{"title":"Visualizing Design Process by Using Lean UX to Improve Interdisciplinary Team's Effectiveness – A Case Study","authors":"T. Chang, Ying-fan. Lee, Hsin-Yi Huang","doi":"10.1109/iV.2018.00081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iV.2018.00081","url":null,"abstract":"This is an ongoing project investigating on how to improve interdisciplinary teams to co-work efficiently and effectively. Based on our prior experiment, we found that new formed interdisciplinary teams struggled with poor team communication and coordination which resulting ineffective work progress and may lead to a project failure. In this paper we described such challenges the new formed interdisciplinary teams encountered in an experimental course where undergraduates from design and engineering disciplines collaborate on a project. We then proposed the use of Lean UX methods to visualize their design process so that all members' ideas and the idea exchange process can be \"seen\". It would help members in the same team getting more familiar with team's pace and well-coordinated with each member and then they may make the most of team effectiveness.","PeriodicalId":312162,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)","volume":"211 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121214065","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":"Visualizing Symmetric Square Matrices with Rainbow Boxes: Methods and Application to Character Co-occurrence Matrices in Literary Texts","authors":"J. Lamy","doi":"10.1109/iV.2018.00065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iV.2018.00065","url":null,"abstract":"A symmetric square matrix is a type of dataset frequently found in various domains. An example is character co-occurrence matrices in digital humanities. However, the visualization of these matrices is difficult. In this paper, we propose a method for visualizing symmetric square matrices, by transforming a matrix into overlapping sets, and then by visualizing these overlapping sets using rainbow boxes, a recent set visualization technique. We apply this method to the visualization of character matrices in novels, using two datasets: a small one (21 characters) and a large one (80 characters). We show that this visualization allows the finding of several insights. Finally, we discuss the advantages and drawbacks of this method, and we compare it to other approaches in the literature.","PeriodicalId":312162,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128613970","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":"2.5D Extension of ChronoView for Exploring Periodic Features of Temporal Data","authors":"T. Ishii, Kazuo Misue","doi":"10.1109/iV.2018.00014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iV.2018.00014","url":null,"abstract":"ChronoView is one of the visualization methods for temporal data. It arranges points representing event groups on a circle according to a rule so that it can visualize temporal features of many event groups together. However, the rule is based on a pre-specified display period; therefore, it is not suited to exploring periodic features for unknown periods. The authors extend ChronoView to a 2.5D representation and develop a visualization tool that can analyze temporal data about various periods efficiently. The visual representation has enabled analysts to search for the display periods expressing periodicity of events by displaying several charts of ChronoView in a 3D space and emphasizing the difference in positions of the events due to the difference of the display periods. The tool has functions to assist searching by showing the spectrum and the histogram calculated from the occurrence distribution of events. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the tool, the authors describe a use case of searching for periodic features from actual event data.","PeriodicalId":312162,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127036596","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 a Semi-automatic Taxonomy Generation Tool","authors":"Belen Carrion Recio, T. Onorati, P. Díaz","doi":"10.1109/iV.2018.00053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iV.2018.00053","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose a tool to build taxonomies in a semi-automatic way. Taxonomies are key structures to model and categorize knowledge focusing on the semantics. Designing a taxonomy means finding meaningful concepts respect to a domain of application. This complex task requires the involvement of domain experts to define a representative dictionary. To keep a human-in-the-loop approach, taxonomies have been mostly created manually with a great cost in time and resources. Our goal is to design a general-purpose and multi-language tool that will automatize the process of building a taxonomy from a document corpus. The proposed architecture can be used in different domains, as well as in different languages.","PeriodicalId":312162,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124955714","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":"Augmented Treasure Hunting Generator for Edutainment","authors":"R. Francese, M. Risi, Riccardo Siani, G. Tortora","doi":"10.1109/iV.2018.00097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iV.2018.00097","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present the Hunting Game Generator (HGG) system, a tool and a methodology for supporting geolocalized learning activities in Augmented Reality modality. The tool enables the teacher to create treasure hunting games directly on the mobile device. The teacher defines also the quizzes and advancing mechanism of the game. In this study we also conducted a qualitative investigation in terms of a focus group involving secondary school students aiming at evaluating their viewpoint on the relevance of the support the tool provides in learning activities. Students appeared very motivated by the tool, which is seen as a relevant support to traditional lectures.","PeriodicalId":312162,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121822818","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}
Eduardo Contreras Delgado, I. I. C. Gonzalez, A. Contreras-González, R. Torres
