After the highly successful first symposium on visualization in data science vds, the second event will again be colocated with ieee vis 2016 in baltimore, md. The abstract data include both numerical and nonnumerical data, such as. To diagnose heart disease, visualization experts recommend a. Information graphics, visual representations of information, data, or knowledge. Visualizing programexecution data for deployed software, information visualization, vol. Interactive data visualization for the web, 2nd ed. Visualization is an integral part of data science, and essential to enable sophisticated analysis of data. New visualization software uncovers cancer subtypes. Hanspeter pfister is the an wang professor of computer science at the harvard john a. Ieee transactions on visualization and computer graphics, 2012, 19831992. Erik cunningham, software engineer, twitter i cant think of a better way to understand d3. Vds will bring together domain scientists and methods researchers including.
Over the past years, immersive data visualizations in augmented and virtual reality ar, vr have been emerging as a promising medium for data sensemaking beyond the desktop. Her adviser, hanspeter pfister, an wang professor of computer science at harvard seas, was intrigued by the chart junk debate, which has flared up on design blogs and at visualization conferences. Good visualizations not only present a visual interpretation of data, but do so by. Hanspeter pfister received his masters degree in 1991 in electrical engineering at eth zurich and moved to the united states for his phd in computer science at stony brook university. His research in visual computing lies at the intersection of scientific visualization, information visualization. Information visualization last updated january 24, 2020 graphic representation of a minute fraction of the www, demonstrating hyperlinks. Paulson school of engineering and applied sciences, cambridge, ma, usa, krzysztof gajos. Zoya bylinskii, nam wook kim, peter odonovan, sami alsheikh, spandan madan, hanspeter pfister, fredo durand, bryan russell, aaron hertzmann uist17. Why we remember some visualizations and forget others. Hanspeter pfister an wang professor of computer science. Hanspeter pfister an wang professor of computer science in the. His research in visual computing lies at the intersection of scientific visualization, information visualization, computer graphics, and.
Making visualizations more memorable harvard john a. A toolkit for building immersive data visualizations. My research in visual computing lies at the intersection of visualization. Miriah meyer, tamara munzner, angela depace, hanspeter pfister multeesum.
May 04, 2011 hanspeter pfister is gordon mckay professor of computer science in the school of engineering and applied sciences at harvard university. Hanspeter pfister, an wang professor of computer science, harvard university the first edition has simply been the most complete, effective, single source for learning d3 and visualization on the web from scratch. An increasing number of interactive visualization tools stress the integration with computational software like matlab and r to access a variety of proven algorithms. This communication is achieved through the use of a systematic mapping between graphic marks and data values in the creation of the visualization. Proceedings of the 30th annual acm symposium on user interface software and technology s. Interactive volume exploration of petascale microscopy data streams using a visualization driven virtual memory approach. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read pointbased graphics. Samuel gratzl, alexander lex, nils gehlenborg, hanspeter pfister and marc streit. He was elected as chair and is currently a director of the ieee visualization and. Paulson school of engineering and applied sciences and an affiliate faculty member of the center for brain science.
Hanspeter pfister is an wang professor of computer science and director of the. Pointbased graphics by markus gross, hanspeter pfister. Interactive volume exploration of petascale microscopy data streams using a visualizationdriven virtual memory approach. Information visualization wikimili, the best wikipedia. Resources on set visualization centre for visual analytics. Hanspeter pfister an wang professor of computer science in. On the other hand, visualizations are more and more being used to communicate data and messages to a general audience. An wang professor of computer science, school of engineering and applied sciences, harvard university. The visual computing group, led by hanspeter pfister, explores and provides visual analysis tools and methods to help scientists and researchers better process and understand large, multidimensional data sets in various domains such as neuroscience, genomics, systems biology, astronomy, and medicine.
Alexander lex, christian partl, denis kalkofen, marc streit, anne mai wassermann, samuel gratzl, dieter schmalstieg, hanspeter pfister entourage. Trouble is, its impossible for humans to browse that much data, let alone make any sense of it. In many cases, however, the algorithms are used as black boxes that run to completion in isolation which contradicts the needs of interactive data exploration. Ieee visualization pioneers group vpg members 20182019. Hanspeter pfister the harvard data science initiative. James tompkin, hanspeter pfister, jan kautz, christian theobalt. Professor hanspeter pfister and michelle borkin, at the harvard school of engineering and applied sciences, have developed a new visualization tool to improve the accuracy of clinical attempts to.
