Designing Display Ecologies for Visual Analysis

dc.contributor.authorChung, HaeYongen
dc.contributor.committeechairNorth, Christopher L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHarrison, Steven R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberElmqvist, L. Niklasen
dc.contributor.committeememberKnapp, R. Benjaminen
dc.contributor.committeememberBowman, Douglas A.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-08T08:00:31Zen
dc.date.available2015-05-08T08:00:31Zen
dc.date.issued2015-05-07en
dc.description.abstractThe current proliferation of connected displays and mobile devices from smart phones and tablets to wall-sized displays presents a number of exciting opportunities for information visualization and visual analytics. When a user employs heterogeneous displays collaboratively to achieve a goal, they form what is known as a display ecology. The display ecology enables multiple displays to function in concert within a broader technological environment to accomplish tasks and goals. However, since information and tasks are scattered and disconnected among separate displays, one of the inherent challenges associated with visual analysis in display ecologies is enabling users to seamlessly coordinate and subsequently connect and integrate information across displays. This research primarily addresses these challenges through the creation of interaction and visualization techniques and systems for display ecologies in order to support sensemaking with visual analysis. This dissertation explores essential visual analysis activities and design considerations for visual analysis in order to inform the new design of display ecologies for visual analysis. Based on identified design considerations, we then designed and developed two visual analysis systems. First, VisPorter supports intuitive gesture interactions for sharing and integrating information in a display ecology. Second, the Spatially Aware Visual Links (SAViL) presents a cross-display visual link technique capable of guiding the user's attention to relevant information across displays. It also enables the user to visually connect related information over displays in order to facilitate synthesizing information scattered over separate displays and devices. The various aspects associated with the techniques described herein help users to transform and empower the multiple displays in a display ecology for enhanced visual analysis and sensemaking.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:4926en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/52042en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectdisplay ecologyen
dc.subjectinteractive visualizationen
dc.subjectvisual analyticsen
dc.subjectsensemakingen
dc.titleDesigning Display Ecologies for Visual Analysisen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Science and Applicationsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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