{"title":"Development of Emotional Communication in Persons with Disabilities through Graphic Art","authors":"Eduardo Contreras Delgado, I. I. C. Gonzalez, A. Contreras-González, R. Torres","doi":"10.1109/iV.2018.00085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iV.2018.00085","url":null,"abstract":"People with intellectual or hearing disabilities have difficulty to communicate in oral or written form. Since they need specialized training for a long time, this becomes a very complex problem. An alternative to communicate is to use graphic art to express their emotions and feelings. A study was developed with a group of disabled children who attended a graphic design workshop using drawings to express themselves and improve their communication.","PeriodicalId":312162,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122070558","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}
R. Burkhard, J. Perháč, Shiho Asada, A. Troyanov, Sailin Zhong, Yingying Jiang, S. Schubiger-Banz
{"title":"4D-UX: User Experience Design Principles for Coupling Multidimensional Visual Representations in Presentations","authors":"R. Burkhard, J. Perháč, Shiho Asada, A. Troyanov, Sailin Zhong, Yingying Jiang, S. Schubiger-Banz","doi":"10.1109/iV.2018.00071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iV.2018.00071","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents 4D User Experience design principles (4D-UX), as well as a software implementation and applications of how to communicate spatial and temporal data. The foundation is built on tightly coupling multiple dimensions into one application, adding a sequential story line and finally decluttering the front-end to enhance the emotional and cognitive functions of audiences. The framework suggests a combination of a sequential story-telling approach with 2D, 3D, 4D elements such as interactive sliders added to the flow of argumentation. With those design principles in place, the authors then present a software platform called \"Singapore Views\" based on the \"Unity\" game engine. The communication challenge of research groups that had to convey the insights on their studies about the \"Urban Heat Island Effect\" and \"Dense and Green Building Typologies\" in Singapore to a diverse group of stakeholders were taken as examples. The paper presents a multi-disciplinary approach with authors from computer science, architecture, design, communication, business administration and urban development. It contributes to the current discussion of how to visualize knowledge and plan future cities.","PeriodicalId":312162,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123372566","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}
William Di Luigi, P. Fantozzi, L. Laura, Gemma Martini, Edoardo Morassutto, Dario Ostuni, Giorgio Piccardo, Luca Versari
{"title":"Learning Analytics in Competitive Programming Training Systems","authors":"William Di Luigi, P. Fantozzi, L. Laura, Gemma Martini, Edoardo Morassutto, Dario Ostuni, Giorgio Piccardo, Luca Versari","doi":"10.1109/iV.2018.00061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iV.2018.00061","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we discuss the use of Analytics in oii-web, an online programming contest training system. We first provide an overview of the challenges in training for programming contests. Then we discuss the data collected in these years using oii-web, a platform devoted to the training of students for the Italian Olympiads in Informatics (Olimpiadi Italiane di Informatica - OII), and analyze them comparing two distinct groups of users in two distinct platforms built on oii-web, one devoted to students and one to their teachers. Most notably, the two groups are more similar than one would expect when dealing with programming contest training.","PeriodicalId":312162,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)","volume":"49 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120871586","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":"Dimensional Morphing Interface for Dynamic Learning Evaluation","authors":"Valentina Franzoni, Paolo Mengoni, A. Milani","doi":"10.1109/iV.2018.00063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iV.2018.00063","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper an innovative dynamic dimensional morphing metaphor is introduced to monitor students' engagement and cohort dynamic. Teachers using eLearning monitoring tools find them usually lacking usability and inadequate to give productive feedback about their learning designs. Learning analytics tools mostly focus on after course analysis with the assumption that user competence in data analysis is high. The tool we propose is based on visual interface morphing: reshaping of the interface elements, such as learning objects' links and icons, is put in place to reflect some key performance indicators of learners' activities. Quantitative and temporal analytics data, aggregated using various functions, is used to present animated enhanced information to teachers. Experiments for the assessment of the effectiveness of the proposed tool has been conducted on data from higher education courses. Through logs' analysis and teachers' questionnaires the usability and validity of the proposed metaphor has been assessed. The proposed tool outperforms traditional monitoring techniques.","PeriodicalId":312162,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132081802","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":"AppInventory: A Visual Catalogue of Web 2.0 and Mobile Applications for Supporting Teaching and Learning Activities","authors":"M. Corbatto, A. Dattolo","doi":"10.1109/iV.2018.00098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iV.2018.00098","url":null,"abstract":"The availability of hundreds of Web 2.0 and mobile applications represent a great opportunity in helping teachers adopt student centred methodologies. These applications support users in creating and sharing digital artefacts, in aggregating, remixing and collecting heterogeneous materials and in communicating within working groups. When incorporated into daily teaching and learning activities (TLA), such applications can improve the collaborative, cognitive and creative work of the students, enhancing and redefining traditional educational practices. Nevertheless, although these applications are generally easy to find and use, there is a lack of knowledge about their existence, their functions and their potential in an educational setting. In this paper we describe AppInventory, a novel platform which contains a digital catalogue of applications: they are organized by applying an original taxonomy; the users can browse among them benefiting from a visual approach and semantic connections modelled using zz-structures.","PeriodicalId":312162,"journal":{"name":"2018 22nd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115136966","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}