{"title":"DARE: a multidimensional environment for visualizing large set of medical data","authors":"G. Santucci, T. Catarci","doi":"10.1109/IV.2002.1028775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.2002.1028775","url":null,"abstract":"We deal with the problem of automatic visualization of a large set of medical data and propose a framework that addresses the involved issues. Our approach does not depend on the particular data under analysis and its aim is to produce a highly effective visual representation. Such objective is made possible by the consistency of a set of logic rules contained in a knowledge base. These rules express facts and relationships about the visual domain, the data domain, the mapping between both domains, and the perceptual domain. Our approach has been tested against a challenging set of data, i.e., the biomedical data coming from the Nefrology Center of the Civil hospital of Vigevano.","PeriodicalId":308951,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Information Visualisation","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131686676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Texture mapping on irregular topology surface","authors":"J. J. Zheng, J. Zhang","doi":"10.1109/IV.2002.1028795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.2002.1028795","url":null,"abstract":"Texture-mapping a triangular or rectangular surface is easy to perform. However it is not so for irregular surfaces (n-sided surfaces where n > 4) due to lack of proper global parameters. In this paper we propose a mapping function capable of texturing an irregular surface based on the modelling expression of Zheng-Ball n-sided surfaces.","PeriodicalId":308951,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Information Visualisation","volume":"46 21","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113936620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Markus D. Durstewitz, B. Kiefner, R. Kueke, Heikki Putkonen, Pertti Repo, T. Tuikka
{"title":"Virtual collaboration environment for aircraft design","authors":"Markus D. Durstewitz, B. Kiefner, R. Kueke, Heikki Putkonen, Pertti Repo, T. Tuikka","doi":"10.1109/IV.2002.1028821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.2002.1028821","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a virtual collaboration environment for aircraft design. The presented system, abbreviated as VCEAD, provides virtual prototyping and communication features for synchronous collaboration between geographically distributed designers. Concurrent design reviews on large scale objects, such as aircraft fuselage, are possible over distance due to the technological choices of the system. These include XML, VRML and Java based solutions to provide shared virtual prototypes, component identification, and attribute changes distributed over distance for collaborative review of the shared object. Awareness of collaborating partners is provided in a communication manager that can be used to launch communication tools, encompassing audio, video, collaborative drawing board, shared text and chat tool. These communication facilities are open source MBone tools. The paper introduces the domain, design rationale for the VCEAD system, and explains the functionality by presenting exemplary uses.","PeriodicalId":308951,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Information Visualisation","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123994129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving the modified global smoothing method for spatial distributed and large data-sets to use it in the real-time visualisation of simulation and measurement information","authors":"Gernot Opriessnig, G. Beer","doi":"10.1109/IV.2002.1028794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.2002.1028794","url":null,"abstract":"With the high-speed development. of computer systems having performance values of calculation machines, which needed one or more rooms of place and a special air conditioning a few years ago, the usage of methods dealing with a high amount of data at one side, and the need of doing a enormous number of calculation work at the other side became used more and more frequently. Tunnelling is one major field, where this advance is very important. That field of science is regarded as one of the more difficult engineering tasks. This is due to the fact that tunnels are excavated in a material whose mechanical and hydraulic properties are highly variable and whose behaviour is difficult to describe to a numerical simulation model. Numerical simulation of tunnel advance can serve as a powerful tool in the design and decision making on site. But this has to be done almost in real-time, that means that the calculation and the necessary post-processing must be finished, before the engineer on site is forced to make his decisions. This circumstance places a very specific challenge to the used hard- and software. This paper describes an algorithm, its development and improvements, which have been done, to find a method of data processing for the purpose of scientific visualisation with the necessary properties.","PeriodicalId":308951,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Information Visualisation","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121223160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiform glyph based web search result visualization","authors":"J. Roberts, N. Boukhelifa, P. Rodgers","doi":"10.1109/IV.2002.1028828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.2002.1028828","url":null,"abstract":"Searching for information on the web is hard; the user may not know what they are looking for, they may refine their search from information gathered by preliminary naive searches, and they may be looking for luminous sites that have many external links so that they can browse further. Information visualization can aid the user in many of these search related tasks. Certainly, the user is familiar with browsing and manipulating the search results through textual style interfaces, but they would gain a better understanding of the information through different presentation methods. Thus, we believe rank ordered lists should be used along-side abstract information visualization presentations. We present a system that displays multiple views of search result information. It provides views for displaying abstract visualization designs using multiform glyphs as well as a ranked text based list. Our engine also retrieves detailed information about the located sites (such as size of page, and quantities of internal and external links); and we describe two glyph designs that display this rich information.","PeriodicalId":308951,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Information