In this talk i will reexamine the role of visualization beyond data exploration. Samuel gratzl, nils gehlenborg, alexander lex, hanspeter pfister, marc streit. Mathematical visualization is an aspect of mathematics which allows one to understand and explore mathematical phenomena via visualization. His research in visual computing lies at the intersection of visualization. A tool for comparative spatial and temporal gene expression data ieee transactions on visualization and computer graphics infovis 10, 2010. The data science process is a framework for approaching data science tasks, and is crafted by joe blitzstein and hanspeter pfister of harvards cs 109. Information graphics, visual representations of information, data, or knowledge data visualization. Information visualization by robert spence, acm press, 2000. Hc6809 microcontroller, 20mhz wirewrap prototype, runtime software in. Hanspeter pfister doctor of philosophy harvard university, ma. Information, biomedical and scientific visualization. Classically this consisted of twodimensional drawings or building threedimensional models particularly plaster models in the 19th and early 20th century, while today it most frequently consists of using computers to make static two or.
Miriah meyer, tamara munzner, angela depace, hanspeter pfister, multeesum. The goal of cs 109, as per blitzstein himself, is to introduce students to the overall process of data science investigation, a goal which should provide some insight into the framework itself. Nov 05, 2019 hanspeter pfister, an wang professor of computer science, harvard university the first edition has simply been the most complete, effective, single source for learning d3 and visualization on the web from scratch. Huamin qu, hong kong university of science and technology.
Ieee transactions on visualization and computer graphics, 1812 proceedings ieee scivis 2012, 2012. The software presents those connections in an easytograsp visual format. Lex, alexander, nils gehlenborg, hendrik strobelt, romain vuillemot, and hanspeter pfister. A visualization will be instantly and overwhelmingly more memorable if it incorporates an image of a humanrecognizable object if it includes a photograph, people, cartoons, logos any component that is not just an. Alexander lex, nils gehlenborg, hendrik strobelt, romain vuillemot, and hanspeter pfister. Pointbased graphics ebook written by markus gross, hanspeter pfister. In many cases, however, the algorithms are used as black boxes that run to completion in isolation which contradicts. Before joining harvard he worked for over a decade at mitsubishi electric research laboratories where he was associate director and senior research scientist. It spans a wide range of topics, including biomedical visualization, 3d reconstruction, gpu. Readings and reflections by ben bederson and ben shneiderman, editors, morgan kaufmann, 2003. Sicat r, li j, choi j, cordeil m, jeong w, bach b, and pfister h.
This paper presents dxr, a toolkit for building immersive data visualizations based on the unity development platform. Understanding relationships between sets is an important analysis task. Frits post, tu delft delft university of technology retired. Hanspeter pfister is an wang professor of computer science in the school of. A printable and more comprehensive list of the resources is available in pdf as supplementary material of the survey. Much of biomedical research these days is about big datacollecting and analyzing vast, detailed repositories of information about health and disease. Oct 16, 20 her adviser, hanspeter pfister, an wang professor of computer science at harvard seas, was intrigued by the chart junk debate, which has flared up on design blogs and at visualization conferences. To remedy this situation, we introduce two novel visualization methods to guide users to hidden content. After two highly successful events, the third symposium on visualization in data science vds will again be held at ieee vis 2017 in phoenix, arizona, usa. It involves producing images that communicate relationships among the represented data to viewers of the images.
In hanspeter pfisters 2day professional development program, data visualization, you will learn how the. Visualizing sets and settyped data software tools, demos, videos, and conference slides companion website for our survey on set visualization, published in computer graphics forum. His research in visual computing lies at the intersection of visualization, computer graphics, and computer vision. Considered the highest and most prestigious honor in the field of visualization, the academy recognizes individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of visualization. Visualizing intersecting sets interactive set visualization for more than three sets. Paulson school of engineering and applied sciences and an affiliate faculty member of the center for brain science at harvard university. Borkins adviser, hanspeter pfister, a wang professor of computer science at harvard seas, adds this commentary. Music visualization, a feature found in some media player software applications. Ieee transactions on visualization and computer graphics proceedings ieee information visualization 2018, 2018. To diagnose heart disease, visualization experts recommend. Bernice rogowitz, visual perspectives research and consulting and columbia university. Oct 27, 2011 professor hanspeter pfister and michelle borkin, at the harvard school of engineering and applied sciences, have developed a new visualization tool to improve the accuracy of clinical attempts to. Hanspeter pfister 6 xiaoru yuan 5 enrico bertini 5.
