox, "Citiviz: A Visual User Interface to the CITIDEL System", 8th European Conference on Digital Libraries, ECDL 2004, in Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, 2004. Abstract
Raja, D., D. Bowman, J. Lucas, and C. North, "Exploring the Benefits of Immersion in Abstract Information Visualization", 8th International Immersive Projection Technology Workshop, Iowa State, May, 2004.
Polys, N., D. Bowman, C. North, R. Laubenbacher, and K. Duca, "PathSim Visualizer: an Information-Rich Virtual Environment Framework for Systems Biology", Proceedings of ACM Web3D Symposium, pp. 8 pages, April, 2004.
Polys, N., M. Moldenhauer, A. Ray, C. Dandekar, C. North, and D. Bowman, "Snap2Diverse: Coordinating Information Visualizations and Virtual Environments", Proceedings of SPIE Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA), pp. 12 pages, January, 2004.
Kampanya, N., R. Shen, S. Kim, C. North, and E. A. Fox, "A Visual User Interface to the CITIDEL System", Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: Proceedings of the 8th European Conference, ECDL, 2004, vol. 3232, Bath, UK, Springer-Verlag, pp. 122-133, September 2004.
Polys, N., C. North, D. Bowman, A. Ray, M. Moldenhauer, and C. Dandekar, "Snap2Diverse: Coordinating Information Visualizations and Virtual Environments", SPIE Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA), San Jose, CA, 2004. Abstract
Polys, N. F., and D. A. Bowman, "Desktop Information-Rich Virtual Environments: Challenges and Techniques", Virtual Reality, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 41-54, 2004. Abstract
Polys, N. F., D. A. Bowman, and C. North, "Information-Rich Virtual Environments: Challenges and Outlook", NASA Virtual Iron Bird Workshop, NASA Ames, http://ic.arc.nasa.gov/vib/index.php, 2004. Abstract
2003
Ryu, Y. S., B. Yost, G. Convertino, J. Chen, and C. North, "Exploring Cognitive Strategies for Integrating Multiple-View Visualizations", Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting, October, 2003.
Li, Q., and C. North, "Dynamic Query Sliders vs. Brushing Histograms", Proc. IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 2003, pp. 147-154, October , 2003.
Bowman, D., C. North, J. Chen, N. Polys, P. Pyla, and U. Yilmaz, "Towards Usable and Effective Information-Rich Virtual Environments", ACM Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2003, September, 2003.
Convertino, G., J. Chen, B. Yost, Y. S. Ryu, and C. North, "Exploring Context Switching and Cognition in Dual-View Coordinated Visualizations", IEEE Intl. Conf. on Coordinated & Multiple Views in Exploratory Visualization (CMV), Intl. Conf. on Information Visualization (IV), July, 2003.
2002
Tessendorf, D., C. Chewar, A. Ndiwalana, J. Pryor, D. S. McCrickard, and C. North, "An Ordering of Secondary Task Display Attributes", Extended Abstracts ACM CHI 2002, Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 600-601, 2002.
Colaso, V., A. Kamal, P. Saraiya, C. North, D. S. McCrickard, and C. A. Shaffer, "Learning and Retention in Data Structures: A Comparison of Visualization, Text, and Combined Methods", Proc. ED-MEDIA 2002, pp. 2, 2002.
North, C., N. Conklin, K. Idukuri, and V. Saini, "Visualization Schemas and a Web-based Architecture for Custom Multiple-View Visualization of Multiple-Table Databases", Information Visualization, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 211-228, 2002.
North, C., N. Conklin, K. Idukuri, and V. Saini, "“Visualization Schemas and a Web-based Architecture for Custom Multiple-View Visualization of Multiple-Table Databases", Information Visualization, 1(3-4), vol. 1, no. 3-4, pp. 211-228, December , 2002.
North, C., N. Conklin, and V. Saini, "Visualization Schemas for Flexible Information Visualization", Proc. IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 2002, pp. 15-22, October, 2002.
Conklin, N., S. Prabhakar, and C. North, "Multiple Foci Drill-Down through Tuple and Attribute Aggregation Polyarchies in Tabular Data", Proc. IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 2002, pp. 131-134, October, 2002.
Jayaraman, S., and C. North, "A Radial Focus+Context Visualization for Multi-Dimensional Functions", Proc. IEEE Visualization 2002, pp. 443-450, October , 2002.
Chewar, C. M., D. S. McCrickard, A. Ndiwalana, C. North, J. Pryor, and D. Tessendorf, "Secondary Task Display Attributes: Optimizing Visualizations for Cognitive Task Suitability and Interference Avoidance", Proc. IEEE TCVG Symposium on Visualization (VisSym 2002), Barcelona, Spain, pp. 165-171, May , 2002.
Somervell, J., D. S. McCrickard, C. North, and M. Shukla, "An Evaluation of Information Visualization in Attention-Limited Environments", Proc. IEEE TCVG Symposium on Visualization (VisSym 2002), Barcelona, Spain, pp. 211-216, May , 2002.
2001
North, C., U. Farooq, and D. Akhter, "DataWear: Revealing Trends of Dynamic Data in Visualizations", LBHT Proc. IEEE Symposium on InfoVis 2001, pp. 8-11, October, 2001.
Beale, M., D. S. McCrickard, C. North, M. Einstein, and P. Saraiya, "Visualizing Communication Timelines Containing Sparsely Distributed Clusters", LBHT Proc. IEEE Symposium on InfoVis 2001, pp. 16-19, October, 2001.
Dang, G., C. North, and B. Shneiderman, "Dynamic Queries and Brushing on Choropleth Maps", Proc. IEEE Intl. Information Visualization 2001, pp. 757-764, 2001.
North, C., "Multiple Views and Tight Coupling in Visualization: A Language, Taxonomy, and System", Proc. CSREA CISST 2001 Workshop of Fundamental Issues in Visualization, pp. 626-632, 2001.
2000
North, C., and B. Shneiderman, "Snap-together visualization: a user interface for coordinating visualizations via relational schemata", Proc. of the working conf. on Adv. vis. interfaces, pp. 128–135, 2000.
North, C., and B. Shneiderman, "Snap-Together Visualization: Can Users Construct and Operate Coordinated Views?", Intl. Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Academic Press, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 715-739, November, 2000.
North, C., and B. Shneiderman, "Snap-Together Visualization: A User Interface for Coordinating Visualizations via Relational Schemata", Proc. Advanced Visual Interfaces 2000, pp. 128-135, 2000.
1999
Fredrikson, A., C. North, C. Plaisant, and B. Shneiderman, "Temporal, Geographical and Categorical Aggregations Viewed through Coordinated Displays: a Case Study with Highway Incident Data", Proc. ACM CIKM '99 Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and Manipulation, 1999.
1997
North, C., B. Shneiderman, and C. Plaisant, "Visual Information Seeking in Digital Image Libraries: The Visible Human Explorer", Information in Images, Glenn Becker (Editor): Thomson Technology Labs, 1997.
1996
North, C., B. Shneiderman, and C. Plaisant, "User Controlled Overviews of an Image Library: A Case Study of the Visible Human", Proc. ACM Digital Libraries '96 Conference, ACM Press, pp. 74-82, 1996.