Visualisation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122363323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visualising human dialog","authors":"Annie Tat, M. Carpendale","doi":"10.1109/IV.2002.1028751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.2002.1028751","url":null,"abstract":"Human dialogue is so complex that definitively analysing patterns of conversation may well be impossible. Within a conversation, all the complexities and ambiguities of natural language exist and each speaker will have his/her own speech characteristics and moods. Examining these characteristics through text dialog can be a demanding cognitive task. One reason is because the whole conversation cannot be viewed at one time. This task can be made more convenient if there is a way of visualising all this information at once through graphical patterns. Graphical patterns can revolve around the conversation, creating an abstract piece of artwork. From these patterns, one can guess at the speaker's emotion and how he/she is connected to another speaker during a conversation. This paper discusses the different visualisation techniques that are used to represent several aspects of a conversation.","PeriodicalId":308951,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Information Visualisation","volume":"251 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122879807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fitting curve to planar digital data","authors":"M. Sarfraz","doi":"10.1109/IV.2002.1028841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.2002.1028841","url":null,"abstract":"An optimal curve fitting technique has been developed which is meant to automatically provide a fit to any ordered digital data in a plane. A more flexible class of rational cubic functions is the basis of this technique. This class of functions involves two control parameters, which help to produce an optimal curve fit. The curve technique has used various ideas for curve design. These ideas include end-point interpolation, intermediate point interpolation, detection of characteristic points, and parameterization. The final shape is achieved by stitching the generalized Bezier cubic pieces with C/sup 1/ smoothness.","PeriodicalId":308951,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Information Visualisation","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127349077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A fast recognition system for isolated arabic characters","authors":"J. Cowell, F. Hussain","doi":"10.1109/IV.2002.1028844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.2002.1028844","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a very fast multi-stage algorithm for the recognition of non-Latin script. Although the examples use Arabic script, the system could be adapted in minutes to deal with any character set, in particular non-Latin characters where no commercial OCR systems are available. The approach used normalises isolated characters for size and extracts an image signature based on the number of black pixels in the rows and columns of the character and compares these values to a set of signatures for typical characters of the set. This technique identifies not only the closet match but gives the closeness of match to all other characters in the set, which is expressed in a triangular confusion matrix.","PeriodicalId":308951,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Information Visualisation","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114358583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing screen-based interfaces for advanced multimedia functionality","authors":"R. Stone","doi":"10.1109/IV.2002.1028837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.2002.1028837","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the intersection of relevant design principles and activities, and the process for understanding and developing interfaces for the context of screen-based multimedia. The process is based on a synthesis of cognitive psychology, human computer interaction, and industrial design principles germane to designing screen-based interfaces. This interdisciplinary approach has proven useful in building a framework for understanding and leaching screen-based interface design. The intended outcome of this research is to present new directions to teaching and designing screen-based interfaces, in order to define a context for growth in professional education, and improve the user experience. As screen-based interfaces require the interaction of a user, a foundation of guiding principles from human computer interaction and the cognitive sciences must be integrated into the visual communication designer range of expertise. By applying this interdisciplinary convergence into the design process of screen-based interfaces, we believe our students are equipped with a better understanding of the interaction process between users and screen-based interfaces. Our results of teaching are illustrated through a variety of screen-based interface solutions. Each solution was structured by applying this interdisciplinary design process that synthesizes functional importance, cognitive understanding, and visual interest.","PeriodicalId":308951,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Information Visualisation","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126840278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A multi-criteria based path finding application for construction site layouts","authors":"A. Soltani, H. Tawfik, T. Fernando","doi":"10.1109/IV.2002.1028868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.2002.1028868","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an optimisation application to support the construction site planning task by finding efficient paths between two site locations based on a combination of safety, transportation cost, and visibility criteria. These criteria can be combined or individually optimised by mathematical search algorithms, namely Dijkstra and A*, in order to present site planners with the safest path, the shortest distance path, the most visible path, and the paths that reflect a combination of low risks, short distance, and high visibility measures between two site locations. This paper identifies the need for the use of simulation for site layout analysis, in particular, it investigates the potential application of mathematical optimisation techniques for the selection of site paths.","PeriodicalId":308951,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Sixth International Conference on Information Visualisation","volume":"310 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131935258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}