Before joining harvard he worked for over a decade at mitsubishi electric research laboratories where he was. View hanspeter pfisters profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. This text is intended for a broad audience, including not only the. Nov 05, 2015 pfister, oliva and michelle borkin collaborated on related research, also presented at infoviz, in 20. Paulson school of engineering and applied sciences, cambridge, ma, usa, jim waldo. Visual computing group at harvard university led by hanspeter pfister. Thirty scholars inducted into ieee visualization academy.
Following is a brief conversation with hanspeter pfister, the siggraph 2012 technical papers chair from harvard university. Hanspeter pfister received the ms degree in electrical engineering from eth. Center for biomedical informatics and in the lab of hanspeter pfister at harvard universitys school of engineering and applied sciences seas. Ieee transactions on visualization and computer graphics 20, no.
Current software, however, only provides limited support to visualize hidden occurrences and rarely supports search synchronization crossing application boundaries. A tool for comparative spatial and temporal gene expression data, ieee transactions on visualization and computer graphics vol. New visualization software uncovers cancer subtypes from a vast repository of biomedical information. Dec, 2019 hanspeter pfister is a swiss 1 computer scientist. Ieee transactions on visualization and computer graphics 19, no. His research in visual computing lies at the intersection of visualization, computer graphics, and computer vision and spans a wide range of. But visualization tools for communication are still in their infancy and do not address the cognitive aspects of storytelling.
James tompkin, samuel muff, james mccann, hanspeter pfister, jan kautz, marc alexa, wojciech matusik acm user interface software and technology uist 2015 project webpage. European conference on visual media production cvmp 2014. A tool for visual analysis of hidden state dynamics in recurrent. Hanspeter pfister is gordon mckay professor of computer science in the school of engineering and applied sciences at harvard university. Visualizing relationships between biological pathways using contextual subsets ieee transactions on visualization and computer graphics infovis, 20. Hanspeter pfister is an wang professor of computer science in the school of engineering and applied sciences at harvard university. The major challenge in this context is the combinatorial explosion of the number of set intersections if the number of sets exceeds a trivial threshold.
These data sets can be treasure troves for investigators, often uncovering genetic mutations that drive a particular kind of cancer, for example. Supporting expressive design for information graphics nam wook kim, eston schweickart, zhicheng liu, mira dontcheva, wilmot li, jovan popovic, hanspeter pfister. Classically this consisted of twodimensional drawings or building threedimensional models particularly plaster models in the 19th and early 20th century, while today it most frequently consists of using computers to make static two or three dimensional. He is the recipient of the 2010 ieee visualization technical achievement award. Information visualization or information visualisation is the study of interactive visual representations of abstract data to reinforce human cognition. Visualization visualization, sometimes referred to as visual data analysis, uses the graphical representation of data as a means of gaining understanding and insight into the data. Data visualization is the graphic representation of data. Ieee transactions on visualization and computer graphics 19, 12 dec 20, 23062315. Pfister is gordon mckay professor of computer science in the school of engineering and applied sciences. In 1992 he began working with arie kaufman on cube3, a hardware architecture for volume visualization.
A graphical list of setrelated tasks is available here. Readings in information visualization, using visualization to think by stuart card, jock mackinlay and ben shneiderman, morgan kaufmann, 1999. View hanspeter pfister s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Extracting, comparing, and manipulating subsets across multiple tabular datasets.
Oct 03, 2014 computer algorithms and visualization tools help. Hanspeter pfister instructor johanna beyer head tf course sessions. Discussion forum on piazza materials and grades on canvas. Borkin, azalea a vo, zoya bylinskii, phillip isola, shashank sunkavalli, aude oliva, and hanspeter pfister. Ieee transactions on visualization and computer graphics infovis, 20. Pfister, oliva and michelle borkin collaborated on related research, also presented at infoviz, in 20. It helps you make meaningful distinctions, said cofirst author alexander lex, a postdoctoral researcher in the pfister group.
Learning visual importance for graphic designs and data. Christian partl, alexander lex, marc streit, hendrik strobelt, annemai wasserman, hanspeter pfister, dieter schmalstieg. Acm user interface software and technology uist 2015. He is the an wang professor of computer science at the harvard john a. While the visuals in your visualization are clearly important, people actually spend the most time on the text and, above all, your title. Miriah meyer, tamara munzner, angela depace, and hanspeter pfister. This communication is achieved through the use of a systematic mapping between graphic marks and data values in the creation of the visualiza. You might see that a subset of patients seems to live longer. Recognizing patterns in genomic data harvard john a.